This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
Earlier this week, I posted a Z-Files showing scoring through June 17 was still down, relative to other seasons. However, I expressed curiosity of how the impending heat wave may influence homers, hence runs. Small sample size warnings apply; here is the data:
HR% | Runs per Game | BABIP | |
---|---|---|---|
June 1 - 17 | 3.00% | 4.46 | 0.292 |
June 18 - 21 | 3.40% | 4.58 | 0.293 |
Four days clearly isn't enough to show cause and effect, but the increase in home runs is worth monitoring. It hasn't had a huge effect on scoring yet. Let's see what happens for the rest of the month.
You know the drill. The schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions over there. I'm always willing to discuss rankings below.
UPDATED: Monday June 24, 1:10 AM ET
Week of June 24 - 30
Mixed League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cole Ragans | KC | MIA, CLE | |||
2 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @ARI, @SEA | |||
3 | Tarik Skubal | DET | PHI, @LAA | |||
4 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @DET, MIA | No sign of slowing down, great pair to stay on a roll | ||
5 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @NYM, @TOR | |||
6 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @DET, MIA | |||
7 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | LAD, COL | 31 K over last 19 IP | ||
8 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @SF | |||
9 | Justin Steele | CHC | @SF, @MIL | |||
10 | Zack Wheeler | PHI |
Earlier this week, I posted a Z-Files showing scoring through June 17 was still down, relative to other seasons. However, I expressed curiosity of how the impending heat wave may influence homers, hence runs. Small sample size warnings apply; here is the data:
HR% | Runs per Game | BABIP | |
---|---|---|---|
June 1 - 17 | 3.00% | 4.46 | 0.292 |
June 18 - 21 | 3.40% | 4.58 | 0.293 |
Four days clearly isn't enough to show cause and effect, but the increase in home runs is worth monitoring. It hasn't had a huge effect on scoring yet. Let's see what happens for the rest of the month.
You know the drill. The schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions over there. I'm always willing to discuss rankings below.
UPDATED: Monday June 24, 1:10 AM ET
Week of June 24 - 30
Mixed League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cole Ragans | KC | MIA, CLE | |||
2 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @ARI, @SEA | |||
3 | Tarik Skubal | DET | PHI, @LAA | |||
4 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @DET, MIA | No sign of slowing down, great pair to stay on a roll | ||
5 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @NYM, @TOR | |||
6 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @DET, MIA | |||
7 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | LAD, COL | 31 K over last 19 IP | ||
8 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @SF | |||
9 | Justin Steele | CHC | @SF, @MIL | |||
10 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | MIA | |||
11 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | @STL, PIT | |||
12 | Hunter Greene | CIN | PIT, @STL | Still inconsistent with control, but overall improving | ||
13 | Chris Sale | ATL | @STL | |||
14 | Sonny Gray | STL | CIN | |||
15 | Seth Lugo | KC | MIA, CLE | Should maintain success if he continues to limit walks | ||
16 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | TEX, CHC | In a rut, 7 BB and 3 HR allowed over last 13.2 IP | ||
17 | Zac Gallen | ARI | OAK | |||
18 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | MIN | |||
19 | Max Fried | ATL | PIT | |||
20 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @BAL, @KC | Recent ERA unluck; rounding into form | ||
21 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | TEX | |||
22 | George Kirby | SEA | @TB | |||
23 | Taj Bradley | TB | SEA, WAS | 5 HR over last 15.1 IP, but not a long term concern | ||
24 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @TB, MIN | Tentative, experiencing arm issues | ||
25 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @SEA | |||
26 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @SEA | |||
27 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | MIA | |||
28 | Tanner Houck | BOS | TOR, SD | Surprised he didn't land higher | ||
29 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | OAK, DET | |||
30 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @STL | |||
31 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @TB | |||
32 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | CLE | |||
