Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Double Trouble

Chris Sale tops Todd Zola's pitcher rankings for the week of September 2 to September 8.

Updated on September 2, 2024 1:21AM EST

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Todd Zola

Updated on September 2, 2024 1:21AM EST

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As if tracking rotations isn't already a challenge, rosters are expanding with one of the more common uses being to fortify rotations. Add in the number of younger arms being shut down and a two-start week is reduced to a solo shot.

Fortunately, there is nothing better than the RotoWire Probable Pitchers page when it comes to the most up-to-date information.

UPDATED: September 2 1:20 AM ET

Week of September 2 - 8

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Chris Sale	ATL	COL, TOR
2	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@TEX, @CHC	Back in form
3	Corbin Burnes	BAL	CWS, TB	Good pair to get out of his rut.
4	Freddy Peralta	MIL	STL, COL
5	Jack Flaherty	LAD	@ARI, CLE
6	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@OAK, @STL
7	Joe Musgrove	SD	DET, SF	Finally healthy and pitching well.
8	Tarik Skubal	DET	@OAK
9	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@TB
10	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@MIA
11	Hunter Brown	HOU	@CIN
12	Luis Castillo	SEA	@OAK, @STL
13	Framber Valdez	HOU	ARI
14	Zach Eflin	BAL	TB
15	Bryan Woo	SEA	@OAK
16	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@MIA
17	Blake Snell	SF	ARI
18	Justin Steele	CHC	PIT
19	Paul Skenes	PIT	@CHC
20	Dylan Cease	SD	SF
21	Aaron Nola	PHI	@MIA
22	Michael King	SD	DET
23	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	COL
24	Sean Manaea	NYM	CIN
25	Max Fried	ATL	TOR

Fortunately, there is nothing better than the RotoWire Probable Pitchers page when it comes to the most up-to-date information.

