Weekly Pitcher Rankings: And Stay for Fireworks After the Game

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Updated on July 4, 2022 1:52AM EST

Remember when many pegged July 4 weekend as opening day weekend? It seems like half a season ago. Instead, the first week of July brings us a whopping 101 games, including two doubleheaders. Looking ahead, there will be at least two twin bills each week this month. Hitting continues to improve, as it always does in the summer, but the rate is slower than many expected. Look for it to catch up this month now that the schedule is busier and teams can carry only 13 arms.

I'm always willing to address specific rankings questions, but please direct rotation queries to the Probable Pitchers page.

UPDATED: Monday July 4 1:50 AM ET

Week of July 4-10

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	LAA, @NYM
2	Max Scherzer	NYM	@CIN, MIA	Nice pair for return
3	Alek Manoah	TOR	@OAK, @SEA	Expecting more strikeouts as season progresses
4	Julio Urias	LAD	COL, CHC	Quietest ace in the game
5	Carlos Rodon	SF	@ARI, @SD
6	Justin Verlander	HOU	KC
7	Corbin Burnes	MIL	CHC
8	Aaron Nola	PHI	WAS
9	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@MIA
10	Robbie Ray	SEA	TOR
11	Shane McClanahan	TB	@CIN
12	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	PIT	Returned with highest velo and spin on the season
13	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	CHC

I'm always willing to address specific rankings questions, but please direct rotation queries to the Probable Pitchers page.

