This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
Only one more week until the midseason hiatus, better known as the All-Star break. For those wondering, three- and 10-day rankings will be posted on the Wednesday of the break, then updated Thursday night, along with the standard weekly rankings on Saturday, July 15.
But before then, we have a busy, 96-game schedule to deal with. I reserve the title "Subject to Change" for this week every season, since rotations can change on a whim. Sometimes young pitchers are scratched, often with little notice. Other times, injured pitchers are given more time to heal so they can start the post-break as healthy as possible. This season, there are several top-tier hurlers with injury concerns heading into next week.
UPDATED: Monday July 3, 1:55 AM ET
Week of July 3 - 9
Mixed
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Blake Snell | SD | LAA, NYM | Go go Snellzilla | ||
2 | Jesus Luzardo | MIA | STL, PHI | |||
3 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @TB | Lately, ERA has been regressing to 2.92 xFIP | ||
4 | Joe Ryan | MIN | KC, BAL | Rebound in store | ||
5 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | @SD | Out of superlatives | ||
6 | Framber Valdez | HOU | COL | Tentative, scratched last time with sprained ankle | ||
7 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @DET | |||
8 | Justin Steele | CHC | @MIL | |||
9 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @TB, @MIA | |||
10 | Logan Webb | SF | SEA, COL | |||
11 | Zac Gallen | ARI | PIT |
Only one more week until the midseason hiatus, better known as the All-Star break. For those wondering, three- and 10-day rankings will be posted on the Wednesday of the break, then updated Thursday night, along with the standard weekly rankings on Saturday, July 15.
But before then, we have a busy, 96-game schedule to deal with. I reserve the title "Subject to Change" for this week every season, since rotations can change on a whim. Sometimes young pitchers are scratched, often with little notice. Other times, injured pitchers are given more time to heal so they can start the post-break as healthy as possible. This season, there are several top-tier hurlers with injury concerns heading into next week.
UPDATED: Monday July 3, 1:55 AM ET
Week of July 3 - 9
Mixed
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Blake Snell | SD | LAA, NYM | Go go Snellzilla | ||
2 | Jesus Luzardo | MIA | STL, PHI | |||
3 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @TB | Lately, ERA has been regressing to 2.92 xFIP | ||
4 | Joe Ryan | MIN | KC, BAL | Rebound in store | ||
5 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | @SD | Out of superlatives | ||
6 | Framber Valdez | HOU | COL | Tentative, scratched last time with sprained ankle | ||
7 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @DET | |||
8 | Justin Steele | CHC | @MIL | |||
9 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @TB, @MIA | |||
10 | Logan Webb | SF | SEA, COL | |||
11 | Zac Gallen | ARI | PIT | |||
12 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | CHC | |||
13 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | KC | 3.55 xFIP, expect a strong second half | ||
14 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | PIT, LAA | Tentative, received cortisone shot for sore shoulder | ||
15 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | CIN | |||
16 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @MIA | |||
17 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | CHC | |||
18 | Julio Urias | LAD | PIT | |||
19 | Tyler Glasnow | TB | PHI | |||
20 | Shane Bieber | CLE | ATL, KC | |||
21 | Tyler Wells | BAL | @NYY, @MIN | |||
22 | Eduardo Rodriguez | DET | OAK | |||
23 | Marcus Stroman | CHC | @MIL | |||
24 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | KC | |||
25 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @LAD, @ARI | |||
26 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | STL, PHI | |||
27 | Hunter Brown | HOU | SEA | |||
28 | Cristian Javier | HOU | @TEX, SEA | |||
29 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @CWS, @DET | |||
30 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @MIL | |||
31 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | LAA | |||
32 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @NYY | |||
33 | Garrett Whitlock | BOS | OAK | |||
34 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @CLE, @TB | |||
35 | Justin Verlander | NYM | @SD | |||
36 | Michael Lorenzen | DET | OAK | 50% | ||
37 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @HOU | |||
38 | Bailey Ober | MIN | BAL | |||
39 | Kenta Maeda | MIN | KC | |||
