Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Halfway Home

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Updated on July 1, 2024 1:10AM EST

The conclusion of last Thursday's slate marked the midpoint of the season? Who had Reynaldo Lopez and Ranger Suarez leading the league in ERA among qualified pitchers? How about Tanner Houck topping the Junior Circuit? Yeah, me neither.

Eleven hurlers posted at least 100 innings. Seth Lugo leads with 110, followed by Corbin Burnes, Logan Gilbert, Zack Wheeler, Logan Webb, Jose Berrios, Houck, Aaron Nola, Nestor Cortes, Erick Fedde and Tyler Glasnow. Honorable mention to Luis Castillo, Tyler Anderson and George Kirby.

Only Chris Sale, Lugo and Suarez are on pace for 20 wins as they finished the first half with 10. Poor Dakota Hudson. The Rockies righty leads with 10 losses.

This is always a fun one. Ryan Helsley is lapping the field with 28 saves. Only Emmanuel Clase, Kyle Finnegan, Raisel Iglesias and Robert Suarez join Helsley with at least 20 saves.

Some of these names are no doubt surprising. Keep in mind that these are the players driving your league standings. One of the biggest mistakes made is assuming it's harder to make up points in ratios (ERA, WHIP, BAvg) relative to the counting stats.

The dirty little secret is it's easier! The midway point means you still have half a season to make up ground (or hopefully protect your lead). The above names will look a lot different at season's end, and so will your standings.

Please direct all rotation questions to

Only Chris Sale, Lugo and Suarez are on pace for 20 wins as they finished the first half with 10. Poor Dakota Hudson. The Rockies righty leads with 10 losses.

This is always a fun one. Ryan Helsley is lapping the field with 28 saves. Only Emmanuel Clase, Kyle Finnegan, Raisel Iglesias and Robert Suarez join Helsley with at least 20 saves.

Please direct all rotation questions to the Probable Pitchers page. I'll be happy to handle rankings queries below.

