After several weeks of partial schedules of game, since the All-Start break, we have finally resumed regular scheduling. This makes a big difference for team rotation plans as short or interrupted weeks can push back starts into future weeks. Now, with nearly all teams planning for at least one pitcher to make a two-start week, we can leverage those players for an advantage. As a result, this week’s starting pitcher rankings will provide a greater reliability of when pitchers will start and who they will face next week.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 21 (8/11 – 8/17)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @CWS | 10 |
| 2 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @WSH | 9 |
| 3 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | @HOU/ MIA | 8 (@HOU=7 & MIA=9) |
| 4 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | PIT | 8 |
| 5 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @BAL | 8 |
| 6 | Colin Rea | CHC | PIT | 7 |
| 7 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @LAA | 7 |
| 8 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | PIT/ @CIN | 7 (PIT=8 & @CIN=6) |
| 9 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | MIN | 7 |
| 10 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | @WSH | 7 |
| 11 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @MIL | 7 |
| 12 | Nick Pivetta | SD | @SF | 7 |
| 13 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | @ATH/ @SF | 7 (both matchups) |
| 14 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | ARI/ @TOR | 7 (both matchups) |
| 15 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @TOR | 7 |
| 16 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @TEX | 6 |
| 17 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | TB/ LAA | 6 (both matchups) |
| 18 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @NYM/ @CLE | 6 (@NYM=5 & @CLE=7) |
| 19 | Lucas Giolito | BOS | MIA | 6 |
| 20 | Cade Horton | CHC | @TOR/ PIT | 6 (both matchups) |
| 21 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | PIT | 6 |
| 22 | Hunter Greene | CIN | PHI | 6 |
| 23 | Zack Littell | CIN | MIL | 6 |
| 24 | Gavin Williams | CLE | MIA | 6 |
| 25 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | MIA | 6 |
| 26 | Jack Flaherty | DET | @CWS/ @MIN | 6 (both matchups) |
| 27 | Framber Valdez | HOU | BAL | 6 |
| 28 | Seth Lugo | KC | WSH | 6 |
| 29 | Noah Cameron | KC | CWS | 6 |
| 30 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | @ATH | 6 |
| 31 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | @LAA | 6 |
| 32 | Yoshinobu Yamamoo | LAD | SD | 6 |
| 33 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | @CIN | 6 |
| 34 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @NYY | 6 |
| 35 | Max Fried | NYY | @STL | 6 |
| 36 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @CIN/ @WSH | 6 (@CIN=5 & @WSH=7) |
| 37 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @CIN | 6 |
| 38 | Michael King | SD | @LAD | 6 |
| 39 | Dylan Cease | SD | @LAD | 6 |
| 40 | Logan Webb | SF | SD/ TB | 6 (SD=5 & TB=7) |
| 41 | Robbie Ray | SF | SD | 6 |
| 42 | George Kirby | SEA | @BAL/ @NYM | 6 (@BAL=7 & @NYM=5) |
| 43 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @BAL | 6 |
| 44 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @NYM | 6 |
| 45 | Merrill Kelly | TEX | ARI | 6 |
| 46 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @TEX/ @COL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 47 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | TB | 5 |
| 48 | Jack Perkins | ATH | LAA | 5 |
| 49 | Joey Wentz | ATL | @CLE | 5 |
| 50 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | SEA | 5 |
| 51 | Brayan Bello | BOS | MIA | 5 |
| 52 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @TOR | 5 |
| 53 | Chase Burns | CIN | MIL | 5 |
| 54 | Chris Paddack | DET | @CWS/ @MIN | 5 (both matchups) |
| 55 | Casey Mize | DET | @MIN | 5 |
| 56 | Hunter Brown | HOU | BOS | 5 |
| 57 | Michael Wacha | KC | WSH | 5 |
| 58 | Jose Soriano | LAA | LAD/ @ATH | 5 (LAD=4 & @ATH=6) |
| 59 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @LAA | 5 |
| 60 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | SD | 5 |
| 61 | Blake Snell | LAD | SD | 5 |
| 62 | Eury Perez | MIA | @CLE | 5 |
| 63 | Jose Quintana | MIL | PIT | 5 |
| 64 | Quinn Priester | MIL | @CIN | 5 |
| 65 | Kodai Senga | NYM | ATL | 5 |
| 66 | Will Warren | NYY | MIN/ @STL | 5 (MIN=6 & @STL=4) |
| 67 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | MIN | 5 |
| 68 | Sonny Gray | STL | NYY | 5 |
| 69 | Nestor Cortes | SD | @SF | 5 |
