Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Two for the Price of One

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Updated on May 20, 2024 1:57AM EST

Finally! The rankings used to always appear this way, with a bunch of solid double dippers at the top, then more generously scattered throughout the rest of the rankings. Extra off days and teams giving their starters an extra day of rest has put the kibosh on the elegance of two-start strategies.

As always, I pull the schedule from the Probable Pitchers page so please direct rotation questions over there. On the other hand, I'm happy to address rankings questions below.

UPDATED: Monday May 20, 1:55 AM ET

Week of May 20 - 26

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Chris Sale	ATL	@PIT, SD	28 K, 1 BB over last 18 IP
2	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	ARI, @CIN
3	Dylan Cease	SD	@ATL, NYY
4	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@WAS, TEX
5	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	ARI
6	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	CWS, @DET
7	Tanner Houck	BOS	@TB, MIL	Not a big strikeout guy, but keeping walks under control
8	Reese Olson	DET	@KC, TOR
9	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	SEA, @SD	Getting better as the season progresses
10	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@STL, @CWS
11	Tarik Skubal	DET	@KC
12	Logan Webb	SF	@PIT, @NYM
13	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@NYY, @WAS
14	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@CWS
15	Garrett Crochet	CWS

As always, I pull the schedule from the Probable Pitchers page so please direct rotation questions over there. On the other hand, I'm happy to address rankings questions below.

UPDATED: Monday May 20, 1:55 AM ET

Week of May 20 - 26

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Chris Sale	ATL	@PIT, SD	28 K, 1 BB over last 18 IP
2	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	ARI, @CIN
3	Dylan Cease	SD	@ATL, NYY
4	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@WAS, TEX
5	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	ARI
6	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	CWS, @DET
7	Tanner Houck	BOS	@TB, MIL	Not a big strikeout guy, but keeping walks under control
8	Reese Olson	DET	@KC, TOR
9	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	SEA, @SD	Getting better as the season progresses
10	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@STL, @CWS
11	Tarik Skubal	DET	@KC
12	Logan Webb	SF	@PIT, @NYM
13	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@NYY, @WAS
14	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@CWS
15	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@TOR, BAL	Back on track after a three-game skid
16	Zack Wheeler	PHI	TEX
17	Sonny Gray	STL	BAL, CHC
18	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	SD, @PIT
19	Joe Ryan	MIN	@WAS
20	Zac Gallen	ARI	MIA
21	Ranger Suarez	PHI	TEX, @COL	Excellent start supported by underlying metrics, but can he keep it up?
22	George Kirby	SEA	@WAS
23	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@STL	Enjoy it while it lasts, there are some signs of regression
24	Seth Lugo	KC	@TB
25	Jon Gray	TEX	@PHI, @MIN
26	Dean Kremer	BAL	@STL, @CWS
27	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@MIA
28	Cole Ragans	KC	DET
29	Jose Berrios	TOR	CWS, @DET
30	Bailey Ober	MIN	TEX
31	Javier Assad	CHC	ATL, @STL	4.00 xFIP indicates pitching with some good luck
32	Framber Valdez	HOU	LAA
33	Max Fried	ATL	@CHC
34	Bryan Woo	SEA	@NYY, @WAS
35	Jared Jones	PIT	SF
36	Luis Gil	NYY	SEA
37	Nestor Cortes	NYY	SEA
38	Justin Verlander	HOU	@OAK
39	John Means	BAL	@STL
40	Aaron Nola	PHI	@COL
41	Brady Singer	KC	@TB	Looks like the real deal; 3.63 xFIP with 9.2 K/9 and 2.8 BB/9
42	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	MIL
43	Taj Bradley	TB	BOS, KC	Looks solid, could be a big boon to Rays rotation
44	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@MIN
45	Zach Eflin	TB	KC
46	Kyle Harrison	SF	@NYM
47	Triston McKenzie	CLE	NYM
48	Erick Fedde	CWS	@TOR, BAL	Would look good on a contending team's roster
49	Austin Gomber	COL	@OAK		0%	0%
50	Paul Skenes	PIT	SF	100 mph with crazy tail, I think he's got a future throwing baseballs
51	Yu Darvish	SD	NYY
52	Kutter Crawford	BOS	MIL
53	Joe Musgrove	SD	@CIN, NYY
54	Luis Castillo	SEA	@NYY
55	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@WAS		31%
56	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@DET
57	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	MIA
58	Cristian Javier	HOU	LAA
59	Michael King	SD	@CIN
60	Walker Buehler	LAD	@CIN
61	Ryan Pepiot	TB	BOS
62	Jordan Hicks	SF	@NYM
63	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	@CWS
64	Chris Bassitt	TOR	CWS
65	Andrew Abbott	CIN	SD, LAD
66	Cal Quantrill	COL	@OAK, PHI		0%	5%
67	Jack Flaherty	DET	TOR
68	Robert Gasser	MIL	@MIA
69	Brayan Bello	BOS	@TB
70	Michael Wacha	KC	DET, @TB
71	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@OAK
72	Sean Manaea	NYM	SF
73	Charlie Morton	ATL	@CHC
74	Marcus Stroman	NYY	SEA, @SD
75	Blake Snell	SF	@PIT
76	Nick Pivetta	BOS	MIL
77	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@LAA
78	Casey Mize	DET	@KC, TOR
79	Sixto Sanchez	MIA	@ARI		0%	2%
80	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@SD
81	Jake Irvin	WAS	MIN		10%
82	Mix 12 Reliever
83	Aaron Civale	TB	KC
84	Joe Ross	MIL	@MIA, @BOS		1%	16%
85	Alek Manoah	TOR	@DET		21%
86	Bryce Miller	SEA	@NYY
87	Ben Lively	CLE	NYM, @LAA		30%
88	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	@MIN		24%
89	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@PHI		35%
90	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@STL
91	Mitch Keller	PIT	ATL
92	Mix 15 Reliever
93	Jose Soriano	LAA	CLE		34%
94	Kenta Maeda	DET	TOR		23%
95	Justin Steele	CHC	ATL
96	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@LAD
97	Braxton Garrett	MIA	@ARI
98	Hunter Greene	CIN	LAD
99	Christian Scott	NYM	SF
100	Zack Littell	TB	BOS
101	Luis Severino	NYM	SF
102	Reid Detmers	LAA	@HOU, CLE
103	Nick Martinez	CIN	SD		1%	4%
104	Gavin Stone	LAD	ARI
105	Griffin Canning	LAA	@HOU		12%
106	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	SEA
107	Ryan Weathers	MIA	MIL, @ARI		13%
108	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@HOU		46%
109	Cooper Criswell	BOS	@TB		16%
110	James Paxton	LAD	@CIN
111	Ryan Feltner	COL	@OAK		2%	14%
