Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Eclipsing the Century Mark

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Updated on May 30, 2022 1:59AM EST

Three doubleheaders render an already busy week even more so as an almost complete Memorial Day schedule tips the game count to a whopping 101. Even so, there are not many aces with a two-step, so there will be a lot of demand for lower level double dippers along with single-start guys with a favorable matchup.

Our weekly runs environment update shows an increase in scoring, but homers are still lagging. This is good for hurlers whose main issue is homers, such as Martin Perez and Paul Blackburn.

As always, the schedule is pulled from the site's Probable Pitcher page, so please direct rotation questions over there. I'm always willing to address rankings queries below, and sometimes they stimulate a review like last week with Tyler Anderson. Check out the latest Z Files for an explanation.

UPDATED Sunday May 30 1:30 AM ET

Week of May 30-June 5

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Kevin Gausman	TOR	CWS, MIN
2	Corbin Burnes	MIL	SD
3	Justin Verlander	HOU	@OAK
4	Julio Urias	LAD	PIT, NYM
5	Walker Buehler	LAD	PIT, NYM	Still expecting old Buehler to emerge.
6	Gerrit Cole	NYY	DET
7	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@TOR, @TB
8	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	SF
9	Shane McClanahan	TB	CWS
10	Zac Gallen	ARI	ATL, @PIT	Welcome back to the circle of trust
11	Framber Valdez	HOU	@OAK, @KC
12	Aaron Nola	PHI	SF
13	Logan Webb	SF	@PHI,

Our weekly runs environment update shows an increase in scoring, but homers are still lagging. This is good for hurlers whose main issue is homers, such as Martin Perez and Paul Blackburn.

