Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Solo Shot

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Updated on May 6, 2024 2:16AM EST

There is a similar number of overall games this week as compared to last week, but the number and quality of two-start options is lower. Last week, there were nine two-start pitchers ranked in the Top 25. Meanwhile, there are just six this week.

One of the repercussions is the Mixed Reliever cutoffs are ranked lower this week. Last week the Mixed 12 reliever was 72nd. This week it's 84. Similarly, the Mixed 15 reliever falls from 80 to 91.

The repercussion is there are around 10 more single-start hurlers ranked ahead of the reliever this week. This is just another example of the advice being preached all season: Don't focus on double-dipper vanilla starters. Load up on the scoops with more exotic flavors.

By means of reminder, the schedule is culled from the Probable Pitchers grid. Please direct rotation questions to that page. I'm happy to address ranking inquiries below.

UPDATED: Monday May 6, 2:10 AM ET

Week of May 6 - 12

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Luis Castillo	SEA	@MIN, OAK
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	SF, @MIA
3	Bailey Ober	MIN	SEA, @TOR	2.37 ERA, .76 WHIP since his opener
4	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@SD
5	Tarik Skubal	DET	HOU
6	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@WAS
7	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CIN, @BAL	Tough pair to get back on track
8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	MIA

One of the repercussions is the Mixed Reliever cutoffs are ranked lower this week. Last week the Mixed 12 reliever was 72nd. This week it's 84. Similarly, the Mixed 15 reliever falls from 80 to 91.

By means of reminder, the schedule is culled from the Probable Pitchers grid. Please direct rotation questions to that page. I'm happy to address ranking inquiries below.

