It’s Opening Day and there are plenty of new features heading to Pitcher List this season. One of the more requested articles last year was a daily ranking of starting pitcher matchups and we’ve listened. Starting today, I’ll personally be ranking starters every morning through the season.
It’s not perfect and will be far from the actual results at the end of the day, though it should give guidance for those questioning who to slot into your lineup on a given day.
| Rank | Pitcher | Matchup |
| 1 | Max Scherzer | vs. NYM |
| 2 | Jacob deGrom | @ WSH |
| 3 | Chris Sale | @ SEA |
| 4 | Justin Verlander | @ TB |
| 5 | Corey Kluber | @ MIN |
| 6 | Aaron Nola | vs. ATL |
| 7 | Blake Snell | vs. HOU |
| 8 | Jameson Taillon | @ CIN |
| 9 | Masahiro Tanaka | vs. BAL |
| 10 | Zack Greinke | @ LAD |
| 11 | Kyle Freeland | @ MIA |
| 12 | Miles Mikolas | @ MIL |
| 13 | Luis Castillo | vs. PIT |
| 14 | Madison Bumgarner | @ SD |
| 15 | Jose Berrios | vs. CLE |
| 16 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | vs. ARI |
| 17 | Jon Lester | @ TEX |
| 18 | Mike Minor | vs. CHC |
| 19 | Jhoulys Chacin | vs. STL |
| 20 | Trevor Cahill | @ OAK |
| 21 | Brad Keller | vs. CHW |
| 22 | Carlos Rodon | @ KC |
| 23 | Mike Fiers | vs. LAA |
| 24 | Marcus Stroman | vs. DET |
| 25 | Jordan Zimmermann | @ TOR |
| 26 | Jose Urena | vs. COL |
| 27 | Eric Lauer | vs. SF |
| 28 | Julio Teheran | @ PHI |
| 29 | Marco Gonzales | vs. BOS |
| 30 | Andrew Cashner | @ NYY |
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