There’s no tougher decision in fantasy baseball then whether to use a pitcher returning from an injury or not. This is especially true for ace-caliber pitchers that are supposed to anchor a fantasy team’s rotation. Though, usually the first outing after an injury absence is usually a rough one that can do more harm then benefit. That’s exactly what has happened in recent weeks with Gerrit Cole, Zach Wheeler and Spencer Strider. It’s also a decision fantasy managers will need to face next week with Jared Jones and Logan Webb. Soon after we may see Garret Crochet, Cole Ragans and Knowing it usually takes an outing or two for pitchers to shake of the rust is an important insight used in this week’s, and future, starting pitcher rankings.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 10 (5/25 – 5/31)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @SD | 10 |
| 2 | Dylan Cease | TOR | @BAL | 9 |
| 3 | Chris Sale | ATL | @BOS/ @CIN | 8 (both matchups) |
| 4 | Paul Skenes | PIT | CHC | 8 |
| 5 | Sonny Gray | BOS | @CLE | 8 |
| 6 | Chase Burns | CIN | @NYM | 8 |
| 7 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | @KC/ @ATH | 8 (@KC=9 & @ATH=7) |
| 8 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | STL/ @HOU | 8 (both matchups) |
| 9 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @CWS/ @PIT | 8 (both matchups) |
| 10 | Bryan Woo | SEA | ARI | 8 |
| 11 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | COL | 8 |
| 12 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | PHI | 7 |
| 13 | Max Meyer | LAD | @NYM | 7 |
| 14 | Nolan McLean | NYM | CIN/ MIA | 7 (both matchups) |
| 15 | Michael King | SD | @WSH | 7 |
| 16 | Logan Webb | SF | ARI | 7 |
| 17 | George Kirby | SEA | ARI | 7 |
| 18 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | HOU | 7 |
| 19 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | MIA | 7 |
| 20 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | @SF | 6 |
| 21 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @BOS | 6 |
| 22 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | TB/ TOR | 6 (both matchups) |
| 23 | Ben Brown | CHC | @PIT/ @STL | 6 (@PIT=7 & @STL=5) |
| 24 | Gavin Williams | CLE | WSH | 6 |
| 25 | Framber Valdez | DET | @CWS | 6 |
| 26 | Justin Wrobleski | LAD | PHI | 6 |
| 27 | Eury Perez | LAD | @TOR | 6 |
| 28 | Kyle Harrison | MIL | STL | 6 |
| 29 | Logan Henderson | MIL | STL | 6 |
| 30 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | @CWS/ @PIT | 6 (both matchups) |
| 31 | Connor Prielipp | MIN | @CWS | 6 |
| 32 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @KC | 6 |
| 33 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @KC | 6 |
| 34 | Ryan Weathers | NYY | @ATH | 6 |
| 35 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @LAD | 6 |
| 36 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | CHC | 6 |
| 37 | Robbie Ray | SF | @COL | 6 |
| 38 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @ATH/ ARI | 6 (both matchups) |
| 39 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @ATH | 6 |
| 40 | Shane McClanahan | TB | LAA | 6 |
| 41 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | HOU | 6 |
| 42 | MacKenzie Gore | TEX | KC | 6 |
| 43 | Trey Yesavage | TOR | MIA/ @BAL | 6 (MIA=5 & @BAL=7) |
| 44 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | @CLE | 6 |
| 45 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | @SF/ @SEA | 5 (@SF=6 & @SEA=4) |
| 46 | Michael Soroka | ARI | @SF | 5 |
| 47 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @BOS | 5 |
| 48 | Grant Holmes | ATL | @CIN | 5 |
| 49 | Chris Bassitt | BAL | TB | 5 |
| 50 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | ATL/ @CLE | 5 (ATL=4 & @CLE=6) |
| 51 | Connelly Early | BOS | ATL | 5 |
| 52 | Payton Tolle | BOS | ATL | 5 |
| 53 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @CLE | 5 |
| 54 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @STL | 5 |
| 55 | Noah Schultz | CWS | DET | 5 |
| 56 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @NYM | 5 |
| 57 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | WSH | 5 |
| 58 | Parker Messick | CLE | BOS | 5 |
| 59 | Casey Mize | DET | LAA | 5 |
| 60 | Seth Lugo | KC | @TEX | 5 |
| 61 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @DET | 5 |
| 62 | Grayson Rodriguez | LAA | @DET | 5 |
| 63 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | COL | 5 |
| 64 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | @TOR | 5 |
| 65 | Taj Bradley | MIN | @CWS | 5 |
| 66 | Freddy Peralta | NYM | CIN | 5 |
| 67 | Christian Scott | NYM | MIA | 5 |
| 68 | Will Warren | NYY | @ATH | 5 |