| 70 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @NYM | 5 |
| 71 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | @ATH | 5 |
| 72 | Joe Boyle | TB | @SF | 5 |
| 73 | Jack Leiter | TEX | ARI | 5 |
| 74 | Jose Berrios | TOR | CHC/ TEX | 5 (both matchups) |
| 75 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | CHC | 5 |
| 76 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @COL | 4 |
| 77 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | TB | 4 |
| 78 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @NYM | 4 |
| 79 | Erick Fedde | ATL | @CLE | 4 |
| 80 | Dean Kremer | BAL | SEA/ @HOU | 4 (both matchups) |
| 81 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | SEA | 4 |
| 82 | Cade Povich | BAL | @HOU | 4 |
| 83 | Walker Buehler | BOS | @HOU | 4 |
| 84 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | @TOR | 4 |
| 85 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | DET/ @KC | 4 (both matchups) |
| 86 | Shane Smith | CWS | DET | 4 |
| 87 | Sean Burke | CWS | @KC | 4 |
| 88 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | PHI/ MIL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 89 | Brady Singer | CIN | PHI | 4 |
| 90 | Austin Gomber | COL | @STL | 4 |
| 91 | Charlie Morton | DET | @MIN | 4 |
| 92 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | BOS | 4 |
| 93 | Bailey Falter | KC | WSH/ CWS | 4 (both matchups) |
| 94 | Ryan Bergert | KC | CWS | 4 |
| 95 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @ATH | 4 |
| 96 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @CLE | 4 |
| 97 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | @BOS | 4 |
| 98 | Bailey Ober | MIN | DET | 4 |
| 99 | Clay Holmes | NYM | ATL/ SEA | 4 (both matchups) |
| 100 | David Peterson | NYM | ATL | 4 |
| 101 | Sean Manaea | NYM | SEA | 4 |
| 102 | Andrew Heaney | PIT | @MIL/ @CHC | 4 (@MIL=5 & @CHC=3) |
| 103 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @MIL | 4 |
| 104 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | COL | 4 |
| 105 | Yu Darvish | SD | @SF/ @LAD | 4 (@SF=5 & @LAD=3) |
| 106 | Carson Whisenhunt | SF | TB | 4 |
| 107 | Justin Verlander | SF | TB | 4 |
| 108 | Shane Baz | TB | @ATH | 4 |
| 109 | Adrian Houser | TB | @SF | 4 |
| 110 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | @TOR | 4 |
| 111 | Max Scherzer | TOR | CHC | 4 |
| 112 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | TEX | 4 |
| 113 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | PHI | 4 |
| 114 | Anthony DeSclafani | ARI | @TEX/ @COL | 3 (both matchups) |
| 115 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | @COL | 3 |
| 116 | Luis Severino | ATH | LAA | 3 |
| 117 | Carlos Carrasco | ATL | @NYM | 3 |
| 118 | Brandon Young | BAL | @HOU | 3 |
| 119 | Dustin May | BOS | @HOU | 3 |
| 120 | Aaron Civale | CWS | DET | 3 |
| 121 | Davis Martin | CWS | @KC | 3 |
| 122 | Logan Allen | CLE | MIA | 3 |
| 123 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | ATL | 3 |
| 124 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | ATL | 3 |
| 125 | Anthony Molina | COL | @STL | 3 |
| 126 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @STL | 3 (both matchups) |
| 127 | Bradley Blalock | COL | ARI | 3 |
| 128 | Cristian Javier | HOU | BOS/ BAL | 3 (BOS=2 & BAL=4) |
| 129 | Colton Gordon | HOU | BAL | 3 |
| 130 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | LAD | 3 |
| 131 | Janson Junk | MIA | @CLE/ @BOS | 3 (@CLE=4 & @BOS=2) |
| 132 | Cal Quantrill | MIA | @BOS | 3 |
| 133 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | @NYY | 3 (both matchups) |
| 134 | Jose Urena | MIN | DET | 3 |
| 135 | Frankie Montas | NYM | SEA | 3 |
| 136 | Luis Gil | NYY | @STL | 3 |
| 137 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @CIN | 3 (@CIN=2 & @ WSH=4) |
| 138 | Mike Burrows | PIT | @CHC | 3 |
| 139 | Michael McGreevy | STL | COL | 3 |
| 140 | Andre Pallante | STL | NYY | 3 |
| 141 | Eric Lauer | TOR | TEX | 3 |
| 142 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | @KC/ PHI | 3 (@KC=4 & PHI=2) |
| 143 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | @KC/ PHI | 3 (@KC=4 & PHI=2) |
| 144 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @KC | 3 |
| 145 | Tanner Gordon | COL | ARI | 2 |
| 146 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | LAD | 2 |
| 147 | Pierson Ohl | MIN | @NYY/ DET | 2 (both matchups) |
| 148 | Miles Mikolas | STL | COL/ NYY | 2 (COL=3 & NYY=1) |
| 149 | Brad Lord | WSH | PHI | 2 |
| 150 | Kai-Wei Teng | SF | SD | 1 |
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