40 | Gavin Williams | CLE | ATL, KC | |||
41 | Alex Cobb | SF | SEA | |||
42 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | OAK | |||
43 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @SF, @HOU | |||
44 | Zach Eflin | TB | PHI, ATL | |||
45 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @MIA | |||
46 | Yu Darvish | SD | LAA | |||
47 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @BOS | |||
48 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | PIT | |||
49 | Domingo German | NYY | BAL, CHC | |||
50 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | CHC | |||
51 | Tarik Skubal | DET | OAK, TOR | 3% | 4% | |
52 | Michael Wacha | SD | NYM | |||
53 | Aaron Civale | CLE | KC | |||
54 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | TOR, STL | |||
55 | James Paxton | BOS | TEX | |||
56 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @TB | |||
57 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @SF | |||
58 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | @MIL, @NYY | |||
59 | Dylan Cease | CWS | STL | |||
60 | Alex Wood | SF | COL | 16% | ||
61 | George Kirby | SEA | @HOU | |||
62 | Max Scherzer | NYM | @ARI | |||
63 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @WAS | |||
64 | Sonny Gray | MIN | BAL | |||
65 | Joe Musgrove | SD | LAA | |||
66 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||||
67 | Jordan Montgomery | STL | @CWS | |||
68 | Trevor Richards | TOR | @DET | 1% | 13% | |
69 | Eury Perez | MIA | STL | |||
70 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @TB | |||
71 | Keaton Winn | SF | SEA | 1% | 2% | |
72 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||||
73 | Jon Gray | TEX | @BOS | |||
74 | Dane Dunning | TEX | @BOS, @WAS | |||
75 | Bobby Miller | LAD | PIT | |||
76 | Kodai Senga | NYM | @ARI, @SD | |||
77 | Ben Lively | CIN | @MIL | 15% | 40% | |
78 | Anthony DeSclafani | SF | COL | |||
79 | Michael Soroka | ATL | @CLE | 19% | ||
80 | Austin Gomber | COL | @SF | 0% | 0% | |
81 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | PHI | |||
82 | Colin Rea | MIL | CIN | 6% | ||
83 | Seth Lugo | SD | NYM | 50% | ||
84 | Brayan Bello | BOS | TEX | Emerging ace | ||
85 | Wade Miley | MIL | CHC | 41% | ||
86 | Cole Irvin | BAL | @MIN | 2% | 32% | |
87 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @CWS | |||
88 | Connor Seabold | COL | @SF | 0% | 0% | |
89 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @TB | 0% | 32% | |
90 | Randy Vasquez | NYY | BAL | 0% | 0% | |
91 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | @CWS | |||
92 | Drew Smyly | CHC | @MIL, @NYY | |||
93 | Jaime Barria | LAA | @SD | 28% | ||
94 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | @SD | |||
95 | JP Sears | OAK | @DET, @BOS | |||
96 | Drey Jameson | ARI | PIT | 2% | 30% | |
97 | Shawn Dubin | HOU | SEA | 0% | 0% | |
98 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @NYY | 41% | ||
99 | Kyle Gibson | BAL | @NYY, @MIN | |||
100 | Jack Flaherty | STL | @MIA | |||
101 | Chris Murphy | BOS | TEX, OAK | 0% | 2% | |
102 | Josiah Gray | WAS | CIN | |||
103 | Luis Severino | NYY | BAL | |||
104 | Brandon Williamson | CIN | @WAS | 4% | 23% | |
105 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @NYY | 44% | ||
106 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @MIA, @CWS | |||
107 | Griffin Canning | LAA | @LAD | |||
108 | Martin Perez | TEX | HOU, @WAS | |||
109 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @SF, @HOU | |||
110 | David Peterson | NYM | @SD | 8% | ||
111 | Brett Kennedy | CIN | @WAS | 0% | 0% | |
112 | Rich Hill | PIT | @ARI | 14% | ||
113 | Julio Teheran | MIL | CHC, CIN | |||
114 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @HOU, @SF | 8% | 36% | |
115 | Taj Bradley | TB | ATL | |||
116 | Hogan Harris | OAK | @DET | 7% | 47% | |
117 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN | @WAS | 5% | 17% | |
118 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @LAD | 10% | ||
119 | Alec Marsh | KC | @MIN | 0% | 0% | |
120 | Zack Greinke | KC | @MIN, @CLE | 2% | 32% | |
121 | Adrian Houser | MIL | CHC | 4% | 28% | |
122 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | CIN | |||
123 | Johan Oviedo | PIT | @LAD | |||
124 | Matt Manning | DET | TOR | 2% | ||
125 | Daniel Lynch | KC | @CLE | 3% | ||
126 | Yonny Chirinos | TB | PHI | 3% | 42% | |
127 | Brady Singer | KC | @CLE | 45% | ||
128 | Lance Lynn | CWS | TOR | |||
129 | Cooper Criswell | TB | ATL | 0% | 0% | |
130 | Jordan Lyles | KC | @CLE | 0% | 0% | |
131 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | BAL | |||
132 | Jake Irvin | WAS | CIN, TEX | 1% | 8% | |
133 | Austin Cox | KC | @MIN | 1% | 4% | |
134 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | NYM | 2% | ||
