Week 16 Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball

As the weather starts to heat up so does the air in most stadiums, causing the ball to carry further than it did in the spring. This annual trend starts to separate the pitchers who have thrived in the cooler temperatures from those who can thrive in nearly any environment. As a result, league-wide ERA starts to rise and regression kicks in for several breakout pitchers. This makes researching matchups even more critical to prevent major blowup outings from unproven starters. That’s why we put in the effort to evaluate every pitching matchup for the coming week ahead in our weekly starting pitcher rankings.

Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 16 (7/8 – 7/14)

Rnk	Pitcher	Team	Opp	Confidence Level
1	Paul Skenes	PIT	@MIL/ @CWS	8 (@MIL=7 & @CWS=9)
2	George Kirby	SEA	@LAA	8
3	Luis Castillo	SEA	@LAA	8
4	Garrett Crochet	CWS	PIT	8
5	Corbin Burnes	BAL	CHC	8
6	Zac Gallen	ARI	ATL/ TOR	7 (ATL=6 & TOR=8)
7	Chris Sale	ATL	@ARI/ @SDP	7 (both matchups)
8	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	NYY	7
9	Tanner Houck	BOS	OAK	7
10	Hunter Greene	CIN	MIA	7
11	Framber Valdez	HOU	MIA	7
12	Hunter Brown	HOU	TEX	7
13	Michael Wacha	KCR	@STL	7
14	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@DET	7
15	Freddy Peralta	MIL	WSH	7
16	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@CWS	7
17	Zack Wheeler	PHI	LAD/ OAK	7 (LAD=6 & OAK=8)
18	Ranger Suarez	PHI	OAK	7
19	Logan Webb	SFG	TOR	7
20	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@SDP/ TOR	7 (both matchups)
21	Bryan Woo	SEA	@LAA	7
22	Max Fried	ATL	@ARI	6
23	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	@SDP	6
24	Dean Kremer	BAL	CHC/ NYY	6 (both matchups)
25	Albert Suarez	BAL	CHC	6
26	Brayan Bello	BOS	OAK/ KCR	6 (OAK=7 & KCR=5)
27	Nick Pivetta	BOS	OAK	6
28	Kutter Crawford	BOS	KCR	6
29	Erick Fedde	CWS	MIN	6
30	Nick Lodolo	CIN	COL/ MIA	6 (both matchups)
31	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@DET	6
32	Reese Olson	DET	CLE	6
33	Tarik Skubal	DET	LAD	6
34	Ronel Blanco	HOU	MIA/ TEX	6 (MIA=7 & TEX=5)
35	Cole Ragans	KCR	@BOS	6
36	Seth Lugo	KCR	@BOS	6
37	Joe Ryan	MIN	@SFG	6
38	Sean Manaea	NYM	COL	6
39	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@TBR	6
40	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@BAL	6
41	Aaron Nola	PHI	LAD	6
42	Michael Mercado	PHI	OAK	6
43	Mitch Keller	PIT	@MIL	6
44	Sonny Gray	STL	KCR	6
45	Michael King	SDP	SEA	6
46	Bryce Miller	SEA	@SDP	6
47	Max Scherzer	TEX	@LAA	6
48	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@SFG	6
49	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@SFG	6
50	Ryne Nelson	ARI	TOR	5
51	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	@ARI	5
52	Josh Winckowski	BOS	KCR	5
53	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@BAL/ @STL	5 (@BAL=4 & @STL=6)
54	Justin Steele	CHC	@BAL	5
55	Drew Thorpe	CWS	MIN	5
56	Andrew Abbott	CIN	COL/ MIA	5 (both matchups)
57	Gavin Williams	CLE	@DET/ @TBR	5 (both matchups)
58	Logan Allen	CLE	@DET	5
59	Cal Quantrill	COL	@CIN/ @NYM	5 (both matchups)
60	Jack Flaherty	DET	CLE/ LAD	5 (CLE=6 & LAD=4)
61	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	TEX	5
62	Alec Marsh	KCR	@STL	5
63	Tyler Anderson	LAA	SEA	5
64	Jose Soriano	LAA	SEA	5
65	James Paxton	LAD	@DET	5
66	Colin Rea	MIL	PIT/ WSH	5 (both matchups)
67	Tobias Myers	MIL	PIT	5
68	Bailey Ober	MIN	@CWS	5
69	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@SFG	5
70	Christian Scott	NYM	@PIT/ COL	5 (both matchups)
71	Luis Severino	NYM	WSH	5
72	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@TBR/ @BAL	5 (@TBR=6 & @BAL=4)
73	Marcus Stroman	NYY	@TBR	5
74	Luis Gil	NYY	@BAL	5
75	Martin Perez	PIT	NYM/ @CWS	5 (NYM=4 & @CWS=6)
76	Bailey Falter	PIT	@MIL	5
77	Miles Mikolas	STL	@WSH/ CHC	5 (@WSH=6 & CHC=4)
78	Dylan Cease	SDP	ATL	5
79	Jordan Hicks	SFG	TOR/ MIN	5 (both matchups)
80	Blake Snell	SFG	TOR	5
81	Ryan Pepiot	TBR	NYY/ CLE	5 (NYY=4 & CLE=6)
82	Taj Bradley	TBR	CLE	5
83	Jon Gray	TEX	@LAA/ @HOU	5 (@LAA=6 & @HOU=4)
84	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@SFG/ @ARI	5 (both matchups)
85	Jose Berrios	TOR	@ARI	5
86	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	@NYM	5
87	DJ Herz	WSH	@MIL	5
88	Charlie Morton	ATL	@ARI/ @SDP	4 (both matchups)
89	Cade Povich	BAL	NYY	4
90	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	@STL	4
91	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	@STL	4
92	Chris Flexen	CWS	MIN/ PIT	4 (MIN=3 & PIT=5)
93	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	PIT	4
94	Frankie Montas	CIN	COL	4
95	Carson Spiers	CIN	COL	4
96	Ben Lively	CLE	@DET/ @TBR	4 (both matchups)
97	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	@TBR	4
98	Ryan Feltner	COL	@NYM	4
99	Shawn Dubin	HOU	MIA	4
100	Bobby Miller	LAD	@PHI	4
101	Gavin Stone	LAD	@PHI	4
102	Aaron Civale	MIL	PIT	4
103	David Festa	MIN	@CWS	4
104	Jose Quintana	NYM	WSH	4
105	David Peterson	NYM	WSH	4
106	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	LAD	4
107	Luis L. Ortiz	PIT	@CWS	4
108	Lance Lynn	STL	CHC	4
109	Kyle Gibson	STL	CHC	4
110	Adam Mazur	SDP	SEA	4
111	Matt Waldron	SDP	ATL	4
112	Kyle Harrison	SFG	MIN	4
113	Hayden Birdsong	SFG	MIN	4
114	Zach Eflin	TBR	NYY	4
115	Shane Baz	TBR	NYY	4
116	Zack Littell	TBR	CLE	4
117	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	@LAA	4
118	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@HOU	4
119	Mitchell Parker	WSH	STL/ @MIL	4 (both matchups)
120	Slade Cecconi	ARI	ATL	3
121	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	ATL	3
122	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@BAL	3
123	Dakota Hudson	COL	@CIN/ @NYM	3 (both matchups)
124	Austin Gomber	COL	@CIN	3
125	Kenta Maeda	DET	CLE/ LAD	3 (CLE=4 & LAD=2)
126	Keider Montero	DET	CLE	3
127	Brady Singer	KCR	@BOS	3
128	Davis Daniel	LAA	TEX/ SEA	3 (TEX=2 & SEA=4)
129	Griffin Canning	LAA	TEX	3
130	Landon Knack	LAD	@PHI	3
131	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@CIN	3
132	Dallas Keuchel	MIL	WSH	3
133	Chris Paddack	MIN	@SFG	3
134	Joey Estes	OAK	@BOS/ @PHI	3 (@BOS=4 & @PHI=2)
135	JP Sears	OAK	@BOS	3
136	Mitch Spence	OAK	@PHI	3
137	Andre Pallante	STL	KCR/ CHC	3 (both matchups)
138	Randy Vasquez	SDP	ATL	3
139	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@HOU	3
140	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	@ARI	3
141	Jake Irvin	WSH	@NYM/ @MIL	3 (both matchups)
142	Kyle Freeland	COL	@CIN	2
143	Roasny Contreras	LAA	TEX/ SEA	2 (TEX=1 & SEA=3)
144	Trevor Rogers	MIA	@HOU/ @CIN	2 (both matchups)
145	Kyle Tyler	MIA	@HOU	2
146	Bryan Hoeing	MIA	@HOU	2
147	Yonny Chirinos	MIA	@CIN	2
148	Hogan Harris	OAK	@BOS	2
149	Patrick Corbin	WSH	@NYM	2
150	Luis Medina	OAK	@PHI	1