bdj610's 2026 End of Year MLB All-Star Teams...The Starting Pitchers

 Yesterday, I named the bullpens for each of my 2026 End of the Year All-Star Teams. Now it's time to name the starters.

To recap, here is my American League relief corps:

• Bryan Baker, Rays
• Aroldis Chapman, Red Sox
• Tyler Rogers, Blue Jays
• Cade Smith, Guardians
• Louis Varland, Blue Jays

and the National League bullpen:

• Jhoan Duran, Phillies
• Raisel Iglesias, Braves
• Trevor Megill, Brewers
• Mason Miller, Padres
• Adrian Morejon, Padres

So, who would they be relieving???

Starting with the American League six-man rotation, we have (in alphabetical order):

2026 Topps Drew Rasmussen #64

• Dylan Cease, Blue Jays (11-6, 2.40 ERA, 239 K's, 1.10 WHIP, #547)
• Sonny Gray, Red Sox (18-5, 2.72 ERA, 149 K's, 1.15 WHIP, #US199)
• Nick Martinez, Rays (15-6, 3.10 ERA, 109 K's, 1.09 WHIP, #US336)
• Drew Rasmussen, Rays (16-5, 2.67 ERA, 174 K's, 0.91 WHIP, #64)
• Cam Schlittler, Yankees (14-6, 1.95 ERA, 239 K's, 0.92 WHIP, #111)
• Gavin Williams, Guardians (14-8, 3.76 ERA, 248 K's, 1.11 WHIP, #254)

Honorable mentions go out to (meaning, if I had more space, I'd would have added) Taj Bradley of the Twins (12-6, 3.73, 205 K's), and Parker Messick of the Guardians (12-9, 2.56, 193 K's). I really was struggling between Bradley and Nick Martinez, but Martinez had the better year. 

In the National League, my All-Star six man rotation includes:

2026 Topps Jacob Misiorowski #10

• Chase Burns, Reds (15-3, 2.86 ERA, 185 K's, 1.17 WHIP, #312)
• Jacob Misiorowski, Brewers (16-5, 1.80 ERA, 252 K's, 0.80 WHIP, #10)
• Eduardo Rodriguez, Diamondbacks (16-7, 2.89 ERA, 143 K's, 1.24 WHIP, #417)
• Chris Sale, Braves (14-9, 2.16 ERA, 200 K's, 0.98 WHIP, #427)
• Cristopher Sánchez, Phillies (18-7, 2.91 ERA, 231 K's, 1.20 WHIP, #325)
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dodgers (14-9, 2.53 ERA, 182 K's, 0.87 WHIP, #90)

After the year he had, how could you NOT put The Miz onto this All-Star Team??! Sale was also on the 2014 AL team, so he's the second bridge player between the 11-year gap (along with Aroldis Chapman). Honorable mentions go out to Braxton Ashcroft of the Pirates (14-6, 3.65 ERA, 173 K's), and Jesús Luzardo of the Phillies (14-5, 2.86 ERA, 221 K's). 

So the pitching staffs are done. Next, we'll get to the position players. The first step is to ensure that every team has a representative, regardless of what position he plays. At this point, ten AL teams and eight teams from the NL need to have a player. I have a few people in mind. Who will they be? Tune in some time tomorrow and find out.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama