Nothing can shake up a fantasy team’s roster more than a mid-season trade of a high-end player to another team. For starting pitchers, this can affect them in a couple of ways. First, getting traded to a new team in another division or league gives them an opportunity to face different teams more often. Often this works to their advantage. Also, they can benefit from hitters being traded as it may make a normally tough matchup an easier one. As team’s sprint to the finish line that last couple of months we’ll start to see major trades altering the pitching matchup landscape and it will be reflected in the weekly rankings.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 18 (7/20 – 7/26)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | KC | 9 |
| 2 | Chris Sale | ATL | SD | 8 |
| 3 | Casey Mize | DET | KC | 8 |
| 4 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | NYM/ COL | 8 (NYM=7 & COL=9) |
| 5 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @CLE/ ATH | 8 (@CLE=9 & ATH=7) |
| 6 | Logan Webb | SF | LAA | 8 |
| 7 | Sonny Gray | BOS | TOR | 7 |
| 8 | Chase Burns | CIN | @SEA | 7 |
| 9 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @NYM | 7 |
| 10 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | NYY | 7 |
| 11 | Paul Skenes | PIT | CHC | 7 |
| 12 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @TEX | 7 |
| 13 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @TEX | 7 |
| 14 | Shane McClanahan | TB | CLE | 7 |
| 15 | Dylan Cease | TOR | TB/ @BOS | 7 (TB=8 & @BOS=6) |
| 16 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | ATL | 6 |
| 17 | Jake Bennett | BOS | BAL | 6 |
| 18 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @STL | 6 |
| 19 | Parker Messick | CLE | MIN/ @TB | 6 (MIN=7 & @TB=5) |
| 20 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | MIN | 6 |
| 21 | Jack Flaherty | DET | @CHC/ KC | 6 (@CHC=5 & KC=7) |
| 22 | Troy Melton | DET | @CHC | 6 |
| 23 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @CWS | 6 |
| 24 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | @PHI | 6 |
| 25 | Eury Perez | MIA | SD | 6 |
| 26 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | PIT | 6 |
| 27 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | LAD/ NYY | 6 (LAD=5 & NYY=7) |
| 28 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | LAD | 6 |
| 29 | Jared Jones | PIT | @NYY | 6 |
| 30 | Robbie Ray | SF | LAA | 6 |
| 31 | George Kirby | SEA | CIN | 6 |
| 32 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @TEX | 6 |
| 33 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | @TOR/ CLE | 6 (@TOR=5 & CLE=7) |
| 34 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | SEA | 6 |
| 35 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | TB/ @BOS | 6 (TB=7 & @BOS=5) |
| 36 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | @COL | 6 |
| 37 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | ATH | 5 |
| 38 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | @WSH | 5 |
| 39 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | @MIN | 5 |
| 40 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | SD/ @BAL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 41 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @BOS | 5 |
| 42 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | ATL | 5 |
| 43 | Payton Tolle | BOS | BAL/ TOR | 5 (both matchups) |
| 44 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | BAL | 5 |
| 45 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @PIT | 5 |
| 46 | Sean Burke | CWS | HOU | 5 |
| 47 | Brady Singer | CIN | @SEA | 5 |
| 48 | Gavin Williams | CLE | MIN | 5 |
| 49 | Framber Valdez | DET | @CHC/ KC | 5 (@CHC=4 & KC=6) |
| 50 | Tatsuya Imai | HOU | MIA | 5 |
| 51 | Peter Lambert | HOU | @CWS | 5 |
| 52 | Reid Detmers | LAA | STL | 5 |
| 53 | Justin Wrobleski | LAD | @PHI | 5 |
| 54 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @NYM | 5 |
| 55 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | @HOU | 5 |
| 56 | Max Meyer | MIA | SD | 5 |
| 57 | Logan Henderson | MIL | NYM | 5 |
| 58 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @CLE | 5 |
| 59 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | ATH | 5 |
| 60 | Nolan McLean | NYM | LAD | 5 |
| 61 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | @PHI | 5 |
| 62 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | @NYY | 5 |
| 63 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | CHC | 5 |
| 64 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @LAA | 5 |
| 65 | Dustin May | STL | ARI | 5 |
| 66 | Michael King | SD | @ATL | 5 |
| 67 | Landen Roupp | SF | @KC | 5 |
| 68 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | CIN | 5 |
