Weekly Pitcher Rankings: One Down, Five to Go

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: One Down, Five to Go

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Published on April 26, 2025

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Can you believe it's almost May? Geez, in just two weeks, I'll be whining about everyone incorrectly saying: "We're at the quarter pole."

Scoring is still down, as are hits. There was a piece in Baseball Prospectus last week discussing how fewer outfield hits is the main culprit. Those reading this column every week already knew that.

As always, the schedule is culled from the Probable Pitchers page. Please direct rotation question over there. I'm happy to handle rankings questions below.

The rain has wreaked havoc on the pitching schedules. There will no doubt be some changes reported this weekend. Please pop back late Sunday night/early Monday morning for the final version.

Week of April 28 - May 4

Mixed League

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@TOR, MIN
2	Cole Ragans	KC	@TB, @BAL	Tentative, has mild groin strain, perhaps explaining 9 ER over last 7 IP
3	Nick Pivetta	SD	SF, @PIT	Keeping the ball in the yard
4	Tarik Skubal	DET	@LAA
5	Jacob deGrom	TEX	ATH, SEA	Rounding into form, gaining stamina
6	Jack Flaherty	DET	@HOU, @LAA
7	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@ATL
8	Reese Olson	DET	@HOU, @LAA
9	Paul Skenes	PIT	CHC
10	Max Fried	NYY	TB
11	Dylan Cease	SD	@PIT
12	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@TEX

Can you believe it's almost May? Geez, in just two weeks, I'll be whining about everyone incorrectly saying: "We're at the quarter pole."

Scoring is still down, as are hits. There was a piece in Baseball Prospectus last week discussing how fewer outfield hits is the main culprit. Those reading this column every week already knew that.

As always, the schedule is culled from the Probable Pitchers page. Please direct rotation question over there. I'm happy to handle rankings questions below.

The rain has wreaked havoc on the pitching schedules. There will no doubt be some changes reported this weekend. Please pop back late Sunday night/early Monday morning for the final version.

Week of April 28 - May 4

Mixed League

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@TOR, MIN
2	Cole Ragans	KC	@TB, @BAL	Tentative, has mild groin strain, perhaps explaining 9 ER over last 7 IP
3	Nick Pivetta	SD	SF, @PIT	Keeping the ball in the yard
4	Tarik Skubal	DET	@LAA
5	Jacob deGrom	TEX	ATH, SEA	Rounding into form, gaining stamina
6	Jack Flaherty	DET	@HOU, @LAA
7	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@ATL
8	Reese Olson	DET	@HOU, @LAA
9	Paul Skenes	PIT	CHC
10	Max Fried	NYY	TB
11	Dylan Cease	SD	@PIT
12	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@TEX
13	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@CWS, CHC
14	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@BAL
15	Tanner Bibee	CLE	MIN, @TOR	5.19 ERA is only the second worst for a guy named Tanner
16	Zack Wheeler	PHI	WAS
17	Logan Webb	SF	@SD, COL	23 K over last 17.1 IP
18	Chris Sale	ATL	@COL	Not a great spot to get back on track, but Rockies lineup is historically bad
19	Framber Valdez	HOU	@CWS
20	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@PIT, @MIL
21	Gavin Williams	CLE	MIN, @TOR
22	Kris Bubic	KC	@BAL
23	Bailey Ober	MIN	@CLE, @BOS
24	Drew Rasmussen	TB	KC
25	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@ATL
26	Hunter Greene	CIN	STL
27	Shane Baz	TB	KC
28	Michael King	SD	SF
29	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	ARI
30	Hunter Brown	HOU	@CWS
31	Sonny Gray	STL	NYM
32	Bryan Woo	SEA	LAA
33	Nick Lodolo	CIN	WAS
34	Kodai Senga	NYM	ARI
35	Joe Ryan	MIN	@BOS
36	Corbin Burnes	ARI	@NYM	Strikeouts bounced back last start, but not out of the woods yet
37	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@PIT
38	Zac Gallen	ARI	@NYM
39	Taj Bradley	TB	KC, @NYY
40	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	ATH
41	Roki Sasaki	LAD	@ATL
42	Bryce Miller	SEA	@TEX
43	Tyler Mahle	TEX	ATH
44	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	WAS
45	Seth Lugo	KC	@TB
46	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@NYM, @PHI
47	Ben Brown	CHC	@MIL
48	David Peterson	NYM	ARI, @STL
49	Luis Severino	ATH	@TEX
50	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@LAD, ATH		41%
51	Walker Buehler	BOS	MIN
52	Bowden Francis	TOR	BOS, CLE
53	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@PHI
54	Kevin Gausman	TOR	CLE
55	Grant Holmes	ATL	LAD
56	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@CLE
57	Jake Irvin	WAS	@PHI		10%
58	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@PHI
59	Tanner Houck	BOS	@TOR
60	Brady Singer	CIN	STL, WAS
61	Jackson Jobe	DET	@HOU
62	Robbie Ray	SF	COL
63	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	NYY, KC
64	Nick Martinez	CIN	STL, WAS
65	Michael Wacha	KC	@BAL
66	Dustin May	LAD	MIA
67	Erick Fedde	STL	NYM
68	Tylor Megill	NYM	@STL
69	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	LAD
70	Luis Castillo	SEA	@TEX
71	Griffin Canning	NYM	@WAS, @STL
72	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@CIN
73	Ranger Suarez	PHI	ARI
74	Landen Roupp	SF	@SD
75	Chris Bassitt	TOR	CLE
76	Andre Pallante	STL	@CIN, NYM		11%
77	Ronel Blanco	HOU	DET
78	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	TB
79	Steven Matz	STL	@CIN		1%	35%
80	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@LAD
81	Clay Holmes	NYM	ARI
82	Casey Mize	DET	@LAA
83	Andrew Heaney	PIT	CHC, SD
84	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@PHI
85	Shane Smith	CWS	MIL
86	Dean Kremer	BAL	KC		9%
87	Mix 12 Reliever
88	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CIN
89	Trevor Williams	WAS	NYM, @CIN		0%	12%
90	Miles Mikolas	STL	@CIN		0%	9%
91	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@NYY
92	Jose Berrios	TOR	BOS
93	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@TEX
94	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@SEA		31%
95	Aaron Nola	PHI	ARI
96	Jordan Hicks	SF	COL
97	Tobias Myers	MIL	@CWS		46%
98	Mix 15 Reliever
99	Lance McCullers	HOU	@CWS		6%	32%
100	Jose Soriano	LAA	DET
101	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@TOR		13%
102	Michael Soroka	WAS	@CIN		0%	25%
103	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	MIN
104	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	DET
105	Mitch Keller	PIT	SD
106	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@MIL
107	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@SEA, DET		0%	39%
108	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	MIA		12%	16%
109	Charlie Morton	BAL	KC		10%	37%
110	Chad Patrick	MIL	@CWS		6%
111	JP Sears	ATH	@TEX, @MIA		32%
112	Brayan Bello	BOS	MIN		47%
113	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	@MIA
