This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
It seems like just yesterday that I was posting the three- and 10-day rankings to open the season. But that was 26 weeks ago and here we are, one week left.
You know the deal: don't overlook pitching ratios over the final week, and everything is even more tentative than normal.
As always, it's been a pleasure grinding these out every week. Hopefully they've helped you manage a winning roster.
UPDATED: Monday September 23, 12:30 AM ET
Week of September 23 - 29
Mixed League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | TB, CWS | Second start depends on Wild Card race |
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | @WAS, @ATL | Ditto |
| 3 | Bailey Ober | MIN | MIA, BAL | Benefited from a soft schedule |
| 4 | Framber Valdez | HOU | SEA | |
| 5 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @WAS | Making a push for the NL Cy Young |
| 6 | Aaron Nola | PHI | CHC, @WAS | Good pair to get back on track heading into the playoffs |
| 7 | Chris Sale | ATL | NYM | |
| 8 | Blake Snell | SF | STL | Will he get a long term deal this offseason? |
| 9 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @OAK, @LAA | |
| 10 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @HOU, OAK | |
| 11 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | CIN | |
| 12 | Michael King | SD | @LAD, @ARI | Tough pair, but good warm-up for the postseason |
| 13 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @TOR, TB | Hopes to finish strong, but has had a down 2H |
| 14 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | TB | |
| 15 | Luis Castillo | SEA | OAK | |
| 16 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @PIT | |
| 17 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | BAL |
It seems like just yesterday that I was posting the three- and 10-day rankings to open the season. But that was 26 weeks ago and here we are, one week left.
You know the deal: don't overlook pitching ratios over the final week, and everything is even more tentative than normal.
As always, it's been a pleasure grinding these out every week. Hopefully they've helped you manage a winning roster.
UPDATED: Monday September 23, 12:30 AM ET
Week of September 23 - 29
Mixed League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | TB, CWS | Second start depends on Wild Card race |
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | @WAS, @ATL | Ditto |
| 3 | Bailey Ober | MIN | MIA, BAL | Benefited from a soft schedule |
| 4 | Framber Valdez | HOU | SEA | |
| 5 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @WAS | Making a push for the NL Cy Young |
| 6 | Aaron Nola | PHI | CHC, @WAS | Good pair to get back on track heading into the playoffs |
| 7 | Chris Sale | ATL | NYM | |
| 8 | Blake Snell | SF | STL | Will he get a long term deal this offseason? |
| 9 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @OAK, @LAA | |
| 10 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @HOU, OAK | |
| 11 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | CIN | |
| 12 | Michael King | SD | @LAD, @ARI | Tough pair, but good warm-up for the postseason |
| 13 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @TOR, TB | Hopes to finish strong, but has had a down 2H |
| 14 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | TB | |
| 15 | Luis Castillo | SEA | OAK | |
| 16 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @PIT | |
| 17 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | BAL | |
| 18 | Zac Gallen | ARI | SF | |
| 19 | Yusei Kikuchi | HOU | SEA | |
| 20 | Bryan Woo | SEA | OAK | |
| 21 | Michael Wacha | KC | @WAS | |
| 22 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | CIN | |
| 23 | Seth Lugo | KC | @ATL | |
| 24 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @CHC | |
| 25 | Logan Webb | SF | @ARI | |
| 26 | Dylan Cease | SD | @LAD | |
| 27 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | CIN | Should garner a few down ballot NL ROY votes |
| 28 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @CHC | |
| 29 | Hunter Brown | HOU | SEA | |
| 30 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @NYY | Pitching best at the ideal time |
| 31 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | TB | |
| 32 | Max Fried | ATL | NYM | |
| 33 | Luis Gil | NYY | PIT | No sign of an innings restriction |
| 34 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | CIN | |
| 35 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | CHC | |
| 36 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @COL | |
| 37 | Brant Hurter | DET | CWS | |
| 38 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | BAL, PIT | |
