Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

The pitching rankings may be crowded, though there's still a number of solid performers rising to the top.

April 18, 2026

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

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April 18, 2026

With many starting pitchers making their fourth and fifth appearances, it's time to switch the projections fueling the rankings to rest-of-season mode. The differences are small, though pitchers can move up or down five to 10 spots due to all the congestion in the middle.

As is tradition, these rankings will be refreshed on Sunday night.

Week of April 20-26

Mixed Leagues

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Nolan McLean	NYM	MIN, COL	At times, appears to be throwing a wiffle ball
2	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	@SF
3	Dylan Cease	TOR	@LAA, CLE
4	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@SF
5	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@KC, BOS
6	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@BOS	Someone teach him the secret handshake for the elite tier
7	Jack Flaherty	DET	@BOS, @CIN	Walks uncharacteristically elevated
8	Logan Gilbert	SEA	ATH
9	Jose Soriano	LAA	TOR	Walks high, but strikeouts are real
10	Joe Ryan	MIN	@NYM
11	Paul Skenes	PIT	@MIL	1.56 ERA and .63 WHIP in three starts since Opening Day debacle
12	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	ATH
13	Connelly Early	BOS	NYY, @BAL
14	Jacob deGrom	TEX	PIT
15	Cole Ragans	KC	LAA
16	Chase Burns	CIN	@TB
17	Matthew Boyd	CHC	PHI
18	Bryan Woo	SEA	@STL

As is tradition, these rankings will be refreshed on Sunday night.

Week of April 20-26

Mixed Leagues

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Nolan McLean	NYM	MIN, COL	At times, appears to be throwing a wiffle ball
2	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	@SF
3	Dylan Cease	TOR	@LAA, CLE
4	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@SF
5	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@KC, BOS
6	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@BOS	Someone teach him the secret handshake for the elite tier
7	Jack Flaherty	DET	@BOS, @CIN	Walks uncharacteristically elevated
8	Logan Gilbert	SEA	ATH
9	Jose Soriano	LAA	TOR	Walks high, but strikeouts are real
10	Joe Ryan	MIN	@NYM
11	Paul Skenes	PIT	@MIL	1.56 ERA and .63 WHIP in three starts since Opening Day debacle
12	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	ATH
13	Connelly Early	BOS	NYY, @BAL
14	Jacob deGrom	TEX	PIT
15	Cole Ragans	KC	LAA
16	Chase Burns	CIN	@TB
17	Matthew Boyd	CHC	PHI
18	Bryan Woo	SEA	@STL	Best winless pitcher in the league
19	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@BAL
20	Tarik Skubal	DET	MIL
21	Max Fried	NYY	@BOS
22	Framber Valdez	DET	@CIN
23	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@SF
24	Michael Soroka	ARI	CWS	Buying into the dominance
25	Sonny Gray	BOS	DET, @BAL
26	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	CHC
27	Chris Sale	ATL	@WAS
28	Shota Imanaga	CHC	PHI, @LAD
29	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@SF
30	Michael King	SD	@ARI
31	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	@WAS, PHI
32	Drew Rasmussen	TB	MIN
33	George Kirby	SEA	@STL
34	Kevin Gausman	TOR	CLE
35	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	ATH
36	Eury Perez	MIA	@SF
37	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@TEX
38	Freddy Peralta	NYM	COL
39	Kris Bubic	KC	BAL
40	Ranger Suarez	BOS	NYY
41	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	PIT
42	Nick Martinez	TB	CIN		18%
43	Gavin Williams	CLE	@TOR
44	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ATL
45	Robbie Ray	SF	MIA
46	Mick Abel	MIN	@NYM, @TB	Great chance to prove breakout is real
47	Parker Messick	CLE	HOU
48	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@CHC
49	Davis Martin	CWS	@ARI		6%
50	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	PIT
51	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@CHC
52	Merrill Kelly	ARI	CWS
53	Seth Lugo	KC	BAL, LAA
54	Sean Burke	CWS	@ARI, WAS		33%
55	Aaron Nola	PHI	@CHC, @ATL
56	Bailey Ober	MIN	@TB		19%
57	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	@TEX
58	Edward Cabrera	CHC	PHI
59	Max Meyer	MIA	STL, @SF
60	Rhett Lowder	CIN	@TB, DET
61	Trevor Rogers	BAL	BOS
62	Reid Detmers	LAA	@KC
63	Michael Wacha	KC	BAL
64	Matthew Liberatore	STL	SEA
65	Andrew Abbott	CIN	DET
66	Grant Holmes	ATL	PHI
67	Luis Castillo	SEA	ATH
68	Jacob Lopez	ATH	@SEA		28%
69	Zac Gallen	ARI	SD
70	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIN
71	Steven Matz	TB	CIN
72	Shane Baz	BAL	@KC
73	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	@TEX, @MIL
74	Bryce Elder	ATL	@WAS, PHI
75	Emerson Hancock	SEA	ATH, @STL
76	Slade Cecconi	CLE	HOU, @TOR		47%
77	Dean Kremer	BAL	BOS		0%	7%
78	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@TOR
79	Taj Bradley	MIN	@TB
80	Brandon Williamson	CIN	@TB		1%
81	Jesse Scholtens	TB	CIN, MIN		0%	0%
82	Noah Cameron	KC	LAA
83	Max Scherzer	TOR	CLE		38%
84	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@NYM		10%
85	Mix 12 Reliever
86	Ryne Nelson	ARI	SD
87	Justin Verlander	DET	@CIN		3%	13%
88	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	@COL, CHC		47%
89	Aaron Civale	ATH	@SEA		3%
90	Luis Gil	NYY	@BOS, @HOU
91	Janson Junk	MIA	STL		45%
92	Chad Patrick	MIL	@DET
93	Tanner Bibee	CLE	HOU
94	Mix 15 Reliever
95	Logan Webb	SF	LAD
96	Bubba Chandler	PIT	@TEX
97	David Peterson	NYM	COL		38%
98	Ryan Weathers	NYY	@HOU
99	Shane McClanahan	TB	MIN
100	Brady Singer	CIN	DET
101	Anthony Kay	CWS	@ARI		8%
102	Kyle Leahy	STL	@MIA		3%
103	Kumar Rocker	TEX	PIT, ATH		21%
104	Roki Sasaki	LAD	CHC
105	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@CLE		11%	35%
106	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	CWS
107	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@KC		33%
108	Kodai Senga	NYM	MIN
109	Dustin May	STL	@MIA		28%