UPDATED: Monday July 4 1:50 AM ET

Week of July 4-10

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	LAA, @NYM
2	Max Scherzer	NYM	@CIN, MIA	Nice pair for return
3	Alek Manoah	TOR	@OAK, @SEA	Expecting more strikeouts as season progresses
4	Julio Urias	LAD	COL, CHC	Quietest ace in the game
5	Carlos Rodon	SF	@ARI, @SD
6	Justin Verlander	HOU	KC
7	Corbin Burnes	MIL	CHC
8	Aaron Nola	PHI	WAS
9	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@MIA
10	Robbie Ray	SEA	TOR
11	Shane McClanahan	TB	@CIN
12	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	PIT	Returned with highest velo and spin on the season
13	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	CHC
14	Dylan Cease	CWS	DET	24 K last 13 IP
15	Framber Valdez	HOU	@OAK
16	Joe Musgrove	SD	SF
17	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	COL
18	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@BOS
19	Kyle Wright	ATL	STL, WAS
20	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@SEA	Tentative, left last start after being hit with a comebacker
21	Max Fried	ATL	STL
22	Pablo Lopez	MIA	@NYM
23	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@STL
24	Michael Kopech	CWS	MIN, DET	Needs better pitch efficiency
25	Sean Manaea	SD	SEA
26	Yu Darvish	SD	SF
27	Luis Severino	NYY	@PIT
28	Luis Garcia	HOU	KC
29	Shane Bieber	CLE	@DET
30	Frankie Montas	OAK	HOU
31	Tyler Anderson	LAD	CHC
32	Jameson Taillon	NYY	@PIT, @BOS
33	Charlie Morton	ATL	WAS
34	Logan Webb	SF	@SD
35	Cristian Javier	HOU	KC
36	Joe Ryan	MIN	@CWS
37	Sonny Gray	MIN	@TEX
38	Eric Lauer	MIL	CHC, PIT	Good due for a rebound
39	Taijuan Walker	NYM	@CIN, MIA
40	Zach Plesac	CLE	@DET, @KC
41	Zac Gallen	ARI	COL
42	Lucas Giolito	CWS	DET	Gaining confidence in his changeup
43	Nick Pivetta	BOS	TB, NYY
44	Triston McKenzie	CLE	@KC
45	Mike Clevinger	SD	SEA
46	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	MIA
47	Adam Wainwright	STL	PHI
48	David Peterson	NYM	MIA	25 K last 18.1 IP, and Marlins terrible vs. LHP	49%
49	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@OAK, @SEA	Stopped skid last time, can he keep the roll going?	36%
50	Jose Berrios	TOR	@OAK
51	Jake Odorizzi	HOU	KC, @OAK		7%
52	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@SD
53	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@BOS
54	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@OAK
55	Luis Castillo	CIN	TB
56	Tyler Mahle	CIN	PIT
57	Miles Mikolas	STL	@ATL
58	Lance Lynn	CWS	MIN
59	Shane Baz	TB	@CIN
60	Johnny Cueto	CWS	MIN, DET
61	Blake Snell	SD	SF
62	Mitch White	LAD	COL, CHC		33%
63	Tyler Wells	BAL	LAA
64	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	@BOS
65	Marco Gonzales	SEA	TOR
66	Spencer Strider	ATL	STL
67	Ross Stripling	TOR	@SEA
68	Jon Gray	TEX	MIN
69	Merrill Kelly	ARI	SF
70	Dylan Bundy	MIN	@CWS, @TEX		13%
71	Cal Quantrill	CLE	@DET
72	Noah Syndergaard	LAA	@MIA
73	Martin Perez	TEX	MIN
74	Tarik Skubal	DET	@CWS
75	Nick Lodolo	CIN	NYM, TB
76	Brady Singer	KC	CLE
77	Beau Brieske	DET	@CWS		2%	30%
78	Aaron Ashby	MIL	PIT
79	Trevor Rogers	MIA	LAA
80	Chris Archer	MIN	@CWS		10%
81	Zack Greinke	KC	@HOU, CLE		20%
82	George Kirby	SEA	TOR
83	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@CIN
84	Mix 12 Reliever
85	Paul Blackburn	OAK	HOU
86	Cole Irvin	OAK	TOR, HOU		19%
87	Dane Dunning	TEX	@BAL, MIN
88	MacKenzie Gore	SD	SF
89	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	SF, COL		50%
90	Kyle Freeland	COL	@LAD, @ARI		2%	13%
91	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	@MIL, @LAD		44%
92	Michael Wacha	BOS	NYY
93	Dean Kremer	BAL	TEX, LAA	Correction coming, but low walks and limiting HR will soften the blow	10%
94	Mix 15 Reliever
95	German Marquez	COL	@LAD, @ARI		35%
96	Daniel Castano	MIA	@NYM		0%	23%
97	Alex Wood	SF	@ARI, @SD
98	Alex Cobb	SF	@ARI
99	Brad Keller	KC	@HOU		24%	49%
100	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@CIN
101	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@BAL
102	Garrett Hill	DET	CLE, @CWS		0%	0%
103	Keegan Thompson	CHC	@LAD
104	Kyle Gibson	PHI	@STL
105	Roansy Contreras	PIT	@MIL
106	Devin Smeltzer	MIN	@TEX		22%
107	Jose Quintana	PIT	NYY, @MIL		30%
108	Chris Flexen	SEA	@SD, TOR		26%
109	Paolo Espino	WAS	@PHI, @ATL		0	0
110	Chad Kuhl	COL	@ARI		19%	40%
111	Hunter Greene	CIN	NYM, TB
112	Tommy Henry	ARI	SF, COL		0%	0%
113	Austin Davis	BOS	TB		0	0
114	Justin Steele	CHC	@MIL, @LAD		10%
115	Mark Leiter Jr.	CHC	@LAD		0%	0%
116	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@BOS
117	Ian Anderson	ATL	STL, WAS
118	Dakota Hudson	STL	@ATL, PHI		45%
