SP Hunter Brown, HOU
SP Dylan Cease, TOR
SP Garrett Crochet, BOS
SP Max Fried, NYY
SP MacKenzie Gore, TEX
SP Trevor Rogers, BAL
SP Joe Ryan, MIN
SP Tarik Skubal, DET
SP Gavin Williams, CLE
RP David Bednar, NYY
RP Andrés Muñoz, SEA
RP Grant Taylor, CWS
-Tarik Skubal, Garrett Crochet, Hunter Brown and Max Fried finished 1-4 in the AL Cy Young voting a year ago. They are all safe bets to again anchor the staff of four projected playoff contenders.
-Trevor Rogers (12 GS, 1.94 ERA, 71 K, 74.1 IP) and Gavin Williams (12 GS, 2.18 ERA, 78 K, 70.1 IP) were two of the best pitchers in baseball during the second half last season. They would be first-time All-Star selections, but certainly looked the part last summer.
-Grant Taylor is the lone representative for the White Sox. He is an under-the-radar candidate worth keeping an eye on this year. With an upper-90s fastball and wicked breaking stuff, he struck out 54 of the 157 batters he faced in 2025 while logging a 1.42 FIP in 36.2 innings.