We now resume our regularly scheduled programming, as in a return to a routine dose of two-start pitchers. After the interrupted week of games due to the All-Star break, we’re back in action again with a full week of games. With many teams playing seven games, or even eight like the Giants, we have an abundance of quality two-start options to choose from this week. We also have many notable names returning to action for the first time this week with Robbie Ray, Jeffrey Springs, and Clayton Kershaw, barring unexpected setbacks. All in all it’s an exciting week of pitcher rankings.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 18 (7/22 – 7/28)
| Rnk | Pitcher | Team | Opp | Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @MIA | 9 |
| 2 | Dylan Cease | SDP | @WSH | 9 |
| 3 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | LAA/ @CWS | 9 (both matchups) |
| 4 | Luis Castillo | SEA | LAA | 9 |
| 5 | George Kirby | SEA | @CWS | 9 |
| 6 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @TBR | 8 |
| 7 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | SFG | 8 |
| 8 | Paul Skenes | PIT | STL | 8 |
| 9 | Zac Gallen | ARI | PIT | 7 |
| 10 | Chris Sale | ATL | CIN/ @NYM | 7 (both matchups) |
| 11 | Max Fried | ATL | @NYM | 7 |
| 12 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | SDP | 7 |
| 13 | Dean Kremer | BAL | SDP | 7 |
| 14 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @KCR | 7 |
| 15 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | @TEX/ SEA | 7 (@TEX=6 & SEA=8) |
| 16 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @CLE/ MIN | 7 (both matchups) |
| 17 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @OAK | 7 |
| 18 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | MIA | 7 |
| 19 | Chris Paddack | MIN | PHI | 7 |
| 20 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @MIN/ CLE | 7 (both matchups) |
| 21 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @MIN | 7 |
| 22 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | CLE | 7 |
| 23 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @CWS | 7 |
| 24 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | CIN | 6 |
| 25 | Justin Steele | CHC | MIL | 6 |
| 26 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @ATL/ @TBR | 6 (ATL=5 & @TBR=7) |
| 27 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | DET | 6 |
| 28 | Jack Flaherty | DET | @CLE | 6 |
| 29 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @OAK | 6 |
| 30 | Cole Ragans | KCR | ARI | 6 |
| 31 | Seth Lugo | KCR | CHC | 6 |
| 32 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | OAK | 6 |
| 33 | Jose Soriano | LAA | OAK | 6 |
| 34 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @DET | 6 |
| 35 | Jose Quintana | NYM | ATL | 6 |
| 36 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @BOS | 6 |
| 37 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @MIN | 6 |
| 38 | Mitch Keller | PIT | STL/ @ARI | 6 (STL=7 & @ARI=5) |
| 39 | Sonny Gray | STL | @PIT | 6 |
| 40 | Matt Waldron | SDP | @WSH | 6 |
| 41 | Blake Snell | SFG | COL | 6 |
| 42 | Jordan Hicks | SFG | COL | 6 |
| 43 | Bryce Miller | SEA | LAA | 6 |
| 44 | Jon Gray | TEX | CWS/ @TOR | 6 (CWS=7 & @TOR=5) |
| 45 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | CWS | 6 |
| 46 | Max Scherzer | TEX | CWS | 6 |
| 47 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | TBR | 6 |
| 48 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | @STL | 6 |
| 49 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | CIN/ @NYM | 5 (both matchups) |
| 50 | Albert Suarez | BAL | @MIA/ SDP | 5 (@MIA=6 & SDP=4) |
| 51 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @COL/ NYY | 5 (both matchups) |
| 52 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | @COL | 5 |
| 53 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | NYY | 5 |
| 54 | Javier Assad | CHC | MIL/ @KCR | 5 (both matchups) |
| 55 | Drew Thorpe | CWS | SEA | 5 |
| 56 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @TBR | 5 |
| 57 | Gavin Williams | CLE | DET | 5 |
| 58 | Framber Valdez | HOU | LAD | 5 |
| 59 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | LAD | 5 |
| 60 | Michael Wacha | KCR | ARI | 5 |
| 61 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | SFG | 5 |
| 62 | Max Meyer | MIA | BAL/ @MIL | 5 (BAL=4 & @MIL=6) |
| 63 | Colin Rea | MIL | @CHC/ MIA | 5 (both matchups) |
| 64 | Tobias Myers | MIL | @CHC | 5 |
| 65 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | PHI | 5 |
| 66 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @DET | 5 |
| 67 | Christian Scott | NYM | @MIA/ ATL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 68 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @NYY | 5 |
