This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
Welcome to the dog days of August. This is the time of the season when elevated temperatures and mounting innings tend to wear on some pitchers. As shown in a recent Z Files, temperatures and scoring are up. It's time to be extra careful when setting your weekly pitchers. Ratio categories are still in play; it's a mistake to assume you can't move up or down in ERA and WHIP.
As always, the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions over there. I'll be happy to handle rankings queries below.
UPDATED: Monday August 5, 2:00 AM ET
Week of August 5 - 11
Mixed League
RK | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | PHI, PIT | Pitched on four days rest just once. Gets five days for this two-step. | ||
2 | Michael King | SD | @PIT, @MIA | Showing no signs of being affected by a full season workload | ||
3 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | @TOR, @TB | |||
4 | Luis Castillo | SEA | DET, NYM | |||
5 | Logan Webb | SF | @WAS, DET | |||
6 | Chris Sale | ATL | MIL, @COL | |||
7 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @CLE, PHI | 11 BB over last 20.2 IP | ||
8 | Luis Gil | NYY | LAA, TEX | Sharper skills fending off regression | ||
9 | Dylan Cease | SD | @PIT | |||
10 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @SEA | |||
11 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @TB | |||
12 | Blake Snell | SF |
Welcome to the dog days of August. This is the time of the season when elevated temperatures and mounting innings tend to wear on some pitchers. As shown in a recent Z Files, temperatures and scoring are up. It's time to be extra careful when setting your weekly pitchers. Ratio categories are still in play; it's a mistake to assume you can't move up or down in ERA and WHIP.
As always, the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions over there. I'll be happy to handle rankings queries below.
UPDATED: Monday August 5, 2:00 AM ET
Week of August 5 - 11
Mixed League
RK | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | PHI, PIT | Pitched on four days rest just once. Gets five days for this two-step. | ||
2 | Michael King | SD | @PIT, @MIA | Showing no signs of being affected by a full season workload | ||
3 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | @TOR, @TB | |||
4 | Luis Castillo | SEA | DET, NYM | |||
5 | Logan Webb | SF | @WAS, DET | |||
6 | Chris Sale | ATL | MIL, @COL | |||
7 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @CLE, PHI | 11 BB over last 20.2 IP | ||
8 | Luis Gil | NYY | LAA, TEX | Sharper skills fending off regression | ||
9 | Dylan Cease | SD | @PIT | |||
10 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @SEA | |||
11 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @TB | |||
12 | Blake Snell | SF | @WAS | Still hasn't allowed a hit while pitching in the 9th inning | ||
13 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @MIA | |||
14 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @STL, @SEA | Quietly pitching well | ||
15 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @ARI | |||
16 | Hayden Birdsong | SF | @WAS, DET | 20 K over last 11 IP | 0% | 0% |
17 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @MIA, @MIL | Nice pair to get out of his rut | ||
18 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @CHC | |||
19 | Jack Flaherty | LAD | PIT | |||
20 | Bailey Ober | MIN | CLE | |||
21 | Sonny Gray | STL | TB | |||
22 | Justin Steele | CHC | @CWS | |||
23 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @CHC | |||
24 | George Kirby | SEA | DET | |||
25 | Bryan Woo | SEA | DET | |||
26 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | TEX | |||
27 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | NYM | |||
28 | Zach Eflin | BAL | @TB | |||
29 | Kyle Harrison | SF | @WAS | |||
30 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @ATL | |||
31 | Cole Ragans | KC | BOS | |||
32 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @LAD, @ARI | |||
33 | Seth Lugo | KC | BOS | Still keeping the ball in the yard | ||
34 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @TEX | |||
35 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @MIA, @MIL | 1% | 0% | |
36 | Max Fried | ATL | @COL | |||
37 | Jeffrey Springs | TB | @STL, BAL | 0% | 0% | |
38 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @MIA | |||
39 | JP Sears | OAK | CWS, @TOR | 26% | ||
40 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @MIN | |||
41 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @CLE | |||
42 | Bryce Miller | SEA | NYM | |||
43 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | CHC | |||
