Week 17 Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball

Heading into a shortened week, due to the All-Star break, we only see a partial slate of pitchers on the list this week. This presents a couple of unique opportunities to leverage open lineup spots in strategic ways. The first is to stream starting pitchers with tempting matchups, like Jose Soriano against Oakland or Brady Singer against the White Sox. The other option is to go heavier on closers to pick up ground in the saves category over the weekend instead of plugging an idle pitcher in the lineup. Whatever your league settings allow, use this short week wisely to gain a nice boost going into the second half of the season.

Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 17 (7/18 – 7/21)

Rnk	Pitcher	Team	Opp	Confidence Level
1	Hunter Greene	CIN	@WSH	8
2	Max Fried	ATL	STL	8
3	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@TEX	8
4	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	@TEX	8
5	Aaron Nola	PHI	@PIT	8
6	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CHC	7
7	Justin Steele	CHC	ARI	7
8	Shota Imanaga	CHC	ARI	7
9	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@WSH	7
10	Jack Flaherty	DET	@TOR	7
11	Hunter Brown	HOU	@SEA	7
12	Framber Valdez	HOU	@SEA	7
13	Michael Wacha	KCR	CWS	7
14	Seth Lugo	KCR	CWS	7
15	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	BOS	7
16	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@MIN	7
17	Joe Ryan	MIN	MIL	7
18	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@PIT	7
19	Dylan Cease	SDP	@CLE	7
20	Michael King	SDP	@CLE	7
21	Logan Gilbert	SEA	HOU	7
22	Jose Berrios	TOR	DET	7
23	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	CIN	7
24	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	STL	6
25	Dean Kremer	BAL	@TEX	6
26	Gavin Williams	CLE	SDP	6
27	Reese Olson	DET	@TOR	6
28	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@SEA	6
29	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@OAK	6
30	Jose Soriano	LAA	@OAK	6
31	Pablo Lopez	MIN	MIL	6
32	Sean Manaea	NYM	@MIA	6
33	Gerrit Cole	NYY	TBR	6
34	Nestor Cortes	NYY	TBR	6
35	Logan Webb	SFG	@COL	6
36	Blake Snell	SFG	@COL	6
37	Luis Castillo	SEA	HOU	6
38	George Kirby	SEA	HOU	6
39	Kevin Gausman	TOR	DET	6
40	Chris Bassitt	TOR	DET	6
41	Mitchell Parker	WSH	CIN	6
42	Jameson Taillon	CHC	ARI	5
43	Drew Thorpe	CWS	@KCR	5
44	Tanner Bibee	CLE	SDP	5
45	Cal Quantrill	COL	SFG	5
46	Brady Singer	KCR	CWS	5
47	Griffin Canning	LAA	@OAK	5
48	Gavin Stone	LAD	BOS	5
49	Aaron Civale	MIL	@MIN	5
50	Jose Quintana	NYM	@MIA	5
51	Luis Severino	NYM	@MIA	5
52	Mitch Keller	PIT	PHI	5
53	Sonny Gray	STL	@ATL	5
54	Matt Waldron	SDP	@CLE	5
55	Jordan Hicks	SFG	@COL	5
56	Zach Eflin	TBR	@NYY	5
57	Taj Bradley	TBR	@NYY	5
58	Jake Irvin	WSH	CIN	5
59	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@CHC	4
60	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	@CHC	4
61	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@LAD	4
62	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@LAD	4
63	Brayan Bello	BOS	@LAD	4
64	Frankie Montas	CIN	@WSH	4
65	Ben Lively	CLE	SDP	4
66	Keider Montero	DET	@TOR	4
67	Edward Cabrera	MIA	NYM	4
68	Marcus Stroman	NYY	TBR	4
69	Martin Perez	PIT	PHI	4
70	Miles Mikolas	STL	@ATL	4
71	Shane Baz	TBR	@NYY	4
72	Jon Gray	TEX	BAL	4
73	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	BAL	4
74	Max Scherzer	TEX	BAL	4
75	Charlie Morton	ATL	STL	3
76	Chris Flexen	CWS	@KCR	3
77	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@KCR	3
78	German Marquez	COL	SFG	3
79	James Paxton	LAD	BOS	3
80	Yonny Chirinos	MIA	NYM	3
81	JP Sears	OAK	LAA	3
82	Joey Estes	OAK	LAA	3
83	Hogan Harris	OAK	LAA	3
84	Tyler Phillips	PHI	@PIT	3
85	Marco Gonzales	PIT	PHI	3
86	Lance Lynn	STL	@ATL	3
87	Austin Gomber	COL	SFG	2
88	Trevor Rogers	MIA	NYM	2