Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Lonely at the Top

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Lonely at the Top

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Published on April 19, 2025

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First off, apologies for not addressing your questions last week. It was crazy on and off the field. I promise not to ghost you this week.

This is the first set of rankings rolling in rest-of-season projections. It's too bad the inventory of double-dippers isn't more interesting. Most of the aces are flying solo.

Please send rotation questions to the fine folks at the Probable Pitchers page. And this time, I double-pinky swear I'll answer rankings questions here.

Please check back Sunday night for the update.

Week of April 21 - 27

Mixed Leagues

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	BAL	Rare one start guy on top
2	Logan Gilbert	SEA	MIA	Fifth straight home start in six outings
3	Garrett Crochet	BOS	SEA
4	Bryce Miller	SEA	@BOS, MIA
5	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@SF	Stepped up against Yamamoto and the Dodgers
6	Cole Ragans	KC	COL
7	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	STL, @ARI
8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	PIT
9	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@NYM	Uncharacteristic four homers allowed over prior 25.1 IP.
10	Hunter Greene	CIN	@COL
11	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@CLE, TOR
12	Kris Bubic	KC	COL, HOU
13	Chris Sale	ATL	@ARI
14	Joe Ryan	MIN	LAA
15	Paul Skenes	PIT	@LAD
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First off, apologies for not addressing your questions last week. It was crazy on and off the field. I promise not to ghost you this week.

This is the first set of rankings rolling in rest-of-season projections. It's too bad the inventory of double-dippers isn't more interesting. Most of the aces are flying solo.

Please send rotation questions to the fine folks at the Probable Pitchers page. And this time, I double-pinky swear I'll answer rankings questions here.

Please check back Sunday night for the update.

