Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Lefties Rule the Roost

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Todd Zola

Published on April 5, 2025

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As is usually the case for the second full week of the season, many No. 1 and No. 2 starters line up for a two-step. It won't be long before the rotations are more staggered. The perceived advantage of having better No. 4 and No. 5 starters face lesser ones vanishes quickly.

Three southpaws sit atop this week's rankings, with 13 of the top 20 being double-dippers.

By means of reminder, the schedules are pulled from the world's finest Probable Pitchers grid, so please direct rotation questions over there. As always, I'm happy to review the rankings below.

Please pop back on Sunday night for the weekly refresh.

Week of April 7 - 13

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	TOR, @CWS	His new fat wallet didn't affect his last start
2	Cole Ragans	KC	MIN, @CLE	Early control woes, he'll figure it out
3	Chris Sale	ATL	PHI, @TB	Best 0-1 pitcher in the league
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ATL, @STL
5	Hunter Greene	CIN	@SF, PIT	No longer on the precipice of ace status; he's there
6	Logan Gilbert	SEA	HOU, TEX
7	Michael King	SD	@ATH, COL	Great pair to get on track
8	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@SEA
9	Kodai Senga	NYM	MIA, @ATH
10	Framber Valdez	HOU	@SEA
11	Tarik Skubal	DET	NYY

Three southpaws sit atop this week's rankings, with 13 of the top 20 being double-dippers.

By means of reminder, the schedules are pulled from the world's finest Probable Pitchers grid, so please direct rotation questions over there. As always, I'm happy to review the rankings below.

Please pop back on Sunday night for the weekly refresh.

