Best Starting Pitchers

This list ranks starting pitchers by OpScore, not by in-game Overall. Overall is a single number that never changes with the difficulty you play on; OpScore re-weights what actually wins games and recomputes it per difficulty, so the best card on All-Star is often not the best on Legend.

For starting pitchers the weighting leans on arsenal quality — arsenal quality over velocity — the out-pitch and the third offering decide games, not the radar gun. That is why a card with a lower Overall and one genuinely unhittable pitch can outrank a balanced arm the market prices far higher.

Cards eligible at starting pitcher through a secondary position are included, because when you are filling this slot the best available option is often a card listed elsewhere. Every row links to that card’s full page — live price, OpScore breakdown, quirks, and price history.

Other positions: Catchers · First Basemen · Second Basemen · Third Basemen · Shortstops · Left Fielders · Center Fielders · Right Fielders · Designated Hitters · Relief Pitchers · Closing Pitchers