Nothing shakes up a pitching rotation like moves at the trade deadline. Not only do new acquisition need to fit into their schedule of starts but it requires strategy to not disrupt other pitcher schedules in the process. For the team that has dealt away a starter a new vacancy needs to be filled. Add in a wacky week of schedules to trade deadline week, with several teams having only five games and many having seven or more, and anything goes. That’s why we provide our weekly starting pitcher rankings to help fantasy managers make the right lineup decisions.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 19 (7/29 – 8/4)
| Rnk | Pitcher | Team | Opp | Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Sale | ATL | @MIL/ MIA | 9 (both matchups) |
| 2 | Zac Gallen | ARI | WSH | 8 |
| 3 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | STL | 8 |
| 4 | Tarik Skubal | DET | KCR | 8 |
| 5 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | NYY/ @SEA | 8 (NYY=7 & @SEA=9) |
| 6 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | MIA | 7 |
| 7 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | TOR/ @CLE | 7 (TOR=8 & @CLE=6) |
| 8 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | TOR | 7 |
| 9 | Justin Steele | CHC | @CIN/ STL | 7 (both matchups) |
| 10 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | @MIN | 7 |
| 11 | Hunter Greene | CIN | SFG | 7 |
| 12 | Jack Flaherty | DET | CLE/ KCR | 7 (both matchups) |
| 13 | Hunter Brown | HOU | PIT | 7 |
| 14 | Michael Wacha | KCR | @CWS/ @DET | 7 (@CWS=8 & @DET=6) |
| 15 | Cole Ragans | KCR | @DET | 7 |
| 16 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @SDP | 7 |
| 17 | Joe Ryan | MIN | CWS | 7 |
| 18 | Aaron Nola | PHI | NYY | 7 |
| 19 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @SEA | 7 |
| 20 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @HOU/ ARI | 7 (both matchups) |
| 21 | Dylan Cease | SDP | LAD | 7 |
| 22 | Michael King | SDP | COL | 7 |
| 23 | Robbie Ray | SFG | OAK | 7 |
| 24 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @BOS/ PHI | 7 (both matchups) |
| 25 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @BOS | 7 |
| 26 | George Kirby | SEA | @BOS | 7 |
| 27 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | WSH/ @PIT | 6 (both matchups) |
| 28 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | MIA | 6 |
| 29 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | SEA | 6 |
| 30 | Javier Assad | CHC | STL | 6 |
| 31 | Drew Thorpe | CWS | KCR | 6 |
| 32 | Erick Fedde | CWS | @MIN | 6 |
| 33 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | CHC | 6 |
| 34 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @DET/ BAL | 6 (@DET=7 & BAL=5) |
| 35 | Cal Quantrill | COL | @LAA | 6 |
| 36 | Framber Valdez | HOU | TBR | 6 |
| 37 | Seth Lugo | KCR | @DET | 6 |
| 38 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @SDP | 6 |
| 39 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | ATL | 6 |
| 40 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @NYM | 6 |
| 41 | Bailey Ober | MIN | CWS | 6 |
| 42 | Kodai Senga | NYM | @LAA | 6 |
| 43 | Luis Gil | NYY | @PHI/ TOR | 6 (@PHI=5 & TOR=7) |
| 44 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | TOR | 6 |
| 45 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | NYY | 6 |
| 46 | Mitch Keller | PIT | ARI | 6 |
| 47 | Sonny Gray | STL | TEX | 6 |
| 48 | Blake Snell | SFG | @CIN | 6 |
| 49 | Taj Bradley | TBR | MIA | 6 |
| 50 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @STL/ BOS | 6 (@STL=7 & BOS=5) |
| 51 | Max Scherzer | TEX | @STL | 6 |
| 52 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @STL | 6 |
| 53 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @NYY | 6 |
| 54 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @NYY | 6 |
| 55 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | @ARI | 6 |
| 56 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @PIT | 5 |
| 57 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @CLE | 5 |
| 58 | Brayan Bello | BOS | SEA | 5 |
| 59 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @TEX | 5 |
| 60 | Chris Flexen | CWS | KCR/ @MIN | 5 (both matchups) |
| 61 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | SFG | 5 |
| 62 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @DET | 5 |
| 63 | Ben Lively | CLE | @DET | 5 |
| 64 | Justin Verlander | HOU | PIT | 5 |
| 65 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | TBR | 5 |
