Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

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Todd Zola

Updated on June 16, 2025 12:51AM EST

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A piece published in The Athletic last week showed fly balls aren't traveling as far as usual. Here's some specific Statcast data:

Year	AEV (mph)	HardHit%	BABIP	Ave Distance
2021	92.3	44.9%	0.125	319.1
2022	91.9	43.2%	0.125	315.7
2023	92.2	44.3%	0.118	317.4
2024	92.1	43.7%	0.117	315.6
2025	92.7	45.8%	0.114	314.9

Batters are hitting fly balls harder than the past several seasons, but they aren't getting the same carry. This could be due to the colder-than-usual conditions, yet there's also evidence the seams are wider and that could influence drag (i.e. wind resistance).

Home runs are predictably down. The main takeaway for fantasy purposes is until carry picks up, don't be as fearful streaming in homer-friendly ballparks or worry about high fly ball rates.

This is the time I usually request that rotation questions be addressed to the Probable Pitchers discussion, but it's no longer available so I'll accept rotation queries. And if I don't know the answer, I'll hit up the crew setting them for their input. I'll always know the answer to ranking questions, so please continue to drop those below.

UPDATED: Monday June 16, 12:50 AM ET

Week of June 16 - 22

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	PIT
2	Paul Skenes	PIT	@DET
3	Framber Valdez	HOU	@ATH
4	Andrew Abbott	CIN	MIN, @STL	A little over his skis, but breakthrough is for real
5	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	NYM, @MIA
6	Garrett Crochet

A piece published in The Athletic last week showed fly balls aren't traveling as far as usual. Here's some specific Statcast data:

Year	AEV (mph)	HardHit%	BABIP	Ave Distance
2021	92.3	44.9%	0.125	319.1
2022	91.9	43.2%	0.125	315.7
2023	92.2	44.3%	0.118	317.4
2024	92.1	43.7%	0.117	315.6
2025	92.7	45.8%	0.114	314.9

Home runs are predictably down. The main takeaway for fantasy purposes is until carry picks up, don't be as fearful streaming in homer-friendly ballparks or worry about high fly ball rates.

