UPDATE: Nationals' Scherzer still chasing Kershaw in 2017 fantasy baseball rankings
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2017 Fantasy Baseball Rankings
Halpin: Top 250 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP | Position Eligibility
Fowler: Top 250 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP
2017 Top Fantasy Starting Pitchers
Clayton Kershaw missed roughly 11 starts last season due to back issues …he also ranked top 10 in strikeout rate among pitchers with at least 140 innings pitched … Max Scherzer averaged better than 11 strikeouts per nine innings with a sub-3.00 ERA last year … he’s averaged better than 10 strikeouts per nine innings for five consecutive seasons … for those lovers of fantasy baseball prospects, know the Dodgers will probably limit Julio Urias’ innings against in 2017 - a young arm with tempting K/9 rates … my late-round flier is Dylan Bundy
| Player (Team - Position Eligibility) |
| 1. Clayton Kershaw (LAD - SP) |
| 2. Max Scherzer (Was - SP) |
| 3. Madison Bumgarner (SF - SP) |
| 4. Chris Sale (Bos - SP) |
| 5. Corey Kluber (Cle - SP) |
| 6. Jake Arrieta (ChC - SP) |
| 7. Yu Darvish (Tex - SP) |
| 8. Noah Syndergaard (NYM - SP) |
| 9. Jon Lester (ChC - SP) |
| 10. Johnny Cueto (SF - SP) |
| 11. David Price (Bos - SP) |
| 12. Justin Verlander (Det - SP) |
| 13. Stephen Strasburg (Was - SP) |
| 14. Chris Archer (TB - SP) |
| 15. Carlos Carrasco (Cle - SP) |
| 16. Carlos Martínez (StL - SP) |
| 17. Jacob deGrom (NYM - SP) |
| 18. Masahiro Tanaka (NYY - SP) |
| 19. Zack Greinke (Ari - SP) |
| 20. Kyle Hendricks (ChC - SP) |
| 21. Aarón Sánchez (Tor - SP) |
| 22. Cole Hamels (Tex - SP) |
| 23. Kenta Maeda (LAD - SP) |
| 24. Danny Duffy (KC - SP) |
| 25. Gerrit Cole (Pit - SP) |
| 26. José Quintana (CWS - SP) |
| 27. Félix Hernández (Sea - SP) |
| 28. Danny Salazar (Cle - SP) |
| 29. Julio Teherán (Atl - SP) |
| 30. Kevin Gausman (Bal - SP) |
| 31. Rick Porcello (Bos - SP) |
| 32. Matt Harvey (NYM - SP) |
| 33. Rich Hill (LAD - SP) |
| 34. Dallas Keuchel (Hou - SP) |
| 35. Matt Shoemaker (LAA - SP) |
| 36. Michael Fulmer (Det - SP) |
| 37. John Lackey (ChC - SP) |
| 38. Marcus Stroman (Tor - SP) |
| 39. Sonny Gray (Oak - SP) |
| 40. Steven Matz (NYM - SP) |
| 41. Matt Moore (SF - SP) |
| 42. Jake Odorizzi (TB - SP) |
| 43. Jon Gray (Col - SP) |
| 44. Tanner Roark (Was - SP) |
| 45. J.A. Happ (Tor - SP) |
| 46. Jameson Taillon (Pit - SP) |
| 47. Jeff Samardzija (SF - SP) |
| 48. Drew Pomeranz (Bos - SP) |
| 49. Robbie Ray (Ari - SP) |
| 50. Taijuan Walker (Ari - SP) |
| 51. Marco Estrada (Tor - SP) |
| 52. Adam Wainwright (StL - SP) |
| 53. Michael Pineda (NYY - SP) |
| 54. Raisel Iglesias (Cin - SP) |
| 55. Hisashi Iwakuma (Sea - SP) |
| 56. Eduardo Rodríguez (Bos - SP) |
| 57. Vince Velásquez (Phi - SP) |
| 58. Michael Wacha (StL - SP) |
| 59. Garrett Richards (LAA - SP) |
| 60. Aaron Nola (Phi - SP) |
| 61. Drew Smyly (Sea - SP) |
| 62. Carlos Rodon (CWS - SP) |
| 63. Julio Urías (LAD - SP) |
| 64. Jharel Cotton (Oak - SP) |
| 65. Blake Snell (TB - SP) |
| 66. Lance McCullers Jr. (Hou - SP) |
| 67. Gio González (Was - SP) |
| 68. Sean Manaea (Oak - SP) |
| 69. Chris Tillman (Bal - SP) |
| 70. James Paxton (Sea - SP) |
| 71. Mike Foltynewicz (Atl - SP) |
| 72. Ian Kennedy (KC - SP) |
| 73. Collin McHugh (Hou - SP) |
| 74. Zack Wheeler (NYM - SP) |
| 75. Jason Hammel (KC - SP) |
| 76. Jerad Eickhoff (Phi - SP) |
| 77. Alex Cobb (TB - SP) |
| 78. Anthony DeSclafani (Cin - SP) |
| 79. Trevor Bauer (Cle - SP) |
| 80. Francisco Liriano (Tor - SP) |
2017 Fantasy Baseball Rankings
Halpin: Top 250 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP | Position Eligibility
Fowler: Top 250 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP
