Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Welcome Back Edition

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Updated on May 22, 2023 12:04PM EST

Barring a setback, Luis Severino and Tyler Glasnow should make an already-interesting AL East race even more intriguing. You can even add Garrett Whitlock to that mix.

Veteran Kyle Hendricks is slated to come off the IL, joining the fray.

As usual, this is all tentative and subject to change. If you have a question about the schedule, please ask the fine folks managing the Probable Pitchers grid. I'm happy to address rankings questions below.

UPDATED: Sunday May 22, 12:25 AM ET

Week of May 22-28

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Luis Castillo	SEA	OAK, PIT	Great pair to get back on track
2	Cristian Javier	HOU	@MIL, @OAK
3	Zack Wheeler	PHI	ARI, @ATL
4	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BAL, SD
5	Spencer Strider	ATL	LAD, PHI
6	Corbin Burnes	MIL	HOU, SF
7	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@TB, @MIN
8	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	MIA
9	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	@KC, CWS
10	Mitch Keller	PIT	@SEA	29 K, 2 BB over last 21 IP
11	Framber Valdez	HOU	@OAK
12	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@MIN
13	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@PIT
14	Dylan Cease	CWS	@CLE, @DET	Walks less of an issue with this double dip
15	Yu Darvish	SD	@WAS, @NYY
16	Chris Sale	BOS	@ARI

Barring a setback, Luis Severino and Tyler Glasnow should make an already-interesting AL East race even more intriguing. You can even add Garrett Whitlock to that mix.

Veteran Kyle Hendricks is slated to come off the IL, joining the fray.

