Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

Some starters on one outing may be preferable to a few projected for two.

May 9, 2026

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

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May 9, 2026

Another week, another handful of pitchers placed on the IL. At least there have been a few intriguing young arms coming up to help fantasy staffs, but relying on rookie hurlers isn't at the top of the list of winning pitching strategies.

With only 92 games, it's another light week for double dippers, though there are a few more top-tier arms with a pair than recent weeks. Keep in mind the current landscape favors sage deployment of favorable one-start streamers as opposed to chasing lower-echelon options with two.

Please check back Sunday night as the upcoming weather should continue to alter next week's pitching plans.

Week of May 11 - 17

Mixed Leagues

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Paul Skenes	PIT	COL, PHI	Progeny of Roger Clemens and Roy Halladay
2	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	SF
3	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@BOS, @PIT	Hasn't missed a beat
4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SF
5	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	ARI, @HOU	ERA inching down
6	Michael King	SD	@MIL, @SEA
7	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@NYM
8	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	SD	The Miz is awesome
9	Kevin Gausman	TOR	TB, @DET
10	Chris Sale	ATL	CHC
11	Chase Burns	CIN	@CLE	Potential top-20 starter if he can avoid the IL
12	George Kirby	SEA	@HOU, SD
13	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@TOR, MIA

Please check back Sunday night as the upcoming weather should continue to alter next week's pitching plans.