UPDATED: Monday, July 1 1:10 AM ET

Week of July 1 - 7

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	@MIN, @CIN
2	Dylan Cease	SD	@TEX, ARI
3	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@MIA
4	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	MIL
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@CHC
6	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@SEA
7	George Kirby	SEA	BAL, TOR
8	Luis Gil	NYY	CIN, BOS	Excess walks catching up
9	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	SF, PHI
10	Bailey Ober	MIN	DET	Taking advantage of soft schedule
11	Sonny Gray	STL	@WAS
12	Chris Sale	ATL	SF
13	Hunter Greene	CIN	DET
14	Mitch Keller	PIT	STL, NYM
15	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	@SEA
16	Tanner Bibee	CLE	SF	2.60 ERA, .87 WHIP over last 17.1 IP with 30 K and just 3 BB
17	Aaron Nola	PHI	@ATL
18	Logan Gilbert	SEA	BAL
19	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@CHC	Forget Big 3, Philly has a Big 4
20	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BOS
21	Zac Gallen	ARI	@LAD
22	Max Fried	ATL	PHI
23	Justin Steele	CHC	LAA
24	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@MIA, @NYY
25	Seth Lugo	KC	@COL
26	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@LAD
27	Jose Berrios	TOR	HOU, @SEA
28	Cole Ragans	KC	@COL
29	Brady Singer	KC	TB, @COL
30	Logan Webb	SF	@ATL
31	Reese Olson	DET	@CIN
32	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@SEA
33	Sean Manaea	NYM	@WAS, @PIT
34	Tanner Houck	BOS	@NYY
35	Marcus Stroman	NYY	CIN
36	Joe Ryan	MIN	HOU
37	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	SD, TB	4 HR allowed over last 16 IP
38	Yu Darvish	SD	ARI
39	David Peterson	NYM	@WAS, @PIT		28%
40	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@TOR	Continues to outpitch peripherals (2.49 ERA, 4.20 xFIP, 4.25 SIERA)
41	Gavin Stone	LAD	ARI
42	Hunter Brown	HOU	@TOR, @MIN	Quite a turnaround: .47 ERA, .89 WHIP over last 19 IP with 22 K and only 3 BB
43	Erick Fedde	CWS	@CLE	Pitching his way onto a contender
44	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@MIA
45	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	DET, HOU
46	Bobby Miller	LAD	ARI
47	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@ATL
48	Nestor Cortes	NYY	BOS
49	Jack Flaherty	DET	@MIN
50	Landen Roupp	SF	@CLE		0%	0%
51	Kyle Gibson	STL	@PIT, @WAS
52	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TOR
53	Pablo Lopez	MIN	HOU
54	Luis Castillo	SEA	TOR	In a rut, 6.06 ERA and 1.47 WHIP over last 16.1 IP
55	Drew Thorpe	CWS	@CLE		25%
56	Jared Jones	PIT	STL	Coming off extended rest
57	Paul Skenes	PIT	NYM
58	Dean Kremer	BAL	@SEA
59	Zach Eflin	TB	@KC
60	Michael Wacha	KC	TB
61	Charlie Morton	ATL	SF
62	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	TB
63	Gavin Williams	CLE	CWS
64	Luis Severino	NYM	@PIT
65	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@KC
66	Bryce Miller	SEA	BAL
67	Max Scherzer	TEX	SD
68	Matt Waldron	SD	ARI
69	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	NYM, STL
70	Taj Bradley	TB	@TEX
71	Valente Bellozo	MIA	BOS, CWS		0%	0%
72	Jose Soriano	LAA	@OAK, @CHC
73	Cade Povich	BAL	@OAK
74	Jake Irvin	WAS	NYM
75	Ben Lively	CLE	CWS
76	Michael King	SD	@TEX
77	Lance Lynn	STL	@WAS
78	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@CHC
79	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@NYY
80	Mix 12 Reliever
81	Jose Quintana	NYM	@WAS		12%
82	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@ATL, @CLE		0%	0%
83	Jordan Hicks	SF	@ATL
84	Roansy Contreras	LAA	@OAK		0%	0%
85	Mix 15 Reliever
86	Andrew Heaney	TEX	TB		25%
87	David Festa	MIN	DET		0%	0%
88	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@TOR, @MIN		19%
89	Miles Mikolas	STL	@PIT		49%
90	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	PHI, LAA		1%	0%
91	Shawn Dubin	HOU	@MIN		0%	0%
92	Cole Irvin	BAL	@OAK
93	Landon Knack	LAD	ARI		10%
94	Shota Imanaga	CHC	PHI
95	Griffin Canning	LAA	@CHC		31%
96	Christian Scott	NYM	@WAS
97	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@SD
98	Chris Bassitt	TOR	HOU
99	Brayan Bello	BOS	@MIA
100	Zack Littell	TB	@KC, @TEX
101	Mitch Spence	OAK	LAA, BAL		1%
102	Jameson Taillon	CHC	PHI
103	Bailey Falter	PIT	NYM		8%
104	Albert Suarez	BAL	@OAK		34%
105	Kyle Harrison	SF	@CLE
106	Walker Buehler	LAD	MIL
107	Carlos Rodon	NYY	CIN
108	Casey Mize	DET	@CIN		24%
109	Kenta Maeda	DET	@MIN		12%
110	Frankie Montas	CIN	@NYY		48%
111	James Paxton	LAD	MIL
112	Mitchell Parker	WAS	NYM
113	Aaron Civale	TB	@TEX
114	Josh Winckowski	BOS	@NYY		0%	0%
115	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	HOU
