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 of high-end pitchers with two-starts. This list includes names like Paul Skenes, Spencer Strider, Carlos Rodon, 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 (9/15 – 9/21)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | CLE | 9 |
| 2 | Paul Skenes | PIT | CHC/ ATH | 9 (both matchups) |
| 3 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | @TB | 8 |
| 4 | Max Fried | NYY | @BAL | 8 |
| 5 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @WSH/ @DET | 7 (@WSH=8 & @DET=6) |
| 6 | Chris Sale | ATL | @WSHÂ (Gm. 1) | 7 |
| 7 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @CWS/ NYY | 7 (@CWS=8 & NYY=6) |
| 8 | Tyler Wells | BAL | @CWS | 7 |
| 9 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | SF | 7 |
| 10 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | SF | 7 |
| 11 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | LAA | 7 |
| 12 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | @STL | 7 |
| 13 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @MIN/ @BAL | 7 (both matchups) |
| 14 | Dylan Cease | SD | @CWS | 7 |
| 15 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @KC/ @HOU | 7 (@KC=8 & @HOU=6) |
| 16 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @KC | 7 |
| 17 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | MIA | 7 |
| 18 | Zac Gallen | ARI | SF/ PHI | 6 (SF=7 & PHI=5) |
| 19 | Connelly Early | BOS | ATH/ @TB | 6 (both matchups) |
| 20 | Payton Tolle | BOS | ATH | 6 |
| 21 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @CIN | 6 |
| 22 | Brady Singer | CIN | @STL | 6 |
| 23 | Hunter Greene | CIN | CHC | 6 |
| 24 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @MIN | 6 |
| 25 | Hunter Brown | HOU | SEA | 6 |
| 26 | Framber Valdez | HOU | SEA | 6 |
| 27 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | PHI/ SF | 6 (PHI=5 & SF=7) |
| 28 | Blake Snell | LAD | PHI | 6 |
| 29 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | SF | 6 |
| 30 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | @COL | 6 |
| 31 | Quinn Priester | MIL | LAA | 6 |
| 32 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | CLE | 6 |
| 33 | Joe Ryan | MIN | CLEÂ (Gm. 1) | 6 |
| 34 | Jonah Tong | NYM | WSH | 6 |
| 35 | Luis Gil | NYY | @MIN | 6 |
| 36 | Will Warren | NYY | @BAL | 6 |
| 37 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @LAD | 6 |
| 38 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | @LAD | 6 |
| 39 | Sonny Gray | STL | MIL | 6 |
| 40 | Nick Pivetta | SD | @NYM | 6 |
| 41 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @KC | 6 |
| 42 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @TB/ @KC | 6 (both matchups) |
| 43 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | SF | 5 |
| 44 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | @BOS/ @PIT | 5 (@BOS=4 & @PIT=6) |
| 45 | Hurston Waldrep | ATL | @WSH | 5 |
| 46 | Cade Povich | BAL | @CWS | 5 |
| 47 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | NYY | 5 |
| 48 | Dean Kremer | BAL | NYY | 5 |
| 49 | Lucas Giolito | BOS | ATH | 5 |
| 50 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | @PIT | 5 |
| 51 | Colin Rea | CHC | @CIN | 5 |
| 52 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @STL/ CHC | 5 (both matchups) |
| 53 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @DET | 5 |
| 54 | Parker Messick | CLE | @MINÂ (Gm. 1) | 5 |
| 55 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | @MIN | 5 |
| 56 | Jack Flaherty | DET | CLE/ ATL | 5 (CLE=6 & ATL=4) |
| 57 | Cristian Javier | HOU | TEX | 5 |
| 58 | Cole Ragans | KC | SEA | 5 |
| 59 | Noah Cameron | KC | TOR | 5 |
| 60 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | @MIL | 5 |
| 61 | Eury Perez | MIA | @COL/ @TEX | 5 (both matchups) |
| 62 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | @STL | 5 |
| 63 | Bailey Ober | MIN | CLEÂ (Gm. 2) | 5 |
| 64 | Sean Manaea | NYM | SD | 5 |
| 65 | Brandon Sproat | NYM | WSH | 5 |
| 66 | Nolan McLean | NYM | WSH | 5 |
| 67 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | @MIN/ @BAL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 68 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @LAD | 5 |
| 69 | Johan Oviedo | PIT | CHC | 5 |
| 70 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | ATH | 5 |
| 71 | Michael King | SD | @NYM/ @CWS | 5 (@NYM=4 & @CWS=6) |
| 72 | Yu Darvish | SD | @CWS | 5 |
| 73 | Logan Webb | SF | @LAD | 5 |
| 74 | Robbie Ray | SF | @LAD | 5 |
| 75 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @HOU | 5 |
