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Best Starting Pitchers in MLB 2026

Shohei Ohtani is the highest-rated starting pitcher in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Shohei Ohtani, Paul Skenes, Tarik Skubal, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

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#	OVR	Player	Team	W	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	xERA
1	100	Shohei Ohtani	Dodgers	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.69
2	99	Paul Skenes	Pirates	8	3.57	1.02	10.8	2.0	0.9	2.71
3	98	Tarik Skubal	Tigers	5	3.09	0.95	10.6	1.3	1.2	3.16
4	98	Zack Wheeler	Phillies	10	2.13	0.89	10.4	2.1	1.0	2.63
5	96	Dylan Cease	Blue Jays	6	2.56	1.13	13.6	4.0	0.5	2.84
6	95	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	Dodgers	9	2.85	0.91	8.6	2.0	1.0	3.21
7	94	Tyler Glasnow	Dodgers	3	2.72	0.83	11.1	3.0	1.1	2.59
8	94	Cristopher Sánchez	Phillies	11	2.62	1.19	10.2	1.8	0.8	3.19
9	94	Jesús Luzardo	Phillies	8	3.51	1.22	11.1	2.9	0.7	2.96
10	93	Chris Sale	Braves	9	2.20	1.11	10.7	2.3	0.7	3.43
11	93	Bryce Miller	Mariners	4	2.18	0.83	10.1	1.4	1.3	2.27
12	93	Braxton Ashcraft	Pirates	9	3.49	1.11	10.2	2.1	1.1	3.28
13	93	Cam Schlittler	Yankees	9	2.05	0.94	10.4	1.9	0.9	2.98
14	92	Joe Ryan	Twins	6	2.85	1.05	10.4	2.0	0.8	3.19
15	92	Bryan Woo	Mariners	7	4.23	1.07	8.8	1.7	0.9	3.51
16	92	Devin Williams	Mets	3	4.68	1.65	12.4	5.2	0.8	3.46
17	91	Logan Gilbert	Mariners	7	3.32	0.99	9.4	1.9	1.1	3.79
18	91	Nick Pivetta	Padres	1	4.50	1.13	13.5	3.4	0.0	1.85
19	91	Drew Rasmussen	Rays	7	3.26	0.95	8.9	1.5	1.1	3.26
20	91	Brandon Woodruff	Brewers	2	2.98	0.84	9.3	2.0	1.0	2.82
21	91	Huascar Brazobán	Mets	4	2.70	1.07	8.5	4.0	0.6	2.91
22	90	Casey Mize	Tigers	4	2.79	1.00	9.0	2.1	0.6	3.07
23	90	Walbert Ureña	Angels	5	2.88	1.32	8.6	5.1	0.6	3.28
24	89	Max Fried	Yankees	4	3.21	1.01	7.3	2.8	0.1	2.61
25	89	Landen Roupp	Giants	6	4.27	1.31	9.7	3.9	0.7	3.36
26	89	Jovani Morán	Red Sox	2	2.82	0.99	10.8	4.2	1.2	2.82
27	89	Ranger Suarez	Red Sox	4	3.15	1.16	9.6	2.6	0.5	3.28
28	89	Drew Anderson	Tigers	3	4.18	1.29	11.3	3.2	1.4	3.21
29	88	Freddy Peralta	Mets	5	4.66	1.44	9.0	3.8	1.3	3.79
30	88	Jacob deGrom	Rangers	7	3.49	1.01	10.9	2.0	1.4	3.43
31	88	Garrett Crochet	Red Sox	3	6.30	1.47	11.1	3.3	1.5	5.03
32	88	Hunter Brown	Astros	1	3.57	1.39	9.9	5.6	1.3	3.77
33	88	George Kirby	Mariners	7	3.76	1.32	8.0	2.0	0.9	3.85
34	88	Kyle Harrison	Brewers	8	3.01	1.08	10.9	2.1	1.1	3.14
35	88	Emmet Sheehan	Dodgers	4	4.81	1.24	10.2	2.8	1.6	3.88
36	87	Jacob Latz	Rangers	2	1.61	0.67	9.3	2.2	0.6	2.53
37	87	Eury Pérez	Marlins	5	3.78	1.14	10.0	3.6	1.4	4.16
