Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

Written by

Todd Zola

Updated on May 24, 2025 7:15PM EST

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MLB came close with 12 games on Memorial Day, but it should be all 30 teams in action. I know there are collective bargaining considerations, but can't they figure out how to have everyone play and still be in accordance with the guidelines pertaining to consecutive games without a scheduled off day?

Speaking of which, 22 clubs are off Thursday to put a big damper on two-start weeks.

Kudos to the crew keeping up with the Probable Pitchers page. The recent rash of rainouts has been a chore, yet they've stayed on top of everything. The schedule generating the rankings is pulled from their grid, so please direct rotation question on that direction. I'm happy to handle rankings queries below.

As always, a refresh will be posted late Sunday night/early Monday morning.

Week of May 26 - June 1

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Jacob deGrom	TEX	TOR, STL	26 K, 3 BB over last 20 IP
2	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TB, @SEA	Took advantage of coming into suspended game last time out
3	Tarik Skubal	DET	@KC
4	Dylan Cease	SD	PIT
5	Michael King	SD	PIT
6	Framber Valdez	HOU	TB
7	Ben Brown	CHC	CIN
8	Corbin Burnes	ARI	PIT
9	Ranger Suarez	PHI	ATL, MIL
10	Bailey Ober	MIN	@SEA
11	Paul Skenes	PIT

Speaking of which, 22 clubs are off Thursday to put a big damper on two-start weeks.

As always, a refresh will be posted late Sunday night/early Monday morning.

