The question has often been asked if quality starts are really that quality. Simple logic makes it hard to reward a pitcher who allows three earned runs over six or more innings, which is the maximum to qualify for a quality start. However, there is a much higher correlation between the top overall pitchers in fantasy and the quality start leaders than for the wins leaders. That’s why quality starts, instead of wins, are used as the basis for the start confidence rating in these weekly starting pitcher rankings.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 4 (4/14 – 4/20)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent(s) | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | CWS | 10 |
| 2 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | MIA | 10 |
| 3 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @MIL/ KCR | 9 (both matchups) |
| 4 | Paul Skenes | PIT | WSH/ CLE | 9 (both matchups) |
| 5 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | @TOR | 8 |
| 6 | Cole Ragans | KCR | @DET | 8 |
| 7 | Logan Webb | SFG | @LAA | 8 |
| 8 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @TOR | 8 |
| 9 | Corbin Burnes | ARI | @CHC | 7 |
| 10 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @CHC | 7 |
| 11 | Chris Sale | ATL | MIN | 7 |
| 12 | Spencer Strider | ATL | MIN | 7 |
| 13 | Jack Flaherty | DET | @MIL/ KCR | 7 (both matchups) |
| 14 | Framber Valdez | HOU | SDP | 7 |
| 15 | Dustin May | LAD | COL | 7 |
| 16 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @TEX | 7 |
| 17 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @TEX | 7 |
| 18 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | ATH | 7 |
| 19 | Griffin Canning | NYM | @MIN | 7 |
| 20 | Kodai Senga | NYM | STL | 7 |
| 21 | Aaron Nola | PHI | SFG | 7 |
| 22 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | SFG | 7 |
| 23 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @CIN/ @TOR | 7 (both matchups) |
| 24 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @CIN | 7 |
| 25 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @CIN | 7 |
| 26 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @MIA | 6 |
| 27 | AJ Smith-Shawver | ATL | @TOR | 6 |
| 28 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @SDP | 6 |
| 29 | Brady Singer | CIN | SEA | 6 |
| 30 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @BAL | 6 |
| 31 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @BAL | 6 |
| 32 | Reese Olson | DET | @MIL | 6 |
| 33 | Casey Mize | DET | KCR | 6 |
| 34 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @STL/ SDP | 6 (both matchups) |
| 35 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @STL | 6 |
| 36 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | ARI | 6 |
| 37 | Joe Ryan | MIN | NYM/ @ATL | 6 (NYM=7 & @ATl=5) |
| 38 | Bailey Ober | MIN | NYM | 6 |
| 39 | Clay Holmes | NYM | @MIN/ STL | 6 (both matchups) |
| 40 | Tylor Megill | NYM | @MIN/ STL | 6 (both matchups) |
| 41 | David Peterson | NYM | STL | 6 |
| 42 | Max Fried | NYY | KCR/ @TBR | 6 (both matchups) |
| 43 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | SFG/ MIA | 6 (both matchups) |
| 44 | Mitch Keller | PIT | WSH | 6 |
| 45 | Andrew Heaney | PIT | CLE | 6 |
| 46 | Sonny Gray | STL | HOU/ @NYM | 6 (both matchups) |
| 47 | Dylan Cease | SDP | CHC/ @HOU | 6 (both matchups) |
| 48 | Michael King | SDP | @HOU | 6 |
| 49 | Ryan Pepiot | TBR | BOS/ NYY | 6 (both matchups) |
| 50 | Jose Berrios | TOR | SEA | 6 |
| 51 | Easton Lucas | TOR | SEA | 6 |
| 52 | Grant Holmes | ATL | @TOR/ MIN | (both matchups) |
| 53 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | CLE | 5 |
| 54 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @TBR/ CWS | 5 (@TBR=4 & CWS=6) |
| 55 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @TBR | 5 |
| 56 | Richard Fitts | BOS | CWS | 5 |
| 57 | Ben Brown | CHC | ARI | 5 |
| 58 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | SEA/ @BAL | 5 (SEA=6 & @BAL=4) |
| 59 | Nick Martinez | CIN | SEA | 5 |
| 60 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @BAL | 5 |
| 61 | Chase Dollander | COL | WSH | 5 |
| 62 | Kyle Freeland | COL | WSH | 5 |
| 63 | Jackson Jobe | DET | KCR | 5 |
| 64 | Hayden Wesneski | HOU | SDP | 5 |
| 65 | Seth Lugo | KCR | @NYY/ @DET | 5 (@NYY=4 & @DET=6) |
| 66 | Kris Bubic | KCR | @NYY | 5 |
| 67 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | @TEX/ SFG | 5 (@TEX=4 & SFG=6) |
| 68 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @TEX | 5 |
| 69 | Justin Wrobleski | LAD | COL | 5 |
| 70 | Landon Knack | LAD | COL | 5 |
| 71 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | @TEX | 5 |
| 72 | Max Meyer | MIA | ARI/ @PHI | 5 (both matchups) |
| 73 | Quinn Priester | MIL | DET | 5 |
| 74 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @TBR | 5 |
| 75 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | @CWS/ @MIL | 5 (@CWS=6 & @MIL=4) |
| 76 | Osvaldo Bido | ATH | @CWS | 5 |
| 77 | JP Sears | ATH | @CWS | 5 |
| 78 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | SFG/ MIA | 5 (both matchups) |
| 79 | Thomas Harrington | PIT | WSH | 5 |
| 80 | Nick Pivetta | SDP | CHC | 5 |
| 81 | Tyler Mahle | TEX | LAA | 5 |
| 82 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | LAD | 5 |
| 83 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | LAD | 5 |
| 84 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | ATL/ SEA | 5 (ATL=4 & SEA=6) |
| 85 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | ATL | 5 |
| 86 | Bowden Francis | TOR | ATL | 5 |
| 87 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | @PIT | 5 |
| 88 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | @COL | 5 |
| 89 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | @MIA/ @CHC | 4 (@MIA=5 & @CHC=3) |
| 90 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | @MIA | 4 |
| 91 | Dean Kremer | BAL | CLE/ CIN | 4 (CLE=5 & CIN=3) |
| 92 | Cade Povich | BAL | CLE | 4 |
| 93 | Walker Buehler | BOS | @TBR | 4 |
| 94 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @SDP/ ARI | 4 (both matchups) |
| 95 | Colin Rea | CHC | ARI | 4 |
| 96 | Sean Burke | CWS | ATH/ @BOS | 4 (ATH=5 & @BOS=3) |
| 97 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | ATH | 4 |
| 98 | Shane Smith | CWS | @BOS | 4 |
| 99 | Ben Lively | CLE | @PIT | 4 |
| 100 | Michael Wacha | KCR | @NYY/ @DET | 4 (@NYY=3 & @DET=5) |
| 101 | Michael Lorenzen | KCR | @DET | 4 |
| 102 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | SFG | 4 |
| 103 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @PHI | 4 |
| 104 | Tyler Alexander | MIL | DET/ ATH | 4 (both matchups) |
| 105 | Jose Quintana | MIL | DET | 4 |
| 106 | Chad Patrick | MIL | ATH | 4 |
| 107 | David Festa | MIN | NYM | 4 |
| 108 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | KCR/ @TBR | 4 (both matchups) |
| 109 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | KCR | 4 |
| 110 | Mitch Spence | ATH | @MIL | 4 |
| 111 | Luis Severino | ATH | @MIL | 4 |
| 112 | Bailey Falter | PIT | WSH | 4 |
| 113 | Erick Fedde | STL | HOU | 4 |
| 114 | Andre Pallante | STL | @NYM | 4 |
| 115 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @NYM | 4 |
| 116 | Randy Vasquez | SDP | CHC | 4 |
| 117 | Landen Roupp | SFG | @PHI/ @LAA | 4 (@PHI=3 & @LAA=5) |
| 118 | Robbie Ray | SFG | @PHI | 4 |
| 119 | Jordan Hicks | SFG | @PHI | 4 |
| 120 | Zack Littell | TBR | BOS/ NYY | 4 (both matchups) |
| 121 | Taj Bradley | TBR | BOS | 4 |
| 122 | Shane Baz | TBR | NYY | 4 |
| 123 | Jack Leiter | TEX | LAA | 4 |
| 124 | Trevor Williams | WSH | @PIT | 4 |
| 125 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | @SDP | 3 |
| 126 | Davis Martin | CWS | ATH | 3 |
| 127 | Martin Perez | CWS | @BOS | 3 |
| 128 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @BAL | 3 |
| 129 | Logan Allen | CLE | @BAL/ @PIT | 3 (@BAL=2 & @PIT=4) |
| 130 | Luis Ortiz | CLE | @PIT | 3 |
| 131 | German Marquez | COL | @LAD | 3 |
| 132 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @TEX | 3 |
| 133 | Cal Quantrill | MIA | ARI | 3 |
| 134 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @ATL | 3 |
| 135 | Will Warren | NYY | @TBR | 3 |
| 136 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | CLE | 3 |
| 137 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @NYM | 3 |
| 138 | Kyle Hart | SDP | @HOU | 3 |
| 139 | Justin Verlander | SFG | @PHI/ LAA | 3 (@PHI=2 & @LAA=4) |
| 140 | Drew Rasmussen | TBR | NYY | 3 |
| 141 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | LAD | 3 |
| 142 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @PIT/ @COL | 3 (both matchups) |
| 143 | Charlie Morton | BAL | CIN | 2 |
| 144 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | @LAD/ WSH | 2 (@LAD=1 & WSH=3) |
| 145 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @LAD | 2 |
| 146 | Ryan Gusto | HOU | @STL | 2 |
| 147 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | SFG | 2 |
| 148 | Connor Gillispie | MIA | @PHI | 2 |
| 149 | Chris Paddack | MIN | @ATL | 2 |
| 150 | Steven Matz | STL | HOU | 2 |
| 151 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | LAA/ LAD | 2 (LAA=3 & LAD=1) |
| 152 | Brad Lord | WSH | @PIT/ @COL | 2 (both matchups) |
| 153 | Brandon Young | BAL | CIN | 1 |
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