Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Business Picking Up

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Updated on August 15, 2022 12:28AM EST

Now this is more like it! After a week full of CBA-induced off days, there's a whopping 101 games on the docket, buoyed by two doubleheaders and a rescheduling on Thursday with the Cubs visiting the Orioles.

According to the NFBC rostership levels, JP Sears will be hot a commodity for his double-dip. Dane Dunning, Aaron Civale and the returning Dustin May have solid single start schedules.

Please direct scheduling questions to the Probable Pitchers page. I'm happy to handle rankings questions below.

UPDATED: Monday August 15 12:15 AM ET

Week of August 15 - 21

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Luis Castillo	SEA	@LAA, @OAK	Sweet matchups, albeit on the road
2	Gerrit Cole	NYY	TB, TOR
3	Julio Urias	LAD	@MIL, MIA
4	Joe Musgrove	SD	@MIA, WAS	HR issue lately
5	Dylan Cease	CWS	HOU, @CLE	HOU will challenge the streak
6	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	SD
7	Shane McClanahan	TB	KC
8	Alek Manoah	TOR	BAL, @NYY
9	Nestor Cortes	NYY	TB, TOR
10	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	LAD, @CHC
11	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@SF, STL	Risky with low K%, but has shoved all season
12	Carlos Rodon	SF	ARI
13	Corbin Burnes	MIL	LAD
14	Max Scherzer	NYM	@ATL
15	Justin Verlander	HOU	@CWS

According to the NFBC rostership levels, JP Sears will be hot a commodity for his double-dip. Dane Dunning, Aaron Civale and the returning Dustin May have solid single start schedules.

Please direct scheduling questions to the Probable Pitchers page. I'm happy to handle rankings questions below.

