This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
As is usually the case for the second full week of the season, many No. 1 and No. 2 starters line up for a two-step. It won’t be long before the rotations are more staggered. The perceived advantage of having better No. 4 and No. 5 starters face lesser ones vanishes quickly.
Three southpaws sit atop this week’s rankings, with 13 of the top 20 being double-dippers.
By means of reminder, the schedules are pulled from the world’s finest Probable Pitchers grid, so please direct rotation questions over there. As always, I’m happy to review the rankings below.
Please pop back on Sunday night for the weekly refresh.
Week of April 7 – 13
Mixed League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | TOR, @CWS | His new fat wallet didn’t affect his last start | ||
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | MIN, @CLE | Early control woes, he’ll figure it out | ||
| 3 | Chris Sale | ATL | PHI, @TB | Best 0-1 pitcher in the league | ||
| 4 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @ATL, @STL | |||
| 5 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @SF, PIT | No longer on the precipice of ace status; he’s there | ||
| 6 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | HOU, TEX | |||
| 7 | Michael King | SD | @ATH, COL | Great pair to get on track | ||
| 8 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @SEA | |||
| 9 | Kodai Senga | NYM | MIA, @ATH | |||
| 10 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @SEA | |||
| 11 | Tarik Skubal | DET | NYY |
As is usually the case for the second full week of the season, many No. 1 and No. 2 starters line up for a two-step. It won’t be long before the rotations are more staggered. The perceived advantage of having better No. 4 and No. 5 starters face lesser ones vanishes quickly.
Three southpaws sit atop this week’s rankings, with 13 of the top 20 being double-dippers.
By means of reminder, the schedules are pulled from the world’s finest Probable Pitchers grid, so please direct rotation questions over there. As always, I’m happy to review the rankings below.
Please pop back on Sunday night for the weekly refresh.
Week of April 7 – 13
Mixed League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | TOR, @CWS | His new fat wallet didn’t affect his last start | ||
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | MIN, @CLE | Early control woes, he’ll figure it out | ||
| 3 | Chris Sale | ATL | PHI, @TB | Best 0-1 pitcher in the league | ||
| 4 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @ATL, @STL | |||
| 5 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @SF, PIT | No longer on the precipice of ace status; he’s there | ||
| 6 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | HOU, TEX | |||
| 7 | Michael King | SD | @ATH, COL | Great pair to get on track | ||
| 8 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @SEA | |||
| 9 | Kodai Senga | NYM | MIA, @ATH | |||
| 10 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @SEA | |||
| 11 | Tarik Skubal | DET | NYY | |||
| 12 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | CHC | |||
| 13 | Paul Skenes | PIT | STL | |||
| 14 | Logan Webb | SF | CIN, @NYY | |||
| 15 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @KC, DET | |||
| 16 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @COL, @ARI | |||
| 17 | Max Fried | NYY | @DET | |||
| 18 | Justin Steele | CHC | TEX, @LAD | Dodgers, D’Backs, A’s, Rangers and Dodgers, tough way to open the season. | ||
| 19 | Zac Gallen | ARI | BAL, MIL | |||
| 20 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @WAS | |||
| 21 | Dylan Cease | SD | @ATH | |||
| 22 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @DET, SF | |||
| 23 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | LAA | |||
| 24 | Nick Pivetta | SD | COL | |||
| 25 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @STL | |||
| 26 | Zach Eflin | BAL | @ARI, TOR | |||
| 27 | Shane Baz | TB | LAA, ATL | |||
| 28 | Sonny Gray | STL | @PIT | |||
| 29 | Landen Roupp | SF | CIN | Birdsong pecking at his neck | ||
| 30 | Blake Snell | LAD | @WAS | |||
| 31 | Bryan Woo | SEA | TEX | |||
| 32 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | TEX | |||
| 33 | Corbin Burnes | ARI | MIL | Early indications are that strikeouts are on the uptick | ||
| 34 | Bryce Miller | SEA | TEX | |||
| 35 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | ATL | |||
| 36 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @SEA | |||
| 37 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | @SEA | |||
| 38 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | LAA | |||
| 39 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | WAS | |||
| 40 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | PHI | |||
