Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

A number of top pitchers will be working twice this week against teams that have recently seen their offense decrease.

August 23, 2025

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

By:

Todd Zola

August 23, 2025

Weekly Pitcher Rankings

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We're approaching Labor Day Weekend? Really? Yikes. This is the time of year temperatures trend down, with homers also declining. Scoring usually dovetails home runs, but there is often variance. This August is a perfect example:

	HR%	Runs per game
Week 1	3.5	4.79
Week 2	3.3	4.48
Week 3	3.1	4.7

If you've been careful with borderline starting pitchers and need to make up ground, it's time to loosen the reins. Beware as homers are back up this weekend, though it's too small a sample to consider it actionable.

As always, these are preliminary with the final version being posted Sunday night. Please feel free to hit me up with questions, but keep in mind I pull the rotations from the Probable Pitchers page.

Week of August 25-31

Mixed League

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	@ATH, @KC
2	Jacob deGrom	TEX	LAA, @ATH	Pitching with extra rest after being skipped last time
3	Hunter Greene	CIN	@LAD, STL	18 K with no walks over last 12.1 IP
4	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@SF, @COL
5	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@NYM, ATL	On another hot streak
6	Luis Gil	NYY	WAS, @CWS
7	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@NYM, ATL	Staff ace with Zack Wheeler out for the season
8	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR, SD
9	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@BAL
10	Paul Skenes	PIT

	HR%	Runs per game
Week 1	3.5	4.79
Week 2	3.3	4.48
Week 3	3.1	4.7

As always, these are preliminary with the final version being posted Sunday night. Please feel free to hit me up with questions, but keep in mind I pull the rotations from the Probable Pitchers page.