UPDATED: Monday June 16, 12:50 AM ET

Week of June 16 - 22

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	PIT
2	Paul Skenes	PIT	@DET
3	Framber Valdez	HOU	@ATH
4	Andrew Abbott	CIN	MIN, @STL	A little over his skis, but breakthrough is for real
5	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	NYM, @MIA
6	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@SEA
7	Max Fried	NYY	BAL
8	Dylan Cease	SD	@LAD, KC
9	Zack Wheeler	PHI	NYM
10	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	LAA, BAL	Deserves to be on the All-Star team
11	Ben Brown	CHC	MIL, SEA	Changeup usage up to between 8-10 percent
12	Ryan Pepiot	TB	BAL, DET
13	Jacob deGrom	TEX	KC
14	Kris Bubic	KC	@TEX	Walks edging up
15	Chris Sale	ATL	NYM
16	Logan Gilbert	SEA	BOS, @CHC
17	Joe Ryan	MIN	MIL
18	Shane Smith	CWS	STL, @TOR	Most Rule 5 pitchers spend the season in mop-up, not challenging for ROY
19	Seth Lugo	KC	@TEX, @SD
20	Robbie Ray	SF	CLE, BOS	We're getting the Dr. Jekyll version
21	Drew Rasmussen	TB	BAL
22	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@PIT
23	Matthew Boyd	CHC	SEA
24	Hunter Brown	HOU	@LAA
25	Zach Eflin	BAL	@TB, @NYY
26	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@MIA
27	David Peterson	NYM	@ATL, @PHI	Solid ranking considering tough road pair
28	Bailey Ober	MIN	@CIN	This is about the time he went on his stellar run last season
29	Carlos Rodon	NYY	LAA
30	Chris Bassitt	TOR	ARI, CWS
31	Logan Webb	SF	BOS
32	Spencer Strider	ATL	NYM
33	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@MIA
34	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@COL
35	Chris Paddack	MIN	@CIN	I admit, I was wr… I was wro… I was wrong
36	Kevin Gausman	TOR	ARI
37	Nick Pivetta	SD	KC	Still solid, but has returned to earth
38	Lance McCullers	HOU	@ATH, @LAA
39	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@MIA, NYM	Great call by 56 percent of managers starting him in NFBC last week
40	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@TB
41	Zac Gallen	ARI	@COL
42	Andre Pallante	STL	CIN
43	Jack Flaherty	DET	@TB
44	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@ATH
45	Nick Lodolo	CIN	MIN
46	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@TOR
47	David Festa	MIN	@CIN, MIL	Enough hype, let's see some results
48	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SD	Padres roughed him up a bit last week
49	Bryan Woo	SEA	BOS
50	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	PHI, ATL	Great test to learn if recent uptick was from facing PIT and COL
51	Miles Mikolas	STL	CIN
52	Sonny Gray	STL	@CWS
53	Casey Mize	DET	PIT, @TB	Nice pair to snap out of funk
54	Jose Soriano	LAA	@NYY, HOU
55	Noah Cameron	KC	@SD
56	Davis Martin	CWS	@TOR
57	Michael Wacha	KC	@TEX
58	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	WAS
59	Jameson Taillon	CHC	MIL
60	Jack Leiter	TEX	KC, @PIT
61	Hayden Birdsong	SF	CLE
62	Gavin Williams	CLE	@SF
63	Shawn Armstrong	TEX	@PIT
64	Mitch Keller	PIT	TEX
65	Grant Holmes	ATL	@MIA
66	Shane Baz	TB	DET
67	Zack Littell	TB	BAL, DET
68	Landen Roupp	SF	BOS
69	Dustin May	LAD	WAS
70	Walker Buehler	BOS	@SEA
71	Jose Berrios	TOR	CWS
72	Aaron Civale	CWS	@TOR	New team, same mediocrity
73	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@TOR, @COL
74	Taj Bradley	TB	BAL
75	Edward Cabrera	MIA	PHI
76	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@SEA, @SF
77	Erick Fedde	STL	@CWS
78	Luis Castillo	SEA	BOS
79	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@TOR
80	Cade Horton	CHC	MIL
81	Ben Casparius	LAD	SD, WAS
82	Luis Severino	ATH	HOU
83	Dean Kremer	BAL	@TB
84	Michael Soroka	WAS	COL, @LAD
85	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	SD
86	Brayan Bello	BOS	@SF
87	Patrick Corbin	TEX	KC
88	Ryan Yarbrough	NYY	LAA
89	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@CHC
90	Tylor Megill	NYM	@PHI
91	Colin Rea	CHC	SEA
92	Clay Holmes	NYM	@ATL
93	Bailey Falter	PIT	@DET, TEX
94	Hunter Dobbins	BOS	@SF
95	Mitchell Parker	WAS	COL
96	Mix 12 Reliever
97	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	MIL
98	Mitch Spence	ATH	HOU
99	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@LAD
100	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	CLE
101	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@SD
102	George Kirby	SEA	@CHC
103	Trevor Williams	WAS	COL
104	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CWS, CIN
105	Bowden Francis	TOR	CWS
106	Nick Martinez	CIN	MIN
107	Griffin Canning	NYM	@PHI
108	Mix 15 Reliever
109	Chad Patrick	MIL	@CHC, @MIN
110	Brady Singer	CIN	@STL
111	Jake Irvin	WAS	COL, @LAD
112	Colton Gordon	HOU	@ATH
113	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	@ATH
114	Charlie Morton	BAL	@TB
115	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	HOU
116	Keider Montero	DET	PIT
117	Quinn Priester	MIL	@MIN
118	Will Warren	NYY	LAA, BAL
119	Jose Quintana	MIL	@MIN
120	Sean Burke	CWS	STL
121	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET	@TB
122	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	@NYY
123	Mick Abel	PHI	@MIA, NYM
124	Logan Allen	CLE	@SF
125	Wade Miley	CIN	@STL
126	Eury Perez	MIA	ATL
127	Brandon Walter	HOU	@LAA
128	JP Sears	ATH	HOU, CLE
129	Ryan Gusto	HOU	@ATH
130	Slade Cecconi	CLE	@SF, @ATH
131	Justin Verlander	SF	CLE
132	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	@CHC
133	J.T. Ginn	ATH	HOU, CLE
134	Bryce Elder	ATL	@MIA
135	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@NYY, HOU
136	Adrian Houser	CWS	STL
137	Cade Povich	BAL	@NYY
138	Mike Burrows	PIT	TEX
139	German Marquez	COL	@WAS
140	Chase Dollander	COL	@WAS
141	Carson Palmquist	COL	@WAS, ARI
142	Stephen Kolek	SD	@LAD
143	Janson Junk	MIA	ATL
144	Eric Lauer	TOR	ARI
145	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@CHC
146	Cal Quantrill	MIA	PHI
147	Randy Vasquez	SD	@LAD, KC
148	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@DET
149	Paul Blackburn	NYM	@ATL
150	Ryan Bergert	SD	@LAD
151	Matt Sauer	LAD	SD
152	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@NYY
153	Austin Gomber	COL	ARI
154	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@NYY
155	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@WAS, ARI
156	Freddy Tarnok	MIA	PHI

