Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

As July offense increased less than previous seasons, go ahead and take more risks on pitching.

Updated on August 4, 2025 1:11AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

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Todd Zola

Updated on August 4, 2025 1:11AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings

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Home runs and scoring usually increase in July, largely due to the increase in gametime temperature. While there was a small bump this season, it wasn't to the extent of recent years. The reduced distance for fly balls continues to slightly thwart scoring, so it's OK to now be more aggressive than normal with starting pitchers.

Month	2025 runs per game	2024 runs per game	2023 runs per game	2025 HR/PA	2024 HR/PA	2023 HR/PA
March/April	4.34	4.38	4.59	2.8%	2.7%	3.0%
May	4.32	4.24	4.55	2.9%	2.8%	3.1%
June	4.45	4.46	4.53	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%
July	4.50	4.57	4.64	3.2%	3.3%	3.3%

Good news! The discussion section is back at the bottom of the page, so please feel free to ask about rankings keeping in mind the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers grid.

Updated: Monday August 4 1:10 PM ET

Week of August 4 - 10

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	LAA
2	Paul Skenes	PIT	CIN	Workload to be limited down the stretch
3	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	BAL, @TEX	Walks remain an issue
4	Max Fried	NYY	@TEX, HOU
5	Logan Gilbert	SEA	CWS
6	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@CHC, @PIT	1.69 ERA, .75 WHIP with 26 K over previous 21.1 IP
7	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	STL
8	Sean Manaea	NYM	CLE, @MIL	Kid gloves off, should have no workload restriction
9	Bryan Woo	SEA	CWS, TB	Uncharacteristic 4 HR allowed last time
10	Hunter Greene

Month	2025 runs per game	2024 runs per game	2023 runs per game	2025 HR/PA	2024 HR/PA	2023 HR/PA
March/April	4.34	4.38	4.59	2.8%	2.7%	3.0%
May	4.32	4.24	4.55	2.9%	2.8%	3.1%
June	4.45	4.46	4.53	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%
July	4.50	4.57	4.64	3.2%	3.3%	3.3%

Good news! The discussion section is back at the bottom of the page, so please feel free to ask about rankings keeping in mind the schedule is pulled from the Probable Pitchers grid.

