Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Aces Out of Pocket

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Updated on July 17, 2023 1:02AM EST

The first full week after the break offers 95 games, but since most of the top pitchers were on the hill over the weekend, the quality of two-steppers is well-below normal. The flip side is most of the double-dippers are back-of-the-rotation types, but there still aren't many who project as helpful for the coming week.

As always, the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation question over there. I'm happy to address rankings questions below.

UPDATED: Monday July 17, 1:00 AM ET

Week of July 17-23

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@STL, COL
2	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@SEA
3	Aaron Nola	PHI	MIL, @CLE	Homers still up, but primed for a solid 2H
4	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@NYM, @MIN	On hug alert
5	Sonny Gray	MIN	@SEA, CWS
6	Logan Webb	SF	@CIN, @WAS	Strikeouts continue to be elevated
7	Gerrit Cole	NYY	KC
8	Framber Valdez	HOU	@OAK
9	Logan Gilbert	SEA	MIN, TOR
10	Bailey Ober	MIN	@SEA, CWS
11	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@SEA
12	Brayan Bello	BOS	@OAK
13	Joe Musgrove	SD	@TOR, @DET
14	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	PIT	Dealing with lingering blister issues
15	Shane McClanahan	TB	@TEX, BAL	Coming off IL, innings may be tempered

As always, the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation question over there. I'm happy to address rankings questions below.

