Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

There's no shortage of top-tier pitchers set to start twice in the coming week.

March 28, 2026

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

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Todd Zola

March 28, 2026

Weekly Pitcher Rankings

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Welcome to the first standard seven-day pitching rankings of the season. For those new to this space, please check out a primer explaining everything about the rankings posted under Z Files later this week.

The Cliff Notes version is the rankings are formulaically driven, using the quality of the pitcher and the matchups that are intended for standard 5x5 leagues.

Each set includes a top middle reliever, with the idea being it would be worth considering using a reliever instead of a lower-ranked starter.

MIX12 refers to the NFBC Rotowire Online Championship and MIX15 is the NFBC Main Event. The percentage is the current rostership level for each format, with only pitchers below 50 percent noted.

The Saturday rankings are based on the site's Probable Pitching Grid, which is updated throughout the weekend. On late Sunday night/early Monday, the rankings will be refreshed with the most current information.

Week of March 30 - April 5

MIXED LEAGUE

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Max Fried	NYY	@SEA, MIA	Only three-start guy over the first 12 days
2	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	WAS	A true ace
3	Cole Ragans	KC	MIN	Good spot to rebound
4	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@HOU	Off to a dominant start
5	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@PIT	On the cusp of being elite
6	Kris Bubic	KC	MIN, MIL
7	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	CLE
8	Chris Sale	ATL	ATH

The Cliff Notes version is the rankings are formulaically driven, using the quality of the pitcher and the matchups that are intended for standard 5x5 leagues.

Each set includes a top middle reliever, with the idea being it would be worth considering using a reliever instead of a lower-ranked starter.

MIX12 refers to the NFBC Rotowire Online Championship and MIX15 is the NFBC Main Event. The percentage is the current rostership level for each format, with only pitchers below 50 percent noted.

