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.
Pitchers highlighted in yellow = Possible streaming options.
FS = False Starter where there is an assumed opener actually starting the game.
Red = Postponed.
Today’s Starting Pitcher Rankings
| Rank | Pitcher | Matchup |
| 1 | Jacob deGrom | vs. SD |
| 2 | Max Scherzer | vs. COL |
| 3 | Jose Berrios | @ CHW |
| 4 | Lucas Giolito | vs. MIN |
| 5 | Joe Musgrove | vs. STL |
| 6 | Miles Mikolas | @ PIT |
| 7 | Masahiro Tanaka | @ BOS |
| 8 | Adam Plutko | @ KC |
| 9 | Jeff Hoffman | @ WSH |
| 10 | Eric Lauer | @ NYM |
| 11 | Brett Anderson | vs. TEX |
| 12 | Ariel Jurado | @ OAK |
| 13 | Jose Suarez | vs. BAL |
| 14 | Drew VerHagen | @ SEA |
| 15 | Rick Porcello | vs. NYY |
| 16 | Thomas Eshelman | @ LAA |
| 17 | Mike Montgomery | vs. CLE |
| 18 | Mystery Seattle SP | vs. DET |
Tomorrow’s Starting Pitcher Rankings
| Rank | Pitcher | Matchup |
| 1 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | @ WSH |
| 2 | Zack Greinke | @ MIA |
| 3 | Luis Castillo | vs. COL |
| 4 | Lance Lynn | @ OAK |
| 5 | Griffin Canning | vs. BAL |
| 6 | Mike Soroka | @ PHI |
| 7 | German Marquez | @ CIN |
| 8 | Kyle Hendricks | @ MIL |
| 9 | Zach Plesac | @ KC |
| 10 | Zack Wheeler | vs. PIT |
| 11 | Jack Flaherty | vs. HOU |
| 12 | James Paxton | @ BOS |
| 13 | Joey Lucchesi | vs. SF |
| 14 | Asher Wojciechowski | @ LAA |
| 15 | Michael Pineda | @ CHW |
| 16 | Jose Urquidy | @ STL |
| 17 | Ryan Yarbrough | @ TOR |
| 18 | Jake Junis | vs. CLE |
| 19 | Dylan Cease | vs. MIN |
| 20 | Sandy Alcantara | vs. ARI |
| 21 | Jeff Samardzija | @ SD |
| 22 | Daniel Norris | @ SEA |
| 23 | Dario Agrazal | @ NYM |
| 24 | Andrew Cashner | vs. NYY |
| 25 | Daniel Mengden | vs. TEX |
| 26 | Anibal Sanchez | vs. LAD |
| 27 | Jake Arrieta | vs. ATL |
| 28 | Gio Gonzalez | vs. CHC |
| 29 | Yusei Kikuchi | vs. DET |
| 30 | Jacob Waguespack | vs. TB |
(Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire)
Jose Hernandez is Jose Urquidy. Why do you have him last!??
Because I’m an idiot, of course!
Thanks for that, it’s been fixed :)
I really need more coffee in the morning.
Same question! That doesn’t seem consistent with ‘The List’
Flaherty vs Astros #11 tomorrow. I’m sitting the guy. Curious as to ranking. He’s uber talented but not sucessfull. Just asking.
Love your columns, look forward to them each day. As a Joe Musgrove guy I’ve drafted him, dropped him and picked him back up. I can’t help but wondering what affect, if any, that Ray Searage has on his total body of work. This pitch to contact thing in the year of the juiced ball seems ridiculous and you would think they would tinker a little in order to miss more bats. Judging by how the Pirates have been pitching it’s just the same old same old. Thoughts?