135 | J.P. France | HOU | COL, SEA | |||
136 | Tommy Henry | ARI | NYM | 7% | 49% | |
137 | Kolby Allard | ATL | @CLE | 0% | 0% | |
138 | Steven Matz | STL | @MIA | 1% | 23% | |
139 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | @LAD, @ARI | 12% | ||
140 | Luke Weaver | CIN | @WAS, @MIL | 0% | 19% | |
141 | Zach Logue | DET | TOR | 0% | 0% | |
142 | Cal Quantrill | CLE | ATL | 11% | 28% | |
143 | Zach Davies | ARI | NYM, PIT | 1% | 4% | |
144 | Trevor Williams | WAS | TEX | 2% | 23% | |
145 | Chase Anderson | COL | @HOU | 0% | 2% | |
146 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | CIN, TEX | 0% | 2% | |
147 | Luis Medina | OAK | @DET | 0% | 6% | |
148 | Bryan Hoeing | MIA | STL | 2% | 19% | |
149 | Jesse Scholtens | CWS | TOR | 0% | 0% | |
150 | Osvaldo Bido | PIT | @LAD | 2% | 34% | |
151 | Carlos Carrasco | NYM | @ARI | 12% | ||
152 | Adam Wainwright | STL | @MIA, @CWS | 6% | 38% | |
153 | Touki Toussaint | CWS | STL | 0% | 9% | |
154 | Paul Blackburn | OAK | @BOS | 32% | ||
155 | Ken Waldichuk | OAK | @BOS | 1% | 2% |
American League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Joe Ryan | MIN | KC, BAL | Rebound in store |
2 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | @SD | Out of superlatives |
3 | Framber Valdez | HOU | COL | Tentative, scratched last time with sprained ankle |
4 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @DET | |
5 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | CHC | |
6 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | KC | 3.55 xFIP, expect a strong second half |
7 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | CHC | |
8 | Tyler Glasnow | TB | PHI | |
9 | Shane Bieber | CLE | ATL, KC | |
10 | Tyler Wells | BAL | @NYY, @MIN | |
11 | Eduardo Rodriguez | DET | OAK | |
12 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | KC | |
13 | Hunter Brown | HOU | SEA | |
14 | Cristian Javier | HOU | @TEX, SEA | |
15 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @CWS, @DET | |
16 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @NYY | |
17 | Garrett Whitlock | BOS | OAK | |
18 | Michael Lorenzen | DET | OAK | |
19 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @HOU | |
20 | Bailey Ober | MIN | BAL | |
21 | Kenta Maeda | MIN | KC | |
22 | Gavin Williams | CLE | ATL, KC | |
23 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | OAK | |
24 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @SF, @HOU | |
25 | Zach Eflin | TB | PHI, ATL | |
26 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @BOS | |
27 | Domingo German | NYY | BAL, CHC | |
28 | Tarik Skubal | DET | OAK, TOR | |
29 | Aaron Civale | CLE | KC | |
30 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | TOR, STL | |
31 | James Paxton | BOS | TEX | |
32 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @SF | |
33 | Dylan Cease | CWS | STL | |
34 | George Kirby | SEA | @HOU | |
35 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | @WAS | |
36 | Sonny Gray | MIN | BAL | |
37 | Trevor Richards | TOR | @DET | |
38 | Jon Gray | TEX | @BOS | |
39 | Dane Dunning | TEX | @BOS, @WAS | |
40 | Brayan Bello | BOS | TEX | Emerging ace |
41 | AL Reliever | |||
42 | Cole Irvin | BAL | @MIN | |
43 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @CWS | |
44 | Randy Vasquez | NYY | BAL | |
45 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | @CWS | |
46 | Jaime Barria | LAA | @SD | |
47 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | @SD | |
48 | JP Sears | OAK | @DET, @BOS | |
49 | Shawn Dubin | HOU | SEA | |
50 | Kyle Gibson | BAL | @NYY, @MIN | |
51 | Chris Murphy | BOS | TEX, OAK | |
52 | Luis Severino | NYY | BAL | |
53 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @NYY | |
54 | Griffin Canning | LAA | @LAD | |
55 | Martin Perez | TEX | HOU, @WAS | |
56 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @SF, @HOU | |
57 | Taj Bradley | TB | ATL | |
58 | Hogan Harris | OAK | @DET | |
59 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @LAD | |
60 | Alec Marsh | KC | @MIN | |
61 | Zack Greinke | KC | @MIN, @CLE | |
62 | Matt Manning | DET | TOR | |
63 | Daniel Lynch | KC | @CLE | |
64 | Yonny Chirinos | TB | PHI | |
65 | Brady Singer | KC | @CLE | |
66 | Lance Lynn | CWS | TOR | |
67 | Cooper Criswell | TB | ATL | |
68 | Jordan Lyles | KC | @CLE | |
69 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | BAL | |
70 | Austin Cox | KC | @MIN | |
71 | J.P. France | HOU | COL, SEA | |
72 | Zach Logue | DET | TOR | |
73 | Cal Quantrill | CLE | ATL | |
74 | Luis Medina | OAK | @DET | |
75 | Jesse Scholtens | CWS | TOR | |
76 | Touki Toussaint | CWS | STL | |
77 | Paul Blackburn | OAK | @BOS | |
78 | Ken Waldichuk | OAK | @BOS |