The first full week of June brings one of the quirkier schedules as there are only four games on Monday's docket, and that includes a makeup from an early season rain out. This avails only 32 two-start pitchers, with a scant few lower-end candidates to fortify your rotation. As such, this could be a week to use a middle reliever like Ryan Pressly as opposed to a lesser starter with just one game.
For the week June 3-9.
UPDATED: Sunday June 2 11:30 PM ET
MLB
Rank | PITCHER | TM | OPP | COMMENT |
1 | Stephen Strasburg | WAS | vs. CWS, at SD | Quietly having an All-Star campaign |
2 | Noah Syndergaard | NYM | vs. SF, vs. COL | In a rut but at home against bottom two offenses away vs. RHP |
3 | Blake Snell | TB | at DET, at BOS | |
4 | Aaron Nola | PHI | at SD, vs. CIN | Walks still high but looking much better |
5 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | vs. COL, vs. STL | Whiffs up lately |
6 | Luis Castillo | CIN | at STL, at PHI | Struggling lately, getting benefit of the doubt |
7 | Madison Bumgarner | SF | at NYM, vs. LAD | Estimators suggest 4.01 ERA a little bloated |
8 | Walker Buehler | LAD | at ARI, at SF | |
9 | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | at TOR, at CLE | |
10 | Max Fried | ATL | at PIT, at MIA | Welcome to the circle of trust |
11 | Chris Sale | BOS | at KC | |
12 | Justin Verlander | HOU | at SEA | |
13 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | vs. COL | |
14 | Max Scherzer | WAS | at SD |
The first full week of June brings one of the quirkier schedules as there are only four games on Monday's docket, and that includes a makeup from an early season rain out. This avails only 32 two-start pitchers, with a scant few lower-end candidates to fortify your rotation. As such, this could be a week to use a middle reliever like Ryan Pressly as opposed to a lesser starter with just one game.
For the week June 3-9.
UPDATED: Sunday June 2 11:30 PM ET
MLB
Rank | PITCHER | TM | OPP | COMMENT |
1 | Stephen Strasburg | WAS | vs. CWS, at SD | Quietly having an All-Star campaign |
2 | Noah Syndergaard | NYM | vs. SF, vs. COL | In a rut but at home against bottom two offenses away vs. RHP |
3 | Blake Snell | TB | at DET, at BOS | |
4 | Aaron Nola | PHI | at SD, vs. CIN | Walks still high but looking much better |
5 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | vs. COL, vs. STL | Whiffs up lately |
6 | Luis Castillo | CIN | at STL, at PHI | Struggling lately, getting benefit of the doubt |
7 | Madison Bumgarner | SF | at NYM, vs. LAD | Estimators suggest 4.01 ERA a little bloated |
8 | Walker Buehler | LAD | at ARI, at SF | |
9 | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | at TOR, at CLE | |
10 | Max Fried | ATL | at PIT, at MIA | Welcome to the circle of trust |
11 | Chris Sale | BOS | at KC | |
12 | Justin Verlander | HOU | at SEA | |
13 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | vs. COL | |
14 | Max Scherzer | WAS | at SD | |
15 | Gerrit Cole | HOU | vs. BAL | |
16 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | at SF | |
17 | Zack Greinke | ARI | at TOR | |
18 | Frankie Montas | OAK | at LAA, at TEX | |
19 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | at SD | |
20 | Eduardo Rodriguez | BOS | at KC, vs. TB | Getting a little extra rest, last pitched May 26 |
21 | Zack Wheeler | NYM | vs. SF | |
22 | Shane Bieber | CLE | vs. MIN, vs. NYY | Fewer homers away from elite, facing pair of slugging lineups |
23 | Jon Lester | CHC | vs. LAA, vs. STL | As expected, regression bringing ERA up and whiffs down |
