Top 100 Starting Pitchers For 2022: Sliding Into The Playoffs

The MLB playoffs are still a month away, but your fantasy baseball playoffs are practically here! Your starting pitching philosophy changes dramatically when the stakes are high and time is limited. If you're a strong team in the playoffs, you'll want to use pitchers with confident outcomes. If you're a weak team, you might need to make some risky pitcher plays to stay in the running -- but nobody expected the #6 seed to advance anyway, right? When the expected outcome is "lose," you should take every risk you can to put variance in your favor and win. 

Let's jump right in to the actionable items. As mentioned last week, I am no longer providing the hierarchical ranks -- the data window of remaining MLB games is insufficient to move the ranking needle on up-and-coming pitchers.