Week of April 7 - 13

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	TOR, @CWS	His new fat wallet didn't affect his last start
2	Cole Ragans	KC	MIN, @CLE	Early control woes, he'll figure it out
3	Chris Sale	ATL	PHI, @TB	Best 0-1 pitcher in the league
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ATL, @STL
5	Hunter Greene	CIN	@SF, PIT	No longer on the precipice of ace status; he's there
6	Logan Gilbert	SEA	HOU, TEX
7	Michael King	SD	@ATH, COL	Great pair to get on track
8	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@SEA
9	Kodai Senga	NYM	MIA, @ATH
10	Framber Valdez	HOU	@SEA
11	Tarik Skubal	DET	NYY
12	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	CHC
13	Paul Skenes	PIT	STL
14	Logan Webb	SF	CIN, @NYY
15	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@KC, DET
16	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@COL, @ARI
17	Max Fried	NYY	@DET
18	Justin Steele	CHC	TEX, @LAD	Dodgers, D'Backs, A's, Rangers and Dodgers, tough way to open the season.
19	Zac Gallen	ARI	BAL, MIL
20	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@WAS
21	Dylan Cease	SD	@ATH
22	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@DET, SF
23	Ryan Pepiot	TB	LAA
24	Nick Pivetta	SD	COL
25	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@STL
26	Zach Eflin	BAL	@ARI, TOR
27	Shane Baz	TB	LAA, ATL
28	Sonny Gray	STL	@PIT
29	Landen Roupp	SF	CIN	Birdsong pecking at his neck
30	Blake Snell	LAD	@WAS
31	Bryan Woo	SEA	TEX
32	Shota Imanaga	CHC	TEX
33	Corbin Burnes	ARI	MIL	Early indications are that strikeouts are on the uptick
34	Bryce Miller	SEA	TEX
35	Drew Rasmussen	TB	ATL
36	Hunter Brown	HOU	@SEA
37	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@SEA
38	Ronel Blanco	HOU	LAA
39	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	WAS
40	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	PHI
41	Tanner Houck	BOS	TOR, @CWS
42	Joe Ryan	MIN	@KC
43	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	LAA
44	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@CHC
45	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@MIA	A popular FAAB target this week	3%
46	Tylor Megill	NYM	MIA
47	Grant Holmes	ATL	@TB
48	Roki Sasaki	LAD	CHC	Patience, he'll figure it out
49	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@SF	Only 5 K in 12.2 IP, but encouraging start nontheless.
50	Tanner Bibee	CLE	KC
51	Bailey Ober	MIN	@KC	Ae least he got the disaster over with early
52	Gavin Williams	CLE	CWS
53	Nick Martinez	CIN	@SF
54	Erick Fedde	STL	@PIT
55	Dustin May	LAD	@WAS, CHC
56	Brady Singer	CIN	PIT
57	Aaron Nola	PHI	@STL
58	Reese Olson	DET	@MIN
59	Kris Bubic	KC	@CLE
60	Sean Burke	CWS	@CLE
61	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@CIN		2%
62	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@CHC		17%
63	Jose Soriano	LAA	@TB
64	Zack Littell	TB	LAA		37%
65	Nestor Cortes	MIL	@COL
66	Taj Bradley	TB	ATL
67	Seth Lugo	KC	MIN
68	Michael Wacha	KC	MIN
69	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@TB
70	Kyle Hart	SD	COL		5%
71	Shane Smith	CWS	@CLE, BOS		6%
72	David Peterson	NYM	@ATH
73	Luis Castillo	SEA	HOU
74	Merrill Kelly	ARI	BAL
75	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	TOR
76	Luis Severino	ATH	SD, NYM
77	Mix 12 Reliever
78	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	BAL
79	Jack Flaherty	DET	NYY
80	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIA
81	Bowden Francis	TOR	@BAL
82	Ben Brown	CHC	@LAD
83	Mitch Keller	PIT	STL
84	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	@TB
85	Shinnosuke Ogasawara	WAS	@MIA		0%	0%
86	Justin Verlander	SF	CIN
87	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	SD
88	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@KC, DET		17%
89	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@ATL
90	Easton Lucas	TOR	@BOS, @BAL		0%	0%
91	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@BOS
92	Chris Paddack	MIN	DET
93	Mix 15 Reliever
94	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	MIL
95	Walker Buehler	BOS	TOR
96	Cade Povich	BAL	TOR
97	Jackson Jobe	DET	@MIN
98	Jose Berrios	TOR	@BOS, @BAL
99	Andrew Abbott	CIN	PIT		3%	21%
100	Bailey Falter	PIT	@CIN		0%	4%
101	Robbie Ray	SF	@NYY
102	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@LAD
103	Marcus Stroman	NYY	SF		3%	44%
104	Michael Lorenzen	KC	MIN, @CLE		1%	23%
105	Dean Kremer	BAL	@ARI		4%
106	Andre Pallante	STL	PHI		0%	32%
107	Sean Newcomb	BOS	@CWS		0%	21%
108	Jameson Taillon	CHC	TEX
109	Charlie Morton	BAL	@ARI		31%
110	Patrick Corbin	TEX	@CHC, @SEA		0%	0%
111	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	STL, @CIN		0%	7%
112	Griffin Canning	NYM	@ATH