38	87	Blake Snell	Dodgers	0	12.00	2.67	15.0	6.0	0.0	3.88
39	86	Cole Ragans	Royals	1	4.84	1.42	11.5	5.9	2.5	5.03
40	86	Ben Brown	Cubs	4	1.85	0.94	8.6	2.5	0.3	3.19
41	86	Jared Jones	Pirates	1	4.37	1.14	10.0	2.8	1.3	3.58
42	84	Logan Webb	Giants	5	3.86	1.16	7.2	2.3	0.7	3.96
43	84	Max Meyer	Marlins	9	2.58	1.11	9.7	3.2	0.9	3.77
44	84	Jacob Lopez	Athletics	4	6.83	1.79	7.0	5.5	1.8	3.88
45	84	Kyle Bradish	Orioles	6	3.61	1.35	8.9	4.2	1.0	3.79
46	83	Joey Cantillo	Guardians	8	3.56	1.40	9.4	4.4	1.1	3.88
47	83	Steven Cruz	Royals	2	4.88	1.34	11.5	4.6	2.6	4.16
48	82	Spencer Schwellenbach	Braves	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.59
49	82	Sonny Gray	Red Sox	11	2.54	1.10	8.0	2.3	0.9	3.61
50	82	Sandy Alcantara	Marlins	10	3.99	1.22	6.9	2.3	0.9	3.74
51	82	Andre Pallante	Cardinals	10	3.96	1.26	6.5	2.6	0.9	3.74
52	82	Kris Bubic	Royals	3	4.11	1.23	9.1	4.7	0.7	4.48
53	82	Taj Bradley	Twins	9	3.59	1.22	10.3	3.5	1.3	3.82
54	82	Keaton Winn	Giants	2	3.09	1.00	7.3	2.8	0.6	3.43
55	81	Nathan Eovaldi	Rangers	9	4.04	1.18	9.7	2.1	1.5	3.93
56	81	MacKenzie Gore	Rangers	5	4.63	1.29	9.9	3.5	1.0	3.88
57	81	Sean Burke	White Sox	6	3.41	1.17	9.8	2.8	1.1	3.61
58	81	José Suarez	Athletics	1	4.29	1.51	9.8	3.9	0.5	3.56
59	81	Shane McClanahan	Rays	8	2.83	1.13	8.6	2.9	0.6	3.99
60	80	Jack Flaherty	Tigers	3	4.48	1.41	10.7	4.4	1.0	4.30
61	80	Keider Montero	Tigers	5	3.33	1.01	6.0	2.0	0.8	3.53
62	80	Tylor Megill	Mets	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.19
63	80	Dustin May	Cardinals	5	4.55	1.26	8.6	2.7	0.7	3.74
64	80	J.T. Ginn	Athletics	7	3.67	1.25	8.1	4.0	1.1	4.07
65	79	Ryan Pepiot	Rays	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.89
66	79	Shota Imanaga	Cubs	5	4.17	1.12	8.8	2.3	1.8	3.74
67	79	Framber Valdez	Tigers	5	4.10	1.32	7.3	3.0	0.9	4.19
68	79	Hayden Birdsong	Giants	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.61
69	79	Brandon Walter	Astros	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.79
70	78	Kevin Gausman	Blue Jays	4	4.33	1.22	9.3	2.6	1.2	3.85
71	78	Brusdar Graterol	Dodgers	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.12
72	78	Michael Soroka	Diamondbacks	8	3.07	1.09	8.7	1.9	0.7	3.96
73	77	Clay Holmes	Mets	4	2.39	1.10	7.7	3.1	0.5	3.88
74	77	Luis Severino	Athletics	2	4.16	1.47	9.3	4.5	1.3	4.22
75	77	Gavin Williams	Guardians	10	3.81	1.15	10.6	2.9	1.4	4.39
76	77	Pablo López	Twins	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.48
77	77	Connelly Early	Red Sox	7	3.44	1.25	9.1	3.3	1.5	4.30
78	77	Justin Wrobleski	Dodgers	10	2.69	1.02	6.5	1.8	0.7	4.10