UPDATED: Monday May 6, 2:10 AM ET

Week of May 6 - 12

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Luis Castillo	SEA	@MIN, OAK
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	SF, @MIA
3	Bailey Ober	MIN	SEA, @TOR	2.37 ERA, .76 WHIP since his opener
4	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@SD
5	Tarik Skubal	DET	HOU
6	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@WAS
7	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CIN, @BAL	Tough pair to get back on track
8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	MIA
9	Chris Sale	ATL	BOS	This is going to be fun
10	Cole Ragans	KC	MIL, @LAA
11	Sonny Gray	STL	NYM
12	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@MIA
13	Tanner Houck	BOS	WAS
14	Max Fried	ATL	@NYM
15	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@SF
16	Dylan Cease	SD	@CHC
17	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@MIN
18	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@WAS
19	Seth Lugo	KC	MIL, @LAA
20	George Kirby	SEA	@MIN
21	Freddy Peralta	MIL	STL
22	Zach Eflin	TB	CWS
23	Aaron Nola	PHI	TOR
24	Pablo Lopez	MIN	SEA
25	Bryce Miller	SEA	OAK
26	Justin Steele	CHC	SD, @PIT	Could be on a pitch count in return
27	Logan Webb	SF	CIN	Strikeouts still down
28	Kevin Gausman	TOR	MIN
29	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@TB
30	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR
31	Jared Jones	PIT	CHC
32	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@OAK, @COL		13%
33	Triston McKenzie	CLE	DET, @CWS
34	Framber Valdez	HOU	@DET
35	Shota Imanaga	CHC	SD
36	Jack Flaherty	DET	@CLE, HOU
37	Hunter Greene	CIN	ARI
38	Walker Buehler	LAD	MIA, @SD	Back earlier than expected
39	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@PIT
40	Reese Olson	DET	@CLE
41	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@ATL
42	Ryan Pepiot	TB	NYY
43	Dean Kremer	BAL	ARI
44	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	BOS
45	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	@CIN
46	Kyle Harrison	SF	@COL, CIN
47	Tanner Bibee	CLE	DET
48	Cristian Javier	HOU	@DET
49	Bryan Woo	SEA	OAK
50	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	@OAK		21%
51	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@ATL
52	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	PHI
53	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@SF
54	Charlie Morton	ATL	@NYM
55	Luis Gil	NYY	HOU, @TB
56	John Means	BAL	ARI		32%
57	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@PIT, KC		38%
58	Brady Singer	KC	MIL
59	Javier Assad	CHC	@PIT
60	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@TB
61	Jordan Hicks	SF	@COL
62	Brayan Bello	BOS	WAS
63	Garrett Crochet	CWS	CLE
64	Mitch Keller	PIT	LAA, CHC	Time to turn things around
65	Jose Berrios	TOR	@PHI
66	Yu Darvish	SD	@CHC, LAD
67	Ben Lively	CLE	@CWS		17%
68	Logan Allen	CLE	DET, @CWS		0%	0%
69	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	MIN
70	Sean Manaea	NYM	@STL, ATL
71	Kenta Maeda	DET	@CLE
72	Reid Detmers	LAA	KC
73	Jon Gray	TEX	@COL
74	Aaron Civale	TB	CWS
75	JP Sears	OAK	TEX		30%
76	Kyle Gibson	STL	NYM, @MIL		10%
77	Tyler Alexander	TB	CWS, NYY		0%	39%
78	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	SEA, @TOR		32%
79	Justin Verlander	HOU	@NYY
80	Mix 12 Reliever
81	Erick Fedde	CWS	CLE
82	Cole Irvin	BAL	ARI		10%	49%
83	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@BAL
84	Owen White	TEX	@OAK		0%	0%
85	Mike Clevinger	CWS	@TB, CLE		0%	4%
86	Luis Severino	NYM	ATL
87	Braxton Garrett	MIA	PHI
88	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	SD		1%	28%
89	Frankie Montas	CIN	ARI, @SF
90	Jose Butto	NYM	@STL
91	Mix 15 Reliever
92	Chris Paddack	MIN	SEA		35%
93	Griffin Canning	LAA	KC		32%
94	Keaton Winn	SF	@COL
95	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@MIA		1%	2%
96	Mason Black	SF	@PHI, CIN		0%	2%
97	Michael Wacha	KC	@LAA
98	Jose Quintana	NYM	@STL		35%
99	Joe Boyle	OAK	@SEA		16%
100	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	TOR
101	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@NYY
102	Paul Blackburn	OAK	@SEA		49%
103	Gavin Stone	LAD	MIA
104	Bailey Falter	PIT	CHC
105	Ross Stripling	OAK	TEX		0%	18%
106	Christian Scott	NYM	ATL		2%	42%
107	Jack Leiter	TEX	@OAK		0%	21%
108	Bryse Wilson	MIL	@KC, STL		0%	7%
109	Carlos Rodon	NYY	HOU
110	Michael King	SD	LAD
111	Zack Littell	TB	NYY
112	Marcus Stroman	NYY	HOU
113	Dane Dunning	TEX	@COL
114	Cal Quantrill	COL	SF		0%	0%
115	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	ARI