Week of April 21 - 27

Mixed Leagues

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	BAL	Rare one start guy on top
2	Logan Gilbert	SEA	MIA	Fifth straight home start in six outings
3	Garrett Crochet	BOS	SEA
4	Bryce Miller	SEA	@BOS, MIA
5	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@SF	Stepped up against Yamamoto and the Dodgers
6	Cole Ragans	KC	COL
7	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	STL, @ARI
8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	PIT
9	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@NYM	Uncharacteristic four homers allowed over prior 25.1 IP.
10	Hunter Greene	CIN	@COL
11	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@CLE, TOR
12	Kris Bubic	KC	COL, HOU
13	Chris Sale	ATL	@ARI
14	Joe Ryan	MIN	LAA
15	Paul Skenes	PIT	@LAD
16	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@HOU, @NYY	Rough matchups, but veteran should rise to the occasion
17	Roki Sasaki	LAD	PIT
18	Sonny Gray	STL	MIL
19	Dylan Cease	SD	TB
20	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@MIA, @COL
21	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	PIT
22	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@NYM
23	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@ARI
24	Mitchell Parker	WAS	BAL, NYM
25	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@MIN
26	Kodai Senga	NYM	@WAS
27	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@SF	18 K in 18 IP
28	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	CWS
29	Michael King	SD	TB
30	Spencer Strider	ATL	STL
31	Matthew Boyd	CHC	LAD
32	Robbie Ray	SF	MIL, TEX
33	Nick Pivetta	SD	@DET
34	Bailey Ober	MIN	CWS
35	Framber Valdez	HOU	@KC
36	Pablo Lopez	MIN	CWS
37	Hunter Brown	HOU	TOR
38	Luis Castillo	SEA	MIA
39	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@SF
40	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	BAL
41	Logan Webb	SF	MIL
42	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	CIN
43	Jose Soriano	LAA	PIT, @MIN	Sneaky upside play facing lesser lineups
44	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@SF
45	Max Fried	NYY	TOR
46	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@HOU
47	Edward Cabrera	MIA	CIN
48	Seth Lugo	KC	HOU
49	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@LAA
50	Shane Smith	CWS	@MIN
51	Aaron Nola	PHI	@NYM, @CHC
52	Zac Gallen	ARI	ATL
53	Bowden Francis	TOR	@HOU
54	Shota Imanaga	CHC	LAD
55	Tylor Megill	NYM	PHI, @WAS
56	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	TB, ATL
57	Gavin Williams	CLE	NYY, BOS
58	Walker Buehler	BOS	CWS, @CLE	First game is the early Patriots' Day affair
59	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@CLE
60	Jack Flaherty	DET	SD
61	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	TB
62	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@ATH
63	Grant Holmes	ATL	@ARI
64	Jackson Jobe	DET	BAL
65	Ben Brown	CHC	PHI
66	Corbin Burnes	ARI	TB
67	Tanner Houck	BOS	@CLE
68	David Festa	MIN	CWS
69	Shane Baz	TB	@SD
70	Bryan Woo	SEA	@BOS
71	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@CHC
72	Matthew Liberatore	STL	MIL		29%
73	Michael Wacha	KC	HOU
74	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	TEX, CWS
75	Jordan Hicks	SF	MIL, TEX
76	Tyler Anderson	LAA	PIT		3%
77	Ronel Blanco	HOU	TOR
78	Dustin May	LAD	@CHC
79	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	@WAS
80	Taj Bradley	TB	@ARI
81	Luis Severino	ATH	CWS
82	Landen Roupp	SF	MIL
83	Jake Irvin	WAS	NYM		1%	47%
84	Brady Singer	CIN	@MIA
85	Nick Martinez	CIN	@MIA
86	Clay Holmes	NYM	@WAS
87	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@COL		22%
88	Tanner Bibee	CLE	NYY
89	Merrill Kelly	ARI	ATL
90	Bailey Falter	PIT	@LAA, @LAD		0%	2%
91	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	@KC
92	Tobias Myers	MIL	@SF		36%
93	Max Meyer	MIA	CIN, @SEA
94	Mix 12 Reliever
95	Brayan Bello	BOS	SEA, @CLE		32%
96	Jack Leiter	TEX	@ATH
97	Jose Quintana	MIL	@SF, @STL		16%
98	Chris Paddack	MIN	LAA		3%	14%
99	Jameson Taillon	CHC	PHI
100	Sean Burke	CWS	@ATH		25%
101	Mix 15 Reliever
102	Jose Berrios	TOR	@NYY
103	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	LAA		7%
104	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	PIT		1%	35%
105	Davis Martin	CWS	@MIN, @ATH		1%	14%
106	Kyle Hart	SD	@DET		3%
107	Erick Fedde	STL	@ATL
108	Griffin Canning	NYM	PHI
109	David Peterson	NYM	PHI
110	Andre Pallante	STL	@ATL		9%
111	Steven Matz	STL	@ATL		0%	4%
112	Zack Littell	TB	@ARI, @SD		25%
113	Lance McCullers	HOU	@KC		6%	32%
114	Reese Olson	DET	SD
115	Dean Kremer	BAL	@WAS, @DET		1%
116	Michael Lorenzen	KC	COL		12%
117	Ryan Feltner	COL	@KC, CIN		0%	5%
118	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@SD