Week of May 26 - June 1

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Jacob deGrom	TEX	TOR, STL	26 K, 3 BB over last 20 IP
2	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TB, @SEA	Took advantage of coming into suspended game last time out
3	Tarik Skubal	DET	@KC
4	Dylan Cease	SD	PIT
5	Michael King	SD	PIT
6	Framber Valdez	HOU	TB
7	Ben Brown	CHC	CIN
8	Corbin Burnes	ARI	PIT
9	Ranger Suarez	PHI	ATL, MIL
10	Bailey Ober	MIN	@SEA
11	Paul Skenes	PIT	@ARI
12	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	MIL	Can he stay healthy?
13	Hunter Brown	HOU	ATH, TB
14	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	TOR
15	Logan Gilbert	SEA	MIN
16	Michael Lorenzen	KC	CIN, DET	Royals staff adept at taking advantage of spacious Kauffman Park	31%
17	Colin Rea	CHC	CIN
18	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@CLE	Couple pick up second start on Sunday night
19	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@LAA
20	Drew Rasmussen	TB	MIN
21	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@TB
22	Sonny Gray	STL	@TEX
23	Jameson Taillon	CHC	COL, CIN
24	Zack Wheeler	PHI	ATL
25	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@TOR
26	Hunter Greene	CIN	@KC
27	Zac Gallen	ARI	PIT	Good game to right the ship
28	Matthew Boyd	CHC	COL	Nice chance to rebound after a rare clunker
29	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@LAA
30	Clay Holmes	NYM	CWS, COL
31	David Peterson	NYM	COL
32	Colton Gordon	HOU	TB		0%	0%
33	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@TEX, ATH
34	George Kirby	SEA	WAS
35	Ryne Nelson	ARI	PIT		7%
36	Spencer Strider	ATL	@PHI, BOS	Have to start, but temper expectations
37	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@TEX
38	Kodai Senga	NYM	COL
39	Erick Fedde	STL	@BAL, @TEX	Who would have thought these would be favorable matchups?
40	Chris Sale	ATL	@PHI
41	Tyler Mahle	TEX	TOR
42	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	BOS
43	Nick Pivetta	SD	MIA
44	Bryan Woo	SEA	MIN
45	Bryce Miller	SEA	WAS
46	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@MIL
47	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@DET, @MIA	Expecting a strong four months in the rotation
48	Shane Smith	CWS	@NYM
49	Zebby Matthews	MIN	@SEA		17%
50	Merrill Kelly	ARI	WAS
51	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	ATL
52	Cade Povich	BAL	STL		8%
53	Bowden Francis	TOR	@TEX, ATH	Disappointing season, but these are favorable matchups	40%
54	Ryan Weathers	MIA	@SD, SF	Buying in, but needs to maintain better control
55	Jack Flaherty	DET	SF
56	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@SEA
57	Gavin Williams	CLE	LAD, LAA	Better control still needed
58	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	STL, CWS	Solid surface stats, but lack of strikeouts leaves him vulnerable
59	Tylor Megill	NYM	CWS
60	Taj Bradley	TB	MIN, @HOU
61	Freddy Peralta	MIL	BOS
62	Chris Paddack	MIN	@TB		33%
63	Noah Cameron	KC	CIN		0%	0%
64	Jake Irvin	WAS	@ARI		34%
65	Edward Cabrera	MIA	SF		18%
66	Yu Darvish	SD	MIA	Tentative	48%
67	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@SD
68	Grant Holmes	ATL	BOS
69	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@HOU
70	Zach Eflin	BAL	CWS
71	Luis Castillo	SEA	MIN
72	Ryan Yarbrough	NYY	@LAA, @LAD		0%	0%
73	Max Fried	NYY	@LAD
74	Chris Bassitt	TOR	ATH
75	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@ARI, @SD
76	Adrian Houser	CWS	@NYM, @BAL		0%	0%
77	Michael Wacha	KC	DET
78	Griffin Canning	NYM	CWS
79	Dustin May	LAD	@CLE
80	Landen Roupp	SF	@DET
81	Cade Horton	CHC	COL		0%	0%
82	Trevor Williams	WAS	@SEA		0%	4%
83	Shane Baz	TB	@HOU
84	Davis Martin	CWS	@BAL		1%	32%
85	Eric Lauer	TOR	@TEX		0%	0%
86	Michael Soroka	WAS	@ARI		27%
87	Luis Severino	ATH	@HOU
88	Dean Kremer	BAL	CWS		5%
89	Sean Burke	CWS	@NYM		3%	25%
90	Nick Martinez	CIN	@KC, @CHC
91	Robbie Ray	SF	@MIA
92	Mix 12 Reliever
93	Zack Littell	TB	MIN, @HOU	Should benefit from heavier upcoming road schedule	28%
94	Jose Soriano	LAA	@CLE
95	Jacob Lopez	ATH	@TOR		0%	0%
96	Logan Evans	SEA	WAS		0%	0%
97	Logan Webb	SF	@DET
98	Jackson Jobe	DET	SF
99	Kyle Harrison	SF	@MIA		6%
100	Gunnar Hoglund	ATH	@TOR		0%	0%
101	Andre Pallante	STL	@BAL		4%
102	Jack Leiter	TEX	STL
103	Casey Mize	DET	@KC
104	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	WAS		22%	39%
105	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	WAS
106	Sean Newcomb	BOS	@MIL		0%	0%
