This article is part of our Weekly Hitter Rankings series.
Ask and ye shall receive. We had some requests for a companion hitting piece to pitching rankings, so now your weekend prep will also include a breakdown of each team's schedule to find hitters in a favorable spot for the upcoming week.
One table displays the number of games each club has facing a left-hander and a right-hander, home versus away and the average home run park factor for each side of the plate. A comment for each team will be included as well. The other is basically a transposition of our probable pitching chart, displaying the probable starters each squad is scheduled to face.
Together, the information helps highlight fringe hitters to activate or reserve. As usual, I'm happy to answer specific start/sit questions in the comments.
MLB HITTER RANKINGS
| TEAM | vLHP | vRHP | HOME | AWAY | HR LHB | HR RHB | Comment |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 109 | 108 | A week in the desert, Snakes should score a lot |
| Atlanta Braves | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 97 | 86 | Only five, all on the road. Consider sitting all but Freddie |
| Baltimore Orioles | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 91 | 93 | Rare week where the Orioles aren't in homer-friendly venues |
| Boston Red Sox | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 112 | 109 | Lefty sticks will love Miller Park |
| Chicago Cubs | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 107 | 105 | Away from Wrigley, but in homer-friendly parks |
| Chicago White Sox | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 113 | 107 | Home all week, good time to start your Pale Hose |
| Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Ask and ye shall receive. We had some requests for a companion hitting piece to pitching rankings, so now your weekend prep will also include a breakdown of each team's schedule to find hitters in a favorable spot for the upcoming week.
PITCHING MATCHUPS
One table displays the number of games each club has facing a left-hander and a right-hander, home versus away and the average home run park factor for each side of the plate. A comment for each team will be included as well. The other is basically a transposition of our probable pitching chart, displaying the probable starters each squad is scheduled to face.
Together, the information helps highlight fringe hitters to activate or reserve. As usual, I'm happy to answer specific start/sit questions in the comments.
MLB HITTER RANKINGS
| TEAM | vLHP | vRHP | HOME | AWAY | HR LHB | HR RHB | Comment |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 109 | 108 | A week in the desert, Snakes should score a lot |
| Atlanta Braves | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 97 | 86 | Only five, all on the road. Consider sitting all but Freddie |
| Baltimore Orioles | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 91 | 93 | Rare week where the Orioles aren't in homer-friendly venues |
| Boston Red Sox | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 112 | 109 | Lefty sticks will love Miller Park |
| Chicago Cubs | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 107 | 105 | Away from Wrigley, but in homer-friendly parks |
| Chicago White Sox | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 113 | 107 | Home all week, good time to start your Pale Hose |
| Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 82 | 86 | Huge park downgrade with four in AT&T plus rare Wednesday off day |
| Cleveland Indians | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 110 | 107 | Edwin Encarnacion returns to Rogers Centre |
| Colorado Rockies | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 116 | 125 | Seven in Coors, you know what to do |
| Detroit Tigers | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 94 | 101 | J.D. Martinez return should help |
| Houston Astros | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 132 | 116 | Four in the Bronx |
| Kansas City Royals | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 91 | 83 | Righty swinging Royals in for tough week |
| Los Angeles Angels | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 84 | 91 | Seven games, good time to play the fringe Halos |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 116 | 113 | Four in Coors |
| Miami Marlins | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 92 | 77 | Not a bad week for Justin Bour |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 149 | 111 | All Brewers active for a six-pack in Miller Park, |