116	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	LAA		4%
117	Jhonathan Diaz	SEA	TOR		0%	0%
118	Trevor Rogers	MIA	BOS		10%
119	Joey Estes	OAK	LAA		4%
120	Austin Gomber	COL	MIL, KC		3%	0%
121	Cal Quantrill	COL	MIL		13%
122	Alec Marsh	KC	TB
123	Martin Perez	PIT	STL		7%	0%
124	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@MIA		9%
125	Patrick Corbin	WAS	STL		0%	0%
126	Jon Gray	TEX	SD
127	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	HOU, @SEA		28%
128	Kyle Tyler	MIA	BOS		0%	0%
129	Colin Rea	MIL	@COL		10%
130	Chris Flexen	CWS	@CLE, @MIA		0%	0%
131	JP Sears	OAK	LAA		24%
132	Andre Pallante	STL	@PIT		0%	0%
133	Josiah Gray	WAS	STL		6%	0%
134	DJ Herz	WAS	NYM
135	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	PHI
136	Michael Mercado	PHI	@CHC, @ATL		0%	0%
137	Davis Daniel	LAA	@OAK		0%	0%
138	Ryan Feltner	COL	MIL, KC		0%	0%
139	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	CWS, SF		0%	0%
140	Bryse Wilson	MIL	@COL, @LAD		4%	0%
141	Carson Spiers	CIN	DET		24%
142	Hogan Harris	OAK	BAL		4%
143	Luis Medina	OAK	BAL		1%	0%
144	Roddery Munoz	MIA	CWS		0%	0%
145	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	@NYY, DET		6%	0%
146	Dallas Keuchel	MIL	@COL, @LAD		0%	0%
147	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	@LAD
148	Tobias Myers	MIL	@COL
149	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@LAD, @SD		4%	0%
150	Logan Allen	CLE	SF		38%
151	Slade Cecconi	ARI	@SD		2%	0%
152	Yonny Chirinos	MIA	CWS		0%	0%
153	Dakota Hudson	COL	MIL		0%	0%
154	Randy Vasquez	SD	@TEX		1%	0%
155	Kyle Freeland	COL	KC		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	@MIN, @CIN
2	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@MIA
3	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@SEA
4	George Kirby	SEA	BAL, TOR
5	Luis Gil	NYY	CIN, BOS	Excess walks catching up
6	Bailey Ober	MIN	DET	Taking advantage of soft schedule
7	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	@SEA
8	Tanner Bibee	CLE	SF	2.60 ERA, .87 WHIP over last 17.1 IP with 30 K and just 3 BB
9	Logan Gilbert	SEA	BAL
10	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BOS
11	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@MIA, @NYY
12	Seth Lugo	KC	@COL
13	Jose Berrios	TOR	HOU, @SEA
14	Cole Ragans	KC	@COL
15	Brady Singer	KC	TB, @COL
16	Reese Olson	DET	@CIN
17	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@SEA
18	Tanner Houck	BOS	@NYY
19	Marcus Stroman	NYY	CIN
20	Joe Ryan	MIN	HOU
21	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	SD, TB	4 HR allowed over last 16 IP
22	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@TOR	Continues to outpitch peripherals (2.49 ERA, 4.20 xFIP, 4.25 SIERA)
23	Hunter Brown	HOU	@TOR, @MIN	Quite a turnaround: .47 ERA, .89 WHIP over last 19 IP with 22 K and only 3 BB
24	Erick Fedde	CWS	@CLE	Pitching his way onto a contender
25	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@MIA
26	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	DET, HOU
27	Nestor Cortes	NYY	BOS
28	Jack Flaherty	DET	@MIN
29	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TOR
30	Pablo Lopez	MIN	HOU
31	Luis Castillo	SEA	TOR	In a rut, 6.06 ERA and 1.47 WHIP over last 16.1 IP
32	Drew Thorpe	CWS	@CLE
33	Dean Kremer	BAL	@SEA
34	Zach Eflin	TB	@KC
35	Michael Wacha	KC	TB
36	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	TB
37	Gavin Williams	CLE	CWS
38	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@KC
39	Bryce Miller	SEA	BAL
40	Max Scherzer	TEX	SD
41	Taj Bradley	TB	@TEX
42	Jose Soriano	LAA	@OAK, @CHC
43	Cade Povich	BAL	@OAK
44	Ben Lively	CLE	CWS
45	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@CHC
46	Roansy Contreras	LAA	@OAK
47	Andrew Heaney	TEX	TB
48	David Festa	MIN	DET
49	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@TOR, @MIN
50	Shawn Dubin	HOU	@MIN
51	Cole Irvin	BAL	@OAK
52	Griffin Canning	LAA	@CHC
53	Chris Bassitt	TOR	HOU
54	Brayan Bello	BOS	@MIA
55	Zack Littell	TB	@KC, @TEX
56	AL Reliever
57	Mitch Spence	OAK	LAA, BAL
58	Albert Suarez	BAL	@OAK
59	Carlos Rodon	NYY	CIN
60	Casey Mize	DET	@CIN
61	Kenta Maeda	DET	@MIN
62	Aaron Civale	TB	@TEX
63	Josh Winckowski	BOS	@NYY
64	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	HOU
65	Jhonathan Diaz	SEA	TOR
66	Joey Estes	OAK	LAA
67	Alec Marsh	KC	TB
68	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@MIA
69	Jon Gray	TEX	SD
70	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	HOU, @SEA
71	Chris Flexen	CWS	@CLE, @MIA
72	JP Sears	OAK	LAA
73	Davis Daniel	LAA	@OAK
74	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	CWS, SF
75	Hogan Harris	OAK	BAL
76	Luis Medina	OAK	BAL
77	Logan Allen	CLE	SF