UPDATED: Sunday May 22, 12:25 AM ET

Week of May 22-28

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Luis Castillo	SEA	OAK, PIT	Great pair to get back on track
2	Cristian Javier	HOU	@MIL, @OAK
3	Zack Wheeler	PHI	ARI, @ATL
4	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BAL, SD
5	Spencer Strider	ATL	LAD, PHI
6	Corbin Burnes	MIL	HOU, SF
7	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@TB, @MIN
8	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	MIA
9	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	@KC, CWS
10	Mitch Keller	PIT	@SEA	29 K, 2 BB over last 21 IP
11	Framber Valdez	HOU	@OAK
12	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@MIN
13	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@PIT
14	Dylan Cease	CWS	@CLE, @DET	Walks less of an issue with this double dip
15	Yu Darvish	SD	@WAS, @NYY
16	Chris Sale	BOS	@ARI
17	Logan Gilbert	SEA	OAK
18	Bryce Miller	SEA	OAK
19	Joe Ryan	MIN	SF
20	Zac Gallen	ARI	@PHI
21	Justin Steele	CHC	CIN
22	Jordan Montgomery	STL	@CIN, @CLE	A Buckeye pair
23	Aaron Nola	PHI	@ATL
24	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@DET
25	Logan Webb	SF	@MIL
26	Hunter Brown	HOU	@OAK
27	George Kirby	SEA	PIT
28	Bailey Ober	MIN	SF, TOR	Twins brass deserves a nod for how the develop/handle pitchers
29	Tanner Houck	BOS	@LAA	Days in rotation could be numbered	40%
30	Drew Smyly	CHC	NYM, CIN	Grin and bear it when he's healthy
31	Lance Lynn	CWS	@DET
32	Luis Severino	NYY	SD	Welcome back!
33	Jose Berrios	TOR	@TB, @MIN	Been good lately, will it last?
34	Shane McClanahan	TB	TOR
35	Sonny Gray	MIN	SF
36	Michael Lorenzen	DET	@KC, CWS		7%
37	Tyler Glasnow	TB	LAD	Welcome back!
38	Alex Cobb	SF	@MIN, @MIL
39	Pablo Lopez	MIN	TOR
40	Brady Singer	KC	DET, WAS	Falling flat so far, this is the week to look sharp
41	Zach Eflin	TB	TOR
42	Jon Gray	TEX	@BAL
43	Zack Greinke	KC	DET		1%	19%
44	Charlie Morton	ATL	LAD, PHI
45	Freddy Peralta	MIL	SF
46	Tyler Wells	BAL	@NYY
47	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@COL
48	Dane Dunning	TEX	@PIT, @BAL	Strikeouts low, regression coming, still a good spot
49	Alex Wood	SF	@MIL
50	Michael Kopech	CWS	@CLE
51	Justin Verlander	NYM	@COL
52	JP Sears	OAK	@SEA		18%
53	Anthony DeSclafani	SF	@MIN
54	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	MIA
55	Roansy Contreras	PIT	@SEA
56	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@TB
57	Marcus Stroman	CHC	NYM
58	Garrett Whitlock	BOS	@ARI	Welcome back!
59	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@ATL
60	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@NYY, TEX
61	Vince Velasquez	PIT	@SEA		19%
62	Merrill Kelly	ARI	BOS
63	Max Scherzer	NYM	@COL
64	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@BAL
65	Tanner Bibee	CLE	STL
66	Nestor Cortes	NYY	BAL
67	Joe Musgrove	SD	@NYY
68	James Paxton	BOS	@LAA
69	Shane Bieber	CLE	STL	0
70	Dylan Dodd	ATL	PHI		0%	11%
71	Josiah Gray	WAS	@KC
72	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@LAA
73	Trevor Williams	WAS	SD		1%	13%
74	Brayan Bello	BOS	@LAA
75	Michael Wacha	SD	@NYY
76	Mix 12 Reliever				0%	0%
77	Taj Bradley	TB	TOR, LAD
78	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@NYY		44%
79	Eric Lauer	MIL	SF		39%
80	Cal Quantrill	CLE	CWS		49%
81	John Brebbia	SF	@MIN, @MIL		0%	0%
82	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	SD, @KC
83	Jared Shuster	ATL	PHI		2%
84	Mix 15 Reliever				0%	0%
85	Miles Mikolas	STL	@CLE
86	Noah Syndergaard	LAD	@TB		32%
87	Blake Snell	SD	@WAS
88	Hunter Greene	CIN	@CHC
89	Bobby Miller	LAD	@ATL		1%	2%
90	Kodai Senga	NYM	@CHC, @COL
91	Reid Detmers	LAA	MIA
92	Ranger Suarez	PHI	ARI
93	Gavin Stone	LAD	@ATL, @TB	Welcome back! OK, maybe stretching it a little bit	38%
94	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@ATL
95	Matthew Boyd	DET	@KC		18%
96	Bryce Elder	ATL	LAD
97	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	@SEA		1%	9%
98	Nick Ramirez	NYY	SD		0%	0%
99	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	CIN	Welcome back!	0%	0%
100	Jack Flaherty	STL	@CLE
101	Jordan Lyles	KC	WAS		0%	2%
102	Corey Kluber	BOS	@ARI		4%	28%
103	Alek Manoah	TOR	@TB
104	Tyler Anderson	LAA	BOS		43%
105	Alex Faedo	DET	CWS		4%	25%
106	Josh Fleming	TB	TOR, LAD		0%	2%
107	Jake Irvin	WAS	SD		4%	8%
108	Logan Allen	CLE	CWS
109	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@COL, @LAA
110	Eury Perez	MIA	@COL, @LAA
111	Adrian Houser	MIL	HOU		0%	0%
112	Colin Rea	MIL	HOU, SF		1%	6%
113	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@CHC		13%
114	Adam Wainwright	STL	@CIN		14%