Week of August 25-31

Mixed League

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	@ATH, @KC
2	Jacob deGrom	TEX	LAA, @ATH	Pitching with extra rest after being skipped last time
3	Hunter Greene	CIN	@LAD, STL	18 K with no walks over last 12.1 IP
4	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@SF, @COL
5	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@NYM, ATL	On another hot streak
6	Luis Gil	NYY	WAS, @CWS
7	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@NYM, ATL	Staff ace with Zack Wheeler out for the season
8	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR, SD
9	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@BAL
10	Paul Skenes	PIT	@BOS
11	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	ARI
12	Edward Cabrera	MIA	ATL, @NYM
13	Chris Sale	ATL	@PHI	Returning after two-plus month absence
14	Hunter Brown	HOU	COL
15	Nick Pivetta	SD	@MIN
16	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	ARI
17	Bryan Woo	SEA	SD
18	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@SF
19	Robbie Ray	SF	BAL
20	Sean Manaea	NYM	PHI, MIA
21	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@CLE
22	Freddy Peralta	MIL	ARI
23	Sonny Gray	STL	PIT
24	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	LAA
25	Dylan Cease	SD	@SEA	Walks way too high, but still has a 3.52 xFIP since the break
26	Jacob Lopez	ATH	TEX	0.6 ERA, .83 WHIP with 36 K over last 30 IP
27	Blake Snell	LAD	ARI
28	Cristian Javier	HOU	LAA
29	Framber Valdez	HOU	COL
30	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	ATL, @NYM	3.50 ERA and 1.11 WHIP with 20 K over last 18 IP
31	Jose Soriano	LAA	@TEX, @HOU
32	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@CLE
33	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@SF
34	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@WAS
35	Shane Bieber	TOR	MIN		4%	25%
36	Max Scherzer	TOR	MIN, MIL
37	Kevin Gausman	TOR	MIL
38	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	CIN
39	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	BOS, @SF	Back on track despite low strikeouts	49%
40	Max Fried	NYY	WAS
41	Logan Webb	SF	CHC
42	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@TOR
43	David Peterson	NYM	MIA
44	Michael King	SD	@MIN
45	Bryce Miller	SEA	SD, @CLE
46	Kyle Bradish	BAL	BOS, @SF		0%	0%
47	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@CWS
48	Michael Wacha	KC	DET
49	Bailey Ober	MIN	@TOR
50	George Kirby	SEA	@CLE
51	Yu Darvish	SD	@SEA
52	Eury Perez	MIA	@NYM
53	Tanner Bibee	CLE	TB, SEA	Quietly disappointing, but good matchups
54	Kodai Senga	NYM	PHI, MIA	Control has vanished
55	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@LAD
56	Ranger Suarez	PHI	ATL
57	Andrew Abbott	CIN	STL
58	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	ARI, @TOR
59	Shane Smith	CWS	KC, NYY		42%
60	Brayan Bello	BOS	@BAL
61	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	CIN
62	Merrill Kelly	TEX	@ATH
63	Jack Flaherty	DET	@KC
64	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	TEX
65	Dean Kremer	BAL	BOS
66	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	CIN
67	Luis Severino	ATH	DET		33%	37%
68	Parker Messick	CLE	TB		0%	0%
69	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@BAL, PIT
70	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@MIL
71	Casey Mize	DET	@ATH
72	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@CWS		10%
73	Brady Singer	CIN	STL
74	Cade Horton	CHC	@COL
75	Noah Cameron	KC	@CWS, DET
76	Luis Garcia	HOU	COL		1%	0%
77	Gavin Williams	CLE	SEA
78	Shane Baz	TB	@CLE, @WAS
79	Dustin May	BOS	PIT
80	Brad Lord	WAS	@NYY, TB		5%
81	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@MIL, @LAD
82	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	@STL		2%	47%
83	Mix 12 Reliever
84	Zac Gallen	ARI	@LAD
85	Chris Bassitt	TOR	MIN
86	Taj Bradley	MIN	SD
87	Colin Rea	CHC	@SF		38%
88	Mitch Keller	PIT	@STL, @BOS
89	Ryan Bergert	KC	@CWS		20%
90	Charlie Morton	DET	@ATH
91	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@TEX
92	Mix 15 Reliever
93	Jose Quintana	MIL	ARI
94	Spencer Strider	ATL	@MIA, @PHI
95	Luis Castillo	SEA	SD
96	Adrian Houser	TB	@WAS		37%
97	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@COL
98	Seth Lugo	KC	DET
99	Michael McGreevy	STL	PIT, @CIN
100	Aaron Nola	PHI	ATL
101	Nick Martinez	CIN	@LAD
102	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIA
103	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CIN
104	Lance McCullers	HOU	LAA		11%
105	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@NYY
106	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	LAA
107	Will Warren	NYY	@CWS
