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Top 100 Starting Pitchers: Logan And The Hendersons

SP RANK Name Team UP / DOWN Notes 1 Tarik Skubal DET 5.2 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.87. When you’re at the top, the microscope lens is pretty big. This one wasn’t great, but it’ll take more than a few consecutive ‘Meh’ starts to move Skubes out. EDIT: He sent a message against CLE yesterday. 9 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 13 Ks. Um…ya, that’s not a ‘Meh’ start. That’s as good as it gets. 2 Garrett Crochet BOS 5.1 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 5 Ks, ERA at 1.98. Max Fried, Garrett Crochet, Andrew Heaney, Yusei Kikuchi, John Means. Big time lefty SP FAs who got paid and are delivering the goods this season…Well, most of them I guess. 3 Zack Wheeler PHI 6.2 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 8 Ks. ERA at 2.42. Won his 6th of the year against Jeffrey Springs and the Bing Bong Athletics. If it’s a question of wheels vs springs, give me the spinners every time. Plus, my back gets sore when I’m on the trampoline. 4 Max Fried NYY 7.1 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 7 Ks, and tied for the league lead with 7 wins. Talk about rolling into the Lion’s Den and punching it in the throat. Fried isn’t afraid of that thin mountain air. 5 Paul Skenes PIT

More below. The “DOWN” is more about the lack of run support and the guys surrounding him here than anything else. 6 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD 7 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 BB, 9 Ks, ERA at 1.86, and 110 pitches. Fun fact: “Yoshi” is how Sean Connery starts all of his DIY tutorial videos on YouTube. “Yoshi, firsht you need to sheparate the eggsh from the flour and the yeasht…”

Speaking of separating, Yoshi has helped me separate myself from the sadness of losing Cole Ragans as my ace. Yoshi? You can draft a top pitcher later in the draft after all!

7 Jacob deGrom TEX 7 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 9 Ks, ERA at 2.33. Every one of these stellar starts is like a middle finger to all the people who doubted he could stay healthy. Yes, all 500 million of them. 8 Hunter Brown HOU

5 IP, 5 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, 4 Ks. ERA at 2.04. I guess he saw that I moved him into the Top 5, so he aimed for 5s. Numerologists unite! I should move him up to SP0 this week so he can throw a no-hit shutout (albeit with zero strikeouts). 9 Joe Ryan MIN 5 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.68. It’s always tempting to rip on a guy who puts up a decent start after posting a few great ones. Bottom line? Ryan is an ace. 10 Pablo Lopez MIN 5.1 IP, 1 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 5 Ks. Lopez went head-to-head with Noah Cameron and kept his cool. 55 Ks in 51 IP with sparkling ratios? Pabl-Oh my goodness. 11 Bryan Woo SEA I watched the Framber/Woo matchup on Saturday, and it didn’t disappoint. Woo went 6 innings, gave up 0 ER, 9 H, 0 BB, and had 5 Ks, but got tagged with the undeserved loss. 12 MacKenzie Gore WSH

More below. 13 Michael King SD

Scratched from Saturday’s start with right shoulder stiffness. There is no need for widespread panic yet, but if we get worse news about King Kong, it might be time to send in the military planes. 14 Hunter Greene CIN 4 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks. It took Greene 83 pitches to get a dozen outs. And he only had two strikeouts to show for it. Ouch. 15 Bailey Ober MIN

A bit of a premature boost up a couple of spots, but he was dealing yesterday through 5 innings. EDIT: Ober and Bubic had quite the pitching duel yesterday. Ober went 6.2 IP to Bubic’s 7 IP. Each SP allowed 1 ER, but Bubic’s 9 Ks dwarfed Ober’s 3. The game went to extras, so no-decisions for both. 16 Jesus Luzardo PHI

6 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 3 BB, 10 Ks, ERA at 1.95. Jesus: just walking enough wise men to match his birthday story. I said it last week, too, but the Christians will remind you. He’s still undefeated. EDIT: He was at 6 H, 3 ER, 2 Ks through 2 IP yesterday, so I sure hope I didn’t jinx him. Then again, it wouldn’t be the first time Jesus had a big comeback. ~~Hashtag Nailed It.~~ Nope. Too far. 17 Freddy Peralta MLW

4.1 IP, 1 ER (solo HR), 5 H, 3 BB, 3 Ks. He needed 101 pitches to get through this one, but he more than held his own against Skenes on Friday night in PIT. He gets the RedSox at home this week. 18 Logan Webb SF

