This Labor Day weekend we honor the hard work of many by taking a day for rest. Yet, for contending fantasy baseball managers there’s no rest for the weary. Whether you’re in your league playoffs or just pushing down the home stretch in a roto league, starting pitching decisions are pivotal for success. That’s why we provide our weekly starting pitcher rankings for critical week 23 matchups.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 24 (9/2 – 9/8)
| Rnk | Pitcher | Team | Opp | Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Sale | ATL | COL/ TOR | 9 (both matchups) |
| 2 | Max Fried | ATL | TOR | 8 |
| 3 | Dylan Cease | SDP | SFG | 8 |
| 4 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | CWS/ TBR | 8 (CWS=9 & TBR=7) |
| 5 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @OAK | 8 |
| 6 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @MIA | 8 |
| 7 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @MIA | 8 |
| 8 | Michael King | SDP | DET | 8 |
| 9 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @OAK/ @STL | 8 (@OAK=9 & STL=7) |
| 10 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @SFG | 7 |
| 11 | Justin Steele | CHC | @PIT | 7 |
| 12 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @WSH | 7 |
| 13 | Framber Valdez | HOU | ARI | 7 |
| 14 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @TBR | 7 |
| 15 | Sonny Gray | STL | @MIL | 7 |
| 16 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | TOR | 8 |
| 17 | Blake Snell | SFG | ARI | 7 |
| 18 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @OAK/ @STL | 7 (@OAK=8 & @STL=6) |
| 19 | George Kirby | SEA | @OAK | 7 |
| 20 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @OAK | 7 |
| 21 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @STL | 7 |
| 22 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | @SFG | 6 |
| 23 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | COL | 6 |
| 24 | Albert Suarez | BAL | CWS | 6 |
| 25 | Zac Eflin | BAL | TBR | 6 |
| 26 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @NYM | 6 |
| 27 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | CWS | 6 |
| 28 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @CIN | 6 |
| 29 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @CIN | 6 |
| 30 | Cole Ragans | KCR | MIN | 6 |
| 31 | Jack Flaherty | LAD | @ARI/ CLE | 6 (both matchups) |
| 32 | Walker Buehler | LAD | @LAA | 6 |
| 33 | Bobby Miller | LAD | @LAA | 6 |
| 34 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | STL/ COL | 6 (STL=5 & COL=7) |
| 35 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | @TBR | 6 |
| 36 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @KCR | 6 |
| 37 | Jose Quintana | NYM | CIN | 6 |
| 38 | Paul Skenes | PIT | CHC | 6 |
| 39 | Erick Fedde | STL | SEA | 6 |
| 40 | Joe Musgrove | SDP | DET/ SFG | 6 (both matchups) |
| 41 | Kyle Harrison | SFG | ARI/ @SDP | 6 (both matchups) |
| 42 | Logan Webb | SFG | @SDP | 6 |
| 43 | Cody Bradford | TEX | LAA | 6 |
| 44 | Cade Povich | BAL | CWS | 5 |
| 45 | Dean Kremer | BAL | TBR | 5 |
| 46 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @NYM/ CWS | 5 (@NYM=4 & CWS=6) |
| 47 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | @NYM | 5 |
| 48 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | @PIT | 5 |
| 49 | Jordan Wicks | CHC | @PIT | 5 |
| 50 | Javier Assad | CHC | @WSH | 5 |
| 51 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @WSH | 5 |
| 52 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @KCR/ @LAD | 5 (@KCR=6 & @LAD=4) |
| 53 | Ben Lively | CLE | @KCR | 5 |
| 54 | Casey Mize | DET | @OAK | 5 |
| 55 | Justin Verlander | HOU | @CIN | 5 |
| 56 | Yusei Kikuchi | HOU | ARI | 5 |
| 57 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | ARI | 5 |
| 58 | Michael Wacha | KCR | CLE/ MIN | 5 (both matchups) |
| 59 | Seth Lugo | KCR | CLE | 5 |
| 60 | Jose Soriano | LAA | SEA | 5 |
| 61 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | CLE | 5 |
| 62 | Max Meyer | MIA | WSH/ PHI | 5 (WSH=6 & PHI=4) |
| 63 | Aaron Civale | MIL | STL | 5 |
| 64 | Colin Rea | MIL | STL | 5 |
| 65 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @TBR/ @KCR | 5 (both matchups) |
| 66 | David Peterson | NYM | BOS | 5 |
| 67 | Tylor Megill | NYM | BOS | 5 |
| 68 | Sean Manaea | NYM | CIN | 5 |
| 69 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @TEX/ @CHC | 5 (both matchups) |
| 70 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @TEX | 5 |
| 71 | Osvaldo Bido | OAK | SEA/ DET | 5 (both matchups) |