| 39 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | PIT | |
| 40 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | BOS | |
| 41 | Jose Berrios | TOR | MIA | |
| 42 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | @OAK | |
| 43 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @HOU | |
| 44 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | @DET, @BOS | |
| 45 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | BAL | |
| 46 | Reese Olson | DET | TB | |
| 47 | Bowden Francis | TOR | BOS | Best FAAB pickup of the year? |
| 48 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @LAA | Not likely to pitch much more than three innings |
| 49 | Yu Darvish | SD | @ARI | |
| 50 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | BOS, MIA | |
| 51 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | SF | |
| 52 | George Kirby | SEA | @HOU | |
| 53 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @NYY | |
| 54 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | BAL | |
| 55 | JP Sears | OAK | @SEA | |
| 56 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | NYM, KC | |
| 57 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | SF, SD | |
| 58 | Cody Bradford | TEX | @OAK | |
| 59 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @CLE | |
| 60 | Zack Littell | TB | @DET | |
| 61 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @WAS | |
| 62 | Zach Eflin | BAL | @NYY | |
| 63 | Jakob Junis | CIN | @CLE | |
| 64 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @LAA | |
| 65 | DJ Herz | WAS | KC | |
| 66 | Mitch Spence | OAK | TEX, @SEA | |
| 67 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @CWS | |
| 68 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | SD | |
| 69 | Hayden Birdsong | SF | @ARI, STL | |
| 70 | Aaron Civale | MIL | @PIT | |
| 71 | Jack Flaherty | LAD | SD | |
| 72 | Charlie Morton | ATL | KC | |
| 73 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | MIA | |
| 74 | Brady Basso | OAK | TEX | |
| 75 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||
| 76 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | LAA | |
| 77 | Luis Severino | NYM | @ATL, @MIL | |
| 78 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @ATL | |
| 79 | David Festa | MIN | MIA | |
| 80 | Joe Musgrove | SD | @LAD | |
| 81 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @SF | |
| 82 | Justin Verlander | HOU | @CLE | |
| 83 | Shane Baz | TB | @BOS | |
| 84 | J.T. Ginn | OAK | TEX | |
| 85 | Justin Steele | CHC | @PHI | |
| 86 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @CLE | |
| 87 | Landen Roupp | SF | STL | |
| 88 | Mitch Keller | PIT | MIL | |
| 89 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @TOR | |
| 90 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @MIN | |
| 91 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||
| 92 | Brady Singer | KC | @ATL | |
| 93 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | CIN | |
| 94 | Gavin Williams | CLE | HOU | |
| 95 | Jose Quintana | NYM | @MIL | |
| 96 | Tyler Alexander | TB | @DET | |
| 97 | Richard Fitts | BOS | @TOR | |
| 98 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | @WAS | |
| 99 | Jake Irvin | WAS | PHI | |
| 100 | Tobias Myers | MIL | @PIT, NYM | |
| 101 | Joey Estes | OAK | @SEA | |
| 102 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | MIA | |
| 103 | Erick Fedde | STL | @COL | |
| 104 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | KC | |
| 105 | Valente Bellozo | MIA | @MIN | |
| 106 | Jose Suarez | LAA | @CWS | |
| 107 | Hayden Wesneski | CHC | @PHI | |
| 108 | Reid Detmers | LAA | TEX | |
| 109 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @NYY, @MIN | |
| 110 | Keider Montero | DET | TB | |
| 111 | Casey Mize | DET | CWS | |
| 112 | Griffin Canning | LAA | TEX | |
| 113 | Andre Pallante | STL | @SF | |
| 114 | Tylor Megill | NYM | @MIL | |
| 115 | Matthew Boyd | CLE | HOU | |
| 116 | Bailey Falter | PIT | MIL, @NYY | |
| 117 | Colin Rea | MIL | NYM | |
| 118 | Mason Black | SF | @ARI | |
| 119 | Julian Aguiar | CIN | @CLE | |
| 120 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | LAA, @DET | |
| 121 | Jared Jones | PIT | @NYY | |
| 122 | Ben Lively | CLE | HOU | |
| 123 | Austin Gomber | COL | STL | |
| 124 | Davis Martin | CWS | LAA | |
| 125 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | @CHC | |
| 126 | Frankie Montas | MIL | NYM | |
| 127 | Taj Bradley | TB | @BOS | |
| 128 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | @COL | |
| 129 | Javier Assad | CHC | @PHI | |
| 130 | Albert Suarez | BAL | @MIN | |
| 131 | Kyle Freeland | COL | STL | |
| 132 | Sean Burke | CWS | @DET | |
