Starting Pitcher Matchup Ratings

Find out which pitchers have the best (or worst) matchups each day of the fantasy baseball season.

SP Confidence Score (4/17/25)
Sc	Pitcher	vs	Game	HRF	Hm/Rd	D/N		qAB	HH%	AB	H	2B/3B	HR	OPS
80.8	E. Rodriguez (L)	lineup	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4	.717	.704	tbd	50%	20%	10	3	1	0	.700
	E. Rodriguez (L)	X. Edwards, SS (B)	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4				67%	33%	3	1	0	0	.666	more
	E. Rodriguez (L)	C. Norby, 3B (R)	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4				67%	33%	3	1	1	0	1.000	more
	E. Rodriguez (L)	O. Lopez, 2B (R)	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4				50%	0%	2	1	0	0	1.000	more
	E. Rodriguez (L)	K. Stowers, OF (L)	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4				0%	0%	2	0	0	0	.000	more
71.3	E. Cabrera (R)	lineup	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4	.704	.727	tbd	52%	20%	20	6	1	2	1.090
	E. Cabrera (R)	C. Carroll, OF (L)	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4				80%	40%	4	2	0	1	1.850	more
	E. Cabrera (R)	G. Perdomo, SS (B)	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4				60%	40%	4	1	0	0	.650	more
	E. Cabrera (R)	P. Smith, OF (L)	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4				50%	0%	1	0	0	0	.500	more
	E. Cabrera (R)	L. Gurriel, OF (R)	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4				80%	20%	3	2	1	1	2.800	more
	E. Cabrera (R)	E. Suarez, 3B (R)	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4				25%	0%	4	1	0	0	.500	more
	E. Cabrera (R)	A. Thomas, OF (L)	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4				0%	0%	1	0	0	0	.000	more
	E. Cabrera (R)	J. Herrera, C (B)	@ 13 ARIMIA	1.4				0%	0%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
79.0	T. Williams (R)	lineup	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1	.772	.813	tbd	47%	19%	47	11	3	1	.683
	T. Williams (R)	O. Cruz, SS (L)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				0%	0%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
	T. Williams (R)	B. Reynolds, OF (B)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				38%	25%	8	2	0	0	.500	more
	T. Williams (R)	A. McCutchen, DH (R)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				56%	11%	6	2	0	0	.889	more
	T. Williams (R)	J. Bart, C (R)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				0%	0%	2	0	0	0	.000	more
	T. Williams (R)	K. Hayes, 3B (R)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				33%	0%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
	T. Williams (R)	T. Pham, OF (R)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				58%	21%	16	4	2	1	.931	more
	T. Williams (R)	A. Frazier, 2B (L)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				56%	33%	9	3	1	0	.777	more
74.1	A. Heaney (L)	lineup	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1	.752	.702	tbd	52%	30%	25	7	2	1	.853
	A. Heaney (L)	A. Call, OF (R)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				50%	25%	4	2	0	1	1.750	more
	A. Heaney (L)	A. Rosario, OF (R)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				54%	38%	13	2	0	0	.308	more
	A. Heaney (L)	N. Lowe, 1B (L)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				100%	33%	2	2	1	0	2.500	more
	A. Heaney (L)	L. Garcia, 2B (L)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				67%	33%	2	1	1	0	2.167	more
	A. Heaney (L)	J. Young, OF (R)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				0%	0%	2	0	0	0	.000	more
	A. Heaney (L)	R. Adams, C (R)	@ 4 WASPIT	1.1				0%	0%	2	0	0	0	.000	more
	E. Hancock (R)	---	@ 7 SEACIN	1.1	.766	1.030	tbd	no matchup history vs opponent
79.0	B. Singer (R)	lineup	@ 7 SEACIN	1.1	.737	.728	tbd	43%	14%	84	23	4	5	.871
	B. Singer (R)	J. Rodriguez, OF (R)	@ 7 SEACIN	1.1				44%	22%	9	3	0	0	.666	more
	B. Singer (R)	J. Polanco, 2B (B)	@ 7 SEACIN	1.1				45%	10%	27	8	0	2	.906	more
	B. Singer (R)	C. Raleigh, C (B)	@ 7 SEACIN	1.1				53%	27%	14	5	2	1	1.114	more
	B. Singer (R)	R. Arozarena, OF (R)	@ 7 SEACIN	1.1				25%	8%	10	1	0	0	.282	more
	B. Singer (R)	L. Raley, OF (L)	@ 7 SEACIN	1.1				56%	11%	8	4	1	1	1.556	more
	B. Singer (R)	R. Tellez, 1B (L)	@ 7 SEACIN	1.1				50%	17%	4	0	0	0	.333	more
	B. Singer (R)	D. Moore, SS (R)	@ 7 SEACIN	1.1				20%	20%	4	1	1	0	.900	more
	B. Singer (R)	M. Mastrobuoni, 3B (L)	@ 7 SEACIN	1.1				50%	50%	2	0	0	0	.000	more
