This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
There is a similar number of overall games this week as compared to last week, but the number and quality of two-start options is lower. Last week, there were nine two-start pitchers ranked in the Top 25. Meanwhile, there are just six this week.
One of the repercussions is the Mixed Reliever cutoffs are ranked lower this week. Last week the Mixed 12 reliever was 72nd. This week it's 84. Similarly, the Mixed 15 reliever falls from 80 to 91.
The repercussion is there are around 10 more single-start hurlers ranked ahead of the reliever this week. This is just another example of the advice being preached all season: Don't focus on double-dipper vanilla starters. Load up on the scoops with more exotic flavors.
By means of reminder, the schedule is culled from the Probable Pitchers grid. Please direct rotation questions to that page. I'm happy to address ranking inquiries below.
UPDATED: Monday May 6, 2:10 AM ET
Week of May 6 - 12
Mixed League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @MIN, OAK | |||
| 2 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | SF, @MIA | |||
| 3 | Bailey Ober | MIN | SEA, @TOR | 2.37 ERA, .76 WHIP since his opener | ||
| 4 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @SD | |||
| 5 | Tarik Skubal | DET | HOU | |||
| 6 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @WAS | |||
| 7 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @CIN, @BAL | Tough pair to get back on track | ||
| 8 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | MIA |
There is a similar number of overall games this week as compared to last week, but the number and quality of two-start options is lower. Last week, there were nine two-start pitchers ranked in the Top 25. Meanwhile, there are just six this week.
One of the repercussions is the Mixed Reliever cutoffs are ranked lower this week. Last week the Mixed 12 reliever was 72nd. This week it's 84. Similarly, the Mixed 15 reliever falls from 80 to 91.
The repercussion is there are around 10 more single-start hurlers ranked ahead of the reliever this week. This is just another example of the advice being preached all season: Don't focus on double-dipper vanilla starters. Load up on the scoops with more exotic flavors.
By means of reminder, the schedule is culled from the Probable Pitchers grid. Please direct rotation questions to that page. I'm happy to address ranking inquiries below.
UPDATED: Monday May 6, 2:10 AM ET
Week of May 6 - 12
Mixed League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @MIN, OAK | |||
| 2 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | SF, @MIA | |||
| 3 | Bailey Ober | MIN | SEA, @TOR | 2.37 ERA, .76 WHIP since his opener | ||
| 4 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @SD | |||
| 5 | Tarik Skubal | DET | HOU | |||
| 6 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @WAS | |||
| 7 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @CIN, @BAL | Tough pair to get back on track | ||
| 8 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | MIA | |||
| 9 | Chris Sale | ATL | BOS | This is going to be fun | ||
| 10 | Cole Ragans | KC | MIL, @LAA | |||
| 11 | Sonny Gray | STL | NYM | |||
| 12 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @MIA | |||
| 13 | Tanner Houck | BOS | WAS | |||
| 14 | Max Fried | ATL | @NYM | |||
| 15 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @SF | |||
| 16 | Dylan Cease | SD | @CHC | |||
| 17 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @MIN | |||
| 18 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @WAS | |||
| 19 | Seth Lugo | KC | MIL, @LAA | |||
| 20 | George Kirby | SEA | @MIN | |||
| 21 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | STL | |||
| 22 | Zach Eflin | TB | CWS | |||
| 23 | Aaron Nola | PHI | TOR | |||
| 24 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | SEA | |||
| 25 | Bryce Miller | SEA | OAK | |||
| 26 | Justin Steele | CHC | SD, @PIT | Could be on a pitch count in return | ||
| 27 | Logan Webb | SF | CIN | Strikeouts still down | ||
| 28 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | MIN | |||
| 29 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @TB | |||
| 30 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @TOR | |||
| 31 | Jared Jones | PIT | CHC | |||
| 32 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @OAK, @COL | 13% | ||
| 33 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | DET, @CWS | |||
| 34 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @DET | |||
| 35 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | SD | |||
| 36 | Jack Flaherty | DET | @CLE, HOU | |||
| 37 | Hunter Greene | CIN | ARI | |||
| 38 | Walker Buehler | LAD | MIA, @SD | Back earlier than expected | ||
| 39 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @PIT | |||
| 40 | Reese Olson | DET | @CLE | |||
| 41 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | @ATL | |||
| 42 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | NYY | |||
| 43 | Dean Kremer | BAL | ARI | |||
| 44 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | BOS | |||
| 45 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | @CIN | |||
| 46 | Kyle Harrison | SF | @COL, CIN | |||
| 47 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | DET | |||
| 48 | Cristian Javier | HOU | @DET | |||
| 49 | Bryan Woo | SEA | OAK | |||
| 50 | Michael Lorenzen | TEX | @OAK | 21% | ||
| 51 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | @ATL | |||
| 52 | Jesus Luzardo | MIA | PHI | |||
| 53 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @SF | |||
