Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Fun in Small Samples

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Fun in Small Samples

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Updated on April 15, 2024 12:49AM EST

Who had the Red Sox leading the league in ERA with the Astros only ahead of the Astros? Yeah, me neither.

Remember when the pre-universal DH was avoiding AL pitching? Well, the top seven team ERAs are courtesy of the Junior Circuit.

Anomalies of this nature are why it's too early to panic about pitching ratios. Fantasy league corrections will piggyback normalizations in the real thing.

By means of your weekly reminder, the schedules are pulled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions over there. I'm always happy to address rankings queries in the discussion below.

Updated: Monday April 15, 12:47 AM ET

Week of April 15 - 22

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	WAS, NYM	Dodgers getting what they traded… and paid for
2	Sonny Gray	STL	@OAK, MIL	Looked sharp in his debut
3	Aaron Nola	PHI	COL, CWS	Peripherals sketchy, but grinding
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	CWS
5	Tarik Skubal	DET	TEX
6	Merrill Kelly	ARI	CHC, @SF
7	Jordan Hicks	SF	@MIA, ARI
8	Freddy Peralta	MIL	SD
9	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	WAS
10	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@KC
11	Logan Gilbert	SEA	CIN
12	Zac Gallen	ARI	@SF
13	George Kirby	SEA	CIN, @COL	Some contend he throws too many strikes

Who had the Red Sox leading the league in ERA with the Astros only ahead of the Astros? Yeah, me neither.

Remember when the pre-universal DH was avoiding AL pitching? Well, the top seven team ERAs are courtesy of the Junior Circuit.

Anomalies of this nature are why it's too early to panic about pitching ratios. Fantasy league corrections will piggyback normalizations in the real thing.

By means of your weekly reminder, the schedules are pulled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions over there. I'm always happy to address rankings queries in the discussion below.

