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.
Note: I’ve made a change moving forward to this daily article. I’ll now be including 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 | Gerrit Cole | vs. CLE |
| 2 | Trevor Bauer | @ HOU |
| 3 | Aaron Nola | vs. MIA |
| 4 | Jameson Taillon | vs. ARI |
| 5 | Zack Greinke | @ PIT |
| 6 | Luis Castillo | vs. ATL |
| 7 | Masahiro Tanaka | @ LAA |
| 8 | Caleb Smith | @ PHI |
| 9 | Marco Gonzales | vs. TEX |
| 10 | Ross Stripling | @ CHC |
| 11 | Jon Lester | vs. LAD |
| 12 | Rick Porcello | vs. DET |
| 13 | Trevor Cahill | vs. NYY |
| 14 | Julio Teheran | @ CIN |
| 15 | Jordan Zimmermann | @ BOS |
| 16 | Taylor Hearn | @ SEA |
Tomorrow’s Starting Pitcher Rankings
| Rank | Pitcher | Matchup |
| 1 | Max Scherzer | vs. SD |
| 2 | Jacob deGrom | vs. MIL |
| 3 | James Paxton | @ SF |
| 4 | Corey Kluber | @ HOU |
| 5 | David Price | vs. TB |
| 6 | Madison Bumgarner | vs. NYY |
| 7 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | vs. PIT |
| 8 | Miles Mikolas | vs. CIN |
| 9 | Kyle Hendricks | @ ARI |
| 10 | Carlos Rodon | vs. DET |
| 11 | Robbie Ray | vs. CHC |
| 12 | Jerad Eickhoff | vs. MIA |
| 13 | Collin McHugh | vs. CLE |
| 14 | Max Fried | vs. COL |
| 15 | Chris Archer | @ LAD |
| 16 | Charlie Morton | @ BOS |
| 17 | Matt Strahm | @ WSH |
| 18 | Yusei Kikuchi | vs. TEX |
| 19 | Tyler Skaggs | @ KC |
| 20 | Marcus Stroman | vs. OAK |
| 21 | Martin Perez | vs. BAL |
| 22 | Jose Urena | @ PHI |
| 23 | Anthony DeSclafani | @ STL |
| 24 | Daniel Norris | @ CHW |
| 25 | Mike Fiers | @ TOR |
| 26 | Chase Anderson | @ NYM |
| 27 | Antonio Senzatela | @ ATL |
| 28 | Danny Duffy | vs. LAA |
| 29 | Shelby Miller | @ SEA |
| 30 | Alex Cobb | @ MIN |
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Hi nick, i am a huge fan. Have a question:
What can we expect from Foltynewicz? Someone just drop it in one of my leagues. 10 team roto 5×5
I’d 100% grab Folty off the wire. Chase the upside in 10-teamers!
Eickhoff would seem like a decent pickup in a 16 teamer… now if we can just get Yahoo to add him to the player pool.
Eickhoff is in my Yahol standard league…
Strange. He’s not in my 16 teamer.
Need some starts to catch up with my H2H guys volume so I grabbed Cahill… Pray for me
On it. Good luck!
Also, what do you expect out of Justus Sheffield tomorrow?
So, I shouldn’t be starting Skaggs tomorrow?
Hey Nick, I can stream 2 players the rest of the week because of start limitations, would you stream Eickhoff tomorrow or do you think there will be better options Fri/Sat/Sun?
(Points league)
IMO eickhoff has great peripherals, I’d grab him even to hold in my 12 team 5×5
Hey Im curious if you can shed light on what factors go into these ranks. Eg, xfip, park factors, opposing offense, etc
What becomes of Stripling after this start?
Mannnnn continued no love for Stroman. I don’t get it. He already proved himself against the A’s last week.