This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
Trust me, there will be movement in the ratio categories through the last day of the season. That said, schedules during the last week of the season are always in flux as playoff contenders line up their rotations for the postseason while everyone else makes sure their arms remain healthy.
However, this is the week to exert the most influence. Teams are still battling for a playoff berth or improved seeding. There are a healthy 97 games on the schedule, with a slew of solid two-start upper-echelon options. As usual, there isn't much by way of pickups, but there are a couple of candidates in shallower leagues.
Good luck down the stretch. Our baseball crew remains diligent with tracking rotation and lineup changes. Please direct questions of that nature to the Probable Pitchers page. I'm always willing to explain rankings below.
UPDATED: Monday September 16, 1:10 AM ET
Week of September 16 - 22
Mixed League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @MIL, @NYM | Should have no restrictions |
2 | Luis Gil | NYY | @SEA, @OAK | Stroman to the bullpen leaves Gil in the rotation |
3 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @STL, @CIN | May have innings managed |
4 | Chris Sale | ATL | @CIN | |
5 | Blake Snell | SF | @BAL, @KC | |
6 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | @TB, MIN | |
7 | Seth Lugo | KC | DET, SF | 23 K with 2 BB over last 21 IP |
8 | Max Fried | ATL | LAD, @MIA | |
9 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @KC | |
10 | Sean Manaea | NYM | WAS, PHI | Emerged |
Trust me, there will be movement in the ratio categories through the last day of the season. That said, schedules during the last week of the season are always in flux as playoff contenders line up their rotations for the postseason while everyone else makes sure their arms remain healthy.
However, this is the week to exert the most influence. Teams are still battling for a playoff berth or improved seeding. There are a healthy 97 games on the schedule, with a slew of solid two-start upper-echelon options. As usual, there isn't much by way of pickups, but there are a couple of candidates in shallower leagues.
Good luck down the stretch. Our baseball crew remains diligent with tracking rotation and lineup changes. Please direct questions of that nature to the Probable Pitchers page. I'm always willing to explain rankings below.
UPDATED: Monday September 16, 1:10 AM ET
Week of September 16 - 22
Mixed League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @MIL, @NYM | Should have no restrictions |
2 | Luis Gil | NYY | @SEA, @OAK | Stroman to the bullpen leaves Gil in the rotation |
3 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @STL, @CIN | May have innings managed |
4 | Chris Sale | ATL | @CIN | |
5 | Blake Snell | SF | @BAL, @KC | |
6 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | @TB, MIN | |
7 | Seth Lugo | KC | DET, SF | 23 K with 2 BB over last 21 IP |
8 | Max Fried | ATL | LAD, @MIA | |
9 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @KC | |
10 | Sean Manaea | NYM | WAS, PHI | Emerged as the ace |
11 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @OAK | |
12 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @CLE, @BOS | 3-0 with 1.27 ERA and 1.08 ERA over last 21.1 IP |
13 | Cole Ragans | KC | DET | Proved he can handle the rigors of a full season |
14 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | OAK, WAS | 3-0 with 2.70 ERA and .70 WHIP over last 20 IP and has two great matchups |
15 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | DET | |
16 | Sonny Gray | STL | PIT | |
17 | Joe Musgrove | SD | CWS | |
18 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @CLE | |
19 | Zach Eflin | BAL | SF | |
20 | Jack Flaherty | LAD | @MIA | |
21 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @TB | Tentative, nursing a sore shoulder |
22 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @TB | |
23 | Bryan Woo | SEA | NYY, @TEX | |
24 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @SEA | |
25 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @SD | |
26 | Hunter Greene | CIN | PIT | |
27 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | SEA | |
28 | Justin Steele | CHC | WAS | Injuries curtailed a borderline SP1 season |
29 | Reid Detmers | LAA | CWS, @HOU | |
30 | Nick Martinez | CIN | PIT | |
31 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @MIL | |
32 | Matthew Boyd | CLE | MIN, @STL | 1.65 ERA, .92 WHIP with 23 K and 2 BB over last 16.1 IP |
33 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @ATL, COL | Dodgers would like to see 5 IP per game, then back him off in the final week |
34 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @TEX, @TB | |
