Rotation leaderboard

2026 MLB Rotation Rankings

Every team's starting rotation, ranked by staff mean Form over the last 5 starts.

FORM: LAST 5 STARTS

Form through 2026-10-28

Detroit Tigers

6 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

54.9

2 surging3 climbing1 slipping

Hot arm: Tarik SkubalCold arm: Framber Valdez

Seattle Mariners

6 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

54.2

2 surging2 climbing1 slipping1 freefall

Hot arm: Bryce MillerCold arm: Bryan Woo

Los Angeles Dodgers

7 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

53.1

1 surging3 climbing1 even2 freefall

Hot arm: Yoshinobu YamamotoCold arm: Roki Sasaki

Milwaukee Brewers

10 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

52.7

5 surging3 slipping2 freefall

Hot arm: Brandon WoodruffCold arm: Coleman Crow

Cleveland Guardians

5 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

52.4

2 surging2 slipping1 freefall

Hot arm: Tanner BibeeCold arm: Gavin Williams

Boston Red Sox

7 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

51.1

3 surging1 slipping3 freefall

Hot arm: Sonny GrayCold arm: Brayan Bello

Texas Rangers

5 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

50.8

3 climbing1 slipping1 freefall

Hot arm: Jacob deGromCold arm: Jack Leiter

Washington Nationals

7 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

50.2

3 surging1 even3 slipping

Hot arm: Foster GriffinCold arm: Miles Mikolas

Miami Marlins

7 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

50.0

1 surging2 climbing1 even1 slipping2 freefall

Hot arm: Max MeyerCold arm: Janson Junk

#10

New York Mets

5 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

49.8

1 surging1 climbing2 slipping1 freefall

Hot arm: Nolan McLeanCold arm: Kodai Senga

#11

St. Louis Cardinals

4 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

49.8

2 climbing2 slipping

Hot arm: Andre PallanteCold arm: Matthew Liberatore

#12

Tampa Bay Rays

8 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

49.6

2 surging1 climbing5 slipping

Hot arm: Griffin JaxCold arm: Freddy Peralta

#13

San Francisco Giants

6 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

49.3

1 surging1 climbing3 even1 slipping

Hot arm: Robbie RayCold arm: Tyler Mahle

#14

Baltimore Orioles

8 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

49.2

1 surging2 climbing4 slipping1 freefall

Hot arm: Trevor RogersCold arm: Trey Gibson

#15

New York Yankees

8 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

49.1

3 climbing5 slipping

Hot arm: Cam SchlittlerCold arm: Luis Gil

#16

Pittsburgh Pirates

6 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

48.2

1 surging1 climbing4 slipping

Hot arm: Braxton AshcraftCold arm: Mitch Keller

#17

Cincinnati Reds

7 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

48.0

1 surging1 climbing1 even4 slipping

Hot arm: Chase BurnsCold arm: Chris Paddack

#18

Houston Astros

7 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

48.0

1 surging1 climbing3 slipping2 freefall

Hot arm: Tatsuya ImaiCold arm: Kai-Wei Teng

#19

Kansas City Royals

7 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

47.6

1 surging1 climbing1 even3 slipping1 freefall

Hot arm: Luinder AvilaCold arm: Noah Cameron

#20

Philadelphia Phillies

6 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

47.5

1 surging1 climbing3 slipping1 freefall

Hot arm: Zack WheelerCold arm: Taijuan Walker

#21

Minnesota Twins

8 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

47.2

2 surging1 climbing1 even2 slipping2 freefall

Hot arm: Mick AbelCold arm: Simeon Woods Richardson

#22

Atlanta Braves

7 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

46.5

1 even3 slipping3 freefall

Hot arm: Chris SaleCold arm: Bryce Elder

#23

Chicago Cubs

8 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

46.4

2 surging1 climbing4 slipping1 freefall

Hot arm: Ben BrownCold arm: David Peterson

#24

Chicago White Sox

6 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

46.4

1 surging3 slipping2 freefall

Hot arm: Sean BurkeCold arm: Noah Schultz

#25

Toronto Blue Jays

5 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

45.9

1 even2 slipping2 freefall

Hot arm: Dylan CeaseCold arm: Max Scherzer

#26

Arizona Diamondbacks

7 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

45.7

2 surging2 slipping3 freefall

Hot arm: Michael SorokaCold arm: Zac Gallen

#27

Los Angeles Angels

8 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

45.5

2 surging2 climbing1 even2 slipping1 freefall

Hot arm: Reid DetmersCold arm: Jack Kochanowicz

#28

Colorado Rockies

7 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

45.4

3 surging2 slipping2 freefall

Hot arm: Jose QuintanaCold arm: Sean Sullivan

#29

San Diego Padres

8 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

44.7

2 surging2 climbing1 even2 slipping1 freefall

Hot arm: Nick PivettaCold arm: Matt Waldron

#30

Athletics

7 qualified arms

Staff mean Form

44.3

3 climbing2 slipping2 freefall

Hot arm: Gage JumpCold arm: Aaron Civale