Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

Paul Skenes leads a group of top pitchers who have two starts this week.

Updated on April 13, 2026 1:34AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

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Updated on April 13, 2026 1:34AM EST

It's the busiest week of the young season with 95 games. Many pitchers have three starts under their belt, which isn't quite enough to trust new trends, but if they're backed by something tangible (new pitch, higher velocity), it's not too early to take action. After all, if you don't, someone else will. Three pitchers I am beginning to trust are Randy Vasquez, Taj Bradley and MacKenzie Gore

UPDATED: Monday April 13, 1:35 AM ET

Week of April 13 - 19

Mixed Leagues

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Paul Skenes	PIT	WAS, TB
2	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@MIN, DET
3	Tarik Skubal	DET	@BOS
4	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	CHC, ATL
5	Bryan Woo	SEA	@SD, TEX	Averaging 6 IP per game
6	Cole Ragans	KC	@DET, @NYY
7	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@MIL, @ARI	26 K, 2 BB over initial 17.1 IP
8	George Kirby	SEA	HOU, TEX
9	Robbie Ray	SF	@CIN, @WAS
10	Max Fried	NYY	LAA
11	Michael King	SD	SEA, @LAA
12	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	NYM
13	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@ATH, @SEA
14	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	@ATH, @SEA
15	Gavin Williams	CLE	@STL, BAL	Can't keep getting away with a 7.1 BB/9
16	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	NYM
17	Chris Sale	ATL	@PHI
18	Logan Gilbert	SEA	TEX
19	Chase Burns	CIN	SF
20	Cam Schlittler	NYY	KC	22 K, no walks over 16.2 IP
21	Framber Valdez	DET	KC,