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	PIT
2	Framber Valdez	HOU	@ATH
3	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@SEA
4	Max Fried	NYY	BAL
5	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	LAA, BAL	Deserves to be on the All-Star team
6	Ryan Pepiot	TB	BAL, DET
7	Jacob deGrom	TEX	KC
8	Kris Bubic	KC	@TEX	Walks edging up
9	Logan Gilbert	SEA	BOS, @CHC
10	Joe Ryan	MIN	MIL
11	Shane Smith	CWS	STL, @TOR	Most Rule 5 pitchers spend the season in mop-up, not challenging for ROY
12	Seth Lugo	KC	@TEX, @SD
13	Drew Rasmussen	TB	BAL
14	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@PIT
15	Hunter Brown	HOU	@LAA
16	Zach Eflin	BAL	@TB, @NYY
17	Bailey Ober	MIN	@CIN	This is about the time he went on his stellar run last season
18	Carlos Rodon	NYY	LAA
19	Chris Bassitt	TOR	ARI, CWS
20	Chris Paddack	MIN	@CIN	I admit, I was wr… I was wro… I was wrong
21	Kevin Gausman	TOR	ARI
22	Lance McCullers	HOU	@ATH, @LAA
23	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@TB
24	Jack Flaherty	DET	@TB
25	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@ATH
26	David Festa	MIN	@CIN, MIL	Enough hype, let's see some results
27	Bryan Woo	SEA	BOS
28	Casey Mize	DET	PIT, @TB	Nice pair to snap out of funk
29	Jose Soriano	LAA	@NYY, HOU
30	Noah Cameron	KC	@SD
31	Davis Martin	CWS	@TOR
32	Michael Wacha	KC	@TEX
33	Jack Leiter	TEX	KC, @PIT
34	Gavin Williams	CLE	@SF
35	Shawn Armstrong	TEX	@PIT
36	Shane Baz	TB	DET
37	Zack Littell	TB	BAL, DET
38	Walker Buehler	BOS	@SEA
39	Jose Berrios	TOR	CWS
40	Aaron Civale	CWS	@TOR	New team, same mediocrity
41	Taj Bradley	TB	BAL
42	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@SEA, @SF
43	Luis Castillo	SEA	BOS
44	Luis Severino	ATH	HOU
45	Dean Kremer	BAL	@TB
46	Brayan Bello	BOS	@SF
47	Patrick Corbin	TEX	KC
48	Ryan Yarbrough	NYY	LAA
49	Hunter Dobbins	BOS	@SF
50	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	MIL
51	Mitch Spence	ATH	HOU
52	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	CLE
53	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@SD
54	George Kirby	SEA	@CHC
55	Bowden Francis	TOR	CWS
56	Colton Gordon	HOU	@ATH
57	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	@ATH
58	Charlie Morton	BAL	@TB
59	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	HOU
60	Keider Montero	DET	PIT
61	Will Warren	NYY	LAA, BAL
62	Sean Burke	CWS	STL
63	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET	@TB
64	AL Reliever
65	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	@NYY
66	Logan Allen	CLE	@SF
67	Brandon Walter	HOU	@LAA
68	JP Sears	ATH	HOU, CLE
69	Ryan Gusto	HOU	@ATH
70	Slade Cecconi	CLE	@SF, @ATH
71	J.T. Ginn	ATH	HOU, CLE
72	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@NYY, HOU
73	Adrian Houser	CWS	STL
74	Cade Povich	BAL	@NYY
75	Eric Lauer	TOR	ARI
76	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@CHC
77	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@NYY
78	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@NYY

