Week 26 Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball

Now more than ever having a two-start week is a big advantage. With only two weeks left in the season there’s a big difference between pitchers with three starts remaining versus only two total starts. This week we have a bevy high-end pitchers with two-starts. This list includes names like Paul Skenes, Pablo Lopez, Max Fried, and more. As a result, we’ve factored in that advantage into our rankings, with difficulty of matchups as another key factor. See what two-start options are worth using, along with other pitchers, in our weekly starting pitcher rankings for week 26.

Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 26 (9/16 – 9/22)

Rnk	Pitcher	Team	Opp	Confidence Level
1	Chris Sale	ATL	@MIA	9
2	Corbin Burnes	BAL	DET	8
3	Shota Imanaga	CHC	OAK/ WSH	8 (both matchups)
4	Tarik Skubal	DET	@KCR	8
5	Cole Ragans	KCR	DET	8
6	Jack Flaherty	LAD	COL	8
7	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@MIL/ @NYM	8 (@MIL=9 & @NYM=7)
8	Zac Gallen	ARI	@MIL	7
9	Max Fried	ATL	@CIN/ @MIA	7 (@CIN=6 & @MIA=8)
10	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	@CIN	7
11	Rhett Lowder	CIN	PIT	7
12	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	LAA	7
13	Seth Lugo	KCR	DET/ SFG	7 (both matchups)
14	Michael Wacha	KCR	SFG	7
15	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@CLE/ @BOS	7 (both matchups)
16	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@OAK	7
17	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@OAK	7
18	Aaron Nola	PHI	@MIL	7
19	Paul Skenes	PIT	@STL/ @CIN	7 (@STL=8 & @CIN=6)
20	Sonny Gray	STL	PIT	7
21	Dylan Cease	SDP	HOU	7
22	Bryan Woo	SEA	NYY/ @TEX	7 (NYY=6 & @TEX-8)
23	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@TEX	7
24	Bowden Francis	TOR	@TEX	7
25	Dean Kremer	BAL	SFG	6
26	Zac Eflin	BAL	SFG	6
27	Cade Povich	BAL	DET	6
28	Tanner Houck	BOS	@TBR	6
29	Jordan Wicks	CHC	OAK/ WSH	6 (both matchups)
30	Hunter Greene	CIN	PIT	6
31	Hunter Brown	HOU	@SDP	6
32	Framber Valdez	HOU	@SDP	6
33	Freddy Peralta	MIL	ARI	6
34	Bailey Ober	MIN	@CLE	6
35	Lucas Gil	NYY	@SEA	6
36	Bailey Falter	PIT	@STL	6
37	Erick Fedde	STL	PIT	6
38	Yu Darvish	SDP	HOU/ CWS	6 (HOU=5 & CWS=7)
39	Michael King	SDP	HOU	6
40	Joe Musgrove	SDP	CWS	6
41	Martin Perez	SDP	CWS	6
42	Blake Snell	SFG	@BAL/ @KCR	6 (@BAL=5 & @KCR=7)
43	Logan Webb	SFG	@BAL	6
44	Bryce Miller	SEA	NYY	6
45	George Kirby	SEA	@TEX	6
46	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	TOR/ SEA	6 (both matchups)
47	Jose Berrios	TOR	@TBR	6
48	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@COL	5
49	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@MIL	5
50	Albert Suarez	BAL	SFG/ DET	5 (both matchups)
51	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@TBR/ MIN	5 (@TBR=6 & MIN=4)
52	Brayan Bello	BOS	MIN	5
53	Javier Assad	CHC	OAK	5
54	Jameson Taillon	CHC	WSH	5
55	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@LAA	5
56	Matthew Boyd	CLE	MIN/ @STL	5 (both matchups)
57	Gavin Williams	CLE	MIN/ @STL	5 (both matchups)
58	Tanner Bibee	CLE	MIN	5
59	Ronel Blanco	HOU	LAA	5
60	Alec Marsh	KCR	DET	5
61	Reid Detmers	LAA	CWS/ @HOU	5 (CWS=6 & @HOU=4)
62	Griffin Canning	LAA	CWS	5
63	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@ATL/ COL	5 (@ATL=4 & COL=6)
64	Walker Buehler	LAD	@MIA/ COL	5 (both matchups)
65	Landon Knack	LAD	@MIA	5
66	Edward Cabrera	MIA	LAD	5
67	Frankie Montas	MIL	PHI	5
68	Zebby Matthews	MIN	@CLE/ @BOS	5 (both matchups)
69	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@CLE	5
