most starts as a al central pitcher 2026

8 pitchers are tied for starting the most games in the AL Central this season, with 17 starts. The first three are Joe Ryan, Michael Wacha and Framber Valdez.

	NAME	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	17	2026	MIN	17	5	4	.556	3.18	108	0	0	0	93.1	77	33	38	9	19	5	0	0	379	2	10.41	1.83	5.68	0.87	28.5	5.0	1.03	.286	3.66	75	2.80	67	7.43	14.1
2	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	17	2026	KCR	17	5	5	.500	3.31	84	0	0	0	108.2	94	40	42	10	30	4	0	1	438	3	6.96	2.48	2.80	0.83	19.2	6.8	1.14	.271	3.48	77	3.68	88	7.79	5.8
3	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	17	2026	DET	17	4	5	.444	4.05	77	0	0	0	95.2	93	43	48	10	34	8	0	0	417	3	7.24	3.20	2.26	0.94	18.5	8.2	1.33	.288	4.52	97	4.16	100	8.75	0
4	Joey Cantillo J. Cantillo	17	2026	CLE	17	6	3	.667	3.87	85	0	0	0	86.0	77	37	41	12	39	1	0	0	360	5	8.90	4.08	2.18	1.26	23.6	10.8	1.35	.291	4.29	94	4.33	105	8.06	-2
5	Slade Cecconi S. Cecconi	17	2026	CLE	17	4	6	.400	4.18	70	0	0	0	90.1	94	42	44	12	29	3	0	1	387	1	6.97	2.89	2.41	1.20	18.1	7.5	1.36	.300	4.38	101	4.33	105	9.37	-2.2
6	Gavin Williams G. Williams	17	2026	CLE	17	9	4	.692	3.81	117	0	0	0	101.2	85	43	46	15	34	2	0	0	414	3	10.36	3.01	3.44	1.33	28.3	8.2	1.17	.285	4.07	92	3.77	92	7.52	3.9
7	Tanner Bibee T. Bibee	17	2026	CLE	17	2	8	.200	3.78	81	0	0	0	95.1	80	40	41	16	29	2	0	0	385	2	7.65	2.74	2.79	1.51	21.0	7.5	1.14	.249	3.87	91	4.55	110	7.55	-4.7
8	Parker Messick P. Messick	17	2026	CLE	17	7	5	.583	2.85	106	0	0	0	101.0	78	32	34	9	29	1	0	2	400	3	9.45	2.58	3.66	0.80	26.5	7.2	1.06	.271	3.03	69	3.04	74	6.95	12.2
9	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	16	2026	DET	16	1	8	.111	4.97	87	0	0	0	70.2	71	39	47	8	37	5	0	1	326	5	11.08	4.71	2.35	1.02	26.7	11.3	1.53	.333	5.99	119	3.89	93	9.04	2.2
10	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	16	2026	KCR	16	3	5	.375	4.18	69	0	0	0	90.1	94	42	46	10	30	1	0	0	381	1	6.87	2.99	2.30	1.00	18.1	7.9	1.37	.310	4.58	97	4.03	97	9.37	1.3
11	Davis Martin D. Martin	16	2026	CWS	16	9	3	.750	3.00	90	0	0	0	93.0	86	31	31	6	24	4	0	0	378	5	8.71	2.32	3.75	0.58	23.8	6.3	1.18	.315	3.00	72	2.90	68	8.32	14
12	Anthony Kay A. Kay	15	2026	CWS	17	6	3	.667	4.50	65	0	0	0	80.0	83	40	43	11	31	15	0	0	367	3	7.31	3.49	2.10	1.24	17.7	8.4	1.43	.294	4.84	108	4.98	116	9.34	-5.9
13	Taj Bradley T. Bradley	15	2026	MIN	15	6	3	.667	3.98	91	0	0	0	83.2	72	37	37	12	35	2	0	0	358	4	9.79	3.76	2.60	1.29	25.4	9.8	1.28	.275	3.98	94	4.11	99	7.75	0.5
14	Noah Cameron N. Cameron	15	2026	KCR	15	4	5	.444	4.50	75	0	0	0	80.0	84	40	45	8	22	2	0	1	349	1	8.44	2.47	3.41	0.90	21.5	6.3	1.33	.314	5.06	104	3.42	82	9.45	6.6
15	Keider Montero K. Montero	15	2026	DET	16	4	5	.444	3.39	56	0	0	0	87.2	69	33	35	9	18	2	0	0	348	1	5.75	1.85	3.11	0.92	16.1	5.2	0.99	.228	3.59	81	3.83	92	7.08	3.2
16	Sean Burke S. Burke	13	2026	CWS	17	5	4	.556	3.69	95	0	0	0	92.2	80	38	39	11	33	6	1	0	387	5	9.23	3.21	2.88	1.07	24.5	8.5	1.22	.285	3.79	88	3.85	90	7.77	4.5
17	Bailey Ober B. Ober	12	2026	MIN	12	6	3	.667	4.59	46	1	1	0	66.2	63	34	36	12	18	2	0	0	281	0	6.21	2.43	2.56	1.62	16.4	6.4	1.21	.251	4.86	109	4.95	119	8.51	-5.9
18	Casey Mize C. Mize	12	2026	DET	12	3	5	.375	2.63	68	0	0	0	65.0	49	19	19	4	14	1	0	0	253	0	9.42	1.94	4.86	0.55	26.9	5.5	0.97	.271	2.63	63	2.49	60	6.78	12.1
19	Connor Prielipp C. Prielipp	12	2026	MIN	12	2	5	.286	4.96	65	0	0	0	61.2	62	34	42	6	23	5	0	0	273	1	9.49	3.36	2.83	0.88	23.8	8.4	1.38	.322	6.13	117	3.61	87	9.05	3.8
20	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	10	2026	DET	10	3	4	.429	3.32	66	0	0	0	59.2	51	22	24	8	8	2	0	0	234	0	9.96	1.21	8.25	1.21	28.2	3.4	0.99	.287	3.62	79	3.13	75	7.69	6.9
21	Simeon Woods Richardson S. Woods Richardson	10	2026	MIN	12	0	7	.000	7.74	26	0	0	0	47.2	65	41	46	9	25	2	1	0	227	2	4.91	4.72	1.04	1.70	11.5	11.0	1.89	.339	8.69	183	6.16	148	12.27	-10.6
22	Kris Bubic K. Bubic	9	2026	KCR	9	3	2	.600	4.11	51	0	0	0	50.1	36	23	23	4	26	1	0	0	207	4	9.12	4.65	1.96	0.72	24.6	12.6	1.23	.256	4.11	95	3.71	89	6.44	2.5
23	Stephen Kolek S. Kolek	9	2026	KCR	9	4	2	.667	4.15	34	1	1	0	52.0	51	24	27	8	11	2	0	0	213	2	5.88	1.90	3.09	1.38	16.0	5.2	1.19	.272	4.67	96	4.53	109	8.83	-2.2
24	Zebby Matthews Z. Matthews	9	2026	MIN	9	4	5	.444	4.15	46	0	0	0	56.1	52	26	26	11	12	2	0	0	229	1	7.35	1.92	3.83	1.76	20.1	5.2	1.14	.259	4.15	98	4.74	114	8.31	-3.6
25	Erick Fedde E. Fedde	8	2026	CWS	16	2	6	.250	4.34	50	0	0	0	74.2	76	36	41	14	30	3	0	1	328	2	6.03	3.62	1.67	1.69	15.2	9.1	1.42	.268	4.94	104	5.52	129	9.16	-9.8