| 133 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | BAL | |
| 134 | Cade Povich | BAL | @MIN | |
| 135 | Landon Knack | LAD | SD, @COL | |
| 136 | David Peterson | NYM | @ATL | |
| 137 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | MIL | |
| 138 | Walker Buehler | LAD | SD | |
| 139 | Kyle Gibson | STL | @COL | |
| 140 | Ryan Feltner | COL | STL, LAD | |
| 141 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | PHI | |
| 142 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | @MIN, @TOR | |
| 143 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @CWS, TEX | |
| 144 | Adam Oller | MIA | @TOR | |
| 145 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | CHC | |
| 146 | Trevor Williams | WAS | PHI | |
| 147 | Martin Perez | SD | @ARI | |
| 148 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | KC | |
| 149 | Chris Flexen | CWS | @DET | |
| 150 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @COL, @SF | |
| 151 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | SD | |
| 152 | Darren McCaughan | MIA | @TOR | |
| 153 | Cal Quantrill | COL | LAD | |
| 154 | Grant Holmes | ATL | KC | |
| 155 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | LAD |
American League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | DET | TB, CWS | Second start depends on Wild Card race |
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | @WAS, @ATL | Ditto |
| 3 | Bailey Ober | MIN | MIA, BAL | Benefited from a soft schedule |
| 4 | Framber Valdez | HOU | SEA | |
| 5 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @OAK, @LAA | |
| 6 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @HOU, OAK | |
| 7 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | CIN | |
| 8 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @TOR, TB | Hopes to finish strong, but has had a down 2H |
| 9 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | TB | |
| 10 | Luis Castillo | SEA | OAK | |
| 11 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | BAL | |
| 12 | Yusei Kikuchi | HOU | SEA | |
| 13 | Bryan Woo | SEA | OAK | |
| 14 | Michael Wacha | KC | @WAS | |
| 15 | Seth Lugo | KC | @ATL | |
| 16 | Hunter Brown | HOU | SEA | |
| 17 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @NYY | Pitching best at the ideal time |
| 18 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | TB | |
| 19 | Luis Gil | NYY | PIT | No sign of an innings restriction |
| 20 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | CIN | |
| 21 | Brant Hurter | DET | CWS | |
| 22 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | BAL, PIT | |
| 23 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | PIT | |
| 24 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | BOS | |
| 25 | Jose Berrios | TOR | MIA | |
| 26 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | @OAK | |
| 27 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @HOU | |
| 28 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | @DET, @BOS | |
| 29 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | BAL | |
| 30 | Reese Olson | DET | TB | |
| 31 | Bowden Francis | TOR | BOS | Best FAAB pickup of the year? |
| 32 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @LAA | Not likely to pitch much more than three innings |
| 33 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | BOS, MIA | |
| 34 | George Kirby | SEA | @HOU | |
| 35 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | BAL | |
| 36 | JP Sears | OAK | @SEA | |
| 37 | Cody Bradford | TEX | @OAK | |
| 38 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @CLE | |
| 39 | Zack Littell | TB | @DET | |
| 40 | Zach Eflin | BAL | @NYY | |
| 41 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @LAA | |
| 42 | Mitch Spence | OAK | TEX, @SEA | |
| 43 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @CWS | |
| 44 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | MIA | |
| 45 | Brady Basso | OAK | TEX | |
| 46 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | LAA | |
| 47 | David Festa | MIN | MIA | |
| 48 | Justin Verlander | HOU | @CLE | |
| 49 | Shane Baz | TB | @BOS | |
| 50 | J.T. Ginn | OAK | TEX | |
| 51 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @CLE | |
| 52 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @TOR | |
| 53 | Brady Singer | KC | @ATL | |
| 54 | Gavin Williams | CLE | HOU | |
| 55 | Tyler Alexander | TB | @DET | |
| 56 | Richard Fitts | BOS | @TOR | |
| 57 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | @WAS | |
| 58 | Joey Estes | OAK | @SEA | |
| 59 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | MIA | |
| 60 | Jose Suarez | LAA | @CWS | |
| 61 | AL Reliever | |||
| 62 | Reid Detmers | LAA | TEX | |