UPDATED Sunday May 30 1:30 AM ET

Week of May 30-June 5

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Kevin Gausman	TOR	CWS, MIN
2	Corbin Burnes	MIL	SD
3	Justin Verlander	HOU	@OAK
4	Julio Urias	LAD	PIT, NYM
5	Walker Buehler	LAD	PIT, NYM	Still expecting old Buehler to emerge.
6	Gerrit Cole	NYY	DET
7	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@TOR, @TB
8	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	SF
9	Shane McClanahan	TB	CWS
10	Zac Gallen	ARI	ATL, @PIT	Welcome back to the circle of trust
11	Framber Valdez	HOU	@OAK, @KC
12	Aaron Nola	PHI	SF
13	Logan Webb	SF	@PHI, @MIA
14	Nestor Cortes Jr.	NYY	LAA
15	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	@OAK	Can't shake gopheritis
16	Alek Manoah	TOR	CWS
17	Frankie Montas	OAK	HOU, BOS
18	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@TEX, CWS	How do the Rays do it? Must be excellent scouting.
19	Eric Lauer	MIL	@CHC, SD	Brewers still have a Big-3 with Freddy Peralta out
20	Joe Musgrove	SD	@MIL
21	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@OAK
22	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	LAA, DET	Best 0-1 pitcher in the league
23	Zack Wheeler	PHI	LAA
24	Tyler Anderson	LAD	NYM
25	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	WAS
26	Jameson Taillon	NYY	LAA
27	Cristian Javier	HOU	@OAK
28	Yu Darvish	SD	@STL
29	Pablo Lopez	MIA	@COL, SF	Can Coors Field stop the dominance?
30	Dylan Cease	CWS	@TB	Caught the Red Sox at the wrong time
31	Shane Bieber	CLE	@BAL
32	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	NYM
33	Rich Hill	BOS	BAL, @OAK	Looks like he's making up pitches mid-game
34	Kyle Wright	ATL	@ARI	Maybe the Coors game will be rained (or snowed) out
35	Luis Castillo	CIN	@BOS, WAS
36	Luis Severino	NYY	DET
37	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@CHC	7 HR in 43 IP inflates ERA
38	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@TEX
39	Luis Garcia	HOU	@KC
40	Garrett Whitlock	BOS	CIN
41	Adam Wainwright	STL	SD, @CHC
42	Cal Quantrill	CLE	KC
43	Michael Kopech	CWS	@TOR
44	Mike Clevinger	SD	@MIL
45	Sean Manaea	SD	@MIL
46	Blake Snell	SD	@STL
47	Triston McKenzie	CLE	@BAL
48	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@NYY
49	Alex Cobb	SF	@MIA
50	Aaron Ashby	MIL	SD, @CHC
51	Tarik Skubal	DET	MIN	Still only 2 HR in 51 IP
52	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR
53	Paul Blackburn	OAK	HOU, BOS	Big test, is it real or Memorex?
54	Marcus Stroman	CHC	STL	Strikeouts up so far
55	Alex Wood	SF	@MIA
56	David Peterson	NYM	WAS, @LAD
57	Roansy Contreras	PIT	ARI
58	Dylan Bundy	MIN	@DET, @TOR
59	Elieser Hernandez	MIA	SF
60	Bailey Ober	MIN	@DET
61	Brady Singer	KC	HOU
62	Miles Mikolas	STL	@CHC
63	Mitch White	LAD	PIT
64	Tyler Mahle	CIN	WAS
65	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	CWS
66	Jakob Junis	SF	@PHI, @MIA
67	Robbie Ray	SEA	@BAL
68	Martin Perez	TEX	TB, SEA	Yet to allow a dinger in 56 IP
69	Carlos Rodon	SF	@PHI	Walks an issue
70	Zach Eflin	PHI	LAA
71	Devin Smeltzer	MIN	@DET, @TOR
72	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@LAD
73	Zach Plesac	CLE	KC, @BAL
74	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	MIN
75	Mix 12 Reliever
76	MacKenzie Gore	SD	@MIL
77	Michael Lorenzen	LAA	@PHI
78	Erick Fedde	WAS	@NYM, @CIN
79	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	WAS
80	Jose Berrios	TOR	MIN
81	Dane Dunning	TEX	SEA
82	Tyler Wells	BAL	@BOS, CLE
83	Mix 15 Reliever
84	Michael Wacha	BOS	CIN
85	Kyle Gibson	PHI	SF, LAA
86	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@PHI
87	Nick Martinez	SD	@STL
88	Adrian Houser	MIL	SD
89	Jose Quintana	PIT	@LAD
90	JT Brubaker	PIT	ARI
91	Corey Kluber	TB	@TEX
92	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@PIT
93	Keegan Thompson	CHC	STL
94	Trevor Williams	NYM	WAS, @LAD
95	Evan Lee	WAS	@NYM
96	Dakota Hudson	STL	SD
97	Jon Gray	TEX	TB
98	Brad Keller	KC	@CLE
99	Drew Smyly	CHC	MIL, STL
100	Ranger Suarez	PHI	SF
101	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	MIL
102	Noah Syndergaard	LAA	@NYY
103	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@TEX
104	Glenn Otto	TEX	TB, SEA
105	Cole Sands	MIN	@DET
106	James Kaprielian	OAK	BOS
107	Matt Swarmer	CHC	MIL, STL
108	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	@TEX, CWS
109	Zack Greinke	KC	HOU
110	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	ATL
111	Konnor Pilkington	CLE	KC
112	Max Fried	ATL	@COL
113	George Kirby	SEA	@BAL, @TEX
114	Justin Steele	CHC	MIL, STL
115	Taijuan Walker	NYM	@LAD
116	Josiah Gray	WAS	@CIN
117	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@NYM, @CIN
118	Reid Detmers	LAA	@NYY
119	Cole Irvin	OAK	HOU
120	Ethan Small	MIL	@CHC
121	Alex Faedo	DET	MIN
122	Mike Minor	CIN	WAS
123	Vince Velasquez	CWS	@TB
124	Chase Silseth	LAA	@PHI
125	Zach Thompson	PIT	@LAD, ARI
126	Charlie Morton	ATL	@ARI, @COL
127	Humberto Castellanos	ARI	ATL
128	Chris Flexen	SEA	@BAL
129	Beau Brieske	DET	MIN, @NYY
130	Jordan Lyles	BAL	SEA
131	Hunter Greene	CIN	@BOS
132	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CHC
133	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@KC
134	Daniel Lynch	KC	@CLE
135	German Marquez	COL	MIA, ATL
136	Chris Archer	MIN	@DET
137	Mike Baumann	BAL	SEA
138	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@TEX
139	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@COL, SF
140	Packy Naughton	STL	SD, @CHC
141	Jonathan Heasley	KC	@CLE, HOU
142	Mitch Keller	PIT	@LAD
143	Taylor Hearn	TEX	TB
144	Johnny Cueto	CWS	@TOR
145	Bruce Zimmermann	BAL	CLE
146	Spencer Strider	ATL	@ARI, @COL
147	Kyle Bradish	BAL	SEA
148	Jake Woodford	STL	@CHC
149	Dean Kremer	BAL	CLE
150	Zach Davies	ARI	@PIT
151	Rony Garcia	DET	MIN, @NYY
152	Trevor Rogers	MIA	@COL
153	Joan Adon	WAS	@CIN
154	Elvin Rodriguez	DET	@NYY
155	Chad Kuhl	COL	ATL
156	Ian Anderson	ATL	@COL
157	Joey Wentz	DET	MIN
158	Austin Gomber	COL	ATL
159	Antonio Senzatela	COL	MIA
160	Kyle Freeland	COL	ATL
161	Ryan Feltner	COL	MIA

