If the fantasy baseball season was a horse race, we’d be now making the final turn and nearing the home stretch. With just eight weeks left of games, it adds even more importance to strategic starting pitcher lineup decisions. Early in the season a blowup outing is to expected, with many months to recover ratios. However, there’s little leeway for disastrous pitcher outings at this stage. Thus, playing it smart (and safe) is the best approach for success. That mindset is reflected in our starting pitcher rankings with more fringe pitchers having slightly lower confidence ratings than usual.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 20 (8/3 – 8/9)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | MIN | 10 |
| 2 | Chris Sale | ATL | MIA/ @NYY | 9 (both matchups) |
| 3 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @MIL | 9 |
| 4 | Tarik Skubal | LAD | @CHC/ @ARI | 8 (both matchups) |
| 5 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | WSH | 8 |
| 6 | Sonny Gray | BOS | CWS | 7 |
| 7 | Chase Burns | CIN | @WSH | 7 |
| 8 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @CWS | 7 |
| 9 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @ARI | 7 |
| 10 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @KC/ @MIL | 7 (@KC=8 & @MIL=6) |
| 11 | Nolan McLean | NYM | @CLE | 7 |
| 12 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | TOR | 7 |
| 13 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | @MIL | 7 |
| 14 | Logan Webb | SF | @TEX/ DET | 7 (both matchups) |
| 15 | Bryan Woo | SEA | DET | 7 |
| 16 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | TB | 7 |
| 17 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | BAL | 7 |
| 18 | Dylan Cease | TOR | @HOU | 7 |
| 19 | Payton Tolle | BOS | ATH | 6 |
| 20 | Jake Bennett | BOS | ATH | 6 |
| 21 | Parker Messick | CLE | @CWS | 6 |
| 22 | Framber Valdez | DET | @SF | 6 |
| 23 | Keider Montero | DET | @SF | 6 |
| 24 | Michael Wacha | KC | MIN | 6 |
| 25 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | LAA | 6 |
| 26 | Logan Henderson | MIL | PIT | 6 |
| 27 | Max Fried | NYY | ATL | 6 |
| 28 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | ATL | 6 |
| 29 | Michael King | SD | HOU | 6 |
| 30 | Robbie Ray | SF | @TEX | 6 |
| 31 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | DET | 6 |
| 32 | Bryce Miller | SEA | TB | 6 |
| 33 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | SF | 6 |
| 34 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | @NYY | 5 |
| 35 | Brandon Young | BAL | LAA | 5 |
| 36 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @TEX | 5 |
| 37 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | CWS | 5 |
| 38 | Anthony Kay | CWS | CLE | 5 |
| 39 | Hunter Greene | CIN | ATH | 5 |
| 40 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | NYM | 5 |
| 41 | Troy Melton | DET | @SEA/ @SF | 5 (both matchups) |
| 42 | Casey Mize | DET | @SEA | 5 |
| 43 | Hunter Brown | HOU | TOR | 5 |
| 44 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @BAL/ @MIA | 5 (both matchups) |
| 45 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @ARI | 5 |
| 46 | Eury Perez | MIA | @ATL | 5 |
| 47 | Kyle Harrison | MIL | PIT | 5 |
| 48 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | @KC | 5 |
| 49 | Taj Bradley | MIN | @MIL | 5 |
| 50 | Christian Scott | NYM | @CLE/ @PIT | 5 (both matchups) |
| 51 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | STL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 52 | Ryan Weathers | NYY | STL | 5 |
| 53 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | WSH/ TOR | 5 (both matchups) |
| 54 | Jared Jones | PIT | @MIL/ NYM | 5 (both matchups) |
| 55 | Mitch Keller | PIT | NYM | 5 |
| 56 | Dustin May | STL | @NYY | 5 |
| 57 | Kyle Leahy | STL | COL | 5 |
| 58 | Quinn Mathews | STL | COL | 5 |
| 59 | Tyler Mahle | SF | DET | 5 |
| 60 | Landen Roupp | SF | DET | 5 |
| 61 | George Kirby | SEA | TB | 5 |
| 62 | Ian Seymour | TB | @COL/ @SEA | 5 (both matchups) |
| 63 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | @SEA | 5 |
| 64 | Trey Yesavage | TOR | @HOU/ @PHI | 5 (both matchups) |
| 65 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @CHC | 5 |
| 66 | Foster Griffin | WSH | @PHI | 5 |
| 67 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | CIN | 5 |
| 68 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | SD/ LAD | 4 (SD=5 & LAD=3) |
| 69 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | LAD | 4 |
| 70 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | @CIN | 4 |