79	77	Luis Medina	Athletics	1	3.59	1.45	10.8	4.6	0.8	4.10
80	77	Sam Hentges	Giants	1	2.04	1.58	10.7	7.6	0.0	4.19
81	77	Andrew Nardi	Marlins	3	5.16	1.41	10.7	4.4	1.6	5.16
82	76	Corbin Burnes	Diamondbacks	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.37
83	76	José Soriano	Angels	8	3.49	1.29	9.3	4.3	1.0	4.33
84	76	Gavin Stone	Dodgers	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.05
85	75	Michael King	Padres	6	3.41	1.15	7.6	3.6	0.8	4.55
86	75	Reese Olson	Tigers	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.04
87	75	Justin Steele	Cubs	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.28
88	75	Carlos Rodón	Yankees	4	3.30	1.25	10.1	5.0	0.6	3.64
89	75	Clayton Beeter	Nationals	3	3.62	1.32	10.2	5.9	1.3	4.10
90	75	Sean Manaea	Mets	2	4.56	1.32	8.9	2.9	1.2	4.22
91	74	Tyler Mahle	Giants	2	5.31	1.46	8.4	3.7	1.4	4.19
92	73	Michael Wacha	Royals	5	3.77	1.19	7.2	2.6	1.1	4.13
93	73	Robbie Ray	Giants	8	3.38	1.27	7.6	4.4	1.3	4.61
94	73	Shane Smith	Charlotte Knights	0	10.80	2.52	11.9	9.7	1.1	4.67
95	73	Matt Waldron	Padres	1	7.52	1.63	8.5	2.7	1.7	3.88
96	73	Janson Junk	Marlins	4	4.57	1.31	6.7	2.4	1.3	3.96
97	73	Gerrit Cole	Yankees	3	4.04	1.20	8.6	2.0	1.5	3.48
98	72	Luis Castillo	Mariners	3	4.93	1.37	8.3	2.9	1.2	4.51
99	72	Shane Baz	Orioles	4	4.19	1.39	8.0	3.4	0.7	4.33
100	72	Chad Patrick	Brewers	5	3.56	1.20	7.5	3.3	1.0	4.13
101	72	Bryce Elder	Braves	5	4.12	1.25	7.5	2.8	1.3	3.79
102	71	Tanner Bibee	Guardians	3	3.90	1.15	6.9	2.7	1.6	4.64
103	71	Ronel Blanco	Astros	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.03
104	71	Stephen Kolek	Royals	4	4.50	1.24	5.7	2.0	1.3	3.79
105	71	Spencer Strider	Braves	4	5.31	1.36	10.6	4.6	2.1	3.48
106	71	Joe Musgrove	Padres	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.89
107	70	Emerson Hancock	Mariners	6	3.17	1.01	8.5	2.3	1.1	4.30
108	70	Cade Horton	Cubs	1	2.45	0.82	4.9	2.5	1.2	3.28
109	69	Bailey Ober	Twins	6	4.40	1.19	6.4	2.4	1.6	4.33
110	69	Aaron Nola	Phillies	3	5.68	1.45	9.4	3.1	2.0	4.22
111	69	Patrick Sandoval	Red Sox	0	2.08	1.38	10.4	2.1	0.0	3.56
112	68	Hunter Greene	Reds	1	6.97	1.45	16.6	4.3	0.9	4.80
113	68	Yusei Kikuchi	Angels	0	5.81	1.58	9.6	4.1	0.9	4.90
114	68	Quinn Priester	Brewers	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.85
115	68	David Festa	Twins	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.43
116	68	Brad Lord	Nationals	5	3.88	1.22	8.1	3.3	1.1	4.16
117	68	Ken Waldichuk	Nationals	0	6.75	1.50	7.7	5.8	3.9	7.07
118	67	Jeffrey Springs	Athletics	3	6.08	1.42	7.7	3.4	2.4	4.58
119	67	Cooper Criswell	Mariners	2	3.52	1.17	6.8	2.4	0.9	3.36
120	67	Gavin Hollowell	Cubs	0	2.79	1.45	8.4	7.5	1.9	6.56