107	Mix 15 Reliever
108	Tanner Bibee	CLE	LAD
109	Bailey Falter	PIT	@SD		1%	40%
110	Max Meyer	MIA	@SD
111	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	@PHI
112	Jose Berrios	TOR	ATH
113	Walker Buehler	BOS	@ATL
114	Aaron Nola	PHI	MIL
115	Patrick Corbin	TEX	STL		11%
116	Mitch Keller	PIT	@SD
117	Lance McCullers	HOU	ATH		4%
118	Miles Mikolas	STL	@BAL		5%	47%
119	Aaron Civale	MIL	BOS		7%
120	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@ATL
121	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@SEA, @ARI		15%	26%
122	Charlie Morton	BAL	STL		4%	5%
123	Brady Singer	CIN	@KC
124	Hunter Dobbins	BOS	@ATL		0%	0%
125	JP Sears	ATH	@HOU, @TOR
126	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	NYY
127	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@BAL		2%	11%
128	Randy Vasquez	SD	MIA, PIT		6%	37%
129	Chad Patrick	MIL	BOS		3%
130	Landon Knack	LAD	NYY		21%
131	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	LAA
132	Brayan Bello	BOS	@MIL
133	Will Warren	NYY	@LAD
134	Ryan Gusto	HOU	TB		13%	26%
135	Logan Allen	CLE	LAA		11%
136	Cal Quantrill	MIA	SF		0%	0%
137	Kris Bubic	KC	DET
138	Logan Henderson	MIL	@PHI
139	Quinn Priester	MIL	@PHI		5%	26%
140	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	NYY		0%	0%
141	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@CHC
142	Keider Montero	DET	SF, @KC		0%	19%
143	Daniel Lynch	KC	CIN		0%	0%
144	Matt Sauer	LAD	@CLE		0%	0%
145	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	NYY
146	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@CHC
147	Jose Quintana	MIL	@PHI		14%	49%
148	Mike Burrows	PIT	@ARI		0%	0%
149	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@CLE		0%	9%
150	Carson Palmquist	COL	@CHC, @NYM		0%	0%
151	Slade Cecconi	CLE	LAD		0%	0%
152	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	NYY, @CLE		0%	4%
153	Kyle Freeland	COL	@NYM		0%	2%
154	German Marquez	COL	@CHC		0%	0%
155	Tyler Anderson	LAA	NYY
156	Tanner Gordon	COL	@CHC		0%	0%
157	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@NYM		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Jacob deGrom	TEX	TOR, STL	26 K, 3 BB over last 20 IP
2	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TB, @SEA	Took advantage of coming into suspended game last time out
3	Tarik Skubal	DET	@KC
4	Framber Valdez	HOU	TB
5	Bailey Ober	MIN	@SEA
6	Hunter Brown	HOU	ATH, TB
7	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	TOR
8	Logan Gilbert	SEA	MIN
9	Michael Lorenzen	KC	CIN, DET	Royals staff adept at taking advantage of spacious Kauffman Park
10	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@LAA
11	Drew Rasmussen	TB	MIN
12	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@TB
13	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@TOR
14	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@LAA
15	Colton Gordon	HOU	TB
16	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@TEX, ATH
17	George Kirby	SEA	WAS
18	Tyler Mahle	TEX	TOR
19	Bryan Woo	SEA	MIN
20	Bryce Miller	SEA	WAS
21	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@MIL
22	Shane Smith	CWS	@NYM
23	Zebby Matthews	MIN	@SEA
24	Cade Povich	BAL	STL
25	Bowden Francis	TOR	@TEX, ATH	Disappointing season, but these are favorable matchups
26	Jack Flaherty	DET	SF
27	Gavin Williams	CLE	LAD, LAA	Better control still needed
28	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	STL, CWS	Solid surface stats, but lack of strikeouts leaves him vulnerable
29	Taj Bradley	TB	MIN, @HOU
30	Chris Paddack	MIN	@TB
31	Noah Cameron	KC	CIN
32	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@HOU
33	Zach Eflin	BAL	CWS
34	Luis Castillo	SEA	MIN
35	Ryan Yarbrough	NYY	@LAA, @LAD
36	Max Fried	NYY	@LAD
37	Chris Bassitt	TOR	ATH
38	Adrian Houser	CWS	@NYM, @BAL
39	Michael Wacha	KC	DET
40	Shane Baz	TB	@HOU
41	Davis Martin	CWS	@BAL
42	Eric Lauer	TOR	@TEX
43	Luis Severino	ATH	@HOU
44	Dean Kremer	BAL	CWS
45	Sean Burke	CWS	@NYM
46	Zack Littell	TB	MIN, @HOU	Should benefit from heavier upcoming road schedule
47	Jose Soriano	LAA	@CLE
48	Jacob Lopez	ATH	@TOR
49	Logan Evans	SEA	WAS
50	Jackson Jobe	DET	SF
51	Gunnar Hoglund	ATH	@TOR
52	Jack Leiter	TEX	STL
53	Casey Mize	DET	@KC
54	Sean Newcomb	BOS	@MIL
55	Tanner Bibee	CLE	LAD
56	Jose Berrios	TOR	ATH
57	Walker Buehler	BOS	@ATL
58	Patrick Corbin	TEX	STL
59	Lance McCullers	HOU	ATH
60	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@ATL