| 72 | Joe Boyle | OAK | DET | 5 |
| 73 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @TOR | 5 |
| 74 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @MIA | 5 |
| 75 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @CLE | 5 |
| 76 | Martin Perez | SDP | DET | 5 |
| 77 | Yu Darvish | SDP | SFG | 5 |
| 78 | Hayden Birdsong | SFG | ARI | 5 |
| 79 | Taj Bradley | TBR | MIN | 5 |
| 80 | Shane Baz | TBR | MIN | 5 |
| 81 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | LAA | 5 |
| 82 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | PHI | 5 |
| 83 | Bowden Francis | TOR | PHI | 5 |
| 84 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @ATL | 5 |
| 85 | DJ Herz | WSH | @PIT | 5 |
| 86 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | @PIT | 5 |
| 87 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | LAD/ @HOU | 4 (both matchups) |
| 88 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @HOU | 4 |
| 89 | Charlie Morton | ATL | COL | 4 |
| 90 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | CWS | 4 |
| 91 | Nick nastrini | CWS | @BAL | 4 |
| 92 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | @BOS | 4 |
| 93 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @KCR | 4 |
| 94 | Austin Gomber | COL | @ATL | 4 |
| 95 | Cal Quantrill | COL | @MIL | 4 |
| 96 | Keider Montero | DET | @SDP | 4 |
| 97 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | SEA | 4 |
| 98 | Gavin Stone | LAD | CLE | 4 |
| 99 | Valente Bellozo | MIA | WSH | 4 |
| 100 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | PHI | 4 |
| 101 | Frankie Montas | MIL | COL | 4 |
| 102 | Tobias Myers | MIL | COL | 4 |
| 103 | David Festa | MIN | @TBR/ @KCR | 4 (both matchups) |
| 104 | Luis Severino | NYM | BOS/ CIN | 4 (both matchups) |
| 105 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | @TEX | 4 |
| 106 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @CHC | 4 |
| 107 | Mitch Spence | OAK | SEA | 4 |
| 108 | JP Sears | OAK | SEA | 4 |
| 109 | Joey Estes | OAK | DET | 4 |
| 110 | Jared Jones | PIT | CHC/ CIN | 4 (both matchups) |
| 111 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @CLE | 4 |
| 112 | Luis L. Ortiz | PIT | @CLE | 4 |
| 113 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @MIL | 4 |
| 114 | Kyle Gibson | STL | SEA | 4 |
| 115 | Jeffrey Springs | TBR | MIN/ @BAL | 4 (MIN=5 & @BAL=3) |
| 116 | Ryan Pepiot | TBR | @BAL | 4 |
| 117 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | NYY/ LAA | 4 (NYY=3 & LAA=5) |
| 118 | Jon Gray | TEX | NYY | 4 |
| 119 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @ATL | 4 |
| 120 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | @MIA | 4 |
| 121 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @PIT | 4 |
| 122 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @SFG/ @HOU | 3 (both matchups) |
| 123 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @BAL | 3 |
| 124 | Jakob Junis | CIN | @NYM | 3 |
| 125 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | @NYM | 3 |
| 126 | Carson Spiers | CIN | @NYM | 3 |
| 127 | Bradley Blalock | COL | @ATL | 3 |
| 128 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @MIL | 3 |
| 129 | Kenta Maeda | DET | @SDP | 3 |
| 130 | Brady Singer | KCR | CLE | 3 |
| 131 | Alec Marsh | KCR | MIN | 3 |
| 132 | Griffin Canning | LAA | @DET/ SEA | 3 (both matchups) |
| 133 | Carson Fulmer | LAA | @DET | 3 |
| 134 | Johnny Cueto | LAA | SEA | 3 |
| 135 | Adam Oller | MIA | PHI | 3 |
| 136 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @CHC | 3 |
| 137 | Tyler Phillips | PHI | @TOR/ @MIA | 3 (@TOR=2 & @MIA=4) |
| 138 | Andre Pallante | STL | @MIL | 3 |
| 139 | Zack Littell | TBR | MIN/ @BAL | 3 (MIN=4 & BAL=2) |
| 140 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | @ATL | 3 |
| 141 | Patrick Corbin | WSH | @MIA/ @PIT | 3 (both matchups) |
| 142 | Chris Flexen | CWS | @BAL/ @BOS | 2 (both matchups) |
| 143 | Davis Martin | CWS | @BOS | 2 |
| 144 | Julian Aguiar | CIN | HOU | 2 |
| 145 | Nick Martinez | CIN | HOU | 2 |
| 146 | Matthew Boyd | CLE | @LAD | 2 |
| 147 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @ATL/ @MIL | 2 (@ATL=2 & @MIL=4) |
| 148 | Brant Hunter | DET | @SDP/ @OAK | 2 (@SDP=1 & @OAK=3) |
| 149 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @DET | 2 |
| 150 | Xzavion Curry | MIA | PHI | 2 |
| 151 | J.T. Ginn | OAK | SEA/ DET | 2 (both matchups) |
| 152 | Domingo German | PIT | CHC | 2 |
| 153 | Jack Leiter | TEX | NYY/ LAA | 2 (NYY=2 & LAA=3) |
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