Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Justin-credible

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Updated on May 19, 2019 11:24PM EST

In a season where every ace has either been bit by injury or hit a speed bump, the elder statesman, Justin Verlander, keeps rolling along. He's given up no more than one run in seven of his 10 starts, eight of the quality variety.

In general, this lays out to be an average week in terms of the number of two-start options. However, there aren't many likely available in mixed leagues with more than a dozen teams so it may be a good week to plan ahead with FAAB bids since the following week will have some double-dippers with almost every team in action Memorial Day.

Weather doesn't look to be as big of an issue this weekend as it's been the last few. However, there are several hurlers expected to return from injury, but not yet official so be sure to come back Sunday night after the weekend reports help firm up rotations plans.

For the week of May 20-26.

UPDATED: Sunday May 19, 11:30 PM ET

MLB

RANK	PITCHER	TM	OPP	COMMENT
1	Justin Verlander	HOU	vs. CWS, vs. BOS	Homers high, but that's picking nits in today's landscape
2	Patrick Corbin	WAS	at NYM, vs. MIA	Some free agent signings work out, at least so far
3	Zack Wheeler	NYM	vs. WAS, vs. DET	It'll take time, but 5.05 ERA will regress towards 3.52 xFIP/3.87 SIERA
4	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	vs. OAK, vs. TB	Similarly, 5.86 ERA nearly twice 3.01 xFIP/2.88 SIERA
5	Trevor Bauer	CLE

For the week of May 20-26.