108	Cam Schlittler	NYY	WAS, @CWS
109	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@STL, @BOS		0%	5%
110	Nestor Cortes	SD	@MIN
111	Hurston Waldrep	ATL	@MIA
112	Jose Berrios	TOR	MIL
113	Cade Povich	BAL	BOS		18%
114	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@MIL, @LAD		33%
115	JP Sears	SD	@SEA		20%
116	Aaron Civale	CWS	KC		11%
117	Mitchell Parker	WAS	TB		6%	5%
118	Trevor McDonald	SF	BAL		0%	0%
119	Zebby Matthews	MIN	@TOR
120	Cade Cavalli	WAS	@NYY
121	Joey Wentz	ATL	@MIA		22%
122	Quinn Priester	MIL	ARI, @TOR
123	Miles Mikolas	STL	PIT		3%	37%
124	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@NYM		11%
125	Nolan McLean	NYM	PHI
126	Justin Verlander	SF	CHC, BAL
127	Davis Martin	CWS	NYY		1%	32%
128	Ryan Gusto	MIA	ATL		4%	19%
129	Anthony DeSclafani	ARI	@MIL		0%	7%
130	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@TEX		11%
131	Mike Burrows	PIT	@STL		39%
132	Andre Pallante	STL	PIT, @CIN		3%
133	Janson Junk	MIA	@NYM		21%
134	Chase Dollander	COL	@HOU		4%	11%
135	Slade Cecconi	CLE	TB
136	Jack Leiter	TEX	@ATH
137	Chris Paddack	DET	@KC		48%
138	Logan Allen	CLE	SEA		27%
139	J.T. Ginn	ATH	DET, TEX		20%
140	Martin Perez	CWS	KC, NYY		1%	2%
141	Mick Abel	MIN	SD		12%	37%
142	Richard Fitts	BOS	@BAL, PIT		3%	16%
143	Cal Quantrill	ATL	@PHI		0%	12%
144	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@HOU		1%	0%
145	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	CHC		1%	28%
146	Jake Irvin	WAS	TB		11%	47%
147	Yoendrys Gomez	CWS	NYY		6%
148	Brian Van Belle	TB	@CLE		0%	0%
149	Patrick Corbin	TEX	LAA		19%
150	German Marquez	COL	CHC		0%	2%
151	Joey Estes	ATH	DET		0%	0%
152	Tanner Gordon	COL	@HOU, CHC		0%	0%
153	Bryce Elder	ATL	@PHI		12%	44%
154	Kyle Freeland	COL	CHC		0%	9%
155	Victor Mederos	LAA	@HOU		0%	7%
156	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@HOU		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	@ATH, @KC
2	Jacob deGrom	TEX	LAA, @ATH	Pitching with extra rest after being skipped last time
3	Luis Gil	NYY	WAS, @CWS
4	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR, SD
5	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@BAL
6	Hunter Brown	HOU	COL
7	Bryan Woo	SEA	SD
8	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@CLE
9	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	LAA
10	Jacob Lopez	ATH	TEX	0.6 ERA, .83 WHIP with 36 K over last 30 IP
11	Cristian Javier	HOU	LAA
12	Framber Valdez	HOU	COL
13	Jose Soriano	LAA	@TEX, @HOU
14	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@CLE
15	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@SF
16	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@WAS
17	Shane Bieber	TOR	MIN
18	Max Scherzer	TOR	MIN, MIL
19	Kevin Gausman	TOR	MIL
20	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	BOS, @SF	Back on track despite low strikeouts
21	Max Fried	NYY	WAS
22	Bryce Miller	SEA	SD, @CLE
23	Kyle Bradish	BAL	BOS, @SF
24	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@CWS
25	Michael Wacha	KC	DET
26	Bailey Ober	MIN	@TOR
27	George Kirby	SEA	@CLE
28	Tanner Bibee	CLE	TB, SEA	Quietly disappointing, but good matchups
29	Shane Smith	CWS	KC, NYY
30	Brayan Bello	BOS	@BAL
31	Merrill Kelly	TEX	@ATH
32	Jack Flaherty	DET	@KC
33	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	TEX
34	Dean Kremer	BAL	BOS
35	Luis Severino	ATH	DET
36	Parker Messick	CLE	TB
37	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@BAL, PIT
38	Casey Mize	DET	@ATH
39	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@CWS
40	Noah Cameron	KC	@CWS, DET
41	Luis Garcia	HOU	COL
42	Gavin Williams	CLE	SEA
43	Shane Baz	TB	@CLE, @WAS
44	Dustin May	BOS	PIT
45	Chris Bassitt	TOR	MIN
46	Taj Bradley	MIN	SD
47	Ryan Bergert	KC	@CWS
48	Charlie Morton	DET	@ATH
49	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@TEX
50	Luis Castillo	SEA	SD
51	Adrian Houser	TB	@WAS
52	Seth Lugo	KC	DET
53	Lance McCullers	HOU	LAA
54	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	LAA
55	Will Warren	NYY	@CWS
56	Cam Schlittler	NYY	WAS, @CWS
57	AL Reliever
58	Jose Berrios	TOR	MIL
59	Cade Povich	BAL	BOS
60	Aaron Civale	CWS	KC
61	Zebby Matthews	MIN	@TOR
62	Davis Martin	CWS	NYY
63	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@TEX
64	Slade Cecconi	CLE	TB
65	Jack Leiter	TEX	@ATH
66	Chris Paddack	DET	@KC
67	Logan Allen	CLE	SEA
68	J.T. Ginn	ATH	DET, TEX
69	Martin Perez	CWS	KC, NYY
70	Mick Abel	MIN	SD
71	Richard Fitts	BOS	@BAL, PIT
72	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@HOU
73	Yoendrys Gomez	CWS	NYY
74	Brian Van Belle	TB	@CLE
75	Patrick Corbin	TEX	LAA
76	Joey Estes	ATH	DET
77	Victor Mederos	LAA	@HOU