| 69 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | @SD/ @LAD | 5 (@SD=6 & @LAD=4) |
| 70 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | @ATH | 5 |
| 71 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | LAA | 5 |
| 72 | Zack Littell | WSH | @CLE/ SD | 5 (both matchups) |
| 73 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @SEA | 4 |
| 74 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @SEA | 4 |
| 75 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | SEA | 4 |
| 76 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | NYY | 4 |
| 77 | Shane Baz | BAL | TB/ TOR | 4 (both matchups) |
| 78 | Colin Rea | CHC | @PIT | 4 |
| 79 | Davis Martin | CWS | MIN | 4 |
| 80 | Chris Paddack | CIN | @NYM | 4 |
| 81 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | ATL | 4 |
| 82 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | WSH/ BOS | 4 (both matchups) |
| 83 | Jose Quintana | COL | SF | 4 |
| 84 | Keider Montero | DET | LAA/ @CWS | 4 (LAA=3 & @CWS=5) |
| 85 | Jack Flaherty | DET | LAA | 4 |
| 86 | Tatsuya Imai | HOU | @TEX/ MIL | 4 (@TEX=5 & MIL=3) |
| 87 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @TEX | 4 |
| 88 | Michael Wacha | KC | NYY/ @TEX | 4 (NYY=3 & @TEX=5) |
| 89 | Walbert Urena | LAA | @TB | 4 |
| 90 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @TB | 4 |
| 91 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | PHI | 4 |
| 92 | Janson Junk | MIA | @TOR/ @NYM | 4(HOU=1 & KC=3) |
| 93 | Robert Gasser | MIL | @HOU | 4 |
| 94 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @PIT | 4 |
| 95 | David Peterson | NYM | CIN | 4 |
| 96 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | CHC/ MIN | 4 (CHC=3 & MIN=5) |
| 97 | Mitch Keller | PIT | MIN | 4 |
| 98 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | CHC | 4 |
| 99 | Griffin Canning | SD | PHI/ @WSH | 4 (both matchups) |
| 100 | Landen Roupp | SF | ARI/ @COL | 4 (ARI=5 & @COL=3) |
| 101 | Tyler Mahle | SF | ARI | 4 |
| 102 | Nick Martinez | TB | @BAL | 4 |
| 103 | Patrick Corbin | TOR | @BAL | 4 |
| 104 | Luis Severino | ATH | SEA | 3 |
| 105 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | NYY | 3 |
| 106 | Martin Perez | ATL | @CIN | 3 |
| 107 | Brandon Young | BAL | TOR | 3 |
| 108 | Edward Cabrera | CHC | @PIT | 3 (@PIT=4 & @STL=2) |
| 109 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @PIT | 3 |
| 110 | Anthony Kay | CWS | MIN/ DET | 3 (both matchups) |
| 111 | Erick Fedde | CWS | MIN | 3 |
| 112 | Brady Singer | CIN | ATL | 3 |
| 113 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | BOS | 3 |
| 114 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | @LAD | 3 |
| 115 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | SF | 3 |
| 116 | Troy Melton | DET | @CWS | 3 |
| 117 | Mike Burrows | HOU | @TEX | 3 |
| 118 | Kai-Wei Teng | HOU | MIL | 3 |
| 119 | Noah Cameron | KC | NYY | 3 |
| 120 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @DET/ @TB | 3 (both matchups) |
| 121 | Eric Lauer | LAA | COL | 3 |
| 122 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | @HOU | 3 |
| 123 | Zach Thornton | NYM | CIN | 3 |
| 124 | Andrew Painter | PHI | @LAD | 3 |
| 125 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @MIL | 3 |
| 126 | Dustin May | STL | @MIL | 3 |
| 127 | Randy Vasquez | SD | PHI | 3 |
| 128 | Lucas Giolito | SD | @WSH | 3 |
| 129 | Adrian Houser | SF | @COL | 3 |
| 130 | Steven Matz | TB | @BAL/ LAA | 3 (both matchups) |
| 131 | Spencer Miles | TOR | MIA/ @BAL | 3 (MIA=2 & @BAL=4) |
| 132 | Miles Mikolas | WSH | @CLE | 3 |
| 133 | Foster Griffin | WSH | SD | 3 |
| 134 | Aaron Civale | ATH | SEA/ NYY | 2 (both matchups) |
| 135 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | TOR | 2 |
| 136 | Sean Burke | CWS | MIN/ DET | 2 (both matchups) |
| 137 | Tanner Gordon | COL | @LAD | 2 |
| 138 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @LAD/SF | 2 (@LAD=1 & SF=3) |
| 139 | Jason Alexander | HOU | @TEX | 2 |
| 140 | Peter Lambert | HOU | MIL | 2 |
| 141 | Stephen Kolek | KC | @TEX | 2 |
| 142 | Dax Fulton | LAD | @NYM | 2 |
| 143 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @SD | 2 |
| 144 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | CHC | 2 |
| 145 | Kyle Leahy | STL | @MIL | 2 |
| 146 | Andre Pallante | STL | CHC | 2 |
| 147 | Walker Buehler | SD | PHI | 2 |
| 148 | Griffin Jax | TB | @BAL | 2 |
| 149 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | HOU/ KC | 2 (HOU=1 & KC=3) |
| 150 | Jack Leiter | TEX | HOU/ KC | 2 (HOU=1 & KC=3) |
| 151 | Jake Irvin | WSH | SD | 2 |
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