24 | Mike Soroka | ATL | at MIA | |
25 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | LAD | at ARI | Putting up digits a young Clayton Kershaw would envy |
26 | Robbie Ray | ARI | vs. LAD, at TOR | Strikeouts driving ranking |
27 | James Paxton | NYY | at TOR | |
28 | Charlie Morton | TB | at DET | |
29 | Rich Hill | LAD | at SF | |
30 | Andrew Heaney | LAA | vs. SEA | |
31 | Chase Anderson | MIL | vs. MIA, vs. PIT | |
32 | Chris Paddack | SD | vs. PHI | |
33 | Corbin Martin | HOU | at SEA, vs. BAL | Could be pitching to stay in the bigs |
34 | Griffin Canning | LAA | vs. OAK, vs. SEA | |
35 | David Price | BOS | vs. TB | |
36 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | vs. MIA | |
37 | Brad Peacock | HOU | at SEA | |
38 | Zach Eflin | PHI | vs. CIN | |
39 | Pablo Lopez | MIA | at MIL, vs. ATL | |
40 | Miles Mikolas | STL | vs. CIN | Over early season struggles |
41 | Julio Teheran | ATL | at MIA | |
42 | Matt Strahm | SD | vs. WAS | Conversion back to starter going swimmingly |
43 | Joey Lucchesi | SD | vs. PHI | |
44 | Jose Berrios | MIN | at CLE | |
45 | Cole Hamels | CHC | vs. STL | |
46 | Matthew Boyd | DET | vs. MIN | Great test for the likely All-Star |
47 | Trevor Richards | MIA | vs. ATL | Emerging from mid-May malaise |
48 | Jake Odorizzi | MIN | at DET | Twins managing third time through exposure very well |
49 | Trevor Bauer | CLE | vs. MIN | Last start encouraging, but still tinkering too much |
50 | Mike Minor | TEX | vs. BAL | Consider selling high before temperatures rise in Arlington |
51 | Nick Pivetta | PHI | vs. CIN | |
52 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | at KC | |
53 | Domingo German | NYY | at CLE | |
54 | Joe Musgrove | PIT | vs. ATL | |
55 | Caleb Smith | MIA | at MIL | |
56 | Steven Matz | NYM | vs. COL | |
57 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | vs. PIT | |
58 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | vs. MIN | Something's not right, this is a big start against division leader |
59 | J.A. Happ | NYY | at TOR | |
60 | Wade Miley | HOU | at SEA, vs. BAL | |
61 | Zach Davies | MIL | vs. PIT | Lady Luck is helping, but 10 of 11 starts with two or fewer runs |
62 | Eric Lauer | SD | vs. PHI, vs. WAS | Top pitch-and-ditch option |
63 | Jake Arrieta | PHI | at SD | |
64 | Jason Vargas | NYM | vs. SF | |
65 | German Marquez | COL | at CHC | |
66 | Kenta Maeda | LAD | at ARI | |
67 | Sonny Gray | CIN | at PHI | |
68 | Tyler Skaggs | LAA | vs. OAK | |
69 | Jack Flaherty | STL | at CHC | |
70 | Jose Urena | MIA | vs. ATL | |
71 | Michael Pineda | MIN | at DET | |
72 | Wade LeBlanc | SEA | vs. HOU, at LAA | 19% HR/FB and .330 BABIP a little unlucky, but there's bad pitching too |
73 | Jimmy Nelson | MIL | vs. MIA | Slated to make his 2019 debut |
74 | Jose Quintana | CHC | vs. COL | |
75 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | at NYM | |
76 | Mike Foltynewicz | ATL | at PIT | |
77 | Dylan Bundy | BAL | at TEX, at HOU | |
78 | Anthony DeSclafani | CIN | at STL | |
79 | Rick Porcello | BOS | at KC | |
80 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | at LAA | |
81 | Kevin Gausman | ATL | at PIT | |
82 | Reynaldo Lopez | CWS | at WAS, at KC | |
83 | Kyle Gibson | MIN | at DET | |
84 | Jerad Eickhoff | PHI | at SD | |
85 | Yu Darvish | CHC | vs. COL | |
86 | Trevor Cahill | LAA | at CHC, vs. SEA | Cam Bedrosian to open, but Cahill will pitch a starter's workload |
87 | Felix Pena | LAA | vs. OAK | |
88 | Chris Archer | PIT | vs. ATL | |
89 | Cal Quantrill | SD | vs. WAS | |
