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SP RANK Name Team UP/DOWN S.O.N.(ATOR) Notes 1 Tarik Skubal DET It’s oftentimes not a good sign when I drop a “More below” on the first guy, but here we are. 2 Paul Skenes PIT It’s also a bit early for a Grey quote, but here it is anyway! “5 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 8 Ks, ERA at 1.92. That’s now 178 IP, 203 Ks, and a 0.92 WHIP. Only six pitchers have finished a season with a qualified ERA under 2.00 and 200+ K since 2000.” 3 Garrett Crochet BOS The Yankees were one win away from a weekend sweep at Fenway yesterday. Have to go to the late-night edit for the verdict here. EDIT: He was well on his way to an easy cruise to the iVictory coast last night when I updated this – 4 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 9 Ks, and likely his 16th win of the year. 4 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD 7.0 IP, 1 hit, ER, BB, 10 K. This is buried underneath the Paul Skenes love fest, but Yoshi should get some consideration, no? At least a couple of votes? 5 Freddy Peralta MLW 5 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 2.69. The 30-scoreless innings streak was snapped in this one. I had a bad feeling all those accolades in the Top 100 over the last two weeks were going to curse him at some point. Well, here it is. 6 Hunter Brown HOU 6.2 IP, 2 ER, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 Ks, and his 12th win. ERA at 2.27. He threw 108 pitches more than Marla Gibbs did in this one. Everyone who targeted Hunter Brown as their ace way back in draft season is sitting pretty on our way into the final two weeks. 7 Bryan Woo SEA I started this one on Saturday night before my eyelids betrayed me once again, and I fell asleep. At least I managed to stay awake to see Jo Adell’s 36th HR. Oh, and the Woo-bot won his 14th with another quality start and 13 STRIKEOUTS! 8 Jacob deGrom TEX 7.0 IP, 4 hits, 3 ER, 2 K, 12th win, ERA at 2.82. I recommended starting Jonah Tong in New York for this one before I saw it was DeGrom and the homecoming game. You never want to bet against a Top 10 SP heading back to his former stomping grounds for the first time. The 8 runs of support were also the most he’s had at Citi Field in all of his 110 career starts there. Oof emoji. 9 Cristopher Sanchez PHI 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.57. First, no All-Star Game. Then no Cy Young Award. Gentlemen (and 5 ladies), I give you C-San, the bridesmaid. 10 Blake Snell LAD 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 11 Ks, ERA at 2.79. Oh. You might think that’s just the crisp pre-autumn breeze that you’re Snell-ing. But it’s the wind generated from the whiffs of Blake’s opposing hitters. 11 Max Fried NYY 5.1 IP, 2 ER, 9 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks, and his 17th win. The 3.03 ERA and 1.13 WHIP are pretty smooth, and if Tarik Skubal and Garrett Crochet had fallen apart two months ago, he would’ve cruised through the AL Cy Young voting. 12 Logan Gilbert SEA 4.2 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 8 Ks, and the no-decision. The Cards made Lo-Gi throw 95 pitches before being lifted with 2 outs in the 5th inning. One solo HR to Ivan Herrera was the only damage done, though. 13 Tyler Glasnow LAD 11 Ks in his first start pushes him back up a bit. He started yesterday, too. EDIT: 6.2 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 4 Ks last night wasn’t as impressive as start #1 was, but he’s still a top-tier arm. 14 Trevor Rogers BAL 5.0 IP, 3 hits, 0 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, ERA at 1.43. Sore toe aside, no matter how he finishes the year off, this investment/dice roll paid off in spades if you picked him up in March. 15 Nick Pivetta SD 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.73. I used to rip on this guy and thought he should be used exclusively as a bullpen piece. Not anymore. 16 Joe Ryan MIN 4 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 4 Ks. ERA at 3.35. It took him. 93 pitches to get 12 outs in this one. A Marmo-moment of silence if you were penciling him in for the auto win in a head-to-head playoff matchup. 17 Logan Webb SF 4 IP, 6 ER, 10 H, 2 BB, 5 Ks is tough sledding, but this one was against LAD, so he gets a bit of a pass. 18 Carlos Rodon NYY 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.11. 311? Whoa! Amber is the color of Rodon’s energy. 19 Chris Sale ATL 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 9 Ks, and a tough luck loss vs CHC. Sale keeps pumping out strikeouts. That’s 18 Ks in his last 17.2 IP (3 GS). 20 George Kirby SEA 4 IP, 3 ER, ERA at 4.56. His tough year this year will give him a final line that’ll likely be enough to curb everyone’s excitement next preseason, and I’ll end up owning him in more places than I should. (This was after start #1) EDIT: So much for that quiet curbing of enthusiasm. 