Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Hug Watch Edition

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Updated on August 1, 2022 2:28AM EST

Yes, it's true, next week is really August. Where did the season go? August means the MLB trade deadline, which is Tuesday, August 2 at 6:00 PM ET. This adds extra intrigue to single-league formats with the ability to acquire crossover players. Do I bid on who is available now, or wait to see what goes down over the last two days and bid next week?

Of course, those in AL-only formats needing pitching don't have a decision with Luis Castillo heading to Seattle. Where will Frankie Montas end up? He's slated to take the hill on Tuesday, so it would behoove interested clubs to finalize a deal over the weekend so Montas is able to make that start for his new team.

As always, please direct questions pertaining to the schedule to the Probable Pitchers page. I'm happy to handle rankings questions below.

UPDATED: August 1 2:05 AM ET

Week of August 1 - 7

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@PIT, CIN	Should pitch lefthanded to even the odds with these matchups
2	Max Scherzer	NYM	@WAS, ATL
3	Yu Darvish	SD	@LAD, COL	29 K, 4 BB over last 21 IP
4	Logan Webb	SF	LAD, @OAK
5	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	CIN
6	Justin Verlander	HOU	@CLE
7	Aaron Nola	PHI	WAS
8	Shane McClanahan	TB	@DET
9	Shohei Ohtani

As always, please direct questions pertaining to the schedule to the Probable Pitchers page. I'm happy to handle rankings questions below.