116	Lance Lynn	STL	@MIL
117	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@PIT, KC		2%	46%
118	Jose Soriano	LAA	@PIT		17%
119	Colin Rea	MIL	@KC, STL		3%
120	Miles Mikolas	STL	NYM, @MIL		10%
121	James Paxton	LAD	@SD
122	Alek Manoah	TOR	MIN		2%	7%
123	Bryce Elder	ATL	@NYM		29%
124	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@LAD
125	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@PHI
126	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@MIL		0%	0%
127	Cooper Criswell	BOS	WAS		1%	40%
128	Casey Mize	DET	HOU
129	Hunter Brown	HOU	@DET
130	Alex Wood	OAK	TEX, @SEA		0%	4%
131	Mitchell Parker	WAS	BAL		41%
132	Martin Perez	PIT	LAA		34%
133	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@BOS
134	Chris Flexen	CWS	@TB		0%	0%
135	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@MIN		7%	30%
136	Joe Ross	MIL	@KC		1%	9%
137	Alec Marsh	KC	@LAA		10%
138	Austin Gomber	COL	TEX		1%	0%
139	Slade Cecconi	ARI	@CIN		8%
140	Jake Irvin	WAS	@BOS		22%
141	Trevor Rogers	MIA	PHI
142	Michael Soroka	CWS	@TB, CLE		1%	4%
143	Trevor Williams	WAS	BAL		4%	37%
144	Quinn Priester	PIT	LAA		4%
145	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@NYY		0%	23%
146	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	TEX		0%	0%
147	Randy Vasquez	SD	@CHC		0%	0%
148	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	@CWS		0%	12%
149	Dakota Hudson	COL	SF, TEX		0%	0%
150	Roddery Munoz	MIA	@LAD		1%	11%
151	Matt Waldron	SD	LAD		8%
152	Ryan Feltner	COL	TEX		25%
153	Ryan Weathers	MIA	@LAD		45%
154	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@BAL		3%	46%
155	Peter Lambert	COL	SF		0%	2%
156	Tobias Myers	MIL	STL		0%	19%
157	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@BOS		0%	2%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Luis Castillo	SEA	@MIN, OAK
2	Bailey Ober	MIN	SEA, @TOR	2.37 ERA, .76 WHIP since his opener
3	Tarik Skubal	DET	HOU
4	Corbin Burnes	BAL	@WAS
5	Cole Ragans	KC	MIL, @LAA
6	Tanner Houck	BOS	WAS
7	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@MIN
8	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@WAS
9	Seth Lugo	KC	MIL, @LAA
10	George Kirby	SEA	@MIN
11	Zach Eflin	TB	CWS
12	Pablo Lopez	MIN	SEA
13	Bryce Miller	SEA	OAK
14	Kevin Gausman	TOR	MIN
15	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@TB
16	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR
17	Andrew Heaney	TEX	@OAK, @COL
18	Triston McKenzie	CLE	DET, @CWS
19	Framber Valdez	HOU	@DET
20	Jack Flaherty	DET	@CLE, HOU
21	Reese Olson	DET	@CLE
22	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@ATL
23	Ryan Pepiot	TB	NYY
24	Dean Kremer	BAL	ARI
25	Tanner Bibee	CLE	DET
26	Cristian Javier	HOU	@DET
27	Bryan Woo	SEA	OAK
28	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	@OAK
29	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@ATL
30	Luis Gil	NYY	HOU, @TB
31	John Means	BAL	ARI
32	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@PIT, KC
33	Brady Singer	KC	MIL
34	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@TB
35	Brayan Bello	BOS	WAS
36	Garrett Crochet	CWS	CLE
37	Jose Berrios	TOR	@PHI
38	Ben Lively	CLE	@CWS
39	Logan Allen	CLE	DET, @CWS
40	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	MIN
41	Kenta Maeda	DET	@CLE
42	Reid Detmers	LAA	KC
43	Jon Gray	TEX	@COL
44	Aaron Civale	TB	CWS
45	JP Sears	OAK	TEX
46	Tyler Alexander	TB	CWS, NYY
47	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	SEA, @TOR
48	Justin Verlander	HOU	@NYY
49	Erick Fedde	CWS	CLE
50	Cole Irvin	BAL	ARI
51	Owen White	TEX	@OAK
52	Mike Clevinger	CWS	@TB, CLE
53	Chris Paddack	MIN	SEA
54	Griffin Canning	LAA	KC
55	Michael Wacha	KC	@LAA
56	Joe Boyle	OAK	@SEA
57	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@NYY
58	Paul Blackburn	OAK	@SEA
59	Ross Stripling	OAK	TEX
60	AL Reliever
61	Jack Leiter	TEX	@OAK
62	Carlos Rodon	NYY	HOU
63	Zack Littell	TB	NYY
64	Marcus Stroman	NYY	HOU
65	Dane Dunning	TEX	@COL
66	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@PIT, KC
67	Jose Soriano	LAA	@PIT
68	Alek Manoah	TOR	MIN
69	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@PHI
70	Cooper Criswell	BOS	WAS
71	Casey Mize	DET	HOU
72	Hunter Brown	HOU	@DET
73	Alex Wood	OAK	TEX, @SEA
74	Chris Flexen	CWS	@TB
75	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@MIN
76	Alec Marsh	KC	@LAA
77	Michael Soroka	CWS	@TB, CLE
78	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@NYY
79	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	TEX
80	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	@CWS