| 69 | Ian Seymour | TB | @TOR | 5 |
| 70 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | CWS/ SEA | 5 (CWS=6 & SEA=4) |
| 71 | Foster Griffin | WSH | ARI | 5 |
| 72 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @STL | 4 |
| 73 | Gage Jump | ATH | @ARI | 4 |
| 74 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | @MIN | 4 |
| 75 | Bryce Elder | ATL | SD/ @BAL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 76 | Grant Holmes | ATL | @BAL | 4 |
| 77 | Brandon Young | BAL | @BOS | 4 |
| 78 | Colin Rea | CHC | DET | 4 |
| 79 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | @PIT | 4 |
| 80 | Davis Martin | CWS | HOU | 4 |
| 81 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @SEA/ @STL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 82 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | @STL | 4 |
| 83 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @TB | 4 |
| 84 | Cristian Javier | HOU | MIA | 4 |
| 85 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @CWS | 4 |
| 86 | Michael Wacha | KC | SF/ @DET | 4 (both matchups) |
| 87 | Seth Lugo | KC | SF | 4 |
| 88 | Jose Soriano | LAA | STL/ @SF | 4 (both matchups) |
| 89 | Grayson Rodriguez | LAA | @SF | 4 |
| 90 | Janson Junk | MIA | @HOU/ SD | 4 (both matchups) |
| 91 | Freddy Peralta | NYM | @MIL/ LAD | 4 (@MIL=5 & LAD=3) |
| 92 | Sean Manaea | NYM | LAD | 4 |
| 93 | Will Warren | NYY | PIT/ @PHI | 4 (PIT=5 & @PHI=3) |
| 94 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @LAA/ CIN | 4 (@LAA=5 & CIN=3) |
| 95 | Andre Pallante | STL | CIN | 4 |
| 96 | Griffin Canning | SD | @ATL | 4 |
| 97 | Luis Castillo | SEA | CIN | 4 |
| 98 | Nick Martinez | TB | @TOR/ CLE | 4 (@TOR=3 & CLE=5) |
| 99 | Trey Yesavage | TOR | @BOS | 4 |
| 100 | Zack Littell | WSH | ARI | 4 |
| 101 | Michael Soroka | ARI | @WSH | 3 |
| 102 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | @ARI/ @MIN | 3 (@ARI=2 & @MIN=4) |
| 103 | Jack Perkins | ATH | @ARI | 3 |
| 104 | Martin Perez | ATL | SD | 3 |
| 105 | Shane Baz | BAL | @BOS/ ATL | 3 (both matchups) |
| 106 | Patrick Sandoval | BOS | TOR | 3 |
| 107 | David Peterson | CHC | DET | 3 |
| 108 | Noah Schultz | CWS | @TEX | 3 |
| 109 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | MIN/ @TB | 3 (MIN=4 & @TB=2) |
| 110 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @MIL | 3 |
| 111 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | MIA | 3 |
| 112 | Stephen Kolek | KC | @DET | 3 |
| 113 | Walbert Urena | LAA | STL | 3 |
| 114 | Eric Lauer | LAD | @PHI | 3 |
| 115 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | @NYM | 3 |
| 116 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | NYM | 3 |
| 117 | Michael Paredes | MIN | @CLE/ ATH | 3 (@CLE=4 & ATH=2) |
| 118 | Taj Bradley | MIN | @CLE | 3 |
| 119 | Christian Scott | NYM | @MIL | 3 |
| 120 | Ryan Weathers | NYY | @PHI | 3 |
| 121 | Aaron Nola | PHI | LAD | 3 |
| 122 | Alan Rangel | PHI | NYY | 3 |
| 123 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @NYY/ CHC | 3 (@NYY=4 & CHC=2) |
| 124 | Kyle Leahy | STL | @LAA/ CIN | 3 (@LAA=4 & CIN=2) |
| 125 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @ATL/ @MIA | 3 (both matchups) |
| 126 | German Marquez | SD | @MIA | 3 |
| 127 | Tyler Mahle | SF | @KC/ LAA | 3 (@KC=4 & LAA=2) |
| 128 | Griffin Jax | TB | @TOR | 3 |
| 129 | MacKenzie Gore | TEX | SEA | 3 |
| 130 | Shane Bieber | TOR | TB | 3 |
| 131 | Mitch Bratt | ARI | ATH/ @WSH | 2 (both matchups) |
| 132 | Jose Cabrera | ARI | ATH | 2 |
| 133 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | DET/ @PIT | 2 (both matchups) |
| 134 | Erick Fedde | CWS | @TEX/ HOU | 2 (both matchups) |
| 135 | Anthony Kay | CWS | @TEX | 2 |
| 136 | Kyle Freeland | COL | WSH/ @MIL | 2 (both matchups) |
| 137 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | @MIL | 2 |
| 138 | Luinder Avila | KC | SF/ @DET | 2 (both matchups) |
| 139 | Noah Cameron | KC | @DET | 2 |
| 140 | Tyler Phillips | MIA | @HOU | 2 |
| 141 | Shane Drohan | MIL | COL | 2 |
| 142 | Zach Thornton | NYM | @MIL | 2 |
| 143 | Walker Buehler | SD | @ATL/ @MIA | 2 (both matchups) |
| 144 | Trevor McDonald | SF | @KC | 2 |
| 145 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | CWS | 2 |
| 146 | Cal Quantrill | TEX | CWS | 2 |
| 147 | Max Scherzer | TOR | TB | 2 |
| 148 | Andrew Alvarez | WSH | @COL/ ARI | 2 (both matchups) |
| 149 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | WSH | 1 |
| 150 | Gabriel Hughes | COL | WSH | 1 |
| 151 | Ryan Johnson | LAA | @SF | 1 |
| 152 | Lance McCullers Jr. | MIL | COL | 1 |
| 153 | Elmer Rodriguez | NYY | PIT | 1 |
| 154 | Miles Mikolas | WSH | @COL | 1 |
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