Here are your morning rankings for today’s starting pitcher options.
It’s not perfect and will be far from the actual results at the end of the day, though it should give guidance for those questioning who to slot into your lineup on a given day.
There is a second table for tomorrow’s starting pitcher matchups as well, helping everyone get a jump on their nightly pickups. Please note that these matchups are subject to change, though, and there will be times when I have the incorrect pitcher going. I thank you for your future understanding.
Color Legend:
Green = Blindly Start
Blue = Likely start, comes with some risk
Gray = Neutral start, decent but be cautious
Yellow = Sit, but has upside if you need it
Red = Do. Not. Start.
Today’s Starting Pitcher Rankings
| Rank | Pitcher | Matchup |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerrit Cole | @ TOR |
| 2 | Aaron Nola | @ WSH |
| 3 | Blake Snell | @ NYM |
| 4 | Sonny Gray | vs. MIL |
| 5 | Framber Valdez | @ SEA |
| 6 | Dustin May | vs. OAK |
| 7 | Brady Singer | vs. STL |
| 8 | Zach Davies | vs. LAA |
| 9 | Seth Lugo | vs. TB |
| 10 | Keegan Akin | @ BOS |
| 11 | Randy Dobnak? | vs. DET |
| 12 | Drew Smyly | vs. COL |
| 13 | Frankie Montas | @ LAD |
| 14 | Caleb Smith | vs. TEX |
| 15 | Kyle Freeland | @ SF |
| 16 | Tarik Skubal | @ MIN |
| 17 | Griffin Canning | @ SD |
| 18 | Steven Brault | vs. CHC |
| 19 | Austin Gomber | @ KC |
| 20 | Brett Anderson | @ CIN |
| 21 | Austin Voth | vs. PHI |
| 22 | Reynaldo López | @ CLE |
| 23 | Jordan Lyles | @ ARI |
| 24 | Jose Quintana | @ PIT |
| 25 | Cal Quantrill | vs. CHW |
| 26 | Nick Pivetta | vs. BAL |
| 27 | Bryse Wilson | vs. MIA |
| 28 | Ljay Newsome | vs. HOU |
| 29 | Tanner Roark | vs. NYY |
| 30 | José Ureña | @ ATL |
| 31 | Paolo Espino? | vs. PHI |
| 32 | Ramon Rosso | @ WSH |
Tomorrow’s Starting Pitcher Rankings
| Rank | Pitcher | Matchup |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Bieber | vs. CWS |
| 2 | Trevor Bauer | vs. MIL |
| 3 | Kenta Maeda | vs. DET |
| 4 | Zac Gallen? | vs. TEX |
| 5 | Lucas Giolito | @ CLE |
| 6 | Tyler Glasnow | @ NYM |
| 7 | Zack Greinke | @ SEA |
| 8 | Mike Clevinger? | vs. LAA |
| 9 | Kyle Hendricks | @ PIT |
| 10 | Masahiro Tanaka | @ TOR |
| 11 | Max Fried | vs. MIA |
| 12 | Julio Urias | vs. OAK |
| 13 | Sixto Sanchez | @ ATL |
| 14 | Carlos Martinez | @ KC |
| 15 | Dean Kremer | @ BOS |
| 16 | Nathan Eovaldi | vs. BAL |
| 17 | Zach Eflin | @ WAS |
| 18 | Danny Duffy | vs STL |
| 19 | Sean Manaea | @ LAD |
| 20 | Jaime Barria | @ SD |
| 21 | Adrian Houser | @ CIN |
| 22 | Trevor Williams | vs. CHC |
| 23 | Ryan Castellani | @ SF |
| 24 | Logan Webb? | vs. COL |
| 25 | Casey Mize | @ MIN |
| 26 | Steven Matz? | vs. TB |
| 27 | Nick Margevicius | vs. HOU |
| 28 | Erick Fedde | vs. PHI |
| 29 | Wes Benjamin | @ ARI |
| 30 | Chase Anderson? | vs. NYY |
| 32 | Ramon Rosso | @ WSH |
(Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire)
Curious on your thoughts about Bauer (on 3 days rest) vs. Greinke vs. Fried. Have to pick 1 to start, and wasn’t expecting there to be such a gap in the rankings. Thanks!
I’d be favoring Bauer.
Only two moves left for the week:
Streamer
Akin@ Bos & @ Tor, C. Smith vs Tex and Colo, Eovaldi vs Balt. or Bubic vs Det. Means @ Tor or Miils @ Pitt.
Like the two starts for Akin and Smith. but don’t want to wreck ratio’s
Leagues does QS and is Yahoo H2H. Playing for 3rd place.
Thank you
Hey Larry,
I responded on The List article as well – I’d go Bubic + Means. Good luck!
Torn between starting Urias or Sixto. Obviously you have Urias above Sixto but Sixto has been dependable side one start. I guess Urias might be more likely to get the win? Can I trust in Urias?