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.
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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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