As we enter the thick of head-to-head league playoffs in most leagues, pitching matchups can make or break a team’s title potential. Plus, recency bias becomes a major factor as pitchers who are struggling as of late warrant extra caution in lineup decisions. Looking at a starting pitcher’s last outing versus the team they are facing in their upcoming matchup takes on much more importance than it normally deserves during the playoffs. That’s why we factor recent performances more heavily in this week’s starting pitcher rankings to help contending teams make winning decisions.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 24 (9/1 – 9/7)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | CWS | 10 |
| 2 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | CLE | 9 |
| 3 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | @MIA | 9 |
| 4 | Blake Snell | LAD | @BAL | 8 |
| 5 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @BAL | 8 |
| 6 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @MIA | 8 |
| 7 | Paul Skenes | PIT | LAD | 8 |
| 8 | Michael King | SD | BAL | 8 |
| 9 | Zac Gallen | ARI | TEX | 7 |
| 10 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | WSH | 7 |
| 11 | Jack Flaherty | DET | CWS | 7 |
| 12 | Framber Valdez | HOU | NYY | 7 |
| 13 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @TEX | 7 |
| 14 | Seth Lugo | KC | LAA | 7 |
| 15 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @PIT | 7 |
| 16 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | @PIT | 7 |
| 17 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @BAL | 7 |
| 18 | Joe Ryan | MIN | CWS/ @KC | 7 (both matchups) |
| 19 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @HOU | 7 |
| 20 | Sonny Gray | STL | ATH/ SF | 7 (both matchups) |
| 21 | Nestor Cortes | SD | BAL | 7 |
| 22 | Nick Pivetta | SD | @COL | 7 |
| 23 | Logan Webb | SF | @COL/ @STL | 7 (both matchups) |
| 24 | George Kirby | SEA | @TB | 7 |
| 25 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @ATL | 7 |
| 26 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | HOU | 7 |
| 27 | Chris Sale | ATL | SEA | 6 |
| 28 | Hunter Greene | CIN | TOR/ NYM | 6 (both matchups) |
| 29 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @TB | 6 |
| 30 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @TB | 6 |
| 31 | Noah Cameron | KC | MIN | 6 |
| 32 | Michael Wacha | KC | MIN | 6 |
| 33 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | @PIT | 6 |
| 34 | Kodai Senga | NYM | @CIN | 6 |
| 35 | Max Fried | NYY | @HOU/TOR | 6 (both matchups) |
| 36 | Dylan Cease | SD | @COL | 6 |
| 37 | Robbie Ray | SF | @COL | 6 |
| 38 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @TB | 6 |
| 39 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @ATL | 6 |
| 40 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | CLE | 6 |
| 41 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @CIN | 6 |
| 42 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @NYY | 6 |
| 43 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | @STL | 5 |
| 44 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @CHC | 5 |
| 45 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | LAD | 5 |
| 46 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | LAD | 5 |
| 47 | Dustin May | BOS | @ARI | 5 |
| 48 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | ATL | 5 |
| 49 | Zack Littell | CIN | TOR | 5 |
| 50 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | NYM | 5 |
| 51 | Ryan Bergert | KC | LAA | 5 |
| 52 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | @HOU/ ATH | 5 (@HOU=4 & ATH=6) |
| 53 | Jose Soriano | LAA | ATH | 5 |
| 54 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @PIT | 5 |
| 55 | Eury Perez | MIA | @WSH | 5 |
| 56 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | PHI/ @PIT | 5 (PHI=4 & @PIT=6) |
| 57 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | PHI | 5 |
| 58 | Bailey Ober | MIN | CWS | 5 |
| 59 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | CWS | 5 |
| 60 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @DET | 5 |
| 61 | Nolan McLean | NYM | @DET | 5 |
| 62 | David Peterson | NYM | @CIN | 5 |
| 63 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @MIL | 5 |
| 64 | Yu Darvish | SD | BAL/ @COL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 65 | Justin Verlander | SF | @STL | 5 |
| 66 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @TB/ @ATL | 5 (@TB=6 & @ATL=4) |
| 67 | Merrill Kelly | TEX | HOU | 5 |
| 68 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @CIN | 5 |
| 69 | Shane Bieber | TOR | @NYY | 5 |