UPDATED: Monday August 15 12:15 AM ET

Week of August 15 - 21

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Luis Castillo	SEA	@LAA, @OAK	Sweet matchups, albeit on the road
2	Gerrit Cole	NYY	TB, TOR
3	Julio Urias	LAD	@MIL, MIA
4	Joe Musgrove	SD	@MIA, WAS	HR issue lately
5	Dylan Cease	CWS	HOU, @CLE	HOU will challenge the streak
6	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	SD
7	Shane McClanahan	TB	KC
8	Alek Manoah	TOR	BAL, @NYY
9	Nestor Cortes	NYY	TB, TOR
10	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	LAD, @CHC
11	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@SF, STL	Risky with low K%, but has shoved all season
12	Carlos Rodon	SF	ARI
13	Corbin Burnes	MIL	LAD
14	Max Scherzer	NYM	@ATL
15	Justin Verlander	HOU	@CWS
16	Spencer Strider	ATL	NYM, HOU
17	Framber Valdez	HOU	@CWS
18	Yu Darvish	SD	WAS
19	Jacob deGrom	NYM	@ATL
20	Aaron Nola	PHI	NYM
21	Logan Webb	SF	ARI	Good chance to break out of a rut
22	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	SEA
23	Sean Manaea	SD	@MIA, WAS	Perfect pair to get back on track
24	Jordan Montgomery	STL	COL
25	Brady Singer	KC	@TB
26	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@MIL
27	Zac Gallen	ARI	@SF
28	Triston McKenzie	CLE	CWS
29	Cal Quantrill	CLE	DET
30	Shane Bieber	CLE	CWS
31	Charlie Morton	ATL	NYM, HOU
32	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@NYY, KC
33	Mike Clevinger	SD	@MIA
34	Adam Wainwright	STL	COL
35	Zack Wheeler	PHI	NYM
36	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@OAK
37	Tyler Anderson	LAD	MIA
38	Robbie Ray	SEA	@LAA
39	Jose Quintana	STL	COL, @ARI
40	Cole Irvin	OAK	SEA
41	Max Fried	ATL	HOU	In concussion protocol
42	Sonny Gray	MIN	KC
43	Joe Ryan	MIN	KC, TEX
44	Zach Plesac	CLE	DET
45	Tyler Mahle	MIN	KC
46	Dustin May	LAD	MIA	Needed to start with all the Dodgers injuries	0%	1%
47	Drew Rasmussen	TB	KC
48	Blake Snell	SD	WAS
49	Pablo Lopez	MIA	SD	Hitting the wall?
50	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	@PIT	Still gutting it out with reduced velo
51	Freddy Peralta	MIL	LAD, @CHC
52	Cristian Javier	HOU	@ATL
53	Marcus Stroman	CHC	@WAS, MIL
54	Miles Mikolas	STL	@ARI
55	JP Sears	OAK	@TEX, SEA		43%	5%
56	Edward Cabrera	MIA	SD	Should get a look down the stretch
57	Johnny Cueto	CWS	HOU, @CLE
58	George Kirby	SEA	@LAA
59	Dane Dunning	TEX	OAK			36%
60	Kyle Wright	ATL	NYM
61	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@CWS, @ATL
62	Aaron Civale	CLE	DET, CWS			15%
63	Luis Garcia	HOU	@CWS
64	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@NYY
65	Martin Perez	TEX	@MIN
66	Frankie Montas	NYY	TOR
67	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@PHI
68	Andrew Heaney	LAD	@MIL
69	Michael Kopech	CWS	HOU
70	Eric Lauer	MIL	LAD
71	Michael Wacha	BOS	@BAL			45%
72	Ross Stripling	TOR	BAL
73	Jameson Taillon	NYY	TOR
74	Lance Lynn	CWS	@CLE
75	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@OAK
76	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@ATL, @PHI
77	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@PIT, @BAL
78	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@BAL
79	Mix 12 Reliever
80	Kyle Gibson	PHI	@CIN
81	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	@ATL
82	Reid Detmers	LAA	@DET
83	Domingo German	NYY	TB
84	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	@PIT			41%
85	Taijuan Walker	NYM	@ATL, @PHI
86	Mix 15 Reliever
87	Wade Miley	CHC	MIL		2%	1%
88	Mitch Keller	PIT	BOS, CIN
89	German Marquez	COL	@STL			38%
90	Noah Syndergaard	PHI	@CIN, NYM
91	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@CIN
92	Zach Davies	ARI	@SF		13%	3%
93	Rich Hill	BOS	@PIT		40%	4%
94	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@LAD
95	Lucas Giolito	CWS	HOU
96	Alex Cobb	SF	ARI, @COL
97	Jose Suarez	LAA	SEA			4%
98	Dylan Bundy	MIN	TEX			11%
99	Brad Keller	KC	@TB			23%
100	Bailey Falter	PHI	NYM		9%	1%
101	Josiah Gray	WAS	CHC, @SD
102	Zack Greinke	KC	@MIN, @TB			20%
103	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	@SF, STL
104	Jake Odorizzi	ATL	NYM
105	Cole Ragans	TEX	OAK		19%	0%
106	Braxton Garrett	MIA	@LAD
107	James Kaprielian	OAK	@TEX, SEA			23%
108	Keegan Thompson	CHC	MIL
109	Chris Archer	MIN	TEX			4%
110	Justin Steele	CHC	@WAS			41%
111	Aaron Ashby	MIL	@CHC
112	Garrett Hill	DET	@CLE		0%	0%
113	Konnor Pilkington	CLE	DET		0%	1%
114	Paolo Espino	WAS	@SD		0%	0%
115	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@DET