UPDATED: August 1 2:05 AM ET

Week of August 1 - 7

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@PIT, CIN	Should pitch lefthanded to even the odds with these matchups
2	Max Scherzer	NYM	@WAS, ATL
3	Yu Darvish	SD	@LAD, COL	29 K, 4 BB over last 21 IP
4	Logan Webb	SF	LAD, @OAK
5	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	CIN
6	Justin Verlander	HOU	@CLE
7	Aaron Nola	PHI	WAS
8	Shane McClanahan	TB	@DET
9	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	OAK
10	Carlos Rodon	SF	@OAK
11	Joe Musgrove	SD	COL
12	Shane Bieber	CLE	ARI
13	Luis Garcia	HOU	BOS, @CLE
14	Tyler Anderson	LAD	@SF, SD
15	Gerrit Cole	NYY	SEA
16	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@SF
17	Triston McKenzie	CLE	ARI, HOU	Astros scary, but 22 K with only 3 BB prior 20.2 IP
18	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@PIT
19	Dylan Cease	CWS	@TEX
20	Julio Urias	LAD	@SF
21	Max Fried	ATL	@NYM
22	Mike Clevinger	SD	COL, @LAD	Pitching deeper into games now
23	Robbie Ray	SEA	LAA
24	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	SD
25	Jacob deGrom	NYM	@WAS, ATL	Tempering innings, but good to see deGrom back
26	Jon Gray	TEX	BAL, CWS
27	Spencer Strider	ATL	PHI, @NYM
28	Miles Mikolas	STL	CHC
29	Kyle Wright	ATL	@NYM
30	Adam Wainwright	STL	CHC, NYY
31	Martin Perez	TEX	BAL
32	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ATL
33	Andrew Heaney	LAD	@SF, SD	Aggressive rank, but pitched well in return, albeit with 3 BB in 4 IP
34	Brady Singer	KC	@CWS, BOS	20.5% K-BB% 15th among pitchers with at least 80 IP
35	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@TB, @MIN	4 HR allowed over last 15.2 IP
36	Merrill Kelly	ARI	COL
37	Joe Ryan	MIN	DET	Good spot to rebound after disaster last time out
38	Freddy Peralta	MIL	CIN
39	Taijuan Walker	NYM	ATL
40	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@STL
41	Cristian Javier	HOU	BOS
42	Tarik Skubal	DET	@MIN, TB
43	Alek Manoah	TOR	@MIN
44	Frankie Montas	OAK	@LAA
45	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CLE
46	Cole Irvin	OAK	@LAA		40%
47	Michael Kopech	CWS	KC, @TEX
48	Keegan Thompson	CHC	@STL, MIA
49	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	@STL
50	Eric Lauer	MIL	@PIT
51	George Kirby	SEA	LAA
52	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	ATL
53	Jameson Taillon	NYY	SEA
54	Marcus Stroman	CHC	@STL
55	Drew Rasmussen	TB	TOR, @DET
56	Noah Syndergaard	LAA	OAK
57	Chris Flexen	SEA	LAA		50%
58	Lucas Giolito	CWS	KC, @TEX	If you aren't starting him this week, drop him
59	Luis Castillo	SEA	@NYY
60	Lance Lynn	CWS	KC
61	Pablo Lopez	MIA	@CHC
62	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	@HOU, @KC	Velocity down, is he healthy?
63	Cal Quantrill	CLE	ARI, HOU
64	Jose Urquidy	HOU	BOS
65	Charlie Morton	ATL	PHI
66	Jose Berrios	TOR	@MIN
67	Corey Kluber	TB	@DET
68	Framber Valdez	HOU	@CLE
69	Alex Wood	SF	LAD
70	David Peterson	NYM	ATL
71	Blake Snell	SD	COL
72	Reid Detmers	LAA	@SEA
73	Alex Cobb	SF	LAD
74	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@HOU		42%
75	Jose Quintana	PIT	MIL		23%
76	Brad Keller	KC	@CWS, BOS		24%
77	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	@MIA		27%
78	Domingo German	NYY	SEA, @STL		11%
79	Mike Minor	CIN	@MIA		0%	13%
80	Ranger Suarez	PHI	WAS
81	Mix 12 Reliever
82	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@NYY
83	Kyle Freeland	COL	@SD		5%	9%
84	Drew Smyly	CHC	MIA		3%	32%
85	Kyle Gibson	PHI	WAS
86	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@SEA
87	Johnny Cueto	CWS	@TEX
88	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@WAS
89	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	CIN, @CHC
90	Sonny Gray	MIN	TOR
91	Braxton Garrett	MIA	CIN
92	Tyler Mahle	CIN	@MIL
93	Jakob Junis	SF	LAD
94	Mix 15 Reliever
95	German Marquez	COL	@ARI		37%
96	Dakota Hudson	STL	CHC		19%
97	Janson Junk	LAA	@SEA		0%	0%
98	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	TOR		0%	4%
99	Paul Blackburn	OAK	SF
100	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@NYY, LAA
101	Sean Manaea	SD	@LAD
102	Aaron Ashby	MIL	CIN
103	Tucker Davidson	ATL	@NYM		0%	0%
104	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@TB		16%
105	Hunter Greene	CIN	@MIA, @MIL
106	Austin Gomber	COL	@SD		2%	6%
107	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@KC
108	James Kaprielian	OAK	@LAA		2%
109	Jose Suarez	LAA	OAK		2%	4%
110	Zach Plesac	CLE	HOU
111	Zach Davies	ARI	@CLE, COL		3%	6%
112	Zack Greinke	KC	BOS		22%
113	Adrian Sampson	CHC	MIA		3%
114	Devin Smeltzer	MIN	TOR		7%	34%
115	Bailey Falter	PHI	WAS		0%	6%
116	Jake Odorizzi	HOU	@CLE
117	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@MIL
118	Josiah Gray	WAS	@PHI
119	Ian Anderson	ATL	@NYM
120	Rich Hill	BOS	@HOU, @KC		3%	32%
121	Dean Kremer	BAL	PIT		33%
122	Reiss Knehr	SD	COL		0%	0%
123	Justin Steele	CHC	@STL		20%
124	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@DET
125	Chase Silseth	LAA	@SEA		0%	9%
126	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@SD, @ARI		0%	0%
127	Ross Stripling	TOR	@MIN
128	Kris Bubic	KC	@CWS		1%	6%
129	Mitch Keller	PIT	@BAL		36%
130	Andre Pallante	STL	NYY		2%	38%
131	JT Brubaker	PIT	@BAL
132	Paolo Espino	WAS	@PHI		0%	0%
133	Garrett Hill	DET	TB		0%	0%
134	Chad Kuhl	COL	@SD		16%	26%
135	Jose Urena	COL	@ARI, @SD		1%	4%
136	Chris Archer	MIN	DET, TOR		5%
137	Matthew Liberatore	STL	NYY		3%	21%
138	Spencer Howard	TEX	BAL, CWS		1%	32%
139	Patrick Corbin	WAS	NYM, @PHI		8%
140	Dane Dunning	TEX	CWS		31%
141	Jordan Lyles	BAL	@TEX		5%	47%
142	Austin Voth	BAL	PIT		0%	4%
143	Cory Abbott	WAS	NYM, @PHI		0%	0%
144	Drew Hutchison	DET	TB		0%	0%
145	Zach Thompson	PIT	MIL		1%	2%
146	Josh Winckowski	BOS	@KC		2%	47%
147	Dylan Bundy	MIN	TOR		13%
148	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	@CLE
149	Kirk McCarty	CLE	HOU		0%	0%
150	Spenser Watkins	BAL	@TEX, PIT		5%
151	Matt Manning	DET	@MIN, TB		0%	17%
152	Tyler Alexander	DET	@MIN		0%	0%
153	Anibal Sanchez	WAS	NYM		0%	0%
154	Glenn Otto	TEX	CWS		8%
155	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TEX		2%	6%
156	Aaron Sanchez	MIN	DET		0%	0%
157	Adam Oller	OAK	SF		0%	0%
158	Nick Nelson	PHI	@ATL		0%	0%
159	Bryse Wilson	PIT	MIL, @BAL		0%	0%
160	Nick Neidert	MIA	@CHC		0%	0%
161	Carlos Hernandez	KC	BOS		1%	2%
162	Corbin Martin	ARI	COL		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Justin Verlander	HOU	@CLE
2	Shane McClanahan	TB	@DET
3	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	OAK
4	Shane Bieber	CLE	ARI
5	Luis Garcia	HOU	BOS, @CLE
6	Gerrit Cole	NYY	SEA
7	Triston McKenzie	CLE	ARI, HOU	Astros scary, but 22 K with only 3 BB prior 20.2 IP
8	Dylan Cease	CWS	@TEX
9	Robbie Ray	SEA	LAA
10	Jon Gray	TEX	BAL, CWS
11	Martin Perez	TEX	BAL
12	Brady Singer	KC	@CWS, BOS	20.5% K-BB% 15th among pitchers with at least 80 IP
13	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@TB, @MIN	4 HR allowed over last 15.2 IP
14	Joe Ryan	MIN	DET	Good spot to rebound after disaster last time out
15	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@STL
16	Cristian Javier	HOU	BOS
17	Tarik Skubal	DET	@MIN, TB
18	Alek Manoah	TOR	@MIN
19	Frankie Montas	OAK	@LAA
20	Cole Irvin	OAK	@LAA
21	Michael Kopech	CWS	KC, @TEX
22	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	@STL
23	George Kirby	SEA	LAA
24	Jameson Taillon	NYY	SEA
25	Drew Rasmussen	TB	TOR, @DET
26	Noah Syndergaard	LAA	OAK
27	Chris Flexen	SEA	LAA
28	Lucas Giolito	CWS	KC, @TEX	If you aren't starting him this week, drop him
29	Luis Castillo	SEA	@NYY
30	Lance Lynn	CWS	KC
31	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	@HOU, @KC	Velocity down, is he healthy?
32	Cal Quantrill	CLE	ARI, HOU
33	Jose Urquidy	HOU	BOS
34	Jose Berrios	TOR	@MIN
35	Corey Kluber	TB	@DET
36	Framber Valdez	HOU	@CLE
37	Reid Detmers	LAA	@SEA
38	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@HOU
39	Brad Keller	KC	@CWS, BOS
40	Domingo German	NYY	SEA, @STL
41	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@NYY
42	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@SEA
43	Johnny Cueto	CWS	@TEX
44	Sonny Gray	MIN	TOR
45	Janson Junk	LAA	@SEA
46	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	TOR
47	Paul Blackburn	OAK	SF
48	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@NYY, LAA
49	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@TB
50	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@KC
51	James Kaprielian	OAK	@LAA
52	Jose Suarez	LAA	OAK
53	AL Reliever
54	Zach Plesac	CLE	HOU
55	Zack Greinke	KC	BOS
56	Devin Smeltzer	MIN	TOR
57	Jake Odorizzi	HOU	@CLE
58	Rich Hill	BOS	@HOU, @KC
59	Dean Kremer	BAL	PIT
60	Jeffrey Springs	TB	@DET
61	Chase Silseth	LAA	@SEA
62	Ross Stripling	TOR	@MIN
63	Kris Bubic	KC	@CWS
64	Garrett Hill	DET	TB
65	Chris Archer	MIN	DET, TOR
66	Spencer Howard	TEX	BAL, CWS
67	Dane Dunning	TEX	CWS
68	Jordan Lyles	BAL	@TEX
69	Austin Voth	BAL	PIT
70	Drew Hutchison	DET	TB
71	Josh Winckowski	BOS	@KC
72	Dylan Bundy	MIN	TOR
73	Kirk McCarty	CLE	HOU
74	Spenser Watkins	BAL	@TEX, PIT
75	Matt Manning	DET	@MIN, TB
76	Tyler Alexander	DET	@MIN
77	Glenn Otto	TEX	CWS
78	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TEX
79	Aaron Sanchez	MIN	DET
80	Adam Oller	OAK	SF
81	Carlos Hernandez	KC	BOS

