And then there was one. Twenty-five plus weeks are in the book. The final week of the season benefits from three rainouts last week, bringing Monday's slate to five games. Keep in mind the Braves and Rockies will only their makeup in Oct. 4 if it matters for the NL East title.
There are several arms scheduled for two starts in danger of skipping or at least truncating the weekend start depending on how important it is to nail down a playoff berth.
As has been the case all season, the probable pitchers are pulled from the site's Starting Pitcher grid, so please direct all rotation questions to that page. I'll be happy to discuss the final set of rankings in the comments.
UPDATED Monday September 27 12:15 AM ET Week of Sept. 27 - Oct. 3
Mixed Rank Pitcher TM OPP Comments 1 Zack Wheeler PHI @ATL, @MIA Two more chances to embellish Cy Young resume 2 Walker Buehler LAD SD, MIL Home pair vs. two possible postseason teams, may not make second start or have it cut short 3 Logan Webb SF ARI, SD 4 Marcus Stroman NYM MIA, @ATL 5 Cal Quantrill CLE KC, @TEX 6 Chris Sale BOS @BAL, @WAS If nothing is on the line in Game 162, may be skipped 7 Max Scherzer LAD SD 8 Chris Flexen SEA OAK, LAA 9 Trevor Rogers MIA @NYM, PHI 10 Charlie Morton ATL PHI, NYM 11 Clayton Kershaw LAD
And then there was one. Twenty-five plus weeks are in the book. The final week of the season benefits from three rainouts last week, bringing Monday's slate to five games. Keep in mind the Braves and Rockies will only their makeup in Oct. 4 if it matters for the NL East title.
There are several arms scheduled for two starts in danger of skipping or at least truncating the weekend start depending on how important it is to nail down a playoff berth.
As has been the case all season, the probable pitchers are pulled from the site's Starting Pitcher grid, so please direct all rotation questions to that page. I'll be happy to discuss the final set of rankings in the comments.
UPDATED Monday September 27 12:15 AM ET Week of Sept. 27 - Oct. 3
Mixed Rank Pitcher TM OPP Comments 1 Zack Wheeler PHI @ATL, @MIA Two more chances to embellish Cy Young resume 2 Walker Buehler LAD SD, MIL Home pair vs. two possible postseason teams, may not make second start or have it cut short 3 Logan Webb SF ARI, SD 4 Marcus Stroman NYM MIA, @ATL 5 Cal Quantrill CLE KC, @TEX 6 Chris Sale BOS @BAL, @WAS If nothing is on the line in Game 162, may be skipped 7 Max Scherzer LAD SD 8 Chris Flexen SEA OAK, LAA 9 Trevor Rogers MIA @NYM, PHI 10 Charlie Morton ATL PHI, NYM 11 Clayton Kershaw LAD MIL 12 Brandon Woodruff MIL @STL 13 Corbin Burnes MIL @LAD 14 Yu Darvish SD @LAD, @SF Homers remain high, 17 HR over last 61 IP 15 Alek Manoah TOR BAL 16 Adam Wainwright STL MIL, CHC 17 Shane Bieber CLE @KC 18 Triston McKenzie CLE @TEX 19 Shohei Ohtani LAA @SEA 20 Joe Musgrove SD @SF 21 Lucas Giolito CWS DET 22 Robbie Ray TOR NYY 23 Kevin Gausman SF SD 24 Julio Urias LAD MIL 25 Frankie Montas OAK @SEA 26 Alex Wood SF ARI 27 Lance McCullers Jr.HOU TB 28 Max Fried ATL PHI 29 Jose Berrios TOR NYY 30 Carlos Rodon CWS CIN 31 Chris Bassitt OAK @SEA, @HOU Will be be on a pitch limit? 