It's the first week of many fantasy playoff leagues. Unfortunately, it's one of the season's weakest group of two-start pitchers. Injuries and many teams using a six-man rotation along with a relatively light schedule (93-games) render one-start options key to this scoring period - and likely the rest of the way.
UPDATED: Monday September 1, 2:00 AM ET
Week of September 1 - 6
Mixed League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | CWS | |
2 | Hunter Greene | CIN | TOR, NYM | |
3 | Dylan Cease | SD | BAL, @COL | Stubbornly still trusting 3.57 xFIP |
4 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @BAL | |
5 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | CLE | Still behind Skubal, but narrowing AL Cy Young gap |
6 | Chris Sale | ATL | SEA | |
7 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | HOU | |
8 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | SEA, CLE | Four straight Quality Starts |
9 | Sonny Gray | STL | ATH, SF | |
10 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @BAL | |
11 | Nick Pivetta | SD | @COL | |
12 | Paul Skenes | PIT | LAD | |
13 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @TEX | |
14 | Blake Snell | LAD | @PIT | |
15 | Max Fried | NYY | @HOU, TOR | Back on track |
16 | Jack Flaherty | DET | CWS | |
17 | Framber Valdez | HOU | NYY | |
18 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @CHC, SEA | |
19 | Logan Webb | SF | @COL | |
20 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @BAL | |
21 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | PHI, @PIT | |
22 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | @MIA | |
23 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | CLE | |
24 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | TEX, BOS | |
25 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @KC | |
26 | Zac Gallen | ARI |
It's the first week of many fantasy playoff leagues. Unfortunately, it's one of the season's weakest group of two-start pitchers. Injuries and many teams using a six-man rotation along with a relatively light schedule (93-games) render one-start options key to this scoring period - and likely the rest of the way.
UPDATED: Monday September 1, 2:00 AM ET
Week of September 1 - 6
Mixed League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | CWS | |
2 | Hunter Greene | CIN | TOR, NYM | |
3 | Dylan Cease | SD | BAL, @COL | Stubbornly still trusting 3.57 xFIP |
4 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @BAL | |
5 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | CLE | Still behind Skubal, but narrowing AL Cy Young gap |
6 | Chris Sale | ATL | SEA | |
7 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | HOU | |
8 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | SEA, CLE | Four straight Quality Starts |
9 | Sonny Gray | STL | ATH, SF | |
10 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @BAL | |
11 | Nick Pivetta | SD | @COL | |
12 | Paul Skenes | PIT | LAD | |
13 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @TEX | |
14 | Blake Snell | LAD | @PIT | |
15 | Max Fried | NYY | @HOU, TOR | Back on track |
16 | Jack Flaherty | DET | CWS | |
17 | Framber Valdez | HOU | NYY | |
18 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @CHC, SEA | |
19 | Logan Webb | SF | @COL | |
20 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @BAL | |
21 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | PHI, @PIT | |
22 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | @MIA | |
23 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | CLE | |
24 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | TEX, BOS | |
25 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @KC | |
26 | Zac Gallen | ARI | TEX | 2.57 ERA and 1.09 WHIP over last 6 GS, with 5 QS, including last three |
27 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @MIA | |
28 | Merrill Kelly | TEX | HOU | |
29 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | PHI | |
30 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | WAS | |
31 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | ATL | |
32 | Eury Perez | MIA | @WAS | Coming off a rare clunker |
33 | Michael King | SD | @COL | |
34 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @TB | |
35 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | @PIT | |
36 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @PIT | |
37 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @ATL | |
38 | Shane Bieber | TOR | @CIN | |
39 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | @PIT | |
40 | Robbie Ray | SF | @COL | |
41 | Parker Messick | CLE | @BOS, @TB | |
42 | Shane Smith | CWS | @MIN | |
43 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | TOR | |
44 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @KC | |
