Weekly Hitter Rankings: Dog Days of August

Weekly Hitter Rankings: Dog Days of August

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Updated on August 1, 2022 2:39AM EST

Scoring is up a tad since the break, though it's independent of homers since the league posted the same 2.9 HR percentage this month before and after the break. Strikeout rate has been the same as well. The difference is a .299 BABIP since the break, eight points higher than the .291 mark from July 1 through the 16th.

The first week in August features three doubleheaders, giving the Rockies, Padres and Mets eight games. Don't get too excited, Colorado is on the road all week. The Athletics only play five games.

Of those will seven contests, the Guardians, Twins and Rangers are home all week while the Red Sox take their struggles to the road for seven.

The under-the-radar offense is the White Sox as they draw the vulnerable Royals and Rangers rotations.

UPDATED: August 1 2:35 AM ET

Week of August 1 - 7

MLB Hitting Rankings

KEY (100 neutral)

HR LHB/HR RHB - Average HR Park Factors
SB - Stolen Base Index
P LHB/P RHB - Opposing pitcher quality index
Runs - Runs scoring index

	TM	GMS	vLHP	vRHP	HOME	AWAY	HR LHB	HR RHB	SB	P LHB	P RHB	RUNS	AVE LHB	AVE RHB	TOTAL
1	ARZ	6	0	6	3	3	101	97	88	102	105	93	98	99	99
2	ATL	7	1	6	2	5	92	94	114	100	94	97	99	97	98
3	BAL	6	1	5	3	3	109	113	87	105	102	100	101	100	101
4	BOS	7

Scoring is up a tad since the break, though it's independent of homers since the league posted the same 2.9 HR percentage this month before and after the break. Strikeout rate has been the same as well. The difference is a .299 BABIP since the break, eight points higher than the .291 mark from July 1 through the 16th.

The first week in August features three doubleheaders, giving the Rockies, Padres and Mets eight games. Don't get too excited, Colorado is on the road all week. The Athletics only play five games.

Of those will seven contests, the Guardians, Twins and Rangers are home all week while the Red Sox take their struggles to the road for seven.

The under-the-radar offense is the White Sox as they draw the vulnerable Royals and Rangers rotations.

UPDATED: August 1 2:35 AM ET

Week of August 1 - 7

MLB Hitting Rankings

KEY (100 neutral)

HR LHB/HR RHB - Average HR Park Factors
SB - Stolen Base Index
P LHB/P RHB - Opposing pitcher quality index
Runs - Runs scoring index

	TM	GMS	vLHP	vRHP	HOME	AWAY	HR LHB	HR RHB	SB	P LHB	P RHB	RUNS	AVE LHB	AVE RHB	TOTAL
1	ARZ	6	0	6	3	3	101	97	88	102	105	93	98	99	99
2	ATL	7	1	6	2	5	92	94	114	100	94	97	99	97	98
3	BAL	6	1	5	3	3	109	113	87	105	102	100	101	100	101
4	BOS	7	0	7	0	7	95	95	114	102	100	105	100	99	100
5	CHC	6	1	5	3	3	91	94	72	97	100	89	94	95	95
6	CHW	7	1	6	3	4	113	104	89	106	102	115	105	102	104
7	CIN	6	3	3	0	6	95	90	103	95	98	80	93	94	94
8	CLE	7	2	5	7	0	107	98	99	92	96	103	99	100	100
9	COL	8	1	7	0	8	86	93	104	95	97	115	98	100	99
10	DET	7	2	5	4	3	94	102	107	102	97	103	101	100	101
11	HOU	7	2	5	3	4	108	105	117	101	100	107	103	102	103
12	KC	7	1	6	4	3	101	92	108	104	103	108	103	102	103
13	LAA	7	3	4	3	4	103	99	97	98	102	102	100	101	101
14	LAD	7	2	5	3	4	82	88	107	101	95	100	99	97	98
15	MIA	6	2	4	3	3	84	91	92	104	112	97	98	102	100
16	MIL	6	2	4	3	3	103	92	82	108	111	103	102	102	102
17	MIN	7	2	5	7	0	96	97	101	98	97	112	102	101	102
18	NYM	8	3	5	5	3	98	103	128	97	100	122	105	106	106
19	NYY	6	2	4	3	3	107	94	86	95	101	92	96	97	97
20	OAK	5	2	3	2	3	106	95	102	104	93	66	96	90	93
21	PHI	6	1	5	4	2	114	114	108	103	101	102	102	102	102
22	PIT	6	1	5	3	3	104	101	108	97	100	88	97	98	98
23	SD	8	4	4	5	3	93	97	90	102	102	120	104	104	104
24	SF	6	4	2	4	2	68	79	90	99	95	82	93	93	93
25	SEA	7	2	5	4	3	103	102	122	96	99	103	101	102	102
26	STL	6	3	3	6	0	94	81	85	95	97	85	95	94	95
27	TB	6	2	4	2	4	91	102	99	96	100	92	95	98	97
28	TEX	7	0	7	7	0	105	102	113	103	103	112	105	105	105
29	TOR	6	2	4	0	6	93	96	101	103	102	94	97	97	97
30	WSH	7	2	5	3	4	118	121	110	100	96	104	103	101	102