UPDATED: September 2 1:20 AM ET

Week of September 2 - 8

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Chris Sale	ATL	COL, TOR
2	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@TEX, @CHC	Back in form
3	Corbin Burnes	BAL	CWS, TB	Good pair to get out of his rut.
4	Freddy Peralta	MIL	STL, COL
5	Jack Flaherty	LAD	@ARI, CLE
6	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@OAK, @STL
7	Joe Musgrove	SD	DET, SF	Finally healthy and pitching well.
8	Tarik Skubal	DET	@OAK
9	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@TB
10	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@MIA
11	Hunter Brown	HOU	@CIN
12	Luis Castillo	SEA	@OAK, @STL
13	Framber Valdez	HOU	ARI
14	Zach Eflin	BAL	TB
15	Bryan Woo	SEA	@OAK
16	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@MIA
17	Blake Snell	SF	ARI
18	Justin Steele	CHC	PIT
19	Paul Skenes	PIT	@CHC
20	Dylan Cease	SD	SF
21	Aaron Nola	PHI	@MIA
22	Michael King	SD	DET
23	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	COL
24	Sean Manaea	NYM	CIN
25	Max Fried	ATL	TOR
26	Justin Verlander	HOU	@CIN
27	Cole Ragans	KC	MIN
28	George Kirby	SEA	@OAK
29	Michael Wacha	KC	CLE, MIN
30	Zac Gallen	ARI	@SF
31	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	SEA, DET	Quietly pitching well
32	Tanner Houck	BOS	@NYM
33	Bryce Miller	SEA	@STL
34	Seth Lugo	KC	CLE
35	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@TB, @KC
36	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@TOR
37	Shota Imanaga	CHC	PIT
38	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@CHC
39	Nick Pivetta	BOS	CWS
40	Bowden Francis	TOR	PHI	3-0 over last 3 GS, .41 ERA, .36 WHIP with 24 K in 22 IP
41	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@ATL
42	Sonny Gray	STL	@MIL
43	Jared Jones	PIT	@CHC, WAS	Still knocking off the rust.
44	Logan Webb	SF	@SD
45	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@CIN	2.84 ERA and .97 WHIP over the 2H with 58 K in 44.1 IP
46	Yu Darvish	SD	SF
47	Bobby Miller	LAD	@LAA	Control getting better, but still work to do
48	Miles Mikolas	STL	SEA
49	Luis Severino	NYM	BOS, CIN	2.41 ERA, 1.23 WHIP with 22 K over last 18.2 IP
50	Andrew Heaney	TEX	NYY, LAA
51	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@NYM
52	Gavin Stone	LAD	CLE
53	Louie Varland	MIN	@TB
54	Jeffrey Springs	TB	MIN
55	JP Sears	OAK	SEA
56	J.T. Ginn	OAK	SEA, DET
57	David Festa	MIN	@TB
58	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@SF
59	Kyle Harrison	SF	ARI, @SD
60	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@MIA
61	Brady Singer	KC	CLE
62	Bailey Ober	MIN	@KC
63	Mitch Keller	PIT	WAS	Tough second half, still a month to finish strong
64	Dean Kremer	BAL	TB
65	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	LAD, @HOU
66	Charlie Morton	ATL	COL
67	DJ Herz	WAS	@PIT
68	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	TOR	Showing no signs of a second half swoon
69	Joey Estes	OAK	SEA
70	Jose Berrios	TOR	@ATL
71	Jon Gray	TEX	LAA
72	Cody Bradford	TEX	LAA
73	Chris Bassitt	TOR	PHI
74	Brayan Bello	BOS	@NYM, CWS
75	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@CHC
76	Walker Buehler	LAD	@LAA
77	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	NYY
78	Frankie Montas	MIL	COL
79	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@BAL
80	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@BOS
81	David Peterson	NYM	BOS
82	Shane Baz	TB	@BAL
83	Lance Lynn	STL	SEA
84	Mix 12 Reliever
85	Jameson Taillon	CHC	PIT, NYY
86	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	ARI
87	Ronel Blanco	HOU	ARI
88	Marcus Stroman	NYY	@TEX
89	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@KC
90	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@SF, @HOU
91	Hayden Birdsong	SF	ARI
92	Mix 15 Reliever
93	Jake Irvin	WAS	@PIT
94	Aaron Civale	MIL	STL
95	Kyle Gibson	STL	SEA
96	Jose Quintana	NYM	CIN
97	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@TEX
98	Gavin Williams	CLE	@KC, @LAD
99	Jakob Junis	CIN	@NYM
100	Colin Rea	MIL	STL
101	Cade Povich	BAL	CWS
102	Luis Ortiz	PIT	WAS
103	Erick Fedde	STL	@MIL
104	Mitch Spence	OAK	DET
105	Bailey Falter	PIT	WAS
106	Zack Littell	TB	MIN, @BAL
107	Caden Dana	LAA	@TEX
108	Albert Suarez	BAL	CWS
109	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@MIA, @PIT
110	Tobias Myers	MIL	COL
111	Brant Hurter	DET	@OAK
112	Taj Bradley	TB	MIN
113	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@PIT
114	Valente Bellozo	MIA	WAS
115	Domingo German	PIT	@CHC
116	Edward Cabrera	MIA	PHI
117	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@HOU
118	Martin Perez	SD	DET
119	Jordan Wicks	CHC	NYY
120	Max Meyer	MIA	WAS, PHI
121	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	CLE
122	Samuel Aldegheri	LAA	@TEX
123	Alex Cobb	CLE	@LAD
124	Tylor Megill	NYM	BOS
125	Jack Leiter	TEX	NYY, LAA
126	Nick Martinez	CIN	HOU
127	Zebby Matthews	MIN	@KC
128	Matthew Boyd	CLE	@LAD
129	Adam Oller	MIA	PHI
130	Tyler Alexander	TB	MIN
131	Andre Pallante	STL	@MIL
132	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@TEX
133	Brandon Williamson	CIN	@NYM
134	Ty Madden	DET	@SD, @OAK
135	Ben Lively	CLE	@KC
136	Reid Detmers	LAA	LAD
137	Tyler Phillips	PHI	@TOR, @MIA
138	Griffin Canning	LAA	LAD
139	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	@ATL
140	Kyle Freeland	COL	@ATL, @MIL
141	Javier Assad	CHC	NYY
142	Mason Black	SF	@SD
143	Casey Mize	DET	@SD
144	Austin Gomber	COL	@ATL
145	Ryan Feltner	COL	@MIL
146	Julian Aguiar	CIN	HOU, @NYM
147	Alec Marsh	KC	MIN
148	Chris Flexen	CWS	@BAL, @BOS
149	Nick Nastrini	CWS	@BAL
150	Keider Montero	DET	@SD
151	Cooper Criswell	BOS	CWS
152	Davis Martin	CWS	@BOS
153	Rhett Lowder	CIN	HOU
154	Bradley Blalock	COL	@ATL
155	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@TEX
156	Darren McCaughan	MIA	PHI
157	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@BAL
158	Ty Blach	COL	@MIL