| 70 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | TEX/ BOS | 4 (TEX=5 & BOS=3) |
| 71 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | BOS | 4 |
| 72 | Luis Severino | ATH | @STL | 4 |
| 73 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | @LAA | 4 |
| 74 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @SD | 4 |
| 75 | Dean Kremer | BAL | LAD | 4 |
| 76 | Brayan Bello | BOS | CLE/ @ARI | 4 (both matchups) |
| 77 | Lucas Giolito | BOS | @ARI | 4 |
| 78 | Colin Rea | CHC | ATL/ WSH | 4 (ATL=3 & WSH=5) |
| 79 | Aaron Civale | CWS | @MIN/ @DET | 4 (@MIN=3 & @DET=5) |
| 80 | Shane Smith | CWS | @MIN | 4 |
| 81 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | TOR | 4 |
| 82 | Brady Singer | CIN | NYM | 4 |
| 83 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | @BOS/ @TB | 4 (@BOS=3 & @TB=5) |
| 84 | Casey Mize | DET | NYM | 4 |
| 85 | Chris Paddack | DET | NYM | 4 |
| 86 | Luis Garcia | HOU | LAA/ @TEX | 4 (both matchups) |
| 87 | Cristian Javier | HOU | NYY | 4 |
| 88 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @TEX | 4 |
| 89 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | LAA/ MIN | 4 (both matchups) |
| 90 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @KC | 4 |
| 91 | Ryan Gusto | MIA | @WSH/ PHI | 4 (both matchups) |
| 92 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | PHI | 4 |
| 93 | Quinn Priester | MIL | @PIT | 4 |
| 94 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | CWS | 4 |
| 95 | Clay Holmes | NYM | @DET | 4 |
| 96 | Jonah Tong | NYM | @CIN | 4 |
| 97 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | TOR | 4 |
| 98 | Luis Gil | NYY | TOR | 4 |
| 99 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @MIL | 4 |
| 100 | Mitch Keller | PIT | MIL | 4 |
| 101 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | ATH | 4 |
| 102 | Michael McGreevy | STL | SF | 4 |
| 103 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | SEA/ CLE | 4 (SEA=3 & CLE=5) |
| 104 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @ARI | 4 |
| 105 | Eric Lauer | TOR | @CIN | 4 |
| 106 | Max Scherzer | TOR | @NYY | 4 |
| 107 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | MIA/ @CHC | 4 (MIA=5 & @CHC=3) |
| 108 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | MIA | 4 |
| 109 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | BOS | 3 |
| 110 | Joey Wentz | ATL | @CHC | 3 |
| 111 | Bryce Elder | ATL | SEA | 3 |
| 112 | Tyler Wells | BAL | @SD | 3 |
| 113 | Javier Assad | CHC | WSH | 3 |
| 114 | Davis Martin | CWS | @MIN/ @DET | 3 (@MIN=4 & @DET=2) |
| 115 | Yoendrys Gomez | CWS | @MIN | 3 |
| 116 | Martin Perez | CWS | @DET | 3 |
| 117 | Parker Messick | CLE | @BOS/ @TB | 3 (@BOS=2 & @TB=4) |
| 118 | Logan Allen | CLE | @BOS | 3 |
| 119 | Kyle Freeland | COL | SF | 3 |
| 120 | Jason Alexander | HOU | NYY | 3 |
| 121 | Adam Mazur | MIA | @WSH | 3 |
| 122 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | PHI | 3 |
| 123 | Mick Abel | MIN | @KC | 3 |
| 124 | Taj Bradley | MIN | @KC | 3 |
| 125 | Will Warren | NYY | @HOU | 3 |
| 126 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @MIL/ @MIA | 3 (@MIL=2 & @MIA=4) |
| 127 | Mike Burrows | PIT | LAD/ MIL | 3 (both matchups) |
| 128 | Miles Mikolas | STL | ATH | 3 |
| 129 | Andre Pallante | STL | SF | 3 |
| 130 | Carson Whisenhunt | SF | @COL | 3 (both matchups) |
| 131 | Shane Baz | TB | SEA/ CLE | 3 (SEA=2 & CLE=4) |
| 132 | Adrian Houser | TB | SEA | 3 |
| 133 | Jacob Latz | TEX | @ARI | 3 |
| 134 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | MIA | 3 |
| 135 | Nabil Crismatt | ARI | TEX | 2 |
| 136 | Luis Morales | ATH | @STL/ @LAA | 2 (@STL=1 & @LAA=3) |
| 137 | Mason Barnett | ATH | @LAA | 2 |
| 138 | Cal Quantrill | ATL | @CHC | 2 |
| 139 | Hurston Waldrep | ATL | SEA | 2 |
| 140 | Cade Povich | BAL | @SD | 2 |
| 141 | Payton Tolle | BOS | CLE | 2 |
| 142 | Cade Horton | CHC | ATL | 2 |
| 143 | Chase Dollander | COL | SF/ SD | 2 (SF=3 & SD=1) |
| 144 | German Marquez | COL | SF | 2 |
| 145 | Tanner Gordon | COL | SD | 2 |
| 146 | Charlie Morton | DET | NYM/ CWS | 2 (NYM=3 & CWS=1) |
| 147 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | @KC | 2 |
| 148 | Jose Quintana | MIL | PHI | 2 |
| 149 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | LAD | 2 |
| 150 | Johan Oviedo | PIT | MIL | 2 |
| 151 | Ian Seymour | TB | CLE | 2 |
| 152 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | @ARI/ HOU | 2 (both matchups) |
| 153 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @CHC | 2 |
| 154 | McCade Brown | COL | SD | 1 |
| 155 | Brad Lord | WSH | @CHC | 1 |
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