90 | Mike Leake | SEA | vs. HOU | |
91 | Brad Keller | KC | vs. CWS | |
92 | Marcus Stroman | TOR | vs. ARI | |
93 | CC Sabathia | NYY | at CLE | |
94 | Shaun Anderson | SF | at NYM | |
95 | Tyler Mahle | CIN | at STL | |
96 | Jon Gray | COL | at CHC | |
97 | Peter Lambert | COL | at NYM | |
98 | Jordan Lyles | PIT | at MIL | |
99 | Lance Lynn | TEX | vs. OAK | |
100 | Mike Fiers | OAK | at LAA | |
101 | Danny Duffy | KC | vs. BOS | |
102 | Tanner Roark | CIN | at PHI | |
103 | Jeff Samardzija | SF | vs. LAD | |
104 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | at TOR | |
105 | Aaron Sanchez | TOR | vs. ARI | |
106 | Anibal Sanchez | WAS | vs. CWS | |
107 | Martin Perez | MIN | at CLE | |
108 | Daniel Mengden | OAK | at LAA | |
109 | Ryne Stanek | TB | at DET | |
110 | Jakob Junis | KC | vs. BOS | |
111 | Jon Duplantier | ARI | vs. LAD | |
112 | Yusei Kikuchi | SEA | at LAA | |
113 | Genesis Cabrera | STL | vs. CIN | |
114 | Nick Margevicius | SD | vs. WAS | |
115 | Spencer Turnbull | DET | vs. TB | |
116 | Trent Thornton | TOR | vs. NYY | |
117 | Yonny Chirinos | TB | at BOS | |
118 | Steven Brault | PIT | vs. ATL, at MIL | |
119 | John Means | BAL | at TEX | |
120 | Devin Smeltzer | MIN | at CLE | |
121 | Chris Bassitt | OAK | at TEX | |
122 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | at MIL | |
123 | Zach Plesac | CLE | vs. NYY | |
124 | Ivan Nova | CWS | at KC | |
125 | Daniel Norris | DET | vs. TB | |
126 | Drew Smyly | TEX | vs. BAL, vs. OAK | |
127 | Tommy Milone | SEA | vs. HOU | |
128 | Alex Reyes | STL | at CHC | |
129 | Jefry Rodriguez | CLE | vs. NYY | |
130 | Dakota Hudson | STL | vs. CIN | |
131 | Jeff Hoffman | COL | at CHC, at NYM | |
132 | Glenn Sparkman | KC | vs. BOS, vs. CWS | |
133 | Clayton Richard | TOR | vs. NYY, vs. ARI | |
134 | Ryan Yarbrough | TB | at BOS | |
135 | Adam Wainwright | STL | at CHC | |
136 | Ryan Weber | BOS | vs. TB | |
137 | Erick Fedde | WAS | at SD | |
138 | Ryan Carpenter | DET | vs. TB, vs. MIN | |
139 | Drew Pomeranz | SF | vs. LAD | |
140 | Gregory Soto | DET | vs. MIN | |
141 | Josh A. Smith | BOS | vs. TB | |
142 | Jacob Faria | TB | at BOS | |
143 | Brett Anderson | OAK | at TEX | |
144 | Taylor Clarke | ARI | vs. LAD | |
145 | Nick Kingham | PIT | at MIL | |
146 | Gabriel Ynoa | BAL | at HOU | |
147 | Ariel Jurado | TEX | vs. BAL | |
148 | Paul Blackburn | OAK | at TEX | |
149 | Edwin Jackson | TOR | vs. NYY | |
150 | David Hess | BAL | at HOU | |
151 | Jonathon Niese | SEA | vs. HOU | |
152 | Adrian Sampson | TEX | vs. OAK | |
153 | Tyler Beede | SF | at NYM | |
154 | Dylan Covey | CWS | at WAS | |
155 | Homer Bailey | KC | vs. CWS | |
156 | Andrew Cashner | BAL | at TEX | |
157 | Shelby Miller | TEX | vs. OAK |
AMERICAN LEAGUE
RANK | PITCHER | TM | OPP | COMMENT |
1 | Blake Snell | TB | at DET, at BOS | |
2 | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | at TOR, at CLE | |
3 | Chris Sale | BOS | at KC | |
4 | Justin Verlander | HOU | at SEA | |
5 | Gerrit Cole | HOU | vs. BAL | |
6 | Frankie Montas | OAK | at LAA, at TEX | |
7 | Eduardo Rodriguez | BOS | at KC, vs. TB | Getting a little extra rest, last pitched May 26 |
8 | Shane Bieber | CLE | vs. MIN, vs. NYY | Fewer homers away from elite, facing pair of slugging lineups |
9 | James Paxton | NYY | at TOR | |
10 | Charlie Morton | TB | at DET | |
11 | Andrew Heaney | LAA | vs. SEA | |
12 | Corbin Martin | HOU | at SEA, vs. BAL | Could be pitching to stay in the bigs |
13 | Griffin Canning | LAA | vs. OAK, vs. SEA | |
14 | David Price | BOS | vs. TB | |
