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 |
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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 |