A fantasy manager’s end game strategy is equally as important as their draft strategy for winning a league. When contending it’s usually critical to protect key pitching ratios and play it safe in starting pitcher matchups. For those lagging in counting stats for pitchers, like quality starts or strike outs, a less cautious strategy is required. That’s why we provide our confidence rating for quality starts in our weekly pitcher rankings. This provides an additional data point for those looking to execute the right end game starting pitcher strategy with success.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 23 (8/26 – 9/1)
| Rnk | Pitcher | Team | Opp | Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Sale | ATL | @MIN | 8 |
| 2 | Tarik Skubal | DET | LAA | 8 |
| 3 | Dylan Cease | SDP | @STL/ @TBR | 8 (both matchups) |
| 4 | Blake Snell | SFG | MIA | 8 |
| 5 | Luis Castillo | SEA | TBR | 8 |
| 6 | Max Fried | ATL | @MIN/ @PHI | 7 (@MIN=8 & @PHI=6) |
| 7 | Framber Valdez | HOU | KCR | 7 |
| 8 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @WSH | 7 |
| 9 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | ATL | 7 |
| 10 | Michael King | SDP | @STL | 7 |
| 11 | Logan Webb | SFG | @MIL | 7 |
| 12 | Robbie Ray | SFG | MIA | 7 |
| 13 | Bryce Miller | SEA | TBR/ @LAA | 7 (both matchups) |
| 14 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | TBR | 7 |
| 15 | George Kirby | SEA | @LAA | 7 |
| 16 | Zac Gallen | ARI | LAD | 6 |
| 17 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | @MIN/ @PHI | 6 (@MIN=7 & @PHI=5) |
| 18 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | @PHI | 6 |
| 19 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @DET | 6 |
| 20 | Justin Steele | CHC | @PIT | 6 |
| 21 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @WSH | 6 |
| 22 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | KCR | 6 |
| 23 | Hunter Brown | HOU | KCR | 6 |
| 24 | Yusei Kikuchi | HOU | KCR | 6 |
| 25 | Michael Wacha | KCR | @CLE | 6 |
| 26 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | SFG | 6 |
| 27 | Bailey Ober | MIN | ATL/ TOR | 6 (ATL=5 & TOR=7) |
| 28 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | TOR | 6 |
| 29 | David Peterson | NYM | @CWS | 6 |
| 30 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @WSH/ STL | 6 (@WSH=7 & STL=5) |
| 31 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @WSH | 6 |
| 32 | Aaron Nola | PHI | HOU/ ATL | 6 (both matchups) |
| 33 | Mitch Keller | PIT | CHC | 6 |
| 34 | Paul Skenes | PIT | CHC | 6 |
| 35 | Sonny Gray | STL | SDP | 6 |
| 36 | Martin Perez | SDP | @TBR | 6 |
| 37 | Kyle Harrison | SFG | @MIL/ MIA | 6 (both matchups) |
| 38 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @LAA | 6 |
| 39 | Jeffrey Springs | TBR | @SEA | 6 |
| 40 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @CWS/ OAK | 6 (both matchups) |
| 41 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @LAD | 5 |
| 42 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | TOR/ @DET | 5 (both matchups) |
| 43 | Brayan Bello | BOS | TOR | 5 |
| 44 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | @DET | 5 |
| 45 | Javier Assad | CHC | @WSH | 5 |
| 46 | Nick Martinez | CIN | OAK/ @PIT | 5 (OAK=6 & @PIT=4) |
| 47 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | OAK | 5 |
| 48 | Ben Lively | CLE | KCR | 5 |
| 49 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @PHI | 5 |
| 50 | Cole Ragans | KCR | @CLE/ @HOU | 5 (@CLE=6 & @HOU=4) |
| 51 | Seth Lugo | KCR | @HOU | 5 |
| 52 | Jack Flaherty | LAD | BAL | 5 |
| 53 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @ARI | 5 |
| 54 | Gavin Stone | LAD | @ARI | 5 |
| 55 | Max Meyer | MIA | @COL | 5 |
| 56 | Colin Rea | MIL | @CIN | 5 |
| 57 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | TOR | 5 |
| 58 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @ARI/ @CWS | 5 (@ARI=5 & @CWS=7 |
| 59 | Luis Severino | NYM | @ARI | 5 |
| 60 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | STL | 5 |
| 61 | Osvaldo Bido | OAK | @CIN | 5 |
| 62 | JP Sears | OAK | @CIN | 5 |
| 63 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | HOU/ ATL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 64 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | ATL | 5 |
| 65 | Jared Jones | PIT | CHC/ CIN | 5 (both matchups) |
| 66 | Kyle Gibson | STL | SDP/ @NYY | 5 (SDP=6 & @NYY=4) |
| 67 | Joe Musgrove | SDP | @STL | 5 |
| 68 | Heyden Birdsong | SFG | @MIL | 5 |
| 69 | Tyler Alexander | TBR | @SEA | 5 |
| 70 | Taj Bradley | TBR | SDP | 5 |
| 71 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @CWS | 5 |
