This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
Are we really at Memorial Day Weekend? Maybe the pitch clock has made the season seemingly go faster.
Through the early part of the seasons, typical rotisserie league standings are out of sync with how they will look when the season is over. That is, the first and last-place totals prorate to be higher and lower (or in the case of ratios, better and worse) than they'll sit come year's end.
Memorial Day marks the point of the campaign where the categories are representative of the finish. There will still be some compression, but the top to bottom spread reflects the final version. Clearly, there will still be movement within the categories, but the main point is it's easier to gauge where a fantasy team can gain and lose the most, keeping in mind there are still over 100 games to be played per team.
Please note, Boston and Tampa Bay will play a pair in Fenway Park on Saturday.
As always, please direct scheduling questions to the hard workers managing the Probable Pitchers page. Meanwhile, I'm happy to address any rankings questions below.
UPDATED: Monday May 29, 12:40 AM ET
Week of May 29 - June 4
Mixed
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @HOU, CLE | Has earned ace status | ||
| 2 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @DET, SEA | Ride him when healthy | ||
| 3 | Zac Gallen | ARI | COL, ATL | |||
| 4 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | SD, OAK | Home pair good spot to |
Are we really at Memorial Day Weekend? Maybe the pitch clock has made the season seemingly go faster.
Through the early part of the seasons, typical rotisserie league standings are out of sync with how they will look when the season is over. That is, the first and last-place totals prorate to be higher and lower (or in the case of ratios, better and worse) than they'll sit come year's end.
Memorial Day marks the point of the campaign where the categories are representative of the finish. There will still be some compression, but the top to bottom spread reflects the final version. Clearly, there will still be movement within the categories, but the main point is it's easier to gauge where a fantasy team can gain and lose the most, keeping in mind there are still over 100 games to be played per team.
Please note, Boston and Tampa Bay will play a pair in Fenway Park on Saturday.
As always, please direct scheduling questions to the hard workers managing the Probable Pitchers page. Meanwhile, I'm happy to address any rankings questions below.
UPDATED: Monday May 29, 12:40 AM ET
Week of May 29 - June 4
Mixed
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments | MIX12 | MIX15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @HOU, CLE | Has earned ace status | ||
| 2 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @DET, SEA | Ride him when healthy | ||
| 3 | Zac Gallen | ARI | COL, ATL | |||
| 4 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | SD, OAK | Home pair good spot to get back on track | ||
| 5 | Sonny Gray | MIN | @HOU, CLE | Has yet to allow a homer | ||
| 6 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | @HOU | |||
| 7 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @ARI | |||
| 8 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | MIL | |||
| 9 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @WAS | |||
| 10 | Shane McClanahan | TB | @CHC, @BOS | |||
| 11 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @SF | |||
| 12 | Logan Webb | SF | BAL | Quietly shoving | ||
| 13 | Michael Kopech | CWS | LAA, DET | Control key, and has been better lately | ||
| 14 | Bryce Miller | SEA | NYY, @TEX | Nice test for the freshman | ||
| 15 | Max Scherzer | NYM | PHI | |||
| 16 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @OAK | On the road, but good pitching venues | ||
| 17 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @NYM | Homers through the roof | ||