44 | Jose Quintana | NYM | @SEA | |||
45 | Taj Bradley | TB | @STL | |||
46 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | @COL | |||
47 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @LAD | |||
48 | Robbie Ray | SF | DET | |||
49 | Aaron Civale | MIL | CIN | |||
50 | Erick Fedde | STL | TB | |||
51 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @LAD | |||
52 | Louie Varland | MIN | CLE | Tough pair to get back on track | 2% | 0% |
53 | Matt Waldron | SD | @MIA | |||
54 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @WAS | |||
55 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | HOU | |||
56 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | TEX | |||
57 | Valente Bellozo | MIA | CIN | Worth tracking down the stretch | 0% | 0% |
58 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @LAD, @ARI | |||
59 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | HOU, @NYY | |||
60 | Brady Singer | KC | BOS | |||
61 | Kyle Gibson | STL | TB | |||
62 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | BAL | |||
63 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | LAA | |||
64 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | @CLE, PHI | 14% | ||
65 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | CLE | |||
66 | Colin Rea | MIL | @ATL, CIN | 3.23 xFIP says trust his 3.59 ERA (but I can't) | ||
67 | Jake Irvin | WAS | SF | |||
68 | Kenta Maeda | DET | @SEA | 7% | 0% | |
69 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | BAL, OAK | |||
70 | Ben Lively | CLE | ARI | |||
71 | Shane Baz | TB | @STL | |||
72 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @CWS | |||
73 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | MIN | |||
74 | Yusei Kikuchi | HOU | @TEX | |||
75 | Martin Perez | SD | @MIA | 6% | 0% | |
76 | Jose Berrios | TOR | OAK | |||
77 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @MIN | |||
78 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | MIL | |||
79 | David Festa | MIN | @CHC, CLE | Solid 21 K in 19 IP with only 4 BB, but has allowed 6 HR | 0% | 0% |
80 | River Ryan | LAD | PIT | 0% | 0% | |
81 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||||
82 | Michael Wacha | KC | STL | |||
83 | Tyler Mahle | TEX | HOU | Not the ideal welcoming committee | 0% | 0% |
84 | Tanner Houck | BOS | HOU | |||
85 | Max Meyer | MIA | CIN, SD | |||
86 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @TEX, @BOS | |||
87 | Tobias Myers | MIL | CIN | |||
88 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | BAL | |||
89 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @NYY | |||
90 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||||
91 | Charlie Morton | ATL | MIL | |||
92 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @TOR | |||
93 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | SF, LAA | |||
94 | Luis Severino | NYM | @COL, @SEA | |||
95 | Ross Stripling | OAK | CWS | 0% | 0% | |
96 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | SD | 35% | ||
97 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | @MIN | 0% | 0% | |
98 | Griffin Canning | LAA | @WAS | 12% | ||
99 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | LAA | |||
100 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | @KC | |||
101 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | OAK | |||
102 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | @TOR | 10% | ||
103 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | PHI | |||
104 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | LAA | |||
105 | DJ Herz | WAS | SF | 22% | ||
106 | David Peterson | NYM | @COL | |||
107 | Cody Bradford | TEX | @NYY | 6% | 0% | |
108 | Kyle Tyler | MIA | CIN | 0% | 0% | |
109 | Joey Estes | OAK | CWS | 3% | 0% | |
110 | Mitch Spence | OAK | @TOR | 0% | 0% | |
111 | Alex Cobb | CLE | @MIN | 8% | ||
112 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @NYY | |||
113 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @KC | |||
114 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @OAK | 3% | 0% | |
115 | James Paxton | BOS | @KC, HOU | |||
116 | Andre Pallante | STL | NYM, @KC | 24% | ||
117 | Logan Allen | CLE | ARI | 19% | 0% | |
118 | Zack Littell | TB | BAL | |||
119 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @PIT | 3% | 0% | |
120 | Davis Martin | CWS | @OAK | 0% | 0% | |
121 | Keider Montero | DET | @SEA, @SF | 0% | 0% | |
122 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | PHI | |||
123 | Javier Assad | CHC | MIN | 50% | ||
124 | Kyle Freeland | COL | NYM, ATL | 1% | 0% | |
125 | Brant Hurter | DET | @SF | 0% | 0% | |
126 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @BOS | |||
