Week 23 Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball

A fantasy manager’s end game strategy is equally as important as their draft strategy for winning a league. When contending it’s usually critical to protect key pitching ratios and play it safe in starting pitcher matchups. For those lagging in counting stats for pitchers, like quality starts or strike outs, a less cautious strategy is required. That’s why we provide our confidence rating for quality starts in our weekly pitcher rankings. This provides an additional data point for those looking to execute the right end game starting pitcher strategy with success.

Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 23 (8/26 – 9/1)

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