When it comes to making pitching lineup decisions for fantasy managers, April can be the trickiest month of the season. Not only are we going off of limited sample sizes to make decisions, but there’s also unique weather conditions to factor in as well. For instance, Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays’ pitchers had to face easy matchups but with a gametime temperatures of just over 30 degrees. These conditions can affect both a pitchers grip as well as movement upon delivery. That’s why I factor in the pitching venue a bit more heavily this time of year when assigning a start confidence scores for all pitcher outings. The hope is that these starting pitcher rankings help you make the right lineup decisions this week and the remaining weeks of early spring.
Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 3 (4/6 – 4/12)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @MIN/ MIA | 9 (@MIN=10 & MIA=8) |
| 2 | Max Fried | NYY | @TB | 9 |
| 3 | Chris Sale | ATL | @LAA/ CLE | 8 (both matchups) |
| 4 | Chase Burns | CIN | LAA | 8 |
| 5 | Framber Valdez | DET | @MIN | 8 |
| 6 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @COL/ @SEA | 8 (@COL=9 & @SEA=7) |
| 7 | Cole Ragans | KC | @CLE/ CWS | 8 (@CLE=7 & CWS=9) |
| 8 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @SF | 8 |
| 9 | Paul Skenes | PIT | SD | 8 |
| 10 | Nick Pivetta | SD | @PIT/ COL | 8 (both matchups) |
| 11 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @CWS | 7 |
| 12 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | MIL | 7 |
| 13 | Sonny Gray | BOS | MIL | 7 |
| 14 | Connelly Early | BOS | @STL | 7 |
| 15 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | PIT | 7 |
| 16 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | @MIA | 7 |
| 17 | Kris Bubic | KC | CWS | 7 |
| 18 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @TOR | 7 |
| 19 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | @TOR | 7 |
| 20 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | @BOS | 7 |
| 21 | Joe Ryan | MIN | DET/ @TOR | 7 (DET=8 & @TOR=8) |
| 22 | Freddy Peralta | NYM | ARI/ ATH | 7 (both matchups) |
| 23 | Nolan McLean | NYM | ARI | 7 |
| 24 | Michael King | SD | @PIT | 7 |
| 25 | Logan Webb | SF | @BAL | 7 |
| 26 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @TEX/ HOU | 7 (both matchups) |
| 27 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @TEX | 7 |
| 28 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | LAD/ MIN | 7 (LAD=6 & MIN=8) |
| 29 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @CWS/ SF | 6 (@CWS=7 & SF=5) |
| 30 | Chris Bassitt | BAL | SF | 6 |
| 31 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | @STL | 6 |
| 32 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | @TB | 6 |
| 33 | Ben Brown | CHC | @TB | 6 |
| 34 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @MIA/ LAA | 6 (both matchups) |
| 35 | Brady Singer | CIN | @MIA | 6 |
| 36 | Gavin Williams | CLE | KC | 6 |
| 37 | Noah Cameron | KC | @CLE/ CWS | 6 (@CLE=5 & CWS=7) |
| 38 | Seth Lugo | KC | CWS | 6 |
| 39 | Jose Soriano | LAA | ATL/ @CIN | 6 (both matchups) |
| 40 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | TEX | 6 |
| 41 | Sandy Alcantara | LAD | CIN/ @DET | 6 (both matchups) |
| 42 | Eury Perez | LAD | CIN | 6 |
| 43 | Clay Holmes | NYM | ATH | 6 |
| 44 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | ATH/ @TB | 6 (ATH=5 & @TB=7) |
| 45 | Will Warren | NYY | ATH | 6 |
| 46 | Ryan Weathers | NYY | ATH | 6 |
| 47 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @SF | 6 |
| 48 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | ARI | 6 |
| 49 | George Kirby | SEA | @TEX | 6 |
| 50 | Luis Castillo | SEA | HOU | 6 |
| 51 | Shane McClanahan | TB | CHC | 6 |
| 52 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | SEA/ @LAD | 6 (both matchups) |
| 53 | MacKenzie Gore | TEX | SEA | 6 |
| 54 | Dylan Cease | TOR | LAD | 6 |
| 55 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @NYM/ @PHI | 5 (both matchups) |
| 56 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | @LAA | 5 |
| 57 | Grant Holmes | ATL | @LAA | 5 |
| 58 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | @CWS | 5 |
| 59 | Shane Baz | BAL | SF | 5 |
| 60 | Edward Cabrera | CHC | PIT | 5 |
| 61 | Shane Smith | CWS | BAL/ @KC | 5 (BAL=6 & @KC=4) |
| 62 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | KC/ @ATL | 5 (KC=6 & @ATL=4) |
| 63 | Parker Messick | CLE | @ATL | 5 |
| 64 | Casey Mize | DET | @MIN/ MIA | 5 (both matchups) |
| 65 | Jack Flaherty | DET | @MIN | 5 |
| 66 | Justin Verlander | DET | MIA | 5 |
| 67 | Mike Burrows | HOU | @COL | 5 |
| 68 | Cristian Javier | HOU | @COL | 5 |