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 0 BB and 14(!) Ks vs LAA last night. 21 Hunter Greene CIN 2.1 IP, 5 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 3 Ks, and 2 HR allowed at ATH. Bing Bong claims another victim! SacTown continues to be a nightmare for SPs. 22 Framber Valdez HOU EDIT: 4 IP, 5 ER, 6 H, 4 BB, 2 Ks and his third straight loss. I wonder if he blamed his catcher for this one too. 23 Brandon Woodruff MLW He was skipped last week as MLW shuffled their rotation a bit. He’s slated to start Wednesday vs LAA. 24 Cade Horton CHC 6.1 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 2 Ks at ATL. ERA at 2.70. Once again, Cade slayed. He’s 7-1 in his last 9 starts and gets a juicy one today at PIT.  25 Ranger Suarez PHI More below. 26 Shota Imanaga CHC EDIT: 5 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 9 Ks. He missed his 8th consecutive quality start by three outs, and got squeezed out of the win too (no decision). 27 Sonny Gray STL 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 8 Ks. He wasn’t around long enough to have to deal with the extra-inning loss at MLW, but it was an encouraging start against a tough opponent, nonetheless. 28 Robbie Ray SF 5 IP, 2 ER, 5 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 3.32. I almost stayed up to watch this one, but my eyelids betrayed me. Back to school is officially underway. That was start #1 last week. EDIT: Uh oh. The Dodgers did what the Dodgers usually do to opponents last night. 4 IP, 5 ER, 6 H, 4 BB, 5 Ks. 29 Noah McLean NYM EDIT: 6 IP, 0 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 7 Ks, and yet another solid start ruined by the bullpen. This time it wasn’t Reed Garrett. Brooks Raley was the culprit, but the Mets still won it in extras. 30 Drew Rasmussen TB 5 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 5 Ks. Remember when he was only throwing 4 innings a game? When the Rays were being oh so careful with their innings management? Ya, that last 4-inning outing was on July 22nd, and 10 starts ago. He threw 80 pitches in this one, so he’s not exactly pumping out Nolan Ryan pitch counts, but he certainly wasn’t getting managed all that much. 31 Kyle Bradish BAL 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.65. I convinced someone in my AL Only to throw this guy into a deal for Bello (and Mullins), and now he’s on the shortlist for 2026 keepers. 32 Merrill Kelly TEX 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 10 hits, zero walks, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.21. And he gave up mad hits like he was Rod Carew. 33 Pablo Lopez MIN 5 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 6 Ks, and the no-decision. He threw 99 pitches in this one and wasn’t the only SP who had to put in some work to finish 5 innings last week. 34 Lucas Giolito BOS 5.2 IP, 5 hits, ER, BB, 6 K, 4th L, ERA at 3.31. Not a bad start by any means, Gio was just out-duelled by Gil. SON is not a fan this week vs ATH, though. He’s at -$5.6 (122nd). 35 Quinn Priester MLW 5.1 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, BB, 5 K, 13th win. A baker’s dozen for Priester. That’s 20 consecutive starts now with a W or a no-decision. Do you think the Red Sox are regretting cutting this guy loose? 36 Kevin Gausman TOR More below. (He’s SON’s 7th-ranked SP this week) 37 Ryan Pepiot TB Scratched last week due to fatigue. I wonder if I can use that one to call in a supply teacher at school next week. The two-start week lines him up for a nice SON boost, too (9th). 38 Jesus Luzardo PHI 8 IP, 4 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 10 Ks, ERA at 4.03. I am the Luzard-king, I can do anything. Or almost anything. Apparently, he can’t impress the Streamonator ($-2.7 ranks 104th). 39 Brayan Bello BOS 5 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 4 Ks, and a 3.25 ERA. Lost to Max Fried and the Yankees at Fenway. As a Jays fan, I’m not looking forward to the next two weeks of the NYY and BOS accelerator stomp. 40 Nick Lodolo CIN EDIT: 5.1 IP, 5 ER, 8 H, 0 BB, 5 Ks and 3 HR allowed. He’s now winless in his last 5 starts. Ugh. 41 Eury Perez MIA 5 2/3 IP, 3 ER, 7 hits, zero walks, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.67. The good news is the strikeouts are still there. The bad news is he’s still so young, and there’s a lot to work on. I’d still take him over all the Zebbies and Tajes of the world, but it might take a year or two before it all clicks and he launches into the Skubal-sphere. 