15 | Brad Peacock | HOU | at SEA | |
16 | Jose Berrios | MIN | at CLE | |
17 | Matthew Boyd | DET | vs. MIN | Great test for the likely All-Star |
18 | Jake Odorizzi | MIN | at DET | Twins managing third time through exposure very well |
19 | Trevor Bauer | CLE | vs. MIN | Last start encouraging, but still tinkering too much |
20 | Mike Minor | TEX | vs. BAL | Consider selling high before temperatures rise in Arlington |
21 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | at KC | |
22 | Domingo German | NYY | at CLE | |
23 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | vs. MIN | Something's not right, this is a big start against division leader |
24 | J.A. Happ | NYY | at TOR | |
25 | Wade Miley | HOU | at SEA, vs. BAL | |
26 | Tyler Skaggs | LAA | vs. OAK | |
27 | Michael Pineda | MIN | at DET | |
28 | Wade LeBlanc | SEA | vs. HOU, at LAA | 19% HR/FB and .330 BABIP a little unlucky, but there's bad pitching too |
29 | Dylan Bundy | BAL | at TEX, at HOU | |
30 | Rick Porcello | BOS | at KC | |
31 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | at LAA | |
32 | Reynaldo Lopez | CWS | at WAS, at KC | |
33 | Kyle Gibson | MIN | at DET | |
34 | Trevor Cahill | LAA | at CHC, vs. SEA | Cam Bedrosian to open, but Cahill will pitch a starter's workload |
35 | Felix Pena | LAA | vs. OAK | |
36 | Mike Leake | SEA | vs. HOU | |
37 | Brad Keller | KC | vs. CWS | |
38 | Marcus Stroman | TOR | vs. ARI | |
39 | CC Sabathia | NYY | at CLE | |
40 | Lance Lynn | TEX | vs. OAK | |
41 | Mike Fiers | OAK | at LAA | |
42 | Danny Duffy | KC | vs. BOS | |
43 | Aaron Sanchez | TOR | vs. ARI | |
44 | Martin Perez | MIN | at CLE | |
45 | Daniel Mengden | OAK | at LAA | |
46 | Ryne Stanek | TB | at DET | |
47 | Jakob Junis | KC | vs. BOS | |
48 | Yusei Kikuchi | SEA | at LAA | |
49 | Spencer Turnbull | DET | vs. TB | |
50 | Trent Thornton | TOR | vs. NYY | |
51 | Yonny Chirinos | TB | at BOS | |
52 | John Means | BAL | at TEX | |
53 | Devin Smeltzer | MIN | at CLE | |
54 | Chris Bassitt | OAK | at TEX | |
55 | Zach Plesac | CLE | vs. NYY | |
56 | Ivan Nova | CWS | at KC | |
57 | Daniel Norris | DET | vs. TB | |
58 | Drew Smyly | TEX | vs. BAL, vs. OAK | |
59 | Tommy Milone | SEA | vs. HOU | |
60 | Jefry Rodriguez | CLE | vs. NYY | |
61 | Glenn Sparkman | KC | vs. BOS, vs. CWS | |
62 | Clayton Richard | TOR | vs. NYY, vs. ARI | |
63 | Ryan Yarbrough | TB | at BOS | |
64 | Ryan Weber | BOS | vs. TB | |
65 | Ryan Carpenter | DET | vs. TB, vs. MIN | |
66 | Gregory Soto | DET | vs. MIN | |
67 | Josh A. Smith | BOS | vs. TB | |
68 | Jacob Faria | TB | at BOS | |
69 | Brett Anderson | OAK | at TEX | |
70 | Gabriel Ynoa | BAL | at HOU | |
71 | Ariel Jurado | TEX | vs. BAL | |
72 | Paul Blackburn | OAK | at TEX | |
73 | Edwin Jackson | TOR | vs. NYY | |
74 | David Hess | BAL | at HOU | |
75 | Jonathon Niese | SEA | vs. HOU | |
76 | Adrian Sampson | TEX | vs. OAK | |
77 | Dylan Covey | CWS | at WAS | |
78 | Homer Bailey | KC | vs. CWS | |
79 | Andrew Cashner | BAL | at TEX | |
80 | Shelby Miller | TEX | vs. OAK |
NATIONAL LEAGUE
RANK | PITCHER | TM | OPP | COMMENT |
1 | Stephen Strasburg | WAS | vs. CWS, at SD | Quietly having an All-Star campaign |
2 | Noah Syndergaard | NYM | vs. SF, vs. COL | In a rut but at home against bottom two offenses away vs. RHP |
3 | Aaron Nola | PHI | at SD, vs. CIN | Walks still high but looking much better |
4 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | vs. COL, vs. STL | Whiffs up lately |
5 | Luis Castillo | CIN | at STL, at PHI | Struggling lately, getting benefit of the doubt |
