Fantasy baseball forecaster for Week 7: Starting pitcher rankings

Tristan H. Cockcroft

May 14, 2018, 05:55 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 7 (May 14-20)

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

Two-Start Pitcher Rankings, Week 7 (May 14-20)

Rank, Pitcher (Team)	1st Start	2nd Start
1. Noah Syndergaard (NYM)	Tue 5/15-TOR (Garcia)	Sun 5/20-ARI (Greinke)
2. Zack Greinke (ARI)	Tue 5/15-MIL (Chacin)	Sun 5/20-@NYM (Syndergaard)
3. Alex Wood (LAD)	Tue 5/15-@MIA (Chen)	Sun 5/20-@WSH (Hellickson)
4. Carlos Carrasco (CLE)	Mon 5/14-@DET (Fiers)	Sun 5/20-@HOU (McCullers)
5. Patrick Corbin (ARI)	Mon 5/14-MIL (Guerra)	Sat 5/19-@NYM (deGrom)
6. Yu Darvish (CHC)	Tue 5/15-@ATL (Foltynewicz)	Sun 5/20-@CIN (Mahle)
7. Eduardo Rodriguez (BOS)	Tue 5/15-OAK (Mengden)	Sun 5/20-BAL (Cashner)
8. Lance McCullers Jr. (HOU)	Mon 5/14-@LAA (Heaney)	Sun 5/20-CLE (Carrasco)
9. Rick Porcello (BOS)	Mon 5/14-OAK (Manaea)	Sat 5/19-BAL (Bundy)
10. Julio Teheran (ATL)	Mon 5/14-@CHC (Quintana)	Sat 5/19-MIA (Smith)
11. Tyler Anderson (COL)	Mon 5/14-@SD (Lucchesi)	Sun 5/20-@SF (Blach)
12. Nick Pivetta (PHI)	Tue 5/15-@BAL (Cashner)	Sun 5/20-@STL (Flaherty)
13. Joey Lucchesi (SD)	Mon 5/14-COL (Anderson)	Sun 5/20-@PIT (Williams)
14. Tyler Mahle (CIN)	Tue 5/15-@SF (Blach)	Sun 5/20-CHC (Darvish)
15. Mike Foltynewicz (ATL)	Tue 5/15-CHC (Darvish)	Sun 5/20-MIA (Chen)
16. Chris Stratton (SF)	Mon 5/14-CIN (Romano)	Sat 5/19-COL (Gray)
17. Jack Flaherty (STL)	Tue 5/15-@MIN (Berrios)	Sun 5/20-PHI (Pivetta)
18. Jose Quintana (CHC)	Mon 5/14-ATL (Teheran)	Sat 5/19-@CIN, Gm. 1 (Castillo)
19. Sean Manaea (OAK)	Mon 5/14-@BOS (Porcello)	Sat 5/19-@TOR (TBD)
20. Andrew Heaney (LAA)	Mon 5/14-HOU (McCullers)	Sun 5/20-TB (TBD)
21. Trevor Williams (PIT)	Tue 5/15-CWS (Lopez)	Sun 5/20-SD (Lucchesi)
22. Jake Odorizzi (MIN)	Mon 5/14-SEA (LeBlanc)	Sun 5/20-MIL (Guerra)
23. Reynaldo Lopez (CWS)	Tue 5/15-@PIT (Williams)	Sun 5/20-TEX (Minor)
24. Junior Guerra (MIL)	Mon 5/14-@ARI (Corbin)	Sun 5/20-@MIN (Odorizzi)
25. Sal Romano (CIN)	Mon 5/14-@SF (Stratton)	Sat 5/19-CHC, Gm. 2 (TBD)
26. Ryan Yarbrough (TB)	Mon 5/14-@KC (Skoglund)	Sat 5/19-@LAA (Ohtani)
27. Jaime Garcia (TOR)	Tue 5/15-@NYM (Syndergaard)	Sun 5/20-OAK (Mengden)
28. Mike Minor (TEX)	Tue 5/15-@SEA (Leake)	Sun 5/20-@CWS (Lopez)
29. Wade LeBlanc (SEA)	Mon 5/14-@MIN (Odorizzi)	Sun 5/20-DET (Liriano)
30. Daniel Mengden (OAK)	Tue 5/15-@BOS (Rodriguez)	Sun 5/20-@TOR (Garcia)
31. Francisco Liriano (DET)	Tue 5/15-CLE (Tomlin)	Sun 5/20-@SEA (LeBlanc)
32. Mike Fiers (DET)	Mon 5/14-CLE (Carrasco)	Sat 5/19-@SEA (Paxton)
33. Eric Skoglund (KC)	Mon 5/14-TB (Yarbrough)	Sun 5/20-NYY (Severino)
34. Wei-Yin Chen (MIA)	Tue 5/15-LAD (Wood)	Sun 5/20-@ATL (Foltynewicz)
35. Ty Blach (SF)	Tue 5/15-CIN (Mahle)	Sun 5/20-COL (Anderson)
36. Andrew Cashner (BAL)	Tue 5/15-PHI (Pivetta)	Sun 5/20-@BOS (Rodriguez)