UPDATED: Monday April 13, 1:35 AM ET

Week of April 13 - 19

Mixed Leagues

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Paul Skenes	PIT	WAS, TB
2	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@MIN, DET
3	Tarik Skubal	DET	@BOS
4	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	CHC, ATL
5	Bryan Woo	SEA	@SD, TEX	Averaging 6 IP per game
6	Cole Ragans	KC	@DET, @NYY
7	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@MIL, @ARI	26 K, 2 BB over initial 17.1 IP
8	George Kirby	SEA	HOU, TEX
9	Robbie Ray	SF	@CIN, @WAS
10	Max Fried	NYY	LAA
11	Michael King	SD	SEA, @LAA
12	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	NYM
13	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@ATH, @SEA
14	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	@ATH, @SEA
15	Gavin Williams	CLE	@STL, BAL	Can't keep getting away with a 7.1 BB/9
16	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	NYM
17	Chris Sale	ATL	@PHI
18	Logan Gilbert	SEA	TEX
19	Chase Burns	CIN	SF
20	Cam Schlittler	NYY	KC	22 K, no walks over 16.2 IP
21	Framber Valdez	DET	KC, @BOS
22	Nick Pivetta	SD	@LAA
23	Sonny Gray	BOS	@MIN
24	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@SEA
25	Kris Bubic	KC	@DET	Big test for the lefty
26	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	TOR, @MIA
27	Mitch Keller	PIT	WAS, TB
28	Joe Ryan	MIN	CIN
29	Kyle Bradish	BAL	ARI	3 BB in each of first three games
30	Trevor Rogers	BAL	ARI, @CLE
31	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@MIA
32	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@PIT
33	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	CHC
34	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@STL, BAL
35	Jose Soriano	LAA	SD
36	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@COL
37	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	MIA
38	Dylan Cease	TOR	@MIL
39	Eury Perez	MIA	@ATL, MIL
40	Parker Messick	CLE	BAL
41	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	MIL
42	Ryan Weathers	NYY	LAA, KC
43	Nick Martinez	TB	@PIT
44	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	@COL
45	Freddy Peralta	NYM	@CHC
46	Bailey Ober	MIN	BOS, CIN
47	Connelly Early	BOS	@MIN
48	Matthew Boyd	CHC	NYM
49	Seth Lugo	KC	@DET
50	Tanner Bibee	CLE	BAL
51	Zack Wheeler	PHI	ATL
52	Logan Webb	SF	@WAS
53	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	TEX, CWS
54	Grant Holmes	ATL	MIA, @PHI
55	Luis Gil	NYY	LAA
56	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@PHI
57	Edward Cabrera	CHC	NYM
58	Tatsuya Imai	HOU	COL	Coming off a horrible outing, curious how he reacts
59	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	WAS
60	Bubba Chandler	PIT	TB
61	Taj Bradley	MIN	CIN
62	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@BAL, TOR
63	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	WAS
64	Jack Flaherty	DET	KC
65	Noah Cameron	KC	@NYY
66	Mike Burrows	HOU	@SEA, STL
67	Luis Castillo	SEA	@SD
68	Aaron Nola	PHI	CHC
69	Michael Wacha	KC	@NYY
70	Kodai Senga	NYM	@CHC
71	Kyle Leahy	STL	@HOU
72	Aaron Civale	ATH	CWS
73	Shane McClanahan	TB	@CWS, @PIT
74	Zac Gallen	ARI	TOR
75	Tyler Mahle	SF	@CIN
76	Slade Cecconi	CLE	@STL
77	Michael McGreevy	STL	CLE
78	Luis Severino	ATH	TEX, CWS
79	Mix 12 Reliever
80	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@BAL
81	Davis Martin	CWS	@ATH
82	Will Warren	NYY	LAA, KC
83	Michael Soroka	ARI	TOR
84	Max Scherzer	TOR	@ARI
85	Shane Baz	BAL	@CLE
86	Noah Schultz	CWS	TB, @ATH
87	Mix 15 Reliever
88	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@MIN
89	Reid Detmers	LAA	@NYY, SD
90	Nolan McLean	NYM	@LAD
91	Ranger Suarez	BOS	DET
92	Jack Leiter	TEX	@ATH
93	Brady Singer	CIN	SF, @MIN
94	Landen Roupp	SF	@CIN
95	Clay Holmes	NYM	@LAD
96	Matthew Liberatore	STL	CLE, @HOU
97	Bryce Elder	ATL	MIA
98	Steven Matz	TB	@CWS
99	Brandon Williamson	CIN	@MIN
100	Roki Sasaki	LAD	@COL
101	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@SD
102	Max Meyer	MIA	@ATL
103	Cade Povich	BAL	@CLE
104	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	COL
105	Foster Griffin	WAS	@PIT
106	Adrian Houser	SF	@WAS
107	Cade Cavalli	WAS	@PIT, SF
108	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@BAL
109	Cody Bolton	HOU	STL
110	Jacob Lopez	ATH	TEX
111	Chad Patrick	MIL	TOR
112	Jesse Scholtens	TB	@CWS
113	Rhett Lowder	CIN	SF
114	Dean Kremer	BAL	ARI
115	Anthony Kay	CWS	TB
116	David Peterson	NYM	@LAD, @CHC
117	Dustin May	STL	CLE
118	Casey Mize	DET	@BOS
119	Zack Littell	WAS	SF
120	Lance McCullers	HOU	STL
121	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@ATH
122	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	NYM
123	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	@HOU
124	Andrew Painter	PHI	ATL
125	Eric Lauer	TOR	@ARI
126	Andre Pallante	STL	@HOU
127	Jameson Taillon	CHC	NYM
128	Sean Burke	CWS	TB
129	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@NYY, SD
130	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	BOS
131	Brayan Bello	BOS	DET
132	Erick Fedde	CWS	@ATH
133	Jake Irvin	WAS	@PIT
134	Janson Junk	MIA	MIL
135	Kyle Harrison	MIL	TOR
136	Chris Paddack	MIA	@ATL
137	Randy Vasquez	SD	SEA
138	Didier Fuentes	ATL	@PHI
139	J.T. Ginn	ATH	TEX
140	Chris Bassitt	BAL	@CLE
141	Colton Gordon	HOU	COL
142	Keider Montero	DET	KC
143	Colin Rea	CHC	@PHI
144	Michael Lorenzen	COL	@HOU, LAD
145	Patrick Corbin	TOR	@MIL
146	Javier Assad	CHC	@PHI
147	Miles Mikolas	WAS	@PIT, SF
148	Brandon Sproat	MIL	@MIA
149	German Marquez	SD	@LAA
150	Jose Quintana	COL	@HOU
151	Mitch Farris	LAA	@NYY
152	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@NYY
153	Kyle Freeland	COL	LAD
154	Mick Abel	MIN	BOS
155	Walker Buehler	SD	SEA
156	Ryan Feltner	COL	LAD

