The question has often been asked if quality starts are really that quality. Simple logic makes it hard to reward a pitcher who allows three earned runs over six or more innings, which is the maximum to qualify for a quality start. However, there is a much higher correlation between the top overall pitchers in fantasy and the quality start leaders than for the wins leaders. That’s why quality starts, instead of wins, are used as the basis for the start confidence rating in these weekly starting pitcher rankings.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 4 (4/13 – 4/19)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | @MIN/ DET | 10 (both matchups) |
| 2 | Paul Skenes | PIT | WSH/ TB | 9 (both matchups) |
| 3 | Sonny Gray | BOS | @MIN | 8 |
| 4 | Chase Burns | CIN | SF | 8 |
| 5 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @BOS | 8 |
| 6 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | NYM | 8 |
| 7 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @COL | 8 |
| 8 | Max Fried | NYY | LAA | 8 |
| 9 | Nick Pivetta | SD | @LAA | 8 |
| 10 | Logan Webb | SF | @WSH | 8 |
| 11 | Chris Sale | ATL | @PHI | 7 |
| 12 | Connelly Early | BOS | @MIN | 7 |
| 13 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | DET | 7 |
| 14 | Andrew Abbott | CLE | @MIN | 7 |
| 15 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @STL/ BAL | 7 (both matchups) |
| 16 | Parker Messick | CLE | BAL | 7 |
| 17 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | BAL | 7 |
| 18 | Kris Bubic | KC | @DET | 7 |
| 19 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | NYM | 7 |
| 20 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | TOR | 7 |
| 21 | Joe Ryan | MIN | CIN | 7 |
| 22 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | CHC/ ATL | 7 (both matchups) |
| 23 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | WSH | 7 |
| 24 | George Kirby | SEA | HOU/ TEX | 7 (both matchups) |
| 25 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | TEX | 7 |
| 26 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @SEA | 7 |
| 27 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @MIL/ @ARI | 7 (both matchups) |
| 28 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | @BAL | 6 |
| 29 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | @BAL | 6 |
| 30 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | ARI/ @CLE | 6 (both matchups) |
| 31 | Chris Bassitt | BAL | @CLE | 6 |
| 32 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @PHI | 6 |
| 33 | Brady Singer | CIN | SF | 6 |
| 34 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @MIN | 6 |
| 35 | Framber Valdez | DET | KC | 6 (KC=7 & @BOS=5) |
| 36 | Cole Ragans | KC | @DET | 6 (@DET=7 & @NYY=5) |
| 37 | Seth Lugo | KC | @DET | 6 |
| 38 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @COL | 6 |
| 39 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | MIL | 6 |
| 40 | Taj Bradley | MIN | CIN | 6 |
| 41 | Freddy Peralta | NYM | @CHC | 6 |
| 42 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | KC | 6 |
| 43 | Mitch Keller | PIT | WSH/ TB | 6 (both matchups) |
| 44 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | TB | 6 |
| 45 | Michael King | SD | SEA/ @LAA | 6 (both matchups) |
| 46 | Robbie Ray | SF | @CIN/ @WSH | 6 (both matchups) |
| 47 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @SD | 6 (@SD=5 & TEX=7) |
| 48 | Shane McClanahan | TB | @CWS/ @PIT | 6 (both matchups) |
| 49 | MacKenzie Gore | TEX | @ATH/ @SEA | 6 (both matchups) |
| 50 | Dylan Cease | TOR | @MIL | 6 |
| 51 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @BAL/ TOR | 5 (@BAL=6 & TOR=4) |
| 52 | Zac Gallen | ARI | TOR | 5 |
| 53 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | TEX/ CWS | 5 (both matchups) |
| 54 | Grant Holmes | ATL | MIA/ @PHI | 5 (both matchups) |
| 55 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | MIA | 5 |
| 56 | Bryce Elder | ATL | MIA | 5 |
| 57 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | ARI/ @CLE | 5 (both matchups) |
| 58 | Shane Baz | BAL | ARI | 5 |
| 59 | Edward Cabrera | CHC | NYM | 5 |
| 60 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | SF | 5 |
| 61 | Brandon Williamson | CIN | @MIN | 5 |
| 62 | Mike Burrows | HOU | @SEA/ STL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 63 | Tatsuya Imai | HOU | COL | 5 |
| 64 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU | STL | 5 |
| 65 | Michael Wacha | KC | @NYY | 5 |
| 66 | Jose Soriano | LAA | SD | 5 |
| 67 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | @COL | 5 |
| 68 | Eury Perez | MIA | @ATL/ MIL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 69 | Chad Patrick | MIL | TOR | 5 |
