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WATCH: Where Did New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners and Miami Marlins Aces Rank on List of Best Starting Pitchers?

MLB Network host Mark DeRosa listed New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole as the No. 2 starting pitcher in baseball on Thursday morning. He ranked Cole ahead of Seattle Mariners ace Luis Castillo, Atlanta Braves star Spencer Strider, and Chicago White Sox leader Dylan Cease. Who did DeRosa rank first? Sandy Alcantara of the Miami Marlins.
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WATCH: Where Did New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners and Miami Marlins Aces Rank on List of Best Starting Pitchers?
WATCH: Where Did New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners and Miami Marlins Aces Rank on List of Best Starting Pitchers?

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MLB Network host (and Team USA's World Baseball Classic manager) Mark DeRosa spent Thursday morning debating the top starting pitchers in all of baseball.

It's a star-studded list of aces on this list, complete with guys who have made all-star games and those who have won Cy Young awards.

So where did your favorite ace pitchers rank on the list?

5) Luis Castillo, Seattle Mariners

The 30-year-old ace has just started his seventh year in the big leagues and is the leader of the Mariners young rotation. He's got a career 3.54 ERA and has tossed 11.2 scoreless innings for the Mariners this year. Seattle's only two wins have come in games he's started.

4) Spencer Strider, Atlanta Braves

The 24-year-old burst onto the scene a season ago, going 11-5 with a 2.67 ERA for the Braves as they won 101 games and made the playoffs. He finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year award voting.

3) Dylan Cease, Chicago White Sox

Cease finished second in the American League Cy Young voting last year behind Justin Verlander, going 14-8 with a 2.20 ERA. He struck out 227 batters in 184 innings for the Southsiders and has a 1.59 ERA through two starts this year.

2) Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees

On Cole, DeRosa says: "I wanted to put Gerrit Cole No. 1... He looks that imposing in his first two starts." He's currently 2-0 with a 0.73 ERA. He's struck out 19 batters in 12.1 innings.

1) Sandy Alcantara, Miami Marlins

The winner of last year's National League Cy Young award, Alcantara led baseball in innings pitched last year (228.2) while winning 14 games and posting a 2.64 ERA.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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