oldest starting pitchers in the mlb this year

Justin Verlander is the oldest starting pitcher this season. He is 43 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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	43	2026	DET	1	0	1	.000	1	12.27	1	0	0	0	3.2	6	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	19	1	2.45	4.91	0.50	2.45	5.3	10.5	2.18	.333	12.27	14.73
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	41	2026	TOR	9	1	4	.200	9	7.25	27	0	0	0	36.0	40	29	29	11	15	1	0	0	161	1	6.75	3.75	1.80	2.75	16.8	9.3	1.53	.271	7.25	10.00
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	38	2026	TEX	22	8	7	.533	22	3.87	144	0	0	0	118.2	104	51	51	17	30	0	0	3	486	3	10.92	2.28	4.80	1.29	29.6	6.2	1.13	.295	3.87	7.89
4	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	37	2026	AZ	21	8	9	.471	21	4.88	80	1	0	0	120.0	126	65	68	23	50	3	0	2	519	0	6.00	3.75	1.60	1.73	15.4	9.6	1.47	.284	5.10	9.45
5	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	37	2026	BAL	10	2	4	.333	10	5.67	27	0	0	0	46.0	60	29	30	6	21	7	0	0	218	2	5.28	4.11	1.29	1.17	12.4	9.6	1.76	.344	5.87	11.74
6	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	37	2026	COL	9	2	3	.400	9	5.27	20	0	0	0	41.0	45	24	27	6	17	1	0	0	181	1	4.39	3.73	1.18	1.32	11.0	9.4	1.51	.285	5.93	9.88
7	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	37	2026	WSH	11	2	6	.250	11	8.32	30	0	0	0	53.0	74	49	52	16	15	1	0	0	245	1	5.09	2.55	2.00	2.72	12.2	6.1	1.68	.317	8.83	12.57
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	37	2026	ATL	21	12	7	.632	21	2.20	151	0	0	0	123.0	98	30	35	8	28	10	0	0	494	0	11.05	2.05	5.39	0.59	30.6	5.7	1.02	.303	2.56	7.17
9	Robert Stock R. Stock	36	2026	NYM	2	0	2	.000	2	10.13	8	0	0	0	8.0	12	9	9	1	5	1	0	0	41	1	9.00	5.63	1.60	1.13	19.5	12.2	2.13	.423	10.13	13.50
10	Burch Smith B. Smith	36	2026	DET	1	0	1	.000	1	54.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		27.00	0.0	0.0	9.00	.667	54.00	81.00
11	Huascar Brazobán H. Brazobán	36	2026	NYM	6	0	1	.000	6	5.14	4	0	0	0	7.0	4	4	4	1	7	1	0	0	32	0	5.14	9.00	0.57	1.29	12.5	21.9	1.57	.158	5.14	5.14
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	36	2026	PHI	19	10	3	.769	19	2.69	132	0	0	0	110.1	80	33	33	14	28	2	0	0	431	1	10.77	2.28	4.71	1.14	30.6	6.5	0.98	.259	2.69	6.53
13	Brent Suter B. Suter	36	2026	LAA	3	0	1	.000	3	4.76	4	0	0	0	5.2	5	3	3	1	6	0	0	0	27	0	6.35	9.53	0.67	1.59	14.8	22.2	1.94	.250	4.76	7.94
14	Cole Sulser C. Sulser	36	2026	TBR	2	0	0		2	2.25	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	0	4.50	2.25	2.00	0.00	12.5	6.3	1.50	.385	2.25	11.25
15	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	36	2026	TOR	15	2	4	.333	15	5.09	52	0	0	0	69.0	83	39	39	9	24	6	0	0	311	1	6.78	3.13	2.17	1.17	16.7	7.7	1.55	.336	5.09	10.83
16	Colin Rea C. Rea	36	2026	CHC	19	7	7	.500	19	4.47	75	0	0	0	100.2	101	50	52	15	37	6	0	0	436	1	6.71	3.31	2.03	1.34	17.2	8.5	1.37	.284	4.65	9.03
17	Tomoyuki Sugano T. Sugano	36	2026	COL	20	11	5	.688	20	4.51	61	0	0	0	107.2	110	54	56	22	26	2	0	0	451	1	5.10	2.17	2.35	1.84	13.5	5.8	1.26	.259	4.68	9.20
18	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	36	2026	KCR	24	5	7	.417	24	4.41	104	0	0	0	134.2	139	66	74	16	46	6	0	0	572	2	6.95	3.07	2.26	1.07	18.2	8.0	1.37	.308	4.95	9.29
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	36	2026	BOS	22	14	3	.824	22	2.79	110	0	0	0	125.2	112	39	40	13	33	5	0	0	510	1	7.88	2.36	3.33	0.93	21.6	6.5	1.15	.284	2.86	8.02
20	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	36	2026	TEX	22	10	9	.526	22	4.21	137	0	0	0	132.2	128	62	65	24	32	7	0	0	555	5	9.29	2.17	4.28	1.63	24.7	5.8	1.21	.293	4.41	8.68
21	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	35	2026	NYY	14	6	5	.545	14	3.35	87	0	0	0	80.2	70	30	30	11	17	1	0	0	329	0	9.71	1.90	5.12	1.23	26.4	5.2	1.08	.277	3.35	7.81
22	Martín Pérez M. Pérez	35	2026	ATL	18	7	6	.538	18	3.26	67	0	0	0	91.0	70	33	34	9	40	2	0	1	375	0	6.63	3.96	1.68	0.89	17.9	10.7	1.21	.237	3.36	6.92
23	Nick Martinez N. Martinez	35	2026	TBR	22	11	3	.786	22	2.65	73	0	0	0	129.0	122	38	38	15	20	3	0	0	519	2	5.09	1.40	3.65	1.05	14.1	3.9	1.10	.262	2.65	8.51
24	Steven Matz S. Matz	35	2026	TBR	10	4	3	.571	10	5.48	37	0	0	0	46.0	44	28	28	9	17	1	0	0	195	2	7.24	3.33	2.18	1.76	19.0	8.7	1.33	.267	5.48	8.61
25	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	35	2026	KCR	23	5	8	.385	23	3.44	112	0	0	0	144.0	125	55	59	17	41	5	0	1	585	4	7.00	2.56	2.73	1.06	19.1	7.0	1.15	.263	3.69	7.81

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Team Batting Leaders

26

Dingler

RBI

80

Dingler

AVG

.286

McGonigle

Team Pitching Leaders

8

Montero

116

Skubal

ERA

1.46

Melton

Team Rankings

144

12th

539

12th

984

19th

ERA

3.49

3rd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	61	56	.521
Twins	59	61	.492	3.5
Tigers	58	60	.492	3.5
Guardians	58	61	.487	4.0
Royals	49	71	.408	13.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 8/11	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 8/12	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 8/13	CLE	@	DET	1:10 PM
Fri 8/14	CWS	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 8/15	CWS	@	DET	1:10 PM

Last Game

Tigers

58 - 60

Final

Giants

49 - 69

Sun 9 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

35

Schwarber

34

Caminero

RBI Leaders

89

Abrams

87

Stewart

86

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.323

Alvarez

.318

Lopez

.316

Arraez

Hit Leaders

147

Lopez

143

Arraez

139

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

84

Crow-Armstrong

84

Olson

OBP Leaders

.435

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.396

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.624

Alvarez

.551

García

.549

Caminero

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

33

Simpson

32

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Gray

13

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

204

Misiorowski

185

Williams

184

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.76

Misiorowski

2.20

Sale

2.21

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.74

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.80

Misiorowski

13.11

Cease

11.51

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.80

Misiorowski

5.91

Rasmussen

5.87

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

22

Rasmussen

27

Woo

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,027

Ohtani

1,661.5

Wood

1,654.3

Crow-Armstrong

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,412.6

Ohtani

1,259

Crow-Armstrong

1,234

Wood

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

70-47

70-50

68-50

67-53

66-54

65-54

Worst Record ATS

44-75

47-73

49-70

53-66

55-65

55-64

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	71	48	.597
Phillies	64	56	.533	7.5
Marlins	60	59	.504	11.0
Nationals	59	61	.492	12.5
Mets	53	67	.442	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	74	45	.622
Cubs	69	50	.580	5.0
Cardinals	59	60	.496	15.0
Pirates	58	62	.483	16.5
Reds	56	61	.479	17.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	71	48	.597
Diamondbacks	64	56	.533	7.5
Padres	63	57	.525	8.5
Giants	49	70	.412	22.0
Rockies	46	73	.387	25.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	72	46	.610
Yankees	66	52	.559	6.0
Red Sox	64	54	.542	8.0
Orioles	57	62	.479	15.5
Blue Jays	57	63	.475	16.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	61	56	.521
Twins	59	61	.492	3.5
Tigers	58	60	.492	3.5
Guardians	58	61	.487	4.0
Royals	49	71	.408	13.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	61	59	.508
Rangers	60	59	.504	0.5
Mariners	56	63	.471	4.5
Athletics	47	72	.395	13.5
Angels	45	74	.378	15.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 7/27	SEA	@	TEX	3-7
Mon 7/27	AZ	@	PIT	2-3
Mon 7/27	BAL	@	DET	8-5
Mon 7/27	PHI	@	MIA	7-8
Mon 7/27	ATL	@	NYM	3-14

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 8/11	PIT	@	MIA	6:40 PM
Tue 8/11	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Tue 8/11	CHC	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Tue 8/11	SEA	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Tue 8/11	BOS	@	TOR	7:07 PM

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147

143

139

100

84

84

.435

.396

.396

.624

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.549

40

33

32

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

15

14

13

204

185

184

1.76

2.20

2.21

0.74

0.89

0.91

13.80

13.11

11.51

6.80

5.91

5.87

20

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27

MLB Fantasy 2026

2,027

1,661.5

1,654.3

1,412.6

1,259

1,234

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