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.
Pitchers highlighted in yellow = Possible streaming options.
FS = False Starter where there is an assumed opener actually starting the game.
| Rank | Pitcher | Matchup |
| 1 | Blake Snell | @ CHW |
| 2 | Justin Verlander | vs. NYY |
| 3 | Jameson Taillon | @ CHC |
| 4 | Kyle Freeland | vs. ATL |
| 5 | Masahiro Tanaka | @ HOU |
| 6 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | @ STL |
| 7 | Madison Bumgarner | vs. SD |
| 8 | Miles Mikolas | vs. LAD |
| 9 | Jon Lester | vs. PIT |
| 10 | Jhoulys Chacin | @ LAA |
| 11 | Carlos Rodon | vs. TB |
| 12 | Marco Estrada | @ BAL |
| 13 | Vince Velasquez | vs. WSH |
| 14 | Anibal Sanchez | @ PHI |
| 15 | Eric Lauer | @ SF |
| 16 | Felix Hernandez | @ KC |
| 17 | Trevor Cahill | vs. MIL |
| 18 | Homer Bailey | vs. SEA |
| 19 | Andrew Cashner | vs. OAK |
| 20 | Julio Teheran | @ COL |
(Photo by Russell Lansford/Icon Sportswire)
When will the List come out today? Need to figure out which of my spice girls I should drop for Merril Kelly.
Thanks for all your work, Nick.
Kyle Freeland vs ATL at Coors field 4th… don’t like that at all… I’d have him around 12
cool, when you make your own list/ranks for free we’ll nit pick all your thoughts as well.
Nick is a big boy and he will be alright without your help. All AR is doing is providing feedback which is valuable in every way.
Sure would like to know Nick’s rationale for Freeland ranking @ #4 before game time. Wishy washy on starting him.
He did well in Coors last year + I like his increased whiffability from last start.
Hey Nick,
I’m struggling with deciding who to start this week. Who do I sit? Need to exclude 2 of the following. Leaning Mikolas for today.
Taillon @ChC / Mikolas vs. Dodgers / Darvish vs. Pitt / Pivetta vs. Wsh / Mikolas vs. StL / Taillon @Wsh
Pivetta is radioactive right now imo.
May this be the reverse jinx you need to get a 10-K QS from him, but I dropped him.
Ouch – Teheran below a handful of scrubs. I get that it is @ COL.
Taillon just had to survive a nightmarish 2nd.