Every we learn of more injuries to key start pitchers that continues to bring down the overall average ranking for pitcher start confidence. In just the last few days we’ve learned of Jesus Luzardo and Zac Gallen’s new potential injuries as well as Merrill Kelly’s rather serious shoulder injury. That’s why we keep searching for diamonds in the rough to help deep league fantasy managers press forward with timely long-term pitcher pickups or short-term streamers on a weekly basis.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 5 (4/29 – 5/5)
A few prefacing notes to help you identify key risers and fallers in the starting pitcher rankings below:
- This features a mixed bag of two-start pitchers after last week’s ace-filled list with the normally safe plays all having tough matchups. This risky top tier two-start pitcher group includes Logan Webb (@BOS, @PHI), Grayson Rodriguez (NYY, @CIN), Max Fried (@SEA, @LAD), Ryan Pepiot (@MIL, NYY), and Joe Ryan (@CWS, BOS).
- There are a few teams whose entire rotation benefits from easier matchups this week. These teams include the Marlins (WSH, @OAK, COL), the Rockies (@MIA, @PIT), and the White Sox (MIN, @STL). A likely recurring theme this season will be to encourage starting nearly all pitchers facing the Athletics 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 Diamondbacks (LAD, SDP), the Dodgers (@ARI, ATL), and the Orioles (NYY, @CIN). 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 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @LAA | 9 |
| 2 | Jared Jones | PIT | COL | 9 |
| 3 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | NYY | 8 |
| 4 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @ARI | 8 |
| 5 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | TB | 8 |
| 6 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | BOS | 8 |
| 7 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @LAA | 8 |
| 8 | Sonny Gray | STL | CWS | 8 |
| 9 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | @WSH | 8 |
| 10 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @WSH | 8 |
| 11 | Zac Gallen | ARI | LAD | 7 |
| 12 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | NYY/ @CIN | 7 (both matchups) |
| 13 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | SFG | 7 |
| 14 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @MIN | 7 |
| 15 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @NYM | 7 |
| 16 | Erick Fedde | CWS | @STL | 7 |
| 17 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | LAA | 7 |
| 18 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @NYY | 7 |
| 19 | Justin Verlander | HOU | CLE | 7 |
| 20 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | ATL | 7 |
| 21 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | COL | 7 |
| 22 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | @OAK | 7 |
| 23 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @CWS | 7 |
| 24 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | SFG | 7 |
| 25 | Logan Webb | SFG | @BOS/ @PHI | 7 (@BOS=8 & @PHI=6) |
| 26 | Zach Eflin | TBR | @MIL | 7 |
| 27 | Jose Berrios | TOR | KCR | 7 |
| 28 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | LAD | 6 |
| 29 | Max Fried | ATL | @SEA | 6 |
| 30 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | @SEA | 6 |
| 31 | Chris Sale | ATL | @SEA | 6 |
| 32 | Ben Brown | CHC | @NYM | 6 |
| 33 | Jordan Wicks | CHC | MIL | 6 |
| 34 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | MIN | 6 |
| 35 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @SDP/ BAL | 6 (@SDP=7 & BAL=5) |
| 36 | Ben Lively | CLE | LAA | 6 |
| 37 | Jack Flaherty | DET | STL | 6 |
| 38 | Reese Olson | DET | STL | 6 |
| 39 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | SEA | 6 |
| 40 | Framber Valdez | HOU | SEA | 6 |
| 41 | Cole Ragans | KCR | @TOR | 6 |
| 42 | Michael Wacha | KCR | TEX | 6 |
| 43 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @CLE | 6 |
| 44 | Colin Rea | MIL | TB | 6 |
| 45 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @CWS/ BOS | 6 (@CWS=7 & BOS=5) |
| 46 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @CWS | 6 |
| 47 | Chris Paddack | MIN | BOS | 6 |
| 48 | JP Sears | OAK | MIA | 6 |
| 49 | Paul Blackburn | OAK | MIA | 6 |
| 50 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @LAA/ SFG | 6 (both matchups) |
| 51 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | SFG | 6 |
| 52 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @OAK | 6 |
| 53 | Martin Perez | PIT | COL | 6 |
| 54 | Lance Lynn | STL | CWS | 6 |
| 55 | Joe Musgrove | SDP | CIN | 6 |
| 56 | Dylan Cease | SDP | @ARI | 6 |
| 57 | Michael King | SDP | @ARI | 6 |
| 58 | Luis Castillo | SEA | ATL | 6 |
| 59 | George Kirby | SEA | @HOU | 6 |
| 60 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @HOU | 6 |
| 61 | Ryan Pepiot | TBR | @MIL/ NYM | 6 (both matchups) |
