The third month of the 2015 MLB betting season is just getting started and with it comes a lot of renewed expectations from various teams as well as their fans, as the league continues to shape up progressively. In fact, by the time you’ll be read this write-up, some of the data in it will already be changed as teams continue to play in the ever-busy 162-game MLB season.
Still, it is worth noting that, as of Tuesday morning (June 2, 2015), the St. Louis Cardinals rank as the best pitching team in Major League Baseball with an average ERA of 2.73, 20 saves and 5 shutouts, while the Colorado Rockies rank bottom in the MLB with a 4.64 ERA, 15 saves, and 2 shutouts. On paper, the performance and efficiency of these teams should be good enough to determine the teams that have the best starting rotations in MLB. However, in the analysis we’ve been doing about MLB teams and the ranking of their starting rotations, we have found out that other factors like injuries, proven talent of starters, and consideration of current roster as well as future rosters also have a crucial impact on how to grade the rotations.
MLB Betting: The 5 Best Starting Rotations in 2015
Vance Worley is the odd man out of the Pirates’ rotation right now. From @stephenjnesbitt: http://t.co/BiFwHl9oe6 pic.twitter.com/4tIVt8J4GT
— Post-Gazette Sports (@PGSportsNow) May 31, 2015
Factoring the above-mentioned facets, and many other relevantly related details, here are our top 5 rotations, as of the start of this month: