Weekly Pitcher Rankings: More Nothing Than Double

Todd Zola toes the rubber with his Weekly Pitcher Rankings for fantasy baseball, starting with Toronto's Kevin Gausman taking the mound twice at home against a pair of tough opponents.

Updated on June 5, 2023 1:58PM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: More Nothing Than Double

By:

Todd Zola

Updated on June 5, 2023 1:58PM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings

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The good news is it won't take long to click in all your good two-start pitchers. Come to think of it, that's the bad news, too. There just aren't a bunch of quality double-dippers this week, let alone candidates to pick up for a pair. This could be a week to use that third closer, especially if you're in a tight race for saves.

As always, please address rotation question to the hard-working staff managing the Probable Pitchers grid. I'm always happy to clarify rankings below.

UPDATED: Monday June 5, 1:50 AM ET

Week of June 5 - 11

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Kevin Gausman	TOR	HOU, MIN	Not an easy pair, but at home
2	Mitch Keller	PIT	OAK	Lack of quality double dips boosts prime single start rankings
3	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	SEA
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	DET
5	Spencer Strider	ATL	NYM
6	Zac Gallen	ARI	@DET
7	Aaron Nola	PHI	DET, LAD	Still not right, but I'm still obstinate
8	Tyler Glasnow	TB	MIN
9	Zach Eflin	TB	MIN, TEX
10	Shane McClanahan	TB	@BOS, TEX
11	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@TB
12	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TOR
13	Cristian Javier	HOU	@CLE
14	Marcus Stroman	CHC	@SF
15	Freddy Peralta	MIL	BAL, OAK	5

As always, please address rotation question to the hard-working staff managing the Probable Pitchers grid. I'm always happy to clarify rankings below.