115	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@KC		9%	43%
116	Max Castillo	KC	WAS		0%	0%
117	Steven Matz	STL	@CIN		21%
118	James Kaprielian	OAK	HOU		0%	0%
119	Braxton Garrett	MIA	@COL
120	Martin Perez	TEX	@PIT
121	Louie Varland	MIN	TOR
122	Tylor Megill	NYM	@CHC
123	Jameson Taillon	CHC	NYM
124	Jesse Scholtens	CWS	@CLE, @DET		0%	0%
125	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	BOS
126	Marco Gonzales	SEA	OAK, PIT		6%
127	Johan Oviedo	PIT	TEX		35%
128	Austin Gomber	COL	MIA, NYM		1%	4%
129	Rich Hill	PIT	TEX		2%
130	Brandon Williamson	CIN	STL, @CHC		0%	0%
131	Hunter Gaddis	CLE	CWS, STL		1%	2%
132	Luis Medina	OAK	@SEA, HOU		0%	4%
133	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@TB
134	Daniel Lynch	KC	DET		0%	0%
135	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	STL, @CHC
136	Ben Lively	CIN	STL		0%	2%
137	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	TEX
138	Chase Anderson	COL	MIA, NYM		0%	0%
139	Dean Kremer	BAL	TEX		8%
140	Kyle Freeland	COL	MIA		24%
141	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CIN		0%	0%
142	Joey Wentz	DET	CWS		0%	4%
143	Tommy Henry	ARI	@PHI, BOS		1%	17%
144	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	BAL
145	Jaime Barria	LAA	BOS		0%	4%
146	Griffin Canning	LAA	BOS		27%
147	Karl Kauffmann	COL	MIA		0%	0%
148	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@PHI		3%	36%
149	Luis Ortiz	PIT	TEX		37%
150	Luke Weaver	CIN	STL		1%	28%
151	Brandon Bielak	HOU	@MIL		7%
152	Connor Seabold	COL	NYM		0%	0%
153	J.P. France	HOU	@MIL
154	Kyle Muller	OAK	@SEA, HOU		0%	8%
155	Dylan Covey	PHI	ARI, @ATL		0%	0%
156	Ryan Weathers	SD	@WAS		1%	8%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Luis Castillo	SEA	OAK, PIT	Great pair to get back on track
2	Cristian Javier	HOU	@MIL, @OAK
3	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BAL, SD
4	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@TB, @MIN
5	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	MIA
6	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	@KC, CWS
7	Framber Valdez	HOU	@OAK
8	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@MIN
9	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@PIT
10	Dylan Cease	CWS	@CLE, @DET	Walks less of an issue with this double dip
11	Chris Sale	BOS	@ARI
12	Logan Gilbert	SEA	OAK
13	Bryce Miller	SEA	OAK
14	Joe Ryan	MIN	SF
15	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@DET
16	Hunter Brown	HOU	@OAK
17	George Kirby	SEA	PIT
18	Bailey Ober	MIN	SF, TOR	Twins brass deserves a nod for how the develop/handle pitchers
19	Tanner Houck	BOS	@LAA	Days in rotation could be numbered
20	Lance Lynn	CWS	@DET
21	Luis Severino	NYY	SD	Welcome back!
22	Jose Berrios	TOR	@TB, @MIN	Been good lately, will it last?
23	Shane McClanahan	TB	TOR
24	Sonny Gray	MIN	SF
25	Michael Lorenzen	DET	@KC, CWS
26	Tyler Glasnow	TB	LAD	Welcome back!
27	Pablo Lopez	MIN	TOR
28	Brady Singer	KC	DET, WAS	Falling flat so far, this is the week to look sharp
29	Zach Eflin	TB	TOR
30	Jon Gray	TEX	@BAL
31	Zack Greinke	KC	DET
32	Tyler Wells	BAL	@NYY
33	Dane Dunning	TEX	@PIT, @BAL	Strikeouts low, regression coming, still a good spot
34	Michael Kopech	CWS	@CLE
35	JP Sears	OAK	@SEA
36	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	MIA
37	Garrett Whitlock	BOS	@ARI	Welcome back!
38	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@NYY, TEX
39	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@BAL
40	Tanner Bibee	CLE	STL
41	Nestor Cortes	NYY	BAL
42	James Paxton	BOS	@LAA
43	Shane Bieber	CLE	STL	0
44	Brayan Bello	BOS	@LAA
45	Taj Bradley	TB	TOR, LAD
46	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@NYY
47	Cal Quantrill	CLE	CWS
48	Reid Detmers	LAA	MIA
49	Matthew Boyd	DET	@KC
50	AL Reliever
51	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	@SEA
52	Nick Ramirez	NYY	SD
53	Jordan Lyles	KC	WAS
54	Corey Kluber	BOS	@ARI
55	Alek Manoah	TOR	@TB
56	Tyler Anderson	LAA	BOS
57	Alex Faedo	DET	CWS
58	Josh Fleming	TB	TOR, LAD
59	Logan Allen	CLE	CWS
60	Max Castillo	KC	WAS
61	James Kaprielian	OAK	HOU
62	Martin Perez	TEX	@PIT
63	Louie Varland	MIN	TOR
64	Jesse Scholtens	CWS	@CLE, @DET
65	Marco Gonzales	SEA	OAK, PIT
66	Hunter Gaddis	CLE	CWS, STL
67	Luis Medina	OAK	@SEA, HOU
68	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@TB
69	Daniel Lynch	KC	DET
70	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	TEX
71	Dean Kremer	BAL	TEX
72	Joey Wentz	DET	CWS
73	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	BAL
74	Jaime Barria	LAA	BOS
75	Griffin Canning	LAA	BOS
76	Brandon Bielak	HOU	@MIL
77	J.P. France	HOU	@MIL
78	Kyle Muller	OAK	@SEA, HOU