| 63 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @NYY, @MIN | |
| 64 | Keider Montero | DET | TB | |
| 65 | Casey Mize | DET | CWS | |
| 66 | Griffin Canning | LAA | TEX | |
| 67 | Matthew Boyd | CLE | HOU | |
| 68 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | LAA, @DET | |
| 69 | Ben Lively | CLE | HOU | |
| 70 | Davis Martin | CWS | LAA | |
| 71 | Taj Bradley | TB | @BOS | |
| 72 | Albert Suarez | BAL | @MIN | |
| 73 | Sean Burke | CWS | @DET | |
| 74 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | BAL | |
| 75 | Cade Povich | BAL | @MIN | |
| 76 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | @CWS, TEX | |
| 77 | Chris Flexen | CWS | @DET | |
National League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @WAS | Making a push for the NL Cy Young |
| 2 | Aaron Nola | PHI | CHC, @WAS | Good pair to get back on track heading into the playoffs |
| 3 | Chris Sale | ATL | NYM | |
| 4 | Blake Snell | SF | STL | Will he get a long term deal this offseason? |
| 5 | Michael King | SD | @LAD, @ARI | Tough pair, but good warm-up for the postseason |
| 6 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @PIT | |
| 7 | Zac Gallen | ARI | SF | |
| 8 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | CIN | |
| 9 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @CHC | |
| 10 | Logan Webb | SF | @ARI | |
| 11 | Dylan Cease | SD | @LAD | |
| 12 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | CIN | Should garner a few down ballot NL ROY votes |
| 13 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @CHC | |
| 14 | Max Fried | ATL | NYM | |
| 15 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | CHC | |
| 16 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @COL | |
| 17 | Yu Darvish | SD | @ARI | |
| 18 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | SF | |
| 19 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @NYY | |
| 20 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | NYM, KC | |
| 21 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | SF, SD | |
| 22 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @WAS | |
| 23 | Jakob Junis | CIN | @CLE | |
| 24 | DJ Herz | WAS | KC | |
| 25 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | SD | |
| 26 | Hayden Birdsong | SF | @ARI, STL | |
| 27 | Aaron Civale | MIL | @PIT | |
| 28 | Jack Flaherty | LAD | SD | |
| 29 | Charlie Morton | ATL | KC | |
| 30 | Luis Severino | NYM | @ATL, @MIL | |
| 31 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @ATL | |
| 32 | Joe Musgrove | SD | @LAD | |
| 33 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @SF | |
| 34 | Justin Steele | CHC | @PHI | |
| 35 | Landen Roupp | SF | STL | |
| 36 | Mitch Keller | PIT | MIL | |
| 37 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @MIN | |
| 38 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | CIN | |
| 39 | Jose Quintana | NYM | @MIL | |
| 40 | Jake Irvin | WAS | PHI | |
| 41 | Tobias Myers | MIL | @PIT, NYM | |
| 42 | Erick Fedde | STL | @COL | |
| 43 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | KC | |
| 44 | Valente Bellozo | MIA | @MIN | |
| 45 | Hayden Wesneski | CHC | @PHI | |
| 46 | NL Reliever | |||
| 47 | Andre Pallante | STL | @SF | |
| 48 | Tylor Megill | NYM | @MIL | |
| 49 | Bailey Falter | PIT | MIL, @NYY | |
| 50 | Colin Rea | MIL | NYM | |
| 51 | Mason Black | SF | @ARI | |
| 52 | Julian Aguiar | CIN | @CLE | |
| 53 | Jared Jones | PIT | @NYY | |
| 54 | Austin Gomber | COL | STL | |
| 55 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | @CHC | |
| 56 | Frankie Montas | MIL | NYM | |
| 57 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | @COL | |
| 58 | Javier Assad | CHC | @PHI | |
| 59 | Kyle Freeland | COL | STL | |
| 60 | Landon Knack | LAD | SD, @COL | |
| 61 | David Peterson | NYM | @ATL | |
| 62 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | MIL | |
| 63 | Walker Buehler | LAD | SD | |
| 64 | Kyle Gibson | STL | @COL | |
| 65 | Ryan Feltner | COL | STL, LAD | |
| 66 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | PHI | |
| 67 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | @MIN, @TOR | |
| 68 | Adam Oller | MIA | @TOR | |
| 69 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | CHC | |
| 70 | Trevor Williams | WAS | PHI | |
| 71 | Martin Perez | SD | @ARI | |
| 72 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | KC | |
| 73 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @COL, @SF | |
| 74 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | SD | |
| 75 | Darren McCaughan | MIA | @TOR | |
| 76 | Cal Quantrill | COL | LAD | |
| 77 | Grant Holmes | ATL | KC | |
| 78 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | LAD |