35 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @MIL, @NYM | |
36 | George Kirby | SEA | @TEX | |
37 | Shane Baz | TB | BOS, TOR | |
38 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | NYY | |
39 | Michael Wacha | KC | SF | |
40 | Dylan Cease | SD | HOU | |
41 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | SEA | Innings still could be limited |
42 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @OAK | |
43 | Yusei Kikuchi | HOU | LAA | |
44 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @CIN | |
45 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @TEX | |
46 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | MIN | |
47 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | LAA | |
48 | Martin Perez | SD | CWS | |
49 | Bobby Miller | LAD | @MIA, COL | Perfect pair to salvage season. Well, not salvage, but end on a high note. |
50 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @SEA | |
51 | Jared Jones | PIT | @CIN | Finishing strong with 13 K to 1 BB over last 13.1 IP |
52 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | @CIN | |
53 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @NYM | |
54 | Bowden Francis | TOR | @TEX | 1.50 ERA and .44 WHIP over last 7 GS with 46 K to 5 BB over last 48 IP. |
55 | Max Scherzer | TEX | SEA | |
56 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | WAS | |
57 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | @COL, @MIL | |
58 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | TOR | |
59 | Gavin Williams | CLE | MIN, @STL | |
60 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @MIA | |
61 | Logan Webb | SF | @BAL | |
62 | Erick Fedde | STL | PIT | |
63 | Jose Quintana | NYM | WAS | |
64 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | PHI | |
65 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @MIL | |
66 | Reese Olson | DET | @KC, @BAL | |
67 | Brady Singer | KC | SF | |
68 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | TOR | |
69 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | MIN | |
70 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | @LAA | |
71 | Bryce Miller | SEA | NYY | |
72 | Jake Irvin | WAS | @NYM, @CHC | |
73 | Aaron Civale | MIL | PHI, ARI | |
74 | Yu Darvish | SD | HOU, CWS | |
75 | Justin Verlander | HOU | LAA | |
76 | Michael King | SD | HOU | |
77 | Cody Bradford | TEX | TOR | |
78 | Frankie Montas | MIL | PHI, ARI | |
79 | Dean Kremer | BAL | SF | |
80 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | MIN | |
81 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @CLE | |
82 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||
83 | Kyle Gibson | STL | CLE | |
84 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | @TB | |
85 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | BOS | |
86 | Landon Knack | LAD | @MIA | |
87 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | @TB | |
88 | Luis Severino | NYM | PHI | |
89 | Lance Lynn | STL | PIT | |
90 | Brady Basso | OAK | @CHC | |
91 | Walker Buehler | LAD | COL | |
92 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | @CHC | |
93 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @STL | |
94 | Jordan Wicks | CHC | OAK, WAS | |
95 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||
96 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @SD, LAA | |
97 | Taj Bradley | TB | TOR | |
98 | Robbie Ray | SF | @KC | |
99 | Tyler Alexander | TB | TOR | |
100 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @SD | |
101 | JP Sears | OAK | NYY | |
102 | Cade Povich | BAL | DET | |
103 | Javier Assad | CHC | OAK | |
104 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | @COL | |
105 | Griffin Canning | LAA | CWS | |
106 | Tylor Megill | NYM | WAS, PHI | |
107 | Albert Suarez | BAL | SF, DET | |
108 | DJ Herz | WAS | @NYM | |
109 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | @NYM | |
110 | Valente Bellozo | MIA | ATL | |
111 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | LAD | |
112 | Ian Anderson | ATL | @CIN, @MIA | |
113 | Ben Lively | CLE | @STL | |
114 | Colin Rea | MIL | ARI | |
115 | Miles Mikolas | STL | CLE | |
116 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @MIL | |
117 | Andre Pallante | STL | PIT, CLE | |
118 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | @COL, @MIL | |
119 | Brayan Bello | BOS | MIN | |
120 | Davis Martin | CWS | @LAA | |
121 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | @CLE, @BOS | |
122 | Hayden Birdsong | SF | @BAL | |
123 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | PIT | |
124 | Joey Wentz | PIT | @STL | |
125 | David Festa | MIN | @BOS | |
126 | Joey Estes | OAK | @CHC, NYY | |
127 | Jakob Junis | CIN | ATL | |
128 | Mitch Spence | OAK | @CHC | |
129 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | @STL | |