UPDATED: Monday June 5, 1:50 AM ET

Week of June 5 - 11

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Kevin Gausman	TOR	HOU, MIN	Not an easy pair, but at home
2	Mitch Keller	PIT	OAK	Lack of quality double dips boosts prime single start rankings
3	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	SEA
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	DET
5	Spencer Strider	ATL	NYM
6	Zac Gallen	ARI	@DET
7	Aaron Nola	PHI	DET, LAD	Still not right, but I'm still obstinate
8	Tyler Glasnow	TB	MIN
9	Zach Eflin	TB	MIN, TEX
10	Shane McClanahan	TB	@BOS, TEX
11	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@TB
12	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TOR
13	Cristian Javier	HOU	@CLE
14	Marcus Stroman	CHC	@SF
15	Freddy Peralta	MIL	BAL, OAK	5 HR over last 14.1 IP
16	Tyler Wells	BAL	KC
17	Corbin Burnes	MIL	BAL
18	George Kirby	SEA	@SD
19	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@SD
20	Luis Castillo	SEA	@LAA
21	James Paxton	BOS	@CLE, @NYY	May appear high, but 3.55 xFIP, 27 K in 19 IP
22	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@CIN
23	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@WAS
24	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BOS
25	Luis Severino	NYY	CWS
26	Garrett Whitlock	BOS	@CLE
27	Dylan Cease	CWS	MIA
28	Bryce Elder	ATL	NYM, WAS
29	Logan Webb	SF	@COL
30	Michael Kopech	CWS	MIA	29 K to 3 BB over last 19.1 IP
31	Max Scherzer	NYM	@ATL	Starting to cruise
32	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@CIN, @PHI	Low K% deters higher rankings
33	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@NYY, MIA
34	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	KC
35	Joe Musgrove	SD	SEA
36	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR
37	Edward Cabrera	MIA	KC
38	Julio Urias	LAD	@PHI
39	Hunter Greene	CIN	@STL	Better efficiency away from the next step
40	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@MIL, KC
41	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@TB
42	Chris Bassitt	TOR	HOU	11 HR in 74 IP hints ERA correction could be on the way
43	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@CWS
44	Jon Gray	TEX	STL	4.61 xFIP/2.51 ERA indicates some luck, but 19 K to 4 BB over last 19 IP shows it's not all luck
45	Triston McKenzie	CLE	HOU
46	Michael Wacha	SD	SEA
47	Bailey Ober	MIN	@TB
48	Justin Verlander	NYM	@ATL
49	Tanner Houck	BOS	@NYY	3.67 xFIP suggests 5.30 ERA is misleading	43%
50	Shane Bieber	CLE	BOS, HOU	Strikeouts have cratered even more
51	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	SEA
52	Domingo German	NYY	BOS
53	Tanner Bibee	CLE	BOS
54	Griffin Canning	LAA	SEA		20%
55	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@CLE		1%	17%
56	Braxton Garrett	MIA	KC, @CWS
57	Adrian Houser	MIL	OAK		10%
58	Roansy Contreras	PIT	OAK
59	Sonny Gray	MIN	@TOR
60	Blake Snell	SD	CHC, @COL
61	Michael Lorenzen	DET	ARI
62	Zack Greinke	KC	@MIA		2%	42%
63	JP Sears	OAK	@PIT, @MIL		39%
64	Johan Oviedo	PIT	OAK, NYM		30%
65	Jose Berrios	TOR	HOU
66	Miles Mikolas	STL	CIN
67	Taijuan Walker	PHI	DET
68	Hunter Brown	HOU	@TOR
69	Anthony DeSclafani	SF	CHC
70	Charlie Morton	ATL	NYM
71	Yonny Chirinos	TB	MIN		1%	13%
72	Mix 12 Reliever
73	Dane Dunning	TEX	STL
74	Bobby Miller	LAD	@PHI
75	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@TB
76	Jordan Montgomery	STL	CIN
77	Lance Lynn	CWS	@NYY
78	Andrew Abbott	CIN	MIL, @STL		0%	0%
79	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	@SD, @SF		3%	15%
80	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@MIL
81	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	MIN
82	Matthew Boyd	DET	ARI		22%
83	Yu Darvish	SD	@COL
84	Brayan Bello	BOS	TB, @NYY
85	Kodai Senga	NYM	@PIT	Settling in, but still inconsistent with control
86	Michael Soroka	ATL	WAS		0%	0%
87	Mix 15 Reliever
88	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	@LAA, @SF		17%	32%
89	Ranger Suarez	PHI	LAD		46%
90	Aaron Civale	CLE	BOS
91	Ben Lively	CIN	@STL		38%
92	Rich Hill	PIT	NYM		21%
93	Mike Clevinger	CWS	@NYY		28%
94	Alek Manoah	TOR	HOU, MIN
95	Eury Perez	MIA	@CWS
96	Austin Voth	BAL	KC		0%	2%
97	Tommy Henry	ARI	@WAS, @DET		1%	15%
98	Mike Mayers	KC	@MIA, @BAL		1%	26%
99	Bryce Miller	SEA	@LAA
100	Reid Detmers	LAA	CHC
101	Noah Syndergaard	LAD	@CIN		15%
102	Logan Allen	CLE	HOU
103	Jared Shuster	ATL	WAS
104	Louie Varland	MIN	@TB, @TOR
105	Taj Bradley	TB	TEX
106	Martin Perez	TEX	STL, @TB
107	Jordan Lyles	KC	@MIA		0%	0%
108	Jaime Barria	LAA	CHC		7%
109	Drew Smyly	CHC	@LAA
110	Sean Manaea	SF	@COL, CHC		8%
111	Brady Singer	KC	@BAL
112	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	CWS, BOS
