Fantasy Baseball Pitcher ADP Update: Paul Skenes Leads the Way; Emmanuel Clase a Top-10 Pitcher Overall, Plus More
Taking a look at some draft data near the end of March.
It's been several weeks since we looked at ADP data for fantasy baseball, but with drafts picking up as the regular season nears, it's a perfect time to go over things again.
We'll look at pitchers here. The last update we did on pitcher's ADPs can be found here.
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The Top-End Picks
There's still just three pitchers going inside the first 20 fantasy picks. The order has shifted a bit though.
Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes is now the leader, going at pick 10.33 on average. Detroit's Tarik Skubal is at 10.67, making him the second pitcher taken now. Philadelphia's Zack Wheeler is at pick 15.07, so he's still the third pitcher grabbed.
Skenes and Skubal are pretty interchangeable in my book, but I do prefer Skubal ever so slightly. Wheeler is my third guy.
Top-10 Pitchers
Injuries to Gerrit Cole and George Kirby, among others, have shifted the landscape quite a bit.
Seattle's Logan Gilbert is the fourth pitcher off draft boards, going at pick 21.29 on average. Arizona's Corbin Burnes (25.07) and San Diego's Dylan Cease (25.67) are neck-and-neck for the next spot. Boston's Garrett Crochet (29.49) is another top-30 pick, on average.
Atlanta's Chris Sale (32) and Kansas City's Cole Ragans (34.16) are the final two starters in the top 10, while Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase (37.78) is the first reliever taken, and rounds out the top 10.
Top-50 Picks
Just three more pitchers go before pick 50 on average.
Los Angeles Dodgers' Blake Snell appears at pick 44.04, followed closely by New York Yankees' closer Devin Williams at pick 44.4.
Houston's Framber Valdez is not far behind, at pick 45.91 on average.
Other Top-150 Starting Pitchers
A total of 46 starting pitchers are going inside the top-150 picks right now.
Los Angeles Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto is at pick 51.49. Philadelphia's Aaron Nola (53.71) and Minnesota's Pablo Lopez (55.36) are also going in the 50s.
New York Yankees' Max Fried is at pick 63.73 on average. San Diego's Michael King (64.87), Kirby (66.36) and Seattle's Luis Castillo (68.29) are three other starting pitchers going in the 60s.
Chicago Cubs' Shota Imanaga has an ADP of 70.24 so far. San Francisco's Logan Webb (71.69), Los Angeles Dodgers' Tyler Glasnow (77.82) and Seattle's Bryce Miller (79.49) are other pitchers going in the 70s.
St. Louis' Sonny Gray (85.24), Minnesota's Bailey Ober (88.24) and Arizona's Zac Gallen (89.44) are going in the 80s.
Cincinnati's Hunter Greene (90.11), Milwaukee's Freddy Peralta (90.84), Minnesota's Joe Ryan (92.36), Los Angeles Dodgers' Roki Sasaki (95.02), Chicago Cubs' Justin Steele (97.82) and Texas' Jacob deGrom (99.93) are the final pitchers going before pick 100.
Toronto's Kevin Gausman and Cleveland's Tanner Bibee fall just outside the top-100 picks. Houston's Hunter Brown is the only other pitcher going before pick 120.
Atlanta's Spencer Schwellenbach, Detroit's Jack Flaherty, Arizona's Brandon Pfaadt and Miami's Sandy Alcantara are a group of pitchers going in the 120s.
New York Yankees' Carlos Rodon, Atlanta's Spencer Strider, Pittsburgh's Jared Jones, New York Mets' Kodai Senga, Philadelphia's Cristopher Sanchez, Kansas City's Seth Lugo, Los Angeles Angels' Yusei Kikuchi and Boston's Tanner Houck are the final picks before pick 150.
Top-End Fantasy Relievers
After Clase and Williams, Houston's Josh Hader is the next closer off draft boards at pick 53.09 on average.
New York Mets' Edwin Diaz (61), St. Louis' Ryan Helsley (67.56) and Athletics' Mason Miller (68.51) are three more closers going in the 60s.
Atlanta's Raisel Iglesias (76) and Baltimore's Felix Bautista (95.56) are the only other closers being taken in the top-100 picks.
Ryan Walker (101.13) and San Diego's Robert Suarez (101.69) just missed the top 100, and round out the top-10 fantasy relievers taken.
Other Top-150 Relief Pitchers
There's 15 total relievers going inside the first 150 picks right now.
Seattle's Andres Munoz and Minnesota's Jhoan Duran are going before pick 110 on average.
Los Angeles Dodgers' Tanner Scott and Toronto's Jeff Hoffman are the next relievers picked, but they are both going in the 130s. Cincinnati's Alexis Diaz (142.38) is the final fantasy reliever taken in the top 150 on average.