70	David Festa	MIN	@BOS	5
71	David Peterson	NYM	WSH/ PHI	5 (WSH=6 & PHI=4)
72	Jose Quintana	NYM	WSH	5
73	Luis Severino	NYM	PHI	5
74	Tylor Megill	NYM	PHI	5
75	Marcus Stroman	NYY	@SEA	5
76	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@SEA	5
77	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@OAK	5
78	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@MIL/ @NYM	5 (both matchups)
79	Luis L. Ortiz	PIT	@STL	5
80	Mitch Keller	PIT	@CIN	5
81	Jared Jones	PIT	@CIN	5
82	Lance Lynn	STL	PIT	5
83	Shane Baz	TBR	BOS/ TOR	5 (BOS=4 & TOR=6)
84	Ryan Pepiot	TBR	BOS	5
85	Zack Littell	TBR	BOS	5
86	Tyler Alexander	TBR	TOR	5
87	Jacob deGRom	TEX	TOR	5
88	Max Scherzer	TEX	SEA	5
89	Andrew Heaney	TEX	SEA	5
90	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@TEX/ @TBR	5 (both matchups)
91	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@TEX	5
92	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@COL/ @MIL	4 (both matchups)
93	Ian Anderson	ATL	@CIN/ @MIA	4 (@CIN=3 & @MIA=5)
94	Charlie Morton	ATL	@MIA	4
95	Cooper Criswell	BOS	@TBR	4
96	Kutter Crawford	BOS	MIN	4
97	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	WSH	4
98	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@STL	4
99	Ben Lively	CLE	@STL	4
100	Ryan Feltner	COL	ARI	4
101	Reese Olson	DET	@BAL	4
102	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@SDP/ LAA	4 (@SDP=3 & LAA=5)
103	Justin Verlander	HOU	LAA	4
104	Brady Singer	KCR	SFG	4
105	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	CWS	4
106	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@HOU	4
107	Bobby Miller	LAD	@MIA	4
108	Adam Oller	MIA	ATL	4
109	Aaron Civale	MIL	PHI/ ARI	4 (both matchups)
110	Colin Rea	MIL	PHI	4
111	Tobias Myers	MIL	ARI	4
112	Sean Manaea	NYM	WSH/ PHI	4 (WSH=5 & PHI=3)
113	Mitch Spence	OAK	@CHC	4
114	J.T. Ginn	OAK	NYY	4
115	JP Sears	OAK	NYY	4
116	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@NYM	4
117	Joey Wentz	PIT	@STL	4
118	Andre Pallante	STL	PIT/ CLE	4 (both matchups)
119	Kyle Gibson	STL	CLE	4
120	Hayden Birdsong	SFG	@BAL	4
121	Emerson Hancock	SEA	NYY	4
122	Taj Bradley	TBR	TOR	4
123	Cody Bradford	TEX	TOR	4
124	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	@TBR	4
125	Mitchell Parker	WSH	@NYM	4
126	DJ Herz	WSH	@NYM	4
127	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	@CHC	4
128	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@COL/ @MIL	3 (both matchups)
129	Davis Martin	CWS	@LAA/ @SDP	3 (@LAA=4 & @SDP=2)
130	Sean Burke	CWS	@LAA	3
131	Chris Flexen	CWS	@SDP	3
132	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@SDP	3
133	Brandon Williamson	CIN	ATL	3
134	Nick Martinez	CIN	PIT	3
135	Austin Gomber	COL	ARI	3
136	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@LAD	3
137	Keider Montero	DET	@KCR/ @BAL	3 (both matchups)
138	Casey Mize	DET	@KCR	3
139	Samuel Aldegheri	LAA	@HOU	3
140	Valente Bellozo	MIA	LAD	3
141	DL Hall	MIL	ARI	3
142	Joey Estes	OAK	@CHC/ NYY	3 (both matchups)
143	Kolby Allard	PHI	@NYM	3
144	Miles Mikolas	STL	CLE	3
145	Mason Black	SFG	@KCR	3
146	Jake Irvin	WSH	@NYM/ @CHC	3 (both matchups)
147	Jakob Junis	CIN	ATL	2
148	Julian Aguiar	CIN	ATL	2
149	Tanner Gordon	COL	ARI	2
150	Kyle Freeland	COL	@LAD	2
151	Bradley Blalock	COL	@LAD	2
152	Brant Hunter	DET	@BAL	2
153	Caden Dana	LAA	@HOU	2
154	Darren McCaughan	MIA	LAD/ ATL	2 (both matchups)
155	Xzavion Curry	MIA	ATL	2
156	Brady Basso	OAK	@CHC	2
157	Landen Roupp	SFG	@KCR	2
158	Patrick Corbin	WSH	@CHC	2
159	Trevor Williams	WSH	@CHC	2

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