113	Chad Patrick	MIL	@ARI		0%	0%
114	Casey Mize	DET	NYY, @MIN
115	Trevor Williams	WAS	LAD, @MIA		2%	47%
116	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@BOS
117	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	LAD
118	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	@SEA, LAA
119	Logan Allen	CLE	CWS, KC		0%	0%
120	Tyler Alexander	MIL	@COL		0%	0%
121	Jordan Hicks	SF	@NYY		20%
122	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	@DET		0%	9%
123	Jake Irvin	WAS	LAD		2%	49%
124	Luis F. Castillo	SEA	HOU		0%	0%
125	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@PIT, PHI		5%
126	Ben Lively	CLE	CWS		3%	46%
127	Jose Quintana	MIL	@ARI		3%	26%
128	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	SD		32%
129	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	KC		22%
130	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@HOU		1%	44%
131	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@CLE		0%	0%
132	Miles Mikolas	STL	PHI		0%	26%
133	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@TB, @HOU		0%	4%
134	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@HOU		6%
135	Will Warren	NYY	SF
136	Connor Gillispie	MIA	@NYM, WAS		0%	2%
137	Davis Martin	CWS	BOS		3%	26%
138	Cal Quantrill	MIA	WAS		0%	7%
139	Martin Perez	CWS	BOS		0%	0%
140	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@ATL		0%	0%
141	Max Meyer	MIA	@NYM
142	Chase Dollander	COL	@SD		0%	0%
143	Randy Vasquez	SD	@ATH		1%	18%
144	Ryan Feltner	COL	MIL		0%	2%
145	German Marquez	COL	@SD		0%	0%
146	JP Sears	ATH	NYM		3%
147	Kyle Freeland	COL	MIL, @SD		0%	0%
148	Bryce Elder	ATL	PHI		0%	0%
149	Joey Estes	ATH	NYM		0%	0%
150	Richard Fitts	BOS	TOR
151	Tyler Phillips	MIA	@NYM		0%	0%
152	Antonio Senzatela	COL	MIL		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	TOR, @CWS	His new fat wallet didn't affect his last start
2	Cole Ragans	KC	MIN, @CLE	Early control woes, he'll figure it out
3	Logan Gilbert	SEA	HOU, TEX
4	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@SEA
5	Framber Valdez	HOU	@SEA
6	Tarik Skubal	DET	NYY
7	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@KC, DET
8	Max Fried	NYY	@DET
9	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@DET, SF
10	Ryan Pepiot	TB	LAA
11	Zach Eflin	BAL	@ARI, TOR
12	Shane Baz	TB	LAA, ATL
13	Bryan Woo	SEA	TEX
14	Bryce Miller	SEA	TEX
15	Drew Rasmussen	TB	ATL
16	Hunter Brown	HOU	@SEA
17	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@SEA
18	Ronel Blanco	HOU	LAA
19	Tanner Houck	BOS	TOR, @CWS
20	Joe Ryan	MIN	@KC
21	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	LAA
22	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@CHC
23	Tanner Bibee	CLE	KC
24	Bailey Ober	MIN	@KC	Ae least he got the disaster over with early
25	Gavin Williams	CLE	CWS
26	Reese Olson	DET	@MIN
27	Kris Bubic	KC	@CLE
28	Sean Burke	CWS	@CLE
29	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@CHC
30	Jose Soriano	LAA	@TB
31	Zack Littell	TB	LAA
32	Taj Bradley	TB	ATL
33	Seth Lugo	KC	MIN
34	Michael Wacha	KC	MIN
35	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@TB
36	Shane Smith	CWS	@CLE, BOS
37	Luis Castillo	SEA	HOU
38	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	TOR
39	Luis Severino	ATH	SD, NYM
40	Jack Flaherty	DET	NYY
41	Bowden Francis	TOR	@BAL
42	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	SD
43	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@KC, DET
44	Easton Lucas	TOR	@BOS, @BAL
45	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@BOS
46	Chris Paddack	MIN	DET
47	Walker Buehler	BOS	TOR
48	Cade Povich	BAL	TOR
49	Jackson Jobe	DET	@MIN
50	Jose Berrios	TOR	@BOS, @BAL
51	Marcus Stroman	NYY	SF
52	Michael Lorenzen	KC	MIN, @CLE
53	Dean Kremer	BAL	@ARI
54	Sean Newcomb	BOS	@CWS
55	AL Reliever
56	Charlie Morton	BAL	@ARI
57	Patrick Corbin	TEX	@CHC, @SEA
58	Casey Mize	DET	NYY, @MIN
59	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@BOS
60	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	@SEA, LAA
61	Logan Allen	CLE	CWS, KC
62	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	@DET
63	Luis F. Castillo	SEA	HOU
64	Ben Lively	CLE	CWS
65	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	SD
66	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	KC
67	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@HOU
68	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@CLE
69	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@TB, @HOU
70	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@HOU
71	Will Warren	NYY	SF
72	Davis Martin	CWS	BOS
73	Martin Perez	CWS	BOS
74	JP Sears	ATH	NYM
75	Joey Estes	ATH	NYM
76	Richard Fitts	BOS	TOR