112	Bryce Elder	ATL	@PIT		14%
113	Trevor Williams	WAS	SEA		27%
114	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@COL
115	JP Sears	OAK	HOU		38%
116	Tylor Megill	NYM	@CLE		6%
117	Kyle Gibson	STL	BAL		25%
118	Hunter Brown	HOU	LAA
119	Kyle Muller	OAK	COL		0%	0%
120	Mitchell Parker	WAS	MIN, SEA
121	Chris Paddack	MIN	TEX
122	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	CLE		20%
123	Bailey Falter	PIT	ATL		6%	25%
124	Lance Lynn	STL	BAL
125	Frankie Montas	CIN	SD
126	Matt Waldron	SD	@CIN		2%	16%
127	Alec Marsh	KC	DET		31%
128	Taijuan Walker	PHI	TEX		7%
129	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@OAK		4%
130	Adrian Houser	NYM	@CLE		0%	0%
131	Mike Clevinger	CWS	@TOR		0%	16%
132	Logan Allen	CLE	@LAA		0%	0%
133	Miles Mikolas	STL	CHC		5%	33%
134	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	NYM		0%	7%
135	Darius Vines	ATL	@CHC		0%	0%
136	Jose Quintana	NYM	@CLE		13%	16%
137	Colin Rea	MIL	@BOS		18%
138	Mason Black	SF	@PIT		6%
139	Matthew Liberatore	STL	CHC		0%	9%
140	Bryse Wilson	MIL	@BOS		6%	39%
141	Martin Perez	PIT	SF, ATL		22%
142	Aaron Brooks	OAK	COL, HOU		0%	0%
143	Chris Flexen	CWS	BAL		1%	5%
144	Trevor Rogers	MIA	MIL		17%	19%
145	Ross Stripling	OAK	HOU		0%	2%
146	Slade Cecconi	ARI	@LAD, MIA		3%
147	Joey Estes	OAK	COL		0%	14%
148	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	LAD
149	Randy Vasquez	SD	@ATL		3%	35%
150	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	ATL		1%	0%
151	Michael Soroka	CWS	BAL		0%	2%
152	Jose Urena	TEX	@PHI		0%	0%
153	Dakota Hudson	COL	PHI		0%	0%
154	Patrick Corbin	WAS	MIN		0%	4%
155	Ty Blach	COL	PHI		0%	0%
156	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@LAD		4%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@WAS, TEX
2	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	CWS, @DET
3	Tanner Houck	BOS	@TB, MIL	Not a big strikeout guy, but keeping walks under control
4	Reese Olson	DET	@KC, TOR
5	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	SEA, @SD	Getting better as the season progresses
6	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@STL, @CWS
7	Tarik Skubal	DET	@KC
8	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@NYY, @WAS
9	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@CWS
10	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@TOR, BAL	Back on track after a three-game skid
11	Joe Ryan	MIN	@WAS
12	George Kirby	SEA	@WAS
13	Seth Lugo	KC	@TB
14	Jon Gray	TEX	@PHI, @MIN
15	Dean Kremer	BAL	@STL, @CWS
16	Cole Ragans	KC	DET
17	Jose Berrios	TOR	CWS, @DET
18	Bailey Ober	MIN	TEX
19	Framber Valdez	HOU	LAA
20	Bryan Woo	SEA	@NYY, @WAS
21	Luis Gil	NYY	SEA
22	Nestor Cortes	NYY	SEA
23	Justin Verlander	HOU	@OAK
24	John Means	BAL	@STL
25	Brady Singer	KC	@TB	Looks like the real deal; 3.63 xFIP with 9.2 K/9 and 2.8 BB/9
26	Taj Bradley	TB	BOS, KC	Looks solid, could be a big boon to Rays rotation
27	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@MIN
28	Zach Eflin	TB	KC
29	Triston McKenzie	CLE	NYM
30	Erick Fedde	CWS	@TOR, BAL	Would look good on a contending team's roster
31	Kutter Crawford	BOS	MIL
32	Luis Castillo	SEA	@NYY
33	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@WAS
34	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@DET
35	Cristian Javier	HOU	LAA
36	Ryan Pepiot	TB	BOS
37	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	@CWS
38	Chris Bassitt	TOR	CWS
39	Jack Flaherty	DET	TOR
40	Brayan Bello	BOS	@TB
41	Michael Wacha	KC	DET, @TB
42	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@OAK
43	Marcus Stroman	NYY	SEA, @SD
44	Nick Pivetta	BOS	MIL
45	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@LAA
46	Casey Mize	DET	@KC, TOR
47	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@SD
48	Aaron Civale	TB	KC
49	Alek Manoah	TOR	@DET
50	Bryce Miller	SEA	@NYY
51	Ben Lively	CLE	NYM, @LAA
52	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	@MIN
53	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@PHI
54	Jose Soriano	LAA	CLE
55	Kenta Maeda	DET	TOR
56	Zack Littell	TB	BOS
57	Reid Detmers	LAA	@HOU, CLE
58	Griffin Canning	LAA	@HOU
59	AL Reliever
60	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@HOU
61	Cooper Criswell	BOS	@TB
62	JP Sears	OAK	HOU
63	Hunter Brown	HOU	LAA
64	Kyle Muller	OAK	COL
65	Chris Paddack	MIN	TEX
66	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	CLE
67	Alec Marsh	KC	DET
68	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@OAK
69	Mike Clevinger	CWS	@TOR
70	Logan Allen	CLE	@LAA
71	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	NYM
72	Aaron Brooks	OAK	COL, HOU
73	Chris Flexen	CWS	BAL
74	Ross Stripling	OAK	HOU
75	Joey Estes	OAK	COL
76	Michael Soroka	CWS	BAL
77	Jose Urena	TEX	@PHI

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Chris Sale	ATL	@PIT, SD	28 K, 1 BB over last 18 IP
2	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	ARI, @CIN
3	Dylan Cease	SD	@ATL, NYY
4	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	ARI
5	Logan Webb	SF	@PIT, @NYM
6	Zack Wheeler	PHI	TEX
7	Sonny Gray	STL	BAL, CHC
8	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	SD, @PIT
9	Zac Gallen	ARI	MIA
10	Ranger Suarez	PHI	TEX, @COL	Excellent start supported by underlying metrics, but can he keep it up?
11	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@STL	Enjoy it while it lasts, there are some signs of regression
12	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@MIA
13	Javier Assad	CHC	ATL, @STL	4.00 xFIP indicates pitching with some good luck
14	Max Fried	ATL	@CHC
15	Jared Jones	PIT	SF
16	Aaron Nola	PHI	@COL
17	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	MIL
18	Kyle Harrison	SF	@NYM
19	Austin Gomber	COL	@OAK
20	Paul Skenes	PIT	SF	100 mph with crazy tail, I think he's got a future throwing baseballs
21	Yu Darvish	SD	NYY
22	Joe Musgrove	SD	@CIN, NYY
23	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	MIA
24	Michael King	SD	@CIN
25	Walker Buehler	LAD	@CIN
26	Jordan Hicks	SF	@NYM
27	Andrew Abbott	CIN	SD, LAD
28	Cal Quantrill	COL	@OAK, PHI
29	Robert Gasser	MIL	@MIA
30	Sean Manaea	NYM	SF
31	Charlie Morton	ATL	@CHC
32	Blake Snell	SF	@PIT
33	Sixto Sanchez	MIA	@ARI
34	Jake Irvin	WAS	MIN
35	Joe Ross	MIL	@MIA, @BOS
36	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@STL
37	Mitch Keller	PIT	ATL
38	Justin Steele	CHC	ATL
39	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@LAD
40	Braxton Garrett	MIA	@ARI
41	Hunter Greene	CIN	LAD
42	Christian Scott	NYM	SF
43	Luis Severino	NYM	SF
44	Nick Martinez	CIN	SD
45	Gavin Stone	LAD	ARI
46	NL Reliever
47	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	SEA
48	Ryan Weathers	MIA	MIL, @ARI
49	James Paxton	LAD	@CIN
50	Ryan Feltner	COL	@OAK
51	Bryce Elder	ATL	@PIT
52	Trevor Williams	WAS	SEA
53	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@COL
54	Tylor Megill	NYM	@CLE
55	Kyle Gibson	STL	BAL
56	Mitchell Parker	WAS	MIN, SEA
57	Bailey Falter	PIT	ATL
58	Lance Lynn	STL	BAL
59	Frankie Montas	CIN	SD
60	Matt Waldron	SD	@CIN
61	Taijuan Walker	PHI	TEX
62	Adrian Houser	NYM	@CLE
63	Miles Mikolas	STL	CHC
64	Darius Vines	ATL	@CHC
65	Jose Quintana	NYM	@CLE
66	Colin Rea	MIL	@BOS
67	Mason Black	SF	@PIT
68	Matthew Liberatore	STL	CHC
69	Bryse Wilson	MIL	@BOS
70	Martin Perez	PIT	SF, ATL
71	Trevor Rogers	MIA	MIL
72	Slade Cecconi	ARI	@LAD, MIA
73	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	LAD
74	Randy Vasquez	SD	@ATL
75	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	ATL
76	Dakota Hudson	COL	PHI
77	Patrick Corbin	WAS	MIN
78	Ty Blach	COL	PHI
79	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@LAD