Week of May 11 - 17

Mixed Leagues

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Paul Skenes	PIT	COL, PHI	Progeny of Roger Clemens and Roy Halladay
2	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	SF
3	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@BOS, @PIT	Hasn't missed a beat
4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SF
5	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	ARI, @HOU	ERA inching down
6	Michael King	SD	@MIL, @SEA
7	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@NYM
8	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	SD	The Miz is awesome
9	Kevin Gausman	TOR	TB, @DET
10	Chris Sale	ATL	CHC
11	Chase Burns	CIN	@CLE	Potential top-20 starter if he can avoid the IL
12	George Kirby	SEA	@HOU, SD
13	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@TOR, MIA
14	Freddy Peralta	NYM	DET, NYY
15	Dylan Cease	TOR	TB
16	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SD
17	Eury Perez	MIA	@MIN, @TB	Too many walks, but it's fixable
18	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@PIT
19	Kris Bubic	KC	@CWS
20	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@HOU
21	Ranger Suarez	BOS	PHI
22	Bailey Ober	MIN	MIA, MIL
23	Blake Snell	LAD	@LAA
24	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	SF	Getting on track
25	Nolan McLean	NYM	DET
26	Nick Martinez	TB	MIA
27	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@NYM
28	Ryan Weathers	NYY	@BAL, @NYM	Could be pitching for his spot in the rotation (he's earned it)
29	Joe Ryan	MIN	MIL
30	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	PHI
31	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@TEX
32	Tatsuya Imai	HOU	SEA, TEX
33	Zac Gallen	ARI	@TEX
34	Sonny Gray	BOS	PHI
35	Parker Messick	CLE	LAA
36	Framber Valdez	DET	@NYM
37	Griffin Jax	TB	@TOR	Getting close to being a traditional starter	11%
38	Luis Castillo	SEA	SD
39	Connelly Early	BOS	@ATL
40	Payton Tolle	BOS	@ATL
41	Bryan Woo	SEA	@HOU
42	Mitch Keller	PIT	COL
43	Max Fried	NYY	@BAL
44	Tyler Mahle	SF	@ATH		43%
45	Jack Flaherty	DET	@NYM, TOR
46	Michael Soroka	ARI	@TEX, @COL
47	Michael Wacha	KC	@STL
48	Kyle Bradish	BAL	NYY	Better control, but needs to sustain it
49	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@BOS	Skills still strong, but continues to be snakebit
50	Joey Cantillo	CLE	LAA, CIN
51	Roki Sasaki	LAD	SF, @LAA		44%
52	Mike Burrows	HOU	SEA
53	Kyle Harrison	MIL	SD
54	Gavin Williams	CLE	CIN
55	Nick Lodolo	CIN	WAS
56	Clay Holmes	NYM	NYY
57	Shane McClanahan	TB	@TOR
58	Randy Vasquez	SD	@MIL
59	Trey Yesavage	TOR	@DET		0%	0%
60	Stephen Kolek	KC	@CWS, @STL		0%	0%
61	Janson Junk	MIA	@TB
62	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@TB
63	Trevor Rogers	BAL	NYY, @WAS
64	Logan Henderson	MIL	@MIN
65	Edward Cabrera	CHC	@CWS
66	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@ATL
67	Max Meyer	MIA	@MIN
68	Tanner Bibee	CLE	CIN
69	Christian Scott	NYM	DET		0%	0%
70	Foster Griffin	WAS	@CIN
71	Noah Cameron	KC	@STL
72	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	COL
73	Aaron Nola	PHI	@PIT
74	Will Warren	NYY	@BAL
75	Mix 12 Reliever
76	Jesse Scholtens	TB	MIA		0%	0%
77	Spencer Strider	ATL	BOS
78	Michael McGreevy	STL	@ATH
79	Kyle Leahy	STL	KC		4%
80	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	SEA
81	Peter Lambert	HOU	TEX		0%	0%
82	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	STL, SF
83	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	ARI
84	Drew Anderson	DET	TOR		0%	0%
85	Mix 15 Reliever
86	Noah Schultz	CWS	KC		0%	0%
87	Jack Leiter	TEX	@HOU
88	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@CWS
89	Connor Prielipp	MIN	MIA		0%	0%
90	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	@LAA	Over his skis, but facing vulnerable lineup
91	Landen Roupp	SF	@LAD	BABIP correcting as expected
92	Bryce Miller	SEA	@HOU
93	Jose Soriano	LAA	LAD
94	Robbie Ray	SF	@LAD
95	Dustin May	STL	KC	Can he continue to harness control?	45%
96	Keider Montero	DET	@NYM		37%
97	Robby Snelling	MIA	@MIN		0%	0%
98	Sean Burke	CWS	KC
99	Ben Brown	CHC	@ATL	Finally has a third pitch, using sinker at about a 24% clip	39%
100	David Peterson	NYM	NYY		7%	25%
101	Luis Severino	ATH	SF		38%
102	Shane Baz	BAL	@WAS
103	Zebby Matthews	MIN	MIL		2%	23%
104	Griffin Canning	SD	@MIL		0%	0%
105	Seth Lugo	KC	@CWS
106	Bubba Chandler	PIT	PHI
107	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@ATH		23%
108	Brady Singer	CIN	WAS, @CLE		26%
109	Andre Pallante	STL	@ATH, KC		7%
110	Davis Martin	CWS	CHC
111	Reid Detmers	LAA	@CLE
112	Brandon Sproat	MIL	SD, @MIN		46%
113	Brayan Bello	BOS	PHI, @ATL		10%	32%
114	Rhett Lowder	CIN	WAS
115	Aaron Civale	ATH	SF		2%
116	Cody Bolton	HOU	TEX		0%	0%
117	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@CLE
118	Miles Mikolas	WAS	@CIN, BAL		0%	0%
119	Slade Cecconi	CLE	LAA		5%	35%
120	JR Ritchie	ATL	CHC, BOS		0%	0%
121	Jake Irvin	WAS	@CIN		10%
122	Jose Quintana	COL	@PIT		0%	0%
123	Chase Dollander	COL	@PIT
124	Trevor McDonald	SF	@LAD, @ATH		0%	0%
125	Zack Littell	WAS	BAL		0%	5%
126	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	MIA		0%	8%
127	Lance McCullers	HOU	SEA		8%
128	Cade Cavalli	WAS	BAL
129	Bryce Elder	ATL	BOS
130	Jacob Lopez	ATH	STL		7%	22%
131	Chad Patrick	MIL	@MIN
132	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@HOU
133	Brandon Young	BAL	NYY		2%	13%
134	Eric Lauer	TOR	@DET		2%	12%
135	J.T. Ginn	ATH	STL		2%	28%
136	Lucas Giolito	SD	@SEA		3%	15%
137	Grant Holmes	ATL	CHC
138	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@COL
139	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@COL
140	Erick Fedde	CWS	KC, CHC		3%	33%
141	Patrick Corbin	TOR	TB		1%	33%
142	Kumar Rocker	TEX	ARI		25%
143	Chris Bassitt	BAL	@WAS		16%
144	Ty Madden	DET	TOR		0%	0%
145	Colin Rea	CHC	@ATL, @CWS		37%
146	Adrian Houser	SF	@LAD, @ATH		0%	17%
147	Walker Buehler	SD	@SEA		10.00%
148	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	ARI		3.00%	27.00%
149	Michael Lorenzen	COL	@PIT, ARI		0.00%	2.00%
150	Caden Dana	LAA	@CLE, LAD		0%	0%
151	Walbert Urena	LAA	@CLE		0%	0%
152	Andrew Painter	PHI	@BOS
153	Kyle Freeland	COL	ARI		3%	2%
154	Anthony Kay	CWS	CHC		1%	13%
155	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	LAD		19%