114	Jack Leiter	TEX	SEA
115	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@CLE		3%	47%
116	Colin Rea	CHC	@PIT		4%
117	Ben Casparius	LAD	MIA		0%	0%
118	Sean Burke	CWS	MIL		8%	28%
119	Davis Martin	CWS	HOU		1%	12%
120	Bailey Falter	PIT	SD		0%	4%
121	Max Meyer	MIA	ATH
122	Emerson Hancock	SEA	LAA		0%	0%
123	Andrew Abbott	CIN	STL
124	Chris Paddack	MIN	@CLE, @BOS		5%
125	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@TB		17%
126	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	DET
127	Will Warren	NYY	@BAL, TB
128	Ryan Feltner	COL	@SF		2%	9%
129	Justin Verlander	SF	COL
130	Brad Lord	WAS	@PHI		0%	0%
131	Ryan Gusto	HOU	DET		1%
132	Zack Littell	TB	@NYY		20%
133	Ben Lively	CLE	MIN		6%
134	Patrick Corbin	TEX	ATH, SEA		0%	7%
135	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	@BAL		0%	4%
136	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	@COL, LAD		17%	49%
137	Logan Allen	CLE	@TOR		14%
138	German Marquez	COL	ATL, @SF		0%	0%
139	Paxton Schultz	TOR	BOS		0%	0%
140	Kyle Freeland	COL	@SF		3%	7%
141	Taijuan Walker	PHI	WAS		6%	21%
142	Jose Quintana	MIL	CHC
143	Chase Dollander	COL	ATL
144	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	DET		0%	5%
145	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	HOU		0%	2%
146	Connor Gillispie	MIA	ATH		0%	5%
147	Hogan Harris	ATH	@TEX, @MIA		0%	0%
148	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	CHC		0%	0%
149	Kyle Gibson	BAL	NYY		0%	0%
150	Bryce Elder	ATL	@COL		0%	4%
151	Quinn Priester	MIL	CHC
152	Bryse Wilson	CWS	MIL, HOU		0%	0%
153	Cal Quantrill	MIA	@LAD		0%	0%
154	Cade Povich	BAL	NYY		9%
155	Randy Vasquez	SD	@PIT		6%
156	Tanner Gordon	COL	ATL		0.00%	0.00%
157	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@SF		0.00%	0.00%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@TOR, MIN
2	Cole Ragans	KC	@TB, @BAL	Tentative, has mild groin strain, perhaps explaining 9 ER over last 7 IP
3	Tarik Skubal	DET	@LAA
4	Jacob deGrom	TEX	ATH, SEA	Rounding into form, gaining stamina
5	Jack Flaherty	DET	@HOU, @LAA
6	Reese Olson	DET	@HOU, @LAA
7	Max Fried	NYY	TB
8	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@TEX
9	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@BAL
10	Tanner Bibee	CLE	MIN, @TOR	5.19 ERA is only the second worst for a guy named Tanner
11	Framber Valdez	HOU	@CWS
12	Gavin Williams	CLE	MIN, @TOR
13	Kris Bubic	KC	@BAL
14	Bailey Ober	MIN	@CLE, @BOS
15	Drew Rasmussen	TB	KC
16	Shane Baz	TB	KC
17	Hunter Brown	HOU	@CWS
18	Bryan Woo	SEA	LAA
19	Joe Ryan	MIN	@BOS
20	Taj Bradley	TB	KC, @NYY
21	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	ATH
22	Bryce Miller	SEA	@TEX
23	Tyler Mahle	TEX	ATH
24	Seth Lugo	KC	@TB
25	Luis Severino	ATH	@TEX
26	Walker Buehler	BOS	MIN
27	Bowden Francis	TOR	BOS, CLE
28	Kevin Gausman	TOR	CLE
29	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@CLE
30	Tanner Houck	BOS	@TOR
31	Jackson Jobe	DET	@HOU
32	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	NYY, KC
33	Michael Wacha	KC	@BAL
34	Luis Castillo	SEA	@TEX
35	Chris Bassitt	TOR	CLE
36	Ronel Blanco	HOU	DET
37	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	TB
38	Casey Mize	DET	@LAA
39	Shane Smith	CWS	MIL
40	Dean Kremer	BAL	KC
41	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@NYY
42	Jose Berrios	TOR	BOS
43	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@TEX
44	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@SEA
45	Lance McCullers	HOU	@CWS
46	Jose Soriano	LAA	DET
47	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@TOR
48	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	MIN
49	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	DET
50	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@SEA, DET
51	Charlie Morton	BAL	KC
52	JP Sears	ATH	@TEX, @MIA
53	Brayan Bello	BOS	MIN
54	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	@MIA
55	Jack Leiter	TEX	SEA
56	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@CLE
57	AL Reliever
58	Sean Burke	CWS	MIL
59	Davis Martin	CWS	HOU
60	Emerson Hancock	SEA	LAA
61	Chris Paddack	MIN	@CLE, @BOS
62	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@TB
63	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	DET
64	Will Warren	NYY	@BAL, TB
65	Ryan Gusto	HOU	DET
66	Zack Littell	TB	@NYY
67	Ben Lively	CLE	MIN
68	Patrick Corbin	TEX	ATH, SEA
69	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	@BAL
70	Logan Allen	CLE	@TOR
71	Paxton Schultz	TOR	BOS
72	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	DET
73	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	HOU
74	Hogan Harris	ATH	@TEX, @MIA
75	Kyle Gibson	BAL	NYY
76	Bryse Wilson	CWS	MIL, HOU
77	Cade Povich	BAL	NYY