119	Easton Lucas	TOR	@NYY		49%
120	Casey Mize	DET	BAL
121	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	TOR		0%	7%
122	Chase Dollander	COL	@KC
123	Brandon Young	BAL	@DET		0%	0%
124	Cade Povich	BAL	@WAS		29%
125	Mitch Keller	PIT	@LAD
126	Michael Soroka	WAS	NYM		0%	7%
127	Sean Newcomb	BOS	SEA		0%	5%
128	Charlie Morton	BAL	@DET		25%
129	Kyle Freeland	COL	CIN		5%	14%
130	Will Warren	NYY	@CLE
131	Ryan Gusto	HOU	TOR		1%	49%
132	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	@LAA		0%	11%
133	Chad Patrick	MIL	@STL		4%	28%
134	Colin Rea	CHC	PHI		1%	16%
135	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@CHC		26%
136	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	NYY		40%
137	Cal Quantrill	MIA	@SEA		0%	0%
138	Justin Verlander	SF	TEX
139	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@BOS, @ATH	First game is the early Patriots' Day affair	0%	2%
140	Trevor Williams	WAS	BAL		1%	32%
141	Jairo Iriarte	CWS	@MIN		0%	0%
142	Connor Gillispie	MIA	@SEA		3%	12%
143	Quinn Priester	MIL	@SF, @STL		10%
144	German Marquez	COL	@KC		1%	9%
145	J.T. Ginn	ATH	TEX		25%
146	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@MIN		0%	7%
147	Randy Vasquez	SD	@DET, TB		1%	33%
148	Ben Lively	CLE	BOS		8%
149	Miles Mikolas	STL	MIL		0%	7%
150	JP Sears	ATH	TEX		30%
151	Logan Allen	CLE	BOS		13%
152	Patrick Corbin	TEX	@ATH		0%	0%
153	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@BOS		0%	0%
154	Bryce Elder	ATL	STL		0%	4%
155	Matt Sauer	LAD	@CHC		0%	0%
156	Keider Montero	DET	SD		0%	0%
157	Antonio Senzatela	COL	CIN		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	BAL	Rare one start guy on top
2	Logan Gilbert	SEA	MIA	Fifth straight home start in six outings
3	Garrett Crochet	BOS	SEA
4	Bryce Miller	SEA	@BOS, MIA
5	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@SF	Stepped up against Yamamoto and the Dodgers
6	Cole Ragans	KC	COL
7	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@CLE, TOR
8	Kris Bubic	KC	COL, HOU
9	Joe Ryan	MIN	LAA
10	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@HOU, @NYY	Rough matchups, but veteran should rise to the occasion
11	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@ARI
12	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@MIN
13	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@SF	18 K in 18 IP
14	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	CWS
15	Bailey Ober	MIN	CWS
16	Framber Valdez	HOU	@KC
17	Pablo Lopez	MIN	CWS
18	Hunter Brown	HOU	TOR
19	Luis Castillo	SEA	MIA
20	Jose Soriano	LAA	PIT, @MIN	Sneaky upside play facing lesser lineups
21	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@SF
22	Max Fried	NYY	TOR
23	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@HOU
24	Seth Lugo	KC	HOU
25	Shane Smith	CWS	@MIN
26	Bowden Francis	TOR	@HOU
27	Gavin Williams	CLE	NYY, BOS
28	Walker Buehler	BOS	CWS, @CLE	First game is the early Patriots' Day affair
29	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@CLE
30	Jack Flaherty	DET	SD
31	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@ATH
32	Jackson Jobe	DET	BAL
33	Tanner Houck	BOS	@CLE
34	David Festa	MIN	CWS
35	Shane Baz	TB	@SD
36	Bryan Woo	SEA	@BOS
37	Michael Wacha	KC	HOU
38	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	TEX, CWS
39	Tyler Anderson	LAA	PIT
40	Ronel Blanco	HOU	TOR
41	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	@WAS
42	Taj Bradley	TB	@ARI
43	Luis Severino	ATH	CWS
44	Tanner Bibee	CLE	NYY
45	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	@KC
46	Brayan Bello	BOS	SEA, @CLE
47	Jack Leiter	TEX	@ATH
48	Chris Paddack	MIN	LAA
49	Sean Burke	CWS	@ATH
50	Jose Berrios	TOR	@NYY
51	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	LAA
52	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	PIT
53	Davis Martin	CWS	@MIN, @ATH
54	Zack Littell	TB	@ARI, @SD
55	Lance McCullers	HOU	@KC
56	Reese Olson	DET	SD
57	AL Reliever
58	Dean Kremer	BAL	@WAS, @DET
59	Michael Lorenzen	KC	COL
60	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@SD
61	Easton Lucas	TOR	@NYY
62	Casey Mize	DET	BAL
63	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	TOR
64	Brandon Young	BAL	@DET
65	Cade Povich	BAL	@WAS
66	Sean Newcomb	BOS	SEA
67	Charlie Morton	BAL	@DET
68	Will Warren	NYY	@CLE
69	Ryan Gusto	HOU	TOR
70	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	NYY
71	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@BOS, @ATH	First game is the early Patriots' Day affair
72	Jairo Iriarte	CWS	@MIN
73	J.T. Ginn	ATH	TEX
74	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@MIN
75	Ben Lively	CLE	BOS
76	JP Sears	ATH	TEX
77	Logan Allen	CLE	BOS
78	Patrick Corbin	TEX	@ATH
79	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@BOS

