Welcome to fantasy baseball’s deepest position. Gerrit Cole has a FantasyPros consensus ranking of 22 and is the 28th pitcher off the board by NFBC ADP. Matt Harvey checks in 34th in both sets of rankings. Sonny Gray—who, before regressing last season, put up a 2.88 ERA, 3.36 FIP and 1.13 WHIP across 491 career innings—sits in 51st and 55th, respectively. Drew Smyly, who has a career 3.82 FIP, 1.19 WHIP and 23.5% strikeout rate, is the No. 61 pitcher by both measures. The starting pitcher well cannot possibly run dry during your draft or auction.
That means that there are plenty of ways to build a successful pitching staff.