This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
We made it! Opening day is upon us. Other than a bevy of new rules, three parks undergoing renovations and no clue how the baseball (or is that baseballs?) will play, we finally had a "normal" offseason.
Apologies for the lack of comments, they'll pick up Saturday when the standard Monday-Sunday rankings commence. Today, the short four-day week and the extended 11-day period are covered.
For those new to the site and/or the rankings, here are some archived Z Files to check out, detailing the process.
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/the-z-files-weekly-rankings-primer-63016
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/the-z-files-weekly-rankings-primer-56267
Week of Thursday, March 30 to Sunday, April 2
Mixed League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | @OAK | |||
2 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | SF | |||
3 | Max Scherzer | NYM | @MIA | |||
4 | Justin Verlander | NYM | @MIA | |||
5 | Shane Bieber | CLE | @SEA | |||
6 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | ARI | |||
7 | Shane McClanahan | TB | DET | |||
8 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | @CHC | |||
9 | Luis Castillo | SEA | CLE | |||
10 | Framber Valdez | HOU | CWS | |||
11 | Zach Eflin | TB | DET | If Tampa likes a pitcher, you should too | ||
12 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @WAS | |||
13 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @TEX | |||
14 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @STL | |||
15 | Julio Urias | LAD | ARI | |||
16 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | NYM | |||
17 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | @CHC | |||
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We made it! Opening day is upon us. Other than a bevy of new rules, three parks undergoing renovations and no clue how the baseball (or is that baseballs?) will play, we finally had a "normal" offseason.
Apologies for the lack of comments, they'll pick up Saturday when the standard Monday-Sunday rankings commence. Today, the short four-day week and the extended 11-day period are covered.
For those new to the site and/or the rankings, here are some archived Z Files to check out, detailing the process.
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/the-z-files-weekly-rankings-primer-63016
https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/the-z-files-weekly-rankings-primer-56267
Week of Thursday, March 30 to Sunday, April 2
Mixed League
American League
National League
Week of Thursday, March 30 to Sunday, April 9
Mixed League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | MIX12 | MIX15 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | @SEA, @OAK | |||
2 | Spencer Strider | ATL | SD, @WAS | |||
3 | Justin Verlander | NYM | MIA, @MIA | |||
4 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | PHI, SF | |||
5 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | NYM, @CHC | |||
6 | Luis Castillo | SEA | LAA, CLE | |||
7 | Shane Bieber | CLE | @OAK, @SEA | |||
8 | Max Scherzer | NYM | @MIL, @MIA | |||
9 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | CIN, @TEX | |||
10 | Framber Valdez | HOU | DET, CWS | |||
11 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @ARI, ARI | |||
12 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | STL, @CHC | |||
13 | Zach Eflin | TB | OAK, DET | |||
14 | Jeffrey Springs | TB | OAK, DET | |||
15 | Shane McClanahan | TB | @WAS, DET | |||
16 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @KC, @STL | |||
17 | Julio Urias | LAD | COL, ARI | |||
18 | Robbie Ray | SEA | LAA, CLE | |||
19 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | MIN, NYM | |||
20 | Dylan Cease | CWS | SF, @HOU | |||
21 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @SD, @LAD | |||
22 | Alek Manoah | TOR | @KC, @STL | |||
23 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @NYY, @TEX | |||
