Week 21 Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball

As we head down the home stretch of the fantasy baseball season it’s important for fantasy managers to evaluate their current situation as it relates to pitching. For teams that are contending it becomes more important to protect ratios and play it smart when making starting pitcher decisions. That doesn’t necessarily mean to solely play it safe, rather, take into consideration recent performances to avoid the damage from down trending pitchers. This week’s starting pitcher rankings reflect this mindset as several recent sure thing pitchers, like Garret Crochet and Zac Gallen, have been sputtering out. Make the right lineup decisions to maintain your edge with our weekly starting pitcher rankings for week 21.

Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 21 (8/12 – 8/18)

Rnk	Pitcher	Team	Opp	Confidence Level
1	Zack Wheeler	PHI	WSH	9
2	Paul Skenes	PIT	SEA	9
3	Tarik Skubal	DET	SEA/ NYY	8 (SEA=9 & NYY=7)
4	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TBR/ CWS	8 (both matchups)
5	Jack Flaherty	LAD	@MIL	8
6	Aaron Nola	PHI	WSH	8
7	Blake Snell	SFG	ATL/ @OAK	8 (ATL=7 & @OAK=9)
8	George Kirby	SEA	@DET/ @PIT	8 (both matchups)
9	Luis Castillo	SEA	@PIT	8
10	Zac Gallen	ARI	@TBR	7
11	Chris Sale	ATL	@SFG/ @LAA	7 (@SFG=6 & @LAA=8)
12	Max Fried	ATL	@SFG	7
13	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	@LAA	7
14	Corbin Burnes	BAL	BOS	7
15	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	@TBR	7
16	Hunter Brown	HOU	CWS	7
17	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@STL	7
18	Bailey Ober	MIN	KCR	7
19	Luis Gil	NYY	@CWS/ @DET	7 (both matchups)
20	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@CWS	7
21	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@DET	7
22	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	WSH	7
23	Michael King	SDP	PIT/ @MIA	7 (both matchups)
24	Dylan Cease	SDP	@COL	7
25	Bryan Woo	SEA	@DET	7
26	Bryce Miller	SEA	@DET	7
27	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@TBR	6
28	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@CLE	6
29	Justin Steele	CHC	TOR	6
30	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	CWS	6
31	Cole Ragans	KCR	@MIN	6
32	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@MIL/ @STL	6 (both matchups)
33	Freddy Peralta	MIL	LAD	6
34	Pablo Lopez	MIN	KCR/ @TEX	6 (both matchups)
35	Joe Ryan	MIN	KCR/ @TEX	6 (both matchups)
36	Marcus Stroman	NYY	@DET	6
37	Mitch Keller	PIT	@SDP	6
38	Erick Fedde	STL	@CIN	6
39	Joe Musgrove	SDP	PIT/ @MIA	6 (both matchups)
40	Matt Waldron	SDP	@COL	6
41	Robbie Ray	SFG	ATL	6
42	Logan Webb	SFG	ATL	6
43	Heyden Birdsong	SFG	@OAK	6
44	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@LAA	6
45	Jose Berrios	TOR	@LAA	6
46	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	COL	5
47	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	COL	5
48	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@TBR	5
49	Dean Kremer	BAL	WSH	5
50	Zac Eflin	BAL	BOS	5
51	Tanner Houck	BOS	TEX	5
52	Javier Assad	CHC	@CLE	5
53	Hunter Greene	CIN	STL	5
54	Nick Lodolo	CIN	KCR	5
55	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@MIL	5
56	Cal Quantrill	COL	SDP	5
57	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@TBR	5
58	Seth Lugo	KCR	@MIN	5
59	Michael Wacha	KCR	@CIN	5
60	Carson Fulmer	LAA	TOR	5
61	Tyler Anderson	LAA	TOR	5
62	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@NYM	5
63	David Peterson	NYM	OAK	5
