This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
And then there were two. We're down to the nitty gritty friends. It will be curious how teams handle their pitching the final week of the season. Obviously, it depends on whether the club is batting for a playoff berth, aiming to set up their postseason rotation or playing out the string, but late-week starts are tenuous at best. As such, this is the last week to be relatively confident of double dippers.
For the week of Sept. 14-20
UPDATED: Monday September 14, 12:05 AM ET
MLB
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | |
1 | Trevor Bauer | CIN | PIT, CWS | Talking the talk and backing it up |
2 | Yu Darvish | CHC | CLE, MIN | Transformation into a control pitcher continues to amaze |
3 | Jesus Luzardo | OAK | @SEA, SF | 6+ IP three of last four and facing soft lineups |
4 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | @CHC, @DET | Good to see Cookie pitching well |
5 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | KC, STL | A star is born, allowed 1 HR all season while fanning 64 in 45.1 IP |
6 | Jose Berrios | MIN | @CWS, @CHC | 3-0, 2.78 ERA and 1.06 WHIP last 3 GS with 31 K in 22.2 IP |
7 | Jack Flaherty | STL | @MIL, @PIT | |
8 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | TOR | |
9 | Max Scherzer | WAS | @MIA | |
10 | Dinelson Lamet | SD | LAD, @SEA | Should have 4 or 5 wins |
11 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @SD, @COL | |
12 | Shane Bieber | CLE | @DET | First pitcher off the board in 2021? |
13 | Zack Greinke | HOU | ARI | |
14 | Jose Urquidy | HOU | TEX, |
And then there were two. We're down to the nitty gritty friends. It will be curious how teams handle their pitching the final week of the season. Obviously, it depends on whether the club is batting for a playoff berth, aiming to set up their postseason rotation or playing out the string, but late-week starts are tenuous at best. As such, this is the last week to be relatively confident of double dippers.
For the week of Sept. 14-20
UPDATED: Monday September 14, 12:05 AM ET
MLB
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | |
1 | Trevor Bauer | CIN | PIT, CWS | Talking the talk and backing it up |
2 | Yu Darvish | CHC | CLE, MIN | Transformation into a control pitcher continues to amaze |
3 | Jesus Luzardo | OAK | @SEA, SF | 6+ IP three of last four and facing soft lineups |
4 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | @CHC, @DET | Good to see Cookie pitching well |
5 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | KC, STL | A star is born, allowed 1 HR all season while fanning 64 in 45.1 IP |
6 | Jose Berrios | MIN | @CWS, @CHC | 3-0, 2.78 ERA and 1.06 WHIP last 3 GS with 31 K in 22.2 IP |
7 | Jack Flaherty | STL | @MIL, @PIT | |
8 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | TOR | |
9 | Max Scherzer | WAS | @MIA | |
10 | Dinelson Lamet | SD | LAD, @SEA | Should have 4 or 5 wins |
11 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @SD, @COL | |
12 | Shane Bieber | CLE | @DET | First pitcher off the board in 2021? |
13 | Zack Greinke | HOU | ARI | |
14 | Jose Urquidy | HOU | TEX, ARI | |
15 | Mike Clevinger | SD | @SEA | |
16 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | @PHI | |
17 | Luis Castillo | CIN | PIT | .338 BABIP suggest ratios could be even lower |
18 | Dylan Bundy | LAA | ARI | |
19 | Cristian Javier | HOU | ARI | Two very beatable lineups |
20 | Blake Snell | TB | BAL | |
21 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | @MIA | |
