Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Patience is a Virtue

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Updated on September 12, 2022 2:56AM EST

If you've been saving your shekels for a late-season pitching boost, your time has come. Granted, it's not a treasure trove, but there are more potentially useful arms available for pickup than there have been for awhile and it's not likely to be matched down the stretch. The two primary targets are Hunter Brown and Bailey Falter, both enjoying favorable two-steps.

Overall, there are 96 games, buoyed by five doubleheaders. Runs continue to be hard to come by, so take chances when needed.

By means of reminder, the schedule is culled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please address rotation questions to those fine folks. I'll address any rankings query in the space following the rankings.

UPDATED: Monday September 12, 2:55 AM

Week of September 12 - 18

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Jacob deGrom	NYM	CHC, PIT	Back where he belongs
2	Spencer Strider	ATL	@SF, PHI	32 K with just 4 BB over last 3 GS, covering 20 IP
3	Chris Bassitt	NYM	CHC, PIT	How do you fly under the radar for so long?
4	Yu Darvish	SD	@SEA, @ARI	No 2H swoon this season
5	Alek Manoah	TOR	TB, BAL	Lower K% than elite but volume aid raw total
6	Jordan Montgomery	STL	MIL, CIN
7	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	PHI, @WAS
8	Dylan Cease	CWS	COL	First rounder next year?
9	Justin Verlander

Overall, there are 96 games, buoyed by five doubleheaders. Runs continue to be hard to come by, so take chances when needed.