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Kevin Gausman	TOR	CWS, MIN
2	Justin Verlander	HOU	@OAK
3	Gerrit Cole	NYY	DET
4	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@TOR, @TB
5	Shane McClanahan	TB	CWS
6	Framber Valdez	HOU	@OAK, @KC
7	Nestor Cortes Jr.	NYY	LAA
8	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	@OAK	Can't shake gopheritis
9	Alek Manoah	TOR	CWS
10	Frankie Montas	OAK	HOU, BOS
11	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@TEX, CWS	How do the Rays do it? Must be excellent scouting.
12	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@OAK
13	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	LAA, DET	Best 0-1 pitcher in the league
14	Jameson Taillon	NYY	LAA
15	Cristian Javier	HOU	@OAK
16	Dylan Cease	CWS	@TB	Caught the Red Sox at the wrong time
17	Shane Bieber	CLE	@BAL
18	Rich Hill	BOS	BAL, @OAK	Looks like he's making up pitches mid-game
19	Luis Severino	NYY	DET
20	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@TEX
21	Luis Garcia	HOU	@KC
22	Garrett Whitlock	BOS	CIN
23	Cal Quantrill	CLE	KC
24	Michael Kopech	CWS	@TOR
25	Triston McKenzie	CLE	@BAL
26	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@NYY
27	Tarik Skubal	DET	MIN	Still only 2 HR in 51 IP
28	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR
29	Paul Blackburn	OAK	HOU, BOS	Big test, is it real or Memorex?
30	Dylan Bundy	MIN	@DET, @TOR
31	Bailey Ober	MIN	@DET
32	Brady Singer	KC	HOU
33	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	CWS
34	Robbie Ray	SEA	@BAL
35	Martin Perez	TEX	TB, SEA	Yet to allow a dinger in 56 IP
36	Devin Smeltzer	MIN	@DET, @TOR
37	Zach Plesac	CLE	KC, @BAL
38	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	MIN
39	Michael Lorenzen	LAA	@PHI
40	Jose Berrios	TOR	MIN
41	Dane Dunning	TEX	SEA
42	Tyler Wells	BAL	@BOS, CLE
43	Michael Wacha	BOS	CIN
44	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@PHI
45	Corey Kluber	TB	@TEX
46	Jon Gray	TEX	TB
47	Brad Keller	KC	@CLE
48	AL Reliever
49	Noah Syndergaard	LAA	@NYY
50	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@TEX
51	Glenn Otto	TEX	TB, SEA
52	Cole Sands	MIN	@DET
53	James Kaprielian	OAK	BOS
54	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	@TEX, CWS
55	Zack Greinke	KC	HOU
56	Konnor Pilkington	CLE	KC
57	George Kirby	SEA	@BAL, @TEX
58	Reid Detmers	LAA	@NYY
59	Cole Irvin	OAK	HOU
60	Alex Faedo	DET	MIN
61	Vince Velasquez	CWS	@TB
62	Chase Silseth	LAA	@PHI
63	Chris Flexen	SEA	@BAL
64	Beau Brieske	DET	MIN, @NYY
65	Jordan Lyles	BAL	SEA
66	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@KC
67	Daniel Lynch	KC	@CLE
68	Chris Archer	MIN	@DET
69	Mike Baumann	BAL	SEA
70	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@TEX
71	Jonathan Heasley	KC	@CLE, HOU
72	Taylor Hearn	TEX	TB
73	Johnny Cueto	CWS	@TOR
74	Bruce Zimmermann	BAL	CLE
75	Kyle Bradish	BAL	SEA
76	Dean Kremer	BAL	CLE
77	Rony Garcia	DET	MIN, @NYY
78	Elvin Rodriguez	DET	@NYY
79	Joey Wentz	DET	MIN