UPDATED: Sunday May 19, 11:30 PM ET

MLB

RANK	PITCHER	TM	OPP	COMMENT
1	Justin Verlander	HOU	vs. CWS, vs. BOS	Homers high, but that's picking nits in today's landscape
2	Patrick Corbin	WAS	at NYM, vs. MIA	Some free agent signings work out, at least so far
3	Zack Wheeler	NYM	vs. WAS, vs. DET	It'll take time, but 5.05 ERA will regress towards 3.52 xFIP/3.87 SIERA
4	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	vs. OAK, vs. TB	Similarly, 5.86 ERA nearly twice 3.01 xFIP/2.88 SIERA
5	Trevor Bauer	CLE	vs. OAK, vs. TB	Hopefully just in a rut
6	Zack Greinke	ARI	at SD, at SF	Also tentative, MRI came back clean, great setup
7	David Price	BOS	at TOR, at HOU	Tentative, but looks like he'll be back
8	Chris Paddack	SD	vs. ARI, at TOR	I guess he's mortal after all
9	Brad Peacock	HOU	vs. CWS, vs. BOS
10	Domingo German	NYY	at BAL, at KC	Continues to cruise, great pair to keep it going, albeit on the road
11	Mike Minor	TEX	vs. SEA, at LAA
12	Mike Soroka	ATL	at SF, at STL
13	Jose Quintana	CHC	vs. PHI, vs. CIN	Boosted by home cooking
14	Chris Sale	BOS	at HOU
15	Jake Odorizzi	MIN	at LAA, vs. CWS	Hope he's lifted before third time through
16	German Marquez	COL	at PIT, vs. BAL	Facing Orioles helps mitigate Coors effect
17	Gerrit Cole	HOU	vs. CWS
18	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	at NYM
19	Caleb Smith	MIA	at DET, at WAS	Good test with a pair away from South Beach
20	Max Scherzer	WAS	at NYM
21	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	at TOR, at HOU	Finally executing pitch efficiency, on verge of next level
22	Jacob deGrom	NYM	vs. WAS
23	Matthew Boyd	DET	vs. MIA
24	J.A. Happ	NYY	at BAL, at KC	Nice pair to find a groove
25	Noah Syndergaard	NYM	vs. DET
26	Julio Teheran	ATL	at SF, at STL	No homers last three games, spanning 17 IP
27	Gio Gonzalez	MIL	vs. CIN, vs. PHI
28	Luis Castillo	CIN	at MIL
29	Blake Snell	TB	at CLE
30	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	at TB
31	Hyun-Jin Ryu	LAD	at PIT
32	Rich Hill	LAD	at TB
33	Luke Weaver	ARI	at SD, at SF	Pitching well, beginning to go deeper into games
34	Jose Berrios	MIN	vs. CWS
35	Charlie Morton	TB	at CLE
36	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	vs. CIN
37	Walker Buehler	LAD	at PIT
38	Madison Bumgarner	SF	vs. ATL
39	Martin Perez	MIN	at LAA	Angels fan the least in the league
40	Corbin Martin	HOU	vs. CWS
41	Yu Darvish	CHC	vs. PHI, vs. CIN	Encouraging effort last time, 11 K, 0 BB in 5.1 IP
42	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	at BAL
43	Jack Flaherty	STL	vs. ATL	12 BB last three starts, covering 16.2 IP
44	Matt Strahm	SD	vs. ARI
45	James Paxton	NYY	at KC	Tentative, but could be back
46	Miles Mikolas	STL	vs. ATL	Looking to rebound from disaster in Arlington
47	Chris Archer	PIT	vs. COL, vs. LAD	Too many walks and HR
48	Cole Hamels	CHC	vs. PHI
49	Marcus Stroman	TOR	vs. BOS, vs. SD
50	Tyler Skaggs	LAA	vs. TEX
51	Max Fried	ATL	at SF	Frustratingly inconsistent, part and parcel to maturing arms
52	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	at STL
53	Joey Lucchesi	SD	at TOR	Coming off gem versus Pirates
54	Spencer Turnbull	DET	vs. MIA, at NYM	Approaching circle of trust