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Chris Sale	ATL	PHI, @TB	Best 0-1 pitcher in the league
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ATL, @STL
3	Hunter Greene	CIN	@SF, PIT	No longer on the precipice of ace status; he's there
4	Michael King	SD	@ATH, COL	Great pair to get on track
5	Kodai Senga	NYM	MIA, @ATH
6	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	CHC
7	Paul Skenes	PIT	STL
8	Logan Webb	SF	CIN, @NYY
9	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@COL, @ARI
10	Justin Steele	CHC	TEX, @LAD	Dodgers, D'Backs, A's, Rangers and Dodgers, tough way to open the season.
11	Zac Gallen	ARI	BAL, MIL
12	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@WAS
13	Dylan Cease	SD	@ATH
14	Nick Pivetta	SD	COL
15	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@STL
16	Sonny Gray	STL	@PIT
17	Landen Roupp	SF	CIN	Birdsong pecking at his neck
18	Blake Snell	LAD	@WAS
19	Shota Imanaga	CHC	TEX
20	Corbin Burnes	ARI	MIL	Early indications are that strikeouts are on the uptick
21	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	WAS
22	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	PHI
23	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@MIA	A popular FAAB target this week
24	Tylor Megill	NYM	MIA
25	Grant Holmes	ATL	@TB
26	Roki Sasaki	LAD	CHC	Patience, he'll figure it out
27	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@SF	Only 5 K in 12.2 IP, but encouraging start nontheless.
28	Nick Martinez	CIN	@SF
29	Erick Fedde	STL	@PIT
30	Dustin May	LAD	@WAS, CHC
31	Brady Singer	CIN	PIT
32	Aaron Nola	PHI	@STL
33	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@CIN
34	Nestor Cortes	MIL	@COL
35	Kyle Hart	SD	COL
36	David Peterson	NYM	@ATH
37	Merrill Kelly	ARI	BAL
38	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	BAL
39	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIA
40	Ben Brown	CHC	@LAD
41	Mitch Keller	PIT	STL
42	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	@TB
43	Shinnosuke Ogasawara	WAS	@MIA
44	Justin Verlander	SF	CIN
45	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@ATL
46	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	MIL
47	Andrew Abbott	CIN	PIT
48	Bailey Falter	PIT	@CIN
49	Robbie Ray	SF	@NYY
50	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@LAD
51	Andre Pallante	STL	PHI
52	Jameson Taillon	CHC	TEX
53	NL Reliever
54	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	STL, @CIN
55	Griffin Canning	NYM	@ATH
56	Chad Patrick	MIL	@ARI
57	Trevor Williams	WAS	LAD, @MIA
58	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	LAD
59	Tyler Alexander	MIL	@COL
60	Jordan Hicks	SF	@NYY
61	Jake Irvin	WAS	LAD
62	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@PIT, PHI
63	Jose Quintana	MIL	@ARI
64	Miles Mikolas	STL	PHI
65	Connor Gillispie	MIA	@NYM, WAS
66	Cal Quantrill	MIA	WAS
67	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@ATL
68	Max Meyer	MIA	@NYM
69	Chase Dollander	COL	@SD
70	Randy Vasquez	SD	@ATH
71	Ryan Feltner	COL	MIL
72	German Marquez	COL	@SD
73	Kyle Freeland	COL	MIL, @SD
74	Bryce Elder	ATL	PHI
75	Tyler Phillips	MIA	@NYM
76	Antonio Senzatela	COL	MIL