Week 25 Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball

The irony in weekly starting pitcher rankings is that some pitcher get twice the opportunity to perform than others with a two-start week. Conventional logic has made two-start weeks an advantage in rankings, but it can often become a disadvantage. For example, a mid-tier pitcher who has two starts against moderately challenging opponents doesn’t always out perform a one-start pitcher with an easier matchup, even in points leagues. That’s why two-start pitchers need to be carefully considered in lineup decisions as it can become twice the setback to pitching ratios if they falter. We look at each pitcher’s skill and matchup potential on an individual start basis to make sure our weekly starting pitcher rankings set every manager up for optimal success.

Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 25 (9/9 – 9/17)

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