It’s been a great first month of free agency for starting pitchers. After Chris Bassitt agreed to a three-year, $63 million contract with the Blue Jays on Monday night, 20 starters so far have signed deals for a combined total of more than $745 million. Fourteen of those 20 were ranked among our initial top 50 free agent rankings, including future Hall of Famers Justin Verlander and Clayton Kershaw, and Jacob deGrom, who is the best pitcher in baseball when healthy.
But this doesn’t mean the fun is done just yet. There is still plenty of starting pitching talent for the teams that missed out during the initial frenzy.
So, after resetting the market on Monday with our updated top 25 free agents, let’s take a look at the top five starters still available and make predictions about where they might end up.
