The flurry of moves at this year’s trade deadline earlier this week completely shook up the landscape for every position except for starting pitcher. In fact, the number of meaningful moves at the position could be counted on one hand. Yet, a few new names have emerged to fill vacated rotation spots, so this week’s starting pitcher rankings may look a little different for certain teams.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 20 (8/4 – 8/10)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | LAA | 10 |
| 2 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | KC | 9 |
| 3 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @MIA | 9 |
| 4 | Logan Webb | SF | @PIT | 9 |
| 5 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | CWS | 9 |
| 6 | Spencer Strider | ATL | MIA | 8 |
| 7 | Jack Flaherty | DET | MIN | 8 |
| 8 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @TEX | 8 |
| 9 | Paul Skenes | PIT | CIN | 8 |
| 10 | George Kirby | SEA | CWS | 8 |
| 11 | Zac Gallen | ARI | COL | 7 |
| 12 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | CIN | 7 |
| 13 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @PIT | 7 |
| 14 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @CWS | 7 |
| 15 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @NYY | 7 |
| 16 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | TOR | 7 |
| 17 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @TEX | 7 |
| 18 | Robbie Ray | SF | @PIT | 7 |
| 19 | Luis Castillo | SEA | TB | 7 |
| 20 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | @LAA | 7 |
| 21 | Brady Singer | CIN | @PIT | 6 |
| 22 | Chase Burns | CIN | @PIT | 6 |
| 23 | Casey Mize | DET | MIN/ LAA | 6 (both matchups) |
| 24 | Noah Cameron | KC | @MIN | 6 |
| 25 | Seth Lugo | KC | @MIN | 6 |
| 26 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | STL | 6 |
| 27 | Blake Snell | LAD | TOR | 6 |
| 28 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | NYM | 6 |
| 29 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | NYM | 6 |
| 30 | Clay Holmes | NYM | CLE | 6 |
| 31 | Max Fried | NYY | @TEX/ HOU | 6 (both matchups) |
| 32 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | HOU | 6 |
| 33 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | BAL/ @TEX | 6 (both matchups) |
| 34 | Andrew Heaney | PIT | SF | 6 |
| 35 | Nick Pivetta | SD | BOS | 6 |
| 36 | Bryan Woo | SEA | CWS/ TB | 6 (CWS=7 & TB=5) |
| 37 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | PHI | 6 |
| 38 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | ATH/ @SF | 6 (both matchups) |
| 39 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | SD/ COL | 5 (SD=4 & COL=6) |
| 40 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | SD | 5 |
| 41 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | COL | 5 |
| 42 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | @WSH/ @BAL | 5 (@WSH=6 & @BAL=4) |
| 43 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | ATH | 5 |
| 44 | Cade Povich | BAL | ATH | 5 |
| 45 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | KC | 5 |
| 46 | Lucas Giolito | BOS | @SD | 5 |
| 47 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | @STL | 5 |
| 48 | Zack Littell | CIN | @CHC | 5 |
| 49 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @CHC | 5 |
| 50 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | @CWS | 5 |
| 51 | Chris Paddack | DET | MIN | 5 |
| 52 | Charlie Morton | DET | LAA | 5 |
| 53 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @MIA | 5 |
| 54 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | TB/ @DET | 5 (TB=6 & @DET=4) |
| 55 | Jose Soriano | LAA | TB | 5 |
| 56 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | STL | 5 |
| 57 | Eury Perez | MIA | @ATL | 5 |
| 58 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @ATL | 5 |
| 59 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @DET | 5 |
| 60 | Sean Manaea | NYM | CLE/ @MIL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 61 | David Peterson | NYM | CLE | 5 |
| 62 | Kodai Senga | NYM | @MIL | 5 |
| 63 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | BAL | 5 |
| 64 | Mike Burrows | PIT | SF/ CIN | 5 (SF=6 & CIN=4) |
| 65 | Mitch Keller | PIT | CIN | 5 |
| 66 | Sonny Gray | STL | @LAD/ CHC | 5 (both matchups) |
| 67 | Dylan Cease | SD | BOS | 5 |
| 68 | Justin Verlander | SF | @PIT/ WSH | 5 (both matchups) |
| 69 | Carson Whisenhunt | SF | WSH | 5 |
| 70 | Logan Evans | SEA | TB | 5 |
| 71 | Adrian Houser | TB | @LAA/ @SEA | 5 (@LAA=6 & @SEA=4) |
