The match ups and data you see below were pulled Friday morning. The data is for the 2015 season. Please be aware the match ups are subject to change. If you have any questions about the rankings hit me up Twitter @MattCommins

These are rankings for the entire week so I give the edge to a lot of fantasy pitchers who pitch twice. Also, the rankings are based on traditional 5×5 categories. I also provide write-ups for a few pitchers. My hope is after you read them you have a better understanding of why I ranked them.

I was light with the pitcher analysis this week because I’m writing DFS pitcher rankings every day and I feel like I would just be repeating myself. My DFS rankings actually provide good write-ups about how well/poorly a pitcher is performing in general. Check out my Twitter account for links to my DFS rankings for the past few days.

I have been saying for years if the Chris Archer can improve the quality of the changeup he’s going to become an ace. This years lefties have a slash line of .195/.234/.498 with a 32.3 percent strikeout rate. He’s throwing the changeup to lefties more than ever and he’s throwing it for strikes, which is allowing his other pitches to play-up. He will regress a little as the year progresses, but buying his breakout.

What starting pitcher has the lowest well-hit average against? Jake Arietta. The pitcher with the second lowest is Jose Quintana. I’ve been saying for two weeks he’s going to positively regress as the season progresses because he is inducing a lot of weak contact.

Chris Heston has the first no hitter for the year, but he’s far from a great pitcher. He was able to be successful against the Mets because he faced a right handed heavy lineup. Lefties have a .815 OPS against him compared to .570 against righties. The Dodgers have two good left handed hitters and Andre Ethier and Jimmy Rollins have their moments so this matchup has a lot of blow up opportunity, but with not a lot of good starting pitching I’ll take a risk on a pitcher who limits walks and generates a lot of ground balls.

With Justin Verlander coming off the DL I am going to wait at least two starts before I feel comfortable starting him in any situation. I want to see how good the raw stuff is and how well he’s commanding his pitches. I do not care about the velocity of the fastball, but what I do care about is how is he adapting to the decreased velocity.