The final weeks of the season poses a unique challenge for contending fantasy managers when it comes to predicting starting pitching. For teams that have either guaranteed themselves a playoff spot, it’s often in their interest to rest their top starting pitchers for a post-season run. Similarly, teams that have been eliminated from post-season play often opt to shut down or limit their starting pitchers in September. This creates a tough situation where streamers may become more critical for contending than one would desire. Taking this into consideration, my focus in this week’s starting pitcher rankings, and moving forward, will be to zoom in on quality streaming plays that won’t crash your ratios.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 25 (9/7 – 9/13)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | CIN | 9 |
| 2 | Tarik Skubal | LAD | CIN | 9 |
| 3 | Chris Sale | ATL | TB | 8 |
| 4 | Dylan Cease | TOR | @ATH/ BAL | 8 (@ATH=7 & BAL=9) |
| 5 | Sonny Gray | BOS | KC | 8 |
| 6 | Parker Messick | CLE | @MIN | 8 |
| 7 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | CHC | 8 |
| 8 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | COL | 8 |
| 9 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | HOU | 8 |
| 10 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @MIN | 7 |
| 11 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @MIA | 7 |
| 12 | Logan Henderson | MIL | CHC | 7 |
| 13 | Nolan McLean | NYM | @NYY | 7 |
| 14 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | COL/ NYM | 7 (COL=8 & NYM=6) |
| 15 | Max Fried | NYY | COL | 7 |
| 16 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | ATL/ @ATL | 7 (both matchups) |
| 17 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | HOU | 7 |
| 18 | Robbie Ray | SD | @SF | 7 |
| 19 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @ARI | 7 |
| 20 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | LAA | 7 |
| 21 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | TEX | 6 |
| 22 | Shane Baz | BAL | CLE | 6 |
| 23 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @TOR | 6 |
| 24 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | @TOR | 6 |
| 25 | Jake Bennett | BOS | LAA | 6 |
| 26 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | LAA | 6 |
| 27 | Clay Holmes | CHC | PIT | 6 |
| 28 | Luis Castillo | CWS | PIT | 6 |
| 29 | Chase Burns | CIN | @LAD/ @MIL | 6 (@LAD=5 & @MIL=7) |
| 30 | Foster Griffin | CLE | @BAL | 6 |
| 31 | Troy Melton | DET | MIN/ COL | 6 (both matchups) |
| 32 | Jackson Jobe | DET | COL | 6 |
| 33 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @PHI | 6 |
| 34 | Michael Wacha | KC | ARI | 6 |
| 35 | Blake Snell | LAD | @MIA | 6 |
| 36 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | NYM | 6 |
| 37 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @DET | 6 |
| 38 | Jonah Tong | NYM | @MIA | 6 |
| 39 | Andrew Painter | PHI | HOU/ @ATL | 6 (both matchups) |
| 40 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @CHC | 6 |
| 41 | Nick Pivetta | SD | @SF | 6 |
| 42 | Michael King | SD | @SF | 6 |
| 43 | Logan Webb | SF | SD | 6 |
| 44 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | TEX | 6 |
| 45 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @ATH | 6 |
| 46 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | HOU | 6 |
| 47 | Ian Seymour | TB | HOU | 6 |
| 48 | MacKenzie Gore | TEX | @ARI | 6 |
| 49 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | TOR/ SEA | 6 (both matchups) |
| 50 | Corbin Burnes | ARI | @KC | 5 |
| 51 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @KC | 5 |
| 52 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | TEX | 5 |
| 53 | Tyler Mahle | ATL | PHI | 5 |
| 54 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | CLE/ @TOR | 5 (CLE=6 & @TOR=4) |
| 55 | Brandon Young | BAL | CLE | 5 |
| 56 | Chris Bassitt | BAL | @TOR | 5 |
| 57 | Patrick Sandoval | BOS | LAA/ KC | 5 (both matchups) |
| 58 | Kevin Gausman | CHC | @MIL | 5 |
| 59 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | PIT | 5 |
| 60 | Davis Martin | CWS | PIT/ @STL | 5 (PIT=6 & @STL=4) |
| 61 | Anthony Kay | CWS | @STL | 5 |
| 62 | Sean Burke | CWS | @STL | 5 |
| 63 | Brady Singer | CIN | @MIL | 5 |
| 64 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @BAL | 5 |
| 65 | Framber Valdez | DET | COL | 5 |
| 66 | Hayden Wesneski | HOU | @PHI/ @TB | 5 (@PHI=4 & @TB=6) |
| 67 | Noah Cameron | KC | ARI/ @BOS | 5 (ARI=6 & @BOS=4) |
| 68 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @BOS | 5 |