42 Dylan Cease SD 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 6 Ks, and his second straight win. He’s allowed just 4 ER in his last 15 innings and has struck out 18 (3 GS). This is him laying the trap for the next implosion. And it would be fitting if it were this week in his return to CWS. 43 Cam Schlittler NYY 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 3.05. A nice bounceback from The Schlittler. No word if Jim Carrey is slated to play him in the post-career biopic/Batman movie in 2042. 44 Jonah Tong NYM 0.2 IP, 4 hits, 6 ER, 3 BB, K. Ew. Someone needs to run that Tong through the wash again. He’s a SON play this week, though, with a projected $10.3 at WSH. (27th). 45 Shohei Ohtani LAD Shohei didn’t start last week, but there was no scheduled SP for today’s LAD/PHI game when I wrote this up yesterday afternoon, so double-check before the lock to see if he’s in. For what it’s worth, the robot thinks he’s starting today, which also means he lines up for a two-start week. He’s 3rd on SON behind Skenes and Peralta. 46 Jacob Misiorowski MLW 5 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 4 Ks, and a very mortal-esque line from the rookie phenom. He heads to STL this week. 47 Ryan Bergert KC 4 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 5 Ks. Way to blow the pattern with one too many strikeouts, Bergert-Time. And to add insult to more insult, SON hates this week’s match-up vs TOR. -$11.3 (144th, our lowest ranking of the Top 100 SPs). 48 Shane Bieber TOR EDIT: Not Justin handled the Orioles last night and increased the Jays’ AL East lead to 3.5 games! 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 5 Ks, and a sigh of relief for any fans that were worried about his previous two starts. 49 Matthew Boyd CHC 5 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 2 Ks, and his 13th win. I watched the start of this one while I was making dinner for the kids and their buddies on the BBQ. When Christopher Morel tags you for a 3-run bomb in the first, it can mean you’re in for a long night, but Boyd settled down nicely and got into a bit of a groove. No strikeouts to get excited about, but a nice Wacha-esque start was good enough for a win. 50 Will Warren NYY 6 IP, 2 ER, 3 baserunners, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.22. Will Warren win! Another WWW? Someone call Ask Jeeves and see if AOL is still running. That was after his first start last week. Yesterday afternoon, he was at Fenway. EDIT: 4.1 IP, 6 ER, 10 H, 1 BB, 1 K, and the easiest loss to call of the weekend. When the Sox lost the first two games against the Yankees, Sunday’s matchup was an easy home team bet to make. 51 Gavin Williams CLE 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.16. In the shallower leagues, it’s probably worth checking to see if a disgruntled manager cut bait on this guy when he was struggling (ie, April and May, some of July, and a bit of August). His last 3 games have been pretty stellar. A MarmosDad spring darling is finally starting to deliver. 52 Noah Cameron KC 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 0 BB, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.00. This was against the same team that treated Ryan Bergert-Time like he was a Joey Chestnut victim. Because baseball is weird sometimes. That was his first start last week. EDIT: 7 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 7 Ks, and his 8th win. At Philly! That’s back to back quality starts and 15 Ks in his last 14 IP. 53 Max Scherzer TOR 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 5 Ks. ERA at 4.31. Just like I said with the current Tigers ace, you probably shouldn’t expect a CG SO with this former one either. It’s all good, though. As long as he keeps firing decent starts (and the bullpen doesn’t collapse). 54 Casey Mize DET “6 IP, 2 ER, 4 hits, zero walks, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.83. If you had the stones to start Mize in the Bronx, you’re challenging J. Lo for the rocks you got.” And that’s me quoting Grey! For the record, I sat Mize in the AL-Only league because I was afraid of Yankee Stadium. I am the cowardly Marmos. 55 Spencer Strider ATL 6 IP, 2 ER, 9 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.86. All he needed was a boost against a struggling Cubs team to right the ship. Right? RIGHT?! 