22 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | MIN | |
23 | Kenta Maeda | MIN | @CWS | |
24 | Max Fried | ATL | @NYM | |
25 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @LAA | |
26 | Framber Valdez | HOU | TEX | Nice spot to rebound from disaster vs. Angels in last start |
27 | Aaron Nola | PHI | NYM | |
28 | Lance Lynn | TEX | @LAA | |
29 | Charlie Morton | TB | @BAL | |
30 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | STL | |
31 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | TOR | PHI | |
32 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | BOS, WAS | |
33 | Mike Minor | OAK | @SEA | Easily my biggest miss |
34 | German Marquez | COL | OAK | |
35 | Nathan Eovaldi | BOS | @MIA | |
36 | Rich Hill | MIN | @CHC | |
37 | Madison Bumgarner | ARI | @LAA, @HOU | |
38 | Ian Anderson | ATL | @NYM | |
39 | Joe Musgrove | PIT | @CIN, STL | |
40 | Zach Plesac | CLE | @DET | |
41 | Deivi Garcia | NYY | TOR, @BOS | Another impressive rookie debuting this season |
42 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | MIN | |
43 | Sixto Sanchez | MIA | WAS | |
44 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | @DET | |
45 | Andrew Heaney | LAA | TEX | Showing he's effective when healthy |
46 | Pablo Lopez | MIA | PHI, WAS | Toughg pair to rebound from after getting rocked last time |
47 | Ryan Yarbrough | TB | WAS, @BAL | |
48 | Aaron Civale | CLE | @CHC | |
49 | Seth Lugo | NYM | @PHI | |
50 | Casey Mize | DET | CLE | |
51 | Frankie Montas | OAK | SF | |
52 | Chris Paddack | SD | LAD | Hasn't been right all season. |
53 | Alex Cobb | BAL | TB | |
54 | Anthony DeSclafani | CIN | PIT | Another Reds disappointment, so much for the Kyle Boddy narrative |
55 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | OAK | Not as good as numbers appear, but 3.86 SIERA says skills pretty good |
56 | Michael Pineda | MIN | @CHC | |
57 | Chris Bassitt | OAK | SF | |
58 | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | TOR | |
59 | Tyler Glasnow | TB | @BAL | |
60 | Kolby Allard | TEX | @LAA | |
61 | Randy Dobnak | MIN | @CWS | |
62 | Adrian Houser | MIL | KC | |
63 | Vince Velasquez | PHI | @MIA, TOR | |
64 | Griffin Canning | LAA | ARI | |
65 | John Means | BAL | TB | |
66 | Zach Eflin | PHI | @TOR | Early leader to head up 2021 sleeper lists |
67 | Dane Dunning | CWS | MIN, @CIN | Good test for the rookie |
68 | Kwang-Hyun Kim | STL | @MIL, @PIT | |
69 | Dylan Cease | CWS | MIN, @CIN | |
70 | Cody Ponce | PIT | @CIN | |
71 | Brad Keller | KC | @MIL | |
72 | Lance McCullers | HOU | TEX | |
73 | Michael Lorenzen | CIN | PIT | |
74 | Luke Weaver | ARI | @HOU | |
75 | Jake Odorizzi | MIN | @CWS | |
76 | Matthew Boyd | DET | KC, CLE | 26 qualified SP have a lower BB/9 than Boyd's HR/9 |
77 | Taijuan Walker | TOR | @NYY, @PHI | |
78 | Kyle Cody | TEX | @HOU, @LAA | |
79 | Chase Anderson | TOR | @NYY | |
80 | Jon Gray | COL | LAD | |
81 | Dallas Keuchel | CWS | MIN | |
82 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | NYM | Tentative, may need fingernail removed |
83 | Tyler Anderson | SF | @SEA | |
84 | Chris Mazza | BOS | @MIA | |
85 | Asher Wojciechowski | BAL | ATL, TB | |
86 | JT Brubaker | PIT | @CIN | |
87 | Nick Margevicius | SEA | SF | |
88 | Carlos Martinez | STL | @PIT | |
89 | Anibal Sanchez | WAS | @TB, @MIA | |
90 | Alec Mills | CHC | MIN | |
91 | Julio Teheran | LAA | ARI, TEX | |
92 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @TB | |
93 | Daniel Castano | MIA | WAS | |