| 69 | Luis Severino | NYY | TBR | 5 |
| 70 | Luis Gil | NYY | NYM | 5 |
| 71 | JP Sears | OAK | @LAA | 5 |
| 72 | Michael King | SDP | @BAL | 5 |
| 73 | Logan Webb | SFG | @LAD/ COL | 5 (@LAD=4 & COL=6) |
| 74 | Ryan Pepiot | TBR | @TOR | 5 |
| 75 | Zach Eflin | TBR | @TOR | 5 |
| 76 | Shane Baz | TBR | CIN | 5 |
| 77 | Michael Lorenzen | TEX | CWS/ @TOR | 5 (CWS=6 & @TOR=4) |
| 78 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @TOR | 5 |
| 79 | Jose Berrios | TOR | TBR/ TEX | 5 (both matchups) |
| 80 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | TBR | 5 |
| 81 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | TEX | 5 |
| 82 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | SDP/ @STL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 83 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @STL | 5 |
| 84 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | @KCR/ PIT | 4 (both matchups) |
| 85 | Yiber Diaz | ARI | @KCR | 4 |
| 86 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @KCR | 4 |
| 87 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | PIT | 4 |
| 88 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @NYM | 4 |
| 89 | Brayan Bello | BOS | NYY | 4 |
| 90 | Erick Fedde | CWS | @TEX/ SEA | 4 (@TEX=3 & SEA=5) |
| 91 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @ATL | 4 |
| 92 | Frankie Montas | CIN | @ATL | 4 |
| 93 | Austin Gomber | COL | @SFG | 4 |
| 94 | Jake Bloss | HOU | @OAK | 4 |
| 95 | Justin Verlander | HOU | LAD | 4 |
| 96 | Brady Singer | KCR | CHC | 4 |
| 97 | Griffin Canning | LAA | @SEA | 4 |
| 98 | River Ryan | LAD | SFG | 4 |
| 99 | Landon Knack | LAD | SFG | 4 |
| 100 | Gavin Stone | LAD | @HOU | 4 |
| 101 | Joe Ross | MIL | @CHC | 4 |
| 102 | Bailey Ober | MIN | PHI/ @DET | 4 (PHI=3 & @DET=5) |
| 103 | David Peterson | NYM | @NYY | 4 |
| 104 | Kodai Senga | NYM | ATL | 4 |
| 105 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | NYM/ @BOS | 4 (both matchups) |
| 106 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @BOS | 4 |
| 107 | Joey Estes | OAK | @LAA | 4 |
| 108 | Martin Perez | PIT | STL | 4 |
| 109 | Luis L. Ortiz | PIT | @ARI | 4 |
| 110 | Lance Lynn | STL | @PIT/ WSH | 4 (both matchups) |
| 111 | Kyle Gibson | STL | WSH | 4 |
| 112 | Miles Mikolas | STL | WSH | 4 |
| 113 | Robbie Ray | SFG | @LAD | 4 |
| 114 | Zack Littell | TBR | @NYY/ CIN | (both matchups) |
| 115 | Jeffrey Springs | TBR | @TOR | 4 |
| 116 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | TEX | 4 |
| 117 | DJ Herz | WSH | SDP | 4 |
| 118 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | @COL | 3 |
| 119 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | MIL | 3 |
| 120 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | @KCR | 3 |
| 121 | Chris Flexen | CWS | @TEX | 3 |
| 122 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @TEX | 3 |
| 123 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | DET/ @PHI | 3 (DET=4 & @PHI=2) |
| 124 | Spencer Howard | CLE | DET/ @PHI | 3 (DET=3 & @PHI=1) |
| 125 | Ben Lively | CLE | @PHI | 3 |
| 126 | Kyle Freeland | COL | BOS/ @SFG | 3 (both matchups) |
| 127 | Ryan Feltner | COL | BOS | 3 |
| 128 | German Marquez | COL | @SFG | 3 |
| 129 | Matt Manning | DET | @CLE | 3 |
| 130 | Keider Montero | DET | @CLE | 3 |
| 131 | Kenta Maeda | DET | MIN | 3 |
| 132 | Alec Marsh | KCR | ARI | 3 |
| 133 | James Paxton | LAD | @HOU | 3 |
| 134 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @MIL | 3 |
| 135 | Aaron Civale | MIL | MIA | 3 |
| 136 | Marcus Stroman | OAK | HOU | 3 |
| 137 | Hogan Harris | OAK | HOU/ @LAA | 3 (HOU=2 & @LAA=4) |
| 138 | Ross Stripling | OAK | @LAA | 3 |
| 139 | Mitch Spence | OAK | @LAA | 3 |
| 140 | Tyler Phillips | PHI | CLE | 3 |
| 141 | Andre Pallante | STL | @PIT | 3 |
| 142 | Randy Vasquez | SDP | @WSH/ @BAL | 3 (@WSH=4 & @BAL=2) |
| 143 | Adam Mazur | SDP | @BAL | 3 |
| 144 | Hayden Birdsong | SFG | @LAD | 3 |
| 145 | Kyle Harrison | SFG | @LAD | 3 |
| 146 | Bruce Zimmerman | BAL | @MIA | 2 |
| 147 | Cal Quantrill | COL | BOS | 2 |
| 148 | Tanner Gordon | COL | @SFG | 2 |
| 149 | Casey Mize | DET | MIN | 2 |
| 150 | Carson Fulmer | LAA | @SEA/ OAK | 2 (both matchups) |
| 151 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @SEA/ OAK | 2 (both matchups) |
| 152 | Jack Wrobleski | LAD | @HOU | 2 |
| 153 | Yonny Chirinos | MIA | NYM/ @MIL | 2 (both matchups) |
| 154 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | BAL | 2 |
| 155 | Roddery Munoz | MIA | BAL | 2 |
| 156 | Osvaldo Bido | OAK | HOU | 2 |
| 157 | Marco Gonzales | PIT | @ARI | 2 |
| 158 | Patrick Corbin | WSH | SDP | 2 |
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