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Nick Pivetta	SD	SF, @PIT	Keeping the ball in the yard
2	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@ATL
3	Paul Skenes	PIT	CHC
4	Dylan Cease	SD	@PIT
5	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@CWS, CHC
6	Zack Wheeler	PHI	WAS
7	Logan Webb	SF	@SD, COL	23 K over last 17.1 IP
8	Chris Sale	ATL	@COL	Not a great spot to get back on track, but Rockies lineup is historically bad
9	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@PIT, @MIL
10	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@ATL
11	Hunter Greene	CIN	STL
12	Michael King	SD	SF
13	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	ARI
14	Sonny Gray	STL	NYM
15	Nick Lodolo	CIN	WAS
16	Kodai Senga	NYM	ARI
17	Corbin Burnes	ARI	@NYM	Strikeouts bounced back last start, but not out of the woods yet
18	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@PIT
19	Zac Gallen	ARI	@NYM
20	Roki Sasaki	LAD	@ATL
21	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	WAS
22	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@NYM, @PHI
23	Ben Brown	CHC	@MIL
24	David Peterson	NYM	ARI, @STL
25	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@LAD, ATH
26	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@PHI
27	Grant Holmes	ATL	LAD
28	Jake Irvin	WAS	@PHI
29	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@PHI
30	Brady Singer	CIN	STL, WAS
31	Robbie Ray	SF	COL
32	Nick Martinez	CIN	STL, WAS
33	Dustin May	LAD	MIA
34	Erick Fedde	STL	NYM
35	Tylor Megill	NYM	@STL
36	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	LAD
37	Griffin Canning	NYM	@WAS, @STL
38	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@CIN
39	Ranger Suarez	PHI	ARI
40	Landen Roupp	SF	@SD
41	Andre Pallante	STL	@CIN, NYM
42	Steven Matz	STL	@CIN
43	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@LAD
44	Clay Holmes	NYM	ARI
45	Andrew Heaney	PIT	CHC, SD
46	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@PHI
47	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CIN
48	Trevor Williams	WAS	NYM, @CIN
49	Miles Mikolas	STL	@CIN
50	Aaron Nola	PHI	ARI
51	Jordan Hicks	SF	COL
52	Tobias Myers	MIL	@CWS
53	Michael Soroka	WAS	@CIN
54	Mitch Keller	PIT	SD
55	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@MIL
56	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	MIA
57	Chad Patrick	MIL	@CWS
58	NL Reliever
59	Colin Rea	CHC	@PIT
60	Ben Casparius	LAD	MIA
61	Bailey Falter	PIT	SD
62	Max Meyer	MIA	ATH
63	Andrew Abbott	CIN	STL
64	Ryan Feltner	COL	@SF
65	Justin Verlander	SF	COL
66	Brad Lord	WAS	@PHI
67	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	@COL, LAD
68	German Marquez	COL	ATL, @SF
69	Kyle Freeland	COL	@SF
70	Taijuan Walker	PHI	WAS
71	Jose Quintana	MIL	CHC
72	Chase Dollander	COL	ATL
73	Connor Gillispie	MIA	ATH
74	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	CHC
75	Bryce Elder	ATL	@COL
76	Quinn Priester	MIL	CHC
77	Cal Quantrill	MIA	@LAD
78	Randy Vasquez	SD	@PIT
79	Tanner Gordon	COL	ATL
80	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@SF

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