130 | Brant Hurter | DET | @BAL | |
131 | David Peterson | NYM | PHI | |
132 | Alec Marsh | KC | DET | |
133 | Tobias Myers | MIL | ARI | |
134 | J.T. Ginn | OAK | NYY | |
135 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @HOU | |
136 | Zack Littell | TB | BOS | |
137 | Ryan Feltner | COL | ARI | |
138 | Keider Montero | DET | @BAL | |
139 | Casey Mize | DET | @KC | |
140 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @LAA, @SD | |
141 | Mason Black | SF | @KC | |
142 | Adam Oller | MIA | ATL | |
143 | Trevor Williams | WAS | @CHC | |
144 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | @CHC | |
145 | Austin Gomber | COL | ARI | |
146 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | @TEX | |
147 | Caden Dana | LAA | @HOU | |
148 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | CWS | |
149 | Darren McCaughan | MIA | LAD, ATL | |
150 | Julian Aguiar | CIN | ATL | |
151 | Brandon Williamson | CIN | ATL | |
152 | Cal Quantrill | COL | @LAD | |
153 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @LAD | |
154 | Jose Suarez | LAA | @HOU | |
155 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | ARI, @LAD | |
156 | Kolby Allard | PHI | @NYM | |
157 | Sean Burke | CWS | @SD | |
158 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | LAD | |
159 | Chris Flexen | CWS | @SD |
American League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Luis Gil | NYY | @SEA, @OAK | Stroman to the bullpen leaves Gil in the rotation |
2 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | @TB, MIN | |
3 | Seth Lugo | KC | DET, SF | 23 K with 2 BB over last 21 IP |
4 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @KC | |
5 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @OAK | |
6 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @CLE, @BOS | 3-0 with 1.27 ERA and 1.08 ERA over last 21.1 IP |
7 | Cole Ragans | KC | DET | Proved he can handle the rigors of a full season |
8 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | DET | |
9 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @CLE | |
10 | Zach Eflin | BAL | SF | |
11 | Tanner Houck | BOS | @TB | Tentative, nursing a sore shoulder |
12 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @TB | |
13 | Bryan Woo | SEA | NYY, @TEX | |
14 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @SEA | |
15 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @SD | |
16 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | SEA | |
17 | Reid Detmers | LAA | CWS, @HOU | |
18 | Matthew Boyd | CLE | MIN, @STL | 1.65 ERA, .92 WHIP with 23 K and 2 BB over last 16.1 IP |
19 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @TEX, @TB | |
20 | George Kirby | SEA | @TEX | |
21 | Shane Baz | TB | BOS, TOR | |
22 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | NYY | |
23 | Michael Wacha | KC | SF | |
24 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | SEA | Innings still could be limited |
25 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @OAK | |
26 | Yusei Kikuchi | HOU | LAA | |
27 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @TEX | |
28 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | MIN | |
29 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | LAA | |
30 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @SEA | |
31 | Bowden Francis | TOR | @TEX | 1.50 ERA and .44 WHIP over last 7 GS with 46 K to 5 BB over last 48 IP. |
32 | Max Scherzer | TEX | SEA | |
33 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | TOR | |
34 | Gavin Williams | CLE | MIN, @STL | |
35 | Reese Olson | DET | @KC, @BAL | |
36 | Brady Singer | KC | SF | |
37 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | TOR | |
38 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | MIN | |
39 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | @LAA | |
40 | Bryce Miller | SEA | NYY | |
41 | Justin Verlander | HOU | LAA | |
42 | Cody Bradford | TEX | TOR | |
43 | Dean Kremer | BAL | SF | |
44 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | MIN | |
45 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @CLE | |
46 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | @TB | |
47 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | BOS | |
48 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | @TB | |
49 | Brady Basso | OAK | @CHC | |
50 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @SD, LAA | |
51 | Taj Bradley | TB | TOR | |
52 | Tyler Alexander | TB | TOR | |
53 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @SD | |
54 | JP Sears | OAK | NYY | |
55 | Cade Povich | BAL | DET | |
56 | Griffin Canning | LAA | CWS | |
57 | Albert Suarez | BAL | SF, DET | |
58 | Ben Lively | CLE | @STL | |
59 | AL Reliever | |||
60 | Brayan Bello | BOS | MIN | |
61 | Davis Martin | CWS | @LAA | |
