Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Swing, Batter Batter

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Updated on August 12, 2024 12:48AM EST

This week's slate features the Little League Classic, featuring the New York Yankees taking on the Detroit Tigers. The contest will be the ESPN Sunday night game. It will be played at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport, PA.

The venue has played pitcher friendly, which gives the hurlers an edge since the Tigers are the home team and Comerica Park inflates runs a tad. Currently, Tarik Skubal and Marcus Stroman line up to start, but of course that's subject to change. The rankings have been adjusted to account for the switch.

Speaking of which, as usual, the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers grid, so please direct rotation questions in that direction. I'm happy to handle rankings questions below.

UPDATED: Monday August 12, 12:45 AM ET

Week of August 12 - 18

Mixed League

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	SEA, NYY	Slated to pitch in Little League Classic on Sunday night
2	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TB, CWS	Matchups merit No. 2 ranking this week
3	Blake Snell	SF	ATL, @OAK	In one his patented grooves
4	Sonny Gray	STL	@CIN, LAD
5	Chris Sale	ATL	@SF, @LAA
6	George Kirby	SEA	@DET, @PIT
7	Freddy Peralta	MIL	LAD, CLE
8	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@DET	Still getting the benefit of the doubt from me
9	Brady Singer	KC	@MIN, @CIN
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Speaking of which, as usual, the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers grid, so please direct rotation questions in that direction. I'm happy to handle rankings questions below.

