Fantasy baseball forecaster for Week 3: Starting pitcher rankings

Tristan H. Cockcroft

Apr 16, 2018, 06:00 PM

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Below are our starting pitcher rankings, pulling together our projections to rank every probable starter for the week ahead to help you set your fantasy rotation. In addition, we've ranked all of the week's two-start pitchers for your convenience.

Starting Pitcher Rankings, Week 3 (April 16-22)

Rank, Pitcher (Team)	1st Start	2nd Start
1. Max Scherzer (WSH)	Fri 4/20-@LAD (Hill)
2. Clayton Kershaw (LAD)	Sat 4/21-WSH (Strasburg)
3. Corey Kluber (CLE)	Tue 4/17-@MIN (Odorizzi)
4. Chris Sale (BOS)	Sat 4/21-@OAK (Manaea)
5. Luis Severino (NYY)	Mon 4/16-MIA (Smith)	Sun 4/22-TOR (Happ)
6. Stephen Strasburg (WSH)	Sat 4/21-@LAD (Kershaw)
7. Justin Verlander (HOU)	Fri 4/20-@CWS (Shields)
8. Alex Wood (LAD)	Tue 4/17-@SD (Mitchell)
9. James Paxton (SEA)	Mon 4/16-HOU (Keuchel)	Sat 4/21-@TEX (Colon)
10. Kenta Maeda (LAD)	Wed 4/18-@SD (Ross)
11. Jacob deGrom (NYM)	Mon 4/16-WSH (Hellickson)	Sat 4/21-@ATL (Teheran)
12. Rich Hill (LAD)	Fri 4/20-WSH (Scherzer)
13. Chris Archer (TB)	Fri 4/20-MIN (Lynn)
14. Robbie Ray (ARI)	Wed 4/18-SF (Stratton)
15. Noah Syndergaard (NYM)	Fri 4/20-@ATL (Newcomb)
16. Lance McCullers Jr. (HOU)	Tue 4/17-@SEA (Miranda)	Sun 4/22-@CWS (Lopez)
17. Dallas Keuchel (HOU)	Mon 4/16-@SEA (Paxton)	Sat 4/21-@CWS (Giolito)
18. Luke Weaver (STL)	Fri 4/20-CIN (Finnegan)
19. Patrick Corbin (ARI)	Tue 4/17-SF (Cueto)	Sun 4/22-SD (Perdomo)
20. Carlos Martinez (STL)	Sun 4/22-CIN (Castillo)
21. Luis Castillo (CIN)	Mon 4/16-@MIL (Suter)	Sun 4/22-@STL (Martinez)
22. Masahiro Tanaka (NYY)	Tue 4/17-MIA (Garcia)
23. Danny Duffy (KC)	Tue 4/17-@TOR (Happ)	Sun 4/22-@DET (Liriano)
24. Yu Darvish (CHC)	Sat 4/21-@COL (Anderson)
25. Carlos Carrasco (CLE)	Wed 4/18-@MIN (Berrios)
26. Gerrit Cole (HOU)	Wed 4/18-@SEA (Leake)
27. Shohei Ohtani (LAA)	Tue 4/17-BOS (Price)
28. Charlie Morton (HOU)	Thu 4/19-@SEA (Gonzales)
29. Blake Snell (TB)	Mon 4/16-TEX (Perez)	Sat 4/21-MIN (Gibson)
30. Jake Odorizzi (MIN)	Tue 4/17-CLE (Kluber)	Sun 4/22-@TB (TBD)
31. J.A. Happ (TOR)	Tue 4/17-KC (Duffy)	Sun 4/22-@NYY (Severino)
32. Trevor Bauer (CLE)	Fri 4/20-@BAL (Cobb)
33. Aaron Nola (PHI)	Mon 4/16-@ATL (Teheran)	Sat 4/21-PIT (Brault)
34. Jameson Taillon (PIT)	Thu 4/19-@PHI (Arrieta)
35. David Price (BOS)	Tue 4/17-@LAA (Ohtani)	Sun 4/22-@OAK (Mengden)
36. Zack Greinke (ARI)	Thu 4/19-SF (Blach)
37. Zack Godley (ARI)	Sat 4/21-SD (Lucchesi)
38. Cole Hamels (TEX)	Wed 4/18-@TB (Faria)
39. Mike Clevinger (CLE)	Sat 4/21-@BAL (Bundy)
40. Jose Berrios (MIN)	Wed 4/18-CLE (Carrasco)
41. Garrett Richards (LAA)	Sat 4/21-SF (TBD)