UPDATED: Monday July 17, 1:00 AM ET

Week of July 17-23

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@STL, COL
2	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@SEA
3	Aaron Nola	PHI	MIL, @CLE	Homers still up, but primed for a solid 2H
4	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@NYM, @MIN	On hug alert
5	Sonny Gray	MIN	@SEA, CWS
6	Logan Webb	SF	@CIN, @WAS	Strikeouts continue to be elevated
7	Gerrit Cole	NYY	KC
8	Framber Valdez	HOU	@OAK
9	Logan Gilbert	SEA	MIN, TOR
10	Bailey Ober	MIN	@SEA, CWS
11	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@SEA
12	Brayan Bello	BOS	@OAK
13	Joe Musgrove	SD	@TOR, @DET
14	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	PIT	Dealing with lingering blister issues
15	Shane McClanahan	TB	@TEX, BAL	Coming off IL, innings may be tempered
16	Spencer Strider	ATL	ARI
17	Luis Castillo	SEA	MIN
18	Cristian Javier	HOU	@OAK	Astros counting on a return to form
19	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@PHI
20	Kenta Maeda	MIN	@SEA
21	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	TB
22	Tyler Wells	BAL	LAD, @TB
23	Joe Ryan	MIN	CWS
24	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	@KC
25	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@CLE
26	Michael Lorenzen	DET	@KC
27	Tyler Glasnow	TB	BAL
28	Julio Urias	LAD	@BAL
29	Justin Verlander	NYM	CWS
30	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@LAA
31	James Paxton	BOS	NYM
32	George Kirby	SEA	MIN
33	Aaron Civale	CLE	@PIT
34	Zach Eflin	TB	BAL
35	Braxton Garrett	MIA	COL
36	Mitch Keller	PIT	CLE
37	Jordan Montgomery	STL	MIA, @CHC
38	Justin Steele	CHC	STL
39	Tarik Skubal	DET	@KC, SD
40	Marcus Stroman	CHC	STL
41	Jose Berrios	TOR	SD
42	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TB
43	Andrew Abbott	CIN	SF
44	Bryce Miller	SEA	TOR
45	Jose Quintana	NYM	CWS	Slated to make Mets debut against some old friends	1%	0%
46	Dylan Cease	CWS	@MIN
47	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@SEA
48	Blake Snell	SD	@TOR
49	Zac Gallen	ARI	@ATL
50	Michael Kopech	CWS	@NYM
51	Miles Mikolas	STL	MIA, @CHC
52	Bryce Elder	ATL	ARI, @MIL	4.02 indicates a likely ERA correction is on the way
53	Jon Gray	TEX	TB
54	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	KC
55	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@TEX
56	Mix 12 Reliever
57	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@STL, COL
58	Reid Detmers	LAA	PIT
59	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@OAK, NYM		18%
60	Alek Manoah	TOR	SD, @SEA	Remaining cautiously optimistic
61	Tanner Bibee	CLE	PHI
62	Michael Soroka	ATL	@MIL
63	Chris Murphy	BOS	@OAK		1%	2%
64	Hunter Brown	HOU	@COL, @OAK
65	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@STL
66	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	MIL		29%
67	Charlie Morton	ATL	ARI
68	Seth Lugo	SD	@DET
69	Mix 15 Reliever
70	Freddy Peralta	MIL	ATL
71	Dane Dunning	TEX	TB, LAD
72	Ryan Yarbrough	KC	DET		1%	6%
73	Lance Lynn	CWS	@MIN
74	Griffin Canning	LAA	NYY
75	Bryan Woo	SEA	MIN, TOR
76	J.P. France	HOU	@OAK
77	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	@BAL, @TEX
78	Alex Cobb	SF	@CIN
79	Anthony DeSclafani	SF	@CIN, @WAS		48%
80	Taijuan Walker	PHI	MIL
81	Domingo German	NYY	@LAA
82	Chris Bassitt	TOR	SD
83	Luis Severino	NYY	@LAA, KC
84	Reese Olson	DET	SD
85	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	NYY
86	Matt Manning	DET	@KC, SD		32%
87	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@CLE
88	Yu Darvish	SD	@TOR
89	Jameson Taillon	CHC	WAS, STL		41%
90	JP Sears	OAK	HOU
91	Dakota Hudson	STL	MIA		0%	0%
92	Bobby Miller	LAD	@TEX
93	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@TB
94	Kutter Crawford	BOS	NYM
95	Jordan Lyles	KC	DET, @NYY		0%	0%
96	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	WAS
97	Xzavion Curry	CLE	@PIT		0%	2%
98	Logan Allen	CLE	@PIT, PHI
99	Wade Miley	MIL	@PHI
100	Gavin Williams	CLE	PHI
101	Brady Singer	KC	@NYY
102	Kodai Senga	NYM	@BOS
103	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@CHC, SF
104	Alec Marsh	KC	DET		0%	2%
105	Ben Lively	CIN	ARI		17%
106	Ross Stripling	SF	@CIN		3%	28%
107	Alex Wood	SF	@WAS		19%
108	Max Scherzer	NYM	@BOS	5.63 ERA over previous 40 IP, plus lingering neck issue
109	Tyler Anderson	LAA	PIT		14%
110	Connor Seabold	COL	@MIA		0%	0%
111	Peter Lambert	COL	@MIA		0%	0%
112	Chase Anderson	COL	@MIA		0%	0%
113	Andrew Heaney	TEX	LAD
114	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	LAD, @TB
115	Jack Flaherty	STL	@CHC
116	Drew Smyly	CHC	WAS, STL
117	Dean Kremer	BAL	LAD
118	Taj Bradley	TB	@TEX, BAL
119	Brandon Williamson	CIN	SF, ARI		3%	15%
120	Rich Hill	PIT	CLE		7%
121	Trevor Williams	WAS	@CHC		0%	11%
122	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@LAA		35%
123	Steven Matz	STL	@CHC		14%
124	Tucker Davidson	LAA	NYY		0%	0%
125	Daniel Lynch	KC	DET, @NYY		3%
126	Pedro Avila	SD	@DET		0%	0%
127	Quinn Priester	PIT	CLE, @LAA		0%	0%
128	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	CWS, @BOS		18%
129	Michael Grove	LAD	@BAL		2%	38%
130	Jake Irvin	WAS	SF		1%	21%
131	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	SF		24%
132	Hogan Harris	OAK	HOU		2%	8%
133	Kolby Allard	ATL	@MIL		28%
134	Josiah Gray	WAS	SF
135	Zach Davies	ARI	@ATL, @CIN		1%	6%
136	Martin Perez	TEX	LAD
137	Osvaldo Bido	PIT	@LAA		0%	9%
138	Luke Weaver	CIN	SF, ARI		1%	21%
139	Tommy Henry	ARI	@CIN		18%
140	Yonny Chirinos	TB	@TEX		2%	34%
141	Adrian Houser	MIL	ATL		3%	40%
142	Luis Medina	OAK	BOS, HOU		0%	9%
143	Tyler Gilbert	ARI	@CIN		0%	0%
144	Austin Gomber	COL	HOU		1%	4%
145	Touki Toussaint	CWS	@NYM		1%	11%
146	Paul Blackburn	OAK	BOS, HOU		12%
147	Julio Teheran	MIL	@PHI, ATL
148	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	BOS		1%	2%
149	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@CHC		1%	25%
150	Brandon Bielak	HOU	@COL		2%	26%
151	Noah Davis	COL	HOU		0%	0%
152	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@ATL		12%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@SEA
2	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@NYM, @MIN	On hug alert
3	Sonny Gray	MIN	@SEA, CWS
4	Gerrit Cole	NYY	KC
5	Framber Valdez	HOU	@OAK
6	Logan Gilbert	SEA	MIN, TOR
7	Bailey Ober	MIN	@SEA, CWS
8	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@SEA
9	Brayan Bello	BOS	@OAK
10	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	PIT	Dealing with lingering blister issues
11	Shane McClanahan	TB	@TEX, BAL	Coming off IL, innings may be tempered
12	Luis Castillo	SEA	MIN
13	Cristian Javier	HOU	@OAK	Astros counting on a return to form
14	Kenta Maeda	MIN	@SEA
15	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	TB
16	Tyler Wells	BAL	LAD, @TB
17	Joe Ryan	MIN	CWS
18	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	@KC
19	Michael Lorenzen	DET	@KC
20	Tyler Glasnow	TB	BAL
21	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@LAA
22	James Paxton	BOS	NYM
23	George Kirby	SEA	MIN
24	Aaron Civale	CLE	@PIT
25	Zach Eflin	TB	BAL
26	Tarik Skubal	DET	@KC, SD
27	Jose Berrios	TOR	SD
28	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TB
29	Bryce Miller	SEA	TOR
30	Dylan Cease	CWS	@MIN
31	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@SEA
32	Michael Kopech	CWS	@NYM
33	Jon Gray	TEX	TB
34	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	KC
35	Reid Detmers	LAA	PIT
36	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@OAK, NYM
37	Alek Manoah	TOR	SD, @SEA	Remaining cautiously optimistic
38	Tanner Bibee	CLE	PHI
39	Chris Murphy	BOS	@OAK
40	Hunter Brown	HOU	@COL, @OAK
41	Dane Dunning	TEX	TB, LAD
42	Ryan Yarbrough	KC	DET
43	Lance Lynn	CWS	@MIN
44	Griffin Canning	LAA	NYY
45	Bryan Woo	SEA	MIN, TOR
46	J.P. France	HOU	@OAK
47	Domingo German	NYY	@LAA
48	Chris Bassitt	TOR	SD
49	Luis Severino	NYY	@LAA, KC
50	Reese Olson	DET	SD
51	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	NYY
52	AL Reliever
53	Matt Manning	DET	@KC, SD
54	JP Sears	OAK	HOU
55	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@TB
56	Kutter Crawford	BOS	NYM
57	Jordan Lyles	KC	DET, @NYY
58	Xzavion Curry	CLE	@PIT
59	Logan Allen	CLE	@PIT, PHI
60	Gavin Williams	CLE	PHI
61	Brady Singer	KC	@NYY
62	Alec Marsh	KC	DET
63	Tyler Anderson	LAA	PIT
64	Andrew Heaney	TEX	LAD
65	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	LAD, @TB
66	Dean Kremer	BAL	LAD
67	Taj Bradley	TB	@TEX, BAL
68	Tucker Davidson	LAA	NYY
69	Daniel Lynch	KC	DET, @NYY
70	Hogan Harris	OAK	HOU
71	Martin Perez	TEX	LAD
72	Yonny Chirinos	TB	@TEX
73	Luis Medina	OAK	BOS, HOU
74	Touki Toussaint	CWS	@NYM
75	Paul Blackburn	OAK	BOS, HOU
76	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	BOS
77	Brandon Bielak	HOU	@COL