American League

	Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	1	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	ARI, @HOU	ERA inching down
2	2	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@NYM
3	3	Kevin Gausman	TOR	TB, @DET
4	4	George Kirby	SEA	@HOU, SD
5	5	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@TOR, MIA
6	6	Dylan Cease	TOR	TB
7	7	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SD
8	8	Kris Bubic	KC	@CWS
9	9	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@HOU
10	10	Ranger Suarez	BOS	PHI
11	11	Bailey Ober	MIN	MIA, MIL
12	12	Nick Martinez	TB	MIA
13	13	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@NYM
14	14	Ryan Weathers	NYY	@BAL, @NYM	Could be pitching for his spot in the rotation (he's earned it)
15	15	Joe Ryan	MIN	MIL
16	16	Tatsuya Imai	HOU	SEA, TEX
17	17	Sonny Gray	BOS	PHI
18	18	Parker Messick	CLE	LAA
19	19	Framber Valdez	DET	@NYM
20	20	Griffin Jax	TB	@TOR	Getting close to being a traditional starter
21	21	Luis Castillo	SEA	SD
22	22	Connelly Early	BOS	@ATL
23	23	Payton Tolle	BOS	@ATL
24	24	Bryan Woo	SEA	@HOU
25	25	Max Fried	NYY	@BAL
26	26	Jack Flaherty	DET	@NYM, TOR
27	27	Michael Wacha	KC	@STL
28	28	Kyle Bradish	BAL	NYY	Better control, but needs to sustain it
29	29	Joey Cantillo	CLE	LAA, CIN
30	30	Mike Burrows	HOU	SEA
31	31	Gavin Williams	CLE	CIN
32	32	Shane McClanahan	TB	@TOR
33	33	Trey Yesavage	TOR	@DET
34	34	Stephen Kolek	KC	@CWS, @STL
35	35	Trevor Rogers	BAL	NYY, @WAS
36	36	Tanner Bibee	CLE	CIN
37	37	Noah Cameron	KC	@STL
38	38	Will Warren	NYY	@BAL
39	39	Jesse Scholtens	TB	MIA
40	40	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	SEA
41	41	Peter Lambert	HOU	TEX
42	42	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	STL, SF
43	43	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	ARI
44	44	Drew Anderson	DET	TOR
45	45	Noah Schultz	CWS	KC
46	46	Jack Leiter	TEX	@HOU
47	47	Connor Prielipp	MIN	MIA
48	48	Bryce Miller	SEA	@HOU
49	49	Jose Soriano	LAA	LAD
50	50	Keider Montero	DET	@NYM
51	51	Sean Burke	CWS	KC
52	52	Luis Severino	ATH	SF
53	53	AL Reliever
54	54	Shane Baz	BAL	@WAS
55	55	Zebby Matthews	MIN	MIL
56	56	Seth Lugo	KC	@CWS
57	57	Davis Martin	CWS	CHC
58	58	Reid Detmers	LAA	@CLE
59	59	Brayan Bello	BOS	PHI, @ATL
60	60	Aaron Civale	ATH	SF
61	61	Cody Bolton	HOU	TEX
62	62	Slade Cecconi	CLE	LAA
63	63	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	MIA
64	64	Lance McCullers	HOU	SEA
65	65	Jacob Lopez	ATH	STL
66	66	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@HOU
67	67	Brandon Young	BAL	NYY
68	68	Eric Lauer	TOR	@DET
69	69	J.T. Ginn	ATH	STL
70	70	Erick Fedde	CWS	KC, CHC
71	71	Patrick Corbin	TOR	TB
72	72	Kumar Rocker	TEX	ARI
73	73	Chris Bassitt	BAL	@WAS
74	74	Ty Madden	DET	TOR
75	75	Caden Dana	LAA	@CLE, LAD
76	76	Walbert Urena	LAA	@CLE
77	77	Anthony Kay	CWS	CHC
78	78	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	LAD