| 18 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | SEA | |||
| 19 | Framber Valdez | HOU | LAA | |||
| 20 | Cristian Javier | HOU | LAA | |||
| 21 | Marcus Stroman | CHC | TB, @SD | |||
| 22 | Chris Sale | BOS | CIN | |||
| 23 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | NYY | |||
| 24 | Tyler Wells | BAL | CLE, @SF | Homers high, but establishing himself as a mid-rotation guy | ||
| 25 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | NYY | |||
| 26 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | CLE | |||
| 27 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | @CIN | 5 HR over last 19 IP | ||
| 28 | Dylan Cease | CWS | DET | |||
| 29 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @MIN | Only 1 HR in 28 IP | ||
| 30 | Jon Gray | TEX | SEA | |||
| 31 | Anthony DeSclafani | SF | PIT, BAL | Big boost from Oracle Park | ||
| 32 | Yu Darvish | SD | CHC | |||
| 33 | Justin Verlander | NYM | TOR | |||
| 34 | Bailey Ober | MIN | CLE | |||
| 35 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @NYM | |||
| 36 | Dane Dunning | TEX | @DET | Encouraging, but only 26 K in 43 IP | ||
| 37 | Eduardo Rodriguez | DET | @CWS | |||
| 38 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @SEA | |||
| 39 | Domingo German | NYY | @SEA, @LAD | |||
| 40 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | WAS | |||
| 41 | Hunter Brown | HOU | MIN | |||
| 42 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | OAK | |||
| 43 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | ATL | |||
| 44 | Miles Mikolas | STL | KC | |||
| 45 | Michael Soroka | ATL | @OAK, @ARI | 0% | 0% | |
| 46 | Eury Perez | MIA | OAK | |||
| 47 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @NYM | |||
| 48 | Luis Severino | NYY | @LAD | |||
| 49 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @TEX | Rangers lead MLB in runs per game | ||
| 50 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @LAD | 12 K, 7 BB, 4 HR over last 16 IP | ||
| 51 | Joe Musgrove | SD | @MIA | |||
| 52 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | @HOU | |||
| 53 | Jesus Luzardo | MIA | SD | |||
| 54 | George Kirby | SEA | NYY | 5 HR last 18.1 IP | ||
| 55 | Aaron Civale | CLE | @MIN | |||
| 56 | Drew Smyly | CHC | @SD | |||
| 57 | Shane Bieber | CLE | @BAL | |||
| 58 | Zach Eflin | TB | @CHC | |||
| 59 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @ARI, @KC | 25% | ||
| 60 | Martin Perez | TEX | @DET | |||
| 61 | Bobby Miller | LAD | WAS, NYY | Could get a long look | 1% | 9% |
| 62 | Jared Shuster | ATL | @OAK | Better second time around | 47% | |
| 63 | Michael Wacha | SD | CHC | |||
| 64 | Tanner Houck | BOS | TB | In rotation with Pivetta and Kluber sent to the bullpen | 42% | |
| 65 | Tyler Glasnow | TB | @BOS | |||
| 66 | Rich Hill | PIT | @SF, STL | 8% | ||
| 67 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | PHI | |||
| 68 | Adam Wainwright | STL | KC | 14% | ||
| 69 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @SF | |||
| 70 | Alex Cobb | SF | BAL | |||
| 71 | Kyle Gibson | BAL | CLE | 41% | ||
| 72 | Garrett Whitlock | BOS | TB | |||
| 73 | Brayan Bello | BOS | CIN, TB | Secondaries coming along | ||
| 74 | Connor Seabold | COL | @KC | 0% | 0% | |
| 75 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||||
| 76 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @SD | |||
| 77 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | LAA | Nice spot to get out of mini-rut | ||
| 78 | Michael Lorenzen | DET | @CWS | |||
| 79 | Lance Lynn | CWS | LAA | |||
| 80 | Zack Greinke | KC | @STL | 3% | 40% | |
| 81 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @ARI | |||
| 82 | Logan Allen | CLE | @BAL, @MIN | |||
| 83 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @NYM, @WAS | 48% | ||
| 84 | James Paxton | BOS | CIN | |||
| 85 | Austin Gomber | COL | @KC | 0% | 2% | |