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	SD
2	Julio Urias	LAD	PIT, NYM
3	Walker Buehler	LAD	PIT, NYM	Still expecting old Buehler to emerge.
4	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	SF
5	Zac Gallen	ARI	ATL, @PIT	Welcome back to the circle of trust
6	Aaron Nola	PHI	SF
7	Logan Webb	SF	@PHI, @MIA
8	Eric Lauer	MIL	@CHC, SD	Brewers still have a Big-3 with Freddy Peralta out
9	Joe Musgrove	SD	@MIL
10	Zack Wheeler	PHI	LAA
11	Tyler Anderson	LAD	NYM
12	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	WAS
13	Yu Darvish	SD	@STL
14	Pablo Lopez	MIA	@COL, SF	Can Coors Field stop the dominance?
15	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	NYM
16	Kyle Wright	ATL	@ARI	Maybe the Coors game will be rained (or snowed) out
17	Luis Castillo	CIN	@BOS, WAS
18	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@CHC	7 HR in 43 IP inflates ERA
19	Adam Wainwright	STL	SD, @CHC
20	Mike Clevinger	SD	@MIL
21	Sean Manaea	SD	@MIL
22	Blake Snell	SD	@STL
23	Alex Cobb	SF	@MIA
24	Aaron Ashby	MIL	SD, @CHC
25	Marcus Stroman	CHC	STL	Strikeouts up so far
26	Alex Wood	SF	@MIA
27	David Peterson	NYM	WAS, @LAD
28	Roansy Contreras	PIT	ARI
29	Elieser Hernandez	MIA	SF
30	Miles Mikolas	STL	@CHC
31	Mitch White	LAD	PIT
32	Tyler Mahle	CIN	WAS
33	Jakob Junis	SF	@PHI, @MIA
34	Carlos Rodon	SF	@PHI	Walks an issue
35	Zach Eflin	PHI	LAA
36	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@LAD
37	MacKenzie Gore	SD	@MIL
38	Erick Fedde	WAS	@NYM, @CIN
39	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	WAS
40	Kyle Gibson	PHI	SF, LAA
41	Nick Martinez	SD	@STL
42	Adrian Houser	MIL	SD
43	Jose Quintana	PIT	@LAD
44	JT Brubaker	PIT	ARI
45	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@PIT
46	Keegan Thompson	CHC	STL
47	Trevor Williams	NYM	WAS, @LAD
48	Evan Lee	WAS	@NYM
49	Dakota Hudson	STL	SD
50	NL Reliever
51	Drew Smyly	CHC	MIL, STL
52	Ranger Suarez	PHI	SF
53	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	MIL
54	Matt Swarmer	CHC	MIL, STL
55	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	ATL
56	Max Fried	ATL	@COL
57	Justin Steele	CHC	MIL, STL
58	Taijuan Walker	NYM	@LAD
59	Josiah Gray	WAS	@CIN
60	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@NYM, @CIN
61	Ethan Small	MIL	@CHC
62	Mike Minor	CIN	WAS
63	Zach Thompson	PIT	@LAD, ARI
64	Charlie Morton	ATL	@ARI, @COL
65	Humberto Castellanos	ARI	ATL
66	Hunter Greene	CIN	@BOS
67	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CHC
68	German Marquez	COL	MIA, ATL
69	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@COL, SF
70	Packy Naughton	STL	SD, @CHC
71	Mitch Keller	PIT	@LAD
72	Spencer Strider	ATL	@ARI, @COL
73	Jake Woodford	STL	@CHC
74	Zach Davies	ARI	@PIT
75	Trevor Rogers	MIA	@COL
76	Joan Adon	WAS	@CIN
77	Chad Kuhl	COL	ATL
78	Ian Anderson	ATL	@COL
79	Austin Gomber	COL	ATL
80	Antonio Senzatela	COL	MIA
81	Kyle Freeland	COL	ATL
82	Ryan Feltner	COL	MIA