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Zack Wheeler	PHI	ARI, @ATL
2	Spencer Strider	ATL	LAD, PHI
3	Corbin Burnes	MIL	HOU, SF
4	Mitch Keller	PIT	@SEA	29 K, 2 BB over last 21 IP
5	Yu Darvish	SD	@WAS, @NYY
6	Zac Gallen	ARI	@PHI
7	Justin Steele	CHC	CIN
8	Jordan Montgomery	STL	@CIN, @CLE	A Buckeye pair
9	Aaron Nola	PHI	@ATL
10	Logan Webb	SF	@MIL
11	Drew Smyly	CHC	NYM, CIN	Grin and bear it when he's healthy
12	Alex Cobb	SF	@MIN, @MIL
13	Charlie Morton	ATL	LAD, PHI
14	Freddy Peralta	MIL	SF
15	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@COL
16	Alex Wood	SF	@MIL
17	Justin Verlander	NYM	@COL
18	Anthony DeSclafani	SF	@MIN
19	Roansy Contreras	PIT	@SEA
20	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@TB
21	Marcus Stroman	CHC	NYM
22	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@ATL
23	Vince Velasquez	PIT	@SEA
24	Merrill Kelly	ARI	BOS
25	Max Scherzer	NYM	@COL
26	Joe Musgrove	SD	@NYY
27	Dylan Dodd	ATL	PHI
28	Josiah Gray	WAS	@KC
29	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@LAA
30	Trevor Williams	WAS	SD
31	Michael Wacha	SD	@NYY
32	Eric Lauer	MIL	SF
33	John Brebbia	SF	@MIN, @MIL
34	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	SD, @KC
35	Jared Shuster	ATL	PHI
36	Miles Mikolas	STL	@CLE
37	Noah Syndergaard	LAD	@TB
38	Blake Snell	SD	@WAS
39	Hunter Greene	CIN	@CHC
40	Bobby Miller	LAD	@ATL
41	Kodai Senga	NYM	@CHC, @COL
42	Ranger Suarez	PHI	ARI
43	Gavin Stone	LAD	@ATL, @TB	Welcome back! OK, maybe stretching it a little bit
44	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@ATL
45	NL Reliever
46	Bryce Elder	ATL	LAD
47	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	CIN	Welcome back!
48	Jack Flaherty	STL	@CLE
49	Jake Irvin	WAS	SD
50	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@COL, @LAA
51	Eury Perez	MIA	@COL, @LAA
52	Adrian Houser	MIL	HOU
53	Colin Rea	MIL	HOU, SF
54	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@CHC
55	Adam Wainwright	STL	@CIN
56	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@KC
57	Steven Matz	STL	@CIN
58	Braxton Garrett	MIA	@COL
59	Tylor Megill	NYM	@CHC
60	Jameson Taillon	CHC	NYM
61	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	BOS
62	Johan Oviedo	PIT	TEX
63	Austin Gomber	COL	MIA, NYM
64	Rich Hill	PIT	TEX
65	Brandon Williamson	CIN	STL, @CHC
66	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	STL, @CHC
67	Ben Lively	CIN	STL
68	Chase Anderson	COL	MIA, NYM
69	Kyle Freeland	COL	MIA
70	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CIN
71	Tommy Henry	ARI	@PHI, BOS
72	Karl Kauffmann	COL	MIA
73	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@PHI
74	Luis Ortiz	PIT	TEX
75	Luke Weaver	CIN	STL
76	Connor Seabold	COL	NYM
77	Dylan Covey	PHI	ARI, @ATL
78	Ryan Weathers	SD	@WAS