active MLB starters over age 35

	NAME	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	34	16	9	.640	34	2.52	290	1	1	214.0	156	60	63	28	37	8	0	833	5	12.20	1.56	7.84	1.18	34.8	4.4	0.90	.272	2.65	6.56
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	8	2	3	.400	8	4.98	65	1	0	43.1	42	24	24	9	12	0	0	184	0	13.50	2.49	5.42	1.87	35.3	6.5	1.25	.337	4.98	8.72
3	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	31	10	14	.417	31	4.16	168	0	0	171.0	180	79	91	18	70	16	2	758	2	8.84	3.68	2.40	0.95	22.2	9.2	1.46	.333	4.79	9.47
4	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	13	5	1	.833	13	4.03	63	0	0	73.2	67	33	35	11	19	2	0	300	1	7.70	2.32	3.32	1.34	21.0	6.3	1.17	.273	4.28	8.19
5	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	31	10	10	.500	31	3.75	135	0	0	170.1	150	71	73	22	63	11	0	717	7	7.13	3.33	2.14	1.16	18.8	8.8	1.25	.263	3.86	7.93
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	30	18	3	.857	30	2.46	232	0	0	182.2	147	50	51	9	40	8	0	724	4	11.43	1.97	5.80	0.44	32.0	5.5	1.02	.317	2.51	7.24
7	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	31	11	11	.500	31	4.64	146	1	0	168.2	181	87	88	24	47	2	0	719	5	7.79	2.51	3.11	1.28	20.3	6.5	1.35	.314	4.70	9.66
8	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	22	11	3	.786	22	1.73	129	1	1	130.0	90	25	28	10	21	7	1	496	6	8.93	1.45	6.14	0.69	26.0	4.2	0.85	.243	1.94	6.23
9	Sonny Gray S. Gray	32	14	8	.636	32	4.28	201	1	1	180.2	185	86	93	25	38	3	0	753	2	10.01	1.89	5.29	1.25	26.7	5.0	1.23	.329	4.63	9.22
10	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	26	8	7	.533	26	4.15	125	0	0	145.1	133	67	70	27	55	6	1	611	5	7.74	3.41	2.27	1.67	20.5	9.0	1.29	.266	4.33	8.24
11	Tomoyuki Sugano T. Sugano	30	10	10	.500	30	4.64	106	0	0	157.0	173	81	85	33	36	8	2	675	3	6.08	2.06	2.94	1.89	15.7	5.3	1.33	.285	4.87	9.92
12	Huascar Brazobán H. Brazobán	3	0	0		3	0.00	5	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	0	11.25	6.75	1.67	0.00	33.3	20.0	0.75	.000	0.00	0.00
13	Brent Suter B. Suter	3	0	0		3	2.25	4	0	0	8.0	9	2	3	1	1	0	0	32	0	4.50	1.13	4.00	1.13	12.5	3.1	1.25	.308	3.38	10.13
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	19	8	4	.667	19	2.38	141	1	0	117.1	83	31	34	15	24	7	0	456	2	10.82	1.84	5.88	1.15	30.9	5.3	0.91	.253	2.61	6.37
15	Colin Rea C. Rea	27	10	8	.556	27	4.15	113	0	0	143.0	134	66	69	15	52	7	0	609	1	7.11	3.27	2.17	0.94	18.6	8.5	1.30	.282	4.34	8.43
16	Nick Martinez N. Martinez	25	11	4	.733	25	3.06	84	0	0	144.1	138	49	50	19	25	5	0	586	2	5.24	1.56	3.36	1.18	14.3	4.3	1.13	.263	3.12	8.61
17	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	17	8	3	.727	17	3.99	76	0	0	97.0	88	43	46	15	30	7	0	401	1	7.05	2.78	2.53	1.39	19.0	7.5	1.22	.267	4.27	8.16
18	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	27	7	11	.389	27	4.37	149	0	0	150.1	149	73	79	18	41	1	1	633	1	8.92	2.45	3.63	1.08	23.5	6.5	1.26	.309	4.73	8.92
19	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	21	8	8	.500	21	3.23	74	0	0	106.0	87	38	42	10	48	2	1	443	0	6.28	4.08	1.54	0.85	16.7	10.8	1.27	.249	3.57	7.39
20	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	17	7	7	.500	17	3.19	105	0	0	98.2	85	35	36	13	21	2	0	402	0	9.58	1.92	5.00	1.19	26.1	5.2	1.07	.276	3.28	7.75
21	Steven Matz S. Matz	2	0	1	.000	2	16.88	3	0	0	2.2	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	14	0	10.13	0.00		6.75	21.4	0.0	2.25	.444	16.88	20.25
22	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	10	3	3	.500	10	3.34	52	0	0	62.0	51	23	25	12	12	2	0	248	1	7.55	1.74	4.33	1.74	21.0	4.8	1.02	.229	3.63	7.40
23	Wandy Peralta W. Peralta	1	0	0		1	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	20.0	0.0	3.00	.750	9.00	27.00
24	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	1	0	1	.000	1	9.00	4	0	0	5.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	23	0	7.20	1.80	4.00	3.60	17.4	4.3	1.60	.333	9.00	12.60

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

37

Olson

36

Goodman

RBI Leaders

102

Stewart

99

Burleson

97

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.320

Arraez

.318

Alvarez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

163

Arraez

161

Lopez

154

Díaz

Run Leaders

100

Wood

93

Crow-Armstrong

92

Vargas

OBP Leaders

.435

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.607

Alvarez

.557

García

.549

Goodman

SB Leaders

43

Nuñez

38

Chisholm

37

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Griffin

Strikeout Leaders

222

Misiorowski

217

Cease

204

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.73

Misiorowski

2.06

Sale

2.09

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.23

Misiorowski

12.99

Cease

11.77

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.34

Misiorowski

6.32

Sale

5.72

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

22

Martinez

25

Rasmussen

28

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,228.2

Ohtani

1,875.1

Crow-Armstrong

1,785.3

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,565.6

Ohtani

1,425

Crow-Armstrong

1,338

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

81-53

78-59

76-59

74-60

75-61

74-61

Worst Record ATS

51-84

54-81

56-79

58-77

61-74

63-72

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	80	55	.593
Phillies	75	60	.556	5.0
Marlins	68	67	.504	12.0
Nationals	64	73	.467	17.0
Mets	60	75	.444	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	84	51	.622
Cubs	76	59	.563	8.0
Cardinals	68	68	.500	16.5
Pirates	65	71	.478	19.5
Reds	64	71	.474	20.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	81	54	.600
Padres	72	63	.533	9.0
Diamondbacks	72	64	.529	9.5
Giants	55	80	.407	26.0
Rockies	52	83	.385	29.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	80	54	.597
Yankees	76	58	.567	4.0
Red Sox	73	61	.545	7.0
Orioles	66	69	.489	14.5
Blue Jays	66	70	.485	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	71	63	.530
Guardians	68	67	.504	3.5
Twins	64	71	.474	7.5
Tigers	62	72	.463	9.0
Royals	61	75	.449	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	68	67	.504
Rangers	66	69	.489	2.0
Mariners	64	71	.474	4.0
Athletics	53	82	.393	15.0
Angels	52	83	.385	16.0