127 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | PHI | 28% | ||
128 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | STL | |||
129 | Bailey Falter | PIT | SD, @LAD | 3% | 0% | |
130 | Bowden Francis | TOR | BAL | 0% | 0% | |
131 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @KC | 26% | ||
132 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @BOS | 46% | ||
133 | Frankie Montas | MIL | @ATL | 38% | ||
134 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | MIN | 0% | 0% | |
135 | Ky Bush | CWS | @OAK | 0% | 0% | |
136 | Roddery Munoz | MIA | CIN, SD | 0% | 0% | |
137 | Tanner Gordon | COL | ATL | 0% | 0% | |
138 | Osvaldo Bido | OAK | @TOR | 0% | 0% | |
139 | Gavin Stone | LAD | PHI | |||
140 | Carson Fulmer | LAA | @NYY | 0% | 0% | |
141 | Ryan Feltner | COL | NYM | 2% | 0% | |
142 | Tyler Phillips | PHI | @LAD | 0% | 0% | |
143 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | SF, LAA | 0% | 0% | |
144 | Bryan Sammons | DET | @SF | 0% | 0% | |
145 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | SD | |||
146 | Austin Gomber | COL | NYM | 1% | 0% | |
147 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | ARI | 1% | 0% | |
148 | Davis Daniel | LAA | @NYY, @WAS | 0% | 0% | |
149 | Cal Quantrill | COL | ATL | 8% | ||
150 | Carson Spiers | CIN | @MIL | 19% | ||
151 | Paul Blackburn | NYM | @COL | 3% | 0% | |
152 | Kolby Allard | PHI | @ARI | 0% | 0% | |
153 | Chris Flexen | CWS | CHC | 0% | 0% | |
154 | Jose Urena | TEX | HOU | 0% | 0% | |
155 | Marco Gonzales | PIT | SD | 0% | 0% |
American League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Grayson Rodriguez | BAL | @TOR, @TB | |
2 | Luis Castillo | SEA | DET, NYM | |
3 | Luis Gil | NYY | LAA, TEX | Sharper skills fending off regression |
4 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @SEA | |
5 | Corbin Burnes | BAL | @TB | |
6 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @CHC | |
7 | Bailey Ober | MIN | CLE | |
8 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | @CHC | |
9 | George Kirby | SEA | DET | |
10 | Bryan Woo | SEA | DET | |
11 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | TEX | |
12 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | NYM | |
13 | Zach Eflin | BAL | @TB | |
14 | Cole Ragans | KC | BOS | |
15 | Seth Lugo | KC | BOS | Still keeping the ball in the yard |
16 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @TEX | |
17 | Jeffrey Springs | TB | @STL, BAL | |
18 | JP Sears | OAK | CWS, @TOR | |
19 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @MIN | |
20 | Bryce Miller | SEA | NYM | |
21 | Garrett Crochet | CWS | CHC | |
22 | Taj Bradley | TB | @STL | |
23 | Louie Varland | MIN | CLE | Tough pair to get back on track |
24 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @WAS | |
25 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | HOU | |
26 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | TEX | |
27 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | HOU, @NYY | |
28 | Brady Singer | KC | BOS | |
29 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | BAL | |
30 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | LAA | |
31 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | CLE | |
32 | Kenta Maeda | DET | @SEA | |
33 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | BAL, OAK | |
34 | Ben Lively | CLE | ARI | |
35 | Shane Baz | TB | @STL | |
36 | Yusei Kikuchi | HOU | @TEX | |
37 | Jose Berrios | TOR | OAK | |
38 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @MIN | |
39 | David Festa | MIN | @CHC, CLE | Solid 21 K in 19 IP with only 4 BB, but has allowed 6 HR |
40 | Michael Wacha | KC | STL | |
41 | Tyler Mahle | TEX | HOU | Not the ideal welcoming committee |
42 | Tanner Houck | BOS | HOU | |
43 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @TEX, @BOS | |
44 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | BAL | |
45 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @NYY | |
46 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @TOR | |
47 | Ross Stripling | OAK | CWS | |
48 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | @MIN | |
49 | Griffin Canning | LAA | @WAS | |
50 | Marcus Stroman | NYY | LAA | |
51 | Kutter Crawford | BOS | @KC | |
52 | Yariel Rodriguez | TOR | OAK | |
53 | AL Reliever | |||
54 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | @TOR | |
55 | Cody Bradford | TEX | @NYY | |
56 | Joey Estes | OAK | CWS | |
57 | Mitch Spence | OAK | @TOR | |
58 | Alex Cobb | CLE | @MIN | |
59 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @NYY | |
60 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @KC | |
61 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @OAK | |