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Hunter Greene	CIN	@COL
2	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	STL, @ARI
3	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	PIT
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@NYM	Uncharacteristic four homers allowed over prior 25.1 IP.
5	Chris Sale	ATL	@ARI
6	Paul Skenes	PIT	@LAD
7	Roki Sasaki	LAD	PIT
8	Sonny Gray	STL	MIL
9	Dylan Cease	SD	TB
10	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@MIA, @COL
11	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	PIT
12	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@NYM
13	Mitchell Parker	WAS	BAL, NYM
14	Kodai Senga	NYM	@WAS
15	Michael King	SD	TB
16	Spencer Strider	ATL	STL
17	Matthew Boyd	CHC	LAD
18	Robbie Ray	SF	MIL, TEX
19	Nick Pivetta	SD	@DET
20	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@SF
21	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	BAL
22	Logan Webb	SF	MIL
23	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	CIN
24	Edward Cabrera	MIA	CIN
25	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@LAA
26	Aaron Nola	PHI	@NYM, @CHC
27	Zac Gallen	ARI	ATL
28	Shota Imanaga	CHC	LAD
29	Tylor Megill	NYM	PHI, @WAS
30	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	TB, ATL
31	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	TB
32	Grant Holmes	ATL	@ARI
33	Ben Brown	CHC	PHI
34	Corbin Burnes	ARI	TB
35	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@CHC
36	Matthew Liberatore	STL	MIL
37	Jordan Hicks	SF	MIL, TEX
38	Dustin May	LAD	@CHC
39	Landen Roupp	SF	MIL
40	Jake Irvin	WAS	NYM
41	Brady Singer	CIN	@MIA
42	Nick Martinez	CIN	@MIA
43	Clay Holmes	NYM	@WAS
44	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@COL
45	Merrill Kelly	ARI	ATL
46	Bailey Falter	PIT	@LAA, @LAD
47	Tobias Myers	MIL	@SF
48	Max Meyer	MIA	CIN, @SEA
49	Jose Quintana	MIL	@SF, @STL
50	Jameson Taillon	CHC	PHI
51	Kyle Hart	SD	@DET
52	Erick Fedde	STL	@ATL
53	Griffin Canning	NYM	PHI
54	David Peterson	NYM	PHI
55	Andre Pallante	STL	@ATL
56	Steven Matz	STL	@ATL
57	NL Reliever
58	Ryan Feltner	COL	@KC, CIN
59	Chase Dollander	COL	@KC
60	Mitch Keller	PIT	@LAD
61	Michael Soroka	WAS	NYM
62	Kyle Freeland	COL	CIN
63	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	@LAA
64	Chad Patrick	MIL	@STL
65	Colin Rea	CHC	PHI
66	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@CHC
67	Cal Quantrill	MIA	@SEA
68	Justin Verlander	SF	TEX
69	Trevor Williams	WAS	BAL
70	Connor Gillispie	MIA	@SEA
71	Quinn Priester	MIL	@SF, @STL
72	German Marquez	COL	@KC
73	Randy Vasquez	SD	@DET, TB
74	Miles Mikolas	STL	MIL
75	Bryce Elder	ATL	STL
76	Matt Sauer	LAD	@CHC

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