33 | Dylan Cease | SD | WAS | |||
34 | Hunter Brown | HOU | COL, @NYM | Showing what Bron can do for you | ||
35 | Bobby Miller | LAD | @CWS, @SF | |||
36 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @TOR | |||
37 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @NYM | |||
38 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @NYM | |||
39 | Luis Gil | NYY | @NYM | .222 BABIP due for a correction | ||
40 | Bryce Miller | SEA | MIN | |||
41 | Miles Mikolas | STL | CIN | |||
42 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @CIN | |||
43 | Matt Waldron | SD | WAS, @BOS | Strikeouts light, but he's making the knuckler work | ||
44 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | MIN, OAK | |||
45 | Reese Olson | DET | @LAA | |||
46 | Zach Eflin | TB | WAS | |||
47 | Yu Darvish | SD | WAS | |||
48 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @ATL | |||
49 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | TOR | |||
50 | Kyle Gibson | STL | ATL, CIN | |||
51 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @BOS, NYY | |||
52 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | SEA | |||
53 | Jake Irvin | WAS | @TB | |||
54 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | PIT | |||
55 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | @TOR | |||
56 | Brady Singer | KC | MIA | |||
57 | Logan Webb | SF | LAD | |||
58 | Michael Wacha | KC | CLE | 32% | ||
59 | Jared Jones | PIT | @ATL | |||
60 | Jack Flaherty | DET | PHI | |||
61 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @MIL | |||
62 | Griffin Canning | LAA | OAK, DET | 6% | ||
63 | James Paxton | LAD | @CWS, @SF | |||
64 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @CWS | |||
65 | Max Scherzer | TEX | @BAL | |||
66 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @MIL, @BAL | 17% | ||
67 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @SF | |||
68 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @SF | |||
69 | Drew Thorpe | CWS | ATL | 20% | ||
70 | Jordan Hicks | SF | CHC | |||
71 | Michael Lorenzen | TEX | @MIL, @BAL | |||
72 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @ARI | |||
73 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||||
74 | Chase Silseth | LAA | DET | 4% | ||
75 | Cal Quantrill | COL | @CWS | 8% | ||
76 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @TOR | |||
77 | Aaron Civale | TB | WAS | |||
78 | Gavin Stone | LAD | @CWS | |||
79 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | @SD | |||
80 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | @STL, PIT | 35% | ||
81 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @CIN | 8% | ||
82 | Spencer Turnbull | PHI | @DET | 18% | 46% | |
83 | Kenta Maeda | DET | @LAA | 12% | ||
84 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||||
85 | Erick Fedde | CWS | LAD | |||
86 | Ben Lively | CLE | @KC | |||
87 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | SD | |||
88 | Cole Irvin | BAL | CLE, TEX | |||
89 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | @TB | |||
90 | Michael King | SD | @BOS | |||
91 | Cade Povich | BAL | CLE, TEX | |||
92 | Jon Gray | TEX | @BAL | |||
93 | Sean Manaea | NYM | NYY | |||
94 | Frankie Montas | CIN | @STL | 47% | ||
95 | Mitch Spence | OAK | @LAA | 0% | 28% | |
96 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | @KC | |||
97 | Lance Lynn | STL | ATL, CIN | |||
98 | Luis Severino | NYM | HOU | |||
99 | Chris Paddack | MIN | @ARI | |||
100 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @BOS, NYY | |||
101 | Jose Berrios | TOR | NYY | |||
102 | Colin Rea | MIL | TEX | 8% | ||
103 | Zach Plesac | LAA | DET | 0% | 0% | |
104 | Jose Quintana | NYM | HOU | 9% | 21% | |
105 | David Peterson | NYM | NYY | 39% | ||
106 | DJ Herz | WAS | @SD | 39% | ||
107 | Josiah Gray | WAS | @TB | 6% | 11% | |
108 | Zack Littell | TB | SEA | |||
109 | Javier Assad | CHC | @MIL | |||
110 | Max Meyer | MIA | @PHI | |||
111 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | MIN | |||
112 | Hogan Harris | OAK | @ARI | 4% | ||
113 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @KC | 5% | 39% | |
114 | Brayan Bello | BOS | TOR, SD | |||
115 | Tobias Myers | MIL | CHC | 31% | ||
116 | Mason Black | SF | CHC | 0% | 0% | |
117 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | NYY | |||
118 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | @SF, @MIL | 0% | 0% | |
119 | Spencer Howard | SF | CHC, LAD | 0% | 2% | |
120 | Luis Medina | OAK | @LAA, @ARI | 1% | 18% | |
121 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | @CIN | 0% | 18% | |
122 | Casey Mize | DET | PHI, @LAA | 22% | ||
