The List 8/27: All ROS Schedules For The Top 100 Starting Pitchers

What is happening. This week’s edition of The List is going to be completely different from what you’re used to and will be in this format through the end of the 2018 season. I’ll be ranking the Top 100 (and a little more) this week per usual, but I will be attaching their estimated ROS schedule as well, to give you better idea of who has easy or hard schedules through the rest of the season.

But before we get started, there is one elephant in the room that made this really really difficult:

How do we rank strength of schedule?

I can’t give you a good answer. Last 30 days wOBA means the Blue Jays are a near top tier offense with the Reds near the bottom. Season wOBA doesn’t tell the whole tale either with teams hurt, injured, etc. Shorter samples get weighed heavily by a few blowouts here and there and suddenly I have no way to spit out a tiered list to make this easy.

I need to have some system for this as I’m going to be going over every pitcher’s estimated ROS schedule that matters for your fantasy team and I can’t just eye it out because that will get carved up in an instant.

So I’ve elected to go the extra mile for y’all. Here is a quick table of my opponent rankings ROS, with an exception being made for @COL/COL as they are wildly different teams outside of the massively helpful Coors Field. I’ve sorted teams into five tiers of Elite, Strong, Average, Weak, and Poor. 

Elite Offense	@COL	HOU	NYY	BOS	CLE	CHC	OAK
Strong Offense	LAD	ATL	MIL	SEA	STL	ARI
Average Offense	WSH	TEX	PIT	TBR	LAA	CIN
Weak Offense	PHI	MIN	SFG	COL	TOR
Poor Offense	SDP	MIA	NYM	DET	KCR	CHW	BAL

You probably have qualms with these assessments as I may have overlooked certain elements here and there, but I think we can all generally agree with these. If you don’t, make slight adjustments to the following List as the estimated schedules aren’t changing.

With that out of the way, I’m going to shoot out this massive table for you. There are a few things you have to keep in mind when reading this new edition of The List:

• These schedules are not set in stone. Seriously, I tried my best to estimate this but man there is just so much up in the air
• I will be updating this every Monday until the end of the season, just like The List normally operates.
• The List is in order of who I’d want to own today for all future starts the rest of the way. I’m putting less weight on the final start of each pitcher as A) your H2H playoffs may be over and B) that final week is a mix of call-ups, setting up for playoffs, limiting innings, etc.
• And while I am putting less weight on that final start, I am favoring pitchers with seven starts over six, like Jacob deGrom, Charlie Morton, Stephen Strasburg, etc. It might not come to fruition as mentioned in the previous point, but I still need to give them bonus points.
• I did my best to guess return dates for injured pitchers. In the end, I don’t know and the guy who says he knows, yeah he doesn’t know.

