This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
Scoring is up this week, but it comes with a "yeah but."
Scoring is up this week, yeah but it was up two weeks ago, then dipped. Will it stay up, or will it drop back down? If the former, we'll have to be more careful when streaming pitchers.
| Week | HR/PA | Runs/Game | BABIP | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18-24 | 3.20% | 4.59 | 0.285 | 0.312 |
| May 11-17 | 2.80% | 4.21 | 0.286 | 0.305 |
| May 4-10 | 3.00% | 4.49 | 0.290 | 0.311 |
Chances are that scoring will remain elevated. The mercury is rising, especially in the east. Hopefully, you've built up a decent innings buffer. Streaming over the last four months of the season will be trickier.
As always, the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitching page, so please direct rotation questions over there. I'm always happy to handle rankings questions below.
UPDATED: Monday May 27 1:30 PM ET
Week of May 27 - June 2
Mixed
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | PIT, @BOS | Top 3 SP, Burnes, Wheeler and… Skubal? | ||
| 2 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | CHC, CWS | A Windy City week | ||
| 3 | Max Fried | ATL | WAS, OAK | |||
| 4 | Cole Ragans | KC | @MIN, SD | Showing the draft hype was warranted | ||
| 5 | Chris Sale | ATL | OAK | 0 ER, 13 hits, 1BB with 28 K over last 20 IP | ||
| 6 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | STL, @CHC | |||
| 7 | Joe Ryan | MIN | KC, @HOU | |||
| 8 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @SEA, MIN |
Scoring is up this week, but it comes with a "yeah but."
Scoring is up this week, yeah but it was up two weeks ago, then dipped. Will it stay up, or will it drop back down? If the former, we'll have to be more careful when streaming pitchers.
| Week | HR/PA | Runs/Game | BABIP | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18-24 | 3.20% | 4.59 | 0.285 | 0.312 |
| May 11-17 | 2.80% | 4.21 | 0.286 | 0.305 |
| May 4-10 | 3.00% | 4.49 | 0.290 | 0.311 |
Chances are that scoring will remain elevated. The mercury is rising, especially in the east. Hopefully, you've built up a decent innings buffer. Streaming over the last four months of the season will be trickier.
As always, the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitching page, so please direct rotation questions over there. I'm always happy to handle rankings questions below.
UPDATED: Monday May 27 1:30 PM ET
Week of May 27 - June 2
Mixed
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | PIT, @BOS | Top 3 SP, Burnes, Wheeler and… Skubal? | ||
| 2 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | CHC, CWS | A Windy City week | ||
| 3 | Max Fried | ATL | WAS, OAK | |||
| 4 | Cole Ragans | KC | @MIN, SD | Showing the draft hype was warranted | ||
| 5 | Chris Sale | ATL | OAK | 0 ER, 13 hits, 1BB with 28 K over last 20 IP | ||
| 6 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | STL, @CHC | |||
| 7 | Joe Ryan | MIN | KC, @HOU | |||
| 8 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @SEA, MIN | |||
| 9 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @SF | |||
| 10 | Jesus Luzardo | MIA | @SD | |||
| 11 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | BOS | |||
| 12 | Charlie Morton | ATL | WAS, OAK | |||
| 13 | Aaron Nola | PHI | STL | |||
| 14 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | STL | |||
| 15 | Luis Castillo | SEA | HOU, LAA | |||
| 16 | Justin Steele | CHC | @MIL, CIN | |||
| 17 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | COL | |||
| 18 | Michael King | SD | MIA, @KC | |||
| 19 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @NYM | |||
| 20 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @LAA, @SF | |||
| 21 | Tanner Houck | BOS | DET | No signs of slowing down | ||
| 22 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @NYM | |||
| 23 | Seth Lugo | KC | @MIN | |||
| 24 | Sonny Gray | STL | @PHI | |||
| 25 | Bryan Woo | SEA | LAA | |||
| 26 | Bryce Miller | SEA | HOU, LAA | |||
| 27 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | TB | |||
| 28 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | @MIL | |||
| 29 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @CWS, PIT | |||
| 30 | Luis Gil | NYY | @LAA | Missing bats in between walks | ||
| 31 | Justin Verlander | HOU | @SEA | |||
| 32 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @CHC | |||
| 33 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | WAS | Getting back on track | ||
| 34 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | OAK | |||
| 35 | Bailey Ober | MIN | KC | |||
| 36 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | HOU | |||
| 37 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @MIA | |||
| 38 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | STL | |||