UPDATED: Monday August 12, 12:45 AM ET

Week of August 12 - 18

Mixed League

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	SEA, NYY	Slated to pitch in Little League Classic on Sunday night
2	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TB, CWS	Matchups merit No. 2 ranking this week
3	Blake Snell	SF	ATL, @OAK	In one his patented grooves
4	Sonny Gray	STL	@CIN, LAD
5	Chris Sale	ATL	@SF, @LAA
6	George Kirby	SEA	@DET, @PIT
7	Freddy Peralta	MIL	LAD, CLE
8	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@DET	Still getting the benefit of the doubt from me
9	Brady Singer	KC	@MIN, @CIN
10	Pablo Lopez	MIN	KC, @TEX	ERA inching closer to 3.41 xFIP
11	Zack Wheeler	PHI	WAS
12	Michael King	SD	PIT
13	Zac Gallen	ARI	@TB
14	Corbin Burnes	BAL	BOS
15	Sean Manaea	NYM	MIA
16	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@MIL, @STL
17	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@PIT
18	Bryan Woo	SEA	@DET
19	Luis Castillo	SEA	@PIT
20	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@CLE, TOR
21	Hunter Greene	CIN	STL	Has entered the SP1 chat
22	Logan Webb	SF	ATL
23	Bailey Ober	MIN	KC	Nine straight QS, hopefully you didn't give up on him
24	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@LAA
25	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@STL
26	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@CWS
27	Dylan Cease	SD	@COL
28	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@TB
29	Justin Steele	CHC	TOR
30	Cole Ragans	KC	@MIN
31	Bryce Miller	SEA	@DET
32	Michael Wacha	KC	@CIN
33	Luis Gil	NYY	@CWS
34	Paul Skenes	PIT	SEA
35	Seth Lugo	KC	@MIN	ERA creeping up as the temperature rises
36	Nick Lodolo	CIN	KC
37	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@DET
38	Joe Musgrove	SD	PIT, @COL
39	Aaron Nola	PHI	WAS
40	Hunter Brown	HOU	CWS
41	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	WAS
42	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	COL		47%
43	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	@LAA
44	Charlie Morton	ATL	@SF, @LAA
45	Tanner Houck	BOS	TEX
46	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@MIL
47	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@BOS, MIN		0%	0%
48	Zach Eflin	BAL	BOS
49	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@TB		38%
50	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@TB
51	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@BAL	21 K over last 14 IP, but six HR allowed in that span
52	Max Fried	ATL	@SF
53	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	COL
54	Ryan Pepiot	TB	ARI
55	Jack Flaherty	LAD	@MIL
56	Erick Fedde	STL	@CIN
57	Nick Martinez	CIN	KC		6%	0%
58	Jeffrey Springs	TB	ARI		0%	0%
59	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	@TB
60	Jose Quintana	NYM	OAK
61	Kenta Maeda	DET	SEA		7%	0%
62	Kyle Gibson	STL	@CIN
63	Taj Bradley	TB	HOU, ARI
64	Jose Berrios	TOR	@LAA
65	Bowden Francis	TOR	@LAA, @CHC		0%	0%
66	Jose Soriano	LAA	ATL
67	Mitch Keller	PIT	@SD
68	Kutter Crawford	BOS	TEX, @BAL
69	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@OAK		0%	0%
70	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@NYM
71	Andrew Abbott	CIN	STL, KC
72	Walker Buehler	LAD	@MIL
73	Gavin Williams	CLE	@MIL
74	JP Sears	OAK	SF
75	Mix 12 Reliever
76	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	CWS
77	David Peterson	NYM	OAK
78	David Festa	MIN	@TEX		0%	0%
79	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@CLE
80	Javier Assad	CHC	@CLE		50%
81	Shane Baz	TB	HOU
82	Valente Bellozo	MIA	@PHI		0%	0%
83	Andrew Heaney	TEX	MIN
84	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@HOU
85	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@TEX
86	Aaron Civale	MIL	CLE
87	Ben Lively	CLE	CHC, @MIL
88	Mix 15 Reliever
89	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@CIN
90	Tyler Anderson	LAA	TOR
91	Marcus Stroman	NYY	@DET
92	Bailey Falter	PIT	SEA		3%	0%
93	Louie Varland	MIN	@TEX		2%	0%
94	Taijuan Walker	PHI	MIA, WAS		0%	0%
95	Luis Severino	NYM	MIA
96	DL Hall	MIL	CLE		0%	0%
97	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@CHC
98	Jake Irvin	WAS	@BAL, @PHI
99	Paul Blackburn	NYM	OAK, MIA		17%
100	Trevor Rogers	BAL	WAS, BOS		22%
101	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	COL
102	Dean Kremer	BAL	WAS
103	Martin Perez	SD	PIT		15%
104	Ross Stripling	OAK	@NYM		0%	0%
105	Cody Bradford	TEX	MIN		6%
106	Kyle Harrison	SF	ATL
107	DJ Herz	WAS	@BAL		46%
108	Alex Cobb	CLE	CHC		11%
109	Matthew Boyd	CLE	CHC		0%	0%
110	Carson Fulmer	LAA	TOR		0%	0%
111	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	TOR		1%	0%
112	Mitch Spence	OAK	@NYM		0%