116	Tyler Alexander	DET	LAA		9%	1%
117	Tommy Henry	ARI	STL		6%	1%
118	JT Brubaker	PIT	BOS			35%
119	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	@NYY, KC		28%	0%
120	David Peterson	NYM	@PHI			33%
121	Touki Toussaint	LAA	SEA		0%	0%
122	Corey Kluber	TB	@NYY
123	Tucker Davidson	LAA	@DET		4%	0%
124	Adrian Sampson	CHC	@BAL		47%	2%
125	Matt Manning	DET	LAA			10%
126	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@STL		4%	0%
127	Mike Minor	CIN	PHI, @PIT		11%	0%
128	Kris Bubic	KC	@MIN, @TB			10%
129	Jose Berrios	TOR	@NYY
130	Nick Lodolo	CIN	PHI
131	Zach Thompson	PIT	CIN		6%	2%
132	Justin Dunn	CIN	@PIT		0%	0%
133	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	BAL, @NYY
134	Jakob Junis	SF	ARI, @COL
135	Glenn Otto	TEX	OAK, @MIN			5%
136	Kyle Freeland	COL	@STL, SF		40%	8%
137	Dakota Hudson	STL	@ARI			20%
138	Trevor Rogers	MIA	@LAD			49%
139	Drew Smyly	CHC	@WAS			5%
140	Cory Abbott	WAS	CHC		0%	0%
141	Patrick Corbin	WAS	CHC, @SD		34%	6%
142	Kolby Allard	TEX	OAK, @MIN		0%	0%
143	Zach Logue	OAK	@TEX		0%	0%
144	Ryan Pepiot	LAD	@MIL			8%
145	Austin Voth	BAL	@TOR		13%	1%
146	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TOR, BOS			16%
147	Jordan Lyles	BAL	BOS			14%
148	Dean Kremer	BAL	@TOR, BOS			25%
149	Bryse Wilson	PIT	BOS		4%	0%
150	Drew Hutchison	DET	@CLE, LAA		0%	0%
151	Anibal Sanchez	WAS	@SD		0%	0%
152	Spenser Watkins	BAL	CHC			11%
153	Daniel Norris	DET	@CLE		0%	0%
154	Alex Wood	SF	@COL
155	Tyler Beede	PIT	CIN		0%	1%
156	Daniel Lynch	KC	@MIN			5%
157	T.J. Zeuch	CIN	PHI		0%	0%
158	Bryan Garcia	DET	@CLE		0%	0%
159	Adam Oller	OAK	@TEX		0%	0%
160	Jose Urena	COL	SF		2%	1%
161	Ryan Feltner	COL	SF		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Luis Castillo	SEA	@LAA, @OAK	Sweet matchups, albeit on the road
2	Gerrit Cole	NYY	TB, TOR
3	Dylan Cease	CWS	HOU, @CLE	HOU will challenge the streak
4	Shane McClanahan	TB	KC
5	Alek Manoah	TOR	BAL, @NYY
6	Nestor Cortes	NYY	TB, TOR
7	Justin Verlander	HOU	@CWS
8	Framber Valdez	HOU	@CWS
9	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	SEA
10	Brady Singer	KC	@TB
11	Triston McKenzie	CLE	CWS
12	Cal Quantrill	CLE	DET
13	Shane Bieber	CLE	CWS
14	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@NYY, KC
15	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@OAK
16	Robbie Ray	SEA	@LAA
17	Cole Irvin	OAK	SEA
18	Sonny Gray	MIN	KC
19	Joe Ryan	MIN	KC, TEX
20	Zach Plesac	CLE	DET
21	Tyler Mahle	MIN	KC
22	Drew Rasmussen	TB	KC
23	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	@PIT	Still gutting it out with reduced velo
24	Cristian Javier	HOU	@ATL
25	JP Sears	OAK	@TEX, SEA
26	Johnny Cueto	CWS	HOU, @CLE
27	George Kirby	SEA	@LAA
28	Dane Dunning	TEX	OAK
29	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@CWS, @ATL
30	Aaron Civale	CLE	DET, CWS
31	Luis Garcia	HOU	@CWS
32	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@NYY
33	Martin Perez	TEX	@MIN
34	Frankie Montas	NYY	TOR
35	Michael Kopech	CWS	HOU
36	Michael Wacha	BOS	@BAL
37	Ross Stripling	TOR	BAL
38	Jameson Taillon	NYY	TOR
39	Lance Lynn	CWS	@CLE
40	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@OAK
41	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@PIT, @BAL
42	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@BAL
43	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	@ATL
44	Reid Detmers	LAA	@DET
45	Domingo German	NYY	TB
46	Rich Hill	BOS	@PIT
47	Lucas Giolito	CWS	HOU
48	Jose Suarez	LAA	SEA
49	Dylan Bundy	MIN	TEX
50	Brad Keller	KC	@TB
51	AL Reliever
52	Zack Greinke	KC	@MIN, @TB
53	Cole Ragans	TEX	OAK
54	James Kaprielian	OAK	@TEX, SEA
55	Chris Archer	MIN	TEX
56	Garrett Hill	DET	@CLE
57	Konnor Pilkington	CLE	DET
58	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@DET
59	Tyler Alexander	DET	LAA
60	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	@NYY, KC
61	Touki Toussaint	LAA	SEA
62	Corey Kluber	TB	@NYY
63	Tucker Davidson	LAA	@DET
64	Matt Manning	DET	LAA
65	Kris Bubic	KC	@MIN, @TB
66	Jose Berrios	TOR	@NYY
67	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	BAL, @NYY
68	Glenn Otto	TEX	OAK, @MIN
69	Kolby Allard	TEX	OAK, @MIN
70	Zach Logue	OAK	@TEX
71	Austin Voth	BAL	@TOR
72	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TOR, BOS
73	Jordan Lyles	BAL	BOS
74	Dean Kremer	BAL	@TOR, BOS
75	Drew Hutchison	DET	@CLE, LAA
76	Spenser Watkins	BAL	CHC
77	Daniel Norris	DET	@CLE
78	Daniel Lynch	KC	@MIN
79	Bryan Garcia	DET	@CLE
80	Adam Oller	OAK	@TEX

