Week 20 Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball

There may not be anything more volatile in professional sports than starting pitchers. One day a pitcher is unhittable and the next week they can’t hit the broad side of a barn. Take Blake Snell’s incredible, but now predictable, second-half turnaround as an example. That’s why there is a risk in looking a rest of season rankings when determining starting pitcher lineup decisions each week. Every week we factor in recent performances, park factors, and opposing hitter matchups when providing our weekly starting pitcher rankings and confidence scores.

Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 20 (8/5 – 8/11)

Rnk	Pitcher	Team	Opp	Confidence Level
1	Blake Snell	SFG	@WSH	9
2	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@TBR	8
3	Jack Flaherty	LAD	PIT	8
4	Dylan Cease	SDP	@PIT	8
5	Logan Webb	SFG	@WSH/ DET	8 (both matchups)
6	George Kirby	SEA	DET	8
7	Chris Sale	ATL	MIL/ @COL	7 (MIL=8 & @COL=6)
8	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	MIL	7
9	Shota Imanaga	CHC	MIN	7
10	Hunter Greene	CIN	@MIA	7
11	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	PHI/ PIT	7 (PHI=6 & PIT=8)
12	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ARI	7
13	Paul Skenes	PIT	@LAD	7
14	Robbie Ray	SFG	@WSH/ DET	7 (both matchups)
15	Luis Castillo	SEA	DET/ NYM	7 (both matchups)
16	Bryan Woo	SEA	DET	7
17	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CLE	6
18	Max Fried	ATL	@COL	6
19	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	@TOR/ @TBR	6 (@TOR=5 & @TBR=7)
20	Justin Steele	CHC	@CWS	6
21	Garrett Crochet	CWS	CHC	6
22	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@MIA	6
23	Tarik Skubal	DET	@SEA	6
24	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TEX	6
25	Seth Lugo	KCR	BOS/ @DET	6 (BOS=5 & @DET=7)
26	Cole Ragans	KCR	BOS	6
27	Michael Wacha	KCR	STL	6
28	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	PHI	6
29	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@CHC	6
30	Joe Ryan	MIN	@CHC	6
31	Bailey Ober	MIN	CLE	6
32		MIN	CLE	6
33	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	CLE	6
34	Luis Gil	NYY	LAA/ TEX	6 (LAA=7 & TEX=5)
35	Carlos Rodon	NYY	TEX	6
36	Gerrit Cole	NYY	TEX	6
37	Aaron Nola	PHI	@LAD/ @ARI	6 (both matchups)
38	Mitch Keller	PIT	@LAD	6
39	Sonny Gray	STL	TBR	6
40	Erick Fedde	STL	TBR	6
41	Matt Waldron	SDP	@PIT/ @MIA	6 (both matchups)
42	Michael King	SDP	@MIA	6
43	Heyden Birdsong	SFG	DET	6
44	Logan Gilbert	SEA	NYM	6
45	Taj Bradley	TBR	@STL	6
46		TEX	HOU	6
47	Jose Berrios	TOR	OAK	6
48	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@CLE	5
49	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	@COL	5
50	Dean Kremer	BAL	@TOR	5
51	Zac Eflin	BAL	@TBR	5
52	Brayan Bello	BOS	@KCR	5
53	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@KCR	5
54	Nick Pivetta	BOS	HOU	5
55	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@CWS	5
56	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@OAK	5
57	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@MIA/ @MIL	5 (both matchups)
58	Tanner Bibee	CLE	ARI/ @MIN	5 (both matchups)
59	Ben Lively	CLE	ARI	5
60	Hunter Brown	HOU	@TEX/ @BOS	5 (both matchups)
61	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	@TEX	5
62	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@BOS	5
63	Carson Fulmer	LAA	@NYY	5
64	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@NYY	5