119	Andre Pallante	STL	@ATL, PHI		0.09
120	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	NYM
121	Josiah Gray	WAS	@PHI
122	Tyler Alexander	DET	CLE		0%	0
123	Corey Kluber	TB	@BOS
124	Michael Pineda	DET	CLE		5%	40%
125	Mike Minor	CIN	PIT		0.01	0.09
126	Austin Gomber	COL	@ARI		3%	4%
127	Zach Thompson	PIT	@MIL		1%	2%
128	Bailey Falter	PHI	WAS		0%	0%
129	Adrian Martinez	OAK	TOR		0%	0%
130	Michael Lorenzen	LAA	@BAL
131	Brayan Bello	BOS	TB		0%	0%
132	Aaron Civale	CLE	@KC		18%
133	Jonathan Heasley	KC	@HOU, CLE		4%	45%
134	Patrick Corbin	WAS	MIA, @ATL		5%	21%
135	Jason Alexander	MIL	CHC		1%
136	Chase Silseth	LAA	@BAL		1%	2%
137	Braxton Garrett	MIA	@WAS, @NYM		5%	0.32
138	Konnor Pilkington	CLE	@DET		2%	0%
139	JT Brubaker	PIT	@CIN		20%
140	James Kaprielian	OAK	TOR		2%	34%
141	Jose Suarez	LAA	@BAL		0%	2%
142	Erick Fedde	WAS	@ATL		10%
143	Alex Faedo	DET	@CWS, CLE		10%
144	Adrian Sampson	CHC	@MIL		1%	0.13
145	Jordan Lyles	BAL	LAA		1%	6%
146	Josh Winckowski	BOS	NYY		9%
147	Ryan Feltner	COL	@LAD		1%	4%
148	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	WAS, @STL		0%	0%
149	Glenn Otto	TEX	@BAL		5%	40%
150	Connor Seabold	BOS	NYY		0%	0%
151	Jalen Beeks	TB	@BOS		0%	0%
152	Jackson Tetreault	WAS	@PHI		0%	0%
153	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@ATL		4%	40%
154	Spenser Watkins	BAL	TEX		0%	0%
155	Austin Voth	BAL	TEX		0%	0%
156	Mitch Keller	PIT	NYY		30%
157	Spencer Howard	TEX	@BAL		0%	0%
158	Sean Hjelle	SF	@SD		0%	0%
159	Kris Bubic	KC	@HOU		6%	49%
160	Kyle Bradish	BAL	LAA		3%	6%
161	Dallas Keuchel	ARI	COL		0%	0%
162	Bryse Wilson	PIT	@CIN		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Alek Manoah	TOR	@OAK, @SEA	Expecting more strikeouts as season progresses
2	Justin Verlander	HOU	KC
3	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@MIA
4	Robbie Ray	SEA	TOR
5	Shane McClanahan	TB	@CIN
6	Dylan Cease	CWS	DET	24 K last 13 IP
7	Framber Valdez	HOU	@OAK
8	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@BOS
9	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@SEA	Tentative, left last start after being hit with a comebacker
10	Michael Kopech	CWS	MIN, DET	Needs better pitch efficiency
11	Luis Severino	NYY	@PIT
12	Luis Garcia	HOU	KC
13	Shane Bieber	CLE	@DET
14	Frankie Montas	OAK	HOU
15	Jameson Taillon	NYY	@PIT, @BOS
16	Cristian Javier	HOU	KC
17	Joe Ryan	MIN	@CWS
18	Sonny Gray	MIN	@TEX
19	Zach Plesac	CLE	@DET, @KC
20	Lucas Giolito	CWS	DET	Gaining confidence in his changeup
21	Nick Pivetta	BOS	TB, NYY
22	Triston McKenzie	CLE	@KC
23	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@OAK, @SEA	Stopped skid last time, can he keep the roll going?
24	Jose Berrios	TOR	@OAK
25	Jake Odorizzi	HOU	KC, @OAK
26	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@SD
27	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@BOS
28	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@OAK
29	Lance Lynn	CWS	MIN
30	Shane Baz	TB	@CIN
31	Johnny Cueto	CWS	MIN, DET
32	Tyler Wells	BAL	LAA
33	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	@BOS
34	Marco Gonzales	SEA	TOR
35	Ross Stripling	TOR	@SEA
36	Jon Gray	TEX	MIN
37	Dylan Bundy	MIN	@CWS, @TEX
38	Cal Quantrill	CLE	@DET
39	Noah Syndergaard	LAA	@MIA
40	Martin Perez	TEX	MIN
41	Tarik Skubal	DET	@CWS
42	Brady Singer	KC	CLE
43	Beau Brieske	DET	@CWS
44	Chris Archer	MIN	@CWS
45	Zack Greinke	KC	@HOU, CLE
46	George Kirby	SEA	TOR
47	Paul Blackburn	OAK	HOU
48	Cole Irvin	OAK	TOR, HOU
49	Dane Dunning	TEX	@BAL, MIN
50	Michael Wacha	BOS	NYY
51	Dean Kremer	BAL	TEX, LAA	Correction coming, but low walks and limiting HR will soften the blow
52	Brad Keller	KC	@HOU
53	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@CIN
54	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@BAL
55	Garrett Hill	DET	CLE, @CWS
56	Devin Smeltzer	MIN	@TEX
57	Chris Flexen	SEA	@SD, TOR
58	AL Reliever
59	Austin Davis	BOS	TB
60	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@BOS
61	Tyler Alexander	DET	CLE
62	Corey Kluber	TB	@BOS
63	Michael Pineda	DET	CLE
64	Adrian Martinez	OAK	TOR
65	Michael Lorenzen	LAA	@BAL
66	Brayan Bello	BOS	TB
67	Aaron Civale	CLE	@KC
68	Jonathan Heasley	KC	@HOU, CLE
69	Chase Silseth	LAA	@BAL
70	Konnor Pilkington	CLE	@DET
71	James Kaprielian	OAK	TOR
72	Jose Suarez	LAA	@BAL
73	Alex Faedo	DET	@CWS, CLE
74	Jordan Lyles	BAL	LAA
75	Josh Winckowski	BOS	NYY
76	Glenn Otto	TEX	@BAL
77	Connor Seabold	BOS	NYY
78	Jalen Beeks	TB	@BOS
79	Spenser Watkins	BAL	TEX
80	Austin Voth	BAL	TEX
81	Spencer Howard	TEX	@BAL
82	Kris Bubic	KC	@HOU
83	Kyle Bradish	BAL	LAA