94 | Spencer Turnbull | DET | CLE | |
95 | Brady Singer | KC | @DET | |
96 | Yusei Kikuchi | SEA | SD | |
97 | Ross Stripling | TOR | @PHI | |
98 | Josh Lindblom | MIL | STL, KC | |
99 | Jordan Lyles | TEX | @HOU | |
100 | Tarik Skubal | DET | KC | |
101 | Austin Voth | WAS | @TB | |
102 | Mike Kickham | BOS | NYY | |
103 | Kyle Gibson | TEX | @HOU | |
104 | Reynaldo Lopez | CWS | @CIN | |
105 | Justus Sheffield | SEA | SD | |
106 | Josh Fleming | TB | WAS | |
107 | Justin Dunn | SEA | SD | |
108 | Caleb Smith | ARI | @LAA | |
109 | Jordan Montgomery | NYY | @BOS | |
110 | Danny Duffy | KC | @DET | |
111 | Dustin May | LAD | @SD | |
112 | Trey Supak | MIL | STL | |
113 | Nick Neidert | MIA | WAS | |
114 | Jakob Junis | KC | @MIL | |
115 | Jaime Barria | LAA | TEX | |
116 | Mitch Keller | PIT | STL, @CIN | |
117 | Bryse Wilson | ATL | @BAL | |
118 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @MIA, NYY | |
119 | Jorge Lopez | BAL | ATL, TB | |
120 | Trevor Richards | TB | @BAL | |
121 | Daniel Norris | DET | CLE | |
122 | Daniel Ponce de Leon | STL | @MIL | |
123 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | @SD, @COL | |
124 | Martin Perez | BOS | NYY | |
125 | Dakota Hudson | STL | @PIT | |
126 | Tejay Antone | CIN | CWS | |
127 | Ljay Newsome | SEA | SF | |
128 | Rick Porcello | NYM | @PHI, ATL | |
129 | Sean Manaea | OAK | @COL | |
130 | Jake Arrieta | PHI | NYM, TOR | |
131 | Adam Wainwright | STL | @MIL | |
132 | Jon Lester | CHC | CLE | |
133 | Kyle Freeland | COL | LAD | |
134 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | BOS | |
135 | Kris Bubic | KC | @MIL | |
136 | Wil Crowe | WAS | @MIA | |
137 | Jose Urena | MIA | BOS | |
138 | Robbie Ray | TOR | @PHI | |
139 | Tyler Mahle | CIN | CWS | |
140 | Ramon Rosso | PHI | TOR | |
141 | Mike Fiers | OAK | @COL | |
142 | Touki Toussaint | ATL | @BAL | |
143 | Julio Urias | LAD | @COL | |
144 | Zach Davies | SD | LAD | |
145 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | OAK, LAD | |
146 | J.A. Happ | NYY | @BOS | |
147 | Tanner Roark | TOR | @NYY | |
148 | Erick Fedde | WAS | @MIA | |
149 | Garrett Richards | SD | @SEA | |
150 | Cole Hamels | ATL | @BAL | |
151 | Keegan Akin | BAL | ATL | |
152 | Austin Gomber | STL | @MIL | |
153 | Trevor Williams | PIT | @STL | |
154 | Chad Kuhl | PIT | STL | |
155 | Johan Oviedo | STL | PIT | |
156 | Kyle Wright | ATL | @NYM | |
157 | Drew Smyly | SF | @OAK | |
158 | Taylor Clarke | ARI | @HOU | |
159 | David Peterson | NYM | ATL | |
160 | Logan Webb | SF | @OAK | |
161 | Trevor Cahill | SF | @SEA | |
162 | Johnny Cueto | SF | @OAK | |
163 | Brett Anderson | MIL | STL | |
164 | Steven Brault | PIT | STL | |
165 | Michael Wacha | NYM | ATL | |
166 | Mitch White | LAD | @COL | |
167 | Ryan Castellani | COL | LAD | |
168 | Walker Lockett | SEA | OAK |
American League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
1 | Jesus Luzardo | OAK | @SEA, SF | 6+ IP three of last four and facing soft lineups |
2 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | @CHC, @DET | Good to see Cookie pitching well |
3 | Jose Berrios | MIN | @CWS, @CHC | 3-0, 2.78 ERA and 1.06 WHIP last 3 GS with 31 K in 22.2 IP |
4 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | TOR | |
5 | Shane Bieber | CLE | @DET | First pitcher off the board in 2021? |
6 | Zack Greinke | HOU | ARI | |
7 | Jose Urquidy | HOU | TEX, ARI | |
8 | Dylan Bundy | LAA | ARI | |
9 | Cristian Javier | HOU | ARI | Two very beatable lineups |
10 | Blake Snell | TB | BAL | |