42. Francisco Liriano (DET)	Tue 4/17-BAL (Cashner)	Sun 4/22-KC (Duffy)
43. Julio Teheran (ATL)	Mon 4/16-PHI (Nola)	Sat 4/21-NYM (deGrom)
44. Hyun-Jin Ryu (LAD)	Mon 4/16-@SD (Erlin)	Sun 4/22-WSH (Hellickson)
45. Junior Guerra (MIL)	Tue 4/17-CIN (Romano)	Sun 4/22-MIA (Smith)
46. Jon Lester (CHC)	Wed 4/18-STL (Wacha)
47. Gio Gonzalez (WSH)	Tue 4/17-@NYM (Wheeler)
48. Mike Foltynewicz (ATL)	Tue 4/17-PHI (Pivetta)	Sun 4/22-NYM (Wheeler)
49. Lance Lynn (MIN)	Fri 4/20-@TB (Archer)
50. Tanner Roark (WSH)	Wed 4/18-@NYM (Matz)
51. Reynaldo Lopez (CWS)	Mon 4/16-@OAK (Mengden)	Sun 4/22-HOU (McCullers)
52. Johnny Cueto (SF)	Tue 4/17-@ARI (Corbin)	Sun 4/22-@LAA (TBD)
53. Dylan Bundy (BAL)	Sat 4/21-CLE (Clevinger)
54. Jakob Junis (KC)	Fri 4/20-@DET, Gm. 2 (TBD)
55. Aaron Sanchez (TOR)	Wed 4/18-KC (Kennedy)
56. Zack Wheeler (NYM)	Tue 4/17-WSH (Gonzalez)	Sun 4/22-@ATL (Foltynewicz)
57. Kyle Hendricks (CHC)	Fri 4/20-@COL (Gray)
58. Brent Suter (MIL)	Mon 4/16-CIN (Castillo)	Sat 4/21-MIA (Urena)
59. Nick Pivetta (PHI)	Tue 4/17-@ATL (Foltynewicz)	Sun 4/22-PIT (Williams)
60. Rick Porcello (BOS)	Wed 4/18-@LAA (Skaggs)
61. Eduardo Rodriguez (BOS)	Thu 4/19-@LAA (Tropeano)
62. Michael Fulmer (DET)	Fri 4/20-KC, Gm. 1 (Hammel)
63. Andrew Triggs (OAK)	Wed 4/18-CWS (Fulmer)
64. Mike Minor (TEX)	Fri 4/20-SEA (Hernandez)
65. Steven Matz (NYM)	Wed 4/18-WSH (Roark)
66. Jose Quintana (CHC)	Sun 4/22-@COL (Marquez)
67. Trevor Williams (PIT)	Tue 4/17-COL (Bettis)	Sun 4/22-@PHI (Pivetta)
68. Daniel Mengden (OAK)	Mon 4/16-CWS (Lopez)	Sun 4/22-BOS (Price)
69. Brandon McCarthy (ATL)	Wed 4/18-PHI (Velasquez)
70. Chase Anderson (MIL)	Thu 4/19-MIA (Peters)
71. Jaime Garcia (TOR)	Mon 4/16-KC (Skoglund)	Sat 4/21-@NYY (Montgomery)
72. Jordan Montgomery (NYY)	Sat 4/21-TOR (Garcia)
73. Andrew Heaney (LAA)	Fri 4/20-SF (Holland)
74. Sean Newcomb (ATL)	Fri 4/20-NYM (Syndergaard)
75. Tyler Mahle (CIN)	Wed 4/18-@MIL (Davies)
76. Trevor Cahill (OAK)	Tue 4/17-CWS (Gonzalez)
77. Joey Lucchesi (SD)	Sat 4/21-@ARI (Godley)
78. Miles Mikolas (STL)	Sat 4/21-CIN (Bailey)
79. Kevin Gausman (BAL)	Wed 4/18-@DET (Boyd)
80. Marco Estrada (TOR)	Thu 4/19-@NYY (Sabathia)
81. Caleb Smith (MIA)	Mon 4/16-@NYY (Severino)	Sun 4/22-@MIL (Guerra)
82. Jon Gray (COL)	Fri 4/20-CHC (Hendricks)
83. Steven Brault (PIT)	Mon 4/16-COL (Marquez)	Sat 4/21-@PHI (Nola)
84. Robbie Erlin (SD)	Mon 4/16-LAD (Ryu)
85. CC Sabathia (NYY)	Thu 4/19-TOR (Estrada)
86. Matthew Boyd (DET)	Wed 4/18-BAL (Gausman)
87. Vince Velasquez (PHI)	Wed 4/18-@ATL (McCarthy)
88. Jeremy Hellickson (WSH)	Mon 4/16-@NYM (deGrom)	Sun 4/22-@LAD (Ryu)
89. Drew Pomeranz (BOS)	Fri 4/20-@OAK (Graveman)
90. Mike Fiers (DET)	Sat 4/21-KC (Skoglund)
91. Sean Manaea (OAK)	Sat 4/21-BOS (Sale)