Rank	Pitcher	1st Start	2nd Start	3rd Start	4th Start	5th Start	6th Start	7th Start
1	Jacob Degrom	@CHC	@LAD	PHI	@BOS	@PHI	ATL	MIA
2	Gerrit Cole	OAK	LAA	@BOS	@DET	SEA	@TOR	@BAL
3	Aaron Nola	WSH	@MIA	@NYM	MIA	@ATL	@COL	ATL
4	Max Scherzer	@PHI	STL	CHC	@ATL	NYM	MIA	–
5	Clayton Kershaw	ARI	NYM	@CIN	@STL	SDP	@SFG	–
6	Justin Verlander	LAA	MIN	@DET	ARI	LAA	@BAL	–
7	Carlos Carrasco	MIN	TBR	@TOR	@TBR	CHW	@CHW	@KCR
8	Patrick Corbin	@SFG	@LAD	ATL	@COL	CHC	COL	@SDP
9	Noah Syndergaard	@CHC	@SFG	PHI	MIA	@PHI	@WSH	MIA
10	Corey Kluber	TBR	KCR	@TBR	DET	BOS	@KCR	–
11	Blake Snell	@CLE	BAL	OAK	@TEX	NYY	TOR	–
12	Zack Greinke	@LAD	ATL	@COL	@HOU	COL	@SDP	–
13	Luis Severino	DET	@OAK	@MIN	TOR	BAL	@TBR	–
14	Charlie Morton	OAK	LAA	@BOS	ARI	SEA	@TOR	@BAL
15	Jack Flaherty	PIT	CIN	@DET	LAD	@ATL	MIL	@CHC
16	David Price	MIA	@ATL	HOU	NYM	@CLE	BAL	–
17	Mike Clevinger	MIN	KCR	@TOR	DET	BOS	@CHW	–
18	Jameson Taillon	@ATL	CIN	@STL	KCR	MIL	@CIN	–
19	J.A. Happ	DET	@OAK	@MIN	BOS	BAL	@BOS	–
20	Mike Foltynewicz	CHC	BOS	@ARI	WSH	PHI	@NYM	–
21	Stephen Strasburg	@PHI	MIL	CHC	@PHI	@MIA	MIA	@COL
22	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	@COL	@MIL	COL	@STL	SDP	–
23	Miles Mikolas	PIT	@WSH	@DET	LAD	@ATL	MIL	–
24	Walker Buehler	@TEX	ARI	@COL	@STL	COL	@ARI	@SFG?
25	Jon Gray	@LAA	@SDP	LAD	ARI	@LAD	PHI	WSH
26	Masahiro Tanaka	CHW	DET	@SEA	@MIN	BOS	@TBR	@BOS
27	Zack Wheeler	@SFG	@LAD	MIA	@BOS	@WSH	ATL	–
28	Cole Hamels	NYM	@MIL	@WSH	CIN	@ARI	PIT	STL
29	German Marquez	@SDP	SFG	ARI	@SFG	@ARI	PHI	–
30	Kyle Hendricks	@PHI	@WSH	MIL	@ARI	@CHW	STL	–
31	Kyle Freeland	@LAA	SFG	LAD	@SFG	@LAD	PHI	WSH
32	Kyle Gibson	@CLE	@TEX	KCR	@KCR	@DET	DET	CHW
33	Rick Porcello	@CHW	@ATL	TOR	@NYY	@CLE	NYY	–
34	Rich Hill	ARI	NYM	@CIN	@STL	SDP	@ARI	–
35	Jake Arrieta	WSH	@MIA	WSH	MIA	@ATL	@COL	–
36	Luis Castillo	MIL	@PIT	SDP	@CHC	@MIA	KCR	–
37	Alex Wood	@TEX	NYM	@COL	@STL	COL	@ARI	–
38	Nick Pivetta	CHC	@MIA	WSH	NYM	@ATL	@COL	–
39	Jose Berrios	@TEX	KCR	NYY	@DET	@OAK	CHW	–
40	Dallas Keuchel	OAK	MIN	@BOS	ARI	LAA	@TOR	–
41	Shane Bieber	TBR	@TOR	@TBR	CHW	BOS	@KCR	–
42	Robbie Ray	@LAD	SDP	@COL	@HOU	COL	LAD	–
43	Zack Godley	@SFG	SDP	ATL	@HOU	CHC	LAD	–
44	Carlos Rodon	@NYY	BOS	LAA	@KCR	@CLE	CLE	@MIN
45	Nathan Eovaldi	@CHW	HOU	TOR	@NYY	BAL	NYY	–
46	Michael Kopech	BOS	DET	@KCR	@CLE	CHC	@MIN	–
47	Clay Buchholz	@SFG	@LAD	ATL	@COL	CHC	LAD	@SDP
48	Joe Musgrove	@STL	CIN	@STL	@MIL	MIL	@CHC	–
49	Trevor Cahill	@HOU	NYY	TEX	@TBR	MIN	@SEA	–
50	Zach Eflin	WSH	CHC	@NYM	MIA	NYM	@COL	ATL
51	Tyler Glasnow	@ATL	@TOR	CLE	OAK	@TOR	NYY	–
52	CC Sabathia	CHW	@OAK	@SEA	TOR	BAL	@TBR	–
53	Kevin Gausman	PIT	@ARI	@SFG	STL	PHI	@PHI	–
54	Mike Fiers	SEA	NYY	@BAL	LAA	MIN	@LAA	–
55	Tanner Roark	MIL	STL	@PHI	@ATL	NYM	@COL	–
56	Anibal Sanchez	PIT	BOS	@SFG	WSH	PHI	@NYM	–