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@PIT, CIN	Should pitch lefthanded to even the odds with these matchups
2	Max Scherzer	NYM	@WAS, ATL
3	Yu Darvish	SD	@LAD, COL	29 K, 4 BB over last 21 IP
4	Logan Webb	SF	LAD, @OAK
5	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	CIN
6	Aaron Nola	PHI	WAS
7	Carlos Rodon	SF	@OAK
8	Joe Musgrove	SD	COL
9	Tyler Anderson	LAD	@SF, SD
10	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@SF
11	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@PIT
12	Julio Urias	LAD	@SF
13	Max Fried	ATL	@NYM
14	Mike Clevinger	SD	COL, @LAD	Pitching deeper into games now
15	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	SD
16	Jacob deGrom	NYM	@WAS, ATL	Tempering innings, but good to see deGrom back
17	Spencer Strider	ATL	PHI, @NYM
18	Miles Mikolas	STL	CHC
19	Kyle Wright	ATL	@NYM
20	Adam Wainwright	STL	CHC, NYY
21	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ATL
22	Andrew Heaney	LAD	@SF, SD	Aggressive rank, but pitched well in return, albeit with 3 BB in 4 IP
23	Merrill Kelly	ARI	COL
24	Freddy Peralta	MIL	CIN
25	Taijuan Walker	NYM	ATL
26	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CLE
27	Keegan Thompson	CHC	@STL, MIA
28	Eric Lauer	MIL	@PIT
29	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	ATL
30	Marcus Stroman	CHC	@STL
31	Pablo Lopez	MIA	@CHC
32	Charlie Morton	ATL	PHI
33	Alex Wood	SF	LAD
34	David Peterson	NYM	ATL
35	Blake Snell	SD	COL
36	Alex Cobb	SF	LAD
37	Jose Quintana	PIT	MIL
38	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	@MIA
39	Mike Minor	CIN	@MIA
40	Ranger Suarez	PHI	WAS
41	Kyle Freeland	COL	@SD
42	Drew Smyly	CHC	MIA
43	Kyle Gibson	PHI	WAS
44	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@WAS
45	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	CIN, @CHC
46	Braxton Garrett	MIA	CIN
47	Tyler Mahle	CIN	@MIL
48	Jakob Junis	SF	LAD
49	German Marquez	COL	@ARI
50	Dakota Hudson	STL	CHC
51	Sean Manaea	SD	@LAD
52	Aaron Ashby	MIL	CIN
53	Tucker Davidson	ATL	@NYM
54	Hunter Greene	CIN	@MIA, @MIL
55	Austin Gomber	COL	@SD
56	NL Reliever
57	Zach Davies	ARI	@CLE, COL
58	Adrian Sampson	CHC	MIA
59	Bailey Falter	PHI	WAS
60	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@MIL
61	Josiah Gray	WAS	@PHI
62	Ian Anderson	ATL	@NYM
63	Reiss Knehr	SD	COL
64	Justin Steele	CHC	@STL
65	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@SD, @ARI
66	Mitch Keller	PIT	@BAL
67	Andre Pallante	STL	NYY
68	JT Brubaker	PIT	@BAL
69	Paolo Espino	WAS	@PHI
70	Chad Kuhl	COL	@SD
71	Jose Urena	COL	@ARI, @SD
72	Matthew Liberatore	STL	NYY
73	Patrick Corbin	WAS	NYM, @PHI
74	Cory Abbott	WAS	NYM, @PHI
75	Zach Thompson	PIT	MIL
76	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	@CLE
77	Anibal Sanchez	WAS	NYM
78	Nick Nelson	PHI	@ATL
79	Bryse Wilson	PIT	MIL, @BAL
80	Nick Neidert	MIA	@CHC
81	Corbin Martin	ARI	COL