| 86 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @CWS | 34% | ||
| 87 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||||
| 88 | Alex Wood | SF | PIT | 50% | ||
| 89 | Adrian Houser | MIL | @TOR, @CIN | On the road is not ideal, but in play in deeper formats | 2% | 32% |
| 90 | Justin Steele | CHC | TB | |||
| 91 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | MIL, @NYM | |||
| 92 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @HOU | |||
| 93 | Noah Syndergaard | LAD | WAS | 21% | ||
| 94 | Cal Quantrill | CLE | @BAL, @MIN | |||
| 95 | Johan Oviedo | PIT | @SF | 34% | ||
| 96 | Blake Snell | SD | @MIA | |||
| 97 | Brady Singer | KC | COL | At least it's not in Coors… | ||
| 98 | Jack Flaherty | STL | @PIT | |||
| 99 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | SD | |||
| 100 | Kodai Senga | NYM | PHI, TOR | |||
| 101 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @SEA | |||
| 102 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @BOS | |||
| 103 | Dinelson Lamet | COL | @ARI | 0% | 0% | |
| 104 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @TOR | |||
| 105 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @SF | 16% | ||
| 106 | Taj Bradley | TB | @CHC, @BOS | |||
| 107 | Trevor Williams | WAS | @LAD, PHI | 0% | 13% | |
| 108 | Ben Lively | CIN | @BOS, MIL | 4% | 28% | |
| 109 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | COL, ATL | 3% | 47% | |
| 110 | Sean Manaea | SF | PIT | 9% | 30% | |
| 111 | Alex Faedo | DET | TEX | 4% | 43% | |
| 112 | Griffin Canning | LAA | @CWS, @HOU | 12% | ||
| 113 | Alek Manoah | TOR | MIL | |||
| 114 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @NYM | |||
| 115 | Jordan Montgomery | STL | @PIT | |||
| 116 | Colin Rea | MIL | @CIN | 1% | 4% | |
| 117 | Chase Anderson | COL | @ARI | 1% | 2% | |
| 118 | Carlos Carrasco | NYM | PHI | 12% | ||
| 119 | Roansy Contreras | PIT | STL | |||
| 120 | Louie Varland | MIN | @HOU | |||
| 121 | Brandon Williamson | CIN | MIL | 17% | ||
| 122 | Zach Davies | ARI | COL | 0% | 0% | |
| 123 | Tommy Henry | ARI | COL | 1% | 9% | |
| 124 | Matthew Boyd | DET | TEX, @CWS | 17% | ||
| 125 | Austin Voth | BAL | CLE | 0% | 0% | |
| 126 | Jordan Lyles | KC | COL | 0% | 0% | |
| 127 | Jaime Barria | LAA | @CWS | 0% | 17% | |
| 128 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN | MIL | |||
| 129 | Daniel Lynch | KC | COL | 0% | 0% | |
| 130 | Michael Grove | LAD | NYY | 1% | 17% | |
| 131 | Brandon Bielak | HOU | MIN, LAA | 16% | ||
| 132 | J.P. France | HOU | MIN, LAA | |||
| 133 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @PIT | |||
| 134 | Hogan Harris | OAK | @MIA | 0% | 0% | |
| 135 | Josiah Gray | WAS | PHI | |||
| 136 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | @LAD | 6% | ||
| 137 | Jesse Scholtens | CWS | DET | 0% | 8% | |
| 138 | Mike Mayers | KC | @STL | 0% | 0% | |
| 139 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | STL | 25% | ||
| 140 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | TB | 0% | 0% | |
| 141 | Dylan Covey | PHI | @WAS | 0% | 0% | |
| 142 | Corey Kluber | BOS | TB | 3% | 21% | |
| 143 | Luke Weaver | CIN | @BOS | 0% | 13% | |
| 144 | Karl Kauffmann | COL | @ARI | 0% | 0% | |
| 145 | Paul Blackburn | OAK | ATL, @MIA | 0% | 0% | |
| 146 | JP Sears | OAK | ATL | 37% | ||
| 147 | Ryan Weathers | SD | @MIA, CHC | 2% | ||
| 148 | James Kaprielian | OAK | ATL | 0% | 0% | |
| 149 | Luis Medina | OAK | @MIA | 2% | 11% | |
| 150 | Tylor Megill | NYM | TOR | |||
| 151 | Josh Fleming | TB | @BOS | 0% | 21% | |
| 152 | Jake Irvin | WAS | @LAD | 0% | 4% | |
| 153 | Joey Wentz | DET | TEX | 0% | 0% | |
| 154 | Julio Teheran | MIL | @TOR | 0% | 0% | |
| 155 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | @TEX | 23% | ||
American League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @HOU, CLE | Has earned ace status |
| 2 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @DET, SEA | Ride him when healthy |