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@TEX, @CHC	Back in form
2	Corbin Burnes	BAL	CWS, TB	Good pair to get out of his rut.
3	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@OAK, @STL
4	Tarik Skubal	DET	@OAK
5	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@TB
6	Hunter Brown	HOU	@CIN
7	Luis Castillo	SEA	@OAK, @STL
8	Framber Valdez	HOU	ARI
9	Zach Eflin	BAL	TB
10	Bryan Woo	SEA	@OAK
11	Justin Verlander	HOU	@CIN
12	Cole Ragans	KC	MIN
13	George Kirby	SEA	@OAK
14	Michael Wacha	KC	CLE, MIN
15	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	SEA, DET	Quietly pitching well
16	Tanner Houck	BOS	@NYM
17	Bryce Miller	SEA	@STL
18	Seth Lugo	KC	CLE
19	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@TB, @KC
20	Nestor Cortes	NYY	@CHC
21	Nick Pivetta	BOS	CWS
22	Bowden Francis	TOR	PHI	3-0 over last 3 GS, .41 ERA, .36 WHIP with 24 K in 22 IP
23	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@ATL
24	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@CIN	2.84 ERA and .97 WHIP over the 2H with 58 K in 44.1 IP
25	Andrew Heaney	TEX	NYY, LAA
26	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@NYM
27	Louie Varland	MIN	@TB
28	Jeffrey Springs	TB	MIN
29	JP Sears	OAK	SEA
30	J.T. Ginn	OAK	SEA, DET
31	David Festa	MIN	@TB
32	Brady Singer	KC	CLE
33	Bailey Ober	MIN	@KC
34	Dean Kremer	BAL	TB
35	Joey Estes	OAK	SEA
36	Jose Berrios	TOR	@ATL
37	Jon Gray	TEX	LAA
38	Cody Bradford	TEX	LAA
39	Chris Bassitt	TOR	PHI
40	Brayan Bello	BOS	@NYM, CWS
41	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@CHC
42	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	NYY
43	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@BAL
44	Garrett Crochet	CWS	@BOS
45	Shane Baz	TB	@BAL
46	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	ARI
47	Ronel Blanco	HOU	ARI
48	Marcus Stroman	NYY	@TEX
49	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@KC
50	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@TEX
51	Gavin Williams	CLE	@KC, @LAD
52	Cade Povich	BAL	CWS
53	Mitch Spence	OAK	DET
54	AL Reliever
55	Zack Littell	TB	MIN, @BAL
56	Caden Dana	LAA	@TEX
57	Albert Suarez	BAL	CWS
58	Brant Hurter	DET	@OAK
59	Taj Bradley	TB	MIN
60	Samuel Aldegheri	LAA	@TEX
61	Alex Cobb	CLE	@LAD
62	Jack Leiter	TEX	NYY, LAA
63	Zebby Matthews	MIN	@KC
64	Matthew Boyd	CLE	@LAD
65	Tyler Alexander	TB	MIN
66	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@TEX
67	Ty Madden	DET	@SD, @OAK
68	Ben Lively	CLE	@KC
69	Reid Detmers	LAA	LAD
70	Griffin Canning	LAA	LAD
71	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	@ATL
72	Casey Mize	DET	@SD
73	Alec Marsh	KC	MIN
74	Chris Flexen	CWS	@BAL, @BOS
75	Nick Nastrini	CWS	@BAL
76	Keider Montero	DET	@SD
77	Cooper Criswell	BOS	CWS
78	Davis Martin	CWS	@BOS
79	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@TEX
80	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@BAL