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@MIN, DET
2	Tarik Skubal	DET	@BOS
3	Bryan Woo	SEA	@SD, TEX	Averaging 6 IP per game
4	Cole Ragans	KC	@DET, @NYY
5	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@MIL, @ARI	26 K, 2 BB over initial 17.1 IP
6	George Kirby	SEA	HOU, TEX
7	Max Fried	NYY	LAA
8	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@ATH, @SEA
9	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	@ATH, @SEA
10	Gavin Williams	CLE	@STL, BAL	Can't keep getting away with a 7.1 BB/9
11	Logan Gilbert	SEA	TEX
12	Cam Schlittler	NYY	KC	22 K, no walks over 16.2 IP
13	Framber Valdez	DET	KC, @BOS
14	Sonny Gray	BOS	@MIN
15	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@SEA
16	Kris Bubic	KC	@DET	Big test for the lefty
17	Joe Ryan	MIN	CIN
18	Kyle Bradish	BAL	ARI	3 BB in each of first three games
19	Trevor Rogers	BAL	ARI, @CLE
20	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@PIT
21	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@STL, BAL
22	Jose Soriano	LAA	SD
23	Dylan Cease	TOR	@MIL
24	Parker Messick	CLE	BAL
25	Ryan Weathers	NYY	LAA, KC
26	Nick Martinez	TB	@PIT
27	Bailey Ober	MIN	BOS, CIN
28	Connelly Early	BOS	@MIN
29	Seth Lugo	KC	@DET
30	Tanner Bibee	CLE	BAL
31	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	TEX, CWS
32	Luis Gil	NYY	LAA
33	Tatsuya Imai	HOU	COL	Coming off a horrible outing, curious how he reacts
34	Taj Bradley	MIN	CIN
35	Jack Flaherty	DET	KC
36	Noah Cameron	KC	@NYY
37	Mike Burrows	HOU	@SEA, STL
38	Luis Castillo	SEA	@SD
39	Michael Wacha	KC	@NYY
40	Aaron Civale	ATH	CWS
41	Shane McClanahan	TB	@CWS, @PIT
42	Slade Cecconi	CLE	@STL
43	Luis Severino	ATH	TEX, CWS
44	Davis Martin	CWS	@ATH
45	Will Warren	NYY	LAA, KC
46	Max Scherzer	TOR	@ARI
47	Shane Baz	BAL	@CLE
48	Noah Schultz	CWS	TB, @ATH
49	Reid Detmers	LAA	@NYY, SD
50	Ranger Suarez	BOS	DET
51	Jack Leiter	TEX	@ATH
52	Steven Matz	TB	@CWS
53	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@SD
54	AL Reliever
55	Cade Povich	BAL	@CLE
56	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	COL
57	Cody Bolton	HOU	STL
58	Jacob Lopez	ATH	TEX
59	Jesse Scholtens	TB	@CWS
60	Dean Kremer	BAL	ARI
61	Anthony Kay	CWS	TB
62	Casey Mize	DET	@BOS
63	Lance McCullers	HOU	STL
64	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@ATH
65	Eric Lauer	TOR	@ARI
66	Sean Burke	CWS	TB
67	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@NYY, SD
68	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	BOS
69	Brayan Bello	BOS	DET
70	Erick Fedde	CWS	@ATH
71	J.T. Ginn	ATH	TEX
72	Chris Bassitt	BAL	@CLE
73	Colton Gordon	HOU	COL
74	Keider Montero	DET	KC
75	Patrick Corbin	TOR	@MIL
76	Mitch Farris	LAA	@NYY
77	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@NYY
78	Mick Abel	MIN	BOS