4 IP, 3 ER, 10 H, 0 BB, 5 Ks. It took him 77 pitches to get through 4 innings. The zero walks made things a lot more palatable than they could have been. 19 Framber Valdez HOU Framber had a nice slugfest with Bryan Woo Saturday afternoon. 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 5 Ks was good enough for the win and runs his record to 4-4. 20 Nick Pivetta SD 6 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 7 Ks. He was great. So great, in fact, that he was kind enough to give Ronald Acuna Jr. his first home run of the season, too! 21 Chris Sale ATL

7 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 6 Ks. That’s back-to-back 7-inning starts of just one earned run (in each). He’s had 5 QS in his last six starts, too. Sale is up to 78 Ks in 61.1 IP, so now he’s looking to polish up those ratios. 22 Dylan Cease SD EDIT: This was an afternoon game yesterday so the game was still on while I finished up my edits. 1.2 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, and 2 Ks. At least he didn’t give up a leadoff homer to Acuna. 23 Kodai Senga NYM Grey wrote Senga up as a SELL last Friday. (Have a look at that here). While I’m in the same boat as Grey in that I don’t roster Senga anywhere either, it was more about him being taken in drafts way higher than I was comfortable rostering him. The numbers aren’t perfect, but I still believe. (Still believe!). 24 Sonny Gray STL EDIT: Nearly the same line as Brandon Pfaadt yesterday – 6 IP, 3 ER, 9 H, 0 BB, 5 Ks and the no-decision. 25 George Kirby SEA More below. 26 Robbie Ray SFG EDIT: 6 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 7 Ks, and tied for the league lead in wins with 7 (Fried and Pfaadt). I don’t know what Ray is hiding in those tight pants, but it sure isn’t losses. He’s 7-0. 27 Carlos Rodon NYY 6 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 8 Ks, ERA at 2.88. Rodon out-duelled Eovaldi for his 6th win of the year. 80 Ks in 65.2 innings is nothing to turn the nose at either. Solid. 28 Cristopher Sanchez PHI 4.2 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 6 Ks. Escaping Bing Bong stadium with just two earned runs is commendable, but he was lifted at 83 pitches. That broke his QS streak at three games. Streamonator isn’t a fan of this week’s start v MLW though ($2.5). 29 Nathan Eovaldi TEX

6 IP, 1 ER, 5 H 1 BB, 6 Ks, ERA at 1.60. He lost this one to Rodon 1-0. A nice microcosm of the non-existent Eovaldi hype. 30 Corbin Burnes ARI

7 IP, 3 ER, , 8 Ks, ERA at 2.73. Burnes baby Burnes, QS inferno! (That’s four quality starts in a row). 31 Kris Bubic KC EDIT: See the Ober note above. 32 Spencer Schwellenbach ATL

EDIT: This was an afternoon game yesterday so the game was still on while I finished up my edits. 2 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, and 4 Ks (in 6 outs) is a pretty good start! 33 Shota Imanaga CHC

More below. 34 Drew Rasmussen TB

6 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 3 Ks. This was almost a carbon copy of his start in Miami last week (6 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 0 BB, 5 Ks). I mentioned last week that he must’ve heard me complaining that he wasn’t going deep enough to qualify for a quality start. After zero in his first 8 GS, he has back-to-back QS. 35 Logan Gilbert SEA

Threw a simulated game Friday night and will likely have at least one more before the rehab assignment. Expected back just before mid-June. 36 Luis Castillo SEA

EDIT: He faced C. Gordon yesterday and couldn’t run the Batmobile through the commissioner. 6 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 6 Ks and the no-decision. 37 Jack Flaherty DET

6.2 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.39. That’s a quality start! If that’s not encouraging enough, it was also the first time Flaherty has pitched into the 7th inning all year (10 GS). 38 Brady Singer CIN 5 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 4 BB, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.88. 39 Tyler Mahle TEX

5 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 3 BB, 3 Ks. ERA at 1.80, WHIP at 1.033. Sure, the 6.45 K/9 is nothing to write home about, but as long as he’s throwing innings and keeping the ratios down, he’s got a shot at a win every time he pitches. That said, Streamonator is not a fan of this week vs TOR ($-4.3) 40 Casey Mize DET

I got some pushback about Mize’s SP36 ranking last week, especially because he was still on the IL. Yesterday’s 5 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 6 Ks return was a bit vindicating, but I can still admit I had him just a bit too high, no matter what. I still believe in the breakout. He belongs in the Top 50. 41 Matthew Liberatore STL

7 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 0 BB, 4 Ks. ERA at 2.73. The Liberator tamed the snakes on Saturday for his second straight quality start…and his third no-decision in a row. It looks like he’ll line up against Jack Leiter this week in Texas. 42 Ranger Suarez PHI

6.2 IP, 0 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.70. BUT…if we take away the 7 ER outing from when he first pitched after the IL activation…

This is a good example of how tough it is to rebound ratios after a meltdown. 3 ER in his last 20.2 IP, and his ERA is still above 3.50.