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Paul Skenes	PIT	@DET
2	Andrew Abbott	CIN	MIN, @STL	A little over his skis, but breakthrough is for real
3	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	NYM, @MIA
4	Dylan Cease	SD	@LAD, KC
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	NYM
6	Ben Brown	CHC	MIL, SEA	Changeup usage up to between 8-10 percent
7	Chris Sale	ATL	NYM
8	Robbie Ray	SF	CLE, BOS	We're getting the Dr. Jekyll version
9	Matthew Boyd	CHC	SEA
10	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@MIA
11	David Peterson	NYM	@ATL, @PHI	Solid ranking considering tough road pair
12	Logan Webb	SF	BOS
13	Spencer Strider	ATL	NYM
14	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@MIA
15	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@COL
16	Nick Pivetta	SD	KC	Still solid, but has returned to earth
17	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@MIA, NYM	Great call by 56 percent of managers starting him in NFBC last week
18	Zac Gallen	ARI	@COL
19	Andre Pallante	STL	CIN
20	Nick Lodolo	CIN	MIN
21	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@TOR
22	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SD	Padres roughed him up a bit last week
23	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	PHI, ATL	Great test to learn if recent uptick was from facing PIT and COL
24	Miles Mikolas	STL	CIN
25	Sonny Gray	STL	@CWS
26	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	WAS
27	Jameson Taillon	CHC	MIL
28	Hayden Birdsong	SF	CLE
29	Mitch Keller	PIT	TEX
30	Grant Holmes	ATL	@MIA
31	Landen Roupp	SF	BOS
32	Dustin May	LAD	WAS
33	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@TOR, @COL
34	Edward Cabrera	MIA	PHI
35	Erick Fedde	STL	@CWS
36	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@TOR
37	Cade Horton	CHC	MIL
38	Ben Casparius	LAD	SD, WAS
39	Michael Soroka	WAS	COL, @LAD
40	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	SD
41	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@CHC
42	Tylor Megill	NYM	@PHI
43	Colin Rea	CHC	SEA
44	Clay Holmes	NYM	@ATL
45	Bailey Falter	PIT	@DET, TEX
46	Mitchell Parker	WAS	COL
47	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@LAD
48	Trevor Williams	WAS	COL
49	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CWS, CIN
50	Nick Martinez	CIN	MIN
51	Griffin Canning	NYM	@PHI
52	Chad Patrick	MIL	@CHC, @MIN
53	Brady Singer	CIN	@STL
54	Jake Irvin	WAS	COL, @LAD
55	Quinn Priester	MIL	@MIN
56	Jose Quintana	MIL	@MIN
57	NL Reliever
58	Mick Abel	PHI	@MIA, NYM
59	Wade Miley	CIN	@STL
60	Eury Perez	MIA	ATL
61	Justin Verlander	SF	CLE
62	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	@CHC
63	Bryce Elder	ATL	@MIA
64	Mike Burrows	PIT	TEX
65	German Marquez	COL	@WAS
66	Chase Dollander	COL	@WAS
67	Carson Palmquist	COL	@WAS, ARI
68	Stephen Kolek	SD	@LAD
69	Janson Junk	MIA	ATL
70	Cal Quantrill	MIA	PHI
71	Randy Vasquez	SD	@LAD, KC
72	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@DET
73	Paul Blackburn	NYM	@ATL
74	Ryan Bergert	SD	@LAD
75	Matt Sauer	LAD	SD
76	Austin Gomber	COL	ARI
77	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@WAS, ARI
78	Freddy Tarnok	MIA	PHI