121	67	Orlando Ribalta	Nationals	0	3.90	1.23	7.5	3.6	1.0	3.90
122	67	Kendry Rojas	Twins	1	2.95	1.64	10.3	7.8	0.5	3.82
123	67	José Urquidy	Indianapolis Indians	0	8.53	2.68	8.5	2.8	1.4	4.10
124	66	Clarke Schmidt	Yankees	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.92
125	66	Carmen Mlodzinski	Pirates	6	3.24	1.36	7.1	3.1	0.7	4.80
126	66	Walker Buehler	Padres	5	5.36	1.44	8.2	3.5	1.2	4.48
127	66	Tyler Wells	Orioles	2	3.02	1.03	9.3	2.0	1.0	3.43
128	66	Kutter Crawford	Red Sox	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.71
129	66	Alec Marsh	Royals	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.91
130	65	Edward Cabrera	Cubs	5	5.10	1.40	8.1	3.6	1.7	4.83
131	65	Grant Holmes	Braves	5	3.61	1.32	7.8	4.0	1.6	4.55
132	65	Matthew Boyd	Cubs	5	4.50	1.28	9.2	2.5	1.0	4.90
133	65	Slade Cecconi	Guardians	4	4.55	1.41	7.0	2.8	1.2	4.55
134	65	Mike Burrows	Astros	4	5.99	1.55	7.1	3.3	2.0	4.77
135	65	Blake Treinen	Dodgers	4	3.52	1.35	9.8	3.9	0.8	5.16
136	64	Will Warren	Yankees	7	4.03	1.36	8.8	3.0	1.3	4.42
137	64	Hayden Wesneski	Astros	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.80
138	64	Griffin Canning	Padres	1	6.47	1.60	8.9	4.8	1.3	4.67
139	64	Ron Marinaccio	Padres	1	4.89	1.46	7.2	3.5	1.8	4.86
140	64	Trevor Rogers	Orioles	6	4.48	1.31	6.9	3.1	1.0	4.27
141	64	Noah Cameron	Royals	5	4.89	1.42	8.6	3.0	1.2	4.93
142	64	Josiah Gray	Nationals	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.33
143	63	Nick Martinez	Rays	8	2.65	1.12	5.3	1.6	0.9	4.67
144	63	Alex Lange	Royals	0	5.92	1.53	8.8	5.2	0.5	4.90
145	63	David Sandlin	Charlotte Knights	2	6.05	1.29	9.3	4.7	1.9	3.85
146	62	Brandon Pfaadt	Diamondbacks	3	4.70	1.32	6.9	3.0	1.3	4.42
147	62	Jack Leiter	Rangers	3	5.29	1.44	9.3	3.9	1.6	4.80
148	62	Davis Martin	White Sox	9	3.41	1.29	8.3	2.8	0.5	4.36
149	62	Joe Boyle	Durham Bulls	0	5.17	1.09	9.2	3.5	0.6	4.51
150	62	Reynaldo López	Braves	4	3.50	1.26	7.9	3.6	1.2	4.48
151	61	Kodai Senga	Mets	0	8.69	1.75	10.8	6.2	2.8	5.16
152	61	Chase Dollander	Rockies	3	3.89	1.30	9.6	3.7	1.2	3.90
153	61	Adrian Houser	Giants	2	4.95	1.40	6.2	3.0	1.5	5.06
154	61	Paul Blackburn	Yankees	2	2.22	1.09	6.8	2.8	0.7	3.48
155	60	Andrew Abbott	Reds	5	4.11	1.42	7.2	4.1	1.4	4.73
156	60	José Fermín	Cardinals	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.13
157	60	Aaron Civale	Athletics	5	5.42	1.62	7.0	2.8	1.9	5.13
158	59	Eric Lauer	Dodgers	4	4.81	1.28	5.5	3.2	2.1	4.93
159	59	Spencer Arrighetti	Astros	7	4.50	1.33	8.9	4.8	1.3	5.20
160	58	Ryne Nelson	Diamondbacks	3	4.97	1.24	6.7	2.4	1.9	5.20
161	58	Matthew Liberatore	Cardinals	5	5.00	1.48	8.5	3.5	1.6	5.23