62 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | @CLE, @BOS | |
63 | David Festa | MIN | @BOS | |
64 | Joey Estes | OAK | @CHC, NYY | |
65 | Mitch Spence | OAK | @CHC | |
66 | Brant Hurter | DET | @BAL | |
67 | Alec Marsh | KC | DET | |
68 | J.T. Ginn | OAK | NYY | |
69 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @HOU | |
70 | Zack Littell | TB | BOS | |
71 | Keider Montero | DET | @BAL | |
72 | Casey Mize | DET | @KC | |
73 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @LAA, @SD | |
74 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | @TEX | |
75 | Caden Dana | LAA | @HOU | |
76 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | CWS | |
77 | Jose Suarez | LAA | @HOU | |
78 | Sean Burke | CWS | @SD | |
79 | Chris Flexen | CWS | @SD |
National League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @MIL, @NYM | Should have no restrictions |
2 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @STL, @CIN | May have innings managed |
3 | Chris Sale | ATL | @CIN | |
4 | Blake Snell | SF | @BAL, @KC | |
5 | Max Fried | ATL | LAD, @MIA | |
6 | Sean Manaea | NYM | WAS, PHI | Emerged as the ace |
7 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | OAK, WAS | 3-0 with 2.70 ERA and .70 WHIP over last 20 IP and has two great matchups |
8 | Sonny Gray | STL | PIT | |
9 | Joe Musgrove | SD | CWS | |
10 | Jack Flaherty | LAD | @MIA | |
11 | Hunter Greene | CIN | PIT | |
12 | Justin Steele | CHC | WAS | Injuries curtailed a borderline SP1 season |
13 | Nick Martinez | CIN | PIT | |
14 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @MIL | |
15 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @ATL, COL | Dodgers would like to see 5 IP per game, then back him off in the final week |
16 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @MIL, @NYM | |
17 | Dylan Cease | SD | HOU | |
18 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @CIN | |
19 | Martin Perez | SD | CWS | |
20 | Bobby Miller | LAD | @MIA, COL | Perfect pair to salvage season. Well, not salvage, but end on a high note. |
21 | Jared Jones | PIT | @CIN | Finishing strong with 13 K to 1 BB over last 13.1 IP |
22 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | @CIN | |
23 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @NYM | |
24 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | WAS | |
25 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | @COL, @MIL | |
26 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @MIA | |
27 | Logan Webb | SF | @BAL | |
28 | Erick Fedde | STL | PIT | |
29 | Jose Quintana | NYM | WAS | |
30 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | PHI | |
31 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @MIL | |
32 | Jake Irvin | WAS | @NYM, @CHC | |
33 | Aaron Civale | MIL | PHI, ARI | |
34 | Yu Darvish | SD | HOU, CWS | |
35 | Michael King | SD | HOU | |
36 | Frankie Montas | MIL | PHI, ARI | |
37 | Kyle Gibson | STL | CLE | |
38 | Landon Knack | LAD | @MIA | |
39 | Luis Severino | NYM | PHI | |
40 | Lance Lynn | STL | PIT | |
41 | Walker Buehler | LAD | COL | |
42 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | @CHC | |
43 | Bailey Falter | PIT | @STL | |
44 | Jordan Wicks | CHC | OAK, WAS | |
45 | Robbie Ray | SF | @KC | |
46 | Javier Assad | CHC | OAK | |
47 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | @COL | |
48 | Tylor Megill | NYM | WAS, PHI | |
49 | DJ Herz | WAS | @NYM | |
50 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | @NYM | |
51 | Valente Bellozo | MIA | ATL | |
52 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | LAD | |
53 | Ian Anderson | ATL | @CIN, @MIA | |
54 | Colin Rea | MIL | ARI | |
55 | Miles Mikolas | STL | CLE | |
56 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @MIL | |
57 | Andre Pallante | STL | PIT, CLE | |
58 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | @COL, @MIL | |
59 | NL Reliever | |||
60 | Hayden Birdsong | SF | @BAL | |
61 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | PIT | |
62 | Joey Wentz | PIT | @STL | |
63 | Jakob Junis | CIN | ATL | |
64 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | @STL | |
65 | David Peterson | NYM | PHI | |
66 | Tobias Myers | MIL | ARI | |
67 | Ryan Feltner | COL | ARI | |
68 | Mason Black | SF | @KC | |
69 | Adam Oller | MIA | ATL | |
70 | Trevor Williams | WAS | @CHC | |
71 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | @CHC | |
72 | Austin Gomber | COL | ARI | |
73 | Darren McCaughan | MIA | LAD, ATL | |
74 | Julian Aguiar | CIN | ATL | |
75 | Brandon Williamson | CIN | ATL | |
76 | Cal Quantrill | COL | @LAD | |
77 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @LAD | |
78 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | ARI, @LAD | |
79 | Kolby Allard | PHI | @NYM | |
80 | Ryan Weathers | MIA | LAD |