| 70 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | @MIA | 5 |
| 71 | Mick Abel | MIN | BOS | 5 |
| 72 | Nolan McLean | NYM | @LAD | 5 |
| 73 | Will Warren | NYY | LAA/ KC | 5 (LAA=4 & KC=6) |
| 74 | Ryan Weathers | NYY | LAA/ KC | 5 (LAA=4 & KC=6) |
| 75 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | CHC | 5 |
| 76 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | ATL | 5 |
| 77 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | WSH | 5 |
| 78 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | CLE/ @HOU | 5 (CLE=4 & @HOU=6) |
| 79 | Michael McGreevy | STL | CLE | 5 |
| 80 | Randy Vasquez | SD | SEA | 5 |
| 81 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @SD | 5 |
| 82 | Steven Matz | TB | @CWS | 5 |
| 83 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @ATH/ @SEA | 5 (@ATH=4 & @SEA=6) |
| 84 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @ATH | 5 |
| 85 | Michael Soroka | ARI | TOR | 4 |
| 86 | Luis Severino | ATH | TEX/ CWS | 4 (TEX=3 & CWS=5) |
| 87 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | TEX | 4 |
| 88 | Cade Povich | BAL | @CLE | 4 |
| 89 | Brayan Bello | BOS | DET | 4 |
| 90 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | @STL/ BAL | 4 (@STL=3 & BAL=5) |
| 91 | Jack Flaherty | DET | KC | 4 |
| 92 | Cristian Javier | HOU | COL | 4 |
| 93 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | COL | 4 |
| 94 | Noah Cameron | KC | @NYY | 4 |
| 95 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | @NYY/ SD | 4 (both matchups) |
| 96 | Janson Junk | MIA | MIL | 4 |
| 97 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | TOR/ @MIA | 4 (TOR=3 & @MIA=5) |
| 98 | Kyle Harrison | MIL | @MIA | 4 |
| 99 | Bailey Ober | MIN | BOS/ CIN | 4 (both matchups) |
| 100 | Clay Holmes | NYM | @LAD | 4 |
| 101 | Kodai Senga | NYM | @CHC | 4 |
| 102 | Luis Gil | NYY | LAA | 4 |
| 103 | Aaron Nola | PHI | CHC | 4 |
| 104 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | ATL | 4 |
| 105 | Dustin May | STL | CLE | 4 |
| 106 | Walker Buehler | SD | SEA | 4 |
| 107 | German Marquez | SD | @LAA | 4 |
| 108 | Tyler Mahle | SF | @CIN | 4 |
| 109 | Adrian Houser | SF | @WSH | 4 |
| 110 | Joe Boyle | TB | @CWS | 4 |
| 111 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | @PIT | 4 |
| 112 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | @ATH | 4 |
| 113 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | @PIT/ SF | 4 (both matchups) |
| 114 | Zack Littell | WSH | SF | 4 |
| 115 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | TEX | 3 |
| 116 | Aaron Civale | ATH | CWS | 3 |
| 117 | Martin Perez | ATL | @PHI | 3 |
| 118 | Javier Assad | CHC | @PHI/ NYM | 3 (both matchups) |
| 119 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | NYM | 3 |
| 120 | Erick Fedde | CWS | @ATH | 3 |
| 121 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @ATH | 3 |
| 122 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | @STL | 3 |
| 123 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | @HOU | 3 |
| 124 | Justin Verlander | DET | KC | 3 |
| 125 | Justin Wrobleski | LAD | NYM | 3 |
| 126 | Chris Paddack | MIA | @ATL | 3 |
| 127 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | BOS | 3 |
| 128 | David Peterson | NYM | @LAD/ @CHC | 3 (both matchups) |
| 129 | Landen Roupp | SF | @CIN | 3 |
| 130 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | @SD | 3 |
| 131 | Nick Martinez | TB | @PIT | 3 |
| 132 | Max Scherzer | WSH | @ARI | 3 |
| 133 | Foster Griffin | WSH | @PIT | 3 |
| 134 | Colin Rea | CHC | @PHI | 2 |
| 135 | Sean Burke | CWS | TB/ @ATH | 2 (both matchups) |
| 136 | Davis Martin | CWS | TB | 2 |
| 137 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | @HOU/ LAD | 2 (both matchups) |
| 138 | Chase Dollander | COL | @HOU | 2 |
| 139 | Ryan Feltner | COL | LAD | 2 |
| 140 | Cody Bolton | HOU | STL | 2 |
| 141 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @NYY/ SD | 2 (both matchups) |
| 142 | George Klassen | LAA | @NYY | 2 |
| 143 | Max Meyer | MIA | @ATL | 2 |
| 144 | Kyle Leahy | STL | @HOU | 2 |
| 145 | Andre Pallante | STL | @HOU | 2 |
| 146 | Eric Lauer | TOR | @ARI | 2 |
| 147 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @PIT | 2 |
| 148 | Anthony Kay | CWS | TB | 1 |
| 149 | Kyle Freeland | COL | LAD | 1 |
| 150 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @NYY | 1 |
| 151 | Patrick Corbin | TOR | @MIL | 1 |
| 152 | Miles Mikolas | WSH | @PIT/ SF | 1 (both matchups) |
| 153 | Casey Mize | DET | @BOS | |
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