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Zack Wheeler	PHI	SF, @MIA
2	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	@SD
3	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CIN, @BAL	Tough pair to get back on track
4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	MIA
5	Chris Sale	ATL	BOS	This is going to be fun
6	Sonny Gray	STL	NYM
7	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@MIA
8	Max Fried	ATL	@NYM
9	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@SF
10	Dylan Cease	SD	@CHC
11	Freddy Peralta	MIL	STL
12	Aaron Nola	PHI	TOR
13	Justin Steele	CHC	SD, @PIT	Could be on a pitch count in return
14	Logan Webb	SF	CIN	Strikeouts still down
15	Jared Jones	PIT	CHC
16	Shota Imanaga	CHC	SD
17	Hunter Greene	CIN	ARI
18	Walker Buehler	LAD	MIA, @SD	Back earlier than expected
19	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@PIT
20	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	BOS
21	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	@CIN
22	Kyle Harrison	SF	@COL, CIN
23	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	PHI
24	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@SF
25	Charlie Morton	ATL	@NYM
26	Javier Assad	CHC	@PIT
27	Jordan Hicks	SF	@COL
28	Mitch Keller	PIT	LAA, CHC	Time to turn things around
29	Yu Darvish	SD	@CHC, LAD
30	Sean Manaea	NYM	@STL, ATL
31	Kyle Gibson	STL	NYM, @MIL
32	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@BAL
33	Luis Severino	NYM	ATL
34	Braxton Garrett	MIA	PHI
35	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	SD
36	Frankie Montas	CIN	ARI, @SF
37	Jose Butto	NYM	@STL
38	Keaton Winn	SF	@COL
39	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@MIA
40	Mason Black	SF	@PHI, CIN
41	Jose Quintana	NYM	@STL
42	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	TOR
43	Gavin Stone	LAD	MIA
44	Bailey Falter	PIT	CHC
45	NL Reliever
46	Christian Scott	NYM	ATL
47	Bryse Wilson	MIL	@KC, STL
48	Michael King	SD	LAD
49	Cal Quantrill	COL	SF
50	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	ARI
51	Lance Lynn	STL	@MIL
52	Colin Rea	MIL	@KC, STL
53	Miles Mikolas	STL	NYM, @MIL
54	James Paxton	LAD	@SD
55	Bryce Elder	ATL	@NYM
56	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@LAD
57	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@MIL
58	Mitchell Parker	WAS	BAL
59	Martin Perez	PIT	LAA
60	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@BOS
61	Joe Ross	MIL	@KC
62	Austin Gomber	COL	TEX
63	Slade Cecconi	ARI	@CIN
64	Jake Irvin	WAS	@BOS
65	Trevor Rogers	MIA	PHI
66	Trevor Williams	WAS	BAL
67	Quinn Priester	PIT	LAA
68	Randy Vasquez	SD	@CHC
69	Dakota Hudson	COL	SF, TEX
70	Roddery Munoz	MIA	@LAD
71	Matt Waldron	SD	LAD
72	Ryan Feltner	COL	TEX
73	Ryan Weathers	MIA	@LAD
74	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@BAL
75	Peter Lambert	COL	SF
76	Tobias Myers	MIL	STL
77	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@BOS