162	58	Joey Wentz	Braves	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.94
163	58	Dylan Ross	Mets	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.05
164	58	Henry Baez	Athletics	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
165	58	Antwone Kelly	Pirates	0	10.38	1.85	2.1	4.2	4.2	7.21
166	58	Domingo Gonzalez	Tacoma Rainiers	0	4.70	1.83	5.9	5.9	1.2	9.98
167	58	Robinson Ortiz	Mariners	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
168	58	Leandro Lopez	Rangers	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
169	58	Winston Santos	Round Rock Express	0	9.00	1.50	4.5	4.5	4.5	6.68
170	58	Josh White	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	0	67.50	7.50	13.5	54.0	13.5	44.90
171	58	Kervin Castro	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0	4.50	1.00	9.0	0.0	0.0	4.22
172	58	Dylan Ray	Diamondbacks	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.79
173	58	Riley Martin	Cubs	0	2.16	0.84	10.8	2.2	1.1	2.57
174	58	Austin Peterson	Guardians	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.67
175	58	Yorman Gómez	Guardians	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.25
176	58	Welinton Herrera	Rockies	0	0.00	1.29	7.7	3.9	0.0	4.70
177	58	Jake Miller	Tigers	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.44
178	57	Mitch Keller	Pirates	6	5.14	1.33	6.7	3.0	1.1	5.37
179	57	Landon Knack	Dodgers	0	9.00	2.00	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.94
180	57	Ryan Yarbrough	Yankees	2	4.14	1.22	6.6	3.9	0.7	3.12
181	57	Ryan Gusto	Marlins	0	5.13	1.48	7.9	3.4	1.0	5.09
182	56	Nick Lodolo	Reds	3	4.60	1.47	7.2	3.9	1.3	6.08
183	56	Yoendrys Gómez	Twins	1	3.50	1.26	7.8	4.1	1.2	5.06
184	55	Justin Verlander	Tigers	0	12.27	2.18	2.5	4.9	2.5	11.33
185	55	David Peterson	Cubs	4	6.45	1.64	7.7	4.0	1.0	5.30
186	55	Jake Irvin	FCL Nationals	2	5.23	1.35	10.1	3.8	1.2	5.20
187	55	Seth Lugo	Royals	3	4.56	1.43	7.4	2.9	1.3	5.48
188	55	Chris Bassitt	Orioles	4	5.27	1.63	5.9	3.5	1.0	5.03
189	55	Ryan Feltner	Rockies	3	4.55	1.29	6.7	3.4	1.6	5.09
190	55	Erick Fedde	White Sox	5	4.15	1.42	6.1	3.5	1.5	4.61
191	55	Javier Assad	Cubs	6	4.11	1.13	5.4	2.2	1.8	4.77

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Legends Deck rates every starting pitcher using real 2026 Statcast data. For pitchers, that means the key inputs are fastball velocity, spin rate, expected ERA (xERA), xwOBA against, put-away rate, and zone control. No scout opinions, no card-by-card tuning — the same fixed pipeline for every player.

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