11 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | MIN | |
12 | Kenta Maeda | MIN | @CWS | |
13 | Framber Valdez | HOU | TEX | Nice spot to rebound from disaster vs. Angels in last start |
14 | Lance Lynn | TEX | @LAA | |
15 | Charlie Morton | TB | @BAL | |
16 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | TOR | PHI | |
17 | Mike Minor | OAK | @SEA | Easily my biggest miss |
18 | Nathan Eovaldi | BOS | @MIA | |
19 | Rich Hill | MIN | @CHC | |
20 | Zach Plesac | CLE | @DET | |
21 | Deivi Garcia | NYY | TOR, @BOS | Another impressive rookie debuting this season |
22 | Triston McKenzie | CLE | @DET | |
23 | Andrew Heaney | LAA | TEX | Showing he's effective when healthy |
24 | Ryan Yarbrough | TB | WAS, @BAL | |
25 | Aaron Civale | CLE | @CHC | |
26 | Casey Mize | DET | CLE | |
27 | Frankie Montas | OAK | SF | |
28 | Alex Cobb | BAL | TB | |
29 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | OAK | Not as good as numbers appear, but 3.86 SIERA says skills pretty good |
30 | Michael Pineda | MIN | @CHC | |
31 | Chris Bassitt | OAK | SF | |
32 | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | TOR | |
33 | Tyler Glasnow | TB | @BAL | |
34 | Kolby Allard | TEX | @LAA | |
35 | Randy Dobnak | MIN | @CWS | |
36 | Griffin Canning | LAA | ARI | |
37 | John Means | BAL | TB | |
38 | Dane Dunning | CWS | MIN, @CIN | Good test for the rookie |
39 | Dylan Cease | CWS | MIN, @CIN | |
40 | Brad Keller | KC | @MIL | |
41 | Lance McCullers | HOU | TEX | |
42 | Jake Odorizzi | MIN | @CWS | |
43 | Matthew Boyd | DET | KC, CLE | 26 qualified SP have a lower BB/9 than Boyd's HR/9 |
44 | Taijuan Walker | TOR | @NYY, @PHI | |
45 | Kyle Cody | TEX | @HOU, @LAA | |
46 | Chase Anderson | TOR | @NYY | |
47 | Dallas Keuchel | CWS | MIN | |
48 | Chris Mazza | BOS | @MIA | |
49 | Asher Wojciechowski | BAL | ATL, TB | |
50 | Nick Margevicius | SEA | SF | |
51 | Julio Teheran | LAA | ARI, TEX | |
52 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @TB | |
53 | Spencer Turnbull | DET | CLE | |
54 | Brady Singer | KC | @DET | |
55 | Yusei Kikuchi | SEA | SD | |
56 | Ross Stripling | TOR | @PHI | |
57 | Jordan Lyles | TEX | @HOU | |
58 | Tarik Skubal | DET | KC | |
59 | Mike Kickham | BOS | NYY | |
60 | Kyle Gibson | TEX | @HOU | |
61 | Reynaldo Lopez | CWS | @CIN | |
62 | Justus Sheffield | SEA | SD | |
63 | Josh Fleming | TB | WAS | |
64 | Justin Dunn | SEA | SD | |
65 | Jordan Montgomery | NYY | @BOS | |
66 | Danny Duffy | KC | @DET | |
67 | Jakob Junis | KC | @MIL | |
68 | Jaime Barria | LAA | TEX | |
69 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @MIA, NYY | |
70 | Jorge Lopez | BAL | ATL, TB | |
71 | Trevor Richards | TB | @BAL | |
72 | Daniel Norris | DET | CLE | |
73 | Martin Perez | BOS | NYY | |
74 | Ljay Newsome | SEA | SF | |
75 | Sean Manaea | OAK | @COL | |
76 | Kris Bubic | KC | @MIL | |
77 | Robbie Ray | TOR | @PHI | |
78 | Mike Fiers | OAK | @COL | |
79 | J.A. Happ | NYY | @BOS | |
80 | Tanner Roark | TOR | @NYY | |
81 | Keegan Akin | BAL | ATL | |
82 | Walker Lockett | SEA | OAK |
National League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
1 | Trevor Bauer | CIN | PIT, CWS | Talking the talk and backing it up |
2 | Yu Darvish | CHC | CLE, MIN | Transformation into a control pitcher continues to amaze |
3 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | KC, STL | A star is born, allowed 1 HR all season while fanning 64 in 45.1 IP |
4 | Jack Flaherty | STL | @MIL, @PIT | |
5 | Max Scherzer | WAS | @MIA | |
