Week 18 Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball

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.

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