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@STL, COL
2	Aaron Nola	PHI	MIL, @CLE	Homers still up, but primed for a solid 2H
3	Logan Webb	SF	@CIN, @WAS	Strikeouts continue to be elevated
4	Joe Musgrove	SD	@TOR, @DET
5	Spencer Strider	ATL	ARI
6	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@PHI
7	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@CLE
8	Julio Urias	LAD	@BAL
9	Justin Verlander	NYM	CWS
10	Braxton Garrett	MIA	COL
11	Mitch Keller	PIT	CLE
12	Jordan Montgomery	STL	MIA, @CHC
13	Justin Steele	CHC	STL
14	Marcus Stroman	CHC	STL
15	Andrew Abbott	CIN	SF
16	Jose Quintana	NYM	CWS	Slated to make Mets debut against some old friends
17	Blake Snell	SD	@TOR
18	Zac Gallen	ARI	@ATL
19	Miles Mikolas	STL	MIA, @CHC
20	Bryce Elder	ATL	ARI, @MIL	4.02 indicates a likely ERA correction is on the way
21	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@TEX
22	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@STL, COL
23	Michael Soroka	ATL	@MIL
24	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@STL
25	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	MIL
26	Charlie Morton	ATL	ARI
27	Seth Lugo	SD	@DET
28	Freddy Peralta	MIL	ATL
29	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	@BAL, @TEX
30	Alex Cobb	SF	@CIN
31	Anthony DeSclafani	SF	@CIN, @WAS
32	Taijuan Walker	PHI	MIL
33	NL Reliever
34	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@CLE
35	Yu Darvish	SD	@TOR
36	Jameson Taillon	CHC	WAS, STL
37	Dakota Hudson	STL	MIA
38	Bobby Miller	LAD	@TEX
39	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	WAS
40	Wade Miley	MIL	@PHI
41	Kodai Senga	NYM	@BOS
42	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@CHC, SF
43	Ben Lively	CIN	ARI
44	Ross Stripling	SF	@CIN
45	Alex Wood	SF	@WAS
46	Max Scherzer	NYM	@BOS	5.63 ERA over previous 40 IP, plus lingering neck issue
47	Connor Seabold	COL	@MIA
48	Peter Lambert	COL	@MIA
49	Chase Anderson	COL	@MIA
50	Jack Flaherty	STL	@CHC
51	Drew Smyly	CHC	WAS, STL
52	Brandon Williamson	CIN	SF, ARI
53	Rich Hill	PIT	CLE
54	Trevor Williams	WAS	@CHC
55	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@LAA
56	Steven Matz	STL	@CHC
57	Pedro Avila	SD	@DET
58	Quinn Priester	PIT	CLE, @LAA
59	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	CWS, @BOS
60	Michael Grove	LAD	@BAL
61	Jake Irvin	WAS	SF
62	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	SF
63	Kolby Allard	ATL	@MIL
64	Josiah Gray	WAS	SF
65	Zach Davies	ARI	@ATL, @CIN
66	Osvaldo Bido	PIT	@LAA
67	Luke Weaver	CIN	SF, ARI
68	Tommy Henry	ARI	@CIN
69	Adrian Houser	MIL	ATL
70	Tyler Gilbert	ARI	@CIN
71	Austin Gomber	COL	HOU
72	Julio Teheran	MIL	@PHI, ATL
73	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@CHC
74	Noah Davis	COL	HOU
75	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@ATL