43 Brandon Pfaadt ARI EDIT: 5.2 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 5 Ks. The Pfaadt boy had almost the same line as Sonny Gray in this one, and Brandon was denied his league leading 8th win. 44 Nick Lodolo CIN

EDIT: 5 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks was certainly better than his opponent (Ben Brown – barf emoji). He didn’t qualify for a W either way though because the bullpen coughed up 8 ER…and counting. 45 Spencer Strider ATL

4.1 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 3 Ks. ERA at 5.79. I don’t want to concede to Grey just yet (he called Strider a bust/avoid this year), but Spencer did not take too many strides in the right direction last Tuesday night. I’d still float out trade offers in a keeper league if you have an impatient owner who overreacts to one start, but be forewarned that it could blow up in your face. 46 Griffin Canning NYM

More below. 47 Jackson Jobe DET 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 3 Ks, and his first loss of the year. He’s throwing around 90 pitches per start, so it’s not like the Tigers are babying him. His next step is figuring out how to improve his pitch efficiency. 48 Ryan Weathers MIA

5 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 4 Ks, ERA at 1.80. Oh boy, this was a scary box score to peek in on. Special thanks to Calvin Faucher for giving up the 5 ER in relief of Weathers and not having them tagged onto our starter’s ERA! 49 Ryan Pepiot TB EDIT: 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 5 Ks and the anti-thesis of Chris Bassitt’s start. Someone remind me that I Pepi-Owe him a boost next week. 50 Merrill Kelly ARI

6 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 6 Ks. The WHIP is still solid (1.02), and it’s just the second time he’s allowed more than two earned runs in his last 9 starts. 51 Michael Wacha KC

5 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 1 K. He had ripped off 5 QS before this one and, of course, when I recommend someone pick him up because he’s a reliable quality start source…well… 52 Matthew Boyd CHC

4 IP, 4 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 3 Ks. Boyd was gone before the Reds’ bullpen turned this into an easy vulture win for Chris Flexen (2-0). 53 Andrew Abbott CIN 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 2 BB. 2 Ks. Abbott plus an Elly (4 RBIs) meant AA moves up to 4-0 on the year with a 1.77 ERA and 1.19 WHIP. 54 David Peterson NYM

7.2 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 7 Ks. “Did the Mets host the Rockies?” No. You might be surprised to learn that this was David Peterson hosting the big, bad Dodgers. 55 Tanner Bibee CLE

7 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 8 Ks, ERA at 3.57. Maybe it’s the hope talking, but Bibee has allowed 2+ ER in just one of his last 6 GS. That deserves a modest boost today. 56 Tylor Megill NYM 4.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 10 Ks, ERA at 3.56. Speaking of gills, it’s this kind of start that gets the whole pond flapping their fins, then we fall for the bait of double-digit strikeouts and get reeled in just before the ratios sink the fishing boat. 57 Dustin May LAD

6 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 8 Ks, ERA at 4.09. No MayDay for this one. Just in time … to make me feel dumb for cutting him in Perts. 58 Max Meyer MIA 6 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 4 Ks, ERA at 4.15. MAX-imum effort! 59 AJ Smith-Shawver ATL

3 IP, 7 ER, 8 H, 3 BB, 1 K. ERA at 3.67. Yeeeeeouch. It’s gonna take more than a couple of perfect starts to … Shawve those ratios back down. 60 Shane Baz TB

5.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 4 Ks. Nothing like facing the Blue Jays offense to help right the ship! He was headed to the nether this week, but the Jays threw him a life preserver. TB rolls into HOU this week, so tread carefully unless you think he’s all sorted out. 61 Clay Holmes NYM 6 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 5 Ks, and a tough loss away from Holmes (at Fenway). 62 Kevin Gausman TOR 7 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 0 BB, 9 Ks, ERA at 4.03. Yet another strong start after a terrible one, aka just enough to rope us back in. The Jays are just glad Kevin didn’t give them yet another loss, man. 63 Chris Bassitt TOR