Updated: Monday April 15, 12:47 AM ET

Week of April 15 - 22

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	WAS, NYM	Dodgers getting what they traded… and paid for
2	Sonny Gray	STL	@OAK, MIL	Looked sharp in his debut
3	Aaron Nola	PHI	COL, CWS	Peripherals sketchy, but grinding
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	CWS
5	Tarik Skubal	DET	TEX
6	Merrill Kelly	ARI	CHC, @SF
7	Jordan Hicks	SF	@MIA, ARI
8	Freddy Peralta	MIL	SD
9	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	WAS
10	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@KC
11	Logan Gilbert	SEA	CIN
12	Zac Gallen	ARI	@SF
13	George Kirby	SEA	CIN, @COL	Some contend he throws too many strikes
14	Zach Eflin	TB	LAA, @NYY
15	Bailey Ober	MIN	DET	Looked better last time out
16	Cristian Javier	HOU	@WAS
17	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	MIN
18	Ranger Suarez	PHI	COL
19	Bryce Miller	SEA	CIN
20	Ryan Pepiot	TB	LAA
21	Chris Sale	ATL	TEX
22	Kutter Crawford	BOS	CLE, @PIT	Good pair to continue early momentum
23	Aaron Civale	TB	LAA, @NYY	Maintaining elevated strikeouts
24	Kyle Harrison	SF	@MIA, ARI
25	Logan Webb	SF	ARI
26	Nick Lodolo	CIN	LAA	Impressive in his debut
27	Reid Detmers	LAA	@TB
28	Garrett Whitlock	BOS	CLE, @PIT	Getting away with too many free passes
29	Jose Berrios	TOR	@SD
30	Joe Ryan	MIN	DET
31	Frankie Montas	CIN	@SEA, LAA
32	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@PHI	Looking to rebound from tough outing, but still fanned 10 in 4.2 IP
33	Hunter Greene	CIN	@SEA
34	Michael Wacha	KC	@CWS
35	Brady Singer	KC	@CWS	Change to pitch mix is working
36	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@BOS, OAK	Off to a disappointing start
37	Shota Imanaga	CHC	MIA
38	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@BAL
39	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@WAS
40	Lance Lynn	STL	@OAK
41	Marcus Stroman	NYY	@TOR
42	Dylan Cease	SD	@MIL
43	Joe Musgrove	SD	@MIL, TOR
44	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@SEA
45	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	COL
46	Chris Bassitt	TOR	NYY, @SD
47	Max Fried	ATL	@HOU
48	Steven Matz	STL	@OAK
49	Nestor Cortes	NYY	TB
50	Seth Lugo	KC	@CWS, BAL
51	Louie Varland	MIN	@BAL, DET
52	Cole Ragans	KC	BAL
53	Triston McKenzie	CLE	OAK
54	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	@HOU	Big test for the re-converted starter
55	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	@SF
56	Justin Verlander	HOU	@WAS
57	Kenta Maeda	DET	TEX
58	Blake Snell	SF	ARI
59	Joe Ross	MIL	SD, @STL		0%	4%
60	Luis Gil	NYY	@TOR, TB
61	Tanner Houck	BOS	CLE	Red Sox starter most likely to sustain solid start to season
62	Logan Allen	CLE	OAK		0%	0%
63	Ryan Yarbrough	LAD	WAS		1%	18%
64	Javier Assad	CHC	MIA		47%
65	Braxton Garrett	MIA	@CHC
66	Kevin Gausman	TOR	NYY	Not an ideal matchup to get back on track
67	Jose Quintana	NYM	PIT		25%
68	Brayan Bello	BOS	@PIT
69	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@CHC
70	Jose Soriano	LAA	@TB, @CIN		0%	2%
71	Yu Darvish	SD	TOR
72	Keaton Winn	SF	@MIA		25%
73	Jon Gray	TEX	@DET, @ATL
74	Mix 12 Reliever
75	Tyler Wells	BAL	MIN
76	Dane Dunning	TEX	@DET		49%
77	JP Sears	OAK	STL		20%
78	Bailey Falter	PIT	@NYM		0%	0%
79	A.J. Puk	MIA	SF, @CHC
80	Spencer Turnbull	PHI	CWS
81	Michael King	SD	@MIL
82	Jared Jones	PIT	@NYM
83	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	NYY
84	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@DET
85	Mix 15 Reliever
86	Mitch Keller	PIT	BOS
87	Zack Littell	TB	LAA
88	Luis Castillo	SEA	@COL
89	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@CIN		9%
90	Luis Severino	NYM	PIT
91	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	TB
92	Ben Brown	CHC	@ARI		8%
93	Charlie Morton	ATL	TEX
94	Jameson Taillon	CHC	MIA		10%
95	Griffin Canning	LAA	@TB
96	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@ATL
97	Jack Flaherty	DET	@MIN
98	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	LAA
99	Reese Olson	DET	TEX, @MIN
100	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	@DET, @ATL		1%
101	DL Hall	MIL	@STL
102	Chris Paddack	MIN	@BAL
103	Martin Perez	PIT	@NYM, BOS		7%
104	Joe Boyle	OAK	@CLE		19%
105	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@TB, @CIN		8%
106	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@TOR
107	Wade Miley	MIL	SD		0%	0%
108	Dean Kremer	BAL	@KC
109	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	CHC
110	Adrian Houser	NYM	PIT, @LAD		0%	26%
111	Trevor Rogers	MIA	SF
112	James Paxton	LAD	NYM
113	Sean Manaea	NYM	@LAD
114	Ross Stripling	OAK	STL, @CLE		0%	18%
115	Jose Butto	NYM	@LAD		0%	25%
116	Paul Blackburn	OAK	STL		24%
117	Miles Mikolas	STL	MIL		17%
118	Casey Mize	DET	TEX, @MIN