92. Chris Stratton (SF)	Wed 4/18-@ARI (Ray)
93. Ian Kennedy (KC)	Wed 4/18-@TOR (Sanchez)
94. Matt Moore (TEX)	Tue 4/17-@TB (TBD)
95. Marcus Stroman (TOR)	Fri 4/20-@NYY (Gray)
96. Jarlin Garcia (MIA)	Tue 4/17-@NYY (Tanaka)
97. Jake Arrieta (PHI)	Thu 4/19-PIT (Taillon)
98. Josh Tomlin (CLE)	Sun 4/22-@BAL (Cashner)
99. Zach Davies (MIL)	Wed 4/18-CIN (Mahle)
100. Sonny Gray (NYY)	Fri 4/20-TOR (Stroman)
101. Kyle Gibson (MIN)	Sat 4/21-@TB (Snell)
102. Brandon Finnegan (CIN)	Fri 4/20-@STL (Weaver)
103. Chad Kuhl (PIT)	Wed 4/18-COL (Freeland)
104. Jhoulys Chacin (MIL)	Fri 4/20-MIA (Richards)
105. Tyler Skaggs (LAA)	Wed 4/18-BOS (Porcello)
106. Jacob Faria (TB)	Wed 4/18-TEX (Hamels)
107. Ariel Miranda (SEA)	Tue 4/17-HOU (McCullers)
108. Trevor Richards (MIA)	Fri 4/20-@MIL (Chacin)
109. Jason Hammel (KC)	Fri 4/20-@DET, Gm. 1 (Fulmer)
110. Michael Wacha (STL)	Wed 4/18-@CHC (Lester)
111. Nick Tropeano (LAA)	Thu 4/19-BOS (Rodriguez)
112. Tyson Ross (SD)	Wed 4/18-LAD (Maeda)
113. Felix Hernandez (SEA)	Fri 4/20-@TEX (Minor)
114. Alex Cobb (BAL)	Fri 4/20-CLE (Bauer)
115. Tyler Chatwood (CHC)	Tue 4/17-STL (Wainwright)
116. Ivan Nova (PIT)	Fri 4/20-@PHI (Lively)
117. Carson Fulmer (CWS)	Wed 4/18-@OAK (Triggs)
118. Dillon Peters (MIA)	Thu 4/19-@MIL (Anderson)
119. Eric Skoglund (KC)	Mon 4/16-@TOR (Garcia)	Sat 4/21-@DET (Fiers)
120. Sal Romano (CIN)	Tue 4/17-@MIL (Guerra)
121. German Marquez (COL)	Mon 4/16-@PIT (Brault)	Sun 4/22-CHC (Quintana)
122. Andrew Cashner (BAL)	Tue 4/17-@DET (Liriano)	Sun 4/22-CLE (Tomlin)
123. Anibal Sanchez (ATL)	Thu 4/19-NYM (Harvey)
124. Mike Leake (SEA)	Wed 4/18-HOU (Cole)
125. Tyler Anderson (COL)	Sat 4/21-CHC (Darvish)
126. Jose Urena (MIA)	Sat 4/21-@MIL (Suter)
127. Martin Perez (TEX)	Mon 4/16-@TB (Snell)	Sun 4/22-SEA (TBD)
128. Adam Wainwright (STL)	Tue 4/17-@CHC (Chatwood)
129. Jordan Zimmermann (DET)	Thu 4/19-BAL (Tillman)
130. Marco Gonzales (SEA)	Thu 4/19-HOU (Morton)
131. Homer Bailey (CIN)	Sat 4/21-@STL (Mikolas)
132. Lucas Giolito (CWS)	Sat 4/21-HOU (Keuchel)
133. Bryan Mitchell (SD)	Tue 4/17-LAD (Wood)
134. Miguel Gonzalez (CWS)	Tue 4/17-@OAK (Cahill)
135. Luis Perdomo (SD)	Sun 4/22-@ARI (Corbin)
136. Clayton Richard (SD)	Fri 4/20-@ARI (TBD)
137. James Shields (CWS)	Fri 4/20-HOU (Verlander)
138. Matt Harvey (NYM)	Thu 4/19-@ATL (Sanchez)
139. Bartolo Colon (TEX)	Sat 4/21-SEA (Paxton)
140. Chad Bettis (COL)	Tue 4/17-@PIT (Williams)
141. Chris Tillman (BAL)	Thu 4/19-@DET (Zimmermann)
142. Kyle Freeland (COL)	Wed 4/18-@PIT (Kuhl)
143. Ben Lively (PHI)	Fri 4/20-PIT (Nova)
144. Derek Holland (SF)	Fri 4/20-@LAA (Heaney)
145. Kendall Graveman (OAK)	Fri 4/20-BOS (Pomeranz)
146. Ty Blach (SF)	Thu 4/19-@ARI (Greinke)

