Home runs and scoring usually increase in July, largely due to the increase in gametime temperature. While there was a small bump this season, it wasn't to the extent of recent years. The reduced distance for fly balls continues to slightly thwart scoring, so it's OK to now be more aggressive than normal with starting pitchers.
Month 2025 runs per game 2024 runs per game 2023 runs per game 2025 HR/PA 2024 HR/PA 2023 HR/PA March/April 4.34 4.38 4.59 2.8% 2.7% 3.0% May 4.32 4.24 4.55 2.9% 2.8% 3.1% June 4.45 4.46 4.53 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% July 4.50 4.57 4.64 3.2% 3.3% 3.3%
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Week of August 4 - 10 Mixed League Home runs and scoring usually increase in July, largely due to the increase in gametime temperature. While there was a small bump this season, it wasn't to the extent of recent years. The reduced distance for fly balls continues to slightly thwart scoring, so it's OK to now be more aggressive than normal with starting pitchers.
Month 2025 runs per game 2024 runs per game 2023 runs per game 2025 HR/PA 2024 HR/PA 2023 HR/PA March/April 4.34 4.38 4.59 2.8% 2.7% 3.0% May 4.32 4.24 4.55 2.9% 2.8% 3.1% June 4.45 4.46 4.53 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% July 4.50 4.57 4.64 3.2% 3.3% 3.3%
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Week of August 4 - 10 Mixed League Rank Pitcher TM OPP Comments MIX12 MIX15 1 Tarik Skubal DET LAA 2 Paul Skenes PIT CIN Workload to be limited down the stretch 3 Max Fried NYY @TEX, HOU 4 Bryan Woo SEA CWS, TB Uncharacteristic 4 HR allowed last time 5 Logan Gilbert SEA CWS 6 Nick Lodolo CIN @CHC, @PIT 1.69 ERA, .75 WHIP with 26 K over previous 21.1 IP 7 Jesus Luzardo PHI BAL, @TEX Walks remain an issue 8 Zack Wheeler PHI @TEX 9 Sean Manaea NYM CLE, @MIL Kid gloves off, should have no workload restriction 10 Tyler Glasnow LAD STL 11 Hunter Greene CIN @PIT 12 Garrett Crochet BOS KC 13 Nick Pivetta SD @ARI 14 George Kirby SEA CWS 15 Joe Ryan MIN @DET 16 Jeffrey Springs ATH @WAS, @BAL 17 Robbie Ray SF @PIT 18 Drew Rasmussen TB @SEA 19 Cristopher Sanchez PHI @TEX 20 Hunter Brown HOU @MIA 21 Jacob deGrom TEX PHI 22 Eury Perez MIA @ATL 23 Sandy Alcantara MIA HOU, @ATL 24 Kevin Gausman TOR @COL 25 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD TOR 26 Dylan Cease SD BOS Not giving up, peripherals too good to be this bad 27 Carlos Rodon NYY @TEX 28 Matthew Boyd CHC @STL 29 Zac Gallen ARI COL 30 Brandon Woodruff MIL NYM 31 Edward Cabrera MIA @ATL 32 Michael Wacha KC @BOS 33 David Peterson NYM CLE 34 Michael Soroka CHC CIN, @STL 87 K in 81 IP, under-the-radar solid pickup 35 Tanner Bibee CLE @CWS 36 Brandon Pfaadt ARI SD, COL 37 Spencer Strider ATL MIA 38 Ranger Suarez PHI BAL 39 Shota Imanaga CHC CIN 40 Framber Valdez HOU @NYY 41 Jack Flaherty DET MIN 42 Nathan Eovaldi TEX NYY 43 MacKenzie Gore WAS ATH, @SF 44 Jacob Misiorowski MIL NYM 0% 0% 45 Mitch Keller PIT CIN 46 Ryan Pepiot TB @LAA 47 Logan Webb SF @PIT 48 Cade Horton CHC CIN 0% 0% 49 Zebby Matthews MIN @DET, KC 50 Bailey Ober MIN KC 51 Casey Mize DET MIN, LAA Good pair to get back on track 52 Shohei Ohtani LAD STL Ready to go five frames? 53 Freddy Peralta MIL @ATL 54 Taj Bradley MIN KC 55 Seth Lugo KC @MIN 56 Merrill Kelly TEX PHI 57 Gavin Williams CLE @NYM Patience paying off, 1.42 ERA with .95 WHIP and 22 K over last 19 IP 58 Shane Smith CWS @SEA 30% 59 Noah Cameron KC @MIN Missing more bats, but still due some ERA regression 0% 0% 60 Kodai Senga NYM @MIL 61 Luis Severino ATH @BAL 62 Chase Burns CIN @PIT 0% 0% 63 Emmet Sheehan LAD STL 0% 0% 64 Ryne Nelson ARI SD 65 Jose Soriano LAA TB 66 Luis Castillo SEA TB 67 Blake Snell LAD TOR 68 Luis Gil NYY HOU 26% 4% 69 Sonny Gray STL @LAD, CHC 70 Yu Darvish SD @ARI 71 Eduardo Rodriguez ARI COL 47% 72 Shane Baz TB @LAA 73 Jose Berrios TOR @COL 74 Chris Paddack DET MIN 21% 75 Brady Singer CIN @PIT 76 Brad Lord WAS @SF 0% 0% 77 Trevor Rogers BAL @PHI 0% 0% 78 Eric Lauer TOR @COL 0% 0% 79 Joey Cantillo CLE @CWS 39% 80 Michael Lorenzen KC @MIN 10% 37% 81 Jake Irvin WAS @SF 14% 82 Max Scherzer TOR @LAD 83 Andrew Heaney PIT SF 32% 84 Lucas Giolito BOS @SD 85 Mix 12 Reliever 86 Adrian Houser TB @LAA, @SEA 0% 0% 87 Brayan Bello BOS KC, @SD 88 Jacob Lopez ATH @WAS 0% 0% 89 Davis Martin CWS @SEA, CLE 1% 18% 90 Dean Kremer BAL @PHI 91 Quinn Priester MIL @ATL, NYM 92 Slade Cecconi CLE @NYM, @CWS 0% 0% 93 Dustin May BOS KC 94 Cal Quantrill MIA HOU, @ATL 0% 16% 95 Shane Bieber TOR @LAD 3% 25% 96 Mix 15 Reliever 97 Joey Wentz ATL MIL, MIA 0% 0% 98 Spencer Arrighetti HOU @MIA 99 Andrew Abbott CIN @CHC 100 Yusei Kikuchi LAA TB, @DET 101 Joe Boyle TB @SEA 102 Aaron Civale CWS CLE 8% 103 Clayton Kershaw LAD TOR 0% 0% 104 Sean Burke CWS CLE 7% 105 Logan Allen CLE @NYM 27% 106 Walker Buehler BOS @SD 38% 107 Simeon Woods Richardson MIN @DET 29% 108 Mike Burrows PIT SF, CIN 0% 0% 109 Charlie Morton DET LAA 110 Zack Littell CIN @CHC 111 Johan Oviedo PIT SF, CIN 0% 0% 112 Clay Holmes NYM CLE 113 Nestor Cortes SD BOS 114 Jack Leiter TEX NYY 115 Tyler Anderson LAA TB 14% 116 Brandon Young BAL ATH 0% 2% 117 JP Sears SD @ARI, BOS 33% 118 Andre Pallante STL CHC 7% 119 Jonathan Cannon CWS @SEA 1% 9% 120 Chris Bassitt TOR @LAD 121 Tomoyuki Sugano BAL ATH 41% 122 Erick Fedde ATL MIL, MIA 24% 37% 123 Carson Whisenhunt SF WAS 0% 0% 124 Frankie Montas NYM @MIL 0% 0% 125 Justin Verlander SF @PIT, WAS 44% 126 Will Warren NYY @TEX 127 Ryan Gusto MIA @ATL 4% 23% 128 Osvaldo Bido ATH @BAL 2% 0% 129 Cade Povich BAL @PHI, ATH 2% 32% 130 Jose Quintana MIL @ATL 32% 131 Patrick Corbin TEX NYY, PHI 46% 132 Logan Evans SEA TB 0% 0% 133 J.T. Ginn ATH @WAS 8% 134 Jack Kochanowicz LAA @DET 0% 7% 135 Kyle Hendricks LAA @DET 0% 7% 136 Shinnosuke Ogasawara WAS ATH 0% 0% 137 Mitchell Parker WAS ATH 7% 12% 138 Matthew Liberatore STL @LAD 139 Bailey Falter KC @BOS 11% 140 Janson Junk MIA HOU 0% 0% 141 Kai-Wei Teng SF WAS 0% 0% 142 Miles Mikolas STL @LAD 3% 18% 143 Anthony DeSclafani ARI SD 0% 0% 144 Colin Rea CHC @STL 37% 145 Colton Gordon HOU @NYY 0% 0% 146 Ryan Bergert KC @BOS 0% 0% 147 Carlos Carrasco ATL MIL 0% 0% 148 Taijuan Walker PHI BAL 0% 7% 149 Hurston Waldrep ATL MIA 0% 0% 150 Jason Alexander HOU @MIA, @NYY 0% 0% 151 Cam Schlittler NYY HOU 0% 0% 152 Tanner Gordon COL TOR, @ARI 0% 0% 153 Bryce Elder ATL MIA 8% 14% 154 Michael McGreevy STL CHC 19% 155 Austin Gomber COL @ARI 0% 0% 156 Carson Palmquist COL TOR 0% 0% 157 Kyle Freeland COL TOR 0% 4% 158 Bradley Blalock COL @ARI 0% 0%
American League Rank Pitcher TM OPP Comment 1 Tarik Skubal DET LAA 2 Max Fried NYY @TEX, HOU 3 Bryan Woo SEA CWS, TB Uncharacteristic 4 HR allowed last time 4 Logan Gilbert SEA CWS 5 Garrett Crochet BOS KC 6 George Kirby SEA CWS 7 Joe Ryan MIN @DET 8 Jeffrey Springs ATH @WAS, @BAL 9 Drew Rasmussen TB @SEA 10 Hunter Brown HOU @MIA 11 Jacob deGrom TEX PHI 12 Kevin Gausman TOR @COL 13 Carlos Rodon NYY @TEX 14 Michael Wacha KC @BOS 15 Tanner Bibee CLE @CWS 16 Framber Valdez HOU @NYY 17 Jack Flaherty DET MIN 18 Nathan Eovaldi TEX NYY 19 Ryan Pepiot TB @LAA 20 Zebby Matthews MIN @DET, KC 21 Bailey Ober MIN KC 22 Casey Mize DET MIN, LAA Good pair to get back on track 23 Taj Bradley MIN KC 24 Seth Lugo KC @MIN 25 Merrill Kelly TEX PHI 26 Gavin Williams CLE @NYM Patience paying off, 1.42 ERA with .95 WHIP and 22 K over last 19 IP 27 Shane Smith CWS @SEA 28 Noah Cameron KC @MIN Missing more bats, but still due some ERA regression 29 Luis Severino ATH @BAL 30 Jose Soriano LAA TB 31 Luis Castillo SEA TB 32 Luis Gil NYY HOU 33 Shane Baz TB @LAA 34 Jose Berrios TOR @COL 35 Chris Paddack DET MIN 36 Trevor Rogers BAL @PHI 37 Eric Lauer TOR @COL 38 Joey Cantillo CLE @CWS 39 Michael Lorenzen KC @MIN 40 Max Scherzer TOR @LAD 41 Lucas Giolito BOS @SD 42 Adrian Houser TB @LAA, @SEA 43 Brayan Bello BOS KC, @SD 44 Jacob Lopez ATH @WAS 45 Davis Martin CWS @SEA, CLE 46 Dean Kremer BAL @PHI 47 Slade Cecconi CLE @NYM, @CWS 48 Dustin May BOS KC 49 Shane Bieber TOR @LAD 50 Spencer Arrighetti HOU @MIA 51 Yusei Kikuchi LAA TB, @DET 52 Joe Boyle TB @SEA 53 Aaron Civale CWS CLE 54 Sean Burke CWS CLE 55 Logan Allen CLE @NYM 56 Walker Buehler BOS @SD 57 Simeon Woods Richardson MIN @DET 58 AL Reliever 59 Charlie Morton DET LAA 60 Jack Leiter TEX NYY 61 Tyler Anderson LAA TB 62 Brandon Young BAL ATH 63 Jonathan Cannon CWS @SEA 64 Chris Bassitt TOR @LAD 65 Tomoyuki Sugano BAL ATH 66 Will Warren NYY @TEX 67 Osvaldo Bido ATH @BAL 68 Cade Povich BAL @PHI, ATH 69 Patrick Corbin TEX NYY, PHI 70 Logan Evans SEA TB 71 J.T. Ginn ATH @WAS 72 Jack Kochanowicz LAA @DET 73 Kyle Hendricks LAA @DET 74 Bailey Falter KC @BOS 75 Colton Gordon HOU @NYY 76 Ryan Bergert KC @BOS 77 Jason Alexander HOU @MIA, @NYY 78 Cam Schlittler NYY HOU
National League Rank Pitcher TM OPP Comment 1 Paul Skenes PIT CIN Workload to be limited down the stretch 2 Nick Lodolo CIN @CHC, @PIT 1.69 ERA, .75 WHIP with 26 K over previous 21.1 IP 3 Jesus Luzardo PHI BAL, @TEX Walks remain an issue 4 Zack Wheeler PHI @TEX 5 Sean Manaea NYM CLE, @MIL Kid gloves off, should have no workload restriction 6 Tyler Glasnow LAD STL 7 Hunter Greene CIN @PIT 8 Nick Pivetta SD @ARI 9 Robbie Ray SF @PIT 10 Cristopher Sanchez PHI @TEX 11 Eury Perez MIA @ATL 12 Sandy Alcantara MIA HOU, @ATL 13 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD TOR 14 Dylan Cease SD BOS Not giving up, peripherals too good to be this bad 15 Matthew Boyd CHC @STL 16 Zac Gallen ARI COL 17 Brandon Woodruff MIL NYM 18 Edward Cabrera MIA @ATL 19 David Peterson NYM CLE 20 Michael Soroka CHC CIN, @STL 87 K in 81 IP, under-the-radar solid pickup 21 Brandon Pfaadt ARI SD, COL 22 Spencer Strider ATL MIA 23 Ranger Suarez PHI BAL 24 Shota Imanaga CHC CIN 25 MacKenzie Gore WAS ATH, @SF 26 Jacob Misiorowski MIL NYM 27 Mitch Keller PIT CIN 28 Logan Webb SF @PIT 29 Cade Horton CHC CIN 30 Shohei Ohtani LAD STL Ready to go five frames? 31 Freddy Peralta MIL @ATL 32 Kodai Senga NYM @MIL 33 Chase Burns CIN @PIT 34 Emmet Sheehan LAD STL 35 Ryne Nelson ARI SD 36 Blake Snell LAD TOR 37 Sonny Gray STL @LAD, CHC 38 Yu Darvish SD @ARI 39 Eduardo Rodriguez ARI COL 40 Brady Singer CIN @PIT 41 Brad Lord WAS @SF 42 Jake Irvin WAS @SF 43 Andrew Heaney PIT SF 44 Quinn Priester MIL @ATL, NYM 45 Cal Quantrill MIA HOU, @ATL 46 Joey Wentz ATL MIL, MIA 47 Andrew Abbott CIN @CHC 48 Clayton Kershaw LAD TOR 49 Mike Burrows PIT SF, CIN 50 NL Reliever 51 Zack Littell CIN @CHC 52 Johan Oviedo PIT SF, CIN 53 Clay Holmes NYM CLE 54 Nestor Cortes SD BOS 55 JP Sears SD @ARI, BOS 56 Andre Pallante STL CHC 57 Erick Fedde ATL MIL, MIA 58 Carson Whisenhunt SF WAS 59 Frankie Montas NYM @MIL 60 Justin Verlander SF @PIT, WAS 61 Ryan Gusto MIA @ATL 62 Jose Quintana MIL @ATL 63 Shinnosuke Ogasawara WAS ATH 64 Mitchell Parker WAS ATH 65 Matthew Liberatore STL @LAD 66 Janson Junk MIA HOU 67 Kai-Wei Teng SF WAS 68 Miles Mikolas STL @LAD 69 Anthony DeSclafani ARI SD 70 Colin Rea CHC @STL 71 Carlos Carrasco ATL MIL 72 Taijuan Walker PHI BAL 73 Hurston Waldrep ATL MIA 74 Tanner Gordon COL TOR, @ARI 75 Bryce Elder ATL MIA 76 Michael McGreevy STL CHC 77 Austin Gomber COL @ARI 78 Carson Palmquist COL TOR 79 Kyle Freeland COL TOR 80 Bradley Blalock COL @ARI