Pitching Matchups

Team	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
ARZ	at Quantrill R	at McKenzie R	at Bieber R		vs. Marquez R	vs. Senzatela R	vs. Urena R
ATL		vs. Nelson R	vs. Wheeler R	at Carrasco R	at Walker R	at Scherzer R/Peterson L	at deGrom R
BAL	at Gray R	at Howard R	at Perez L		vs. Keller R	vs. Brubaker R	vs. Wilson R
BOS	at Garcia R	at Javier R	at Urquidy R	at Hernandez R	at Greinke R	at Keller R	at Singer R
CHC		at Wainwright R	at Mikolas R	at Hudson R	vs. Neidert R	vs. Lopez R	vs. Luzardo L
CHW	vs. Keller R	vs. Singer R	vs. Bubic L	at Otto R	at Dunning R	at Gray R	at Howard R
CIN	at Luzardo L	at Garrett L	at Alcantara R		at Peralta R	at Ashby L	at Burnes R
CLE	vs. Davies R	vs. Gallen R	vs. Bumgarner L	vs. Verlander R	vs. Valdez L	vs. Odorizzi R	vs. Garcia R
COL	at Clevinger R	at Knehr R/Darvish R	at Snell L	at Musgrove R	at Martin R	at Kelly R	at Davies R
DET	at Sanchez R	at Archer R	at Ryan R	vs. Springs L	vs. Kluber R	vs. McClanahan L	vs. Rasmussen R
HOU	vs. Eovaldi R	vs. Hill L	vs. Crawford R	at Plesac R	at McCarty L	at Quantrill R	at McKenzie R
KC	at Kopech R	at Giolito R	at Lynn R	vs. Pivetta R	vs. Winckowski R	vs. Eovaldi R	vs. Hill L
LAA		vs. Montas R	vs. Irvin L	vs. Kaprielian R	at Ray L	at Flexen R/Kirby R	at Gonzales L
LAD	at Webb R	at Wood L	at Cobb R	at Junis R	vs. Manaea L	vs. Clevinger R	vs. Darvish R
MIA	vs. Greene R	vs. Ashcraft R	vs. Minor L		at Smyly L	at Sampson R	at Thompson R
MIL		at Wilson R	at Thompson R	at Quintana L	vs. Mahle R	vs. Lodolo L	vs. Greene R
MIN	vs. Skubal L	vs. Manning R	vs. Alexander L	vs. Stripling R	vs. Manoah R	vs. Berrios R	vs. Gausman R
NYM	at Corbin L	at Abbott R	at Sanchez. R	vs. Wright R	vs. Anderson R	vs. Fried L/Davidson	vs. Strider R
NYY	vs. Gonzales L	vs. Gilbert R	vs. Castillo R		at Pallante R	at Liberatore L	at Wainwright R
OAK		at Syndergaard R	at Ohtani R	at Suarez L		vs. Rodon L	vs. Webb R
PHI		at Strider R	at Morton R	vs. Espino R	vs. Gray. R	vs. Corbin L	vs. Abbott R
PIT		vs. Burnes R	vs. Woodruff R	vs. Lauer L	at Kremer R	at Voth R	at Watkins R
SD	vs. Senzatela R	vs. Gomber L/Urena R	vs. Kuhl R	vs. Freeland L	at Gonsolin R	at Heaney L	at Anderson L
SEA	at German R	at Taillon R	at Cole R		vs. Junk R	vs. Sandoval L/Silseth R	vs. Detmers L
SF	vs. Heaney L	vs. Anderson L	vs. Urias L	vs. Kershaw L		at Blackburn R	at Oller R
STL		vs. Thompson R	vs. Steele L	vs. Stroman R	vs. Cortes Jr. L	vs. Montgomery L	vs. German R
TB		vs. Gausman R	vs. Kikuchi L	at Hutchison R	at Hill R	at Skubal L	at Manning R
TEX	vs. Watkins R	vs. Lyles R	vs. Bradish R	vs. Cueto R	vs. Cease R	vs. Kopech R	vs. Giolito R
TOR		at Rasmussen R	at Yarbrough L	at Gray R	at Bundy R	at Smeltzer L	at Archer R
WSH	vs. Scherzer R	vs. deGrom R	vs. Bassitt R	at Falter L	at Suarez L	at Nola R	at Gibson R

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