110	Foster Griffin	WAS	ATL, @CWS		39%
111	Casey Mize	DET	MIL
112	Mike Burrows	HOU	NYY
113	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	TOR, @KC		3%	48%
114	Brent Suter	LAA	TOR		0%	0%
115	Jack Leiter	TEX	PIT
116	Michael McGreevy	STL	@MIA, SEA		48%
117	Chris Paddack	MIA	STL		1%	27%
118	Mitch Keller	PIT	@MIL
119	Erick Fedde	CWS	WAS		0%	5%
120	Adrian Houser	SF	MIA		3%
121	J.T. Ginn	ATH	@SEA, @TEX		3%	48%
122	Landen Roupp	SF	LAD
123	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	SD		3%	15%
124	Kyle Harrison	MIL	@DET, PIT
125	Will Warren	NYY	@HOU
126	Tyler Mahle	SF	LAD, MIA
127	Colin Rea	CHC	PHI, @LAD		15%
128	Chris Bassitt	BAL	@KC		33%
129	Colton Gordon	HOU	@CLE, NYY		0%	0%
130	Randy Vasquez	SD	@COL
131	Noah Schultz	CWS	WAS		0%	0%
132	Matt Waldron	SD	@COL		0%	0%
133	Brandon Sproat	MIL	@DET		16%	47%
134	Peter Lambert	HOU	@CLE,		0%	0%
135	Jake Irvin	WAS	ATL, @CWS		1%	33%
136	Andre Pallante	STL	SEA		1%	10%
137	Michael Lorenzen	COL	@NYM		0%	2%
138	Eric Lauer	TOR	@LAA		27%
139	Chase Dollander	COL	SD, @NYM		0%	13%
140	Andrew Painter	PHI	@ATL
141	Brayan Bello	BOS	NYY
142	Martin Perez	ATL	@WAS		0%	0%
143	Luis Severino	ATH	@TEX		39%
144	Zack Littell	WAS	ATL		6%
145	Patrick Corbin	TOR	@LAA		0%	0%
146	Miles Mikolas	WAS	@CWS		0%	0%
147	German Marquez	SD	@ARI		5%
148	Lance McCullers	HOU	NYY
149	Walker Buehler	SD	@COL		4%	35%
150	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@LAD		49%
151	Keider Montero	DET	MIL		7%
152	Cade Cavalli	WAS	ATL
153	Jose Quintana	COL	LAD, @NYM		0.00%	0.00%
154	Ryan Feltner	COL	SD		0.00%	2.00%
155	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@CHC		0.00%	2.00%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Dylan Cease	TOR	@LAA, CLE
2	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@KC, BOS
3	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@BOS	Someone teach him the secret handshake for the elite tier
4	Jack Flaherty	DET	@BOS, @CIN	Walks uncharacteristically elevated
5	Logan Gilbert	SEA	ATH
6	Jose Soriano	LAA	TOR	Walks high, but strikeouts are real
7	Joe Ryan	MIN	@NYM
8	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	ATH
9	Connelly Early	BOS	NYY, @BAL
10	Jacob deGrom	TEX	PIT
11	Cole Ragans	KC	LAA
12	Bryan Woo	SEA	@STL	Best winless pitcher in the league
13	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@BAL
14	Tarik Skubal	DET	MIL
15	Max Fried	NYY	@BOS
16	Framber Valdez	DET	@CIN
17	Sonny Gray	BOS	DET, @BAL
18	Drew Rasmussen	TB	MIN
19	George Kirby	SEA	@STL
20	Kevin Gausman	TOR	CLE
21	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	ATH
22	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@TEX
23	Kris Bubic	KC	BAL
24	Ranger Suarez	BOS	NYY
25	Nick Martinez	TB	CIN
26	Gavin Williams	CLE	@TOR
27	Mick Abel	MIN	@NYM, @TB	Great chance to prove breakout is real
28	Parker Messick	CLE	HOU
29	Davis Martin	CWS	@ARI
30	Seth Lugo	KC	BAL, LAA
31	Sean Burke	CWS	@ARI, WAS
32	Bailey Ober	MIN	@TB
33	Trevor Rogers	BAL	BOS
34	Reid Detmers	LAA	@KC
35	Michael Wacha	KC	BAL
36	Luis Castillo	SEA	ATH
37	Jacob Lopez	ATH	@SEA
38	Steven Matz	TB	CIN
39	Shane Baz	BAL	@KC
40	Emerson Hancock	SEA	ATH, @STL
41	Slade Cecconi	CLE	HOU, @TOR
42	Dean Kremer	BAL	BOS
43	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@TOR
44	Taj Bradley	MIN	@TB
45	Jesse Scholtens	TB	CIN, MIN
46	Noah Cameron	KC	LAA
47	Max Scherzer	TOR	CLE
48	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@NYM
49	Justin Verlander	DET	@CIN
50	Aaron Civale	ATH	@SEA
51	Luis Gil	NYY	@BOS, @HOU
52	Tanner Bibee	CLE	HOU
53	Ryan Weathers	NYY	@HOU
54	Shane McClanahan	TB	MIN
55	Anthony Kay	CWS	@ARI
56	Kumar Rocker	TEX	PIT, ATH
57	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@CLE
58	AL Reliever
59	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@KC
60	Casey Mize	DET	MIL
61	Mike Burrows	HOU	NYY
62	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	TOR, @KC
63	Brent Suter	LAA	TOR
64	Jack Leiter	TEX	PIT
65	Erick Fedde	CWS	WAS
66	J.T. Ginn	ATH	@SEA, @TEX
67	Will Warren	NYY	@HOU
68	Chris Bassitt	BAL	@KC
69	Colton Gordon	HOU	@CLE, NYY
70	Noah Schultz	CWS	WAS
71	Peter Lambert	HOU	@CLE,
72	Eric Lauer	TOR	@LAA
73	Brayan Bello	BOS	NYY
74	Luis Severino	ATH	@TEX
75	Patrick Corbin	TOR	@LAA
76	Lance McCullers	HOU	NYY
77	Keider Montero	DET	MIL