24 | Cristian Javier | HOU | DET, CWS | |||
25 | Max Fried | ATL | @STL, @WAS | |||
26 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @MIA, @KC | |||
27 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | BAL, PHI | |||
28 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | NYM, STL | |||
29 | Jordan Montgomery | STL | @MIL, TOR | |||
30 | Jesus Luzardo | MIA | MIN, NYM | |||
31 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | @WAS, OAK | |||
32 | Kodai Senga | NYM | MIA, @MIA | |||
33 | Blake Snell | SD | ARI, COL | |||
34 | Logan Webb | SF | @CWS, @NYY | |||
35 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | TOR, @OAK | |||
36 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | TOR, @OAK | |||
37 | Lance Lynn | CWS | SF, @HOU | |||
38 | Cal Quantrill | CLE | SEA, @SEA | |||
39 | George Kirby | SEA | LAA, @CLE | |||
40 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @LAA, @STL | |||
41 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | PHI, @BAL | |||
42 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @CLE, CLE | |||
43 | Chris Sale | BOS | @DET, BAL | |||
44 | Brady Singer | KC | TOR, @SF | |||
45 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @DET, BAL | 26% | ||
46 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @STL, SD | |||
47 | Tyler Mahle | MIN | @MIA, HOU | |||
48 | Sean Manaea | SF | @CWS, KC | |||
49 | Dustin May | LAD | @ARI, ARI | |||
50 | Corey Kluber | BOS | PIT, BAL | 48% | ||
51 | Alex Cobb | SF | KC, @NYY | |||
52 | Noah Syndergaard | LAD | @ARI, ARI | |||
53 | Aaron Civale | CLE | SEA, @SEA | |||
54 | Sonny Gray | MIN | HOU, @KC | |||
55 | Zach Plesac | CLE | @OAK, SEA | 0% | 12% | |
56 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @SEA, TOR | |||
57 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @PHI, PIT | |||
58 | Joe Ryan | MIN | HOU, @KC | |||
59 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | TEX, MIL | |||
60 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @NYY, @TEX, CIN | |||
61 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | @PIT, @HOU | |||
62 | Carlos Carrasco | NYM | @MIL, MIA | |||
63 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @NYM, NYM | |||
64 | Michael Kopech | CWS | SF, @PIT | |||
65 | Kenta Maeda | MIN | @MIA | |||
66 | Luis Garcia | HOU | @MIN, CWS | |||
67 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @KC, @LAA | |||
68 | German Marquez | COL | @LAD, @SD | 13% | ||
69 | Miles Mikolas | STL | ATL, TOR | |||
70 | Yu Darvish | SD | @ATL | |||
71 | Eduardo Rodriguez | DET | @HOU, @TB | |||
72 | Hunter Greene | CIN | CHC, PIT | |||
73 | Seth Lugo | SD | @ATL, COL | 10% | ||
74 | Spencer Turnbull | DET | BOS, @TB | 15% | ||
75 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @CHC, PHI | |||
76 | Alex Wood | SF | @CWS | |||
77 | Mix 12 Reliever | 0% | 0% | |||
78 | Justin Steele | CHC | TEX, MIL | |||
79 | Ross Stripling | SF | KC, @NYY | |||
80 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | BAL | |||
81 | Marcus Stroman | CHC | @CIN, MIL | |||
82 | Jon Gray | TEX | BAL, @CHC | |||
83 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | PIT, @DET | 7% | ||
84 | Connor Overton | CIN | CHC, @PHI | 0% | 0% | |
85 | Mix 15 Reliever | 0% | 0% | |||
86 | David Peterson | NYM | @MIL, @MIA | |||
87 | Jack Flaherty | STL | @MIL, TOR | |||
88 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | LAD, @LAD | |||
89 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @NYM, NYM | |||
90 | Jhony Brito | NYY | PHI, SF | 1% | 37% | |
91 | Eric Lauer | MIL | STL, @CHC | |||
92 | Johnny Cueto | MIA | MIN, @NYM | 1% | 15% | |
93 | Steven Matz | STL | ATL, @MIL | |||
94 | Domingo German | NYY | @BAL | 40% | ||
95 | Martin Perez | TEX | @CHC, PHI | |||
96 | Hunter Brown | HOU | DET, @MIN | |||
97 | Ken Waldichuk | OAK | @TB, LAA | 9% | ||
98 | Shintaro Fujinami | OAK | @TB, LAA | 15% | ||
99 | Matthew Boyd | DET | BOS, @TB | |||
