If the fantasy baseball season was a horse race, we’d be now making the final turn and nearing the home stretch. With just six weeks left of games, it adds even more importance to strategic starting pitcher lineup decisions. Early in the season a blowup outing is to expected, with many months to recover ratios. However, there’s little leeway for disastrous pitcher outings at this stage. Thus, playing it smart (and safe) is the best approach for success. That mindset is reflected in our starting pitcher rankings with more fringe pitchers having slightly lower confidence ratings than usual.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 22 (8/18 – 8/24)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | WSH | 9 |
| 2 | Paul Skenes | PIT | TOR/ COL | 9 (both matchups) |
| 3 | Tarik Skubal | DET | HOU | 8 |
| 4 | George Kirby | SEA | ATH | 8 |
| 5 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | @NYY | 7 |
| 6 | Blake Snell | LAD | @SD | 7 |
| 7 | Joe Ryan | MIN | ATH/ @CWS | 7 (both matchups) |
| 8 | Kodai Senga | NYM | @WSH | 7 |
| 9 | Sonny Gray | STL | @TB | 7 |
| 10 | Dylan Cease | SD | SF | 7 |
| 11 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @PHI/ ATH | 7 (@PHI=6 & ATH=8) |
| 12 | Bryan Woo | SEA | ATH | 7 |
| 13 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @KC | 7 |
| 14 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | CLE | 7 |
| 15 | Jack Perkins | ATH | @MIN | 6 |
| 16 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @LAA | 6 |
| 17 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @ARI | 6 |
| 18 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @DET/ @BAL | 6 (both matchups) |
| 19 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @DET | 6 |
| 20 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @COL/ @SD | 6 (both matchups) |
| 21 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @SD | 6 |
| 22 | Eury Perez | MIA | STL/ TOR | 6 (both matchups) |
| 23 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | @CHC | 6 |
| 24 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @WSH | 6 |
| 25 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @TB/ BOS | 6 (@TB=7 & BOS=5) |
| 26 | Max Fried | NYY | BOS | 6 |
| 27 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | SEA | 6 |
| 28 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | SEA | 6 |
| 29 | Aaron Nola | PHI | WSH | 6 |
| 30 | Andrew Heaney | PIT | COL | 6 |
| 31 | Logan Webb | SF | @MIL | 6 |
| 32 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | STL | 6 |
| 33 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @PIT | 6 |
| 34 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @PIT | 6 |
| 35 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @MIA | 6 |
| 36 | Zac Gallen | ARI | CLE/ CIN | 5 (CLE=6 & CIN=4) |
| 37 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | CLE | 5 |
| 38 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | @MIN/ @SEA | 5 (@MIN=6 & @SEA=4) |
| 39 | Spencer Strider | ATL | CWS/ NYM | 5 (CWS=6 & NYM=4) |
| 40 | Hurston Waldrep | ATL | CWS | 5 |
| 41 | Walker Buehler | BOS | BAL | 5 |
| 42 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | MIL | 5 |
| 43 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | MIL | 5 |
| 44 | Brady Singer | CIN | @LAA | 5 |
| 45 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @LAA | 5 |
| 46 | Zack Littell | CIN | @ARI | 5 |
| 47 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @ARI/ @TEX | 5 (@ARI=6 & @TEX=4) |
| 48 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @ARI | 5 |
| 49 | Jack Flaherty | DET | HOU/ KC | 5 (both matchups) |
| 50 | Casey Mize | DET | KC | 5 |
| 51 | Seth Lugo | KC | TEX/ @DET | 5 (both matchups) |
| 52 | Noah Cameron | KC | TEX | 5 |
| 53 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | @COL | 5 |
| 54 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @COL | 5 |
| 55 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @CHC/ SF | 5 (@CHC=4 & SF=6) |
| 56 | David Peterson | NYM | @WSH/ @ATL | 5 (@WSH=6 & @ATL=4) |
| 57 | Will Warren | NYY | BOS | 5 |
| 58 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | SEA | 5 |
| 59 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | WSH | 5 |
| 60 | Mitch Keller | PIT | TOR | 5 |
| 61 | Mike Burrows | PIT | COL | 5 |
| 62 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @MIA/ TB | 5 (both matchups) |
| 63 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @MIA | 5 |
| 64 | Nick Pivetta | SD | SF/ LAD | 5 (SF=6 & LAD=4) |
| 65 | Robbie Ray | SF | @SD/ @MIL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 66 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @PHI | 5 |
| 67 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @PHI | 5 |
| 68 | Joe Boyle | TB | STL | 5 |
| 69 | Merrill Kelly | TEX | @KC/ CLE | 5 (both matchups) |