119	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	@SD		0%	5%
120	Erick Fedde	CWS	KC, @PHI
121	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	HOU
122	Cole Irvin	BAL	MIN, @KC		2%	42%
123	Cal Quantrill	COL	@PHI, SEA		0%	0%
124	Colin Rea	MIL	@STL		3%
125	Kyle Gibson	STL	MIL		7%
126	Darius Vines	ATL	@HOU, TEX		0%	0%
127	Jordan Wicks	CHC	@ARI		23%
128	Gavin Stone	LAD	NYM
129	Matt Waldron	SD	TOR		2%	32%
130	Nick Nastrini	CWS	KC		0%	5%
131	Ryan Feltner	COL	@PHI		3%	7%
132	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	@ARI, MIA		3%	44%
133	Dakota Hudson	COL	SEA		0%	0%
134	Ben Lively	CLE	@BOS		0%	0%
135	Cooper Criswell	BOS	CLE		0%	0%
136	Alex Wood	OAK	@CLE		1%	26%
137	Jake Irvin	WAS	@LAD		0%	46%
138	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@SF		22%
139	Austin Gomber	COL	@PHI		1%	0%
140	Tyler Alexander	TB	@NYY		0%	14%
141	Ryan Weathers	MIA	SF, @CHC		19%
142	Xzavion Curry	CLE	@BOS		1%	0%
143	Trevor Williams	WAS	HOU		3%	33%
144	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	ATL		0%	0%
145	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@LAD, HOU		0%	2%
146	Quinn Priester	PIT	BOS		0%	0%
147	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	@BOS		0%	9%
148	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@COL		5%	46%
149	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@LAD		0%	0%
150	Alec Marsh	KC	BAL		19%
151	Hunter Brown	HOU	ATL
152	Chris Flexen	CWS	KC		0%	0%
153	Michael Soroka	CWS	@PHI		16%
154	Kyle Freeland	COL	SEA		0%	0%
155	Tommy Henry	ARI	CHC		0%	0%
156	J.P. France	HOU	ATL		19%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	TEX
2	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@KC
3	Logan Gilbert	SEA	CIN
4	George Kirby	SEA	CIN, @COL	Some contend he throws too many strikes
5	Zach Eflin	TB	LAA, @NYY
6	Bailey Ober	MIN	DET	Looked better last time out
7	Cristian Javier	HOU	@WAS
8	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	MIN
9	Bryce Miller	SEA	CIN
10	Ryan Pepiot	TB	LAA
11	Kutter Crawford	BOS	CLE, @PIT	Good pair to continue early momentum
12	Aaron Civale	TB	LAA, @NYY	Maintaining elevated strikeouts
13	Reid Detmers	LAA	@TB
14	Garrett Whitlock	BOS	CLE, @PIT	Getting away with too many free passes
15	Jose Berrios	TOR	@SD
16	Joe Ryan	MIN	DET
17	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@PHI	Looking to rebound from tough outing, but still fanned 10 in 4.2 IP
18	Michael Wacha	KC	@CWS
19	Brady Singer	KC	@CWS	Change to pitch mix is working
20	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@BOS, OAK	Off to a disappointing start
21	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@BAL
22	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@WAS
23	Marcus Stroman	NYY	@TOR
24	Chris Bassitt	TOR	NYY, @SD
25	Nestor Cortes	NYY	TB
26	Seth Lugo	KC	@CWS, BAL
27	Louie Varland	MIN	@BAL, DET
28	Cole Ragans	KC	BAL
29	Triston McKenzie	CLE	OAK
30	Justin Verlander	HOU	@WAS
31	Kenta Maeda	DET	TEX
32	Luis Gil	NYY	@TOR, TB
33	Tanner Houck	BOS	CLE	Red Sox starter most likely to sustain solid start to season
34	Logan Allen	CLE	OAK
35	Kevin Gausman	TOR	NYY	Not an ideal matchup to get back on track
36	Brayan Bello	BOS	@PIT
37	Jose Soriano	LAA	@TB, @CIN
38	Jon Gray	TEX	@DET, @ATL
39	Tyler Wells	BAL	MIN
40	Dane Dunning	TEX	@DET
41	JP Sears	OAK	STL
42	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	NYY
43	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@DET
44	Zack Littell	TB	LAA
45	Luis Castillo	SEA	@COL
46	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@CIN
47	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	TB
48	Griffin Canning	LAA	@TB
49	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@ATL
50	Jack Flaherty	DET	@MIN
51	Reese Olson	DET	TEX, @MIN
52	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	@DET, @ATL
53	Chris Paddack	MIN	@BAL
54	Joe Boyle	OAK	@CLE
55	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@TB, @CIN
56	AL Reliever
57	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@TOR
58	Dean Kremer	BAL	@KC
59	Ross Stripling	OAK	STL, @CLE
60	Paul Blackburn	OAK	STL
61	Casey Mize	DET	TEX, @MIN
62	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	@SD
63	Erick Fedde	CWS	KC, @PHI
64	Cole Irvin	BAL	MIN, @KC
65	Nick Nastrini	CWS	KC
66	Ben Lively	CLE	@BOS
67	Cooper Criswell	BOS	CLE
68	Alex Wood	OAK	@CLE
69	Tyler Alexander	TB	@NYY
70	Xzavion Curry	CLE	@BOS
71	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	ATL
72	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	@BOS
73	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@COL
74	Alec Marsh	KC	BAL
75	Hunter Brown	HOU	ATL
76	Chris Flexen	CWS	KC
77	Michael Soroka	CWS	@PHI
78	J.P. France	HOU	ATL