6 | Dinelson Lamet | SD | LAD, @SEA | Should have 4 or 5 wins |
7 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @SD, @COL | |
8 | Mike Clevinger | SD | @SEA | |
9 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | @PHI | |
10 | Luis Castillo | CIN | PIT | .338 BABIP suggest ratios could be even lower |
11 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | @MIA | |
12 | Max Fried | ATL | @NYM | |
13 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @LAA | |
14 | Aaron Nola | PHI | NYM | |
15 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | STL | |
16 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | BOS, WAS | |
17 | German Marquez | COL | OAK | |
18 | Madison Bumgarner | ARI | @LAA, @HOU | |
19 | Ian Anderson | ATL | @NYM | |
20 | Joe Musgrove | PIT | @CIN, STL | |
21 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | MIN | |
22 | Sixto Sanchez | MIA | WAS | |
23 | Pablo Lopez | MIA | PHI, WAS | Toughg pair to rebound from after getting rocked last time |
24 | Seth Lugo | NYM | @PHI | |
25 | Chris Paddack | SD | LAD | Hasn't been right all season. |
26 | Anthony DeSclafani | CIN | PIT | Another Reds disappointment, so much for the Kyle Boddy narrative |
27 | Adrian Houser | MIL | KC | |
28 | Vince Velasquez | PHI | @MIA, TOR | |
29 | Zach Eflin | PHI | @TOR | Early leader to head up 2021 sleeper lists |
30 | Kwang-Hyun Kim | STL | @MIL, @PIT | |
31 | Cody Ponce | PIT | @CIN | |
32 | Michael Lorenzen | CIN | PIT | |
33 | Luke Weaver | ARI | @HOU | |
34 | Jon Gray | COL | LAD | |
35 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | NYM | Tentative, may need fingernail removed |
36 | Tyler Anderson | SF | @SEA | |
37 | JT Brubaker | PIT | @CIN | |
38 | Carlos Martinez | STL | @PIT | |
39 | Anibal Sanchez | WAS | @TB, @MIA | |
40 | Alec Mills | CHC | MIN | |
41 | Daniel Castano | MIA | WAS | |
42 | Josh Lindblom | MIL | STL, KC | |
43 | Austin Voth | WAS | @TB | |
44 | Caleb Smith | ARI | @LAA | |
45 | Dustin May | LAD | @SD | |
46 | Trey Supak | MIL | STL | |
47 | Nick Neidert | MIA | WAS | |
48 | Mitch Keller | PIT | STL, @CIN | |
49 | Bryse Wilson | ATL | @BAL | |
50 | Daniel Ponce de Leon | STL | @MIL | |
51 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | @SD, @COL | |
52 | Dakota Hudson | STL | @PIT | |
53 | Tejay Antone | CIN | CWS | |
54 | Rick Porcello | NYM | @PHI, ATL | |
55 | Jake Arrieta | PHI | NYM, TOR | |
56 | Adam Wainwright | STL | @MIL | |
57 | Jon Lester | CHC | CLE | |
58 | Kyle Freeland | COL | LAD | |
59 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | BOS | |
60 | Wil Crowe | WAS | @MIA | |
61 | Jose Urena | MIA | BOS | |
62 | Tyler Mahle | CIN | CWS | |
63 | Ramon Rosso | PHI | TOR | |
64 | Touki Toussaint | ATL | @BAL | |
65 | Julio Urias | LAD | @COL | |
66 | Zach Davies | SD | LAD | |
67 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | OAK, LAD | |
68 | Erick Fedde | WAS | @MIA | |
69 | Garrett Richards | SD | @SEA | |
70 | Cole Hamels | ATL | @BAL | |
71 | Austin Gomber | STL | @MIL | |
72 | Trevor Williams | PIT | @STL | |
73 | Chad Kuhl | PIT | STL | |
74 | Johan Oviedo | STL | PIT | |
75 | Kyle Wright | ATL | @NYM | |
76 | Drew Smyly | SF | @OAK | |
77 | Taylor Clarke | ARI | @HOU | |
78 | David Peterson | NYM | ATL | |
79 | Logan Webb | SF | @OAK | |
80 | Trevor Cahill | SF | @SEA | |
81 | Johnny Cueto | SF | @OAK | |
82 | Brett Anderson | MIL | STL | |
83 | Steven Brault | PIT | STL | |
84 | Michael Wacha | NYM | ATL | |
85 | Mitch White | LAD | @COL | |
86 | Ryan Castellani | COL | LAD |