57	Derek Holland	NYM	@MIL	ATL	@SDP	SDP	LAD	–
58	Dereck Rodriguez	ARI	@COL	ATL	COL	@STL	LAD	–
59	Dylan Bundy	@KCR	@TBR	CHW	TOR	@BOS	HOU	–
60	Jon Lester	NYM	@PHI	@WSH	MIL	@ARI	PIT	STL
61	Lance Lynn	CHW	DET	@SEA	TOR	BOS	@TBR	@BOS
62	Joey Lucchesi	SEA	@ARI	@CIN	TEX	@LAD	ARI	–
63	Michael Fulmer	@NYY	@CHW	HOU	@CLE	KCR	@MIN	–
64	Andrew Heaney	@HOU	@TEX	TEX	SEA	@HOU	TEX	–
65	Chris Archer	@ATL	MIA	@STL	KCR	@CHC	@CIN	–
66	Vince Velasquez	CHC	@NYM	WSH	NYM	@ATL	ATL	–
67	Sean Newcomb	TBR	BOS	@ARI	WSH	STL	@NYM	@PHI
68	Junior Guerra	@CIN	@WSH	SFG	PIT	CIN	@STL	–
69	Jose Quintana	@PHI	@MIL	MIL	CIN	@CHW	PIT	–
70	Jhoulys Chacin	@WSH	CHC	@CHC	CIN	@PIT	DET	–
71	Hyun-Jin Ryu	ARI	@COL	@CIN	COL	SDP	@SFG	–
72	Matt Harvey	MIL	@PIT	SDP	@CHC	@MIL	KCR	–
73	Matthew Boyd	@KCR	@CHW	STL	@CLE	KCR	@MIN	–
74	Tyler Anderson	@SDP	LAD	ARI	@LAD	@ARI	WSH	–
75	Mike Minor	LAD	LAA	@LAA	@SDP	SEA	@SEA	–
76	Freddy Peralta	@CIN	CHC	SFG	PIT	@PIT	@STL	–
77	Steven Matz	@SFG	PHI	MIA	@PHI	@WSH	MIA	–
78	Pablo Lopez	TOR	@PIT	@NYM	WSH	@WSH	@NYM	–
79	Jakob Junis	DET	@CLE	@MIN	MIN	@PIT	@CIN	CLE
80	Trevor Richards	@BOS	PHI	@NYM	@PHI	CIN	@WSH	–
81	Jaime Barria	@HOU	@TEX	TEX	SEA	@HOU	OAK	–
82	Gio Gonzalez	@PHI	STL	CHC	@ATL	NYM	MIA	–
83	Trevor Williams	@STL	CIN	MIA	@MIL	MIL	@CHC	–
84	Danny Duffy	DET	@CLE	CHW	MIN	@DET	@CIN	–
85	Sam Gaviglio	@BAL	@MIA	CLE	@BOS	@BAL	TBR	@TBR
86	Anthony Desclafani	MIL	@STL	SDP	LAD	@MIL	@MIA	PIT
87	Jake Odorizzi	@CLE	@HOU	NYY	@KCR	@OAK	DET	–
88	Austin Gomber	CIN	@WSH	PIT	LAD	SFG	@CHC	–
89	Wei-Yin Chen	TOR	@PIT	@NYM	WSH	CIN	@NYM	–
90	Jacob Nix	SEA	COL	@CIN	TEX	@LAD	@SFG	–
91	Chase Anderson	@WSH	SFG	@CHC	CIN	@STL	DET	–
92	Edwin Jackson	@HOU	SEA	TEX	@TBR	LAA	@SEA	–
93	Lucas Giolito	BOS	DET	@KCR	@BAL	CHC	@MIN	–
94	Mike Leake	@OAK?	NYY?	@LAA?	@HOU?	OAK?	TEX?	–
95	Marco Gonzales	@SDP	BAL	NYY	@LAA	@TEX	OAK	–
96	Aaron Sanchez	@MIA	TBR	@BOS	@NYY	TBR	HOU	–
97	Daniel Poncedeleon	CIN	@DET	PIT	@ATL	SFG	@CHC	–
98	Jose Urena	@BOS	PHI	@PIT	@PHI	CIN	@WSH	–
99	Wade Leblanc	@OAK	BAL	SDP	@HOU	@TEX	TEX	–
100	Julio Teheran	TBR	PIT	@ARI	@SFG	STL	PHI	@PHI
101	Ivan Nova	@STL	@ATL	MIA	@MIL	KCR	@CHC	@CIN
102	Reynaldo Lopez	@NYY	DET	LAA	@BAL	CHC	CLE	–
103	Brian Johnson	MIA	@CHW	HOU	NYM	@NYY	BAL	–
104	Andrew Suarez	NYM	@COL	ATL	@SDP	@STL	LAD	–
105	John Gant	PIT	@WSH	PIT	LAD	SFG	MIL	–
106	Alex Cobb	TOR	@SEA	OAK	CHW	@NYY	HOU	–
107	Brett Anderson	@HOU	SEA	TEX	@BAL	LAA	@SEA	@LAA
108	Felix Pena	@HOU	@CHW	TEX	@OAK	@HOU	OAK	–
109	Homer Bailey	@STL	@PIT	LAD	@CHC	@MIA	PIT	–
110	Chris Sale	–	–	TOR?	NYM?	@CLE?	NYY?	–
111	James Paxton	–	@OAK?	NYY?	@LAA?	@HOU?	OAK?	–
112	Eduardo Rodriguez	–	@CWS?	HOU?	TOR	@NYY?	BAL?	NYY?
113	Tyler Skaggs	–	–	–	@OAK?	@HOU?	OAK?	–
114	Sean Manaea	–	–	–	@BAL?	@TBR?	MIN?	@LAA?
115	Marcus Stroman	–	–	CLE?	@NYY?	@BAL?	HOU?	TBR?