45 | Bailey Ober | MIN | CWS, @KC | Hard to trust, even with soft matchups |
46 | Ian Seymour | TB | CLE | |
47 | Yu Darvish | SD | BAL | |
48 | Jose Soriano | LAA | ATH | |
49 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @SD | |
50 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @MIL | |
51 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @NYY | |
52 | Taj Bradley | MIN | CWS | |
53 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @HOU | |
54 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | PHI | |
55 | Luis Severino | ATH | @STL | |
56 | David Peterson | NYM | @CIN | |
57 | Luis Gil | NYY | TOR | |
58 | Michael Wacha | KC | MIN | |
59 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @DET | |
60 | Luis Morales | ATH | @STL, @LAA | |
61 | Shane Baz | TB | SEA, CLE | |
62 | Cade Horton | CHC | ATL | |
63 | Luis Garcia | HOU | LAA, @TEX | Decent matchup for debut, but workload could be limited |
64 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | PHI | |
65 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | LAD, MIL | Probably serving as primary pitcher |
66 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @TB | |
67 | Cristian Javier | HOU | NYY | |
68 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | LAD | |
69 | George Kirby | SEA | @TB | |
70 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | CWS | |
71 | Lucas Giolito | BOS | @ARI | |
72 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | LAA, MIN | |
73 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @TB | |
74 | Kodai Senga | NYM | @CIN | |
75 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @ATL | |
76 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @TB, @ATL | |
77 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @CIN, @NYY | |
78 | Brady Singer | CIN | NYM | |
79 | Chris Paddack | DET | CWS | |
80 | Kyle Harrison | BOS | CLE | |
81 | Seth Lugo | KC | LAA | |
82 | Payton Tolle | BOS | @ARI | |
83 | Clay Holmes | NYM | @DET | |
84 | Noah Cameron | KC | MIN | Working with extra rest |
85 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @TEX | |
86 | Martin Perez | CWS | @DET | |
87 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | CWS | |
88 | Nestor Cortes | SD | BAL | |
89 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | @STL | |
90 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||
91 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | BOS | |
92 | Davis Martin | CWS | @MIN, @DET | |
93 | Quinn Priester | MIL | @PIT | |
94 | Tyler Wells | BAL | @SD | |
95 | Mitch Keller | PIT | MIL | |
96 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | NYM | |
97 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @MIL | |
98 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||
99 | Nolan McLean | NYM | @DET | |
100 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @CIN | |
101 | Jonah Tong | NYM | @CIN | |
102 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | @HOU, ATH | |
103 | Javier Assad | CHC | WAS | |
104 | Justin Verlander | SF | @STL | |
105 | Max Scherzer | TOR | @NYY | |
106 | Morgan McSweeney | MIA | @WAS | |
107 | Brayan Bello | BOS | CLE | Not dominant but exhibiting excellent command and control |
108 | Casey Mize | DET | NYM | |
109 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | LAD | |
110 | Jose Quintana | MIL | PHI | |
111 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | TOR | |
112 | Ryan Bergert | KC | LAA | |
113 | Zack Littell | CIN | TOR | |
114 | Adrian Houser | TB | SEA | |
115 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @ARI | |
116 | Michael McGreevy | STL | SF | |
117 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | BOS | |
118 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | MIA | |
119 | Cade Povich | BAL | @SD | |
120 | Brad Lord | WAS | @CHC | |
121 | Jacob Latz | TEX | @ARI | |
122 | Dustin May | BOS | @ARI | |
123 | Colin Rea | CHC | ATL, WAS | |
124 | Yoendrys Gomez | CWS | @MIN | |
125 | Mason Barnett | ATH | @LAA | |
126 | Dean Kremer | BAL | LAD | |
127 | Bryse Wilson | CWS | @MIN, @DET | |
128 | Andrew Alvarez | WAS | MIA, @CHC | |
129 | Andre Pallante | STL | SF | |
130 | Charlie Morton | DET | NYM | |
131 | Nabil Crismatt | ARI | TEX | |
132 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | LAD | |
133 | Chase Dollander | COL | SF, SD | |
134 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | @BOS, @TB | |
135 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @MIL, @MIA | |
136 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | ATH | |
137 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | @LAA | |
138 | Joey Wentz | ATL | @CHC | |
139 | Cade Cavalli | WAS | MIA | |
140 | Johan Oviedo | PIT | MIL | |
141 | Will Warren | NYY | @HOU | |
142 | Jason Alexander | HOU | NYY | |
143 | Hurston Waldrep | ATL | SEA | |