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	44	39	.530
Guardians	44	41	.518	1.0
Twins	41	45	.477	4.5
Tigers	36	49	.424	9.0
Royals	35	50	.412	10.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 6/30	MIN	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 7/1	MIN	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Fri 7/3	MIN	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Sat 7/4	MIN	@	NYY	1:35 PM
Sun 7/5	MIN	@	NYY	1:35 PM

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Braves	49	33	.598
Phillies	47	38	.553	3.5
Marlins	45	40	.529	5.5
Nationals	43	43	.500	8.0
Mets	35	50	.412	15.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	51	31	.622
Cubs	47	38	.553	5.5
Cardinals	43	38	.531	7.5
Pirates	43	42	.506	9.5
Reds	39	44	.470	12.5
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Dodgers	55	30	.647
Padres	43	40	.518	11.0
Diamondbacks	42	42	.500	12.5
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Rockies	33	52	.388	22.0

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Red Sox	37	46	.446	12.0
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White Sox	44	39	.530
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Twins	41	45	.477	4.5
Tigers	36	49	.424	9.0
Royals	35	50	.412	10.0
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Rangers	43	42	.506
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Astros	42	45	.483	2.0
Athletics	40	45	.471	3.0
Angels	36	50	.419	7.5

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Sun 6/14	SEA	@	WSH	1-10
Sun 6/14	PHI	@	MIL	0-4
Mon 6/15	MIA	@	PHI	0-7
Mon 6/15	KCR	@	WSH	3-7
Mon 6/15	NYM	@	CIN	0-12

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Tue 6/30	CWS	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Tue 6/30	TEX	@	CLE	6:40 PM
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8 pitchers are tied for starting the most games in the AL Central this season, with 17 starts. The first three are Joe Ryan, Michael Wacha and Framber Valdez.

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