Week of March 30 - April 5

MIXED LEAGUE

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Max Fried	NYY	@SEA, MIA	Only three-start guy over the first 12 days
2	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	WAS	A true ace
3	Cole Ragans	KC	MIN	Good spot to rebound
4	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@HOU	Off to a dominant start
5	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@PIT	On the cusp of being elite
6	Kris Bubic	KC	MIN, MIL
7	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	CLE
8	Chris Sale	ATL	ATH
9	Paul Skenes	PIT	@CIN	Hopefully you didn't sell low after the opener
10	Tarik Skubal	DET	@ARI
11	Edward Cabrera	CHC	LAA, @CLE	Was one of the best pitchers in the league for a three-month stretch
12	Dylan Cease	TOR	@CWS
13	Bryan Woo	SEA	@LAA
14	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@COL
15	Luis Castillo	SEA	NYY, @LAA	Expecting a bounce back season
16	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	CIN
17	Hunter Brown	HOU	BOS
18	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	CLE	Will be followed by Justin Wrobleski
19	Logan Gilbert	SEA	NYY
20	Nick Pivetta	SD	SF
21	Freddy Peralta	NYM	@STL
22	Matthew Boyd	CHC	LAA	Perfect for to rebound from rocky start
23	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	@WAS
24	Ranger Suarez	BOS	@HOU, SD
25	Logan Webb	SF	@SD	Six of nine hits yielded on opening day had > 95 mph EV
26	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@WAS
27	Kevin Gausman	TOR	COL
28	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@BAL
29	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@MIL
30	Ryan Weathers	NYY	@SEA, MIA
31	Framber Valdez	DET	STL
32	Eury Perez	MIA	@NYY
33	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	TB
34	Nick Martinez	TB	@MIL, @MIN		4%
35	Chase Burns	CIN	PIT, @TEX	Likely not stretched out enough for five frames
36	George Kirby	SEA	NYY
37	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	CIN
38	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	CWS	Sweeper should add some strikeouts
39	Joe Ryan	MIN	@KC
40	Sonny Gray	BOS	SD
41	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@SEA
42	Cody Ponce	TOR	COL, @CWS	Nice pair in his return to MLB
43	Robbie Ray	SF	NYM
44	Jack Flaherty	DET	STL
45	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	@ARI
46	Joe Boyle	TB	@MIN		10%	27%
47	Parker Messick	CLE	@LAD, CHC	Welcome to the bids, kid.
48	Clay Holmes	NYM	@STL, @SF
49	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	TB
50	Trevor Rogers	BAL	TEX
51	Kyle Leahy	STL	NYM, @DET		5%
52	Connelly Early	BOS	SD
53	Bubba Chandler	PIT	@CIN
54	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@CLE
55	Michael King	SD	@BOS
56	Zac Gallen	ARI	DET
57	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	BAL		4%
58	Shane Smith	CWS	@MIA
59	Jack Leiter	TEX	@BAL, CIN
60	Aaron Nola	PHI	@COL
61	Kodai Senga	NYM	@STL, @SF
62	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@LAD
63	Tatsuya Imai	HOU	@ATH	Nice combo of deception and great stuff
64	Shane Baz	BAL	@PIT
65	Bailey Ober	MIN	TB		49%
66	Cade Horton	CHC	@CLE
67	Tyler Mahle	SF	NYM
68	David Peterson	NYM	@SF
69	Brady Singer	CIN	@TEX
70	Mitch Keller	PIT	BAL
71	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	@CIN, BAL
72	Mike Burrows	HOU	BOS
73	Janson Junk	MIA	CWS		0%	23%
74	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	DET, ATL		41%
75	Andrew Abbott	CIN	PIT
76	Steven Matz	TB	@MIN		16%
77	Jose Soriano	LAA	@CHC
78	Nolan McLean	NYM	@SF
79	Roki Sasaki	LAD	CLE, @WAS
80	Jameson Taillon	CHC	LAA
81	Mix 12 Reliever
82	Max Scherzer	TOR	COL
83	Ryne Nelson	ARI	ATL
84	Michael Wacha	KC	MIL		29%
85	Michael Soroka	ARI	DET, ATL		12%
86	Noah Cameron	KC	MIN
87	Casey Mize	DET	@ARI
88	Aaron Civale	ATH	@ATL, HOU		0%	15%
89	Landen Roupp	SF	@SD, NYM		14%
90	Chris Bassitt	BAL	TEX, @PIT
91	Mix 15 Reliever
92	Seth Lugo	KC	MIL
93	Brayan Bello	BOS	@HOU
94	Joey Cantillo	CLE	CHC
95	Zach Eflin	BAL	TEX
96	Cristian Javier	HOU	@ATH
97	Shane McClanahan	TB	@MIL
98	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@BAL		8%
99	Grant Holmes	ATL	@ARI
100	Brandon Williamson	CIN	PIT		1%	33%
101	Matthew Liberatore	STL	NYM
102	Davis Martin	CWS	@MIA, TOR		0%	3%
103	Jacob Lopez	ATH	@ATL
104	Taj Bradley	MIN	TB
105	Dustin May	STL	@DET
106	Andrew Painter	PHI	WAS
107	Adrian Houser	SF	@SD, NYM		2%
108	Rhett Lowder	CIN	@TEX		49%
109	Chris Paddack	MIA	CWS, @NYY		1%	25%
110	Reid Detmers	LAA	SEA
111	Chad Patrick	MIL	@KC
112	Gavin Williams	CLE	@LAD
113	Foster Griffin	WAS	@PHI, LAD		2%
114	Slade Cecconi	CLE	CHC		49%
115	Lance McCullers	HOU	BOS, @ATH		0%	13%
116	Zack Littell	WAS	@PHI		7%
117	Justin Verlander	DET	@ARI, STL		35%
118	Jose Suarez	ATL	ATH, @ARI		0%	0%
119	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@KC		24%
120	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@CHC
121	Bryce Elder	ATL	ATH, @ARI		3%	17%
122	Max Meyer	MIA	@NYY
123	Will Warren	NYY	MIA
124	Brandon Sproat	MIL	@KC
125	Kyle Harrison	MIL	TB, @KC
126	Erick Fedde	CWS	@MIA		0%	0%
127	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@LAA		5%
128	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	HOU		7%
129	Luis Severino	ATH	@ATL		36%
130	Michael McGreevy	STL	@DET		10%
131	Ryan Johnson	LAA	@CHC, SEA		0%	23%
132	Taijuan Walker	PHI	WAS, @COL		0%	2%
133	Eric Lauer	TOR	@CWS		11%
134	Luis Morales	ATH	HOU		6%	40%
135	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	ATL		3%
136	Anthony Kay	CWS	TOR		9%
137	Walker Buehler	SD	SF, @BOS		5%
138	Cade Cavalli	WAS	@PHI
139	Andre Pallante	STL	NYM		0%	0%
140	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	@TOR, PHI		0%	0%
141	Mick Abel	MIN	@KC, TB
142	Sean Burke	CWS	TOR		4%	25%
143	Jake Irvin	WAS	LAD		0%	0%
144	Michael Lorenzen	COL	PHI		0%	2%
145	Miles Mikolas	WAS	LAD		0%	0%
146	German Marquez	SD	SF		2%	22%
147	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	SEA		0%	2%
148	Jose Quintana	COL	PHI		0%	0%
149	Randy Vasquez	SD	@BOS		5%
150	Ryan Feltner	COL	@TOR		0%	0%
151	Kyle Freeland	COL	@TOR		0%	10%