| 72 | Jon Gray | TEX | OAK | 5 |
| 73 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @BOS/ @MIN | 5 (both matchups) |
| 74 | Bowden Francis | TOR | @BOS | 5 |
| 75 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @MIN | 5 |
| 76 | DJ Herz | WSH | CHC | 5 |
| 77 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | NYM | 4 |
| 78 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | NYM | 4 |
| 79 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | NYM | 4 |
| 80 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | LAD | 4 |
| 81 | Zac Eflin | BAL | @COL | 4 |
| 82 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @PIT/ @WSH | 4 (both matchups) |
| 83 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | @PIT | 4 |
| 84 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | TEX/ NYM | 4 (both matchups) |
| 85 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | OAK | 4 |
| 86 | Gavin Williams | CLE | KCR | 4 |
| 87 | Kyle Freeland | COL | MIA | 4 |
| 88 | Keider Montero | DET | LAA | 4 |
| 89 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @PHI/ KCR | 4 (@PHI=3 & KCR=5) |
| 90 | Justin Verlander | HOU | @PHI | 4 |
| 91 | Michael Lorenzen | KCR | @CLE/ @HOU | 4 (@CLE=5 & @HOU=3) |
| 92 | Griffin Canning | LAA | @DET | 4 |
| 93 | Carson Fulmer | LAA | SEA | 4 |
| 94 | Walker Buehler | LAD | BAL/ @ARI | 4 (both matchups) |
| 95 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @COL/ @SFG | 4 (both matchups) |
| 96 | Valente Bellozo | MIA | @SFG | 4 |
| 97 | Tobias Myers | MIL | SFG/ @CIN | 4 (SFG=5 & @CIN=3) |
| 98 | Aaron Civale | MIL | SFG | 4 |
| 99 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | ATL | 4 |
| 100 | David Festa | MIN | ATL | 4 |
| 101 | Joey Estes | OAK | @TEX | 4 |
| 102 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | HOU | 4 |
| 103 | Luis L. Ortiz | PIT | @CLE | 4 |
| 104 | Erick Fedde | STL | @NYY | 4 |
| 105 | Randy Vasquez | SDP | @STL/ @TBR | 4 (both matchups) |
| 106 | Ryan Pepiot | TBR | @SEA/ SDP | 4 (@SEA=5 & SDP=3) |
| 107 | Shane Baz | TBR | SDP | 4 |
| 108 | Dane Dunning | TEX | @CWS | 4 |
| 109 | Cody Bradford | TEX | OAK | 4 |
| 110 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | @BOS/ @MIN | 4 (both matchups) |
| 111 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @BOS | 4 |
| 112 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | NYY/ CHC | 4 (both matchups) |
| 113 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | NYY | 4 |
| 114 | Jake Irvin | WSH | CHC | 4 |
| 115 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | LAD | 3 |
| 116 | Cole Irvin | BAL | @LAD/ @COL | 3 (both matchups) |
| 117 | Cade Povich | BAL | @LAD | 3 |
| 118 | Albert Suarez | BAL | @COL | 3 |
| 119 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | TOR/ @DET | 3 (both matchups) |
| 120 | Chris Flexen | CWS | TEX | 3 |
| 121 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | NYM | 3 |
| 122 | Carson Spiers | CIN | MIL | 3 |
| 123 | Cal Quantrill | COL | MIA/ BAL | 3 (MIA=4 & BAL=2) |
| 124 | Bradley Blalock | COL | MIA | 3 |
| 125 | Kenta Maeda | DET | LAA | 3 |
| 126 | Alec Marsh | KCR | @CLE | 3 |
| 127 | Brady Singer | KCR | @HOU | 3 |
| 128 | Johnny Cueto | LAA | @DET/ SEA | 3 (both matchups) |
| 129 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @DET | 3 |
| 130 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | SEA | 3 |
| 131 | Bobby Miller | LAD | BAL | 3 |
| 132 | Roddery Munoz | MIA | @COL | 3 |
| 133 | Adam Oller | MIA | @SFG | 3 |
| 134 | DL Hall | MIL | @CIN | 3 |
| 135 | Frankie Montas | MIL | @CIN | 3 |
| 136 | Paul Blackburn | NYM | @ARI | 3 |
| 137 | Jose Quintana | NYM | @CWS | 3 |
| 138 | Will Warren | NYY | STL | 3 |
| 139 | Mitch Spence | OAK | @CIN/ @TEX | 3 (both matchups) |
| 140 | Joe Boyle | OAK | @TEX | 3 |
| 141 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @CLE | 3 |
| 142 | Jake Woodford | PIT | @CLE | 3 |
| 143 | Miles Mikolas | STL | SDP/ @NYY | 3 (both matchups) |
| 144 | Andre Pallante | STL | SDP | 3 |
| 145 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @PHI | 2 |
| 146 | Davis Martin | CWS | DET/ NYM | 2 (both matchups) |
| 147 | Ky Bush | CWS | TEX | 2 |
| 148 | Julian Aguiar | CIN | MIL | 2 |
| 149 | Alex Cobb | CLE | KCR | 2 |
| 150 | Matthew Boyd | CLE | PIT | 2 |
| 151 | Tanner Gordon | COL | MIA/ BAL | 2 (MIA=3 & BAL=1) |
| 152 | Brant Hunter | DET | @CWS/ BOS | 2 (@CWS=3 & BOS=1) |
| 153 | Brayan Sammons | DET | BOS | 2 |
| 154 | Patrick Corbin | WSH | NYY | 2 |
| 155 | Austin Gomber | COL | BAL | 1 |
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