UPDATED: Monday September 12, 2:55 AM

Week of September 12 - 18

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Jacob deGrom	NYM	CHC, PIT	Back where he belongs
2	Spencer Strider	ATL	@SF, PHI	32 K with just 4 BB over last 3 GS, covering 20 IP
3	Chris Bassitt	NYM	CHC, PIT	How do you fly under the radar for so long?
4	Yu Darvish	SD	@SEA, @ARI	No 2H swoon this season
5	Alek Manoah	TOR	TB, BAL	Lower K% than elite but volume aid raw total
6	Jordan Montgomery	STL	MIL, CIN
7	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	PHI, @WAS
8	Dylan Cease	CWS	COL	First rounder next year?
9	Justin Verlander	HOU	OAK
10	Zac Gallen	ARI	SD
11	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	SEA
12	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@STL
13	Shane McClanahan	TB	@TOR
14	Julio Urias	LAD	@SF
15	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@BOS
16	Triston McKenzie	CLE	CWS
17	Shane Bieber	CLE	MIN
18	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	OAK
19	Lance Lynn	CWS	@DET
20	Luis Garcia	HOU	OAK
21	Kyle Wright	ATL	@SF
22	Miles Mikolas	STL	CIN
23	Cristian Javier	HOU	@DET
24	Luis Castillo	SEA	SD
25	Max Fried	ATL	PHI
26	Jose Urquidy	HOU	OAK
27	Jon Gray	TEX	@TB, @MIA		21%	28%
28	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@ARI
29	Carlos Rodon	SF	ATL
30	Bailey Falter	PHI	@MIA, @ATL	2.73 ERA and .91 WHIP over last 5 GS (4 QS) with 26 K in 29.2 IP	12%
31	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	NYY
32	Tyler Anderson	LAD	@ARI
33	Robbie Ray	SEA	@LAA
34	Merrill Kelly	ARI	LAD, SD	Tough matchups, but quietly pitching well
35	Charlie Morton	ATL	@SF
36	Michael Wacha	BOS	KC
37	Aaron Nola	PHI	@ATL
38	Alex Cobb	SF	ATL, LAD
39	Sonny Gray	MIN	KC
40	Michael Kopech	CWS	COL, @DET	Nice pair to right the ship
41	Logan Webb	SF	LAD
42	Martin Perez	TEX	@TB
43	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SD	Back on track
44	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@TOR, TEX
45	Ross Stripling	TOR	TB
46	Framber Valdez	HOU	@DET
47	Joe Ryan	MIN	KC, @CLE
48	Nick Lodolo	CIN	PIT
49	Edward Cabrera	MIA	PHI
50	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@BOS
51	Kevin Gausman	TOR	TB
52	Dustin May	LAD	@SF
53	George Kirby	SEA	@LAA
54	Taijuan Walker	NYM	PIT
55	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@TOR
56	Cal Quantrill	CLE	LAA
57	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	PIT
58	Noah Syndergaard	PHI	@MIA
59	Jose Quintana	STL	CIN
60	Cody Morris	CLE	LAA, MIN	May not pitch deep, but should pitch well	5%	38%
61	Andrew Heaney	LAD	@SF
62	Drew Smyly	CHC	@NYM		50%
63	Johnny Cueto	CWS	@DET
64	Roansy Contreras	PIT	@NYM
65	Marcus Stroman	CHC	COL
66	Corey Kluber	TB	TEX
67	Pablo Lopez	MIA	PHI
68	Adam Wainwright	STL	MIL
69	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@CLE
70	Mike Clevinger	SD	@SEA
71	Joe Musgrove	SD	@ARI
72	Jose Berrios	TOR	TB, BAL
73	Jose Suarez	LAA	@CLE
74	Blake Snell	SD	@ARI
75	Brady Singer	KC	@BOS
76	Jack Flaherty	STL	CIN
77	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@WAS
78	David Peterson	NYM	CHC	Continues to marvel with increased K%
79	Nick Pivetta	BOS	NYY, KC
80	Hunter Brown	HOU	@DET	Couldn't ask for better matchups	0%	0%
81	Jakob Junis	SF	ATL		50%
82	Domingo German	NYY	@MIL
83	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@LAA
84	Konnor Pilkington	CLE	LAA, MIN		1%	0%
85	Frankie Montas	NYY	@MIL
86	Dakota Hudson	STL	CIN		26%
87	Glenn Otto	TEX	@MIA, @TB		3%
88	Kyle Gibson	PHI	@MIA
89	Trevor Rogers	MIA	TEX, @WAS
90	Mix 12 Reliever
91	Jameson Taillon	NYY	@MIL
92	Luis Cessa	CIN	@STL, PIT		0%	2%
93	Reid Detmers	LAA	@CLE
94	Bailey Ober	MIN	@CLE		12%	13%
95	Jake Odorizzi	ATL	PHI
96	Mix 15 Reliever
97	Ryne Nelson	ARI	LAD, SD		0%	0%
98	Dane Dunning	TEX	OAK		35%
99	Cole Irvin	OAK	@HOU
100	Josh Winder	MIN	@CLE		4%	11%
101	Raynel Espinal	CIN	PIT		0%	0%
102	JT Brubaker	PIT	@NYM		26%
103	German Marquez	COL	@CHC		47%
104	Braxton Garrett	MIA	TEX		16%	11%
105	Mitch White	TOR	BAL		28%
106	Dylan Bundy	MIN	KC		15%
107	Mike Minor	CIN	PIT, @STL		1%	15%
108	Mitch Keller	PIT	@NYM
109	Xzavion Curry	CLE	MIN		1%	0%
110	Hunter Greene	CIN	@STL
111	Adrian Sampson	CHC	@NYM		4%
112	Tucker Davidson	LAA	SEA		0%	6%
113	Paolo Espino	WAS	MIA		0%	2%
114	Wade Miley	CHC	COL		1%	4%
115	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	@TOR, TEX		0%	15%
116	Rich Hill	BOS	KC		11%
117	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	COL		0%	0%
118	Josh Lindblom	MIL	@STL, NYY		0%	0%
119	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	@TEX, @HOU		11%
120	Dean Kremer	BAL	@WAS		48%