62 | James Paxton | BOS | @KC, HOU | |
63 | Logan Allen | CLE | ARI | |
64 | Zack Littell | TB | BAL | |
65 | Davis Martin | CWS | @OAK | |
66 | Keider Montero | DET | @SEA, @SF | |
67 | Brant Hurter | DET | @SF | |
68 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @BOS | |
69 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | STL | |
70 | Bowden Francis | TOR | BAL | |
71 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @BOS | |
72 | Ky Bush | CWS | @OAK | |
73 | Osvaldo Bido | OAK | @TOR | |
74 | Carson Fulmer | LAA | @NYY | |
75 | Bryan Sammons | DET | @SF | |
76 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | ARI | |
77 | Davis Daniel | LAA | @NYY, @WAS | |
78 | Chris Flexen | CWS | CHC | |
79 | Jose Urena | TEX | HOU |
National League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | PHI, PIT | Pitched on four days rest just once. Gets five days for this two-step. |
2 | Michael King | SD | @PIT, @MIA | Showing no signs of being affected by a full season workload |
3 | Logan Webb | SF | @WAS, DET | |
4 | Chris Sale | ATL | MIL, @COL | |
5 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @CLE, PHI | 11 BB over last 20.2 IP |
6 | Dylan Cease | SD | @PIT | |
7 | Blake Snell | SF | @WAS | Still hasn't allowed a hit while pitching in the 9th inning |
8 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @MIA | |
9 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @STL, @SEA | Quietly pitching well |
10 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @ARI | |
11 | Hayden Birdsong | SF | @WAS, DET | 20 K over last 11 IP |
12 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @MIA, @MIL | Nice pair to get out of his rut |
13 | Jack Flaherty | LAD | PIT | |
14 | Sonny Gray | STL | TB | |
15 | Justin Steele | CHC | @CWS | |
16 | Kyle Harrison | SF | @WAS | |
17 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @ATL | |
18 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @LAD, @ARI | |
19 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @MIA, @MIL | |
20 | Max Fried | ATL | @COL | |
21 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @MIA | |
22 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | @CLE | |
23 | Jose Quintana | NYM | @SEA | |
24 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | @COL | |
25 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @LAD | |
26 | Robbie Ray | SF | DET | |
27 | Aaron Civale | MIL | CIN | |
28 | Erick Fedde | STL | TB | |
29 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @LAD | |
30 | Matt Waldron | SD | @MIA | |
31 | Valente Bellozo | MIA | CIN | Worth tracking down the stretch |
32 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @LAD, @ARI | |
33 | Kyle Gibson | STL | TB | |
34 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | @CLE, PHI | |
35 | Colin Rea | MIL | @ATL, CIN | 3.23 xFIP says trust his 3.59 ERA (but I can't) |
36 | Jake Irvin | WAS | SF | |
37 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @CWS | |
38 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | MIN | |
39 | Martin Perez | SD | @MIA | |
40 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | MIL | |
41 | River Ryan | LAD | PIT | |
42 | Max Meyer | MIA | CIN, SD | |
43 | Tobias Myers | MIL | CIN | |
44 | Charlie Morton | ATL | MIL | |
45 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | SF, LAA | |
46 | Luis Severino | NYM | @COL, @SEA | |
47 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | SD | |
48 | NL Reliever | |||
49 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | PHI | |
50 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | LAA | |
51 | DJ Herz | WAS | SF | |
52 | David Peterson | NYM | @COL | |
53 | Kyle Tyler | MIA | CIN | |
54 | Andre Pallante | STL | NYM, @KC | |
55 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @PIT | |
56 | Jordan Montgomery | ARI | PHI | |
57 | Javier Assad | CHC | MIN | |
58 | Kyle Freeland | COL | NYM, ATL | |
59 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | PHI | |
60 | Bailey Falter | PIT | SD, @LAD | |
61 | Miles Mikolas | STL | @KC | |
62 | Frankie Montas | MIL | @ATL | |
63 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | MIN | |
64 | Roddery Munoz | MIA | CIN, SD | |
65 | Tanner Gordon | COL | ATL | |
66 | Gavin Stone | LAD | PHI | |
67 | Ryan Feltner | COL | NYM | |
68 | Tyler Phillips | PHI | @LAD | |
69 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | SF, LAA | |
70 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | SD | |
71 | Austin Gomber | COL | NYM | |
72 | Cal Quantrill | COL | ATL | |
73 | Carson Spiers | CIN | @MIL | |
74 | Paul Blackburn | NYM | @COL | |
75 | Kolby Allard | PHI | @ARI | |
76 | Marco Gonzales | PIT | SD |