| 62 | Aaron Civale | TBR | NYM | 6 |
| 63 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | WSH | 6 |
| 64 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | WSH | 6 |
| 65 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | KCR/ @WSH | 6 (both matchups) |
| 66 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | KCR | 6 |
| 67 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | SDP | 5 |
| 68 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @LAD | 5 |
| 69 | Dean Kremer | BAL | NYY/ @CIN | 5 (both matchups) |
| 70 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @NYM/ MIL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 71 | Javier Assad | CHC | @NYM | 5 |
| 72 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @SDP | 5 |
| 73 | Hunter Greene | CIN | BAL | 5 |
| 74 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | BAL | 5 |
| 75 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | @HOU | 5 |
| 76 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @MIA/ @PIT | 5 (both matchups) |
| 77 | Kenta Maeda | DET | STL/ @NYY | 5 (STL=6 & @NYY=4) |
| 78 | Casey Mize | DET | @NYY | 5 |
| 79 | Hunter Brown | HOU | CLE/ SEA | 5 (both matchups) |
| 80 | Seth Lugo | KCR | @TOR | 5 |
| 81 | Brady Singer | KCR | TEX | 5 |
| 82 | Griffin Canning | LAA | PHI/ @CLE | 5 (PHI=4 & CLE=6) |
| 83 | Walker Buehler | LAD | @ARI | 5 |
| 84 | Gavin Stone | LAD | ATL | 5 |
| 85 | James Paxton | LAD | ATL | 5 |
| 86 | Luis Severino | NYM | CHC/ @TBR | 5 (both matchups) |
| 87 | Sean Manaea | NYM | CHC | 5 |
| 88 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @BAL | 5 |
| 89 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | DET | 5 |
| 90 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @OAK/ COL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 91 | Quinn Priester | PIT | @OAK | 5 |
| 92 | Steven Matz | STL | @DET/ CWS | 5 (@DET=4 & CWS=6) |
| 93 | Kyle Gibson | STL | @DET | 5 |
| 94 | Kyle Harrison | SFG | @BOS | 5 |
| 95 | Bryce Miller | SEA | ATL/ @HOU | 5 (both matchups) |
| 96 | Tyler Alexander | TBR | @MIL | 5 |
| 97 | Zack Littell | TBR | NYM | 5 |
| 98 | Jon Gray | TEX | WSH/ @KCR | 5 (both matchups) |
| 99 | Tommy Henry | ARI | LAD/ SDP | 4 (LAD=3 & SDP=5) |
| 100 | Cole Irvin | BAL | NYY | 4 |
| 101 | John Means | BAL | @CIN | 4 |
| 102 | Chase Anderson | BOS | SFG | 4 |
| 103 | Michael Soroka | CWS | MIN | 4 |
| 104 | Mike Clevinger | CWS | @STL | 4 |
| 105 | Logan Allen | CLE | @HOU | 4 |
| 106 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | PHI | 4 |
| 107 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @CLE | 4 |
| 108 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | WSH/ @OAK | 4 (both matchups) |
| 109 | Sixto Sanchez | MIA | COL/ @OAK | 4 (both matchups) |
| 110 | Joe Ross | MIL | @CHC | 4 |
| 111 | Jose Butto | NYM | CHC | 4 |
| 112 | Adrian Houser | NYM | CHC | 4 |
| 113 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @BAL/ DET | 4 (@BAL= 3 & DET=5) |
| 114 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @BAL/ DET | 4 (@BAL= 3 & DET=5) |
| 115 | Joe Boyle | OAK | PIT/ MIA | 4 (both matchups) |
| 116 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @DET | 4 |
| 117 | Matt Waldron | SDP | CIN/ @ARI | 4 (both matchups) |
| 118 | Jordan Hicks | SFG | @PHI | 4 |
| 119 | Keaton Winn | SFG | @PHI | 4 |
| 120 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | ATL | 4 |
| 121 | Michael Lorenzen | TEX | @KCR | 4 |
| 122 | Dane Dunning | TEX | @KCR | 4 |
| 123 | Jake Irvin | WSH | @MIA/ TOR | 4 (@MIA=5 & TOR=3) |
| 124 | MacKenzie Gore | WSH | @TEX | 4 |
| 125 | Trevor Williams | WSH | @TEX | 4 |
| 126 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | @TEX | 4 |
| 127 | Slade Cecconi | ARI | SDP | 3 |
| 128 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @LAD | 3 |
| 129 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | SFG | 3 |
| 130 | Josh Winckowski | BOS | @MIN | 3 |
| 131 | Chris Flexen | CWS | MIN | 3 |
| 132 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN | @SDP | 3 |
| 133 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | @HOU | 3 |
| 134 | Dakota Hudson | COL | @MIA | 3 |
| 135 | Peter Lambert | COL | @MIA | 3 |
| 136 | J.P. France | HOU | CLE | 3 |
| 137 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | PHI | 3 |
| 138 | Landon Knack | LAD | @ARI | 3 |
| 139 | Bryse Wilson | MIL | TBR/ @CHC | 3 (both matchups) |
| 140 | Jose Quintana | NYM | @TBR | 3 |
| 141 | Luis Gil | NYY | @BAL | 3 |
| 142 | Ross Stripling | OAK | PIT | 3 |
| 143 | Randy Vasquez | SDP | CIN | 3 |
| 144 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @STL | 2 |
| 145 | Cal Quantrill | COL | @PIT | 2 |
| 146 | Austin Gomber | COL | @PIT | 2 |
| 147 | Tobias Myers | MIL | @CHC | 2 |
| 148 | Alex Wood | OAK | PIT | 2 |
| 149 | Patrick Corbin | WSH | TOR | 2 |
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