| 39 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | @SD | |||
| 40 | Logan Webb | SF | NYY | |||
| 41 | Yu Darvish | SD | MIA | |||
| 42 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | BOS | |||
| 43 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | DET | |||
| 44 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @TEX, @NYM | |||
| 45 | Michael Lorenzen | TEX | @MIA | 25% | ||
| 46 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @SF | |||
| 47 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | @NYM | |||
| 48 | Jose Berrios | TOR | PIT | |||
| 49 | George Kirby | SEA | HOU | |||
| 50 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @DET | |||
| 51 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @MIL | Getting extra rest following last week's ppd start | ||
| 52 | Brady Singer | KC | @MIN | |||
| 53 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | @SF | |||
| 54 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @TOR | |||
| 55 | Dylan Cease | SD | @KC | Clearly enjoying move to San Diego | ||
| 56 | Alek Manoah | TOR | @CWS | |||
| 57 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @CWS | |||
| 58 | Jared Jones | PIT | @DET | |||
| 59 | Javier Assad | CHC | CIN | |||
| 60 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | @BAL | |||
| 61 | Jake Irvin | WAS | @ATL, @CLE | 7% | ||
| 62 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | WAS | |||
| 63 | Jack Flaherty | DET | PIT | |||
| 64 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | MIN | |||
| 65 | Reese Olson | DET | @BOS | |||
| 66 | Zack Littell | TB | OAK, @BAL | |||
| 67 | Griffin Canning | LAA | NYY, @SEA | 10% | ||
| 68 | Walker Buehler | LAD | COL | |||
| 69 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | PIT | |||
| 70 | Blake Snell | SF | PHI, NYY | |||
| 71 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @SEA | |||
| 72 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @BAL, DET | |||
| 73 | Taj Bradley | TB | @BAL | |||
| 74 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @TOR | 5% | 28% | |
| 75 | Jordan Hicks | SF | NYY | |||
| 76 | Cole Irvin | BAL | BOS, TB | 50% | ||
| 77 | Ben Lively | CLE | WAS | 46% | ||
| 78 | Luis Severino | NYM | ARI | |||
| 79 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @HOU | |||
| 80 | Sean Manaea | NYM | ARI | |||
| 81 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||||
| 82 | Erick Fedde | CWS | @MIL | |||
| 83 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @SEA | |||
| 84 | Michael Wacha | KC | SD | |||
| 85 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | KC, @HOU | 35% | ||
| 86 | Gavin Stone | LAD | @NYM, COL | |||
| 87 | Lance Lynn | STL | @CIN, @PHI | |||
| 88 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @SEA | |||
| 89 | James Paxton | LAD | @NYM | |||
| 90 | Joe Musgrove | SD | @KC | |||
| 91 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | NYY | 50% | ||
| 92 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @LAA | |||
| 93 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||||
| 94 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | @COL | |||
| 95 | Dane Dunning | TEX | ARI | 41% | ||
| 96 | Christian Scott | NYM | ARI | |||
| 97 | Robert Gasser | MIL | CHC, CWS | |||
| 98 | Kyle Gibson | STL | @CIN | 16% | ||
| 99 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @SF | |||
| 100 | Ben Brown | CHC | @MIL | 7% | ||
| 101 | Eric Lauer | HOU | @SEA | 0% | 0% | |
| 102 | Kyle Harrison | SF | PHI | |||
| 103 | Chris Paddack | MIN | KC | |||
| 104 | Tyler Alexander | TB | OAK | 0% | 7% | |
| 105 | Tylor Megill | NYM | LAD, ARI | 41% | ||
| 106 | Austin Gomber | COL | CLE, @LAD | 2% | 12% | |
| 107 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | TEX | 33% | ||
| 108 | Jordan Wicks | CHC | CIN | 2% | 37% | |
| 109 | Aaron Civale | TB | @BAL | |||
| 110 | Cal Quantrill | COL | @LAD | 4% | 33% | |
| 111 | Sixto Sanchez | MIA | TEX | 0% | 0% | |
| 112 | Kenta Maeda | DET | @BOS | 17% | ||
| 113 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | @ATL | |||
| 114 | Spencer Howard | SF | PHI | 0% | 0% | |
| 115 | Matt Waldron | SD | MIA | 4% | 42% | |
| 116 | Alec Marsh | KC | @MIN, SD | |||
| 117 | David Peterson | NYM | LAD | 0% | 0% | |
| 118 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | @BAL, DET | 17% | ||
| 119 | Blake Walston | ARI | @NYM | 0% | 0% | |
| 120 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | ARI | 25% | ||
| 121 | Frankie Montas | CIN | STL | |||
| 122 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @MIL | |||
| 123 | JP Sears | OAK | @ATL | 31% | ||
| 124 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @SF, STL | 5% | ||
| 125 | Bryse Wilson | MIL | CHC | 4% | 30% | |
| 126 | Ray Kerr | ATL | WAS | 0% | 0% | |