64	Jose Quintana	NYM	OAK	5
65	Sean Manaea	NYM	MIA	5
66	Luis Severino	NYM	MIA	5
67	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@CWS	5
68	Marco Gonzales	PIT	@SDP/ SEA	5 (@SDP=4 & SEA=6)
69	Bailey Falter	PIT	SEA	5
70	Sonny Gray	STL	@CIN/ LAD	5 (both matchups)
71	Kyle Gibson	STL	@CIN	5
72	Martin Perez	SDP	@COL	5
73	Kyle Harrison	SFG	ATL	5
74	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@PIT	5
75	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@BOS/ MIN	5 (both matchups)
76	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	MIN	5
77	Andrew Heaney	TEX	MIN	5
78	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	COL	4
79	Grant Holmes	ATL	@SFG	4
80	Albert Suarez	BAL	BOS	4
81	Nick Pivetta	BOS	TEX/ @BAL	4 (both matchups)
82	Brayan Bello	BOS	@BAL	4
83	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@HOU	4
84	Andrew Abbott	CIN	STL/ KCR	4 (both matchups)
85	Nick Martinez	CIN	KCR	4
86	Ben Lively	CLE	CHC/ @MIL	4 (both matchups)
87	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	CHC	4
88	Kyle Freeland	COL	SDP	4
89	Brant Hunter	DET	SEA	4
90	Brady Singer	KCR	@MIN/ @CIN	4 (both matchups)
91	Jose Soriano	LAA	ATL	4
92	Gavin Stone	LAD	@MIL	4
93	Walker Buehler	LAD	@MIL	4
94	River Ryan	LAD	@STL	4
95	Max Meyer	MIA	@NYM	4
96	Colin Rea	MIL	LAD	4
97	Tobias Myers	MIL	CLE	4
98	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@TEX	4
99	David Festa	MIN	@TEX	4
100	Paul Blackburn	NYM	OAK/ MIA	4 (both matchups)
101	JP Sears	OAK	SFG	4
102	Taijuan Walker	PHI	MIA/ WSH	4 (both matchups)
103	Tyler Phillips	PHI	MIA	4
104	Lance Lynn	STL	LAD	4
105	Randy Vasquez	SDP	PIT	4
106	Taj Bradley	TBR	HOU/ ARI	4 (both matchups)
107	Shane Baz	TBR	HOU	4
108	Jeffrey Springs	TBR	ARI	4
109	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@CHC	4
110	Mitchell Parker	WSH	@PHI	4
111	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	@PHI	4
112	Kutter Crawford	BOS	TEX/ @BAL	3 (TEX=4 & @BAL=2)
113	James Paxton	BOS	@BAL	3
114	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	@CLE/ TOR	3 (both matchups)
115	Jameson Taillon	CHC	TOR	3
116	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	NYY	3
117	Chris Flexen	CWS	@HOU	3
118	Carson Spiers	CIN	STL	3
119	Alex Cobb	CLE	CHC	3
120	Gavin Williams	CLE	@MIL	3
121	Noah Davis	COL	@ARI/ SDP	3 (both matchups)
122	Tanner Gordon	COL	@ARI	3
123	Brayan Sammons	DET	SEA	3
124	Kenta Maeda	DET	NYY	3
125	Keider Montero	DET	NYY	3
126	Michael Lorenzen	KCR	@CIN	3
127	Griffin Canning	LAA	ATL	3
128	Roddery Munoz	MIA	@NYM	3
129	Frankie Montas	MIL	LAD	3
130	Aaron Civale	MIL	CLE	3
131	Ross Stripling	OAK	@NYM/ @TOR	3 (both matchups)
132	Joey Estes	OAK	@NYM	3
133	Mitch Spence	OAK	@NYM	3
134	Luis L. Ortiz	PIT	@SDP	3
135	Miles Mikolas	STL	LAD	3
136	Zack Littell	TBR	HOU	3
137	Tyler Alexander	TBR	ARI	3
138	Jose Urena	TEX	@BOS/ MIN	3 (both matchups)
139	Cody Bradford	TEX	@BOS	3
140	Bowden Francis	TOR	@LAA/ @CHC	3 (@LAA=4 & @CHC=2)
141	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	@CHC	3
142	Jake Irvin	WSH	@BAL/ @PHI	3 (both matchups)
143	DJ Herz	WSH	@BAL	3
144	Charlie Morton	ATL	@SFG/ @LAA	2 (@SFG=1 & @LAA=3)
145	Trevor Rogers	BAL	WSH/ BOS	2 (WSH=3 & BOS=1)
146	Ky Bush	CWS	NYY/ @HOU	2 (both matchups)
147	Davis Martin	CWS	NYY	2
148	Austin Gomber	COL	@ARI	2
149	Davis Daniel	LAA	TOR/ ATL	2 (TOR=3 & ATL=1)
150	Valente Bellozo	MIA	@PHI	2
151	Kyle Tyler	MIA	@PHI	2
152	Joe Ross	MIL	CLE	2
153	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	SFG	2
154	Patrick Corbin	WSH	@PHI	1