Fantasy Baseball SP Rankings: Streamers & Two-Start Pitchers

Welcome to the FantasyPros Week 9 starting pitcher fantasy baseball rankings. Every week, we’ll take a closer look at the upcoming week and rank every starting pitcher based on their overall skills, recent production, head-to-head matchup and park factor. These rankings are for the period from Monday, May 25th, to Sunday, May 31st.

Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers Guide: Week 9

Be sure to take a look at expert consensus rankings (ECR) as a helpful tool when setting your lineups. You can also take advantage of our Pitcher Planner’s resource for probable pitchers as well as our streaming pitcher rankings.

Top 50 Starting Pitchers (May 25th to May 31st)

Rank	Pitcher	Matchup(s)
1	Jacob Misiorowski	vs. STL, @ HOU
2	Chris Sale	@ BOS, @ CIN
3	Joe Ryan	@ CWS, @ PIT
4	Nolan McLean	vs. CIN, vs. MIA
5	Trey Yesavage	vs. MIA, @ BAL
6	Kyle Bradish	vs. TBR, vs. DET
7	Shane McClanahan	@ BAL, vs. LAA
8	Tanner Bibee	vs. WSH, vs. BOS
9	Ranger Suarez	vs. ATL, @ CLE
10	Will Warren	@ KCR, @ ATH
11	Zebby Matthews	@ CWS, @ PIT
12	Jesus Luzardo	@ SDP, @ LAD
13	Bryce Miller	@ ATH, vs. ARI
14	Ben Brown	@ PIT, @ STL
15	Nick Lodolo	@ NYM, vs. ATL
16	Sean Burke	vs. MIN, vs. DET
17	Tatsuya Imai	vs. TEX, @ MIL
18	Landen Roupp	vs. ARI, @ COL
19	Shohei Ohtani	vs. COL
20	Cristopher Sanchez	@ SDP
21	Chase Burns	@ NYM
22	Emmet Sheehan	vs. COL
23	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	vs. PHI
24	Cam Schlittler	@ KCR
25	Parker Messick	vs. BOS
26	Spencer Strider	@ BOS
27	Eury Perez	@ TOR
28	Shota Imanaga	@ STL
29	Gavin Williams	vs. WSH
30	Dylan Cease	@ BAL
31	Cole Ragans	@ TEX
32	Jacob deGrom	vs. HOU
33	Framber Valdez	@ CWS
34	Jose Soriano	@ DET
35	Kyle Harrison	vs. STL
36	George Kirby	vs. ARI
37	Kevin Gausman	vs. MIA
38	Freddy Peralta	vs. MIA
39	Bryce Elder	@ BOS
40	Logan Henderson	vs. STL
41	Spencer Arrighetti	@ TEX
42	Logan Gilbert	@ ATH
43	Drew Rasmussen	vs. LAA
44	Gerrit Cole	@ ATH
45	Ryne Nelson	@ SEA
46	Logan Webb	vs. ARI
47	Nathan Eovaldi	vs. HOU
48	Taj Bradley	@ CWS
49	Carlos Rodon	@ KCR
50	Davis Martin	vs. MIN

Smash Spots

Shohei Ohtani (SP – LAD) vs. COL

Shohei Ohtani is off to a spectacular start, establishing himself as a legitimate National League Cy Young candidate. We could see him pitch seven innings with 10 strikeouts versus the Rockies.

Emmet Sheehan (SP – LAD) vs. COL

Emmet Sheehan has found a groove, so expect that to continue in a smash spot at home against the Rockies. There’s upside for eight or more strikeouts in this matchup.

Parker Messick (SP – CLE) vs. BOS

Parker Messick should be able to keep it rolling with a quality outing at home against an underwhelming Red Sox offense. I can see him going six or more innings with at least seven strikeouts.

Risky Starts

Gerrit Cole (SP – NYY) @ ATH

Gerrit Cole looked rock-solid in his return to action, but the strikeouts weren’t there. We could see a tough start on the road against the Athletics in a hitter-friendly environment.

Logan Webb (SP – SFG) vs. ARI

Logan Webb is expected to return to the Giants this week. It’s a decent matchup at home against the Diamondbacks, but we have to temper our expectations a bit since he’s coming back from injury.

Davis Martin (SP – CWS) vs. MIN

Davis Martin started to show some cracks in the armor in his last outing versus the Giants. Could regression be coming? That adds some risk in his start versus the Twins.

Two-Start Pitchers

Kyle Bradish (SP – BAL) vs. TBR, vs. DET

Kyle Bradish has found a rhythm lately, finally starting to show the upside we all saw hoped for coming into the season. Fire him up with confidence in this two-start week.

Shane McClanahan (SP – TBR) @ BAL, vs. LAA

Shane McClanahan is exceeding the most optimistic expectations in his return from injury. Bet on him to keep it rolling in two nice matchups versus the Orioles and Angels.