| 127 | Jose Quintana | NYM | LAD | 11% | 16% | |
| 128 | Colin Rea | MIL | CHC | 8% | ||
| 129 | Albert Suarez | BAL | TB | 1% | 0% | |
| 130 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN | @CHC | 35% | ||
| 131 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @SD, TEX | 12% | 46% | |
| 132 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | MIN | 5% | ||
| 133 | Mitch Spence | OAK | @TB, @ATL | 0% | 0% | |
| 134 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @PHI | 5% | 35% | |
| 135 | Kyle Muller | OAK | @TB | 0% | 2% | |
| 136 | Logan Allen | CLE | @COL | 0% | 0% | |
| 137 | Nick Nastrini | CWS | TOR, @MIL | 0% | 0% | |
| 138 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | @ATL, @CLE | |||
| 139 | Xzavion Curry | CLE | @COL, WAS | 1% | 0% | |
| 140 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | NYY | 35% | ||
| 141 | Trevor Williams | WAS | @ATL | 19% | ||
| 142 | Ryan Feltner | COL | CLE | 3% | 26% | |
| 143 | Mike Clevinger | CWS | TOR | 0% | 16% | |
| 144 | Tobias Myers | MIL | CWS | 0% | 0% | |
| 145 | Joey Estes | OAK | @TB | 0% | 11% | |
| 146 | Andre Pallante | STL | @CIN | 0% | 0% | |
| 147 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @TEX | 2% | 25% | |
| 148 | Chris Flexen | CWS | TOR | 0% | 0% | |
| 149 | Casey Mize | DET | @BOS | |||
| 150 | Jose Urena | TEX | @MIA | 0% | 0% | |
| 151 | Dakota Hudson | COL | @LAD | 0% | 0% | |
| 152 | Martin Perez | PIT | @TOR | 16% | 46% | |
| 153 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | @CLE | 0% | 2% | |
| 154 | Aaron Brooks | OAK | @ATL | 0% | 7% | |
| 155 | Ty Blach | COL | CLE | 0% | 0% |
American League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | PIT, @BOS | Top 3 SP, Burnes, Wheeler and… Skubal? |
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | @MIN, SD | Showing the draft hype was warranted |
| 3 | Joe Ryan | MIN | KC, @HOU | |
| 4 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @SEA, MIN | |
| 5 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | BOS | |
| 6 | Luis Castillo | SEA | HOU, LAA | |
| 7 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @LAA, @SF | |
| 8 | Tanner Houck | BOS | DET | No signs of slowing down |
| 9 | Seth Lugo | KC | @MIN | |
| 10 | Bryan Woo | SEA | LAA | |
| 11 | Bryce Miller | SEA | HOU, LAA | |
| 12 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | TB | |
| 13 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | @MIL | |
| 14 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @CWS, PIT | |
| 15 | Luis Gil | NYY | @LAA | Missing bats in between walks |
| 16 | Justin Verlander | HOU | @SEA | |
| 17 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | WAS | Getting back on track |
| 18 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | OAK | |
| 19 | Bailey Ober | MIN | KC | |
| 20 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | HOU | |
| 21 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @MIA | |
| 22 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | BOS | |
| 23 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | DET | |
| 24 | Michael Lorenzen | TEX | @MIA | |
| 25 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @SF | |
| 26 | Jose Berrios | TOR | PIT | |
| 27 | George Kirby | SEA | HOU | |
| 28 | Brady Singer | KC | @MIN | |
| 29 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | @SF | |
| 30 | Alek Manoah | TOR | @CWS | |
| 31 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @CWS | |
| 32 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | @BAL | |
| 33 | Jack Flaherty | DET | PIT | |
| 34 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | MIN | |
| 35 | Reese Olson | DET | @BOS | |
| 36 | Zack Littell | TB | OAK, @BAL | |
| 37 | Griffin Canning | LAA | NYY, @SEA | |
| 38 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | PIT | |
| 39 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @SEA | |
| 40 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @BAL, DET | |
| 41 | Taj Bradley | TB | @BAL | |
| 42 | Cole Irvin | BAL | BOS, TB | |
| 43 | Ben Lively | CLE | WAS | |
| 44 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @HOU | |
| 45 | Erick Fedde | CWS | @MIL | |
| 46 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @SEA | |
| 47 | Michael Wacha | KC | SD | |
| 48 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | KC, @HOU | |
| 49 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @SEA | |
| 50 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | NYY | |
| 51 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @LAA | |
| 52 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | @COL | |
| 53 | Dane Dunning | TEX | ARI | |
| 54 | Eric Lauer | HOU | @SEA | |
| 55 | Chris Paddack | MIN | KC | |
| 56 | Tyler Alexander | TB | OAK | |
| 57 | Aaron Civale | TB | @BAL | |
| 58 | Kenta Maeda | DET | @BOS | |
