We’ve entered mid-May, and we’re officially six weeks into the Fantasy Baseball season. Funny how fast time flies. There have been plenty of surprises with the lack of offense, the number of prospects being promoted, to some of the early breakouts this season. What we continue to see, though, is excellent pitching and lots of it. Playing the right pitchers is a big part of what can win league titles.

One of the best ways to make sure to do this is to look at a pitcher’s matchups for the following week. You can find who has weaker matchups to potentially stream, bench certain pitchers with difficult matchups, and take advantage of two-start pitchers for that week.

I’m here to try and help you figure out those tough pitcher decisions for your daily or weekly lineups by ranking my top 50 pitchers ahead of each week this season. This will not be a pitcher’s ranking for the season but rather how I rank them for that particular week. For example, a pitcher with two starts or who faces a team with a horrible offense will usually get a bump compared to pitchers with bad matchups.

The projected matchups and two-start starting pitchers are from the MLB Probable Pitchers tool on FantasyPros. Make sure to look for this article every weekend and make the necessary adjustments throughout the week with injury list (IL) stints, postponements, and everything in between. Remember, the most active manager is usually the one who gets the best free agents and dramatically increases their chances to win their league!

Let’s look at my top 50 starting pitchers for Week 6.

Top 50 Starting Pitchers for Week 6

1. Corbin Burnes vs WAS
2. Max Scherzer vs STL
3. Gerrit Cole @BAL
4. Shane McClanahan vs DET
5. Alek Manoah vs CIN
6. Walker Buehler @PHI
7. Dylan Cease (2 starts) @KC & @NYY
8. Zack Wheeler (2 starts) vs SD & LAD
9. Freddy Peralta (2 starts) vs ATL & WAS
10. Kevin Gausman vs SEA
11. Justin Verlander vs TEX
12. Carlos Rodon vs SD
13. Logan Gilbert (2 starts) @TOR & @BOS
14. Brandon Woodruff vs WAS
15. Joe Musgrove @SF
16. Sandy Alcantara vs WAS
17. Lucas Giolito @KC
18. Julio Urias @PHI
19. Miles Mikolas (2 starts) @NYM & @PIT
20. Shane Bieber vs DET
21. Shohei Ohtani @TEX
22. Pablo Lopez vs WAS
23. Clayton Kershaw vs ARI
24. Tylor Megill (2 starts) vs STL & @COL
25. Max Fried @MIL
26. Logan Webb @COL
27. Aaron Nola vs LAD
28. Jesus Luzardo (2 starts) vs WAS & ATL
29. Robbie Ray @BOS
30. Nathan Eovaldi (2 starts) vs HOU & vs SEA
31. Tony Gonsolin (2 starts) vs ARI & @PHI
32. Chris Bassitt vs STL
33. Zac Gallen @CHC
34. Sean Manaea @SF
35. Eric Lauer vs ATL
36. Frankie Montas @LAA
37. Luis Severino (2 starts) @BAL & vs CHW
38. Nestor Cortes vs CHW
39. Patrick Sandoval vs OAK
40. Yusei Kikuchi (2 starts) vs SEA & CIN
41. Ian Anderson (2 starts) @MIL & @MIA
42. Drew Rasmussen vs DET
43. Jose Urquidy (2 starts) @BOS & vs TEX
44. Jameson Taillon (2 starts) @BAL & vs CHW
45. Charlie Morton @MIA
46. Adam Wainwright @PIT
47. Taijuan Walker (2 starts) vs STL & @COL
48. Merrill Kelly (2 starts) @LAD & @CHI
49. Kyle Wright @MIA
50. Joe Ryan KC

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