| 41 | Tanner Houck | BOS | TOR, @CWS | |||
| 42 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @KC | |||
| 43 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | LAA | |||
| 44 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @CHC | |||
| 45 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | @MIA | A popular FAAB target this week | 3% | |
| 46 | Tylor Megill | NYM | MIA | |||
| 47 | Grant Holmes | ATL | @TB | |||
| 48 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | CHC | Patience, he’ll figure it out | ||
| 49 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @SF | Only 5 K in 12.2 IP, but encouraging start nontheless. | ||
| 50 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | KC | |||
| 51 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @KC | Ae least he got the disaster over with early | ||
| 52 | Gavin Williams | CLE | CWS | |||
| 53 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @SF | |||
| 54 | Erick Fedde | STL | @PIT | |||
| 55 | Dustin May | LAD | @WAS, CHC | |||
| 56 | Brady Singer | CIN | PIT | |||
| 57 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @STL | |||
| 58 | Reese Olson | DET | @MIN | |||
| 59 | Kris Bubic | KC | @CLE | |||
| 60 | Sean Burke | CWS | @CLE | |||
| 61 | Andrew Heaney | PIT | @CIN | 2% | ||
| 62 | Tyler Mahle | TEX | @CHC | 17% | ||
| 63 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @TB | |||
| 64 | Zack Littell | TB | LAA | 37% | ||
| 65 | Nestor Cortes | MIL | @COL | |||
| 66 | Taj Bradley | TB | ATL | |||
| 67 | Seth Lugo | KC | MIN | |||
| 68 | Michael Wacha | KC | MIN | |||
| 69 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | @TB | |||
| 70 | Kyle Hart | SD | COL | 5% | ||
| 71 | Shane Smith | CWS | @CLE, BOS | 6% | ||
| 72 | David Peterson | NYM | @ATH | |||
| 73 | Luis Castillo | SEA | HOU | |||
| 74 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | BAL | |||
| 75 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | TOR | |||
| 76 | Luis Severino | ATH | SD, NYM | |||
| 77 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||||
| 78 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | BAL | |||
| 79 | Jack Flaherty | DET | NYY | |||
| 80 | Clay Holmes | NYM | MIA | |||
| 81 | Bowden Francis | TOR | @BAL | |||
| 82 | Ben Brown | CHC | @LAD | |||
| 83 | Mitch Keller | PIT | STL | |||
| 84 | AJ Smith-Shawver | ATL | @TB | |||
| 85 | Shinnosuke Ogasawara | WAS | @MIA | 0% | 0% | |
| 86 | Justin Verlander | SF | CIN | |||
| 87 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | SD | |||
| 88 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @KC, DET | 17% | ||
| 89 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | @ATL | |||
| 90 | Easton Lucas | TOR | @BOS, @BAL | 0% | 0% | |
| 91 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @BOS | |||
| 92 | Chris Paddack | MIN | DET | |||
| 93 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||||
| 94 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | MIL | |||
| 95 | Walker Buehler | BOS | TOR | |||
| 96 | Cade Povich | BAL | TOR | |||
| 97 | Jackson Jobe | DET | @MIN | |||
| 98 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @BOS, @BAL | |||
| 99 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | PIT | 3% | 21% | |
| 100 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @CIN | 0% | 4% | |
| 101 | Robbie Ray | SF | @NYY | |||
| 102 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | @LAD | |||
| 103 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | SF | 3% | 44% | |
| 104 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | MIN, @CLE | 1% | 23% | |
| 105 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @ARI | 4% | ||
| 106 | Andre Pallante | STL | PHI | 0% | 32% | |
| 107 | Sean Newcomb | BOS | @CWS | 0% | 21% | |
| 108 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | TEX | |||
| 109 | Charlie Morton | BAL | @ARI | 31% | ||
| 110 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | @CHC, @SEA | 0% | 0% | |
| 111 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | STL, @CIN | 0% | 7% | |
| 112 | Griffin Canning | NYM | @ATH | |||
| 113 | Chad Patrick | MIL | @ARI | 0% | 0% | |
| 114 | Casey Mize | DET | NYY, @MIN | |||
| 115 | Trevor Williams | WAS | LAD, @MIA | 2% | 47% | |
| 116 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @BOS | |||
| 117 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | LAD | |||
| 118 | Hayden Wesneski | HOU | @SEA, LAA | |||
| 119 | Logan Allen | CLE | CWS, KC | 0% | 0% | |
| 120 | Tyler Alexander | MIL | @COL | 0% | 0% | |
| 121 | Jordan Hicks | SF | @NYY | 20% | ||
| 122 | Carlos Carrasco | NYY | @DET | 0% | 9% | |
| 123 | Jake Irvin | WAS | LAD | 2% | 49% | |
| 124 | Luis F. Castillo | SEA | HOU | 0% | 0% | |
| 125 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @PIT, PHI | 5% | ||