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Max Fried	NYY	@SEA, MIA	Only three-start guy over the first 12 days
2	Cole Ragans	KC	MIN	Good spot to rebound
3	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@HOU	Off to a dominant start
4	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@PIT	On the cusp of being elite
5	Kris Bubic	KC	MIN, MIL
6	Tarik Skubal	DET	@ARI
7	Dylan Cease	TOR	@CWS
8	Bryan Woo	SEA	@LAA
9	Luis Castillo	SEA	NYY, @LAA	Expecting a bounce back season
10	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	CIN
11	Hunter Brown	HOU	BOS
12	Logan Gilbert	SEA	NYY
13	Ranger Suarez	BOS	@HOU, SD
14	Kevin Gausman	TOR	COL
15	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@BAL
16	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@MIL
17	Ryan Weathers	NYY	@SEA, MIA
18	Framber Valdez	DET	STL
19	Nick Martinez	TB	@MIL, @MIN
20	George Kirby	SEA	NYY
21	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	CIN
22	Joe Ryan	MIN	@KC
23	Sonny Gray	BOS	SD
24	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@SEA
25	Cody Ponce	TOR	COL, @CWS	Nice pair in his return to MLB
26	Jack Flaherty	DET	STL
27	Joe Boyle	TB	@MIN
28	Parker Messick	CLE	@LAD, CHC	Welcome to the bids, kid.
29	Trevor Rogers	BAL	TEX
30	Connelly Early	BOS	SD
31	Shane Smith	CWS	@MIA
32	Jack Leiter	TEX	@BAL, CIN
33	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@LAD
34	Tatsuya Imai	HOU	@ATH	Nice combo of deception and great stuff
35	Shane Baz	BAL	@PIT
36	Bailey Ober	MIN	TB
37	Mike Burrows	HOU	BOS
38	Steven Matz	TB	@MIN
39	Jose Soriano	LAA	@CHC
40	Max Scherzer	TOR	COL
41	Michael Wacha	KC	MIL
42	Noah Cameron	KC	MIN
43	Casey Mize	DET	@ARI
44	Aaron Civale	ATH	@ATL, HOU
45	Chris Bassitt	BAL	TEX, @PIT
46	Seth Lugo	KC	MIL
47	Brayan Bello	BOS	@HOU
48	Joey Cantillo	CLE	CHC
49	Zach Eflin	BAL	TEX
50	Cristian Javier	HOU	@ATH
51	Shane McClanahan	TB	@MIL
52	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@BAL
53	Davis Martin	CWS	@MIA, TOR
54	Jacob Lopez	ATH	@ATL
55	AL Reliever
56	Taj Bradley	MIN	TB
57	Reid Detmers	LAA	SEA
58	Gavin Williams	CLE	@LAD
59	Slade Cecconi	CLE	CHC
60	Lance McCullers	HOU	BOS, @ATH
61	Justin Verlander	DET	@ARI, STL
62	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@KC
63	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@CHC
64	Will Warren	NYY	MIA
65	Erick Fedde	CWS	@MIA
66	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@LAA
67	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	HOU
68	Luis Severino	ATH	@ATL
69	Ryan Johnson	LAA	@CHC, SEA
70	Eric Lauer	TOR	@CWS
71	Luis Morales	ATH	HOU
72	Anthony Kay	CWS	TOR
73	Mick Abel	MIN	@KC, TB
74	Sean Burke	CWS	TOR
75	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	SEA

