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2026 Starting Pitcher Preview, Part 1

2026 Starting Pitcher Preview, Part 1

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball · The Athletic

February 4, 20261h 35m

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Show Notes

Eno and DVR continue their 2026 position preview series and begin 'Pitcher Week' with the first installment of their Starting Pitcher preview. This episode focuses on pitchers being selected in the Top 100 overall of recent NFBC drafts.


Check out Eno's 2026 Starting Pitcher Rankings ($): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7010771


Rundown

1:57 ADP Tier 1a -- Tarik Skubal, Garrett Crochet, Paul Skenes, Cristopher Sánchez & Yoshinobu Yamamoto

25:52 ADP Tier 1b -- Chris Sale, Logan Gilbert, Hunter Brown, Bryan Woo, Hunter Greene, Jacob deGrom & Cole Ragans

45:10 ADP Tier 2a -- Max Fried, Logan Webb, Freddy Peralta, Kyle Bradish, Joe Ryan, George Kirby, Jesús Luzardo & Dylan Cease

1:13:00 ADP Tier 2b -- Blake Snell, Spencer Schwellenbach, Eury Pérez, Framber Valdez, Nick Pivetta & Nolan McLean


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