Week 22 Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball

With the fantasy baseball playoffs starting next week in some leagues, pitcher matchups take on a significant level of importance. Not only is finding two-start pitchers with safe matchups key in points leagues but also getting one-start streamers in rotisserie leagues is vital. Both of those considerations are factored into our rankings this week to help vying contenders find the extra edge in playoff matches or push their teams toward the finish line. Boost your chances with our week 22 starting pitcher rankings.

Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 22 (8/19 – 8/25)

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