6 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 6 Ks, ERA at 2.83. I’ve said it a few times now. Remember the old Chris Bassitt who polished up your ratios and gave you a good shot at a win every time out? It looks like he’s back. EDIT: I won’t write what I said out loud when I saw the 4 IP, 5 ER, 9 H, 2 BB, 2 K line from Bassitt yesterday, but, keeping with the bird theme, it did rhyme with “Oh for FLOCK sakes”. So much for that ratio help. 64 Jack Leiter TEX

5 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 5 BB, 3 Ks. He walked Matt Thaiss. Three times. He gets the Cards at home this week. 65 Luis Severino ATH 6 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 5 Ks, ERA at 4.11. Oh, you want the 411? I’ll give you the deets. Severino is about as exciting as watching a tortoise vs snail fight in an MMA ring, but he’ll give you a good chance at a QS with a handful of strikeouts nearly every time out. 66 Jose Soriano LAA 4.2 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 1 K. He came into this one with 3 QS in his last four starts but left with his 5th loss of the year. In those deeper leagues, you’re starting him no matter what. But I’d be careful in shallower ones – he’s at CLE this week. Streamonator agrees ($-7.5) 67 Gavin Williams CLE

6 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks, ERA at 3.94. A good outing for the 4th time in a row. Please be the start of something that will not make be nauseated when I look back at what I traded away to get him in a keeper league back in February. 68 Landen Roupp SFG

6 IP, 0 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks. I joked last Monday that “Landen go Roupp. Landen go down.” But this game looked like Landen stay Roupp for at least a little while longer. 69 Taj Bradley TB 6 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 7 Ks. ERA at 4.61. 70 Zac Gallen ARI

5.2 IP, 4 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 Ks. ERA at 5.25 and the lede for Saturday’s Daily Notes roundup. TL/DR: He’s still not good. Down 15 spots today. 71 Logan Henderson MLW

More above! EDIT: 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks at PIT yesterday. Solid. 72 Lucas Giolito BOS

More below. 73 Jose Berrios TOR Back-to-back quality starts about as much run support as Skenes and Gore have had (3 runs in 2 GS). 74 Yusei Kikuchi LAA

5.2 IP, 0 ER, 7 H, 4 BB, 4 Ks. Don’t look now, but that’s the 5th consecutive start that the West Coast Kuch has allowed two or fewer earned runs. I said DON’T look now! 75 Clarke Schmidt NYY 4.2 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 8 Ks. He needed 97 pitches to almost complete 5 innings. At least the strikeout total was nice. Sometimes Schmidt happens. 76 Noah Cameron KC I put three of the kids in here at 76-78 this week. More on Cameron below. 77 Cade Horton CHC 5.1 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 3 Ks, ERA at 4.40. I was a bit worried that Horton would get bounced from the rotation this week when Imanaga returned. The good news is that Shota’s return got pushed back to June 13th, so Horton should at least get a couple more starts. I guess that’s good news…unless you roster Imanaga. 78 Hayden Birdsong SF 5 IP, 0 ER, 5 H, 0 BB, 4 Ks, ERA at 1.91. Hey! Is it me or does this guy’s first name remind you of a little kid with a speech impediment trying to get your attention while animatedly delivering a story that only the kid is excited about? No? Ok, Den. 79 Andrew Heaney PIT 5 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 4 Ks, ERA at 2.91. I looked up his run support because I assumed it was better than what Skenes gets. It was, but it wasn’t by much. 80 Tomoyuki Sugano BAL 6 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 3 Ks, ERA at 3.07. Is his last name Sugano because he couldn’t break a glass sugar dispenser with his 92 MPH fastball? Suga-no? 81 Chris Paddack MIN

5.1 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, 2 Ks, ERA at 3.98. Not quite enough outs to nab his third consecutive QS, but solid nonetheless. He should be on your streaming radar at the very least. 82 Zack Littell TB 5 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 6 Ks, ERA at 4.25. He’s been hanging around the SP110 zone for a while, but every time I want to add him, he just comes up…a Littell short. 83 Jameson Taillon CHC Hopefully, escaping the 90s keeps him around for a bit. More below. 84 Zach Eflin BAL

The prince of walk suppression (not to be confused with King Kirby) only allowed two at Fenway on Saturday, but the 5 runs in 5 innings didn’t help his case. 3 HR and just 1 K means he slides down a bit today. 85 Tyler Anderson LAA

4.2 IP, 5 ER, 7 H, 6 BB. ERA at 3.60. The next few are the hard hit ones for this week. Remember a couple of weeks ago when I said I couldn’t trust him no matter how many solid starts he could string together. This was why. 86 Will Warren NYY

