Weekly Pitcher Rankings: The Dog Days Are Upon Us

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Updated on August 5, 2024 1:59AM EST

Welcome to the dog days of August. This is the time of the season when elevated temperatures and mounting innings tend to wear on some pitchers. As shown in a recent Z Files, temperatures and scoring are up. It's time to be extra careful when setting your weekly pitchers. Ratio categories are still in play; it's a mistake to assume you can't move up or down in ERA and WHIP.

As always, the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions over there. I'll be happy to handle rankings queries below.

UPDATED: Monday August 5, 2:00 AM ET

Week of August 5 - 11

Mixed League

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	PHI, PIT	Pitched on four days rest just once. Gets five days for this two-step.
2	Michael King	SD	@PIT, @MIA	Showing no signs of being affected by a full season workload
3	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	@TOR, @TB
4	Luis Castillo	SEA	DET, NYM
5	Logan Webb	SF	@WAS, DET
6	Chris Sale	ATL	MIL, @COL
7	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CLE, PHI	11 BB over last 20.2 IP
8	Luis Gil	NYY	LAA, TEX	Sharper skills fending off regression
9	Dylan Cease	SD	@PIT
10	Tarik Skubal	DET	@SEA
11	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@TB
12	Blake Snell	SF

As always, the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions over there. I'll be happy to handle rankings queries below.

UPDATED: Monday August 5, 2:00 AM ET

Week of August 5 - 11

Mixed League

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	PHI, PIT	Pitched on four days rest just once. Gets five days for this two-step.
2	Michael King	SD	@PIT, @MIA	Showing no signs of being affected by a full season workload
3	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	@TOR, @TB
4	Luis Castillo	SEA	DET, NYM
5	Logan Webb	SF	@WAS, DET
6	Chris Sale	ATL	MIL, @COL
7	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CLE, PHI	11 BB over last 20.2 IP
8	Luis Gil	NYY	LAA, TEX	Sharper skills fending off regression
9	Dylan Cease	SD	@PIT
10	Tarik Skubal	DET	@SEA
11	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@TB
12	Blake Snell	SF	@WAS	Still hasn't allowed a hit while pitching in the 9th inning
13	Hunter Greene	CIN	@MIA
14	Sean Manaea	NYM	@STL, @SEA	Quietly pitching well
15	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ARI
16	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@WAS, DET	20 K over last 11 IP	0%	0%
17	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@MIA, @MIL	Nice pair to get out of his rut
18	Joe Ryan	MIN	@CHC
19	Jack Flaherty	LAD	PIT
20	Bailey Ober	MIN	CLE
21	Sonny Gray	STL	TB
22	Justin Steele	CHC	@CWS
23	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@CHC
24	George Kirby	SEA	DET
25	Bryan Woo	SEA	DET
26	Gerrit Cole	NYY	TEX
27	Logan Gilbert	SEA	NYM
28	Zach Eflin	BAL	@TB
29	Kyle Harrison	SF	@WAS
30	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@ATL
31	Cole Ragans	KC	BOS
32	Aaron Nola	PHI	@LAD, @ARI
33	Seth Lugo	KC	BOS	Still keeping the ball in the yard
34	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TEX
35	Nick Martinez	CIN	@MIA, @MIL		1%	0%
36	Max Fried	ATL	@COL
37	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@STL, BAL		0%	0%
38	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@MIA
39	JP Sears	OAK	CWS, @TOR		26%
40	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@MIN
41	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@CLE
42	Bryce Miller	SEA	NYM
43	Garrett Crochet	CWS	CHC
44	Jose Quintana	NYM	@SEA
45	Taj Bradley	TB	@STL
46	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	@COL
47	Paul Skenes	PIT	@LAD
48	Robbie Ray	SF	DET
49	Aaron Civale	MIL	CIN
50	Erick Fedde	STL	TB
51	Mitch Keller	PIT	@LAD
52	Louie Varland	MIN	CLE	Tough pair to get back on track	2%	0%
53	Matt Waldron	SD	@MIA
54	Jose Soriano	LAA	@WAS
55	Nick Pivetta	BOS	HOU
56	Carlos Rodon	NYY	TEX
57	Valente Bellozo	MIA	CIN	Worth tracking down the stretch	0%	0%
58	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@LAD, @ARI
59	Andrew Heaney	TEX	HOU, @NYY
60	Brady Singer	KC	BOS
61	Kyle Gibson	STL	TB
62	Kevin Gausman	TOR	BAL
63	Nestor Cortes	NYY	LAA
64	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@CLE, PHI		14%
65	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	CLE
66	Colin Rea	MIL	@ATL, CIN	3.23 xFIP says trust his 3.59 ERA (but I can't)
67	Jake Irvin	WAS	SF
68	Kenta Maeda	DET	@SEA		7%	0%
69	Chris Bassitt	TOR	BAL, OAK
70	Ben Lively	CLE	ARI
71	Shane Baz	TB	@STL
72	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@CWS
73	Shota Imanaga	CHC	MIN
74	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	@TEX
75	Martin Perez	SD	@MIA		6%	0%
76	Jose Berrios	TOR	OAK
77	Gavin Williams	CLE	@MIN
78	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	MIL
79	David Festa	MIN	@CHC, CLE	Solid 21 K in 19 IP with only 4 BB, but has allowed 6 HR	0%	0%
80	River Ryan	LAD	PIT		0%	0%
81	Mix 12 Reliever
82	Michael Wacha	KC	STL
83	Tyler Mahle	TEX	HOU	Not the ideal welcoming committee	0%	0%
84	Tanner Houck	BOS	HOU
85	Max Meyer	MIA	CIN, SD
86	Hunter Brown	HOU	@TEX, @BOS
87	Tobias Myers	MIL	CIN
88	Ryan Pepiot	TB	BAL
89	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@NYY
90	Mix 15 Reliever
91	Charlie Morton	ATL	MIL
92	Dean Kremer	BAL	@TOR
93	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	SF, LAA
94	Luis Severino	NYM	@COL, @SEA
95	Ross Stripling	OAK	CWS		0%	0%
96	Edward Cabrera	MIA	SD		35%
97	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@MIN		0%	0%
98	Griffin Canning	LAA	@WAS		12%
99	Marcus Stroman	NYY	LAA
100	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@KC
101	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	OAK
102	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@TOR		10%
103	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	PHI
104	Mitchell Parker	WAS	LAA
105	DJ Herz	WAS	SF		22%
106	David Peterson	NYM	@COL
107	Cody Bradford	TEX	@NYY		6%	0%
108	Kyle Tyler	MIA	CIN		0%	0%
109	Joey Estes	OAK	CWS		3%	0%
110	Mitch Spence	OAK	@TOR		0%	0%