	B. Singer (R)	J. Crawford, SS (L)	@ 7 SEACIN	1.1				33%	0%	6	1	0	1	1.111	more
75.0	J. Sears (L)	lineup	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0	.759	.770	tbd	39%	24%	37	9	4	1	.695
	J. Sears (L)	L. Robert, OF (R)	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0				44%	33%	8	3	3	0	1.194	more
	J. Sears (L)	A. Vaughn, 1B (R)	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0				30%	20%	10	2	1	0	.500	more
	J. Sears (L)	M. Vargas, 3B (R)	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0				0%	0%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
	J. Sears (L)	L. Sosa, 3B (R)	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0				67%	33%	9	4	0	1	1.222	more
	J. Sears (L)	M. Taylor, OF (R)	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0				50%	0%	2	0	0	0	.000	more
	J. Sears (L)	B. Baldwin, 2B (B)	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0				33%	33%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
	J. Sears (L)	J. Amaya, SS (R)	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0				0%	0%	2	0	0	0	.000	more
80.0	D. Martin (R)	lineup	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0	.735	.743	tbd	22%	11%	8	1	0	1	.722
	D. Martin (R)	L. Butler, OF (L)	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0				0%	0%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
	D. Martin (R)	B. Rooker, DH (R)	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0				0%	0%	1	0	0	0	.500	more
	D. Martin (R)	J. Bleday, OF (L)	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0				33%	0%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
	D. Martin (R)	S. Brown, OF (L)	@ 14 ATHCHA	1.0				100%	100%	1	1	0	1	5.000	more
95.0	J. Hicks (R)	lineup	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0	.664	.666	tbd	49%	8%	30	5	0	0	.491
	J. Hicks (R)	B. Stott, 2B (L)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				67%	33%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
	J. Hicks (R)	T. Turner, SS (R)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				67%	17%	5	2	0	0	.900	more
	J. Hicks (R)	B. Harper, 1B (L)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				75%	0%	1	0	0	0	.750	more
	J. Hicks (R)	K. Schwarber, DH (L)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				17%	17%	6	0	0	0	.000	more
	J. Hicks (R)	N. Castellanos, OF (R)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				50%	0%	3	1	0	0	.833	more
	J. Hicks (R)	J. Realmuto, C (R)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				50%	0%	4	0	0	0	.333	more
	J. Hicks (R)	A. Bohm, 3B (R)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				33%	0%	6	1	0	0	.334	more
	J. Hicks (R)	B. Marsh, OF (L)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				50%	0%	2	1	0	0	1.000	more
90.0	C. Sanchez (L)	lineup	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0	.686	.715	tbd	48%	24%	17	3	0	0	.509
	C. Sanchez (L)	H. Ramos, OF (R)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				50%	0%	2	1	0	0	1.000	more
	C. Sanchez (L)	W. Adames, SS (R)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				50%	17%	4	1	0	0	.750	more
	C. Sanchez (L)	M. Chapman, 3B (R)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				100%	67%	2	0	0	0	.333	more
	C. Sanchez (L)	W. Flores, 1B (R)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				40%	20%	4	1	0	0	.650	more
	C. Sanchez (L)	L. Matos, OF (R)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				33%	33%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
	C. Sanchez (L)	T. Fitzgerald, SS (R)	@ 11 SFNPHI	1.0				0%	0%	2	0	0	0	.000	more
82.9	T. Bibee (R)	lineup	@ 4 CLEBAL	1.2	.671	.661	tbd	27%	20%	15	4	3	0	.734
	T. Bibee (R)	G. Henderson, SS (L)	@ 4 CLEBAL	1.2				33%	33%	3	1	1	0	1.000	more
	T. Bibee (R)	A. Rutschman, C (B)	@ 4 CLEBAL	1.2				33%	33%	3	1	1	0	1.000	more
	T. Bibee (R)	J. Westburg, 3B (R)	@ 4 CLEBAL	1.2				0%	0%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
	T. Bibee (R)	C. Mullins, OF (L)	@ 4 CLEBAL	1.2				0%	0%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
	T. Bibee (R)	H. Kjerstad, OF (L)	@ 4 CLEBAL	1.2				67%	33%	3	2	1	0	1.667	more
73.1	T. Sugano (R)	---	@ 4 CLEBAL	1.2			tbd	no matchup history vs opponent
80.0	M. Lorenzen (R)	lineup	@ 9 KCADET	1.0	.710	.694	tbd	42%	16%	31	7	0	1	.691