| 69 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | @WSH | 5 |
| 70 | Justin Wrobleski | LAD | CIN | 5 |
| 71 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @MIA | 5 |
| 72 | Eury Perez | MIA | NYM/ LAD | 5 (NYM=6 & LAD=4) |
| 73 | Shane Drohan | MIL | CIN | 5 |
| 74 | Kyle Harrison | MIL | CIN | 5 |
| 75 | Dean Kremer | MIN | @DET | 5 |
| 76 | Taj Bradley | MIN | CLE | 5 |
| 77 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @MIA | 5 |
| 78 | Zac Thornton | NYM | @NYY | 5 |
| 79 | Christian Scott | NYM | @NYY | 5 |
| 80 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | NYM | 5 |
| 81 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @ATL | 5 |
| 82 | Jared Jones | PIT | @CWS | 5 |
| 83 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | @CHC | 5 |
| 84 | Quinn Mathews | STL | @SF | 5 |
| 85 | Kyle Leahy | STL | CWS | 5 |
| 86 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | CWS | 5 |
| 87 | Casey Mize | SD | WSH | 5 |
| 88 | George Kirby | SEA | @ATH | 5 |
| 89 | Cal Quantrill | TEX | @SEA | 5 |
| 90 | Max Scherzer | TOR | BAL | 5 |
| 91 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | TEX | 4 |
| 92 | Gage Jump | ATH | SEA | 4 |
| 93 | Grant Holmes | ATL | TB | 4 |
| 94 | AJ Smith-Shawver | ATL | TB | 4 |
| 95 | Martin Perez | ATL | PHI | 4 |
| 96 | David Peterson | CHC | @MIL/ PIT | 4 (@MIL=3 & PIT=5) |
| 97 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @MIL | 4 |
| 98 | Erick Fedde | CWS | PIT | 4 |
| 99 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @MIL | 4 |
| 100 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | @BAL/ @MIN | 4 (both matchups) |
| 101 | Tanner Gordon | COL | @DET | 4 |
| 102 | Drew Anderson | DET | MIN | 4 |
| 103 | Cristian Javier | HOU | @PHI | 4 |
| 104 | Seth Lugo | KC | @BOS | 4 |
| 105 | Grayson Rodriguez | LAA | @BOS/ @WSH | 4 (@BOS=3 & @WSH=5) |
| 106 | Walbert Urena | LAA | @WSH | 4 |
| 107 | Janson Junk | MIA | NYM | 4 |
| 108 | Dustin May | MIL | CIN | 4 |
| 109 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | CLE | 4 |
| 110 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | @CWS/ @CHC | 4 (@CWS=5 & @CHC=3) |
| 111 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @SF/ CWS | 4 (both matchups) |
| 112 | Andre Pallante | STL | @SF | 4 |
| 113 | Randy Vasquez | SD | WSH | 4 |
| 114 | Walker Buehler | SD | WSH | 4 |
| 115 | Landen Roupp | SF | STL/ SD | 4 (both matchups) |
| 116 | Bryce Miller | SEA | TEX/ @ATH | 4 (TEX=5 & @ATH=3) |
| 117 | Kade Anderson | SEA | TEX | 4 |
| 118 | Freddy Peralta | TB | @ATL | 4 |
| 119 | Nick Martinez | TB | HOU | 4 |
| 120 | Cody Bradford | TEX | @SEA/ @ARI | 4 (both matchups) |
| 121 | Jose Soriano | TOR | @ATH | 4 |
| 122 | Spencer Arrighetti | TOR | BAL | 4 |
| 123 | Andrew Alvarez | WSH | LAA | 4 |
| 124 | Jack Perkins | ATH | TOR | 3 |
| 125 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @PHI/ PHI | 3 (both matchups) |
| 126 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @LAD | 3 |
| 127 | Gabriel Hughes | COL | @NYY/ @DET | 3 (both matchups) |
| 128 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @DET | 3 |
| 129 | Keider Montero | DET | MIN | 3 |
| 130 | Peter Lambert | HOU | @TB | 3 |
| 131 | Daniel Lynch IV | KC | ARI | 3 |
| 132 | Ryan Gusto | MIA | LAD | 3 |
| 133 | Robert Gasser | MIL | CHC | 3 |
| 134 | Connor Prielipp | MIN | @DET | 3 |
| 135 | Bailey Ober | MIN | CLE | 3 |
| 136 | Justin Hagenman | NYM | @MIA | 3 |
| 137 | Elmer Rodriguez | NYY | NYM | 3 |
| 138 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | @CWS | 3 |
| 139 | Blade Tidwell | SF | STL | 3 |
| 140 | Anthony Molina | SF | SD | 3 |
| 141 | Griffin Jax | TB | @ATL | 3 |
| 142 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | @SEA | 3 |
| 143 | Jameson Taillon | TOR | @ATH | 3 |
| 144 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @SD | 3 |
| 145 | Jose Cabrera | ARI | @KC | 2 |
| 146 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | SEA | 2 |
| 147 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | @LAD | 2 |
| 148 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | @NYY | 2 |
| 149 | Ethan Pecko | HOU | @TB | 2 |
| 150 | Randy Dobnak | KC | @BOS | 2 |
| 151 | Ryan Johnson | LAA | @BOS | 2 |
| 152 | Tyler Phillips | MIA | LAD | 2 |
| 153 | Matt Wilkinson | SF | STL | 2 |
| 154 | Will Dion | WSH | @SD/ LAA | 2 (both matchups) |
| 155 | Jackson Kent | WSH | @SD | 2 |
| 156 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @NYY | 1 |
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