| 54 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @NYM | |||
| 55 | Luis Gil | NYY | HOU, @TB | |||
| 56 | John Means | BAL | ARI | 32% | ||
| 57 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @PIT, KC | 38% | ||
| 58 | Brady Singer | KC | MIL | |||
| 59 | Javier Assad | CHC | @PIT | |||
| 60 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @TB | |||
| 61 | Jordan Hicks | SF | @COL | |||
| 62 | Brayan Bello | BOS | WAS | |||
| 63 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | CLE | |||
| 64 | Mitch Keller | PIT | LAA, CHC | Time to turn things around | ||
| 65 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @PHI | |||
| 66 | Yu Darvish | SD | @CHC, LAD | |||
| 67 | Ben Lively | CLE | @CWS | 17% | ||
| 68 | Logan Allen | CLE | DET, @CWS | 0% | 0% | |
| 69 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | MIN | |||
| 70 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @STL, ATL | |||
| 71 | Kenta Maeda | DET | @CLE | |||
| 72 | Reid Detmers | LAA | KC | |||
| 73 | Jon Gray | TEX | @COL | |||
| 74 | Aaron Civale | TB | CWS | |||
| 75 | JP Sears | OAK | TEX | 30% | ||
| 76 | Kyle Gibson | STL | NYM, @MIL | 10% | ||
| 77 | Tyler Alexander | TB | CWS, NYY | 0% | 39% | |
| 78 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | SEA, @TOR | 32% | ||
| 79 | Justin Verlander | HOU | @NYY | |||
| 80 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||||
| 81 | Erick Fedde | CWS | CLE | |||
| 82 | Cole Irvin | BAL | ARI | 10% | 49% | |
| 83 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @BAL | |||
| 84 | Owen White | TEX | @OAK | 0% | 0% | |
| 85 | Mike Clevinger | CWS | @TB, CLE | 0% | 4% | |
| 86 | Luis Severino | NYM | ATL | |||
| 87 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | PHI | |||
| 88 | Hayden Wesneski | CHC | SD | 1% | 28% | |
| 89 | Frankie Montas | CIN | ARI, @SF | |||
| 90 | Jose Butto | NYM | @STL | |||
| 91 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||||
| 92 | Chris Paddack | MIN | SEA | 35% | ||
| 93 | Griffin Canning | LAA | KC | 32% | ||
| 94 | Keaton Winn | SF | @COL | |||
| 95 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @MIA | 1% | 2% | |
| 96 | Mason Black | SF | @PHI, CIN | 0% | 2% | |
| 97 | Michael Wacha | KC | @LAA | |||
| 98 | Jose Quintana | NYM | @STL | 35% | ||
| 99 | Joe Boyle | OAK | @SEA | 16% | ||
| 100 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | TOR | |||
| 101 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @NYY | |||
| 102 | Paul Blackburn | OAK | @SEA | 49% | ||
| 103 | Gavin Stone | LAD | MIA | |||
| 104 | Bailey Falter | PIT | CHC | |||
| 105 | Ross Stripling | OAK | TEX | 0% | 18% | |
| 106 | Christian Scott | NYM | ATL | 2% | 42% | |
| 107 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @OAK | 0% | 21% | |
| 108 | Bryse Wilson | MIL | @KC, STL | 0% | 7% | |
| 109 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | HOU | |||
| 110 | Michael King | SD | LAD | |||
| 111 | Zack Littell | TB | NYY | |||
| 112 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | HOU | |||
| 113 | Dane Dunning | TEX | @COL | |||
| 114 | Cal Quantrill | COL | SF | 0% | 0% | |
| 115 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN | ARI | |||
| 116 | Lance Lynn | STL | @MIL | |||
| 117 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | @PIT, KC | 2% | 46% | |
| 118 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @PIT | 17% | ||
| 119 | Colin Rea | MIL | @KC, STL | 3% | ||
| 120 | Miles Mikolas | STL | NYM, @MIL | 10% | ||
| 121 | James Paxton | LAD | @SD | |||
| 122 | Alek Manoah | TOR | MIN | 2% | 7% | |
| 123 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @NYM | 29% | ||
| 124 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @LAD | |||
| 125 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @PHI | |||
| 126 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @MIL | 0% | 0% | |
| 127 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | WAS | 1% | 40% | |
| 128 | Casey Mize | DET | HOU | |||
| 129 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @DET | |||
| 130 | Alex Wood | OAK | TEX, @SEA | 0% | 4% | |
| 131 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | BAL | 41% | ||
| 132 | Martin Perez | PIT | LAA | 34% | ||
| 133 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | @BOS | |||
| 134 | Chris Flexen | CWS | @TB | 0% | 0% | |
| 135 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | @MIN | 7% | 30% | |
| 136 | Joe Ross | MIL | @KC | 1% | 9% | |
| 137 | Alec Marsh | KC | @LAA | 10% | ||
| 138 | Austin Gomber | COL | TEX | 1% | 0% | |
| 139 | Slade Cecconi | ARI | @CIN | 8% | ||
| 140 | Jake Irvin | WAS | @BOS | 22% | ||
| 141 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | PHI | |||
| 142 | Michael Soroka | CWS | @TB, CLE | 1% | 4% | |
| 143 | Trevor Williams | WAS | BAL | 4% | 37% | |
| 144 | Quinn Priester | PIT | LAA | 4% | ||
| 145 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @NYY | 0% | 23% | |
| 146 | Osvaldo Bido | OAK | TEX | 0% | 0% | |
| 147 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @CHC | 0% | 0% | |
| 148 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | @CWS | 0% | 12% | |
| 149 | Dakota Hudson | COL | SF, TEX | 0% | 0% | |
| 150 | Roddery Munoz | MIA | @LAD | 1% | 11% | |
| 151 | Matt Waldron | SD | LAD | 8% | ||
| 152 | Ryan Feltner | COL | TEX | 25% | ||
| 153 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | @LAD | 45% | ||
| 154 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @BAL | 3% | 46% | |
| 155 | Peter Lambert | COL | SF | 0% | 2% | |
| 156 | Tobias Myers | MIL | STL | 0% | 19% | |
| 157 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | @BOS | 0% | 2% |