| 126 | Ben Lively | CLE | CWS | 3% | 46% | |
| 127 | Jose Quintana | MIL | @ARI | 3% | 26% | |
| 128 | Osvaldo Bido | ATH | SD | 32% | ||
| 129 | Luis L. Ortiz | CLE | KC | 22% | ||
| 130 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @HOU | 1% | 44% | |
| 131 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @CLE | 0% | 0% | |
| 132 | Miles Mikolas | STL | PHI | 0% | 26% | |
| 133 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | @TB, @HOU | 0% | 4% | |
| 134 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @HOU | 6% | ||
| 135 | Will Warren | NYY | SF | |||
| 136 | Connor Gillispie | MIA | @NYM, WAS | 0% | 2% | |
| 137 | Davis Martin | CWS | BOS | 3% | 26% | |
| 138 | Cal Quantrill | MIA | WAS | 0% | 7% | |
| 139 | Martin Perez | CWS | BOS | 0% | 0% | |
| 140 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @ATL | 0% | 0% | |
| 141 | Max Meyer | MIA | @NYM | |||
| 142 | Chase Dollander | COL | @SD | 0% | 0% | |
| 143 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @ATH | 1% | 18% | |
| 144 | Ryan Feltner | COL | MIL | 0% | 2% | |
| 145 | German Marquez | COL | @SD | 0% | 0% | |
| 146 | JP Sears | ATH | NYM | 3% | ||
| 147 | Kyle Freeland | COL | MIL, @SD | 0% | 0% | |
| 148 | Bryce Elder | ATL | PHI | 0% | 0% | |
| 149 | Joey Estes | ATH | NYM | 0% | 0% | |
| 150 | Richard Fitts | BOS | TOR | |||
| 151 | Tyler Phillips | MIA | @NYM | 0% | 0% | |
| 152 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | MIL | 0% | 0% |
American League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | TOR, @CWS | His new fat wallet didn’t affect his last start |
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | MIN, @CLE | Early control woes, he’ll figure it out |
| 3 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | HOU, TEX | |
| 4 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @SEA | |
| 5 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @SEA | |
| 6 | Tarik Skubal | DET | NYY | |
| 7 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @KC, DET | |
| 8 | Max Fried | NYY | @DET | |
| 9 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @DET, SF | |
| 10 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | LAA | |
| 11 | Zach Eflin | BAL | @ARI, TOR | |
| 12 | Shane Baz | TB | LAA, ATL | |
| 13 | Bryan Woo | SEA | TEX | |
| 14 | Bryce Miller | SEA | TEX | |
| 15 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | ATL | |
| 16 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @SEA | |
| 17 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | @SEA | |
| 18 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | LAA | |
| 19 | Tanner Houck | BOS | TOR, @CWS | |
| 20 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @KC | |
| 21 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | LAA | |
| 22 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @CHC | |
| 23 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | KC | |
| 24 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @KC | Ae least he got the disaster over with early |
| 25 | Gavin Williams | CLE | CWS | |
| 26 | Reese Olson | DET | @MIN | |
| 27 | Kris Bubic | KC | @CLE | |
| 28 | Sean Burke | CWS | @CLE | |
| 29 | Tyler Mahle | TEX | @CHC | |
| 30 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @TB | |
| 31 | Zack Littell | TB | LAA | |
| 32 | Taj Bradley | TB | ATL | |
| 33 | Seth Lugo | KC | MIN | |
| 34 | Michael Wacha | KC | MIN | |
| 35 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | @TB | |
| 36 | Shane Smith | CWS | @CLE, BOS | |
| 37 | Luis Castillo | SEA | HOU | |
| 38 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | TOR | |
| 39 | Luis Severino | ATH | SD, NYM | |
| 40 | Jack Flaherty | DET | NYY | |
| 41 | Bowden Francis | TOR | @BAL | |
| 42 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | SD | |
| 43 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @KC, DET | |
| 44 | Easton Lucas | TOR | @BOS, @BAL | |
| 45 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @BOS | |
| 46 | Chris Paddack | MIN | DET | |
| 47 | Walker Buehler | BOS | TOR | |
| 48 | Cade Povich | BAL | TOR | |
| 49 | Jackson Jobe | DET | @MIN | |
| 50 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @BOS, @BAL | |
| 51 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | SF | |
| 52 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | MIN, @CLE | |
| 53 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @ARI | |
| 54 | Sean Newcomb | BOS | @CWS | |
| 55 | AL Reliever | |||
| 56 | Charlie Morton | BAL | @ARI | |
| 57 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | @CHC, @SEA | |
| 58 | Casey Mize | DET | NYY, @MIN | |
| 59 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @BOS | |
| 60 | Hayden Wesneski | HOU | @SEA, LAA | |
| 61 | Logan Allen | CLE | CWS, KC | |