113	Dean Kremer	BAL	@MIL		17%
114	Alex Cobb	SF	@COL
115	Tyler Anderson	LAA	CHC		34%
116	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@ATL, @PIT		15%
117	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@LAA		39%
118	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@DET		8%
119	Reese Olson	DET	@PHI		0%	0%
120	Jhony Brito	NYY	CWS		2%	0%
121	Luis Ortiz	PIT	NYM		23%
122	Jakob Junis	SF	CHC		0%	0%
123	Adam Wainwright	STL	@TEX, CIN		13%
124	Colin Rea	MIL	BAL		1%	34%
125	Kyle Freeland	COL	SD		29%
126	Julio Teheran	MIL	@CIN, OAK		0%	28%
127	Trevor Williams	WAS	@ATL		1%	17%
128	Zach Davies	ARI	@WAS		0%	0%
129	Hogan Harris	OAK	@PIT		0%	0%
130	Dinelson Lamet	COL	SF, SD		1%	6%
131	Jack Flaherty	STL	@TEX
132	Patrick Corbin	WAS	ARI		5%	34%
133	Joey Wentz	DET	@PHI, ARI		0%	0%
134	Brandon Bielak	HOU	@TOR, @CLE		32%
135	J.P. France	HOU	@CLE
136	Josiah Gray	WAS	ARI
137	Connor Seabold	COL	SF		0%	0%
138	Jake Irvin	WAS	ARI, @ATL		0%	4%
139	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@ATL
140	Luke Weaver	CIN	LAD		1%	47%
141	Daniel Lynch	KC	@BAL		0%	0%
142	Paul Blackburn	OAK	@MIL		0%	0%
143	Austin Gomber	COL	SD		0%	4%
144	Chase Anderson	COL	SF		1%	2%
145	Bryan Woo	SEA	@LAA		0%	0%
146	Tylor Megill	NYM	@PIT		42%
147	James Kaprielian	OAK	@PIT		0%	0%
148	Brandon Williamson	CIN	LAD		10%	32%
149	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	LAD		42%
150	Dylan Covey	PHI	LAD		0%	4%
151	Garrett Hill	DET	@PHI		0%	0%
152	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@TEX
153	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@TOR		0%	4%
154	Luis Medina	OAK	@MIL		2%	13%
155	Ryan Weathers	SD	@COL		3%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Kevin Gausman	TOR	HOU, MIN	Not an easy pair, but at home
2	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	SEA
3	Tyler Glasnow	TB	MIN
4	Zach Eflin	TB	MIN, TEX
5	Shane McClanahan	TB	@BOS, TEX
6	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@TB
7	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TOR
8	Cristian Javier	HOU	@CLE
9	Tyler Wells	BAL	KC
10	George Kirby	SEA	@SD
11	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@SD
12	Luis Castillo	SEA	@LAA
13	James Paxton	BOS	@CLE, @NYY	May appear high, but 3.55 xFIP, 27 K in 19 IP
14	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BOS
15	Luis Severino	NYY	CWS
16	Garrett Whitlock	BOS	@CLE
17	Dylan Cease	CWS	MIA
18	Michael Kopech	CWS	MIA	29 K to 3 BB over last 19.1 IP
19	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@NYY, MIA
20	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR
21	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@MIL, KC
22	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@TB
23	Chris Bassitt	TOR	HOU	11 HR in 74 IP hints ERA correction could be on the way
24	Jon Gray	TEX	STL	4.61 xFIP/2.51 ERA indicates some luck, but 19 K to 4 BB over last 19 IP shows it's not all luck
25	Triston McKenzie	CLE	HOU
26	Bailey Ober	MIN	@TB
27	Tanner Houck	BOS	@NYY	3.67 xFIP suggests 5.30 ERA is misleading
28	Shane Bieber	CLE	BOS, HOU	Strikeouts have cratered even more
29	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	SEA
30	Domingo German	NYY	BOS
31	Tanner Bibee	CLE	BOS
32	Griffin Canning	LAA	SEA
33	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@CLE
34	Sonny Gray	MIN	@TOR
35	Michael Lorenzen	DET	ARI
36	Zack Greinke	KC	@MIA
37	JP Sears	OAK	@PIT, @MIL
38	Jose Berrios	TOR	HOU
39	Hunter Brown	HOU	@TOR
40	Yonny Chirinos	TB	MIN
41	Dane Dunning	TEX	STL
42	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@TB
43	Lance Lynn	CWS	@NYY
44	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@MIL
45	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	MIN
46	Matthew Boyd	DET	ARI
47	Brayan Bello	BOS	TB, @NYY
48	Aaron Civale	CLE	BOS
49	Mike Clevinger	CWS	@NYY
50	Alek Manoah	TOR	HOU, MIN
51	Austin Voth	BAL	KC
52	Mike Mayers	KC	@MIA, @BAL
53	Bryce Miller	SEA	@LAA
54	Reid Detmers	LAA	CHC
55	Logan Allen	CLE	HOU
56	AL Reliever
57	Louie Varland	MIN	@TB, @TOR
58	Taj Bradley	TB	TEX
59	Martin Perez	TEX	STL, @TB
60	Jordan Lyles	KC	@MIA
61	Jaime Barria	LAA	CHC
62	Brady Singer	KC	@BAL
63	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	CWS, BOS
64	Dean Kremer	BAL	@MIL
65	Tyler Anderson	LAA	CHC
66	Reese Olson	DET	@PHI
67	Jhony Brito	NYY	CWS
68	Hogan Harris	OAK	@PIT
69	Joey Wentz	DET	@PHI, ARI
70	Brandon Bielak	HOU	@TOR, @CLE
71	J.P. France	HOU	@CLE
72	Daniel Lynch	KC	@BAL
73	Paul Blackburn	OAK	@MIL
74	Bryan Woo	SEA	@LAA
75	James Kaprielian	OAK	@PIT
76	Garrett Hill	DET	@PHI
77	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@TOR
78	Luis Medina	OAK	@MIL