32 Joe Ryan MIN DET, @KC 33 Marco Gonzales SEA LAA 34 Ranger Suarez PHI @MIA 35 Aaron Nola PHI @ATL 36 Gerrit Cole NYY @TOR 37 Lance Lynn CWS DET 38 Taijuan Walker NYM MIA 39 Rich Hill NYM MIA 40 Freddy Peralta MIL @LAD 41 Sonny Gray CIN @CWS 42 Sandy Alcantara MIA PHI 43 Huascar Ynoa ATL NYM 44 Madison Bumgarner ARI @SF 45 Logan Gilbert SEA OAK 46 Edward Cabrera MIA @NYM 47 Luis Garcia HOU TB 48 Jameson Taillon NYY @TOR, TB 49 Zack Greinke HOU OAK 50 Jose Urquidy HOU TB 51 Miles Mikolas STL MIL 52 John Means BAL @TOR 53 Anthony DeSclafani SF SD 54 Jack Flaherty STL CHC 55 Tyler Anderson SEA LAA 56 Luis Castillo CIN @CWS 57 Tylor Megill NYM MIA 58 Tyler Mahle CIN @PIT 59 Zac Gallen ARI COL 60 Tony Gonsolin LAD SD 61 German Marquez COL WAS, @ARI 62 Shane McClanahan TB @NYY 63 Zach Plesac CLE @KC 64 Framber Valdez HOU OAK 65 Nathan Eovaldi BOS @BAL 66 Jose Suarez LAA @SEA 67 Drew Rasmussen TB @HOU, @NYY 68 Elieser Hernandez MIA @NYM 69 Jon Gray COL @ARI 70 Eric Lauer MIL @LAD 71 Ian Anderson ATL PHI 72 Jake Odorizzi HOU OAK 73 Alex Cobb LAA @TEX 74 Hyun Jin Ryu TOR NYY, BAL 75 Yusei Kikuchi SEA OAK 76 Adrian Houser MIL @STL 77 Jordan Montgomery NYY TB 78 Cole Irvin OAK @SEA 79 Nick Pivetta BOS @BAL 80 Johnny Cueto SF ARI 81 Dylan Cease CWS DET 82 J.A. Happ STL MIL 83 Kyle Hendricks CHC @PIT 84 Tarik Skubal DET @MIN 85 Nestor Cortes NYY TB 86 Antonio Senzatela COL @ARI 87 Carlos Hernandez KC CLE 88 Michael Pineda MIN DET 89 Carlos Carrasco NYM @ATL 90 Hans Crouse PHI @MIA 91 Mix 12 Reliever 92 Miguel Yajure PIT CHC 93 Taylor Hearn TEX LAA 94 Casey Mize DET @MIN 95 Mix 15 Reliever 96 Aaron Civale CLE @KC 97 Reynaldo Lopez CWS CIN 98 Pierce Johnson SD @SF 99 A.J. Alexy TEX LAA 100 Kris Bubic KC MIN 101 Sam Selman LAA @SEA 102 Drew Smyly ATL NYM 103 Brady Singer KC @CLE, MIN 104 Jon Lester STL CHC 105 Bailey Ober MIN DET 106 Luke Weaver ARI @SF 107 Sean Manaea OAK @HOU 108 Corey Kluber NYY @TOR 109 Ryan Weathers SD @LAD 110 Shane Baz TB @NYY 111 Kyle Gibson PHI @ATL 112 Glenn Otto TEX LAA 113 Steven Matz TOR BAL 114 John Gant MIN @KC 115 Tyler Alexander DET @MIN, @CWS 116 Merrill Kelly ARI @SF 117 Wily Peralta DET @CWS 118 Daniel Lynch KC CLE 119 Tanner Houck BOS @WAS 120 Mitch Keller PIT CHC 121 Eli Morgan CLE @TEX 122 Ryan Yarbrough TB @HOU 123 Matt Manning DET CWS, @CWS 124 Keegan Thompson CHC @STL 125 Zac Lowther BAL BOS 126 Vladimir Gutierrez CIN @PIT 127 Jesus Luzardo MIA