	M. Lorenzen (R)	K. Carpenter, OF (L)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				50%	0%	1	0	0	0	.500	more
	M. Lorenzen (R)	R. Greene, OF (L)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				67%	0%	1	0	0	0	.667	more
	M. Lorenzen (R)	S. Torkelson, 1B (R)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				100%	0%	0	0	0	0	.000	more
	M. Lorenzen (R)	C. Keith, 2B (L)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				40%	20%	4	0	0	0	.200	more
	M. Lorenzen (R)	J. Baez, SS (R)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				35%	19%	25	7	0	1	.708	more
85.0	R. Olson (R)	lineup	@ 9 KCADET	1.0	.645	.670	tbd	49%	24%	67	17	2	4	.798
	R. Olson (R)	J. India, 2B (R)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				60%	60%	5	1	0	0	.400	more
	R. Olson (R)	B. Witt, SS (R)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				85%	31%	11	6	2	2	1.902	more
	R. Olson (R)	V. Pasquantino, 1B (L)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				40%	20%	4	0	0	0	.200	more
	R. Olson (R)	S. Perez, C (R)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				46%	31%	13	3	0	0	.462	more
	R. Olson (R)	M. Massey, 2B (L)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				25%	13%	8	2	0	1	.875	more
	R. Olson (R)	H. Renfroe, OF (R)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				50%	50%	2	0	0	0	.000	more
	R. Olson (R)	M. Melendez, OF (L)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				18%	0%	9	0	0	0	.182	more
	R. Olson (R)	M. Garcia, 3B (R)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				55%	27%	10	3	0	1	.964	more
	R. Olson (R)	K. Isbel, OF (L)	@ 9 KCADET	1.0				57%	14%	5	2	0	0	.971	more
70.3	W. Warren (R)	---	@ 12 NYATBA	1.5	1.012	.930	tbd	no matchup history vs opponent
70.3	T. Bradley (R)	lineup	@ 12 NYATBA	1.5	.755	.803	tbd	45%	15%	17	2	1	0	.426
	T. Bradley (R)	B. Rice, 1B (L)	@ 12 NYATBA	1.5				67%	33%	3	1	1	0	1.000	more
	T. Bradley (R)	A. Judge, OF (R)	@ 12 NYATBA	1.5				83%	17%	3	0	0	0	.500	more
	T. Bradley (R)	C. Bellinger, OF (L)	@ 12 NYATBA	1.5				33%	0%	3	1	0	0	.666	more
	T. Bradley (R)	A. Volpe, SS (R)	@ 12 NYATBA	1.5				20%	20%	5	0	0	0	.000	more
	T. Bradley (R)	A. Wells, C (L)	@ 12 NYATBA	1.5				0%	0%	3	0	0	0	.000	more
75.0	A. Pallante (R)	lineup	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0	.709	.709	tbd	49%	20%	35	8	2	0	.627
	A. Pallante (R)	F. Lindor, SS (B)	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0				50%	10%	8	2	0	0	.650	more
	A. Pallante (R)	J. Soto, OF (L)	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0				60%	20%	3	0	0	0	.400	more
	A. Pallante (R)	P. Alonso, 1B (R)	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0				80%	20%	3	1	0	0	.933	more
	A. Pallante (R)	B. Nimmo, OF (L)	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0				40%	10%	10	1	1	0	.300	more
	A. Pallante (R)	J. Winker, OF (L)	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0				33%	33%	3	1	0	0	.666	more
	A. Pallante (R)	T. Taylor, OF (R)	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0				38%	38%	8	3	1	0	.875	more
75.0	G. Canning (R)	lineup	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0	.772	.768	tbd	48%	39%	21	7	3	0	.867
	G. Canning (R)	L. Nootbaar, OF (L)	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0				67%	67%	6	3	1	0	1.167	more
	G. Canning (R)	W. Contreras, C (R)	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0				100%	67%	2	2	2	0	3.000	more
	G. Canning (R)	N. Arenado, 3B (R)	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0				33%	22%	8	1	0	0	.347	more
	G. Canning (R)	B. Donovan, OF (L)	@ 10 SLNNYN	1.0				20%	20%	5	1	0	0	.400	more
59.3	J. Kochanowicz (R)	lineup	@ 15 ANATEX	1.7	.742	.774	tbd	47%	22%	30	10	0	1	.808
	J. Kochanowicz (R)	M. Semien, 2B (R)	@ 15 ANATEX	1.7				71%	29%	7	3	0	0	.858	more
	J. Kochanowicz (R)	J. Smith, 3B (L)	@ 15 ANATEX	1.7				14%	14%	7	1	0	0	.286	more
	J. Kochanowicz (R)	A. Garcia, OF (R)	@ 15 ANATEX	1.7				67%	0%	2	1	0	1	2.667	more
	J. Kochanowicz (R)	J. Jung, 3B (R)	@ 15 ANATEX	1.7				100%	33%	3	2	0	0	1.334	more
	J. Kochanowicz (R)	J. Heim, C (B)	@ 15 ANATEX	1.7				33%	17%	5	1	0	0	.533	more
	J. Kochanowicz (R)	L. Taveras, OF (B)	@ 15 ANATEX	1.7				33%	33%	6	2	0	0	.666	more
59.3	K. Rocker (R)	---	@ 15 ANATEX	1.7	.685	.742	tbd	no matchup history vs opponent
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Note: OPS color trend requires a min. of 5 career PA.