| 76 | George Kirby | SEA | @HOU | 5 |
| 77 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | TOR/ BOS | 5 (TORO=6 & BOS=4) |
| 78 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | TOR | 5 |
| 79 | Tyler Mahle | TEX | @HOU | 5 |
| 80 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @TB/ @KC | 5 (both matchups) |
| 81 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @TB | 5 |
| 82 | Shane Bieber | TOR | @KC | 5 |
| 83 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | ATLÂ (Gm. 2) | 5 |
| 84 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | SF | 4 |
| 85 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | PHI | 4 |
| 86 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | @BOS | 4 |
| 87 | Luis Severino | ATH | @PIT | 4 |
| 88 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @DET | 4 |
| 89 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | NYY | 4 |
| 90 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @TB | 4 |
| 91 | Cade Horton | CHC | @PIT/ @CIN | 4 (@PIT=5 & @CIN=3) |
| 92 | Zack Littell | CIN | @STL/ CHC | 4 (both matchups) |
| 93 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | CHC | 4 |
| 94 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | @DET | 4 |
| 95 | Bradley Blalock | COL | LAA | 4 |
| 96 | Casey Mize | DET | ATL | 4 |
| 97 | Jason Alexander | HOU | TEX/ SEA | 4 (both matchups) |
| 98 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | SEA | 4 |
| 99 | Ryan Bergert | KC | TOR | 4 |
| 100 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @MIL | 4 |
| 101 | Mitch Farris | LAA | @COL | 4 |
| 102 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | PHI | 4 |
| 103 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | @COL | 4 |
| 104 | Adam Mazur | MIA | @TEX | 4 |
| 105 | Jose Quintana | MIL | LAA/ @STL | 4 (LAA=5 & @STL=3) |
| 106 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | NYY | 4 |
| 107 | Taj Bradley | MIN | NYY | 4 |
| 108 | Clay Holmes | NYM | SD | 4 |
| 109 | David Peterson | NYM | SD | 4 |
| 110 | Walker Buehler | PHI | @ARI | 4 |
| 111 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @ARI | 4 |
| 112 | Mitch Keller | PIT | CHC | 4 |
| 113 | Mike Burrows | PIT | ATH | 4 |
| 114 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | CIN/ MIL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 115 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @NYM | 4 |
| 116 | Justin Verlander | SF | @ARI | 4 |
| 117 | Shane Baz | TB | TOR | 4 |
| 118 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @HOU/MIA | 4 (@HOU=3 & MIA=5) |
| 119 | Merrill Kelly | TEX | @HOU | 4 |
| 120 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | MIA | 4 |
| 121 | Max Scherzer | TOR | @TB | 4 |
| 122 | Luis Morales | ATH | @PIT | 3 |
| 123 | Joey Wentz | ATL | @DET | 3 |
| 124 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @PIT/ @CIN | 3 (@PIT=4 & @CIN=2) |
| 125 | Sean Burke | CWS | BAL/ SD | 3 (both matchups) |
| 126 | Shane Smith | CWS | BAL | 3 |
| 127 | Logan Allen | CLE | @DET | 3 |
| 128 | Kyle Freeland | COL | MIA/ LAA | 3 (both matchups) |
| 129 | Tanner Gordon | COL | MIA | 3 |
| 130 | Sawyer Gipson-Long | DET | CLE | 3 |
| 131 | Stephen Kolek | KC | SEA/ TOR | 3 (both matchups) |
| 132 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | @MIL/ @COL | 3 (both matchups) |
| 133 | Janson Junk | MIA | @TEX | 3 |
| 134 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | NYY/ CLE | 3 (both matchups) |
| 135 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @ARI | 3 |
| 136 | Michael McGreevy | STL | CIN | 3 |
| 137 | Adrian Houser | TB | BOS | 3 |
| 138 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | ATL/ @NYM | 3 (both matchups) |
| 139 | Brad Lord | WSH | ATL | 3 |
| 140 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | @NYM | 3 |
| 141 | Anthony DeSclafani | ARI | PHI | 2 |
| 142 | Mason Barnett | ATH | @BOS | 2 |
| 143 | Martin Perez | CWS | BAL | 2 |
| 144 | Davis Martin | CWS | SD | 2 |
| 145 | McCade Brown | COL | MIA | 2 |
| 146 | German Marquez | COL | LAA | 2 |
| 147 | Charlie Morton | DET | ATL | 2 |
| 148 | Caden Dana | LAA | @COL | 2 |
| 149 | Andre Pallante | STL | CIN | 2 |
| 150 | Miles Mikolas | STL | MIL | 2 |
| 151 | Carson Seymour | SF | @ARI/ @LAD | 2 (both matchups) |
| 152 | Ian Seymour | TB | TOR/ BOS | 2 (TOR=3 & BOS=1) |
| 153 | Jake Irvin | WSH | ATLÂ (Gm. 1) | 2 |
| 154 | Andrew Alvarez | WSH | @NYM | 2 |
| 155 | Yoendrys Gomez | CWS | SD | 1 |
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