121	Michael Lorenzen	LAA	SEA		15%	13%
122	Tyler Wells	BAL	@WAS		13%	19%
123	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@ATL
124	Adrian Houser	MIL	NYY		18%	45%
125	Cole Ragans	TEX	OAK		0%	2%
126	Josiah Gray	WAS	MIA
127	Adrian Martinez	OAK	@HOU		2%	15%
128	Sean Manaea	SD	@ARI
129	Chad Kuhl	COL	@CWS		13%	11%
130	Cory Abbott	WAS	BAL		0%	2%
131	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	HOU, CWS
132	Javier Assad	CHC	@NYM		6%	45%
133	JP Sears	OAK	@TEX		45%
134	Kyle Freeland	COL	@CWS		7%	30%
135	Matt Manning	DET	CWS
136	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@CLE
137	Zack Greinke	KC	@MIN		20%	43%
138	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TOR		48%
139	Kris Bubic	KC	@MIN, @BOS		10%	43%
140	Jordan Lyles	BAL	@TOR		21%
141	Austin Voth	BAL	@TOR		20%
142	Sean Hjelle	SF	LAD		0%	0%
143	Brayan Bello	BOS	NYY		47%
144	Luis Ortiz	PIT	@CIN		0%	0%
145	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	TB		19%	21%
146	Ryan Feltner	COL	@CHC		0%	2%
147	Ryan Pepiot	LAD	@ARI		5%
148	Yonny Chirinos	TB	@TOR		0%	0%
149	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	SD		49%
150	Zach Davies	ARI	LAD		4%
151	Justin Dunn	CIN	@STL		1%	28%
152	James Kaprielian	OAK	@HOU		16%
153	Erick Fedde	WAS	MIA		1%	15%
154	Zach Thompson	PIT	@CIN		0%	0%
155	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@CIN		0%	0%
156	Patrick Corbin	WAS	BAL		6%	45%
157	Bryse Wilson	PIT	@CIN, @NYM		1%	4%
158	Joey Wentz	DET	HOU		0%	0%
159	Jonathan Heasley	KC	@BOS		2%	23%
160	Chase Anderson	CIN	@STL		1%	0%
161	Drew Hutchison	DET	HOU		1%	17%
162	Daniel Lynch	KC	@MIN		7%
163	Aaron Sanchez	MIN	@CLE		0%	0%
164	Jose Urena	COL	@CHC		0%	2%
165	Tyler Alexander	DET	CWS		3%	21%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Alek Manoah	TOR	TB, BAL	Lower K% than elite but volume aid raw total
2	Dylan Cease	CWS	COL	First rounder next year?
3	Justin Verlander	HOU	OAK
4	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	SEA
5	Shane McClanahan	TB	@TOR
6	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@BOS
7	Triston McKenzie	CLE	CWS
8	Shane Bieber	CLE	MIN
9	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	OAK
10	Lance Lynn	CWS	@DET
11	Luis Garcia	HOU	OAK
12	Cristian Javier	HOU	@DET
13	Luis Castillo	SEA	SD
14	Jose Urquidy	HOU	OAK
15	Jon Gray	TEX	@TB, @MIA
16	Robbie Ray	SEA	@LAA
17	Michael Wacha	BOS	KC
18	Sonny Gray	MIN	KC
19	Michael Kopech	CWS	COL, @DET	Nice pair to right the ship
20	Martin Perez	TEX	@TB
21	Logan Gilbert	SEA	SD	Back on track
22	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@TOR, TEX
23	Ross Stripling	TOR	TB
24	Framber Valdez	HOU	@DET
25	Joe Ryan	MIN	KC, @CLE
26	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@BOS
27	Kevin Gausman	TOR	TB
28	George Kirby	SEA	@LAA
29	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@TOR
30	Cal Quantrill	CLE	LAA
31	Cody Morris	CLE	LAA, MIN	May not pitch deep, but should pitch well
32	Johnny Cueto	CWS	@DET
33	Corey Kluber	TB	TEX
34	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@CLE
35	Jose Berrios	TOR	TB, BAL
36	Jose Suarez	LAA	@CLE
37	Brady Singer	KC	@BOS
38	Nick Pivetta	BOS	NYY, KC
39	Hunter Brown	HOU	@DET	Couldn't ask for better matchups
40	Domingo German	NYY	@MIL
41	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@LAA
42	Konnor Pilkington	CLE	LAA, MIN
43	Frankie Montas	NYY	@MIL
44	Glenn Otto	TEX	@MIA, @TB
45	Jameson Taillon	NYY	@MIL
46	Reid Detmers	LAA	@CLE
47	Bailey Ober	MIN	@CLE
48	Dane Dunning	TEX	OAK
49	Cole Irvin	OAK	@HOU
50	Josh Winder	MIN	@CLE
51	Mitch White	TOR	BAL
52	Dylan Bundy	MIN	KC
53	Xzavion Curry	CLE	MIN
54	Tucker Davidson	LAA	SEA
55	AL Reliever
56	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	@TOR, TEX
57	Rich Hill	BOS	KC
58	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	@TEX, @HOU
59	Dean Kremer	BAL	@WAS
60	Michael Lorenzen	LAA	SEA
61	Tyler Wells	BAL	@WAS
62	Cole Ragans	TEX	OAK
63	Adrian Martinez	OAK	@HOU
64	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	HOU, CWS
65	JP Sears	OAK	@TEX
66	Matt Manning	DET	CWS
67	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@CLE
68	Zack Greinke	KC	@MIN
69	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TOR
70	Kris Bubic	KC	@MIN, @BOS
71	Jordan Lyles	BAL	@TOR
72	Austin Voth	BAL	@TOR
73	Brayan Bello	BOS	NYY
74	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	TB
75	Yonny Chirinos	TB	@TOR
76	James Kaprielian	OAK	@HOU
77	Joey Wentz	DET	HOU
78	Jonathan Heasley	KC	@BOS
79	Drew Hutchison	DET	HOU
80	Daniel Lynch	KC	@MIN
81	Aaron Sanchez	MIN	@CLE
82	Tyler Alexander	DET	CWS