5.2 IP, 0 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 10 Ks, ERA at 4.05 in his first start of the week and Grey’s lede from Wednesday morning’s roundup. I commented that I assumed a lot of people in weekly leagues didn’t get this gem because they were concerned about the “at COL” start yesterday. EDIT: Warren had just completed 4 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 7 Ks when I put together my final edits yesterday. I don’t want to curse it, but if this stick it’s time to start looking at activating him more often (at least that’s what I plan on doing). 87 Mitch Keller PIT

6 IP, 1 ER, 7 H, 0 BB, 7 Ks on Saturday at PNC vs MLW. Psycho Keller! Q’est-ce que c’est?! I’ll tell you what it is…it’s what we want to see from Mitch every time he starts. Oh, and just so you’re not surprised…he got the no-decision because the Pirates waited until the 7th inning to score the winning run in a 2-1 game. Smh. 88 Tony Gonsolin LAD

5 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 4 Ks. The wheels on the Gonsolin bus are starting to spin out. That’s 8 ER in his last 9 innings and just one quality start in all five of his games since his return from injury. If you ropster him, pack a parachute. 89 Brayan Bello BOS

4 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 7 Ks. His ERA (4.08) and WHIP (1.70) are nothing to write home about yet, and he has pitched into the 7th just once in 8 starts. 90 Bowden Francis TOR

4 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 4 Ks. ERA at 5.54. One more big fly against makes it 4 HR in his last 4 starts. To give a better idea of how bad it’s been, he’s had just three quality starts in his ten games and leads Zack Littell/Jameson Taillon in HR allowed for the major league lead (15). 91 Colin Rea CHC

5 IP, 6 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 8 Ks. ERA at 3.28. Oh boy. Rea wasn’t quite murdered in the regression fairy attack, but Die…fer…Rea was kind of the result. 92 Shane Smith CWS

5 IP, 3 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks. I mentioned in Saturday’s write-up that Sean Burke reminds me of the old NHL goalie. Shane Smith? Ya, that’s awfully close to the name of the guy who scored on his own net in an Edmonton/Calgary playoff game back in the 80s. (He was Steve). 93 Michael Lorenzen KC

He hasn’t won since April 29th and went 4.2 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 1 BB, 5 Ks at SF last week. He’s another one who’s been the victim of a lack of run support,t but Lorenzen doesn’t have the Skenes or Gore stuff to make up for it. 4 QS in 10 GS makes it worth rostering him in leagues with a quality start category. He gets CIN at home today. 94 Walker Buehler LAD

2.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 BB, 4 Ks. ERA at 4.00. The good news is he didn’t exit early because of an injury relapse (he got ejected for arguing pitches). He’s a streamer for now just because I don’t know how much faith I have in him returning to the “Old” Walker Buehler from 2021. I assume he’ll top his 52 pitches on Sunday. EDIT: 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 BB, 3 Ks vs BAL at Fenway yesterday. 95 Jeffrey Springs ATH

6 IP, 3 ER (2 HR), 4 H, 2 BB, 6 Ks. It was a high-scoring night in Sacramento last week when PHI rolled into town. Springs ended up with yet another no-decision, his third in his last four starts. He starts at TOR this week. 96 Patrick Corbin TEX

We’re running out of spots! EDIT: Corbin went 5.1 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 6 Ks at CWS yesterday. 97 Lance McCullers HOU

I watched this start on Thursday because I wanted to see how Kirby looked and if he had any struggles in his first start back (More below). As for McCullers, it took him 41 pitches to get 4 outs, which was, ironically, more pitches than it took Kirby to retire the same..McCullers change and breaking stuff looked good. The five straight balls to start the game weren’t even close, but he eventually settled down. He should move up soon if he can click. 98 Erick Fedde STL 5 IP, 4 ER (2 HR), 5 H, 0 BB, 2 Ks. He starts today in Baltimore. Could I change him out for another arm? Sure. But I’m getting kind of Fedde-up with all the flip-flopping so he can stay down here for now. 99 Clayton Kershaw LAD 2 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 K. I said in Saturday’s write-up that maybe Kershaw didn’t feel great and asked to be lifted after 26 pitches, but it turns out the early hook culprit was an hour-and-a-half rain delay. He’s supposed to go in CLE this week. Slowly but surely. 100 Ryan Gusto HOU 4.1 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 6 Ks. You never want to wish ill will on someone, but every second (or third) opinion that Ronel Blanco gets on his arm injury means the door to the rotation inches open just a bit more so that Gusto can stay (for now). I had Sandy Alcantara all set to stick here in the 100th spot, but we ran out of room. 101 Sandy Alcantara MIA