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Mitch Keller	PIT	OAK	Lack of quality double dips boosts prime single start rankings
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	DET
3	Spencer Strider	ATL	NYM
4	Zac Gallen	ARI	@DET
5	Aaron Nola	PHI	DET, LAD	Still not right, but I'm still obstinate
6	Marcus Stroman	CHC	@SF
7	Freddy Peralta	MIL	BAL, OAK	5 HR over last 14.1 IP
8	Corbin Burnes	MIL	BAL
9	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@CIN
10	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@WAS
11	Bryce Elder	ATL	NYM, WAS
12	Logan Webb	SF	@COL
13	Max Scherzer	NYM	@ATL	Starting to cruise
14	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@CIN, @PHI	Low K% deters higher rankings
15	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	KC
16	Joe Musgrove	SD	SEA
17	Edward Cabrera	MIA	KC
18	Julio Urias	LAD	@PHI
19	Hunter Greene	CIN	@STL	Better efficiency away from the next step
20	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@CWS
21	Michael Wacha	SD	SEA
22	Justin Verlander	NYM	@ATL
23	Braxton Garrett	MIA	KC, @CWS
24	Adrian Houser	MIL	OAK
25	Roansy Contreras	PIT	OAK
26	Blake Snell	SD	CHC, @COL
27	Johan Oviedo	PIT	OAK, NYM
28	Miles Mikolas	STL	CIN
29	Taijuan Walker	PHI	DET
30	Anthony DeSclafani	SF	CHC
31	Charlie Morton	ATL	NYM
32	Bobby Miller	LAD	@PHI
33	Jordan Montgomery	STL	CIN
34	Andrew Abbott	CIN	MIL, @STL
35	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	@SD, @SF
36	Yu Darvish	SD	@COL
37	Kodai Senga	NYM	@PIT	Settling in, but still inconsistent with control
38	Michael Soroka	ATL	WAS
39	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	@LAA, @SF
40	Ranger Suarez	PHI	LAD
41	Ben Lively	CIN	@STL
42	Rich Hill	PIT	NYM
43	Eury Perez	MIA	@CWS
44	Tommy Henry	ARI	@WAS, @DET
45	Noah Syndergaard	LAD	@CIN
46	NL Reliever
47	Jared Shuster	ATL	WAS
48	Drew Smyly	CHC	@LAA
49	Sean Manaea	SF	@COL, CHC
50	Alex Cobb	SF	@COL
51	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@ATL, @PIT
52	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@LAA
53	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@DET
54	Luis Ortiz	PIT	NYM
55	Jakob Junis	SF	CHC
56	Adam Wainwright	STL	@TEX, CIN
57	Colin Rea	MIL	BAL
58	Kyle Freeland	COL	SD
59	Julio Teheran	MIL	@CIN, OAK
60	Trevor Williams	WAS	@ATL
61	Zach Davies	ARI	@WAS
62	Dinelson Lamet	COL	SF, SD
63	Jack Flaherty	STL	@TEX
64	Patrick Corbin	WAS	ARI
65	Josiah Gray	WAS	ARI
66	Connor Seabold	COL	SF
67	Jake Irvin	WAS	ARI, @ATL
68	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@ATL
69	Luke Weaver	CIN	LAD
70	Austin Gomber	COL	SD
71	Chase Anderson	COL	SF
72	Tylor Megill	NYM	@PIT
73	Brandon Williamson	CIN	LAD
74	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	LAD
75	Dylan Covey	PHI	LAD
76	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@TEX
77	Ryan Weathers	SD	@COL