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Dylan Cease	SD	@TEX, ARI
2	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	MIL
3	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@CHC
4	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	SF, PHI
5	Sonny Gray	STL	@WAS
6	Chris Sale	ATL	SF
7	Hunter Greene	CIN	DET
8	Mitch Keller	PIT	STL, NYM
9	Aaron Nola	PHI	@ATL
10	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@CHC	Forget Big 3, Philly has a Big 4
11	Zac Gallen	ARI	@LAD
12	Max Fried	ATL	PHI
13	Justin Steele	CHC	LAA
14	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@LAD
15	Logan Webb	SF	@ATL
16	Sean Manaea	NYM	@WAS, @PIT
17	Yu Darvish	SD	ARI
18	David Peterson	NYM	@WAS, @PIT
19	Gavin Stone	LAD	ARI
20	Bobby Miller	LAD	ARI
21	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@ATL
22	Landen Roupp	SF	@CLE
23	Kyle Gibson	STL	@PIT, @WAS
24	Jared Jones	PIT	STL	Coming off extended rest
25	Paul Skenes	PIT	NYM
26	Charlie Morton	ATL	SF
27	Luis Severino	NYM	@PIT
28	Matt Waldron	SD	ARI
29	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	NYM, STL
30	Valente Bellozo	MIA	BOS, CWS
31	Jake Irvin	WAS	NYM
32	Michael King	SD	@TEX
33	Lance Lynn	STL	@WAS
34	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@NYY
35	Jose Quintana	NYM	@WAS
36	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@ATL, @CLE
37	Jordan Hicks	SF	@ATL
38	Miles Mikolas	STL	@PIT
39	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	PHI, LAA
40	Landon Knack	LAD	ARI
41	Shota Imanaga	CHC	PHI
42	Christian Scott	NYM	@WAS
43	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@SD
44	NL Reliever
45	Jameson Taillon	CHC	PHI
46	Bailey Falter	PIT	NYM
47	Kyle Harrison	SF	@CLE
48	Walker Buehler	LAD	MIL
49	Frankie Montas	CIN	@NYY
50	James Paxton	LAD	MIL
51	Mitchell Parker	WAS	NYM
52	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	LAA
53	Trevor Rogers	MIA	BOS
54	Austin Gomber	COL	MIL, KC
55	Cal Quantrill	COL	MIL
56	Martin Perez	PIT	STL
57	Patrick Corbin	WAS	STL
58	Kyle Tyler	MIA	BOS
59	Colin Rea	MIL	@COL
60	Andre Pallante	STL	@PIT
61	Josiah Gray	WAS	STL
62	DJ Herz	WAS	NYM
63	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	PHI
64	Michael Mercado	PHI	@CHC, @ATL
65	Ryan Feltner	COL	MIL, KC
66	Bryse Wilson	MIL	@COL, @LAD
67	Carson Spiers	CIN	DET
68	Roddery Munoz	MIA	CWS
69	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	@NYY, DET
70	Dallas Keuchel	MIL	@COL, @LAD
71	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	@LAD
72	Tobias Myers	MIL	@COL
73	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@LAD, @SD
74	Slade Cecconi	ARI	@SD
75	Yonny Chirinos	MIA	CWS
76	Dakota Hudson	COL	MIL
77	Randy Vasquez	SD	@TEX
78	Kyle Freeland	COL	KC