Rich Hill was the oldest starting pitcher in 2025. He was 45 years old.

	NAME	Age	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	H/9
1	Rich Hill R. Hill	45	2025	KCR	2	0	2	.000	2	5.00	4	0	0	0	9.0	9	5	7	2	8	0	0	0	43	0	4.00	8.00	0.50	2.00	9.3	18.6	1.89	.241	7.00	9.00
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	42	2025	SFG	29	4	11	.267	29	3.85	137	0	0	0	152.0	155	65	74	16	52	6	0	1	662	2	8.11	3.08	2.63	0.95	20.7	7.9	1.36	.308	4.38	9.18
3	Charlie Morton C. Morton	41	2025	TOT	27	9	10	.474	27	6.09	132	0	0	0	125.2	139	85	86	20	64	14	0	2	584	3	9.45	4.58	2.06	1.43	22.6	11.0	1.62	.336	6.16	9.95
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	40	2025	TOR	17	5	5	.500	17	5.19	82	0	0	0	85.0	87	49	49	19	23	2	0	0	358	2	8.68	2.44	3.57	2.01	22.9	6.4	1.29	.293	5.19	9.21
5	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	38	2025	SDP	15	5	5	.500	15	5.38	68	0	0	0	72.0	66	43	44	14	19	6	0	0	296	4	8.50	2.38	3.58	1.75	23.0	6.4	1.18	.275	5.50	8.25
6	Wade Miley W. Miley	38	2025	CIN	2	1	0	1.000	2	4.50	7	0	0	0	10.0	9	5	5	2	6	1	0	0	42	0	6.30	5.40	1.17	1.80	16.7	14.3	1.50	.269	4.50	8.10
7	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	38	2025	TOT	9	2	2	.500	9	6.86	29	0	0	0	40.2	51	31	31	9	16	0	0	0	186	1	6.42	3.54	1.81	1.99	15.6	8.6	1.65	.318	6.86	11.29
8	Ryan Brasier R. Brasier	37	2025	CHC	1	0	0		1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	37	2025	LAD	22	11	2	.846	22	3.39	84	0	0	0	111.2	102	42	46	8	35	2	0	0	460	5	6.77	2.82	2.40	0.64	18.3	7.6	1.23	.284	3.71	8.22
10	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	37	2025	BAL	4	0	3	.000	4	16.78	10	0	0	0	12.1	29	23	23	7	7	0	0	0	73	1	7.30	5.11	1.43	5.11	13.7	9.6	2.92	.449	16.78	21.16
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	37	2025	TEX	30	12	8	.600	30	2.97	185	0	0	0	172.2	122	57	57	26	37	3	0	0	669	3	9.64	1.93	5.00	1.36	27.7	5.5	0.92	.230	2.97	6.36
12	Drew Pomeranz D. Pomeranz	36	2025	CHC	4	0	0		4	5.40	4	0	0	0	3.1	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	10.80	5.40	2.00	0.00	30.8	15.4	1.20	.286	5.40	5.40
13	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	36	2025	MIL	24	11	7	.611	24	3.96	89	0	0	0	131.2	120	58	65	18	50	5	0	0	556	1	6.08	3.42	1.78	1.23	16.0	9.0	1.29	.259	4.44	8.20
14	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	36	2025	STL	31	8	11	.421	31	4.84	100	0	0	0	156.1	169	84	87	29	37	3	0	1	669	1	5.76	2.13	2.70	1.67	14.9	5.5	1.32	.280	5.01	9.73
15	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	36	2025	TOR	31	11	9	.550	31	3.99	165	1	0	0	169.1	174	75	80	22	52	13	0	0	733	4	8.77	2.76	3.17	1.17	22.5	7.1	1.33	.316	4.25	9.25
16	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	36	2025	TOT	32	12	9	.571	32	3.52	167	0	0	0	184.0	157	72	79	23	48	2	0	0	748	1	8.17	2.35	3.48	1.13	22.3	6.4	1.11	.264	3.86	7.68
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	36	2025	ATL	20	6	5	.545	20	2.63	156	0	0	0	120.0	98	35	37	11	30	11	0	0	488	3	11.70	2.25	5.20	0.83	32.0	6.1	1.07	.311	2.78	7.35
18	Albert Suárez A. Suárez	35	2025	BAL	1	0	0		1	3.00	5	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	15.00	3.00	5.00	0.00	41.7	8.3	1.00	.333	3.00	6.00
19	Anthony DeSclafani A. DeSclafani	35	2025	AZ	4	0	2	.000	4	6.59	13	0	0	0	13.2	15	10	10	3	5	3	0	0	64	0	8.56	3.29	2.60	1.98	20.3	7.8	1.46	.300	6.59	9.88
20	Danny Coulombe D. Coulombe	35	2025	MIN	1	0	0		1	9.00	2	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	40.0	0.0	2.00	.667	9.00	18.00
21	Brent Suter B. Suter	35	2025	CIN	3	0	0		3	2.25	4	0	0	0	8.0	9	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	32	0	4.50	1.13	4.00	1.13	12.5	3.1	1.25	.308	3.38	10.13
22	Huascar Brazobán H. Brazobán	35	2025	NYM	3	0	0		3	0.00	5	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	15	0	11.25	6.75	1.67	0.00	33.3	20.0	0.75	.000	0.00	0.00
23	Colin Rea C. Rea	35	2025	CHC	27	10	7	.588	27	4.33	119	0	0	0	143.1	142	69	72	20	43	5	0	0	602	2	7.47	2.70	2.77	1.26	19.8	7.1	1.29	.294	4.52	8.92
24	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	35	2025	TEX	30	7	10	.412	30	4.32	131	1	0	0	154.1	158	74	76	21	51	3	0	1	657	5	7.64	2.97	2.57	1.22	19.9	7.8	1.35	.304	4.43	9.21
25	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	35	2025	LAA	31	8	10	.444	31	4.76	114	0	0	0	164.2	167	87	92	25	43	5	0	3	695	0	6.23	2.35	2.65	1.37	16.4	6.2	1.28	.280	5.03	9.13