National League

	Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	1	Paul Skenes	PIT	COL, PHI	Progeny of Roger Clemens and Roy Halladay
2	2	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	SF
3	3	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@BOS, @PIT	Hasn't missed a beat
4	4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SF
5	5	Michael King	SD	@MIL, @SEA
6	6	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	SD	The Miz is awesome
7	7	Chris Sale	ATL	CHC
8	8	Chase Burns	CIN	@CLE	Potential top-20 starter if he can avoid the IL
9	9	Freddy Peralta	NYM	DET, NYY
10	10	Eury Perez	MIA	@MIN, @TB	Too many walks, but it's fixable
11	11	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@PIT
12	12	Blake Snell	LAD	@LAA
13	13	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	SF	Getting on track
14	14	Nolan McLean	NYM	DET
15	15	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	PHI
16	16	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@TEX
17	17	Zac Gallen	ARI	@TEX
18	18	Mitch Keller	PIT	COL
19	19	Tyler Mahle	SF	@ATH
20	20	Michael Soroka	ARI	@TEX, @COL
21	21	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@BOS	Skills still strong, but continues to be snakebit
22	22	Roki Sasaki	LAD	SF, @LAA
23	23	Kyle Harrison	MIL	SD
24	24	Nick Lodolo	CIN	WAS
25	25	Clay Holmes	NYM	NYY
26	26	Randy Vasquez	SD	@MIL
27	27	Janson Junk	MIA	@TB
28	28	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@TB
29	29	Logan Henderson	MIL	@MIN
30	30	Edward Cabrera	CHC	@CWS
31	31	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@ATL
32	32	Max Meyer	MIA	@MIN
33	33	Christian Scott	NYM	DET
34	34	Foster Griffin	WAS	@CIN
35	35	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	COL
36	36	Aaron Nola	PHI	@PIT
37	37	Spencer Strider	ATL	BOS
38	38	Michael McGreevy	STL	@ATH
39	39	Kyle Leahy	STL	KC
40	40	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@CWS
41	41	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	@LAA	Over his skis, but facing vulnerable lineup
42	42	Landen Roupp	SF	@LAD	BABIP correcting as expected
43	43	Robbie Ray	SF	@LAD
44	44	Dustin May	STL	KC	Can he continue to harness control?
45	45	Robby Snelling	MIA	@MIN
46	46	Ben Brown	CHC	@ATL	Finally has a third pitch, using sinker at about a 24% clip
47	47	David Peterson	NYM	NYY
48	48	NL Reliever
49	49	Griffin Canning	SD	@MIL
50	50	Bubba Chandler	PIT	PHI
51	51	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@ATH
52	52	Brady Singer	CIN	WAS, @CLE
53	53	Andre Pallante	STL	@ATH, KC
54	54	Brandon Sproat	MIL	SD, @MIN
55	55	Rhett Lowder	CIN	WAS
56	56	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@CLE
57	57	Miles Mikolas	WAS	@CIN, BAL
58	58	JR Ritchie	ATL	CHC, BOS
59	59	Jake Irvin	WAS	@CIN
60	60	Jose Quintana	COL	@PIT
61	61	Chase Dollander	COL	@PIT
62	62	Trevor McDonald	SF	@LAD, @ATH
63	63	Zack Littell	WAS	BAL
64	64	Cade Cavalli	WAS	BAL
65	65	Bryce Elder	ATL	BOS
66	66	Chad Patrick	MIL	@MIN
67	67	Lucas Giolito	SD	@SEA
68	68	Grant Holmes	ATL	CHC
69	69	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@COL
70	70	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@COL
71	71	Colin Rea	CHC	@ATL, @CWS
72	72	Adrian Houser	SF	@LAD, @ATH
73	73	Walker Buehler	SD	@SEA
74	74	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	ARI
75	75	Michael Lorenzen	COL	@PIT, ARI
76	76	Andrew Painter	PHI	@BOS
77	77	Kyle Freeland	COL	ARI