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Nolan McLean	NYM	MIN, COL	At times, appears to be throwing a wiffle ball
2	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	@SF
3	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@SF
4	Paul Skenes	PIT	@MIL	1.56 ERA and .63 WHIP in three starts since Opening Day debacle
5	Chase Burns	CIN	@TB
6	Matthew Boyd	CHC	PHI
7	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@SF
8	Michael Soroka	ARI	CWS	Buying into the dominance
9	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	CHC
10	Chris Sale	ATL	@WAS
11	Shota Imanaga	CHC	PHI, @LAD
12	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@SF
13	Michael King	SD	@ARI
14	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	@WAS, PHI
15	Eury Perez	MIA	@SF
16	Freddy Peralta	NYM	COL
17	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	PIT
18	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ATL
19	Robbie Ray	SF	MIA
20	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@CHC
21	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	PIT
22	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@CHC
23	Merrill Kelly	ARI	CWS
24	Aaron Nola	PHI	@CHC, @ATL
25	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	@TEX
26	Edward Cabrera	CHC	PHI
27	Max Meyer	MIA	STL, @SF
28	Rhett Lowder	CIN	@TB, DET
29	Matthew Liberatore	STL	SEA
30	Andrew Abbott	CIN	DET
31	Grant Holmes	ATL	PHI
32	Zac Gallen	ARI	SD
33	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIN
34	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	@TEX, @MIL
35	Bryce Elder	ATL	@WAS, PHI
36	Brandon Williamson	CIN	@TB
37	Ryne Nelson	ARI	SD
38	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	@COL, CHC
39	Janson Junk	MIA	STL
40	Chad Patrick	MIL	@DET
41	Logan Webb	SF	LAD
42	Bubba Chandler	PIT	@TEX
43	David Peterson	NYM	COL
44	Brady Singer	CIN	DET
45	Kyle Leahy	STL	@MIA
46	Roki Sasaki	LAD	CHC
47	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	CWS
48	NL Reliever
49	Kodai Senga	NYM	MIN
50	Dustin May	STL	@MIA
51	Foster Griffin	WAS	ATL, @CWS
52	Michael McGreevy	STL	@MIA, SEA
53	Chris Paddack	MIA	STL
54	Mitch Keller	PIT	@MIL
55	Adrian Houser	SF	MIA
56	Landen Roupp	SF	LAD
57	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	SD
58	Kyle Harrison	MIL	@DET, PIT
59	Tyler Mahle	SF	LAD, MIA
60	Colin Rea	CHC	PHI, @LAD
61	Randy Vasquez	SD	@COL
62	Matt Waldron	SD	@COL
63	Brandon Sproat	MIL	@DET
64	Jake Irvin	WAS	ATL, @CWS
65	Andre Pallante	STL	SEA
66	Michael Lorenzen	COL	@NYM
67	Chase Dollander	COL	SD, @NYM
68	Andrew Painter	PHI	@ATL
69	Martin Perez	ATL	@WAS
70	Zack Littell	WAS	ATL
71	Miles Mikolas	WAS	@CWS
72	German Marquez	SD	@ARI
73	Walker Buehler	SD	@COL
74	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@LAD
75	Cade Cavalli	WAS	ATL
76	Jose Quintana	COL	LAD, @NYM
77	Ryan Feltner	COL	SD
78	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@CHC