Rankings. Everyone loves them. And everyone hates them. We love them when they confirm what we already believe to be true. And we rage against them when they don’t, because we clearly have the only viewpoint that is correct (GUILTY AS CHARGED). On Monday over at The Athletic, Eno Sarris released his Top 175 Starting Pitcher rankings for the 2020 season. That’s essentially six starters per team in the league, so it’s going to include the entire rotation for just about every team.
The Cincinnati Reds had six starters make the list, with all of Luis Castillo, Sonny Gray, Trevor Bauer, Anthony DeSclafani, Wade Miley, and Tyler Mahle finding themselves on the list.