113	Zack Littell	TB	HOU
114	Brayan Bello	BOS	TEX, @BAL
115	Robbie Ray	SF	ATL
116	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	SF		0%	0%
117	Tanner Gordon	COL	@ARI		0%	0%
118	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	@CHC
119	Tyler Phillips	PHI	MIA		0%	0%
120	Colin Rea	MIL	LAD
121	Gavin Stone	LAD	@MIL, @STL
122	Max Meyer	MIA	@NYM
123	Griffin Canning	LAA	ATL		7%
124	Bryan Sammons	DET	SEA		0%	0%
125	Zebby Matthews	MIN	KC		0%	0%
126	Matt Waldron	SD	@COL
127	Joey Estes	OAK	@NYM		9%
128	Brant Hurter	DET	NYY		0%	0%
129	Miles Mikolas	STL	LAD		22%
130	Will Warren	NYY	@CWS		0%	0%
131	Austin Gomber	COL	@ARI		1%	0%
132	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@PHI
133	Frankie Montas	MIL	LAD		38%
134	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@PHI
135	Davis Daniel	LAA	TOR, ATL		0%	0%
136	Albert Suarez	BAL	BOS		19%	0%
137	James Paxton	BOS	@BAL
138	Tobias Myers	MIL	LAD
139	Xzavion Curry	MIA	@PHI		0%	0%
140	Luis Ortiz	PIT	@SD
141	Andre Pallante	STL	LAD		31%
142	Carson Spiers	CIN	STL		25%
143	Roddery Munoz	MIA	@NYM		0%	0%
144	Bradley Blalock	COL	@ARI, SD		0%	0%
145	Grant Holmes	ATL	@SF		3%	0%
146	Jose Urena	TEX	@BOS, MIN		0%	0%
147	Marco Gonzales	PIT	@SD, SEA		0%	0%
148	Kyle Freeland	COL	SD		2%	0%
149	Davis Martin	CWS	NYY		0%	0%
150	Ky Bush	CWS	NYY, @HOU		0%	0%
151	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	NYY		2%
152	Keider Montero	DET	NYY		0%	0%
153	Cal Quantrill	COL	SD		6%	0%
154	Chris Flexen	CWS	@HOU		0%	0%
155	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@PHI		0%	0%
156	Gerson Garabito	TEX	@BOS		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	SEA, NYY	Slated to pitch in Little League Classic on Sunday night
2	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TB, CWS	Matchups merit No. 2 ranking this week
3	George Kirby	SEA	@DET, @PIT
4	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@DET	Still getting the benefit of the doubt from me
5	Brady Singer	KC	@MIN, @CIN
6	Pablo Lopez	MIN	KC, @TEX	ERA inching closer to 3.41 xFIP
7	Corbin Burnes	BAL	BOS
8	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@PIT
9	Bryan Woo	SEA	@DET
10	Luis Castillo	SEA	@PIT
11	Bailey Ober	MIN	KC	Nine straight QS, hopefully you didn't give up on him
12	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@LAA
13	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@CWS
14	Cole Ragans	KC	@MIN
15	Bryce Miller	SEA	@DET
16	Michael Wacha	KC	@CIN
17	Luis Gil	NYY	@CWS
18	Seth Lugo	KC	@MIN	ERA creeping up as the temperature rises
19	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@DET
20	Hunter Brown	HOU	CWS
21	Tanner Houck	BOS	TEX
22	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@MIL
23	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@BOS, MIN
24	Zach Eflin	BAL	BOS
25	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@TB
26	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@BAL	21 K over last 14 IP, but six HR allowed in that span
27	Ryan Pepiot	TB	ARI
28	Jeffrey Springs	TB	ARI
29	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	@TB
30	Kenta Maeda	DET	SEA
31	Taj Bradley	TB	HOU, ARI
32	Jose Berrios	TOR	@LAA
33	Bowden Francis	TOR	@LAA, @CHC
34	Jose Soriano	LAA	ATL
35	Kutter Crawford	BOS	TEX, @BAL
36	Gavin Williams	CLE	@MIL
37	JP Sears	OAK	SF
38	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	CWS
39	David Festa	MIN	@TEX
40	Shane Baz	TB	HOU
41	Andrew Heaney	TEX	MIN
42	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@HOU
43	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@TEX
44	Ben Lively	CLE	CHC, @MIL
45	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@CIN
46	Tyler Anderson	LAA	TOR
47	Marcus Stroman	NYY	@DET
48	Louie Varland	MIN	@TEX
49	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@CHC
50	Trevor Rogers	BAL	WAS, BOS
51	Dean Kremer	BAL	WAS
52	Ross Stripling	OAK	@NYM
53	Cody Bradford	TEX	MIN
54	AL Reliever
55	Alex Cobb	CLE	CHC
56	Matthew Boyd	CLE	CHC
57	Carson Fulmer	LAA	TOR
58	Mitch Spence	OAK	@NYM
59	Zack Littell	TB	HOU
60	Brayan Bello	BOS	TEX, @BAL
61	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	SF
62	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	@CHC
63	Griffin Canning	LAA	ATL
64	Bryan Sammons	DET	SEA
65	Zebby Matthews	MIN	KC
66	Joey Estes	OAK	@NYM
67	Brant Hurter	DET	NYY
68	Will Warren	NYY	@CWS
69	Davis Daniel	LAA	TOR, ATL
70	Albert Suarez	BAL	BOS
71	James Paxton	BOS	@BAL
72	Jose Urena	TEX	@BOS, MIN
73	Davis Martin	CWS	NYY
74	Ky Bush	CWS	NYY, @HOU
75	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	NYY
76	Keider Montero	DET	NYY
77	Chris Flexen	CWS	@HOU
78	Gerson Garabito	TEX	@BOS