What makes or breaks a SP's matchup?

Baseball's a wonderfully complex game of stats and confidence. If a starting pitcher does way better at home, it could be for a variety of reasons: heavy pitcher's park (eg, the dimensions and weather at Oracle Park), home bed advantage, mound tailored to his needs, fan/family support, etc. Fact is, it's nearly impossible to pinpoint the "why" (even if you asked the pitcher). However, for fantasy baseball purposes, identifying and playing those trends goes a LONG way towards a successful season.

In addition to the more subjective reasons mentioned above, tangible factors like pitcher vs batter stats, temperature, wind (direction), humidity and the umpire behind home plate all play a big role. Our SP matchup tool above consolidates all the key stats and trends... tosses it into our matchup model and generates a Confidence Score (0-100). Just like at school, 90 to 100 is an excellent matchup and so on.

Finally, if you're looking for a more batter-specific perspective, we have a separate daily matchup page that breaks down all the key stats for each batter in a starting lineup.

Icons and abbreviations explained...

Sc Our Confidence Score for each starting pitcher (max of 100) - specific to the date/game being viewed.
lineup click to see the BvP stats for each batter in the opposing starting lineup
weather hasn't been collected yet
weather forecast for first pitch (hover over for details)
stadium has a fixed roof or is closed due to poor weather
0 wind direction and strength in mph (pointing up = center field)
HRF HRForce (abbr HRF) is our weather index that predicts how many more (or less) HRs could be hit due to weather (temperature, rain, wind, direction, elevation, etc)
qAB percentage of plate appearances that resulted in a hit, walk or deep count
HH% percentage of plate appearances that resulted in a line drive (hit or out)
more in the last column, the link to our full batter v pitcher page that includes our Ownage Chart, matchup ranks, at-bat logs, predictions and more

Do home plate umpires really make a difference?

Yes! Umpires are human and they develop tendencies over time. Maybe the way they position themselves behind the catcher or just how they perceive borderline pitches, some tend to call slightly more balls or strikes. Over time, that results in better or worse counts for batters... and changes the probabilities of outcomes (eg., OPS levels are way higher on a 3-1 count vs 2-2).

Monitoring who's calling pitches for your SP can help round out decisions. For example, if you're on the fence on whether to start a SP and a super pitcher-friendly ump is behind the dish, lean towards the start. Umpires are usually announced a few hours before first pitch - as that happens, they're added to the "Ump" column in the table above and incorporated into our Confidence Score. Check out all the umpire factors to familiarize yourself with their tendencies.

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