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Hunter Greene	CIN	@LAD, STL	18 K with no walks over last 12.1 IP
2	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@SF, @COL
3	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@NYM, ATL	On another hot streak
4	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@NYM, ATL	Staff ace with Zack Wheeler out for the season
5	Paul Skenes	PIT	@BOS
6	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	ARI
7	Edward Cabrera	MIA	ATL, @NYM
8	Chris Sale	ATL	@PHI	Returning after two-plus month absence
9	Nick Pivetta	SD	@MIN
10	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	ARI
11	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@SF
12	Robbie Ray	SF	BAL
13	Sean Manaea	NYM	PHI, MIA
14	Freddy Peralta	MIL	ARI
15	Sonny Gray	STL	PIT
16	Dylan Cease	SD	@SEA	Walks way too high, but still has a 3.52 xFIP since the break
17	Blake Snell	LAD	ARI
18	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	ATL, @NYM	3.50 ERA and 1.11 WHIP with 20 K over last 18 IP
19	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	CIN
20	Logan Webb	SF	CHC
21	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@TOR
22	David Peterson	NYM	MIA
23	Michael King	SD	@MIN
24	Yu Darvish	SD	@SEA
25	Eury Perez	MIA	@NYM
26	Kodai Senga	NYM	PHI, MIA	Control has vanished
27	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@LAD
28	Ranger Suarez	PHI	ATL
29	Andrew Abbott	CIN	STL
30	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	ARI, @TOR
31	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	CIN
32	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	CIN
33	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@MIL
34	Brady Singer	CIN	STL
35	Cade Horton	CHC	@COL
36	Brad Lord	WAS	@NYY, TB
37	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@MIL, @LAD
38	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	@STL
39	Zac Gallen	ARI	@LAD
40	Colin Rea	CHC	@SF
41	Mitch Keller	PIT	@STL, @BOS
42	Jose Quintana	MIL	ARI
43	Spencer Strider	ATL	@MIA, @PHI
44	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@COL
45	Michael McGreevy	STL	PIT, @CIN
46	Aaron Nola	PHI	ATL
47	Nick Martinez	CIN	@LAD
48	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIA
49	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CIN
50	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@NYY
51	NL Reliever
52	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@STL, @BOS
53	Nestor Cortes	SD	@MIN
54	Hurston Waldrep	ATL	@MIA
55	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@MIL, @LAD
56	JP Sears	SD	@SEA
57	Mitchell Parker	WAS	TB
58	Trevor McDonald	SF	BAL
59	Cade Cavalli	WAS	@NYY
60	Joey Wentz	ATL	@MIA
61	Quinn Priester	MIL	ARI, @TOR
62	Miles Mikolas	STL	PIT
63	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@NYM
64	Nolan McLean	NYM	PHI
65	Justin Verlander	SF	CHC, BAL
66	Ryan Gusto	MIA	ATL
67	Anthony DeSclafani	ARI	@MIL
68	Mike Burrows	PIT	@STL
69	Andre Pallante	STL	PIT, @CIN
70	Janson Junk	MIA	@NYM
71	Chase Dollander	COL	@HOU
72	Cal Quantrill	ATL	@PHI
73	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	CHC
74	Jake Irvin	WAS	TB
75	German Marquez	COL	CHC
76	Tanner Gordon	COL	@HOU, CHC
77	Bryce Elder	ATL	@PHI
78	Kyle Freeland	COL	CHC
79	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@HOU