55	Yusei Kikuchi	SEA	at OAK
56	Jake Arrieta	PHI	at CHC, at MIL	Usually rises to the occasion, good test
57	Joe Musgrove	PIT	vs. LAD	Appears to be over early may blip
58	Aaron Nola	PHI	at CHC	Not as sharp as last season and not fooling anyone
59	Robbie Ray	ARI	at SF
60	Rick Porcello	BOS	at TOR
61	Jon Lester	CHC	vs. PHI	Continues to rack up K's despite lowest SwStr% since 2008
62	Kenta Maeda	LAD	at PIT	IL stint expected to be the minimum, what a surprise
63	Frankie Montas	OAK	at CLE
64	Zach Eflin	PHI	at CHC, at MIL	Tough pair but throwing well
65	Jason Vargas	NYM	vs. DET
66	Yonny Chirinos	TB	vs. LAD
67	Shane Bieber	CLE	vs. TB
68	Daniel Mengden	OAK	vs. SEA
69	CC Sabathia	NYY	at BAL
70	Jordan Lyles	PIT	vs. COL
71	Kevin Gausman	ATL	at SF
72	Kyle Gibson	MIN	vs. CWS
73	Zach Davies	MIL	vs. CIN	4.68 xFIP/4.88 SIERA over three times actual 1.54 ERA
74	Steven Matz	NYM	vs. WAS
75	Felix Pena	LAA	vs. MIN, vs. TEX	Handling the primary pitcher role well
76	Michael Wacha	STL	vs. KC
77	Pablo Lopez	MIA	at WAS
78	Jeff Samardzija	SF	vs. ATL
79	Jon Gray	COL	at PIT
80	Trent Thornton	TOR	vs. SD
81	Trevor Richards	MIA	at DET
82	Mike Fiers	OAK	vs. SEA
83	Michael Pineda	MIN	at LAA
84	Merrill Kelly	ARI	at SD
85	Jalen Beeks	TB	vs. LAD, at CLE
86	Jeremy Hellickson	WAS	vs. MIA
87	Jerad Eickhoff	PHI	at MIL
88	Sonny Gray	CIN	at MIL
89	Antonio Senzatela	COL	at PIT
90	Trevor Cahill	LAA	vs. MIN
91	Jhoulys Chacin	MIL	vs. PHI
92	Mike Leake	SEA	at TEX, at OAK
93	Wade LeBlanc	SEA	at OAK
94	Jose Urena	MIA	at DET
95	Wade Miley	HOU	vs. BOS
96	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	vs. PHI
97	Jakob Junis	KC	vs. NYY
98	Anthony DeSclafani	CIN	at CHC
99	Dylan Bundy	BAL	vs. NYY
100	Hector Velazquez	BOS	at TOR
101	Danny Duffy	KC	vs. NYY
102	Cole Irvin	PHI	at CHC
103	Brett Anderson	OAK	at CLE, vs. SEA
104	Adam Wainwright	STL	vs. KC
105	Shaun Anderson	SF	vs. ATL, vs. ARI
106	Brad Keller	KC	at STL
107	Andrew Suarez	SF	vs. ATL, vs. ARI
108	Erick Fedde	WAS	at NYM, vs. MIA
109	Marco Gonzales	SEA	at TEX
110	Gregory Soto	DET	at NYM
111	Tyler Mahle	CIN	at CHC
112	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	vs. BOS
113	Tanner Roark	CIN	at CHC
114	Kyle Freeland	COL	vs. BAL
115	Eric Lauer	SD	vs. ARI
116	Cal Quantrill	SD	at TOR
117	Andrew Cashner	BAL	vs. NYY, at COL
118	Matt Harvey	LAA	vs. MIN
119	Chris Bassitt	OAK	at CLE
120	Lance Lynn	TEX	vs. SEA
121	Daniel Norris	DET	vs. MIA
122	Reynaldo Lopez	CWS	at MIN
123	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	at CLE
124	Lucas Giolito	CWS	at HOU
125	Drew Smyly	TEX	at LAA
126	Nick Kingham	PIT	vs. COL
127	Edwin Jackson	TOR	vs. BOS, vs. SD
128	Jefry Rodriguez	CLE	vs. OAK
129	Griffin Canning	LAA	vs. TEX
130	Neil Ramirez	CLE	at NYM
131	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	at WAS
132	Dan Straily	BAL	vs. NYY
133	Drew Gagnon	NYM	vs. WAS
134	Dakota Hudson	STL	vs. ATL
135	Jordan Guerrero	CWS	at HOU, at MIN
136	Drew Pomeranz	SF	vs. ARI
137	Jorge Lopez	KC	vs. NYY
138	Adam Plutko	CLE	vs. TB
139	David Hess	BAL	vs. NYY, at COL
140	Ivan Nova	CWS	at HOU
141	Steven Brault	PIT	vs. LAD
142	Dylan Covey	CWS	at HOU, at MIN
143	Ariel Jurado	TEX	at LAA
144	Ryan Feierabend	TOR	vs. BOS