| 66 | Alec Marsh | KCR | @CWS/ DET | 5 (@CWS=6 & DET=4) |
| 67 | Brady Singer | KCR | @CWS | 5 |
| 68 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | COL | 5 |
| 69 | Gavin Stone | LAD | @OAK | 5 |
| 70 | Aaron Civale | MIL | @WSH | 5 |
| 71 | Tobias Myers | MIL | @WSH | 5 |
| 72 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @NYM/ CWS | 5 (@NYM=4 & DET=6) |
| 73 | Sean Manaea | NYM | MIN | 5 |
| 74 | Luis Severino | NYM | MIN | 5 |
| 75 | Tylor Megill | NYM | @LAA | 5 |
| 76 | David Peterson | NYM | @LAA | 5 |
| 77 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @PHI | 5 |
| 78 | JP Sears | OAK | @SFG | 5 |
| 79 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @SEA | 5 |
| 80 | Martin Perez | PIT | @HOU | 5 |
| 81 | Luis L. Ortiz | PIT | @HOU | 5 |
| 82 | Andre Pallante | STL | TEX/ @CHC | 5 (both matchups) |
| 83 | Matt Waldron | SDP | LAD/ COL | 5 (LAD=4 & COL=6) |
| 84 | Randy Vasquez | SDP | COL | 5 |
| 85 | Alex Cobb | SFG | OAK | 5 |
| 86 | Logan Webb | SFG | @CIN | 5 |
| 87 | Bryan Woo | SEA | PHI | 5 |
| 88 | Bryce Miller | SEA | PHI | 5 |
| 89 | Zach Eflin | BAL | TOR/ @CLE | 5 (both matchups) |
| 90 | Jon Gray | TEX | BOS | 5 |
| 91 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | @BAL | 5 |
| 92 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | @ARI/ MIL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 93 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | WSH | 4 |
| 94 | Yiber Diaz | ARI | @PIT | 4 |
| 95 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @MIL | 4 |
| 96 | Albert Suarez | BAL | @CLE | 4 |
| 97 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | SEA/ @TEX | 4 (SEA=5 & @TEX=3) |
| 98 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | @TEX | 4 |
| 99 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @CIN/ STL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 100 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | @CIN | 4 |
| 101 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | KCR | 4 |
| 102 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @LAA | 4 |
| 103 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @SDP | 4 |
| 104 | Austin Gomber | COL | @SDP | 4 |
| 105 | Kenta Maeda | DET | CLE | 4 |
| 106 | Keider Montero | DET | KCR | 4 |
| 107 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | TBR | 4 |
| 108 | Jose Soriano | LAA | NYM | 4 |
| 109 | River Ryan | LAD | @OAK | 4 |
| 110 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @TBR/ @ATL | 4 (@TBR=5 & @ATL=3) |
| 111 | Max Meyer | MIA | @ATL | 4 |
| 112 | Colin Rea | MIL | ATL/ @WSH | 4 (ATL=3 & @WSH=5) |
| 113 | David Festa | MIN | @NYM | 4 |
| 114 | Jose Quintana | NYM | MIN | 4 |
| 115 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @PHI | 4 |
| 116 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | TOR | 4 |
| 117 | Lance Lynn | STL | TEX/ CHC | 4 (both matchups) |
| 118 | Kyle Gibson | STL | @CHC | 4 |
| 119 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @CHC | 4 |
| 120 | Kyle Harrison | SFG | @CIN | 4 |
| 121 | Shane Baz | TBR | @HOU | 4 |
| 122 | Zack Littell | TBR | @HOU | 4 |
| 123 | Michael Lorenzen | TEX | BOS | 4 |
| 124 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | @BAL/ @NYY | 4 (@BAL=3 & @NYY=5) |
| 125 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @BAL | 4 |
| 126 | Jake Irvin | WSH | MIL | 4 |
| 127 | DJ Herz | WSH | MIL | 4 |
| 128 | Chayce McDermottt | BAL | TOR | 4 |
| 129 | Frankie Montas | CIN | CHC/ SFG | 3 (CHC=2 & SFG=4) |
| 130 | Ty Blach | COL | @LAA/ @SDP | 3 (@LAA=4 & @SDP=2) |
| 131 | Joey Wenz | DET | KCR | 3 |
| 132 | Jake Bloss | HOU | PIT | 3 |
| 133 | Griffin Canning | LAA | COL/ NYM | 3 (COL=4 & NYM=2) |
| 134 | Kenny Rosenberg | LAA | COL | 3 |
| 135 | Carson Fulmer | LAA | NYM | 3 |
| 136 | Jack Wrobleski | LAD | @OAK | 3 |
| 137 | Roddery Munoz | MIA | @TBR | 3 |
| 138 | Bryse Wilson | MIL | ATL | 3 |
| 139 | Ross Stripling | OAK | @SFG | 3 |
| 140 | Marco Gonzales | PIT | ARI | 3 |
| 141 | Patrick Corbin | WSH | @ARI | 3 |
| 142 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | BAL | 2 |
| 143 | Xzavion Curry | CLE | BAL | 2 |
| 144 | Kyle Tyler | MIA | @ATL | 2 |
| 145 | Mitch Spence | OAK | LAD | 2 |
| 146 | Joey Estes | OAK | LAD | 2 |
| 147 | Bowden Francis | TOR | @BAL | 2 |
| 148 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @ATL | 1 |
| 149 | Hogan Harris | OAK | LAD | 1 |
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