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Chris Sale	ATL	COL, TOR
2	Freddy Peralta	MIL	STL, COL
3	Jack Flaherty	LAD	@ARI, CLE
4	Joe Musgrove	SD	DET, SF	Finally healthy and pitching well.
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@MIA
6	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@MIA
7	Blake Snell	SF	ARI
8	Justin Steele	CHC	PIT
9	Paul Skenes	PIT	@CHC
10	Dylan Cease	SD	SF
11	Aaron Nola	PHI	@MIA
12	Michael King	SD	DET
13	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	COL
14	Sean Manaea	NYM	CIN
15	Max Fried	ATL	TOR
16	Zac Gallen	ARI	@SF
17	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@TOR
18	Shota Imanaga	CHC	PIT
19	Sonny Gray	STL	@MIL
20	Jared Jones	PIT	@CHC, WAS	Still knocking off the rust.
21	Logan Webb	SF	@SD
22	Yu Darvish	SD	SF
23	Bobby Miller	LAD	@LAA	Control getting better, but still work to do
24	Miles Mikolas	STL	SEA
25	Luis Severino	NYM	BOS, CIN	2.41 ERA, 1.23 WHIP with 22 K over last 18.2 IP
26	Gavin Stone	LAD	CLE
27	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@SF
28	Kyle Harrison	SF	ARI, @SD
29	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@MIA
30	Mitch Keller	PIT	WAS	Tough second half, still a month to finish strong
31	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	LAD, @HOU
32	Charlie Morton	ATL	COL
33	DJ Herz	WAS	@PIT
34	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	TOR	Showing no signs of a second half swoon
35	Walker Buehler	LAD	@LAA
36	Frankie Montas	MIL	COL
37	David Peterson	NYM	BOS
38	Lance Lynn	STL	SEA
39	Jameson Taillon	CHC	PIT, NYY
40	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@SF, @HOU
41	Hayden Birdsong	SF	ARI
42	Jake Irvin	WAS	@PIT
43	Aaron Civale	MIL	STL
44	Kyle Gibson	STL	SEA
45	Jose Quintana	NYM	CIN
46	Jakob Junis	CIN	@NYM
47	Colin Rea	MIL	STL
48	Luis Ortiz	PIT	WAS
49	Erick Fedde	STL	@MIL
50	NL Reliever
51	Bailey Falter	PIT	WAS
52	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@MIA, @PIT
53	Tobias Myers	MIL	COL
54	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@PIT
55	Valente Bellozo	MIA	WAS
56	Domingo German	PIT	@CHC
57	Edward Cabrera	MIA	PHI
58	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@HOU
59	Martin Perez	SD	DET
60	Jordan Wicks	CHC	NYY
61	Max Meyer	MIA	WAS, PHI
62	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	CLE
63	Tylor Megill	NYM	BOS
64	Nick Martinez	CIN	HOU
65	Adam Oller	MIA	PHI
66	Andre Pallante	STL	@MIL
67	Brandon Williamson	CIN	@NYM
68	Tyler Phillips	PHI	@TOR, @MIA
69	Kyle Freeland	COL	@ATL, @MIL
70	Javier Assad	CHC	NYY
71	Mason Black	SF	@SD
72	Austin Gomber	COL	@ATL
73	Ryan Feltner	COL	@MIL
74	Julian Aguiar	CIN	HOU, @NYM
75	Rhett Lowder	CIN	HOU
76	Bradley Blalock	COL	@ATL
77	Darren McCaughan	MIA	PHI
78	Ty Blach	COL	@MIL