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP
1	Paul Skenes	PIT	WAS, TB
2	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	CHC, ATL
3	Robbie Ray	SF	@CIN, @WAS
4	Michael King	SD	SEA, @LAA
5	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	NYM
6	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	NYM
7	Chris Sale	ATL	@PHI
8	Chase Burns	CIN	SF
9	Nick Pivetta	SD	@LAA
10	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	TOR, @MIA
11	Mitch Keller	PIT	WAS, TB
12	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@MIA
13	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	CHC
14	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@COL
15	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	MIA
16	Eury Perez	MIA	@ATL, MIL
17	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	MIL
18	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	@COL
19	Freddy Peralta	NYM	@CHC
20	Matthew Boyd	CHC	NYM
21	Zack Wheeler	PHI	ATL
22	Logan Webb	SF	@WAS
23	Grant Holmes	ATL	MIA, @PHI
24	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@PHI
25	Edward Cabrera	CHC	NYM
26	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	WAS
27	Bubba Chandler	PIT	TB
28	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@BAL, TOR
29	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	WAS
30	Aaron Nola	PHI	CHC
31	Kodai Senga	NYM	@CHC
32	Kyle Leahy	STL	@HOU
33	Zac Gallen	ARI	TOR
34	Tyler Mahle	SF	@CIN
35	Michael McGreevy	STL	CLE
36	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@BAL
37	Michael Soroka	ARI	TOR
38	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@MIN
39	Nolan McLean	NYM	@LAD
40	Brady Singer	CIN	SF, @MIN
41	Landen Roupp	SF	@CIN
42	Clay Holmes	NYM	@LAD
43	Matthew Liberatore	STL	CLE, @HOU
44	Bryce Elder	ATL	MIA
45	Brandon Williamson	CIN	@MIN
46	Roki Sasaki	LAD	@COL
47	NL Reliever
48	Max Meyer	MIA	@ATL
49	Foster Griffin	WAS	@PIT
50	Adrian Houser	SF	@WAS
51	Cade Cavalli	WAS	@PIT, SF
52	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@BAL
53	Chad Patrick	MIL	TOR
54	Rhett Lowder	CIN	SF
55	David Peterson	NYM	@LAD, @CHC
56	Dustin May	STL	CLE
57	Zack Littell	WAS	SF
58	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	NYM
59	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	@HOU
60	Andrew Painter	PHI	ATL
61	Andre Pallante	STL	@HOU
62	Jameson Taillon	CHC	NYM
63	Jake Irvin	WAS	@PIT
64	Janson Junk	MIA	MIL
65	Kyle Harrison	MIL	TOR
66	Chris Paddack	MIA	@ATL
67	Randy Vasquez	SD	SEA
68	Didier Fuentes	ATL	@PHI
69	Colin Rea	CHC	@PHI
70	Michael Lorenzen	COL	@HOU, LAD
71	Javier Assad	CHC	@PHI
72	Miles Mikolas	WAS	@PIT, SF
73	Brandon Sproat	MIL	@MIA
74	German Marquez	SD	@LAA
75	Jose Quintana	COL	@HOU
76	Kyle Freeland	COL	LAD
77	Walker Buehler	SD	SEA
78	Ryan Feltner	COL	LAD