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Blake Snell	SF	ATL, @OAK	In one his patented grooves
2	Sonny Gray	STL	@CIN, LAD
3	Chris Sale	ATL	@SF, @LAA
4	Freddy Peralta	MIL	LAD, CLE
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	WAS
6	Michael King	SD	PIT
7	Zac Gallen	ARI	@TB
8	Sean Manaea	NYM	MIA
9	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@MIL, @STL
10	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@CLE, TOR
11	Hunter Greene	CIN	STL	Has entered the SP1 chat
12	Logan Webb	SF	ATL
13	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@STL
14	Dylan Cease	SD	@COL
15	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@TB
16	Justin Steele	CHC	TOR
17	Paul Skenes	PIT	SEA
18	Nick Lodolo	CIN	KC
19	Joe Musgrove	SD	PIT, @COL
20	Aaron Nola	PHI	WAS
21	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	WAS
22	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	COL
23	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	@LAA
24	Charlie Morton	ATL	@SF, @LAA
25	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@TB
26	Max Fried	ATL	@SF
27	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	COL
28	Jack Flaherty	LAD	@MIL
29	Erick Fedde	STL	@CIN
30	Nick Martinez	CIN	KC
31	Jose Quintana	NYM	OAK
32	Kyle Gibson	STL	@CIN
33	Mitch Keller	PIT	@SD
34	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@OAK
35	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@NYM
36	Andrew Abbott	CIN	STL, KC
37	Walker Buehler	LAD	@MIL
38	David Peterson	NYM	OAK
39	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@CLE
40	Javier Assad	CHC	@CLE
41	Valente Bellozo	MIA	@PHI
42	Aaron Civale	MIL	CLE
43	Bailey Falter	PIT	SEA
44	Taijuan Walker	PHI	MIA, WAS
45	Luis Severino	NYM	MIA
46	DL Hall	MIL	CLE
47	Jake Irvin	WAS	@BAL, @PHI
48	Paul Blackburn	NYM	OAK, MIA
49	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	COL
50	Martin Perez	SD	PIT
Rank	Pitcher
52	Kyle Harrison	SF	ATL
53	DJ Herz	WAS	@BAL
54	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	TOR
55	Robbie Ray	SF	ATL
56	Tanner Gordon	COL	@ARI
57	Tyler Phillips	PHI	MIA
58	Colin Rea	MIL	LAD
59	Gavin Stone	LAD	@MIL, @STL
60	Max Meyer	MIA	@NYM
61	Matt Waldron	SD	@COL
62	Miles Mikolas	STL	LAD
63	Austin Gomber	COL	@ARI
64	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@PHI
65	Frankie Montas	MIL	LAD
66	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@PHI
67	Tobias Myers	MIL	LAD
68	Xzavion Curry	MIA	@PHI
69	Luis Ortiz	PIT	@SD
70	Andre Pallante	STL	LAD
71	Carson Spiers	CIN	STL
72	Roddery Munoz	MIA	@NYM
73	Bradley Blalock	COL	@ARI, SD
74	Grant Holmes	ATL	@SF
75	Marco Gonzales	PIT	@SD, SEA
76	Kyle Freeland	COL	SD
77	Cal Quantrill	COL	SD
78	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@PHI