56 Jack Flaherty DET 5 IP, 0 ER, 3 baserunners, 7 Ks, ERA at 4.69. A friend of mine is a Windsor guy (Ontario, not England), so the natural connection is Tigers fandom. I said to him that I don’t know how comfortable I’d be if my favorite team started Mize and Flaherty after King Tarik in a best-of-three playoff series. He, correctly, responded with, “Ya, but what else do we have?” 57 Luis Castillo SEA 6.0 IP, 3 hits, ER, 2 BB, 5 K. Back-to-back QS and I’d start him at KC this week. 58 Payton Tolle BOS 2 IP, 2 ER, ERA at 7.84. TWO INNINGS and 33 pitches?! I gotta watch this recap. Spoiler: Jarren Duran almost robbed a 367-foot Shea Langeliers homer in the first, and Nick Kurtz hit one over the LF wall in the second. I haven’t seen any injury news, so maybe the early hook is just part of Alex Cora’s “developing game plan” for one of his young arms. 59 Brady Singer CIN 6 IP, 2 ER (solo homers), 3 H, 1 BB, 4 Ks AT ATH! Don’t look now, but that’s 6 consecutive quality starts for the unmasked Singer. This is a guy that fits the bill for the ‘under the radar’ kind of start I was referring to up top. He’s at STL this week, then hosts PIT. 60 Mitch Keller PIT 5.1 IP, 4 hits, 2 ER, BB, 4 K. Mitch better have my money. Because it doesn’t look like he has any quality starts left in the tank. 61 Yu Darvish SD EDIT: 5 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 5 Ks, and his 4th win. I streamed him in one of my RCLs, so pin a rose on the Marmo nose. 62 Clayton Kershaw LAD 3 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 4 BB, 2 Ks, and the no-decision on Saturday at SF. When the weakest link in your rotation is Clayton Kershaw, you’re gonna be just fine. 63 Luis Gil NYY 6.0 IP, 0 hits, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K. The walks are fine if they’re paired with zero hits and zero earned runs. Gil isn’t fooling SON this week, though. It has him at -$3.1 at MIN (ranked 111th). 64 Ryne Nelson ARI 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 4 Ks. ERA at 3.34. I don’t know what’s more annoying. That my brain can’t get excited for this guy’s starts, or that I still somehow mix him up with Reese Olson. 65 Jack Leiter TEX More below. 66 Emmett Sheehan LAD 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 baserunners, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.32. I’m gonna call him Emmett SHHHeehan because we don’t need any more attention that will push up his draft cost next spring. 67 Zac Gallen ARI 6 2/3 IP, 5 ER, ERA at 4.84. We cursed him with the boost last week. The only ones rostering this guy are the circus jugglers who use bags of C4 filled bowling pins and have no hands. That said, Streamonator kind of loves him this week because of the two starts, so I moved him up above Morales and Waldrep (10th). 68 Justin Verlander SF 7.0 IP, 4 hits, ER, 4 BB, 4 K. JV, doing his best Bowser impression, going head-to-head with Yoshi. 69 Luis Morales ATH EDIT: 5 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks, and his 4th win. It wasn’t an overwhelmingly great start, but it was good enough to beat the Reds. 70 Hurston Waldrep ATL Oh my. 4.2 IP, 8 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 4 Ks, and a thrashing at the hands of the Bang Bang Astros. Ouch. 71 David Peterson NYM 5 IP, 3 ER, 8 baserunners, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.77. Good on you if you had the Peter-stones to start him in this one. He was at PHI, and I would have benched him. Reed “Don’t call me Mrs.” Garrett booted his chance at a dub, though. 72 Jose Berrios TOR 5.1 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 4 Ks, and a bounceback after a tough go at CIN. A start like this vs HOU is encouraging, and I’m fine starting him at TB and KC (his next two). 73 Clay Holmes NYM 4 IP, 4 ER, ERA at 3.75. I’m pretty surprised he hasn’t been IL’ed yet with an assessment of “violent sneeze” just to test him before the playoffs. 74 Sandy Alcantara MIA 7.0 IP, 4 hits, 2 ER, 8 K, 9th win. A great start, but it’s even better news that he hasn’t been fish-hooked like EdCab and Eury have lately. 75 Tanner Bibee CLE 9 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 10 Ks. Well, if you held on to him and auto-started him for the last 4 months of frustration, congrats, I guess. Dan Pants said this was Cleveland’s first shutout in 6 years and that was almost as tough to believe as Bibee’s line here. 4th best start of the year according to Vin, though. Crazy times. More above! He has to move up today. 76 Luis Severino ATH 5 IP, 5 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks. The bad news for this guy is that my brain has always tethered him to Sean Manaea for some reason. And Manaea just slipped off the list. Down we go! 77 Jose Soriano LAA 4 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 4 Ks, and a giant ball of “Who knows?” every time he toes the rubber. He’s at MLW this week, which means he’s glued to my bench. 78 Yusei Kikuchi LAA 6.0 IP, 4 hits, ER, 3 K. Not a bad start, but still the opposite of Luis Castillo in that I wouldn’t start Kikuchi (at MLW) this week. 79 Chris Bassitt TOR 5 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 6 Ks, and the 8th consecutive start that he’s allowed 3 or fewer earned runs. Sure, he only has two quality starts to show for it, but he’s been as good as we could’ve hoped. 80 Zebby Matthews MIN More below. 