Week 24 Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball

This Labor Day weekend we honor the hard work of many by taking a day for rest. Yet, for contending fantasy baseball managers there’s no rest for the weary. Whether you’re in your league playoffs or just pushing down the home stretch in a roto league, starting pitching decisions are pivotal for success. That’s why we provide our weekly starting pitcher rankings for critical week 23 matchups.

Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 24 (9/2 – 9/8)

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