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	WAS, NYM	Dodgers getting what they traded… and paid for
2	Sonny Gray	STL	@OAK, MIL	Looked sharp in his debut
3	Aaron Nola	PHI	COL, CWS	Peripherals sketchy, but grinding
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	CWS
5	Merrill Kelly	ARI	CHC, @SF
6	Jordan Hicks	SF	@MIA, ARI
7	Freddy Peralta	MIL	SD
8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	WAS
9	Zac Gallen	ARI	@SF
10	Ranger Suarez	PHI	COL
11	Chris Sale	ATL	TEX
12	Kyle Harrison	SF	@MIA, ARI
13	Logan Webb	SF	ARI
14	Nick Lodolo	CIN	LAA	Impressive in his debut
15	Frankie Montas	CIN	@SEA, LAA
16	Hunter Greene	CIN	@SEA
17	Shota Imanaga	CHC	MIA
18	Lance Lynn	STL	@OAK
19	Dylan Cease	SD	@MIL
20	Joe Musgrove	SD	@MIL, TOR
21	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@SEA
22	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	COL
23	Max Fried	ATL	@HOU
24	Steven Matz	STL	@OAK
25	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	@HOU	Big test for the re-converted starter
26	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	@SF
27	Blake Snell	SF	ARI
28	Joe Ross	MIL	SD, @STL
29	Ryan Yarbrough	LAD	WAS
30	Javier Assad	CHC	MIA
31	Braxton Garrett	MIA	@CHC
32	Jose Quintana	NYM	PIT
33	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@CHC
34	Yu Darvish	SD	TOR
35	Keaton Winn	SF	@MIA
36	Bailey Falter	PIT	@NYM
37	A.J. Puk	MIA	SF, @CHC
38	Spencer Turnbull	PHI	CWS
39	Michael King	SD	@MIL
40	Jared Jones	PIT	@NYM
41	Mitch Keller	PIT	BOS
42	Luis Severino	NYM	PIT
43	Ben Brown	CHC	@ARI
44	Charlie Morton	ATL	TEX
45	Jameson Taillon	CHC	MIA
46	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	LAA
47	DL Hall	MIL	@STL
48	Martin Perez	PIT	@NYM, BOS
49	NL Reliever
50	Wade Miley	MIL	SD
51	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	CHC
52	Adrian Houser	NYM	PIT, @LAD
53	Trevor Rogers	MIA	SF
54	James Paxton	LAD	NYM
55	Sean Manaea	NYM	@LAD
56	Jose Butto	NYM	@LAD
57	Miles Mikolas	STL	MIL
58	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	HOU
59	Cal Quantrill	COL	@PHI, SEA
60	Colin Rea	MIL	@STL
61	Kyle Gibson	STL	MIL
62	Darius Vines	ATL	@HOU, TEX
63	Jordan Wicks	CHC	@ARI
64	Gavin Stone	LAD	NYM
65	Matt Waldron	SD	TOR
66	Ryan Feltner	COL	@PHI
67	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	@ARI, MIA
68	Dakota Hudson	COL	SEA
69	Jake Irvin	WAS	@LAD
70	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@SF
71	Austin Gomber	COL	@PHI
72	Ryan Weathers	MIA	SF, @CHC
73	Trevor Williams	WAS	HOU
74	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@LAD, HOU
75	Quinn Priester	PIT	BOS
76	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@LAD
77	Kyle Freeland	COL	SEA
78	Tommy Henry	ARI	CHC

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