| 69 | Tatsuya Imai | HOU | @SEA | 5 |
| 70 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU | @SEA | 5 |
| 71 | Michael Wacha | KC | @CLE | 5 |
| 72 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | TEX | 5 |
| 73 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | TEX | 5 |
| 74 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | @BOS/ WSH | 5 (both matchups) |
| 75 | Taj Bradley | MIN | DET/ @TOR | 5 (DET=6 & @TOR=4) |
| 76 | Mick Abel | MIN | DET | 5 |
| 77 | Kodai Senga | NYM | ATH | 5 |
| 78 | Andrew Painter | PHI | @SF/ ARI | 5 (both matchups) |
| 79 | Mitch Keller | PIT | SD | 5 |
| 80 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @WSH | 5 |
| 81 | Randy Vasquez | SD | COL | 5 |
| 82 | Robbie Ray | SF | PHI | 5 |
| 83 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | HOU | 5 |
| 84 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | CHC/ NYY | 5 (both matchups) |
| 85 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | SEA | 5 |
| 86 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | STL | 5 |
| 87 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | @NYM | 4 |
| 88 | Michael Soroka | ARI | @PHI | 4 |
| 89 | Martin Perez | ATL | CLE | 4 |
| 90 | Brayan Bello | BOS | MIL/ @STL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 91 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @TB/ PIT | 4 (both matchups) |
| 92 | Erick Fedde | CWS | BAL/ @KC | 4 (BAL=5 & @KC=3) |
| 93 | Brandon Williamson | CIN | @MIA/ LAA | 4 (both matchups) |
| 94 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | KC | 4 |
| 95 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | ATL | 4 |
| 96 | Janson Junk | MIA | CIN/ @DET | 4 (both matchups) |
| 97 | Max Meyer | LAD | CIN | 4 |
| 98 | Bailey Ober | MIN | DET | 4 |
| 99 | David Peterson | NYM | ARI | 4 |
| 100 | Luis Gil | NYY | @TB | 4 |
| 101 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | ARI | 4 |
| 102 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | @CHC | 4 |
| 103 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @WSH | 4 |
| 104 | Walker Buehler | SD | COL | 4 |
| 105 | Tyler Mahle | SF | PHI | 4 |
| 106 | Landen Roupp | SF | @BAL | 4 |
| 107 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | CHC | 4 |
| 108 | Max Scherzer | TOR | LAD/ MIN | 4 (LAD=3 & MIN=5) |
| 109 | Eric Lauer | TOR | MIN | 4 |
| 110 | Zack Littell | WSH | STL/ @MIL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 111 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @NYM | 3 |
| 112 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @PHI | 3 |
| 113 | Luis Severino | ATH | @NYY | 3 |
| 114 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | @NYY | 3 |
| 115 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | @NYM | 3 |
| 116 | Bryce Elder | ATL | CLE | 3 |
| 117 | Sean Burke | CWS | BAL | 3 |
| 118 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | @ATL | 3 |
| 119 | Valente Bellozo | COL | @SD | 3 |
| 120 | Reid Detmers | LAA | ATL | 3 |
| 121 | Justin Wrobleski | LAD | @TOR | 3 |
| 122 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | WSH | 3 |
| 123 | Kyle Harrison | MIL | WSH | 3 |
| 124 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @TOR | 3 |
| 125 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | SD/ @CHC | 3 (both matchups) |
| 126 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | @CHC | 3 |
| 127 | Dustin May | STL | BOS | 3 |
| 128 | German Marquez | SD | @PIT/ COL | 3 (both matchups) |
| 129 | Adrian Houser | SF | PHI/ @BAL | 3 (PHI=2 & @BAL=4) |
| 130 | Steven Matz | TB | NYY | 3 |
| 131 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @LAD | 3 |
| 132 | Aaron Civale | ATH | @NYY/ @NYM | 2 (both matchups) |
| 133 | Davis Martin | CWS | @KC | 2 |
| 134 | Ryan Feltner | COL | HOU/ @SD | 2 (both matchups) |
| 135 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | HOU | 2 |
| 136 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | @SD | 2 |
| 137 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @CIN | 2 |
| 138 | Chris Paddack | LAD | @DET | 2 |
| 139 | Chad Patrick | MIL | @BOS | 2 |
| 140 | Andre Pallante | STL | @WSH/ BOS | 2 (@WSH=3 & BOS=1) |
| 141 | Kyle Leahy | STL | BOS | 2 |
| 142 | Nick Martinez | TB | NYY | 2 |
| 143 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | @LAD | 2 |
| 144 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @MIL | 2 |
| 145 | Foster Griffin | WSH | @MIL | 2 |
| 146 | Luis Morales | ATH | @NYM | 1 |
| 147 | Anthony Kay | CWS | @KC | 1 |
| 148 | Kyle Freeland | COL | HOU/ @SD | 1 (both matchups) |
| 149 | Ryan Johnson | LAA | @CIN | 1 |
| 150 | Miles Mikolas | WSH | STL | 1 |
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