| Minnesota Twins | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 112 | 106 | On the road but in a couple of hitter friendly AL Central venues |
| New York Mets | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 127 | 115 | Three in Miller Park means all lefty swingers active, note Wednesday off day |
| New York Yankees | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 140 | 120 | Pair in Cinci before returning to Bronx |
| Oakland Athletics | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 93 | 91 | Matt Joyce in nice spot facing 6 RHP |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 109 | Just five games, 2 vs. LHP, Odubel Herrera and Michael Saunders in tough spot |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 112 | 103 | Away from home, but nice park upgrades, start Bucs RHB, facing 4 LHP |
| San Diego Padres | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 100 | 104 | Five games with a DH in hitter-friendly AL venues |
| San Francisco Giants | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 78 | 93 | Four in AT&T facing weak Reds rotation |
| Seattle Mariners | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 108 | 114 | No DH for two in Philly |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 95 | 81 | Cubs with a weekend visit to Busch Stadium, facing three southpaws |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 89 | 94 | Consider sitting Rays lefties, facing three left-handers this week |
| Texas Rangers | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 96 | 101 | Should feast on Padres staff with four versus Friars at home |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 109 | 109 | Seven at home, maybe this is the elixir to get bats going |
| Washington Nationals | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 92 | 101 | They'd score double digits in Yellowstone Park |
PITCHING MATCHUPS
| TM | MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN |
| ARZ | @Morton R | @Musgrove R | @Despgne R | @Volquez R | @Conley L | ||
| ATL | Verlander R | Boyd L | Cole R | Glasnow R | Taillon R | Nova R | |
| BAL | Gonzalez L | Scherzer R | @Strasburg R | @Turner R | @Duffy L | @Karns R | @Young R |
| BOS | @Peralta R | @Anderson R | @Nelson R | Cobb R | Snell L | Andriese R | |
| CHC | @Senzatela R | @Freeland L | @Marquez R | @Leake R | @Wacha R | @Martinez R | |
| CHW | Santiago L | Hughes R | Tepesch R | Cahill R | Weaver R | Perdomo R | |
| CIN | Tanaka R | Sabathia L | @Blach L | @Cueto R | @Moore L | @Smrdzija R | |
| CLE | @Lawrence R | @Stroman R | @Liriano L | Santana R | Berrios R | Santiago L | |
| COL | Arrieta R | Lackey R | Hendricks R | Kershaw L | McCarthy R | Ryu L | Hill L |
| DET | @Ray L | @Godley R | @Ramirez R | @Shoemkr R | @Nolasco R | @Meyer R | |
| HOU | Colon R | Garcia L | @Pineda R | @Mntgmry L | @Severino R | @Tanaka R | |
| KC | @Snell L | @Andriese R | @Archer R | @Odorizzi R | Tillman R | Gausman R | Jimenez R |
| LAA | @Graveman R | @Cotton R | @Manaea L | Fulmer R | Zimmrmn R | Norris L | Verlander R |
| LAD | Taillon R | Nova R | Kuhl R | @Anderson L | @Chatwood R | @Senzatela R | @Freeland L |
| MIA | Martinez R | Wainwright R | Lynn R | Foltynewicz R | Teheran R | Dickey R | |
| MIL | Pomeranz L | Kendrick R | Rodriguez L | Gsellman R | Harvey R | deGrom R | |
| MIN | @Pelfrey R | @Holland L | @Gonzalez R | @Tomlin R | @Kluber R | @Bauer R | |
| NYM | @Davis R | @Adleman R | Keuchel L | McCullers R | Fiers R | Morton R | |
| NYY | Moore L | Smrdzija R | Cain R | @Garza R | @Davies R | @Peralta R | |
| OAK | Nolasco R | Meyer R | Chavez R | @Cashner R | @Martinez R | @Griffin R | |
| PHI | Iwakuma R | Miranda L | @Roark R | @Gonzalez L | @Scherzer R | ||
| PIT | @Wood L | @Urias L | @Maeda R | @Greinke R | @Corbin L | @Walker R | @Ray L |
| SD | Martinez R | Griffin R | @Darvish R | @Perez L | @Quintana L | @Covey R | @Pelfrey R |
| SEA | @Eickhoff R | @Eflin R | @Estrada R | @Biagini R | @Lawrence R | @Stroman R | |
| SF | @deGrom R | @Wheeler R | @Montero R | Arroyo R | Garrett L | S. Feldman R | Davis R |
| STL | @Conley L | @Straily R | @Koehler R | Anderson L | Lester L | Arrieta R | |
| TB | Karns R | Young R | Hammel R | Vargas L | @Porcello R | @Sale L | @Pomeranz L |
| TEX | @Weaver R | @Perdomo R | Chacin R | Richard L | Triggs R | Hahn R | Gray R |
| TOR | Carrasco R | Clevinger R | Salazar R | Gallardo R | De Jong R | Bergman R | Iwakuma R |
| WSH | @Gausman R | @Jimenez R | Miley L | Bundy R | Pivetta R | Velasquez R | Hellickson R |