| 72 | Shane Baz | TB | @LAA | 5 |
| 73 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | NYY | 5 |
| 74 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @COL | 5 |
| 75 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @COL | 5 |
| 76 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | ATH | 5 |
| 77 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | SD | 4 |
| 78 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | @WSH | 4 |
| 79 | Luis Severino | ATH | @BAL | 4 |
| 80 | Erick Fedde | ATL | MIL/ MIA | 4 (MIL=3 & MIA=5) |
| 81 | Bryce Elder | ATL | MIA | 4 |
| 82 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @PHI | 4 |
| 83 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | @PHI | 4 |
| 84 | Brayan Bello | BOS | KC/ @SD | 4 (both matchups) |
| 85 | Walker Buehler | BOS | @SD | 4 |
| 86 | Michael Soroka | CHC | CIN/ @STL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 87 | Cade Horton | CHC | CIN | 4 |
| 88 | Colin Rea | CHC | @STL | 4 |
| 89 | Aaron Civale | CWS | CLE | 4 |
| 90 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @CHC/ @PIT | 4 (@CHC=3 & @PIT=5) |
| 91 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | @NYM/ @CWS | 4 (@NYM=3 & @CWS=5) |
| 92 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @NYM | 4 |
| 93 | Tanner Gordon | COL | TOR/ @ARI | 4 (both matchups) |
| 94 | Jason Alexander | HOU | @MIA/ @NYY | 4 (@MIA=5 & @NYY=3) |
| 95 | Colton Gordon | HOU | @NYY | 4 |
| 96 | Ryan Bergert | KC | @BOS/ @MIN | 4 (@BOS=3 & @MIN=5) |
| 97 | Michael Wacha | KC | @BOS | 4 |
| 98 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | TB | 4 |
| 99 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | STL | 4 |
| 100 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | TOR | 4 |
| 101 | Sandy Alcantara | HOU/ @ATL | 4 (both matchups) | |
| 102 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @ATLÂ (Gm. 2) | 4 |
| 103 | Quinn Priester | MIL | @ATL/ NYM | 4 (both matchups) |
| 104 | Bailey Ober | MIN | KC | 4 |
| 105 | Will Warren | NYY | @TEX | 4 |
| 106 | Luis Gil | NYY | HOU | 4 |
| 107 | JP Sears | SD | @ARI/ BOS | 4 (@ARI=5 & BOS=3) |
| 108 | Yu Darvish | SD | @ARI | 4 |
| 109 | Spencer Bivens | SF | WSH | 4 |
| 110 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | @SEA | 4 |
| 111 | Jack Leiter | TEX | NYY | 4 |
| 112 | Merrill Kelly | TEX | PHI | 4 |
| 113 | Max Scherzer | TOR | @LAD | 4 |
| 114 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @LAD | 4 |
| 115 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | ATH | 4 |
| 116 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @SF | 4 |
| 117 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | @WSH | 3 |
| 118 | Joey Wentz | ATL | MIL/ MIA | 3 (MIL=2 & MIA=4) |
| 119 | Carlos Carrasco | ATL | MIL | 3 |
| 120 | Brandon Young | BAL | @PHI/ ATH | 3 (@PHI=2 & ATH=4) |
| 121 | Davis Martin | CWS | @SEA/ CLE | 3 (@SEA=2 & CLE=4) |
| 122 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @SEA | 3 |
| 123 | Sean Burke | CWS | CLE | 3 |
| 124 | Logan Allen | CLE | @NYM | 3 |
| 125 | Kyle Freeland | COL | TOR | 3 |
| 126 | Austin Gomber | COL | @ARI | 3 |
| 127 | Bradley Blalock | COL | @ARI | 3 |
| 128 | Bailey Falter | KC | @BOS | 3 |
| 129 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | @DET | 3 |
| 130 | Ryan Gusto | MIA | HOU | 3 |
| 131 | Janson Junk | MIA | @ATL | 3 |
| 132 | Jose Quintana | MIL | @ATL | 3 |
| 133 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | @DET/ KC | 3 (@DET=2 & KC=4) |
| 134 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | KC | 3 |
| 135 | Frankie Montas | NYM | @MIL | 3 |
| 136 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | @TEX | 3 |
| 137 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | BAL | 3 |
| 138 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @LAD | 3 |
| 139 | Michael McGreevy | STL | CHC | 3 |
| 140 | Nestor Cortes | SD | @ARI | 3 |
| 141 | Joe Boyle | TB | @SEA | 3 |
| 142 | Eric Lauer | TOR | @COL/ @LAD | 3 (both matchups) |
| 143 | Brad Lord | WSH | @SF | 3 |
| 144 | Shane Smith | CWS | @SEA | 2 |
| 145 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | TOR | 2 |
| 146 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @DET | 2 |
| 147 | Cal Quantrill | MIA | HOU/ @ATL | 2 (both matchups) |
| 148 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @LAD | 2 |
| 149 | Andre Pallante | STL | CHC | 2 |
| 150 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | NYY/ PHI | 2 (both matchups) |
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