111	Alex Cobb	CLE	@MIN		8%
112	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@NYY
113	Brayan Bello	BOS	@KC
114	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@OAK		3%	0%
115	James Paxton	BOS	@KC, HOU
116	Andre Pallante	STL	NYM, @KC		24%
117	Logan Allen	CLE	ARI		19%	0%
118	Zack Littell	TB	BAL
119	Randy Vasquez	SD	@PIT		3%	0%
120	Davis Martin	CWS	@OAK		0%	0%
121	Keider Montero	DET	@SEA, @SF		0%	0%
122	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	PHI
123	Javier Assad	CHC	MIN		50%
124	Kyle Freeland	COL	NYM, ATL		1%	0%
125	Brant Hurter	DET	@SF		0%	0%
126	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@BOS
127	Ryne Nelson	ARI	PHI		28%
128	Michael Lorenzen	KC	STL
129	Bailey Falter	PIT	SD, @LAD		3%	0%
130	Bowden Francis	TOR	BAL		0%	0%
131	Miles Mikolas	STL	@KC		26%
132	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@BOS		46%
133	Frankie Montas	MIL	@ATL		38%
134	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	MIN		0%	0%
135	Ky Bush	CWS	@OAK		0%	0%
136	Roddery Munoz	MIA	CIN, SD		0%	0%
137	Tanner Gordon	COL	ATL		0%	0%
138	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	@TOR		0%	0%
139	Gavin Stone	LAD	PHI
140	Carson Fulmer	LAA	@NYY		0%	0%
141	Ryan Feltner	COL	NYM		2%	0%
142	Tyler Phillips	PHI	@LAD		0%	0%
143	Patrick Corbin	WAS	SF, LAA		0%	0%
144	Bryan Sammons	DET	@SF		0%	0%
145	Luis Ortiz	PIT	SD
146	Austin Gomber	COL	NYM		1%	0%
147	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	ARI		1%	0%
148	Davis Daniel	LAA	@NYY, @WAS		0%	0%
149	Cal Quantrill	COL	ATL		8%
150	Carson Spiers	CIN	@MIL		19%
151	Paul Blackburn	NYM	@COL		3%	0%
152	Kolby Allard	PHI	@ARI		0%	0%
153	Chris Flexen	CWS	CHC		0%	0%
154	Jose Urena	TEX	HOU		0%	0%
155	Marco Gonzales	PIT	SD		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	@TOR, @TB
2	Luis Castillo	SEA	DET, NYM
3	Luis Gil	NYY	LAA, TEX	Sharper skills fending off regression
4	Tarik Skubal	DET	@SEA
5	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@TB
6	Joe Ryan	MIN	@CHC
7	Bailey Ober	MIN	CLE
8	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@CHC
9	George Kirby	SEA	DET
10	Bryan Woo	SEA	DET
11	Gerrit Cole	NYY	TEX
12	Logan Gilbert	SEA	NYM
13	Zach Eflin	BAL	@TB
14	Cole Ragans	KC	BOS
15	Seth Lugo	KC	BOS	Still keeping the ball in the yard
16	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TEX
17	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@STL, BAL
18	JP Sears	OAK	CWS, @TOR
19	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@MIN
20	Bryce Miller	SEA	NYM
21	Garrett Crochet	CWS	CHC
22	Taj Bradley	TB	@STL
23	Louie Varland	MIN	CLE	Tough pair to get back on track
24	Jose Soriano	LAA	@WAS
25	Nick Pivetta	BOS	HOU
26	Carlos Rodon	NYY	TEX
27	Andrew Heaney	TEX	HOU, @NYY
28	Brady Singer	KC	BOS
29	Kevin Gausman	TOR	BAL
30	Nestor Cortes	NYY	LAA
31	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	CLE
32	Kenta Maeda	DET	@SEA
33	Chris Bassitt	TOR	BAL, OAK
34	Ben Lively	CLE	ARI
35	Shane Baz	TB	@STL
36	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	@TEX
37	Jose Berrios	TOR	OAK
38	Gavin Williams	CLE	@MIN
39	David Festa	MIN	@CHC, CLE	Solid 21 K in 19 IP with only 4 BB, but has allowed 6 HR
40	Michael Wacha	KC	STL
41	Tyler Mahle	TEX	HOU	Not the ideal welcoming committee
42	Tanner Houck	BOS	HOU
43	Hunter Brown	HOU	@TEX, @BOS
44	Ryan Pepiot	TB	BAL
45	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@NYY
46	Dean Kremer	BAL	@TOR
47	Ross Stripling	OAK	CWS
48	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@MIN
49	Griffin Canning	LAA	@WAS
50	Marcus Stroman	NYY	LAA
51	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@KC
52	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	OAK
53	AL Reliever
54	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@TOR
55	Cody Bradford	TEX	@NYY
56	Joey Estes	OAK	CWS
57	Mitch Spence	OAK	@TOR
58	Alex Cobb	CLE	@MIN
59	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@NYY
60	Brayan Bello	BOS	@KC
61	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@OAK
62	James Paxton	BOS	@KC, HOU
63	Logan Allen	CLE	ARI
64	Zack Littell	TB	BAL
65	Davis Martin	CWS	@OAK
66	Keider Montero	DET	@SEA, @SF
67	Brant Hurter	DET	@SF
68	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@BOS
69	Michael Lorenzen	KC	STL
70	Bowden Francis	TOR	BAL
71	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@BOS
72	Ky Bush	CWS	@OAK
73	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	@TOR
74	Carson Fulmer	LAA	@NYY
75	Bryan Sammons	DET	@SF
76	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	ARI
77	Davis Daniel	LAA	@NYY, @WAS
78	Chris Flexen	CWS	CHC
79	Jose Urena	TEX	HOU