100 | Brad Keller | KC | @SF, MIN | 1% | 20% | |
101 | Jose Urquidy | HOU | @MIN, CWS | |||
102 | Michael Wacha | SD | @ATL, COL | |||
103 | Hunter Gaddis | CLE | @OAK, @SEA | 1% | 15% | |
104 | Wade Miley | MIL | NYM | 0% | 2% | |
105 | Dylan Dodd | ATL | @STL, SD | 17% | ||
106 | James Kaprielian | OAK | CLE, @TB | 0% | 2% | |
107 | Mike Clevinger | CWS | @PIT, @HOU | 45% | ||
108 | Nick Martinez | SD | @ATL, COL | |||
109 | Tyler Wells | BAL | @TEX | 0% | 15% | |
110 | Kris Bubic | KC | TOR, @SF | 0% | 0% | |
111 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @TEX, NYY | |||
112 | Zack Greinke | KC | TOR, MIN | 1% | 22% | |
113 | Jose Suarez | LAA | @SEA | 35% | ||
114 | Rich Hill | PIT | CWS, @CIN | 0% | 0% | |
115 | Trevor Williams | WAS | TB, ATL, @COL | 0% | 2% | |
116 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | PIT | 1% | 49% | |
117 | Luis Cessa | CIN | CHC | 0% | 0% | |
118 | Jake Woodford | STL | ATL | 1% | 12% | |
119 | Matt Strahm | PHI | @NYY | 0% | 0% | |
120 | Jared Shuster | ATL | SD, @WAS | |||
121 | Hayden Wesneski | CHC | @CIN | |||
122 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | @KC, @LAA | 27% | ||
123 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @BAL, SF | |||
124 | Cole Irvin | BAL | NYY, @BOS | 3% | ||
125 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN | @PHI, PIT | |||
126 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @BOS, @CIN | |||
127 | Roansy Contreras | PIT | @BOS, CWS | |||
128 | Vince Velasquez | PIT | CWS, @CIN | 0% | 2% | |
129 | Kyle Muller | OAK | CLE, LAA | 1% | 39% | |
130 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | @CLE, CLE | 1% | 17% | |
131 | Kyle Gibson | BAL | @TEX, @BOS | 6% | ||
132 | Josiah Gray | WAS | @COL, ATL | 50% | ||
133 | Bailey Falter | PHI | CIN | 7% | ||
134 | Dean Kremer | BAL | NYY, @BOS | 2% | ||
135 | Madison Bumgarner | ARI | LAD, @LAD | 1% | 0% | |
136 | Austin Gomber | COL | WAS, @SD | 0% | 0% | |
137 | Ryan Pepiot | LAD | COL, @ARI | 38% | ||
138 | Drew Smyly | CHC | @CIN, TEX | 2% | ||
139 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @SD, LAD | 18% | ||
140 | Matt Manning | DET | @HOU, BOS | 3% | 44% | |
141 | Josh Fleming | TB | @WAS | 1% | 7% | |
142 | Ryan Weathers | SD | ARI | 0% | 0% | |
143 | JP Sears | NYY | CLE | 0% | 2% | |
144 | Joey Wentz | DET | @HOU | 0% | 7% | |
145 | Kyle Freeland | COL | WAS, @SD | 0% | 2% | |
146 | Jordan Lyles | KC | TOR, MIN | 1% | 12% | |
147 | Zach Davies | ARI | LAD, @LAD | 0% | 0% | |
148 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @LAD, WAS | 0% | 0% | |
149 | Chad Kuhl | WAS | TB, @COL | 0% | 5% | |
150 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | TB, ATL | 0% | 2% | |
151 | Jose Urena | COL | WAS, @SD | 0% | 0% | |
152 | Johan Oviedo | PIT | @BOS | 1% | 10% | |
153 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | @COL |
American League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | @SEA, @OAK | |
2 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | PHI, SF | |
3 | Luis Castillo | SEA | LAA, CLE | |
4 | Shane Bieber | CLE | @OAK, @SEA | |
5 | Framber Valdez | HOU | DET, CWS | |
6 | Zach Eflin | TB | OAK, DET | |
7 | Jeffrey Springs | TB | OAK, DET | |
8 | Shane McClanahan | TB | @WAS, DET | |
9 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @KC, @STL | |
10 | Robbie Ray | SEA | LAA, CLE | |
11 | Dylan Cease | CWS | SF, @HOU | |
12 | Alek Manoah | TOR | @KC, @STL | |
13 | Cristian Javier | HOU | DET, CWS | |
14 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @MIA, @KC | |
15 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | BAL, PHI | |
16 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | @WAS, OAK | |
17 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | TOR, @OAK | |
18 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | TOR, @OAK | |
19 | Lance Lynn | CWS | SF, @HOU | |
20 | Cal Quantrill | CLE | SEA, @SEA | |
21 | George Kirby | SEA | LAA, @CLE | |