62	Charlie Morton	BAL	STL
63	Hunter Dobbins	BOS	@ATL
64	JP Sears	ATH	@HOU, @TOR
65	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@BAL
66	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	LAA
67	Brayan Bello	BOS	@MIL
68	Will Warren	NYY	@LAD
69	Ryan Gusto	HOU	TB
70	Logan Allen	CLE	LAA
71	Kris Bubic	KC	DET
72	Keider Montero	DET	SF, @KC
73	Daniel Lynch	KC	CIN
74	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	NYY
75	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@CLE
76	Slade Cecconi	CLE	LAD
77	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	NYY, @CLE
78	Tyler Anderson	LAA	NYY

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Dylan Cease	SD	PIT
2	Michael King	SD	PIT
3	Ben Brown	CHC	CIN
4	Corbin Burnes	ARI	PIT
5	Ranger Suarez	PHI	ATL, MIL
6	Paul Skenes	PIT	@ARI
7	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	MIL	Can he stay healthy?
8	Colin Rea	CHC	CIN
9	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@CLE	Couple pick up second start on Sunday night
10	Sonny Gray	STL	@TEX
11	Jameson Taillon	CHC	COL, CIN
12	Zack Wheeler	PHI	ATL
13	Hunter Greene	CIN	@KC
14	Zac Gallen	ARI	PIT	Good game to right the ship
15	Matthew Boyd	CHC	COL	Nice chance to rebound after a rare clunker
16	Clay Holmes	NYM	CWS, COL
17	David Peterson	NYM	COL
18	Ryne Nelson	ARI	PIT
19	Spencer Strider	ATL	@PHI, BOS	Have to start, but temper expectations
20	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@TEX
21	Kodai Senga	NYM	COL
22	Erick Fedde	STL	@BAL, @TEX	Who would have thought these would be favorable matchups?
23	Chris Sale	ATL	@PHI
24	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	BOS
25	Nick Pivetta	SD	MIA
26	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@DET, @MIA	Expecting a strong four months in the rotation
27	Merrill Kelly	ARI	WAS
28	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	ATL
29	Ryan Weathers	MIA	@SD, SF	Buying in, but needs to maintain better control
30	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@SEA
31	Tylor Megill	NYM	CWS
32	Freddy Peralta	MIL	BOS
33	Jake Irvin	WAS	@ARI
34	Edward Cabrera	MIA	SF
35	Yu Darvish	SD	MIA	Tentative
36	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@SD
37	Grant Holmes	ATL	BOS
38	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@ARI, @SD
39	Griffin Canning	NYM	CWS
40	Dustin May	LAD	@CLE
41	Landen Roupp	SF	@DET
42	Cade Horton	CHC	COL
43	Trevor Williams	WAS	@SEA
44	Michael Soroka	WAS	@ARI
45	Nick Martinez	CIN	@KC, @CHC
46	Robbie Ray	SF	@MIA
47	Logan Webb	SF	@DET
48	Kyle Harrison	SF	@MIA
49	Andre Pallante	STL	@BAL
50	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	WAS
51	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	WAS
52	Bailey Falter	PIT	@SD
53	Max Meyer	MIA	@SD
54	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	@PHI
55	Aaron Nola	PHI	MIL
56	Mitch Keller	PIT	@SD
57	Miles Mikolas	STL	@BAL
58	Aaron Civale	MIL	BOS
59	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@SEA, @ARI
60	NL Reliever
61	Brady Singer	CIN	@KC
62	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	NYY
63	Randy Vasquez	SD	MIA, PIT
64	Chad Patrick	MIL	BOS
65	Landon Knack	LAD	NYY
66	Cal Quantrill	MIA	SF
67	Logan Henderson	MIL	@PHI
68	Quinn Priester	MIL	@PHI
69	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	NYY
70	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@CHC
71	Matt Sauer	LAD	@CLE
72	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@CHC
73	Jose Quintana	MIL	@PHI
74	Mike Burrows	PIT	@ARI
75	Carson Palmquist	COL	@CHC, @NYM
76	Kyle Freeland	COL	@NYM
77	German Marquez	COL	@CHC
78	Tanner Gordon	COL	@CHC
79	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@NYM