| 70 | Max Scherzer | TOR | @PIT | 5 |
| 71 | Shane Bieber | TOR | @MIA | 5 |
| 72 | Eric Lauer | TOR | @MIA | 5 |
| 73 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | NYM | 5 |
| 74 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | CLE | 4 |
| 75 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | CIN | 4 |
| 76 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | @MIN | 4 |
| 77 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | @SEA | 4 |
| 78 | Bryce Elder | ATL | CWS | 4 |
| 79 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | @BOS/ HOU | 4 (both matchups) |
| 80 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | @BOS | 4 |
| 81 | Dean Kremer | BAL | HOU | 4 |
| 82 | Dustin May | BOS | BAL/ @NYY | 4 (BAL=5 & @NYY=3) |
| 83 | Lucas Giolito | BOS | @NYY | 4 |
| 84 | Javier Assad | CHC | @LAA | 4 |
| 85 | Sean Burke | CWS | MIN | 4 |
| 86 | Davis Martin | CWS | MIN | 4 |
| 87 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @ARI | 4 |
| 88 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | @ARI | 4 |
| 89 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @PIT | 4 |
| 90 | Chris Paddack | DET | KC | 4 |
| 91 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @DET/ @BAL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 92 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU | @BAL | 4 |
| 93 | Cristian Javier | HOU | @BAL | 4 |
| 94 | Michael Wacha | KC | TEX/ @DET | 4 (both matchups) |
| 95 | Ryan Bergert | KC | @DET | 4 |
| 96 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | CIN | 4 |
| 97 | Jose Soriano | LAA | CHC | 4 |
| 98 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @COL | 4 |
| 99 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | STL | 4 |
| 100 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | STL | 4 |
| 101 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | @CHC | 4 |
| 102 | Quinn Priester | MIL | @CHC | 4 |
| 103 | Jose Quintana | MIL | SF | 4 |
| 104 | Bailey Ober | MIN | ATH | 4 |
| 105 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | @CWS | 4 |
| 106 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | @TB | 4 |
| 107 | Luis Gil | NYY | BOS | 4 |
| 108 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | TOR | 4 |
| 109 | Andre Pallante | STL | @MIA | 4 |
| 110 | Randy Vasquez | SD | SF | 4 |
| 111 | Yu Darvish | SD | LAD | 4 |
| 112 | Justin Verlander | SF | @SD | 4 |
| 113 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | NYY | 4 |
| 114 | Adrian Houser | TB | STL | 4 |
| 115 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @KC/ CLE | 4 (both matchups) |
| 116 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | @KC | 4 |
| 117 | Joey Wentz | ATL | NYM | 3 |
| 118 | Erick Fedde | ATL | NYM | 3 |
| 119 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | HOU | 3 |
| 120 | Cade Povich | BAL | HOU | 3 |
| 121 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @NYY | 3 |
| 122 | Cade Horton | CHC | MIL/ @LAA | 3 (MIL=2 & @LAA=4) |
| 123 | Colin Rea | CHC | MIL | 3 |
| 124 | Shane Smith | CWS | @ATL | 3 |
| 125 | Aaron Civale | CWS | @ATL | 3 |
| 126 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | @TEX | 3 |
| 127 | Austin Gomber | COL | LAD/ @PIT | 3 (LAD=2 & @PIT=4) |
| 128 | Chase Dollander | COL | LAD | 3 |
| 129 | Charlie Morton | DET | HOU | 3 |
| 130 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | TEX | 3 |
| 131 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | CHC | 3 |
| 132 | Cal Quantrill | MIA | TOR | 3 |
| 133 | Janson Junk | MIA | TOR | 3 |
| 134 | DL Hall | MIL | @CHC/ SF | 3 (@CHC=2 & SF=4) |
| 135 | Jose Urena | MIN | @CWS | 3 |
| 136 | Clay Holmes | NYM | @ATL | 3 |
| 137 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @TB | 3 |
| 138 | Nestor Cortes | SD | SF/ LAD | 3 (SF=4 & LAD=2) |
| 139 | Landen Roupp | SF | @SD | 3 |
| 140 | Shane Baz | TB | NYY | 3 |
| 141 | Jake Irvin | WSH | NYM/ @PHI | 3 (both matchups) |
| 142 | Brad Lord | WSH | NYM | 3 |
| 143 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | @PHI | 3 |
| 144 | Casey Kelly | ARI | CIN | 2 |
| 145 | Luis Morales | ATH | @SEA | 2 |
| 146 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | MIL/ @LAA | 2 (MIL=1 & @LAA=3) |
| 147 | Yoendrys Gomez | CWS | @ATL/ MIN | 2 (@ATL=1 & MIN=3) |
| 148 | Logan Allen | CLE | @TEX | 2 |
| 149 | Bradley Blalock | COL | LAD/ @PIT | 2 (LAD=1 & @PIT=3) |
| 150 | Tanner Gordon | COL | LAD | 2 |
| 151 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | CIN | 2 |
| 152 | Pierson Ohl | MIN | ATH | 2 |
| 153 | Nolan McLean | NYM | @ATL | 2 |
| 154 | Kai-Wei Teng | SF | @SD/ @MIL | 2 (both matchups) |
| 155 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | @PHI | 2 |
| 156 | Victor Mederos | LAA | CIN/ CHC | 1 (both matchups) |
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