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Team Batting Leaders

22

Caglianone

RBI

58

Caglianone

AVG

.285

Witt

Team Pitching Leaders

6

Cameron

118

Cameron

ERA

3.46

Wacha

Team Rankings

124

23rd

510

23rd

910

28th

ERA

4.85

28th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	63	58	.521
Tigers	60	62	.492	3.5
Twins	60	63	.488	4.0
Guardians	59	64	.480	5.0
Royals	50	73	.407	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/15	KCR	@	LAA	9:38 PM
Sun 8/16	KCR	@	LAA	4:07 PM
Mon 8/17	ATH	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Tue 8/18	ATH	@	KCR	7:40 PM
Wed 8/19	ATH	@	KCR	7:40 PM

Last Game

Royals

50 - 73

Final

Angels

48 - 75

Fri 14 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

37

Schwarber

36

Alvarez

35

Caminero

RBI Leaders

91

Abrams

89

Stewart

88

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.323

Alvarez

.316

Arraez

.312

Lopez

Hit Leaders

149

Lopez

147

Arraez

142

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

86

Crow-Armstrong

86

Olson

OBP Leaders

.437

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.626

Alvarez

.548

Caminero

.546

García

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

35

Simpson

32

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Burns

14

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

204

Misiorowski

191

Cease

190

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.76

Misiorowski

2.16

Sale

2.21

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.74

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.80

Misiorowski

13.09

Cease

11.48

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.80

Misiorowski

5.87

Schlittler

5.78

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

23

Rasmussen

27

Ryan

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,064.4

Ohtani

1,685.7

Crow-Armstrong

1,674.2

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,440.6

Ohtani

1,282

Crow-Armstrong

1,255

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

72-49

70-51

71-53

68-55

67-55

Worst Record ATS

45-78

48-75

51-72

53-70

56-67

56-66

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	73	49	.598
Phillies	65	58	.528	8.5
Marlins	62	61	.504	11.5
Nationals	60	64	.484	14.0
Mets	54	69	.439	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	75	48	.610
Cubs	72	51	.585	3.0
Cardinals	61	61	.500	13.5
Reds	59	62	.488	15.0
Pirates	60	64	.484	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	74	49	.602
Padres	66	57	.537	8.0
Diamondbacks	65	58	.528	9.0
Giants	50	72	.410	23.5
Rockies	49	73	.402	24.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	74	47	.612
Yankees	68	54	.557	6.5
Red Sox	65	57	.533	9.5
Blue Jays	60	64	.484	15.5
Orioles	59	63	.484	15.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	63	58	.521
Tigers	60	62	.492	3.5
Twins	60	63	.488	4.0
Guardians	59	64	.480	5.0
Royals	50	73	.407	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	63	60	.512
Rangers	60	63	.488	3.0
Mariners	57	66	.463	6.0
Athletics	48	74	.393	14.5
Angels	48	75	.390	15.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 7/31	NYY	@	CHC	2-0
Fri 7/31	PHI	@	BAL	4-6
Fri 7/31	CWS	@	TBR	6-1
Fri 7/31	AZ	@	CLE	4-1
Fri 7/31	MIA	@	NYM	5-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/15	CWS	@	DET	1:10 PM
Sat 8/15	STL	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sat 8/15	NYY	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Sat 8/15	COL	@	SFG	4:05 PM
Sat 8/15	WSH	@	NYM	4:10 PM

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