| 62 | Carlos Carrasco | NYY | @DET | |
| 63 | Luis F. Castillo | SEA | HOU | |
| 64 | Ben Lively | CLE | CWS | |
| 65 | Osvaldo Bido | ATH | SD | |
| 66 | Luis L. Ortiz | CLE | KC | |
| 67 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @HOU | |
| 68 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @CLE | |
| 69 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | @TB, @HOU | |
| 70 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @HOU | |
| 71 | Will Warren | NYY | SF | |
| 72 | Davis Martin | CWS | BOS | |
| 73 | Martin Perez | CWS | BOS | |
| 74 | JP Sears | ATH | NYM | |
| 75 | Joey Estes | ATH | NYM | |
| 76 | Richard Fitts | BOS | TOR |
National League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Sale | ATL | PHI, @TB | Best 0-1 pitcher in the league |
| 2 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @ATL, @STL | |
| 3 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @SF, PIT | No longer on the precipice of ace status; he’s there |
| 4 | Michael King | SD | @ATH, COL | Great pair to get on track |
| 5 | Kodai Senga | NYM | MIA, @ATH | |
| 6 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | CHC | |
| 7 | Paul Skenes | PIT | STL | |
| 8 | Logan Webb | SF | CIN, @NYY | |
| 9 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @COL, @ARI | |
| 10 | Justin Steele | CHC | TEX, @LAD | Dodgers, D’Backs, A’s, Rangers and Dodgers, tough way to open the season. |
| 11 | Zac Gallen | ARI | BAL, MIL | |
| 12 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @WAS | |
| 13 | Dylan Cease | SD | @ATH | |
| 14 | Nick Pivetta | SD | COL | |
| 15 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @STL | |
| 16 | Sonny Gray | STL | @PIT | |
| 17 | Landen Roupp | SF | CIN | Birdsong pecking at his neck |
| 18 | Blake Snell | LAD | @WAS | |
| 19 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | TEX | |
| 20 | Corbin Burnes | ARI | MIL | Early indications are that strikeouts are on the uptick |
| 21 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | WAS | |
| 22 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | PHI | |
| 23 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | @MIA | A popular FAAB target this week |
| 24 | Tylor Megill | NYM | MIA | |
| 25 | Grant Holmes | ATL | @TB | |
| 26 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | CHC | Patience, he’ll figure it out |
| 27 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @SF | Only 5 K in 12.2 IP, but encouraging start nontheless. |
| 28 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @SF | |
| 29 | Erick Fedde | STL | @PIT | |
| 30 | Dustin May | LAD | @WAS, CHC | |
| 31 | Brady Singer | CIN | PIT | |
| 32 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @STL | |
| 33 | Andrew Heaney | PIT | @CIN | |
| 34 | Nestor Cortes | MIL | @COL | |
| 35 | Kyle Hart | SD | COL | |
| 36 | David Peterson | NYM | @ATH | |
| 37 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | BAL | |
| 38 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | BAL | |
| 39 | Clay Holmes | NYM | MIA | |
| 40 | Ben Brown | CHC | @LAD | |
| 41 | Mitch Keller | PIT | STL | |
| 42 | AJ Smith-Shawver | ATL | @TB | |
| 43 | Shinnosuke Ogasawara | WAS | @MIA | |
| 44 | Justin Verlander | SF | CIN | |
| 45 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | @ATL | |
| 46 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | MIL | |
| 47 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | PIT | |
| 48 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @CIN | |
| 49 | Robbie Ray | SF | @NYY | |
| 50 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | @LAD | |
| 51 | Andre Pallante | STL | PHI | |
| 52 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | TEX | |
| 53 | NL Reliever | |||
| 54 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | STL, @CIN | |
| 55 | Griffin Canning | NYM | @ATH | |
| 56 | Chad Patrick | MIL | @ARI | |
| 57 | Trevor Williams | WAS | LAD, @MIA | |
| 58 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | LAD | |
| 59 | Tyler Alexander | MIL | @COL | |
| 60 | Jordan Hicks | SF | @NYY | |
| 61 | Jake Irvin | WAS | LAD | |
| 62 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @PIT, PHI | |
| 63 | Jose Quintana | MIL | @ARI | |
| 64 | Miles Mikolas | STL | PHI | |
| 65 | Connor Gillispie | MIA | @NYM, WAS | |
| 66 | Cal Quantrill | MIA | WAS | |
| 67 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @ATL | |
| 68 | Max Meyer | MIA | @NYM | |
| 69 | Chase Dollander | COL | @SD | |
| 70 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @ATH | |
| 71 | Ryan Feltner | COL | MIL | |
| 72 | German Marquez | COL | @SD | |
| 73 | Kyle Freeland | COL | MIL, @SD | |
| 74 | Bryce Elder | ATL | PHI | |
| 75 | Tyler Phillips | MIA | @NYM | |
| 76 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | MIL |