PHI 128 Luis Patino TB @HOU 129 Josiah Gray WAS @COL, BOS 130 Humberto Castellanos ARI COL 131 Alec Mills CHC @PIT 132 Erick Fedde WAS BOS 133 Eduardo Rodriguez BOS @WAS 134 Dane Dunning TEX CLE 135 Justin Steele CHC @STL 136 Paul Blackburn OAK @HOU 137 Spencer Howard TEX CLE 138 Reiver Sanmartin CIN PIT, @PIT 139 Jordan Lyles TEX CLE 140 Cody Ponce PIT @CIN 141 Max Kranick PIT CIN 142 Janson Junk LAA @TEX 143 Zach Davies CHC @PIT 144 Griffin Jax MIN @KC 145 Vince Velasquez SD @LAD 146 Wil Crowe PIT CIN 147 Bruce Zimmermann BAL BOS, @TOR 148 Jon Heasley KC MIN 149 Dallas Keuchel CWS @DET 150 Humberto Mejia ARI COL 151 Paolo Espino WAS @COL 152 Adrian Sampson CHC @STL 153 Trevor Williams NYM @ATL 154 Josh Rogers WAS BOS 155 Kyle Freeland COL WAS 156 Patrick Corbin WAS @COL 157 Jackson Kowar KC CLE 158 Braxton Garrett MIA @NYM 159 Dillon Peters PIT CIN 160 Brett Anderson MIL @STL 161 Peter Lambert COL WAS 162 Connor Overton PIT CHC 163 Packy Naughton LAA @TEX 164 Alexander Wells BAL BOS 165 Chris Ellis BAL @TOR
American League Rank Pitcher TM OPP Comment 1 Cal Quantrill CLE KC, @TEX 2 Chris Sale BOS @BAL, @WAS If nothing is on the line in Game 162, may be skipped 3 Chris Flexen SEA OAK, LAA 4 Alek Manoah TOR BAL 5 Shane Bieber CLE @KC 6 Triston McKenzie CLE @TEX 7 Shohei Ohtani LAA @SEA 8 Lucas Giolito CWS DET 9 Robbie Ray TOR NYY 10 Frankie Montas OAK @SEA 11 Lance McCullers Jr.HOU TB 12 Jose Berrios TOR NYY 13 Carlos Rodon CWS CIN 14 Chris Bassitt OAK @SEA, @HOU Will be be on a pitch limit? 15 Joe Ryan MIN DET, @KC 16 Marco Gonzales SEA LAA 17 Gerrit Cole NYY @TOR 18 Lance Lynn CWS DET 19 Logan Gilbert SEA OAK 20 Luis Garcia HOU TB 21 Jameson Taillon NYY @TOR, TB 22 Zack Greinke HOU OAK 23 Jose Urquidy HOU TB 24 John Means BAL @TOR 25 Tyler Anderson SEA LAA 26 Shane McClanahan TB @NYY 27 Zach Plesac CLE @KC 28 Framber Valdez HOU OAK 29 Nathan Eovaldi BOS @BAL 30 Jose Suarez LAA @SEA 31 Drew Rasmussen TB @HOU, @NYY 32 Jake Odorizzi HOU OAK 33 Alex Cobb LAA @TEX 34 Hyun Jin Ryu TOR NYY, BAL 35 Yusei Kikuchi SEA OAK 36 Jordan Montgomery NYY TB 37 Cole Irvin OAK @SEA 38 Nick Pivetta BOS @BAL 39 Dylan Cease CWS DET 40 Tarik Skubal DET @MIN 41 Nestor Cortes NYY TB 42 Carlos Hernandez KC CLE 43 Michael Pineda MIN DET 44 Taylor Hearn TEX LAA 45 Casey Mize DET @MIN 46 Aaron Civale CLE @KC 47 Reynaldo Lopez CWS CIN 48 A.J. Alexy TEX LAA 49 Kris Bubic KC MIN 50 Sam Selman LAA @SEA 51 Brady Singer KC @CLE, MIN 52 Bailey Ober MIN DET 53 Sean Manaea OAK @HOU 54 Corey Kluber NYY @TOR 55 Shane Baz TB @NYY 56 AL Reliever 57 Glenn Otto TEX LAA 58 Steven Matz TOR BAL 59 John Gant MIN @KC 60 Tyler Alexander DET @MIN, @CWS 61 Wily Peralta DET @CWS 62 Daniel Lynch KC CLE 63 Tanner Houck BOS @WAS 64 Eli Morgan CLE @TEX 65 Ryan Yarbrough TB @HOU 66 