6 | Madison Bumgarner | SF | at NYM, vs. LAD | Estimators suggest 4.01 ERA a little bloated |
7 | Walker Buehler | LAD | at ARI, at SF | |
8 | Max Fried | ATL | at PIT, at MIA | Welcome to the circle of trust |
9 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | vs. COL | |
10 | Max Scherzer | WAS | at SD | |
11 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | at SF | |
12 | Zack Greinke | ARI | at TOR | |
13 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | at SD | |
14 | Zack Wheeler | NYM | vs. SF | |
15 | Jon Lester | CHC | vs. LAA, vs. STL | As expected, regression bringing ERA up and whiffs down |
16 | Mike Soroka | ATL | at MIA | |
17 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | LAD | at ARI | Putting up digits a young Clayton Kershaw would envy |
18 | Robbie Ray | ARI | vs. LAD, at TOR | Strikeouts driving ranking |
19 | Rich Hill | LAD | at SF | |
20 | Chase Anderson | MIL | vs. MIA, vs. PIT | |
21 | Chris Paddack | SD | vs. PHI | |
22 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | vs. MIA | |
23 | Zach Eflin | PHI | vs. CIN | |
24 | Pablo Lopez | MIA | at MIL, vs. ATL | |
25 | Miles Mikolas | STL | vs. CIN | Over early season struggles |
26 | Julio Teheran | ATL | at MIA | |
27 | Matt Strahm | SD | vs. WAS | Conversion back to starter going swimmingly |
28 | Joey Lucchesi | SD | vs. PHI | |
29 | Cole Hamels | CHC | vs. STL | |
30 | Trevor Richards | MIA | vs. ATL | Emerging from mid-May malaise |
31 | Nick Pivetta | PHI | vs. CIN | |
32 | Joe Musgrove | PIT | vs. ATL | |
33 | Caleb Smith | MIA | at MIL | |
34 | Steven Matz | NYM | vs. COL | |
35 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | vs. PIT | |
36 | Zach Davies | MIL | vs. PIT | Lady Luck is helping, but 10 of 11 starts with two or fewer runs |
37 | Eric Lauer | SD | vs. PHI, vs. WAS | Top pitch-and-ditch option |
38 | Jake Arrieta | PHI | at SD | |
39 | Jason Vargas | NYM | vs. SF | |
40 | German Marquez | COL | at CHC | |
41 | Kenta Maeda | LAD | at ARI | |
42 | Sonny Gray | CIN | at PHI | |
43 | Jack Flaherty | STL | at CHC | |
44 | Jose Urena | MIA | vs. ATL | |
45 | Jimmy Nelson | MIL | vs. MIA | Slated to make his 2019 debut |
46 | Jose Quintana | CHC | vs. COL | |
47 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | at NYM | |
48 | Mike Foltynewicz | ATL | at PIT | |
49 | Anthony DeSclafani | CIN | at STL | |
50 | Kevin Gausman | ATL | at PIT | |
51 | Jerad Eickhoff | PHI | at SD | |
52 | Yu Darvish | CHC | vs. COL | |
53 | Chris Archer | PIT | vs. ATL | |
54 | Cal Quantrill | SD | vs. WAS | |
55 | Shaun Anderson | SF | at NYM | |
56 | Tyler Mahle | CIN | at STL | |
57 | Jon Gray | COL | at CHC | |
58 | Peter Lambert | COL | at NYM | |
59 | Jordan Lyles | PIT | at MIL | |
60 | Tanner Roark | CIN | at PHI | |
61 | Jeff Samardzija | SF | vs. LAD | |
62 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | at TOR | |
63 | Anibal Sanchez | WAS | vs. CWS | |
64 | Jon Duplantier | ARI | vs. LAD | |
65 | Genesis Cabrera | STL | vs. CIN | |
66 | Nick Margevicius | SD | vs. WAS | |
67 | Steven Brault | PIT | vs. ATL, at MIL | |
68 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | at MIL | |
69 | Alex Reyes | STL | at CHC | |
70 | Dakota Hudson | STL | vs. CIN | |
71 | Jeff Hoffman | COL | at CHC, at NYM | |
72 | Adam Wainwright | STL | at CHC | |
73 | Erick Fedde | WAS | at SD | |
74 | Drew Pomeranz | SF | vs. LAD | |
75 | Taylor Clarke | ARI | vs. LAD | |
76 | Nick Kingham | PIT | at MIL | |
77 | Tyler Beede | SF | at NYM |