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Julio Urias	LAD	@MIL, MIA
2	Joe Musgrove	SD	@MIA, WAS	HR issue lately
3	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	SD
4	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	LAD, @CHC
5	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@SF, STL	Risky with low K%, but has shoved all season
6	Carlos Rodon	SF	ARI
7	Corbin Burnes	MIL	LAD
8	Max Scherzer	NYM	@ATL
9	Spencer Strider	ATL	NYM, HOU
10	Yu Darvish	SD	WAS
11	Jacob deGrom	NYM	@ATL
12	Aaron Nola	PHI	NYM
13	Logan Webb	SF	ARI	Good chance to break out of a rut
14	Sean Manaea	SD	@MIA, WAS	Perfect pair to get back on track
15	Jordan Montgomery	STL	COL
16	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@MIL
17	Zac Gallen	ARI	@SF
18	Charlie Morton	ATL	NYM, HOU
19	Mike Clevinger	SD	@MIA
20	Adam Wainwright	STL	COL
21	Zack Wheeler	PHI	NYM
22	Tyler Anderson	LAD	MIA
23	Jose Quintana	STL	COL, @ARI
24	Max Fried	ATL	HOU	In concussion protocol
25	Dustin May	LAD	MIA	Needed to start with all the Dodgers injuries
26	Blake Snell	SD	WAS
27	Pablo Lopez	MIA	SD	Hitting the wall?
28	Freddy Peralta	MIL	LAD, @CHC
29	Marcus Stroman	CHC	@WAS, MIL
30	Miles Mikolas	STL	@ARI
31	Edward Cabrera	MIA	SD	Should get a look down the stretch
32	Kyle Wright	ATL	NYM
33	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@PHI
34	Andrew Heaney	LAD	@MIL
35	Eric Lauer	MIL	LAD
36	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@ATL, @PHI
37	Kyle Gibson	PHI	@CIN
38	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	@PIT
39	Taijuan Walker	NYM	@ATL, @PHI
40	Wade Miley	CHC	MIL
41	Mitch Keller	PIT	BOS, CIN
42	German Marquez	COL	@STL
43	Noah Syndergaard	PHI	@CIN, NYM
44	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@CIN
45	Zach Davies	ARI	@SF
46	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@LAD
47	Alex Cobb	SF	ARI, @COL
48	Bailey Falter	PHI	NYM
49	NL Reliever
50	Josiah Gray	WAS	CHC, @SD
51	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	@SF, STL
52	Jake Odorizzi	ATL	NYM
53	Braxton Garrett	MIA	@LAD
54	Keegan Thompson	CHC	MIL
55	Justin Steele	CHC	@WAS
56	Aaron Ashby	MIL	@CHC
57	Paolo Espino	WAS	@SD
58	Tommy Henry	ARI	STL
59	JT Brubaker	PIT	BOS
60	David Peterson	NYM	@PHI
61	Adrian Sampson	CHC	@BAL
62	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@STL
63	Mike Minor	CIN	PHI, @PIT
64	Nick Lodolo	CIN	PHI
65	Zach Thompson	PIT	CIN
66	Justin Dunn	CIN	@PIT
67	Jakob Junis	SF	ARI, @COL
68	Kyle Freeland	COL	@STL, SF
69	Dakota Hudson	STL	@ARI
70	Trevor Rogers	MIA	@LAD
71	Drew Smyly	CHC	@WAS
72	Cory Abbott	WAS	CHC
73	Patrick Corbin	WAS	CHC, @SD
74	Ryan Pepiot	LAD	@MIL
75	Bryse Wilson	PIT	BOS
76	Anibal Sanchez	WAS	@SD
77	Alex Wood	SF	@COL
78	Tyler Beede	PIT	CIN
79	T.J. Zeuch	CIN	PHI
80	Jose Urena	COL	SF
81	Ryan Feltner	COL	SF