123 | Carson Whisenhunt | SF | CHC, LAD | 0% | 0% | |
124 | Alec Marsh | KC | CLE | |||
125 | Logan Allen | CLE | @BAL, @KC | 0% | 0% | |
126 | Bryse Wilson | MIL | TEX | 5% | 25% | |
127 | Mike Clevinger | CWS | COL | 0% | 0% | |
128 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @CWS | 0% | 0% | |
129 | Slade Cecconi | ARI | OAK | 0% | 11% | |
130 | Joey Estes | OAK | @LAA | 10% | ||
131 | Carson Spiers | CIN | PIT, @STL | 13% | ||
132 | Carlos Rodriguez | MIL | CHC | 0% | 0% | |
133 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | COL | 24% | ||
134 | Tylor Megill | NYM | HOU | |||
135 | Austin Gomber | COL | @HOU | 4% | 11% | |
136 | Kyle Tyler | MIA | @PHI | 0% | 0% | |
137 | Andre Pallante | STL | ATL | 0% | 2% | |
138 | Roddery Munoz | MIA | @KC, @PHI | 0% | 4% | |
139 | Albert Suarez | BAL | TEX | |||
140 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @HOU | 0% | 2% | |
141 | Chris Flexen | CWS | LAD, COL | 0% | 2% | |
142 | Dakota Hudson | COL | @CWS | 0% | 0% | |
143 | Martin Perez | PIT | @ATL | 8% | 12% | |
144 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | @BAL | 0% | 2% | |
145 | JP Sears | OAK | @ARI | 42% | ||
146 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | MIN | 3% | 49% | |
147 | Davis Daniel | LAA | OAK | 0% | 0% | |
148 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @BOS | 2% | 32% | |
149 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | @SD | 0% | 0% | |
150 | Yonny Chirinos | MIA | @KC, @PHI | 0% | 0% | |
151 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | @BOS | 46% |
American League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cole Ragans | KC | MIA, CLE | |
2 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @ARI, @SEA | |
3 | Tarik Skubal | DET | PHI, @LAA | |
4 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @NYM, @TOR | |
5 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | LAD, COL | 31 K over last 19 IP |
6 | Seth Lugo | KC | MIA, CLE | Should maintain success if he continues to limit walks |
7 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | MIN | |
8 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @BAL, @KC | Recent ERA unluck; rounding into form |
9 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | TEX | |
10 | George Kirby | SEA | @TB | |
11 | Taj Bradley | TB | SEA, WAS | 5 HR over last 15.1 IP, but not a long term concern |
12 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @TB, MIN | Tentative, experiencing arm issues |
13 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @SEA | |
14 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @SEA | |
15 | Tanner Houck | BOS | TOR, SD | Surprised he didn't land higher |
16 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | OAK, DET | |
17 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @TB | |
18 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | CLE | |
19 | Hunter Brown | HOU | COL, @NYM | Showing what Bron can do for you |
20 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @TOR | |
21 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @NYM | |
22 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @NYM | |
23 | Luis Gil | NYY | @NYM | .222 BABIP due for a correction |
24 | Bryce Miller | SEA | MIN | |
25 | Reese Olson | DET | @LAA | |
26 | Zach Eflin | TB | WAS | |
27 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | TOR | |
28 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @BOS, NYY | |
29 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | SEA | |
30 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | @TOR | |
31 | Brady Singer | KC | MIA | |
32 | Michael Wacha | KC | CLE | |
33 | Jack Flaherty | DET | PHI | |
34 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @MIL | |
35 | Griffin Canning | LAA | OAK, DET | |
36 | Max Scherzer | TEX | @BAL | |
37 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @MIL, @BAL | |
38 | Drew Thorpe | CWS | ATL | |
39 | Michael Lorenzen | TEX | @MIL, @BAL | |
40 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @ARI | |
41 | Chase Silseth | LAA | DET | |
42 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @TOR | |
43 | Aaron Civale | TB | WAS | |
44 | Kenta Maeda | DET | @LAA | |
45 | Erick Fedde | CWS | LAD | |
46 | Ben Lively | CLE | @KC | |
47 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | SD | |
48 | Cole Irvin | BAL | CLE, TEX | |
49 | Cade Povich | BAL | CLE, TEX | |
50 | Jon Gray | TEX | @BAL | |
51 | Mitch Spence | OAK | @LAA | |
52 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | @KC | |
53 | Chris Paddack | MIN | @ARI | |
54 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @BOS, NYY | |