144 | Adam Mazur | MIA | @WAS, PHI | |
145 | Kai-Wei Teng | SF | @COL, @STL | |
146 | Mitch Farris | LAA | @KC, ATH | |
147 | Jake Irvin | WAS | @CHC | |
148 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @CHC | |
149 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | @ARI, HOU | |
150 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | @KC | |
151 | Kyle Freeland | COL | SF | |
152 | Carson Seymour | SF | @STL | |
153 | Miles Mikolas | STL | ATH | |
154 | McCade Brown | COL | SD | |
155 | Logan Allen | CLE | @BOS | |
156 | Jose Urena | LAA | @KC | |
157 | Keider Montero | DET | NYM | |
158 | German Marquez | COL | SF | |
159 | Tanner Gordon | COL | SD |
Amercian League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | CWS | |
2 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | CLE | Still behind Skubal, but narrowing AL Cy Young gap |
3 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | HOU | |
4 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | SEA, CLE | Four straight Quality Starts |
5 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @TEX | |
6 | Max Fried | NYY | @HOU, TOR | Back on track |
7 | Jack Flaherty | DET | CWS | |
8 | Framber Valdez | HOU | NYY | |
9 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | CLE | |
10 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @KC | |
11 | Merrill Kelly | TEX | HOU | |
12 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @TB | |
13 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @ATL | |
14 | Shane Bieber | TOR | @CIN | |
15 | Parker Messick | CLE | @BOS, @TB | |
16 | Shane Smith | CWS | @MIN | |
17 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @KC | |
18 | Bailey Ober | MIN | CWS, @KC | Hard to trust, even with soft matchups |
19 | Ian Seymour | TB | CLE | |
20 | Jose Soriano | LAA | ATH | |
21 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @SD | |
22 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @NYY | |
23 | Taj Bradley | MIN | CWS | |
24 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @HOU | |
25 | Luis Severino | ATH | @STL | |
26 | Luis Gil | NYY | TOR | |
27 | Michael Wacha | KC | MIN | |
28 | Luis Morales | ATH | @STL, @LAA | |
29 | Shane Baz | TB | SEA, CLE | |
30 | Luis Garcia | HOU | LAA, @TEX | Decent matchup for debut, but workload could be limited |
31 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @TB | |
32 | Cristian Javier | HOU | NYY | |
33 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | LAD | |
34 | George Kirby | SEA | @TB | |
35 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | CWS | |
36 | Lucas Giolito | BOS | @ARI | |
37 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | LAA, MIN | |
38 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @TB | |
39 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @ATL | |
40 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @TB, @ATL | |
41 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @CIN, @NYY | |
42 | Chris Paddack | DET | CWS | |
43 | Kyle Harrison | BOS | CLE | |
44 | Seth Lugo | KC | LAA | |
45 | Payton Tolle | BOS | @ARI | |
46 | Noah Cameron | KC | MIN | Working with extra rest |
47 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @TEX | |
48 | Martin Perez | CWS | @DET | |
49 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | CWS | |
50 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | @STL | |
51 | Davis Martin | CWS | @MIN, @DET | |
52 | Tyler Wells | BAL | @SD | |
53 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @CIN | |
54 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | @HOU, ATH | |
55 | Max Scherzer | TOR | @NYY | |
56 | Brayan Bello | BOS | CLE | Not dominant but exhibiting excellent command and control |
57 | Casey Mize | DET | NYM | |
58 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | TOR | |
59 | AL Reliever | |||
60 | Ryan Bergert | KC | LAA | |
61 | Adrian Houser | TB | SEA | |
62 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @ARI | |
63 | Cade Povich | BAL | @SD | |
64 | Jacob Latz | TEX | @ARI | |
65 | Dustin May | BOS | @ARI | |
66 | Yoendrys Gomez | CWS | @MIN | |
67 | Mason Barnett | ATH | @LAA | |
68 | Dean Kremer | BAL | LAD | |
69 | Bryse Wilson | CWS | @MIN, @DET | |
70 | Charlie Morton | DET | NYM | |
71 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | LAD | |
72 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | @BOS, @TB | |
73 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | @LAA | |
74 | Will Warren | NYY | @HOU | |
75 | Jason Alexander | HOU | NYY | |
76 | Mitch Farris | LAA | @KC, ATH | |
77 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | @ARI, HOU | |
78 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | @KC | |
79 | Logan Allen | CLE | @BOS | |
80 | Jose Urena | LAA | @KC | |
81 | Keider Montero | DET | NYM |