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	PHI, PIT	Pitched on four days rest just once. Gets five days for this two-step.
2	Michael King	SD	@PIT, @MIA	Showing no signs of being affected by a full season workload
3	Logan Webb	SF	@WAS, DET
4	Chris Sale	ATL	MIL, @COL
5	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CLE, PHI	11 BB over last 20.2 IP
6	Dylan Cease	SD	@PIT
7	Blake Snell	SF	@WAS	Still hasn't allowed a hit while pitching in the 9th inning
8	Hunter Greene	CIN	@MIA
9	Sean Manaea	NYM	@STL, @SEA	Quietly pitching well
10	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ARI
11	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@WAS, DET	20 K over last 11 IP
12	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@MIA, @MIL	Nice pair to get out of his rut
13	Jack Flaherty	LAD	PIT
14	Sonny Gray	STL	TB
15	Justin Steele	CHC	@CWS
16	Kyle Harrison	SF	@WAS
17	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@ATL
18	Aaron Nola	PHI	@LAD, @ARI
19	Nick Martinez	CIN	@MIA, @MIL
20	Max Fried	ATL	@COL
21	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@MIA
22	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@CLE
23	Jose Quintana	NYM	@SEA
24	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	@COL
25	Paul Skenes	PIT	@LAD
26	Robbie Ray	SF	DET
27	Aaron Civale	MIL	CIN
28	Erick Fedde	STL	TB
29	Mitch Keller	PIT	@LAD
30	Matt Waldron	SD	@MIA
31	Valente Bellozo	MIA	CIN	Worth tracking down the stretch
32	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@LAD, @ARI
33	Kyle Gibson	STL	TB
34	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@CLE, PHI
35	Colin Rea	MIL	@ATL, CIN	3.23 xFIP says trust his 3.59 ERA (but I can't)
36	Jake Irvin	WAS	SF
37	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@CWS
38	Shota Imanaga	CHC	MIN
39	Martin Perez	SD	@MIA
40	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	MIL
41	River Ryan	LAD	PIT
42	Max Meyer	MIA	CIN, SD
43	Tobias Myers	MIL	CIN
44	Charlie Morton	ATL	MIL
45	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	SF, LAA
46	Luis Severino	NYM	@COL, @SEA
47	Edward Cabrera	MIA	SD
48	NL Reliever
49	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	PHI
50	Mitchell Parker	WAS	LAA
51	DJ Herz	WAS	SF
52	David Peterson	NYM	@COL
53	Kyle Tyler	MIA	CIN
54	Andre Pallante	STL	NYM, @KC
55	Randy Vasquez	SD	@PIT
56	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	PHI
57	Javier Assad	CHC	MIN
58	Kyle Freeland	COL	NYM, ATL
59	Ryne Nelson	ARI	PHI
60	Bailey Falter	PIT	SD, @LAD
61	Miles Mikolas	STL	@KC
62	Frankie Montas	MIL	@ATL
63	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	MIN
64	Roddery Munoz	MIA	CIN, SD
65	Tanner Gordon	COL	ATL
66	Gavin Stone	LAD	PHI
67	Ryan Feltner	COL	NYM
68	Tyler Phillips	PHI	@LAD
69	Patrick Corbin	WAS	SF, LAA
70	Luis Ortiz	PIT	SD
71	Austin Gomber	COL	NYM
72	Cal Quantrill	COL	ATL
73	Carson Spiers	CIN	@MIL
74	Paul Blackburn	NYM	@COL
75	Kolby Allard	PHI	@ARI
76	Marco Gonzales	PIT	SD