55 | Jose Berrios | TOR | NYY | |
56 | AL Reliever | |||
57 | Zach Plesac | LAA | DET | |
58 | Zack Littell | TB | SEA | |
59 | Hogan Harris | OAK | @ARI | |
60 | Brayan Bello | BOS | TOR, SD | |
61 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | NYY | |
62 | Luis Medina | OAK | @LAA, @ARI | |
63 | Casey Mize | DET | PHI, @LAA | |
64 | Alec Marsh | KC | CLE | |
65 | Logan Allen | CLE | @BAL, @KC | |
66 | Mike Clevinger | CWS | COL | |
67 | Joey Estes | OAK | @LAA | |
68 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | COL | |
69 | Albert Suarez | BAL | TEX | |
70 | Chris Flexen | CWS | LAD, COL | |
71 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | @BAL | |
72 | JP Sears | OAK | @ARI | |
73 | Davis Daniel | LAA | OAK | |
74 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | @BOS |
National League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @DET, MIA | No sign of slowing down, great pair to stay on a roll |
2 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @DET, MIA | |
3 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @SF | |
4 | Justin Steele | CHC | @SF, @MIL | |
5 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | MIA | |
6 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | @STL, PIT | |
7 | Hunter Greene | CIN | PIT, @STL | Still inconsistent with control, but overall improving |
8 | Chris Sale | ATL | @STL | |
9 | Sonny Gray | STL | CIN | |
10 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | TEX, CHC | In a rut, 7 BB and 3 HR allowed over last 13.2 IP |
11 | Zac Gallen | ARI | OAK | |
12 | Max Fried | ATL | PIT | |
13 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | MIA | |
14 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @STL | |
15 | Dylan Cease | SD | WAS | |
16 | Bobby Miller | LAD | @CWS, @SF | |
17 | Miles Mikolas | STL | CIN | |
18 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @CIN | |
19 | Matt Waldron | SD | WAS, @BOS | Strikeouts light, but he's making the knuckler work |
20 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | MIN, OAK | |
21 | Yu Darvish | SD | WAS | |
22 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @ATL | |
23 | Kyle Gibson | STL | ATL, CIN | |
24 | Jake Irvin | WAS | @TB | |
25 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | PIT | |
26 | Logan Webb | SF | LAD | |
27 | Jared Jones | PIT | @ATL | |
28 | James Paxton | LAD | @CWS, @SF | |
29 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @CWS | |
30 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @SF | |
31 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @SF | |
32 | Jordan Hicks | SF | CHC | |
33 | Cal Quantrill | COL | @CWS | |
34 | Gavin Stone | LAD | @CWS | |
35 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | @SD | |
36 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | @STL, PIT | |
37 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @CIN | |
38 | Spencer Turnbull | PHI | @DET | |
39 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | @TB | |
40 | Michael King | SD | @BOS | |
41 | Sean Manaea | NYM | NYY | |
42 | Frankie Montas | CIN | @STL | |
43 | Lance Lynn | STL | ATL, CIN | |
44 | Luis Severino | NYM | HOU | |
45 | Colin Rea | MIL | TEX | |
46 | NL Reliever | |||
47 | Jose Quintana | NYM | HOU | |
48 | David Peterson | NYM | NYY | |
49 | DJ Herz | WAS | @SD | |
50 | Josiah Gray | WAS | @TB | |
51 | Javier Assad | CHC | @MIL | |
52 | Max Meyer | MIA | @PHI | |
53 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | MIN | |
54 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @KC | |
55 | Tobias Myers | MIL | CHC | |
56 | Mason Black | SF | CHC | |
57 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | @SF, @MIL | |
58 | Spencer Howard | SF | CHC, LAD | |
59 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | @CIN | |
60 | Carson Whisenhunt | SF | CHC, LAD | |
61 | Bryse Wilson | MIL | TEX | |
62 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @CWS | |
63 | Slade Cecconi | ARI | OAK | |
64 | Carson Spiers | CIN | PIT, @STL | |
65 | Carlos Rodriguez | MIL | CHC | |
66 | Tylor Megill | NYM | HOU | |
67 | Austin Gomber | COL | @HOU | |
68 | Kyle Tyler | MIA | @PHI | |
69 | Andre Pallante | STL | ATL | |
70 | Roddery Munoz | MIA | @KC, @PHI | |
71 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @HOU | |
72 | Dakota Hudson | COL | @CWS | |
73 | Martin Perez | PIT | @ATL | |
74 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | MIN | |
75 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @BOS | |
76 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | @SD | |
77 | Yonny Chirinos | MIA | @KC, @PHI |