Two-Start Pitcher Rankings, Week 3 (April 16-22)

Rank, Pitcher (Team)	1st Start	2nd Start
1. Luis Severino (NYY)	Mon 4/16-MIA (Smith)	Sun 4/22-TOR (Happ)
2. James Paxton (SEA)	Mon 4/16-HOU (Keuchel)	Sat 4/21-@TEX (Colon)
3. Jacob deGrom (NYM)	Mon 4/16-WSH (Hellickson)	Sat 4/21-@ATL (Teheran)
4. Lance McCullers Jr. (HOU)	Tue 4/17-@SEA (Miranda)	Sun 4/22-@CWS (Lopez)
5. Dallas Keuchel (HOU)	Mon 4/16-@SEA (Paxton)	Sat 4/21-@CWS (Giolito)
6. Patrick Corbin (ARI)	Tue 4/17-SF (Cueto)	Sun 4/22-SD (Perdomo)
7. Luis Castillo (CIN)	Mon 4/16-@MIL (Suter)	Sun 4/22-@STL (Martinez)
8. Danny Duffy (KC)	Tue 4/17-@TOR (Happ)	Sun 4/22-@DET (Liriano)
9. Blake Snell (TB)	Mon 4/16-TEX (Perez)	Sat 4/21-MIN (Gibson)
10. Jake Odorizzi (MIN)	Tue 4/17-CLE (Kluber)	Sun 4/22-@TB (TBD)
11. J.A. Happ (TOR)	Tue 4/17-KC (Duffy)	Sun 4/22-@NYY (Severino)
12. Aaron Nola (PHI)	Mon 4/16-@ATL (Teheran)	Sat 4/21-PIT (Brault)
13. David Price (BOS)	Tue 4/17-@LAA (Ohtani)	Sun 4/22-@OAK (Mengden)
14. Francisco Liriano (DET)	Tue 4/17-BAL (Cashner)	Sun 4/22-KC (Duffy)
15. Julio Teheran (ATL)	Mon 4/16-PHI (Nola)	Sat 4/21-NYM (deGrom)
16. Hyun-Jin Ryu (LAD)	Mon 4/16-@SD (Erlin)	Sun 4/22-WSH (Hellickson)
17. Junior Guerra (MIL)	Tue 4/17-CIN (Romano)	Sun 4/22-MIA (Smith)
18. Mike Foltynewicz (ATL)	Tue 4/17-PHI (Pivetta)	Sun 4/22-NYM (Wheeler)
19. Reynaldo Lopez (CWS)	Mon 4/16-@OAK (Mengden)	Sun 4/22-HOU (McCullers)
20. Johnny Cueto (SF)	Tue 4/17-@ARI (Corbin)	Sun 4/22-@LAA (TBD)
21. Zack Wheeler (NYM)	Tue 4/17-WSH (Gonzalez)	Sun 4/22-@ATL (Foltynewicz)
22. Brent Suter (MIL)	Mon 4/16-CIN (Castillo)	Sat 4/21-MIA (Urena)
23. Nick Pivetta (PHI)	Tue 4/17-@ATL (Foltynewicz)	Sun 4/22-PIT (Williams)
24. Trevor Williams (PIT)	Tue 4/17-COL (Bettis)	Sun 4/22-@PHI (Pivetta)
25. Daniel Mengden (OAK)	Mon 4/16-CWS (Lopez)	Sun 4/22-BOS (Price)
26. Jaime Garcia (TOR)	Mon 4/16-KC (Skoglund)	Sat 4/21-@NYY (Montgomery)
27. Caleb Smith (MIA)	Mon 4/16-@NYY (Severino)	Sun 4/22-@MIL (Guerra)
28. Steven Brault (PIT)	Mon 4/16-COL (Marquez)	Sat 4/21-@PHI (Nola)
29. Jeremy Hellickson (WSH)	Mon 4/16-@NYM (deGrom)	Sun 4/22-@LAD (Ryu)
30. Eric Skoglund (KC)	Mon 4/16-@TOR (Garcia)	Sat 4/21-@DET (Fiers)
31. German Marquez (COL)	Mon 4/16-@PIT (Brault)	Sun 4/22-CHC (Quintana)
32. Andrew Cashner (BAL)	Tue 4/17-@DET (Liriano)	Sun 4/22-CLE (Tomlin)
33. Martin Perez (TEX)	Mon 4/16-@TB (Snell)	Sun 4/22-SEA (TBD)