Entering the seventh week of the season it’s starting to look like the pitching landscape has settled and there is enough of a sample size to fairly assess players. Yet, matchups will always play a key role in forecasting the high and low-end outcome possibilities for every pitcher each week. That’s why we provide our weekly starting pitcher rankings to zoom in on those key matchups and share our confidence level in a successful start for every pitcher, helping fantasy baseball managers start the right pitchers with confidence.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 6 (5/6 – 5/12)
A few prefacing notes to help you identify key risers and fallers in the starting pitcher rankings below:
- With five teams only having five games this week the overall volume of two-start pitchers is reduced considerably. In addition, there are far fewer top-tier pitchers with two starts planned this coming week. The highest-ranked options include Luis Castillo (@MIN & OAK), Nick Lodolo (DET & @CWS), Justin Verlander (@NYY & @DET), and the red-hot Seth Lugo (MIL & @LAA).
- There are a few teams whose entire rotation benefits from easier matchups this week. These teams include the Mariners (@MIN & OAK), the Rangers (@OAK & @COL), and the Guardians (DET & @CWS). A likely recurring theme this season will be to encourage starting nearly all pitchers facing the Athletics and Rockies, even at Coors, with confidence until we see any reason to pull back.
- Lastly, there are also teams with strong rotations that are limited in their rankings due to tougher matchups this week. These team rotations include the Marlins (@LAD & PHI), the Padres (@CHC & LAD), and the Yankees (HOU & @TBR). Several of those team’s frontline starters still have decent start confidence ratings for their matchups this week, but their rankings are far lower than normal.
| Rnk | Pitcher | Team | Opp | Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | MIA | 9 |
| 2 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @WSH | 8 |
| 3 | Cole Ragans | KCR | @LAA | 8 |
| 4 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @SDP | 8 |
| 5 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | STL | 8 |
| 6 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | SEA | 8 |
| 7 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | TOR | 8 |
| 8 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @MIA | 8 |
| 9 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @MIN/OAK | 8 (@MIN=7 & OAK=9) |
| 10 | George Kirby | SEA | @MIN | 8 |
| 11 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @MIN | 8 |
| 12 | Bryan Woo | SEA | OAK | 8 |
| 13 | Bryce Miller | SEA | OAK | 8 |
| 14 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | MIN | 8 |
| 15 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | @CIN | 7 |
| 16 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | BOS | 7 |
| 17 | Chris Sale | ATL | BOS | 7 |
| 18 | Max Fried | ATL | @NYM | 7 |
| 19 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @WSH | 7 |
| 20 | Tanner Houck | BOS | WSH | 7 |
| 21 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | SD | 7 |
| 22 | Erick Fedde | CWS | CLE | 7 |
| 23 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | CLE | 7 |
| 24 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @SFG | 7 |
| 25 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | DET/@CWS | 7 (both matchups) |
| 26 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | DET | 7 |
| 27 | Justin Verlander | HOU | @NYY/@DET | 7 (@NYY=6 & @DET=8) |
| 28 | Seth Lugo | KCR | MIL/@LAA | 7 (MIL=6 & @LAA=8) |
| 29 | Michael Wacha | KCR | @LAA | 7 |
| 30 | Reid Detmers | LAA | KCR | 7 |
| 31 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @TOR | 7 |
| 32 | Aaron Nola | PHI | TOR | 7 |
| 33 | Jared Jones | PIT | CHC | 7 |
| 34 | Jordan Hicks | SFG | @COL | 7 |
| 35 | Logan Webb | SFG | CIN | 7 |
| 36 | Zach Eflin | TBR | CWS | 7 |
| 37 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @OAK | 7 |
| 38 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | MIN | 7 |
| 39 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @CIN/@BAL | 6 (@CIN=7 & @BAL=5) |
| 40 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @NYM | 6 |
| 41 | Justin Steele | CHC | SDP/ @PIT | 6 (SDP=5 & @PIT=7) |
| 42 | Javier Assad | CHC | @PIT | 6 |
| 43 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @SFG | 6 |
| 44 | Logan Allen | CLE | DET/@CWS | 6 (both matchups) |
| 45 | Ben Lively | CLE | @CWS | 6 |
| 46 | Jack Flaherty | DET | @CLE/ HOU | 6 (@CLE=7 & HOU=5) |
| 47 | Kenta Maeda | DET | @CLE | 6 |
| 48 | Reese Olson | DET | @CLE | 6 |
| 49 | Tarik Skubal | DET | HOU | 6 |
| 50 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @NYY/@DET | 6 (@NYY=5 & @DET=7) |
| 51 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @DET | 6 |
| 52 | Cristian Javier | HOU | @DET | 6 |
| 53 | Brady Singer | KCR | MIL | 6 |
| 54 | Griffin Canning | LAA | KCR | 6 |
| 55 | Gavin Stone | LAD | MIA | 6 |
| 56 | James Paxton | LAD | @SDP | 6 |
| 57 | Bryse Wilson | MIL | @KCR/STL | 6 (both matchups) |
| 58 | Bailey Ober | MIN | SEA | 6 |