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	LAA, @NYM
2	Max Scherzer	NYM	@CIN, MIA	Nice pair for return
3	Julio Urias	LAD	COL, CHC	Quietest ace in the game
4	Carlos Rodon	SF	@ARI, @SD
5	Corbin Burnes	MIL	CHC
6	Aaron Nola	PHI	WAS
7	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	PIT	Returned with highest velo and spin on the season
8	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	CHC
9	Joe Musgrove	SD	SF
10	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	COL
11	Kyle Wright	ATL	STL, WAS
12	Max Fried	ATL	STL
13	Pablo Lopez	MIA	@NYM
14	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@STL
15	Sean Manaea	SD	SEA
16	Yu Darvish	SD	SF
17	Tyler Anderson	LAD	CHC
18	Charlie Morton	ATL	WAS
19	Logan Webb	SF	@SD
20	Eric Lauer	MIL	CHC, PIT	Good due for a rebound
21	Taijuan Walker	NYM	@CIN, MIA
22	Zac Gallen	ARI	COL
23	Mike Clevinger	SD	SEA
24	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	MIA
25	Adam Wainwright	STL	PHI
26	David Peterson	NYM	MIA	25 K last 18.1 IP, and Marlins terrible vs. LHP
27	Luis Castillo	CIN	TB
28	Tyler Mahle	CIN	PIT
29	Miles Mikolas	STL	@ATL
30	Blake Snell	SD	SF
31	Mitch White	LAD	COL, CHC
32	Spencer Strider	ATL	STL
33	Merrill Kelly	ARI	SF
34	Nick Lodolo	CIN	NYM, TB
35	Aaron Ashby	MIL	PIT
36	Trevor Rogers	MIA	LAA
37	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@CIN
38	MacKenzie Gore	SD	SF
39	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	SF, COL
40	Kyle Freeland	COL	@LAD, @ARI
41	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	@MIL, @LAD
42	German Marquez	COL	@LAD, @ARI
43	Daniel Castano	MIA	@NYM
44	Alex Wood	SF	@ARI, @SD
45	Alex Cobb	SF	@ARI
46	Keegan Thompson	CHC	@LAD
47	Kyle Gibson	PHI	@STL
48	Roansy Contreras	PIT	@MIL
49	Jose Quintana	PIT	NYY, @MIL
50	NL Reliever
51	Paolo Espino	WAS	@PHI, @ATL
52	Chad Kuhl	COL	@ARI
53	Hunter Greene	CIN	NYM, TB
54	Tommy Henry	ARI	SF, COL
55	Justin Steele	CHC	@MIL, @LAD
56	Mark Leiter Jr.	CHC	@LAD
57	Ian Anderson	ATL	STL, WAS
58	Dakota Hudson	STL	@ATL, PHI
59	Andre Pallante	STL	@ATL, PHI
60	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	NYM
61	Josiah Gray	WAS	@PHI
62	Mike Minor	CIN	PIT
63	Austin Gomber	COL	@ARI
64	Zach Thompson	PIT	@MIL
65	Bailey Falter	PHI	WAS
66	Patrick Corbin	WAS	MIA, @ATL
67	Jason Alexander	MIL	CHC
68	Braxton Garrett	MIA	@WAS, @NYM
69	JT Brubaker	PIT	@CIN
70	Erick Fedde	WAS	@ATL
71	Adrian Sampson	CHC	@MIL
72	Ryan Feltner	COL	@LAD
73	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	WAS, @STL
74	Jackson Tetreault	WAS	@PHI
75	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@ATL
76	Mitch Keller	PIT	NYY
77	Sean Hjelle	SF	@SD
78	Dallas Keuchel	ARI	COL
79	Bryse Wilson	PIT	@CIN