Notes

• There is a ton to talk about and I’m going save the time of getting this out sooner instead of detailing multiple pitchers in these notes. Looking forward to diving into all this info with everyone in the comments and on Reddit.

8 pitchers with favorable ROS schedules

• Carlos Carrasco – (MIN, TBR, @TOR, @TBR, CHW, @CHW, @KCR)
• Shane Bieber – (TBR, @TOR, @TBR, CHW, BOS, @KCR)
• Walker Buehler – (@TEX, ARI, @COL, @STL, COL, @ARI, @SFG)
• Jon Gray – (@LAA, @SDP, LAD, ARI, @LAD, PHI, WSH
• Kevin Gausman – (PIT, @ARI, @SFG, STL, PHI, @PHI)
• Junior Guerra – (@CIN, @WSH, SFG, PIT, CIN, @STL)
• Steven Matz – (@SFG, PHI, MIA, @PHI, @WSH, MIA)
• Wei-Yin Chen – (TOR, @PIT, @NYM, WSH, CIN, @NYM)
• Jose Quintana – (@PHI, @MIL, MIL, CIN, @CHW, PIT)

8 pitchers with poor ROS schedules

• J.A. Happ – (DET, @OAK, @MIN, BOS, BAL, @BOS)
• Michael Fulmer – (@NYY, @CHW, HOU, @CLE, KCR, @MIN)
• Jake Odorizzi – (@CLE, @HOU, NYY, @KCR, @OAK, DET)
• Joe Musgrove – (@STL, CIN, @STL, @MIL, MIL, @CHC)
• Zack Greinke (@LAD, ATL, @COL, @HOU, COL, @SDP)
• Carlos Rodon – (@NYY, BOS, LAA, @KCR, @CLE, CLE, @MIN)
• Rick Porcello – (@CHW, @ATL, TOR, @NYY, @CLE, NYY)
• Tyler Glasnow – (@ATL, @TOR, CLE, OAK, @TOR, NYY)