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Jacob deGrom	NYM	CHC, PIT	Back where he belongs
2	Spencer Strider	ATL	@SF, PHI	32 K with just 4 BB over last 3 GS, covering 20 IP
3	Chris Bassitt	NYM	CHC, PIT	How do you fly under the radar for so long?
4	Yu Darvish	SD	@SEA, @ARI	No 2H swoon this season
5	Jordan Montgomery	STL	MIL, CIN
6	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	PHI, @WAS
7	Zac Gallen	ARI	SD
8	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@STL
9	Julio Urias	LAD	@SF
10	Kyle Wright	ATL	@SF
11	Miles Mikolas	STL	CIN
12	Max Fried	ATL	PHI
13	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@ARI
14	Carlos Rodon	SF	ATL
15	Bailey Falter	PHI	@MIA, @ATL	2.73 ERA and .91 WHIP over last 5 GS (4 QS) with 26 K in 29.2 IP
16	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	NYY
17	Tyler Anderson	LAD	@ARI
18	Merrill Kelly	ARI	LAD, SD	Tough matchups, but quietly pitching well
19	Charlie Morton	ATL	@SF
20	Aaron Nola	PHI	@ATL
21	Alex Cobb	SF	ATL, LAD
22	Logan Webb	SF	LAD
23	Nick Lodolo	CIN	PIT
24	Edward Cabrera	MIA	PHI
25	Dustin May	LAD	@SF
26	Taijuan Walker	NYM	PIT
27	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	PIT
28	Noah Syndergaard	PHI	@MIA
29	Jose Quintana	STL	CIN
30	Andrew Heaney	LAD	@SF
31	Drew Smyly	CHC	@NYM
32	Roansy Contreras	PIT	@NYM
33	Marcus Stroman	CHC	COL
34	Pablo Lopez	MIA	PHI
35	Adam Wainwright	STL	MIL
36	Mike Clevinger	SD	@SEA
37	Joe Musgrove	SD	@ARI
38	Blake Snell	SD	@ARI
39	Jack Flaherty	STL	CIN
40	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@WAS
41	David Peterson	NYM	CHC	Continues to marvel with increased K%
42	Jakob Junis	SF	ATL
43	Dakota Hudson	STL	CIN
44	Kyle Gibson	PHI	@MIA
45	Trevor Rogers	MIA	TEX, @WAS
46	Luis Cessa	CIN	@STL, PIT
47	Jake Odorizzi	ATL	PHI
48	Ryne Nelson	ARI	LAD, SD
49	Raynel Espinal	CIN	PIT
50	JT Brubaker	PIT	@NYM
51	German Marquez	COL	@CHC
52	Braxton Garrett	MIA	TEX
53	Mike Minor	CIN	PIT, @STL
54	Mitch Keller	PIT	@NYM
55	Hunter Greene	CIN	@STL
56	Adrian Sampson	CHC	@NYM
57	Paolo Espino	WAS	MIA
58	Wade Miley	CHC	COL
59	NL Reliever
60	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	COL
61	Josh Lindblom	MIL	@STL, NYY
62	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@ATL
63	Adrian Houser	MIL	NYY
64	Josiah Gray	WAS	MIA
65	Sean Manaea	SD	@ARI
66	Chad Kuhl	COL	@CWS
67	Cory Abbott	WAS	BAL
68	Javier Assad	CHC	@NYM
69	Kyle Freeland	COL	@CWS
70	Sean Hjelle	SF	LAD
71	Luis Ortiz	PIT	@CIN
72	Ryan Feltner	COL	@CHC
73	Ryan Pepiot	LAD	@ARI
74	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	SD
75	Zach Davies	ARI	LAD
76	Justin Dunn	CIN	@STL
77	Erick Fedde	WAS	MIA
78	Zach Thompson	PIT	@CIN
79	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@CIN
80	Patrick Corbin	WAS	BAL
81	Bryse Wilson	PIT	@CIN, @NYM
82	Chase Anderson	CIN	@STL
83	Jose Urena	COL	@CHC