81 Jason Alexander HOU 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.19. Only 3 hits allowed by the assistant to the travelling secretary? That’s a good day! 82 Andrew Abbott CIN 8 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.79. Well, it’s Abbott time. This guy flipped the switch back on. Managers with this guy have been waiting for a game like this for a while—his first win in 10 starts. SON loves him this week for two starts, too. 83 Braxton Ashcraft PIT He piggybacked Mike Burrows last week (3 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 4 Ks), but is slated to start at CHC today. PIT is setting up a 6-man rotation to help manage their youngsters’ innings. 84 Zack Littell CIN 6 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 4 Ks. That’s a Littell bit better than his previous few starts, but he’s still winless in his last six. 85 Ryan Weathers MIA N/R 5 IP, 0 ER, 5 hits, zero walks, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.73, as he was activated from the IL. This is another one of those “pull your comb through the waiver wire” guys, and I’d be checking to see if managers in your league forgot about him. He gets Colorado this week. 86 Aaron Nola PHI EDIT: 6 IP, 6 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 5 Ks. Aaron Nola and the number of the beast. I was almost a bit worried that I moved him down before he pitched today. Then I saw the final line afterwards and wondered if I dropped him far enough. 87 Bryce Miller SEA 5 2/3 IP, 4 ER, 6 hits, zero walks, 11 Ks, ERA at 5.59. If it’s a quality start league, don’t even bother. If you’re chasing down strikeout points in a roto-league, though? This is a Streamonator check-in at the very least. See Gore, MacKenzie. 88 Brandon Pfaadt ARI 4.2 IP, 9 hits, 5 ER, BB, 2 K, ERA at 5.31. Pfeffing Pfbrutal. 89 Jeffrey Springs ATH 5 IP, 5 ER, 8 H, 0 BB, 6 Ks, and his 11th loss. I nearly bumped Springs out today, but he was saved when Michael Wacha hit the IL, and I removed him instead. He hasn’t won a game since July 30th. 90 MacKenzie Gore WSH N/R 5 IP, 2 ER, 6 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.14. Probably a more fitting “Return of the MacK” lede than our Nolan McLean spotlight last week, but only on name value alone. That said, this could be a Streamonator play if he’s back to full health. One of the few guys that could pop off for double-digit Ks in any start (if that’s what you need). 91 Jose Quintana MLW EDIT: 4 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks and an early exit because of a calf injury. I don’t know how many times we need to tell him to take better care of his baby cows. *rimshot* 92 Michael King SD N/R 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 baserunners, 2 Ks, ERA at 2.87. Well, that’s one where he was money. Now, can we get two for the show before he gets all shook up again? Uh huh? Easing him back in here today. 93 Michael McGreevy STL I wanted to cut him out today, but he bounced back last week. 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 4 Ks at SEA. 94 Cade Cavalli WSH EDIT: 5 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 4 BB, 2 Ks, and the no-decision. I was ready to push Cavalli off the list this week, but he hasn’t been terrible. Three straight 5-inning starts with minimal runs allowed isn’t great, but it isn’t terrible either. 95 Adrian Houser TB EDIT: 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 2 Ks, and the no-decision. He survived a tough one at Wrigley. 96 Parker Messick CLE 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 4 Ks. He slipped a bit after a September 1st trip up, but he’s given up just 1 ER in each of his last two starts (12 IP). 97 Cristian Javier HOU More below. 98 Bubba Chandler PIT N/R 6 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 7 Ks. These front offices that say they’ll baby their kid pitchers by putting them in the bullpen. Come on. It’s kinda tough to record a quality start like this one from the bullpen, no? Either way, Happy 23rd Birthday (yesterday). Our gift to you is a place on the Top 100 Starting Pitchers list. No need to write me a thank-you note. He’s going to rocket upwards if he keeps throwing quality starts in the new 6-man rotation. 99 Bailey Ober MIN EDIT: 6 IP, 4 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 9 Ks vs ARI. The zero walks and nine strikeouts are nice, but I wouldn’t be starting this guy at all until we give him a full offseason to recover from his lingering injuries. 100 Shane Smith CWS 5 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 5 baserunners, 4 Ks, ERA at 3.78. A bit of a justification game for the addition to the bottom of the list last week. The “All-Star” isn’t quite under-the-radar, but the second half White Sox haven’t been as much of an auto-loss as you might think.