| 3 | Sonny Gray | MIN | @HOU, CLE | Has yet to allow a homer |
| 4 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | @HOU | |
| 5 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | MIL | |
| 6 | Shane McClanahan | TB | @CHC, @BOS | |
| 7 | Michael Kopech | CWS | LAA, DET | Control key, and has been better lately |
| 8 | Bryce Miller | SEA | NYY, @TEX | Nice test for the freshman |
| 9 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | SEA | |
| 10 | Framber Valdez | HOU | LAA | |
| 11 | Cristian Javier | HOU | LAA | |
| 12 | Chris Sale | BOS | CIN | |
| 13 | Tyler Wells | BAL | CLE, @SF | Homers high, but establishing himself as a mid-rotation guy |
| 14 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | NYY | |
| 15 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | CLE | |
| 16 | Dylan Cease | CWS | DET | |
| 17 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @MIN | Only 1 HR in 28 IP |
| 18 | Jon Gray | TEX | SEA | |
| 19 | Bailey Ober | MIN | CLE | |
| 20 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @NYM | |
| 21 | Dane Dunning | TEX | @DET | Encouraging, but only 26 K in 43 IP |
| 22 | Eduardo Rodriguez | DET | @CWS | |
| 23 | Nestor Cortes | NYY | @SEA | |
| 24 | Domingo German | NYY | @SEA, @LAD | |
| 25 | Hunter Brown | HOU | MIN | |
| 26 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @NYM | |
| 27 | Luis Severino | NYY | @LAD | |
| 28 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @TEX | Rangers lead MLB in runs per game |
| 29 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @LAD | 12 K, 7 BB, 4 HR over last 16 IP |
| 30 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | @HOU | |
| 31 | George Kirby | SEA | NYY | 5 HR last 18.1 IP |
| 32 | Aaron Civale | CLE | @MIN | |
| 33 | Shane Bieber | CLE | @BAL | |
| 34 | Zach Eflin | TB | @CHC | |
| 35 | Martin Perez | TEX | @DET | |
| 36 | Tanner Houck | BOS | TB | In rotation with Pivetta and Kluber sent to the bullpen |
| 37 | Tyler Glasnow | TB | @BOS | |
| 38 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @SF | |
| 39 | Kyle Gibson | BAL | CLE | |
| 40 | Garrett Whitlock | BOS | TB | |
| 41 | Brayan Bello | BOS | CIN, TB | Secondaries coming along |
| 42 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | LAA | Nice spot to get out of mini-rut |
| 43 | Michael Lorenzen | DET | @CWS | |
| 44 | Lance Lynn | CWS | LAA | |
| 45 | Zack Greinke | KC | @STL | |
| 46 | Logan Allen | CLE | @BAL, @MIN | |
| 47 | James Paxton | BOS | CIN | |
| 48 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | @CWS | |
| 49 | Yusei Kikuchi | TOR | MIL, @NYM | |
| 50 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @HOU | |
| 51 | Cal Quantrill | CLE | @BAL, @MIN | |
| 52 | Brady Singer | KC | COL | At least it's not in Coors… |
| 53 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | @SEA | |
| 54 | AL Reliever | |||
| 55 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @SF | |
| 56 | Taj Bradley | TB | @CHC, @BOS | |
| 57 | Alex Faedo | DET | TEX | |
| 58 | Griffin Canning | LAA | @CWS, @HOU | |
| 59 | Alek Manoah | TOR | MIL | |
| 60 | Louie Varland | MIN | @HOU | |
| 61 | Matthew Boyd | DET | TEX, @CWS | |
| 62 | Austin Voth | BAL | CLE | |
| 63 | Jordan Lyles | KC | COL | |
| 64 | Jaime Barria | LAA | @CWS | |
| 65 | Daniel Lynch | KC | COL | |
| 66 | Brandon Bielak | HOU | MIN, LAA | |
| 67 | J.P. France | HOU | MIN, LAA | |
| 68 | Hogan Harris | OAK | @MIA | |
| 69 | Jesse Scholtens | CWS | DET | |
| 70 | Mike Mayers | KC | @STL | |
| 71 | Corey Kluber | BOS | TB | |
| 72 | Paul Blackburn | OAK | ATL, @MIA | |
| 73 | JP Sears | OAK | ATL | |
| 74 | James Kaprielian | OAK | ATL | |
| 75 | Luis Medina | OAK | @MIA | |
| 76 | Josh Fleming | TB | @BOS | |
| 77 | Joey Wentz | DET | TEX | |
| 78 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | @TEX | |