145	Tommy Milone	SEA	at TEX
146	John Means	BAL	at COL
147	Homer Bailey	KC	at STL
148	Adrian Sampson	TEX	vs. SEA
149	Jeff Hoffman	COL	vs. BAL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RANK	PITCHER	TM	OPP	COMMENT
1	Justin Verlander	HOU	vs. CWS, vs. BOS	Homers high, but that's picking nits in today's landscape
2	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	vs. OAK, vs. TB	Similarly, 5.86 ERA nearly twice 3.01 xFIP/2.88 SIERA
3	Trevor Bauer	CLE	vs. OAK, vs. TB	Hopefully just in a rut
4	David Price	BOS	at TOR, at HOU	Tentative, but looks like he'll be back
5	Brad Peacock	HOU	vs. CWS, vs. BOS
6	Domingo German	NYY	at BAL, at KC	Continues to cruise, great pair to keep it going, albeit on the road
7	Mike Minor	TEX	vs. SEA, at LAA
8	Chris Sale	BOS	at HOU
9	Jake Odorizzi	MIN	at LAA, vs. CWS	Hope he's lifted before third time through
10	Gerrit Cole	HOU	vs. CWS
11	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	at TOR, at HOU	Finally executing pitch efficiency, on verge of next level
12	Matthew Boyd	DET	vs. MIA
13	J.A. Happ	NYY	at BAL, at KC	Nice pair to find a groove
14	Blake Snell	TB	at CLE
15	Jose Berrios	MIN	vs. CWS
16	Charlie Morton	TB	at CLE
17	Martin Perez	MIN	at LAA	Angels fan the least in the league
18	Corbin Martin	HOU	vs. CWS
19	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	at BAL
20	James Paxton	NYY	at KC	Tentative, but could be back
21	Marcus Stroman	TOR	vs. BOS, vs. SD
22	Tyler Skaggs	LAA	vs. TEX
23	Spencer Turnbull	DET	vs. MIA, at NYM	Approaching circle of trust
24	Yusei Kikuchi	SEA	at OAK
25	Rick Porcello	BOS	at TOR
26	Frankie Montas	OAK	at CLE
27	Yonny Chirinos	TB	vs. LAD
28	Shane Bieber	CLE	vs. TB
29	Daniel Mengden	OAK	vs. SEA
30	CC Sabathia	NYY	at BAL
31	Kyle Gibson	MIN	vs. CWS
32	Felix Pena	LAA	vs. MIN, vs. TEX	Handling the primary pitcher role well
33	Trent Thornton	TOR	vs. SD
34	Mike Fiers	OAK	vs. SEA
35	Michael Pineda	MIN	at LAA
36	Jalen Beeks	TB	vs. LAD, at CLE
37	Trevor Cahill	LAA	vs. MIN
38	Mike Leake	SEA	at TEX, at OAK
39	Wade LeBlanc	SEA	at OAK
40	Wade Miley	HOU	vs. BOS
41	Jakob Junis	KC	vs. NYY
42	Dylan Bundy	BAL	vs. NYY
43	Hector Velazquez	BOS	at TOR
44	Danny Duffy	KC	vs. NYY
45	Brett Anderson	OAK	at CLE, vs. SEA
46	Brad Keller	KC	at STL
47	Marco Gonzales	SEA	at TEX
48	Gregory Soto	DET	at NYM
49	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	vs. BOS
50	Andrew Cashner	BAL	vs. NYY, at COL
51	Matt Harvey	LAA	vs. MIN
52	Chris Bassitt	OAK	at CLE
53	Lance Lynn	TEX	vs. SEA
54	Daniel Norris	DET	vs. MIA
55	Reynaldo Lopez	CWS	at MIN
56	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	at CLE
57	Lucas Giolito	CWS	at HOU
58	Drew Smyly	TEX	at LAA
59	Edwin Jackson	TOR	vs. BOS, vs. SD
60	Jefry Rodriguez	CLE	vs. OAK
61	Griffin Canning	LAA	vs. TEX
62	Neil Ramirez	CLE	at NYM
63	Dan Straily	BAL	vs. NYY
64	Jordan Guerrero	CWS	at HOU, at MIN
65	Jorge Lopez	KC	vs. NYY
66	Adam Plutko	CLE	vs. TB
67	David Hess	BAL	vs. NYY, at COL
68	Ivan Nova	CWS	at HOU
69	Dylan Covey	CWS	at HOU, at MIN
70	Ariel Jurado	TEX	at LAA
71	Ryan Feierabend	TOR	vs. BOS
72	Tommy Milone	SEA	at TEX
73	John Means	BAL	at COL
74	Homer Bailey	KC	at STL
75	Adrian Sampson	TEX	vs. SEA

NATIONAL LEAGUE

RANK	PITCHER	TM	OPP	COMMENT
1	Patrick Corbin	WAS	at NYM, vs. MIA	Some free agent signings work out, at least so far
2	Zack Wheeler	NYM	vs. WAS, vs. DET	It'll take time, but 5.05 ERA will regress towards 3.52 xFIP/3.87 SIERA
3	Zack Greinke	ARI	at SD, at SF	Also tentative, MRI came back clean, great setup
4	Chris Paddack	SD	vs. ARI, at TOR	I guess he's mortal after all
5	Mike Soroka	ATL	at SF, at STL
6	Jose Quintana	CHC	vs. PHI, vs. CIN	Boosted by home cooking
7	German Marquez	COL	at PIT, vs. BAL	Facing Orioles helps mitigate Coors effect
8	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	at NYM
9	Caleb Smith	MIA	at DET, at WAS	Good test with a pair away from South Beach
10	Max Scherzer	WAS	at NYM
11	Jacob deGrom	NYM	vs. WAS
12	Noah Syndergaard	NYM	vs. DET
13	Julio Teheran	ATL	at SF, at STL	No homers last three games, spanning 17 IP
14	Gio Gonzalez	MIL	vs. CIN, vs. PHI
15	Luis Castillo	CIN	at MIL
16	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	at TB
17	Hyun-Jin Ryu	LAD	at PIT
18	Rich Hill	LAD	at TB
19	Luke Weaver	ARI	at SD, at SF	Pitching well, beginning to go deeper into games
20	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	vs. CIN
21	Walker Buehler	LAD	at PIT
22	Madison Bumgarner	SF	vs. ATL
23	Yu Darvish	CHC	vs. PHI, vs. CIN	Encouraging effort last time, 11 K, 0 BB in 5.1 IP
24	Jack Flaherty	STL	vs. ATL	12 BB last three starts, covering 16.2 IP
25	Matt Strahm	SD	vs. ARI
26	Miles Mikolas	STL	vs. ATL	Looking to rebound from disaster in Arlington
27	Chris Archer	PIT	vs. COL, vs. LAD	Too many walks and HR
28	Cole Hamels	CHC	vs. PHI
29	Max Fried	ATL	at SF	Frustratingly inconsistent, part and parcel to maturing arms
30	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	at STL
31	Joey Lucchesi	SD	at TOR	Coming off gem versus Pirates
32	Jake Arrieta	PHI	at CHC, at MIL	Usually rises to the occasion, good test
33	Joe Musgrove	PIT	vs. LAD	Appears to be over early may blip
34	Aaron Nola	PHI	at CHC	Not as sharp as last season and not fooling anyone
35	Robbie Ray	ARI	at SF
36	Jon Lester	CHC	vs. PHI	Continues to rack up K's despite lowest SwStr% since 2008
37	Kenta Maeda	LAD	at PIT	IL stint expected to be the minimum, what a surprise
38	Zach Eflin	PHI	at CHC, at MIL	Tough pair but throwing well
39	Jason Vargas	NYM	vs. DET
40	Jordan Lyles	PIT	vs. COL
41	Kevin Gausman	ATL	at SF
42	Zach Davies	MIL	vs. CIN	4.68 xFIP/4.88 SIERA over three times actual 1.54 ERA
43	Steven Matz	NYM	vs. WAS
44	Michael Wacha	STL	vs. KC
45	Pablo Lopez	MIA	at WAS
46	Jeff Samardzija	SF	vs. ATL
47	Jon Gray	COL	at PIT
48	Trevor Richards	MIA	at DET
49	Merrill Kelly	ARI	at SD
50	Jeremy Hellickson	WAS	vs. MIA
51	Jerad Eickhoff	PHI	at MIL
52	Sonny Gray	CIN	at MIL
53	Antonio Senzatela	COL	at PIT
54	Jhoulys Chacin	MIL	vs. PHI
55	Jose Urena	MIA	at DET
56	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	vs. PHI
57	Anthony DeSclafani	CIN	at CHC
58	Cole Irvin	PHI	at CHC
59	Adam Wainwright	STL	vs. KC
60	Shaun Anderson	SF	vs. ATL, vs. ARI
61	Andrew Suarez	SF	vs. ATL, vs. ARI
62	Erick Fedde	WAS	at NYM, vs. MIA
63	Tyler Mahle	CIN	at CHC
64	Tanner Roark	CIN	at CHC
65	Kyle Freeland	COL	vs. BAL
66	Eric Lauer	SD	vs. ARI
67	Cal Quantrill	SD	at TOR
68	Nick Kingham	PIT	vs. COL
69	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	at WAS
70	Drew Gagnon	NYM	vs. WAS
71	Dakota Hudson	STL	vs. ATL
72	Drew Pomeranz	SF	vs. ARI
73	Steven Brault	PIT	vs. LAD
74	Jeff Hoffman	COL	vs. BAL