| 59 | Chris Paddack | MIN | SEA | 6 |
| 60 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @STL | 6 |
| 61 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @TBR | 6 |
| 62 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @TBR | 6 |
| 63 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @MIA | 6 |
| 64 | Martin Perez | PIT | LAA | 6 |
| 65 | Sonny Gray | STL | NYM | 6 |
| 66 | Dylan Cease | SDP | @CHC | 6 |
| 67 | Keaton Winn | SFG | @COL | 6 |
| 68 | Aaron Civale | TBR | CWS | 6 |
| 69 | Ryan Pepiot | TBR | NYY | 6 |
| 70 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @PHI | 6 |
| 71 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @PHI | 6 |
| 72 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @BOS | 6 |
| 73 | Mackenzie Gore | WSH | @BOS | 6 |
| 74 | Cole Irvin | BAL | ARI | 5 |
| 75 | John Means | BAL | ARI | 5 |
| 76 | Dean Kramer | BAL | ARI | 5 |
| 77 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | @ATL/ WSH | 5 (@ATL=4 & WSH=6) |
| 78 | Hayden Wesneski | CHC | SDP | 5 |
| 79 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @PIT | 5 |
| 80 | Chris Flexen | CWS | @TBR | 5 |
| 81 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | @CWS | 5 |
| 82 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @NYY | 5 |
| 83 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @PIT/KCR | 5 (both matchups) |
| 84 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @PIT | 5 |
| 85 | Walker Buehler | LAD | MIA/ @SDP | 5 (MIA=6 & @SDP=4) |
| 86 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | @LAD | 5 |
| 87 | Joe Ross | MIL | @KCR | 5 |
| 88 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | SEA | 5 |
| 89 | Jose Butto | NYM | @STL | 5 |
| 90 | Adrian Houser | NYM | @STL | 5 |
| 91 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | HOU | 5 |
| 92 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | HOU | 5 |
| 93 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | SF | 5 |
| 94 | Mitch Keller | PIT | LAA/CHC | 5 (LAA=6 & CHC=4) |
| 95 | Bailey Falter | PIT | CHC | 5 |
| 96 | Lance Lynn | STL | @MIL | 5 |
| 97 | Kyle Gibson | STL | @MIL | 5 |
| 98 | Yu Darvish | SDP | @CHC/LAD | 5 (both matchups) |
| 99 | Joe Musgrove | SDP | @CHC | 5 |
| 100 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | @MIN | 5 |
| 101 | Tyler Alexander | TBR | CWS/NYY | 5 (CWS=6 & NYY=4) |
| 102 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @OAK/@COL | 5 (@OAK=6 & @COL=4) |
| 103 | Michael Lorenzen | TEX | @OAK (Gm. 1) | 5 |
| 104 | Jon Gray | TEX | @COL | 5 |
| 105 | Slade Cecconi | ARI | @CIN | 4 |
| 106 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @NYM | 4 |
| 107 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | @ATL | 4 |
| 108 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | WSH | 4 |
| 109 | Mike Clevinger | CWS | @TBR/CLE | 4 (both matchups) |
| 110 | Frankie Montas | CIN | ARI/@SFG | 4 (ARI=3 & @SFG=5) |
| 111 | Hunter Greene | CIN | ARI | 4 |
| 112 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | @PIT/KCR | 4 (both matchups) |
| 113 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | @LAD | 4 (both matchups) |
| 114 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @LAD | 4 |
| 115 | Colin Rea | MIL | @KCR/STL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 116 | Tobias Myers | MIL | STL | 4 |
| 117 | Jose Quintana | NYM | ATL | 4 |
| 118 | Christian Scott | NYM | ATL | 4 |
| 119 | Luis Severino | NYM | ATL | 4 |
| 120 | Luis Gil | NYY | HOU/@TBR | 4 (HOU=3 & @TBR=5) |
| 121 | JP Sears | OAK | TEX (Gm. 1) | 4 |
| 122 | Paul Blackburn | OAK | @SEA | 4 |
| 123 | Joe Boyle | OAK | @SEA | 4 |
| 124 | Quinn Priester | PIT | LAA | 4 |
| 125 | Miles Mikolas | STL | NYM/@MIL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 126 | Michael King | SDP | LAD | 4 |
| 127 | Kyle Harrison | SFG | @COL/CIN | 4 (both matchups) |
| 128 | Zack Littell | TBR | NYY | 4 |
| 129 | Dane Dunning | TEX | @COL | 4 |
| 130 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | BAL | 4 |
| 131 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @BAL | 3 |
| 132 | Michael Soroka | CWS | @TBR/CLE | 3 (both matchups) |
| 133 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN | ARI | 3 |
| 134 | Dakota Hudson | COL | SFG/TEX | 3 (SFG=4 & TEX=2) |
| 135 | Peter Lambert | COL | SFG | 3 |
| 136 | Casey Mize | DET | HOU | 3 |
| 137 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | PHI | 3 |
| 138 | Sixto Sanchez | MIA | PHI | 3 |
| 139 | Alex Wood | OAK | TEX/@SEA | 3 (TEX=2 & @SEA=4) |
| 140 | Ross Stripling | OAK | TEX | 3 |
| 141 | Steven Matz | STL | NYM/@MIL | 3 (both matchups) |
| 142 | Matt Waldron | SDP | LAD | 3 |
| 143 | Alek Manoah | TOR | MIN | 3 |
| 144 | Trevor Williams | WSH | BAL | 3 |
| 145 | Patrick Corbin | WSH | @BOS | 3 |
| 146 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @BAL | 2 |
| 147 | Cal Quantrill | COL | SF | 2 |
| 148 | Austin Gomber | COL | TEX | 2 |
| 149 | Daulton Jefferies | SFG | @PHI/CIN | 2 (@PHI=1 & CIN=3) |
| 150 | Ryan Feltner | COL | TEX | 1 |
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