| 59 | AL Reliever | |||
| 60 | Alec Marsh | KC | @MIN, SD | |
| 61 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | @BAL, DET | |
| 62 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | ARI | |
| 63 | JP Sears | OAK | @ATL | |
| 64 | Albert Suarez | BAL | TB | |
| 65 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | MIN | |
| 66 | Mitch Spence | OAK | @TB, @ATL | |
| 67 | Kyle Muller | OAK | @TB | |
| 68 | Logan Allen | CLE | @COL | |
| 69 | Nick Nastrini | CWS | TOR, @MIL | |
| 70 | Xzavion Curry | CLE | @COL, WAS | |
| 71 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | NYY | |
| 72 | Mike Clevinger | CWS | TOR | |
| 73 | Joey Estes | OAK | @TB | |
| 74 | Chris Flexen | CWS | TOR | |
| 75 | Casey Mize | DET | @BOS | |
| 76 | Jose Urena | TEX | @MIA | |
| 77 | Aaron Brooks | OAK | @ATL |
National League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
| 1 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | CHC, CWS | A Windy City week |
| 2 | Max Fried | ATL | WAS, OAK | |
| 3 | Chris Sale | ATL | OAK | 0 ER, 13 hits, 1BB with 28 K over last 20 IP |
| 4 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | STL, @CHC | |
| 5 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @SF | |
| 6 | Jesus Luzardo | MIA | @SD | |
| 7 | Charlie Morton | ATL | WAS, OAK | |
| 8 | Aaron Nola | PHI | STL | |
| 9 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | STL | |
| 10 | Justin Steele | CHC | @MIL, CIN | |
| 11 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | COL | |
| 12 | Michael King | SD | MIA, @KC | |
| 13 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @NYM | |
| 14 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @NYM | |
| 15 | Sonny Gray | STL | @PHI | |
| 16 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @CHC | |
| 17 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | STL | |
| 18 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | @SD | |
| 19 | Logan Webb | SF | NYY | |
| 20 | Yu Darvish | SD | MIA | |
| 21 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @TEX, @NYM | |
| 22 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | @NYM | |
| 23 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @DET | |
| 24 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @MIL | Getting extra rest following last week's ppd start |
| 25 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @TOR | |
| 26 | Dylan Cease | SD | @KC | Clearly enjoying move to San Diego |
| 27 | Jared Jones | PIT | @DET | |
| 28 | Javier Assad | CHC | CIN | |
| 29 | Jake Irvin | WAS | @ATL, @CLE | |
| 30 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | WAS | |
| 31 | Walker Buehler | LAD | COL | |
| 32 | Blake Snell | SF | PHI, NYY | |
| 33 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @TOR | |
| 34 | Jordan Hicks | SF | NYY | |
| 35 | Luis Severino | NYM | ARI | |
| 36 | Sean Manaea | NYM | ARI | |
| 37 | Gavin Stone | LAD | @NYM, COL | |
| 38 | Lance Lynn | STL | @CIN, @PHI | |
| 39 | James Paxton | LAD | @NYM | |
| 40 | Joe Musgrove | SD | @KC | |
| 41 | Christian Scott | NYM | ARI | |
| 42 | Robert Gasser | MIL | CHC, CWS | |
| 43 | Kyle Gibson | STL | @CIN | |
| 44 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @SF | |
| 45 | Ben Brown | CHC | @MIL | |
| 46 | Kyle Harrison | SF | PHI | |
| 47 | Tylor Megill | NYM | LAD, ARI | |
| 48 | Austin Gomber | COL | CLE, @LAD | |
| 49 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | TEX | |
| 50 | Jordan Wicks | CHC | CIN | |
| 51 | Cal Quantrill | COL | @LAD | |
| 52 | Sixto Sanchez | MIA | TEX | |
| 53 | NL Reliever | |||
| 54 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | @ATL | |
| 55 | Spencer Howard | SF | PHI | |
| 56 | Matt Waldron | SD | MIA | |
| 57 | David Peterson | NYM | LAD | |
| 58 | Blake Walston | ARI | @NYM | |
| 59 | Frankie Montas | CIN | STL | |
| 60 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @MIL | |
| 61 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @SF, STL | |
| 62 | Bryse Wilson | MIL | CHC | |
| 63 | Ray Kerr | ATL | WAS | |
| 64 | Jose Quintana | NYM | LAD | |
| 65 | Colin Rea | MIL | CHC | |
| 66 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN | @CHC | |
| 67 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @SD, TEX | |
| 68 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @PHI | |
| 69 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | @ATL, @CLE | |
| 70 | Trevor Williams | WAS | @ATL | |
| 71 | Ryan Feltner | COL | CLE | |
| 72 | Tobias Myers | MIL | CWS | |
| 73 | Andre Pallante | STL | @CIN | |
| 74 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @TEX | |
| 75 | Dakota Hudson | COL | @LAD | |
| 76 | Martin Perez | PIT | @TOR | |
| 77 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | @CLE | |
| 78 | Ty Blach | COL | CLE |