National League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zac Gallen | ARI | COL, ATL | |
| 2 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | SD, OAK | Home pair good spot to get back on track |
| 3 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @ARI | |
| 4 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @WAS | |
| 5 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @SF | |
| 6 | Logan Webb | SF | BAL | Quietly shoving |
| 7 | Max Scherzer | NYM | PHI | |
| 8 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @OAK | On the road, but good pitching venues |
| 9 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @NYM | Homers through the roof |
| 10 | Marcus Stroman | CHC | TB, @SD | |
| 11 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | NYY | |
| 12 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | @CIN | 5 HR over last 19 IP |
| 13 | Anthony DeSclafani | SF | PIT, BAL | Big boost from Oracle Park |
| 14 | Yu Darvish | SD | CHC | |
| 15 | Justin Verlander | NYM | TOR | |
| 16 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | WAS | |
| 17 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | OAK | |
| 18 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | ATL | |
| 19 | Miles Mikolas | STL | KC | |
| 20 | Michael Soroka | ATL | @OAK, @ARI | |
| 21 | Eury Perez | MIA | OAK | |
| 22 | Joe Musgrove | SD | @MIA | |
| 23 | Jesus Luzardo | MIA | SD | |
| 24 | Drew Smyly | CHC | @SD | |
| 25 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @ARI, @KC | |
| 26 | Bobby Miller | LAD | WAS, NYY | Could get a long look |
| 27 | Jared Shuster | ATL | @OAK | Better second time around |
| 28 | Michael Wacha | SD | CHC | |
| 29 | Rich Hill | PIT | @SF, STL | |
| 30 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | PHI | |
| 31 | Adam Wainwright | STL | KC | |
| 32 | Alex Cobb | SF | BAL | |
| 33 | Connor Seabold | COL | @KC | |
| 34 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @SD | |
| 35 | Charlie Morton | ATL | @ARI | |
| 36 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @NYM, @WAS | |
| 37 | Austin Gomber | COL | @KC | |
| 38 | Alex Wood | SF | PIT | |
| 39 | Adrian Houser | MIL | @TOR, @CIN | On the road is not ideal, but in play in deeper formats |
| 40 | Justin Steele | CHC | TB | |
| 41 | Noah Syndergaard | LAD | WAS | |
| 42 | Johan Oviedo | PIT | @SF | |
| 43 | Blake Snell | SD | @MIA | |
| 44 | Jack Flaherty | STL | @PIT | |
| 45 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | SD | |
| 46 | Kodai Senga | NYM | PHI, TOR | |
| 47 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @BOS | |
| 48 | Dinelson Lamet | COL | @ARI | |
| 49 | NL Reliever | |||
| 50 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @TOR | |
| 51 | Trevor Williams | WAS | @LAD, PHI | |
| 52 | Ben Lively | CIN | @BOS, MIL | |
| 53 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | COL, ATL | |
| 54 | Sean Manaea | SF | PIT | |
| 55 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | @NYM | |
| 56 | Jordan Montgomery | STL | @PIT | |
| 57 | Colin Rea | MIL | @CIN | |
| 58 | Chase Anderson | COL | @ARI | |
| 59 | Carlos Carrasco | NYM | PHI | |
| 60 | Roansy Contreras | PIT | STL | |
| 61 | Brandon Williamson | CIN | MIL | |
| 62 | Zach Davies | ARI | COL | |
| 63 | Tommy Henry | ARI | COL | |
| 64 | Graham Ashcraft | CIN | MIL | |
| 65 | Michael Grove | LAD | NYY | |
| 66 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @PIT | |
| 67 | Josiah Gray | WAS | PHI | |
| 68 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | @LAD | |
| 69 | Luis Ortiz | PIT | STL | |
| 70 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | TB | |
| 71 | Dylan Covey | PHI | @WAS | |
| 72 | Luke Weaver | CIN | @BOS | |
| 73 | Karl Kauffmann | COL | @ARI | |
| 74 | Ryan Weathers | SD | @MIA, CHC | |
| 75 | Tylor Megill | NYM | TOR | |
| 76 | Jake Irvin | WAS | @LAD | |
| 77 | Julio Teheran | MIL | @TOR | |
| 78 | Ryan Weathers | SD | @WAS |