22 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @LAA, @STL | |
23 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | PHI, @BAL | |
24 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @CLE, CLE | |
25 | Chris Sale | BOS | @DET, BAL | |
26 | Brady Singer | KC | TOR, @SF | |
27 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @DET, BAL | |
28 | Tyler Mahle | MIN | @MIA, HOU | |
29 | Corey Kluber | BOS | PIT, BAL | |
30 | Aaron Civale | CLE | SEA, @SEA | |
31 | Sonny Gray | MIN | HOU, @KC | |
32 | Zach Plesac | CLE | @OAK, SEA | |
33 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @SEA, TOR | |
34 | Joe Ryan | MIN | HOU, @KC | |
35 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | @PIT, @HOU | |
36 | Michael Kopech | CWS | SF, @PIT | |
37 | Kenta Maeda | MIN | @MIA | |
38 | Luis Garcia | HOU | @MIN, CWS | |
39 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @KC, @LAA | |
40 | Eduardo Rodriguez | DET | @HOU, @TB | |
41 | Spencer Turnbull | DET | BOS, @TB | |
42 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @CHC, PHI | |
43 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | BAL | |
44 | Jon Gray | TEX | BAL, @CHC | |
45 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | PIT, @DET | |
46 | Jhony Brito | NYY | PHI, SF | |
47 | Domingo German | NYY | @BAL | |
48 | Martin Perez | TEX | @CHC, PHI | |
49 | Hunter Brown | HOU | DET, @MIN | |
50 | Ken Waldichuk | OAK | @TB, LAA | |
51 | Shintaro Fujinami | OAK | @TB, LAA | |
52 | Matthew Boyd | DET | BOS, @TB | |
53 | AL Reliever | |||
54 | Brad Keller | KC | @SF, MIN | |
55 | Jose Urquidy | HOU | @MIN, CWS |
National League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Spencer Strider | ATL | SD, @WAS | |
2 | Justin Verlander | NYM | MIA, @MIA | |
3 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | NYM, @CHC | |
4 | Max Scherzer | NYM | @MIL, @MIA | |
5 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | CIN, @TEX | |
6 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @ARI, ARI | |
7 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | STL, @CHC | |
8 | Julio Urias | LAD | COL, ARI | |
9 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | MIN, NYM | |
10 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @SD, @LAD | |
11 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @NYY, @TEX | |
12 | Max Fried | ATL | @STL, @WAS | |
13 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | NYM, STL | |
14 | Jordan Montgomery | STL | @MIL, TOR | |
15 | Jesus Luzardo | MIA | MIN, NYM | |
16 | Kodai Senga | NYM | MIA, @MIA | |
17 | Blake Snell | SD | ARI, COL | |
18 | Logan Webb | SF | @CWS, @NYY | |
19 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @STL, SD | |
20 | Sean Manaea | SF | @CWS, KC | |
21 | Dustin May | LAD | @ARI, ARI | |
22 | Alex Cobb | SF | KC, @NYY | |
23 | Noah Syndergaard | LAD | @ARI, ARI | |
24 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @PHI, PIT | |
25 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | TEX, MIL | |
26 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @NYY, @TEX, CIN | |
27 | Carlos Carrasco | NYM | @MIL, MIA | |
28 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @NYM, NYM | |
29 | German Marquez | COL | @LAD, @SD | |
30 | Miles Mikolas | STL | ATL, TOR | |
31 | Yu Darvish | SD | @ATL | |
32 | Hunter Greene | CIN | CHC, PIT | |
33 | Seth Lugo | SD | @ATL, COL | |
34 | Alex Wood | SF | @CWS | |
35 | Justin Steele | CHC | TEX, MIL | |
36 | Ross Stripling | SF | KC, @NYY | |
37 | Marcus Stroman | CHC | @CIN, MIL | |
38 | Connor Overton | CIN | CHC, @PHI | |
39 | David Peterson | NYM | @MIL, @MIA | |
40 | Jack Flaherty | STL | @MIL, TOR | |
41 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | LAD, @LAD | |
42 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @NYM, NYM | |
43 | Eric Lauer | MIL | STL, @CHC | |
44 | Johnny Cueto | MIA | MIN, @NYM | |
45 | Steven Matz | STL | ATL, @MIL | |
46 | NL Reliever | |||
47 | Michael Wacha | SD | @ATL, COL |