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	WAS	A true ace
2	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	CLE
3	Chris Sale	ATL	ATH
4	Paul Skenes	PIT	@CIN	Hopefully you didn't sell low after the opener
5	Edward Cabrera	CHC	LAA, @CLE	Was one of the best pitchers in the league for a three-month stretch
6	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@COL
7	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	CLE	Will be followed by Justin Wrobleski
8	Nick Pivetta	SD	SF
9	Freddy Peralta	NYM	@STL
10	Matthew Boyd	CHC	LAA	Perfect for to rebound from rocky start
11	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	@WAS
12	Logan Webb	SF	@SD	Six of nine hits yielded on opening day had > 95 mph EV
13	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@WAS
14	Eury Perez	MIA	@NYY
15	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	TB
16	Chase Burns	CIN	PIT, @TEX	Likely not stretched out enough for five frames
17	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	CWS	Sweeper should add some strikeouts
18	Robbie Ray	SF	NYM
19	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	@ARI
20	Clay Holmes	NYM	@STL, @SF
21	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	TB
22	Kyle Leahy	STL	NYM, @DET
23	Bubba Chandler	PIT	@CIN
24	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@CLE
25	Michael King	SD	@BOS
26	Zac Gallen	ARI	DET
27	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	BAL
28	Aaron Nola	PHI	@COL
29	Kodai Senga	NYM	@STL, @SF
30	Cade Horton	CHC	@CLE
31	Tyler Mahle	SF	NYM
32	David Peterson	NYM	@SF
33	Brady Singer	CIN	@TEX
34	Mitch Keller	PIT	BAL
35	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	@CIN, BAL
36	Janson Junk	MIA	CWS
37	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	DET, ATL
38	Andrew Abbott	CIN	PIT
39	Nolan McLean	NYM	@SF
40	Roki Sasaki	LAD	CLE, @WAS
41	Jameson Taillon	CHC	LAA
42	Ryne Nelson	ARI	ATL
43	Michael Soroka	ARI	DET, ATL
44	Landen Roupp	SF	@SD, NYM
45	Grant Holmes	ATL	@ARI
46	Brandon Williamson	CIN	PIT
47	Matthew Liberatore	STL	NYM
48	NL Reliever
49	Dustin May	STL	@DET
50	Andrew Painter	PHI	WAS
51	Adrian Houser	SF	@SD, NYM
52	Rhett Lowder	CIN	@TEX
53	Chris Paddack	MIA	CWS, @NYY
54	Chad Patrick	MIL	@KC
55	Foster Griffin	WAS	@PHI, LAD
56	Zack Littell	WAS	@PHI
57	Jose Suarez	ATL	ATH, @ARI
58	Bryce Elder	ATL	ATH, @ARI
59	Max Meyer	MIA	@NYY
60	Brandon Sproat	MIL	@KC
61	Kyle Harrison	MIL	TB, @KC
62	Michael McGreevy	STL	@DET
63	Taijuan Walker	PHI	WAS, @COL
64	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	ATL
65	Walker Buehler	SD	SF, @BOS
66	Cade Cavalli	WAS	@PHI
67	Andre Pallante	STL	NYM
68	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	@TOR, PHI
69	Jake Irvin	WAS	LAD
70	Michael Lorenzen	COL	PHI
71	Miles Mikolas	WAS	LAD
72	German Marquez	SD	SF
73	Jose Quintana	COL	PHI
74	Randy Vasquez	SD	@BOS
75	Ryan Feltner	COL	@TOR
76	Kyle Freeland	COL	@TOR