Matt Manning DET CWS, @CWS 67 Zac Lowther BAL BOS 68 Luis Patino TB @HOU 69 Eduardo Rodriguez BOS @WAS 70 Dane Dunning TEX CLE 71 Paul Blackburn OAK @HOU 72 Spencer Howard TEX CLE 73 Jordan Lyles TEX CLE 74 Janson Junk LAA @TEX 75 Griffin Jax MIN @KC 76 Bruce Zimmermann BAL BOS, @TOR 77 Jon Heasley KC MIN 78 Dallas Keuchel CWS @DET 79 Jackson Kowar KC CLE 80 Packy Naughton LAA @TEX 81 Alexander Wells BAL BOS 82 Chris Ellis BAL @TOR
National League Rank Pitcher TM OPP Comment 1 Zack Wheeler PHI @ATL, @MIA Two more chances to embellish Cy Young resume 2 Walker Buehler LAD SD, MIL Home pair vs. two possible postseason teams, may not make second start or have it cut short 3 Logan Webb SF ARI, SD 4 Marcus Stroman NYM MIA, @ATL 5 Max Scherzer LAD SD 6 Trevor Rogers MIA @NYM, PHI 7 Charlie Morton ATL PHI, NYM 8 Clayton Kershaw LAD MIL 9 Brandon Woodruff MIL @STL 10 Corbin Burnes MIL @LAD 11 Yu Darvish SD @LAD, @SF Homers remain high, 17 HR over last 61 IP 12 Adam Wainwright STL MIL, CHC 13 Joe Musgrove SD @SF 14 Kevin Gausman SF SD 15 Julio Urias LAD MIL 16 Alex Wood SF ARI 17 Max Fried ATL PHI 18 Ranger Suarez PHI @MIA 19 Aaron Nola PHI @ATL 20 Taijuan Walker NYM MIA 21 Rich Hill NYM MIA 22 Freddy Peralta MIL @LAD 23 Sonny Gray CIN @CWS 24 Sandy Alcantara MIA PHI 25 Huascar Ynoa ATL NYM 26 Madison Bumgarner ARI @SF 27 Edward Cabrera MIA @NYM 28 Miles Mikolas STL MIL 29 Anthony DeSclafani SF SD 30 Jack Flaherty STL CHC 31 Luis Castillo CIN @CWS 32 Tylor Megill NYM MIA 33 Tyler Mahle CIN @PIT 34 Zac Gallen ARI COL 35 Tony Gonsolin LAD SD 36 German Marquez COL WAS, @ARI 37 Elieser Hernandez MIA @NYM 38 Jon Gray COL @ARI 39 Eric Lauer MIL @LAD 40 Ian Anderson ATL PHI 41 Adrian Houser MIL @STL 42 Johnny Cueto SF ARI 43 J.A. Happ STL MIL 44 Kyle Hendricks CHC @PIT 45 Antonio Senzatela COL @ARI 46 Carlos Carrasco NYM @ATL 47 Hans Crouse PHI @MIA 48 Miguel Yajure PIT CHC 49 Pierce Johnson SD @SF 50 Drew Smyly ATL NYM 51 Jon Lester STL CHC 52 Luke Weaver ARI @SF 53 Ryan Weathers SD @LAD 54 Kyle Gibson PHI @ATL 55 NL Reliever 56 Merrill Kelly ARI @SF 57 Mitch Keller PIT CHC 58 Keegan Thompson CHC @STL 59 Vladimir Gutierrez CIN @PIT 60 Jesus Luzardo MIA PHI 61 Josiah Gray WAS @COL, BOS 62 Humberto Castellanos ARI COL 63 Alec Mills CHC @PIT 64 Erick Fedde WAS BOS 65 Justin Steele CHC @STL 66 Reiver Sanmartin CIN PIT, @PIT 67 Cody Ponce PIT @CIN 68 Max Kranick PIT CIN 69 Zach Davies CHC @PIT 70 Vince Velasquez SD @LAD 71 Wil Crowe PIT CIN 72 Humberto Mejia ARI COL 73 Paolo Espino WAS @COL 74 Adrian Sampson CHC @STL 75 Trevor Williams NYM @ATL 76 Josh Rogers WAS BOS 77 Kyle Freeland COL WAS 78 Patrick Corbin WAS @COL 79 Braxton Garrett MIA @NYM 80 Dillon Peters PIT CIN 81 Brett Anderson MIL @STL 82 Peter Lambert COL WAS 83 Connor Overton PIT CHC