65	Jose Soriano	LAA	@WSH	5
66	River Ryan	LAD	PIT	5
67	Colin Rea	MIL	@ATL	5
68	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@ATL	5
69	Paul Blackburn	NYM	@COL	5
70	Jose Quintana	NYM	@SEA	5
71	Nestor Cortes	NYY	LAA	5
72	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@LAD/ @ARI	5 (both matchups)
73	Andre Pallante	STL	NYM/ @KCR	5 (both matchups)
74	Kyle Gibson	STL	TBR	5
75	Martin Perez	SDP	@MIA	5
76	Kyle Harrison	SFG	@WSH	5
77	Bryce Miller	SEA	NYM	5
78	Shane Baz	TBR	@STL	5
79	Andrew Heaney	TEX	HOU	5
80	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@NYY	5
81	Kevin Gausman	TOR	BAL	5
82	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	OAK	5
83	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	SFG	5
84	Jake Irvin	WSH	SFG	5
85	DJ Herz	WSH	LAA	5
86	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@CLE/ PHI	4 (both matchups)
87	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	PHI	4
88	Charlie Morton	ATL	MIL	4
89	Tanner Houck	BOS	HOU	4
90	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	MIN	4
91	Javier Assad	CHC	MIN	4
92	Drew Thorpe	CWS	@OAK	4
93	Chris Flexen	CWS	CHC	4
94	Nick Martinez	CIN	@MIA/ @MIL	4 (both matchups)
95	Carson Spiers	CIN	@MIL	4
96	Gavin Williams	CLE	@MIN	4
97	Kyle Freeland	COL	NYM/ ATL	4 (both matchups)
98	Ryan Feltner	COL	NYM	4
99	Cal Quantrill	COL	ATL	4
100	Keider Montero	DET	@SEA	4
101	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@BOS	4
102	Brady Singer	KCR	BOS/ @DET	4 (BOS=3 & @DET=5)
103	Griffin Canning	LAA	@WSH	4
104	Gavin Stone	LAD	PHI	4
105	Edward Cabrera	MIA	SDP	4
106	Aaron Civale	MIL	CIN	4
107	Tobias Myers	MIL	CIN	4
108	David Festa	MIN	@CHC/ CLE	4 (both matchups)
109	Sean Manaea	NYM	@STL	4 (both matchups)
110	Luis Severino	NYM	@COL/ @SEA	4 (@COL=3 & @SEA=5)
111	David Peterson	NYM	@COL	4
112	Marcus Stroman	NYY	LAA	4
113	JP Sears	OAK	CWS/ @TOR	4 (CWS=5 & @TOR=3)
114	Bailey Falter	PIT	SDP	4
115	Luis L. Ortiz	PIT	SDP	4
116	Miles Mikolas	STL	@KCR	4
117	Randy Vasquez	SDP	@PIT	4
118	Jeffrey Springs	TBR	@STL/ BAL	4 (@STL=5 & BAL=3)
119	Zack Littell	TBR	BAL	4
120	Jose Urena	TEX	@NYY	4
121	Chris Bassitt	TOR	BAL	4
122	Mitchell Parker	WSH	SFG/ LAA	4 (both matchups)
123	Ryne Nelson	ARI	PHI	3
124	James Paxton	BOS	@KCR/ HOU	3 (@KCR=4 & HOU=2)
125	Davis Martin	CWS	@OAK	3
126	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	ARI	3
127	Austin Gomber	COL	NYM	3
128	Kenta Maeda	DET	@SFG	3
129	Michael Lorenzen	KCR	STL	3
130	Davis Daniel	LAA	@NYY/ @WSH	3 (@NYY=2 & @WSH=4)
131	Roddery Munoz	MIA	CIN/ SDP	3 (both matchups)
132	Max Meyer	MIA	CIN/ SDP	3 (both matchups)
133	Frankie Montas	MIL	CIN	3
134	Ross Stripling	OAK	CWS	3
135	Joey Estes	OAK	CWS	3
136	Koby Allard	PHI	@ARI	3
137	Jake Woodford	PIT	SDP	3
138	Marco Gonzales	PIT	@LAD	3
139	Tyler Mahle	TEX	HOU	3
140	Ryan Yarborough	TOR	BAL/ OAK	3 (BAL=2 & OAK=4)
141	Patrick Corbin	WSH	SFG/ LAA	3 (both matchups)
142	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@TOR	2
143	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@MIN	2
144	Alex Cobb	CLE	@MIN	2
145	Noah Davis	COL	ATL	2
146	Brayan Sammons	DET	@SFG	2
147	Shaun Anderson	MIA	CIN	2
148	Kyle Tyler	MIA	CIN	2
149	Joe Ross	MIL	@ATL	2
150	Mitch Spence	OAK	@TOR	2
151	Tyler Phillips	PHI	@LAD	2
152	Tyler Alexander	TBR	BAL	2
153	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	@TOR	1
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