| 71 | Gage Jump | ATH | @BOS | 4 |
| 72 | Grant Holmes | ATL | MIA | 4 |
| 73 | Bryce Elder | ATL | MIA | 4 |
| 74 | Dean Kremer | BAL | LAA/ @TEX | 4 (LAA=5 & @TEX=3) |
| 75 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | LAA | 4 |
| 76 | Shane Baz | BAL | @TEX | 4 |
| 77 | Patrick Sandoval | BOS | CWS/ ATH | 4 (CWS=5 & ATH=3) |
| 78 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | LAD | 4 |
| 79 | Colin Rea | CHC | @KC | 4 |
| 80 | Davis Martin | CWS | @BOS/ CLE | 4 (@BOS=3 & CLE=5) |
| 81 | Sean Burke | CWS | @BOS | 4 |
| 82 | Noah Schultz | CWS | CLE | 4 |
| 83 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | ATH | 4 |
| 84 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @WSH | 4 |
| 85 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | NYM/ @CWS | 4 (NYM=3 & @CWS=5) |
| 86 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | NYM | 4 |
| 87 | Hayden Wesneski | HOU | TOR | 4 |
| 88 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @SD | 4 |
| 89 | Tatsuya Imai | HOU | @SD | 4 |
| 90 | Seth Lugo | KC | CHC | 4 |
| 91 | Grayson Rodriguez | LAA | @BAL | 4 |
| 92 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @MIA | 4 |
| 93 | Justin Wrobleski | LAD | @CHC/ @ARI | 4 (@CHC=3 & @ARI=5) |
| 94 | Janson Junk | MIA | @ATL | 4 |
| 95 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | PIT/ MIN | 4 (both matchups) |
| 96 | Shane Drohan | MIL | PIT | 4 |
| 97 | Connor Prielipp | MIN | @MIL | 4 |
| 98 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @CLE | 4 |
| 99 | Clay Holmes | NYM | @PIT | 4 |
| 100 | Aaron Nola | PHI | WSH/ TOR | 4 (both matchups) |
| 101 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | @MIL/ NYM | 4 (both matchups) |
| 102 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @NYY | 4 |
| 103 | Andre Pallante | STL | @NYY | 4 |
| 104 | Matthew Liberatore | SD | COL | 4 |
| 105 | Griffin Canning | SD | @ARI/ HOU | 4 (both matchups) |
| 106 | Carson Whisenhunt | SF | @TEX | 4 |
| 107 | Luis Castillo | SEA | DET | 4 |
| 108 | Griffin Jax | TB | @SEA | 4 |
| 109 | MacKenzie Gore | TEX | SF | 4 |
| 110 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | BAL | 4 |
| 111 | Shane Bieber | TOR | @HOU/ @PHI | 4 (both matchups) |
| 112 | Zack Littell | WSH | @PHI/ CIN | 4 (both matchups) |
| 113 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | SD | 3 (SD=4 & LAD=2) |
| 114 | Mitch Bratt | ARI | SD | 3 |
| 115 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | @CIN/ @BOS | 3 (both matchups) |
| 116 | Jack Perkins | ATH | @BOS | 3 |
| 117 | Martin Perez | ATL | @NYY | 3 |
| 118 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | LAD/ @KC | 3 (LAD=2 & @KC=4) |
| 119 | David Peterson | CHC | TOR | 3 |
| 120 | Brady Singer | CIN | ATH/ @WSH | 3 (both matchups) |
| 121 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | TB/ @STL | 3 (both matchups) |
| 122 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @STL | 3 |
| 123 | Peter Lambert | HOU | TOR/ @SD | 3 (both matchups) |
| 124 | Noah Cameron | KC | MIN | 3 |
| 125 | Walbert Urena | LAA | @MIA | 3 |
| 126 | Eric Lauer | LAD | @CHC | 3 |
| 127 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | @CHC | 3 |
| 128 | Ryan Gusto | MIA | @ATL/ LAA | 3 (@ATL=2 & LAA=4) |
| 129 | Tyler Phillips | MIA | LAA | 3 |
| 130 | Robert Gasser | MIL | MIN | 3 |
| 131 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @KC | 3 |
| 132 | Freddy Peralta | NYM | @PIT | 3 |
| 133 | Will Warren | NYY | STL | 3 |
| 134 | JP Sears | SD | @ARI/ HOU | 3 (both matchups) |
| 135 | Walker Buehler | SD | @ARI | 3 |
| 136 | Cal Quantrill | TEX | SF | 3 |
| 137 | Jordan Montgomery | TEX | BAL | 3 |
| 138 | Max Scherzer | TOR | @PHI | 3 |
| 139 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @PHI/ CIN | 3 (both matchups) |
| 140 | Kohl Drake | ARI | SD | 2 |
| 141 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | @CIN | 2 |
| 142 | Javier Assad | CHC | LAD/ @KC | 2 (LAD=1 & @KC=3) |
| 143 | Erick Fedde | CWS | @BOS | 2 |
| 144 | Gabriel Hughes | COL | TB | 2 |
| 145 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @STL | 2 |
| 146 | Randy Dobnak | KC | MIN/ CHC | 2 (MIN=3 & CHC=1) |
| 147 | Luinder Avila | KC | CHC | 2 |
| 148 | Ryan Johnson | LAA | @BAL | 2 |
| 149 | Brian Keller | PHI | WSH | 2 |
| 150 | German Marquez | SD | @ARI | 2 |
| 151 | Nick Martinez | TB | @COL | 2 |
| 152 | Miles Mikolas | WSH | @PHI | 2 |
| 153 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | TB | 1 |
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