Updated: Monday August 4 1:10 PM ET

Week of August 4 - 10

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	LAA
2	Paul Skenes	PIT	CIN	Workload to be limited down the stretch
3	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	BAL, @TEX	Walks remain an issue
4	Max Fried	NYY	@TEX, HOU
5	Logan Gilbert	SEA	CWS
6	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@CHC, @PIT	1.69 ERA, .75 WHIP with 26 K over previous 21.1 IP
7	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	STL
8	Sean Manaea	NYM	CLE, @MIL	Kid gloves off, should have no workload restriction
9	Bryan Woo	SEA	CWS, TB	Uncharacteristic 4 HR allowed last time
10	Hunter Greene	CIN	@PIT
11	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@TEX
12	Garrett Crochet	BOS	KC
13	Nick Pivetta	SD	@ARI
14	George Kirby	SEA	CWS
15	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@TEX
16	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@SEA
17	Eury Perez	MIA	@ATL
18	Robbie Ray	SF	@PIT
19	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@ATL
20	Hunter Brown	HOU	@MIA
21	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@STL
22	Dylan Cease	SD	BOS	Not giving up, peripherals too good to be this bad
23	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	TOR
24	Joe Ryan	MIN	KC
25	Luis Severino	ATH	@WAS, @BAL
26	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	NYM
27	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@COL
28	Jacob deGrom	TEX	PHI
29	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@TEX
30	Spencer Strider	ATL	MIL
31	Michael Wacha	KC	@BOS
32	Zac Gallen	ARI	COL
33	Michael Soroka	CHC	CIN, @STL	87 K in 81 IP, under the radar solid pickup
34	Jack Flaherty	DET	MIN
35	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	SD, COL
36	David Peterson	NYM	CLE
37	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	HOU, @ATL
38	Ranger Suarez	PHI	BAL
39	Shota Imanaga	CHC	CIN
40	Framber Valdez	HOU	@NYY
41	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	NYY
42	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@CWS
43	Merrill Kelly	TEX	PHI
44	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	ATH, @SF
45	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@LAA
46	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@WAS
47	Logan Webb	SF	@PIT
48	Cade Horton	CHC	CIN
49	Casey Mize	DET	MIN, LAA	Good pair to get back on track
50	Bailey Ober	MIN	KC
51	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	STL	Ready to go five frames?
52	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@ATL
53	Seth Lugo	KC	@MIN
54	Chase Burns	CIN	@PIT
55	Gavin Williams	CLE	@NYM	Patience paying off, 1.42 ERA with .95 WHIP and 22 K over last 19 IP
56	Shane Smith	CWS	@SEA
57	Mitch Keller	PIT	CIN
58	Noah Cameron	KC	@MIN	Missing more bats, but still due some ERA regression
59	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	STL
60	Ryne Nelson	ARI	SD
61	Kodai Senga	NYM	@MIL
62	Jose Soriano	LAA	TB
63	Yu Darvish	SD	@ARI
64	Luis Castillo	SEA	TB
65	Blake Snell	LAD	TOR
66	Sonny Gray	STL	@LAD, CHC
67	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@PHI
68	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	COL
69	Brady Singer	CIN	@PIT
70	Shane Baz	TB	@LAA
71	Jose Berrios	TOR	@COL
72	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@SD
73	Chris Paddack	DET	MIN
74	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@CWS
75	Brad Lord	WAS	@SF
76	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@MIN
77	Zebby Matthews	MIN	@DET
78	Luis Gil	NYY	HOU
79	Max Scherzer	TOR	@LAD
80	Adrian Houser	TB	@LAA, @SEA
81	Andrew Heaney	PIT	SF
82	Aaron Civale	CWS	CLE
83	Jacob Lopez	ATH	@WAS
84	Jack Perkins	ATH	@BAL
85	Davis Martin	CWS	@SEA, CLE
86	Dean Kremer	BAL	@PHI
87	Brayan Bello	BOS	KC, @SD
88	Mix 12 Reliever
89	Quinn Priester	MIL	@ATL, NYM
90	Slade Cecconi	CLE	@NYM, @CWS
91	Dustin May	BOS	KC
92	Cal Quantrill	MIA	HOU, @ATL
93	Eric Lauer	TOR	@COL, @LAD
94	Mix 15 Reliever
95	Joe Boyle	TB	@SEA
96	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@MIA
97	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@CHC
98	Joey Wentz	ATL	MIL, MIA
99	Jake Irvin	WAS	@SF
100	Charlie Morton	DET	LAA
101	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	TB, @DET
102	Sean Burke	CWS	CLE
103	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	TOR
104	Logan Allen	CLE	@NYM
105	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@LAD
106	Logan Henderson	MIL	NYM
107	Mike Burrows	PIT	SF, CIN
108	Erick Fedde	ATL	MIL, MIA
109	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@DET
110	Johan Oviedo	PIT	SF, CIN
111	Zack Littell	CIN	@CHC
112	Clay Holmes	NYM	CLE
113	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	ATH
114	Nestor Cortes	SD	BOS
115	Jack Leiter	TEX	NYY
116	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	WAS
117	Tyler Anderson	LAA	TB
118	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@SEA
119	Frankie Montas	NYM	@MIL
120	JP Sears	SD	@ARI, BOS
121	Brandon Young	BAL	ATH
122	Andre Pallante	STL	CHC
123	Walker Buehler	BOS	@SD
124	Ryan Gusto	MIA	@ATL
125	Cade Cavalli	WAS	ATH
126	Justin Verlander	SF	@PIT, WAS
127	Cade Povich	BAL	@PHI, ATH
128	Will Warren	NYY	@TEX
129	Logan Evans	SEA	TB
130	Patrick Corbin	TEX	NYY, PHI
131	Hurston Waldrep	ATL	MIA
132	Travis Adams	MIN	@DET
133	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@DET
134	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@LAD
135	Bailey Falter	KC	@BOS
136	Jose Quintana	MIL	@ATL
137	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@DET
138	Mitchell Parker	WAS	ATH
139	Janson Junk	MIA	HOU
140	Miles Mikolas	STL	@LAD
141	Colin Rea	CHC	@STL
142	Anthony DeSclafani	ARI	SD
143	Kai-Wei Teng	SF	WAS
144	J.T. Ginn	ATH	@BAL
145	Ryan Bergert	KC	@BOS
146	Jose Urena	MIN	KC
147	Taijuan Walker	PHI	BAL
148	Colton Gordon	HOU	@NYY
149	Jason Alexander	HOU	@MIA, @NYY
150	Cam Schlittler	NYY	HOU
151	Carlos Carrasco	ATL	MIA
152	Austin Gomber	COL	@ARI
153	Tanner Gordon	COL	TOR, @ARI
154	Bryce Elder	ATL	MIA
155	Michael McGreevy	STL	CHC
156	Anthony Molina	COL	TOR
157	Kyle Freeland	COL	TOR
158	Bradley Blalock	COL	@ARI

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	LAA
2	Max Fried	NYY	@TEX, HOU
3	Logan Gilbert	SEA	CWS
4	Bryan Woo	SEA	CWS, TB	Uncharacteristic 4 HR allowed last time
5	Garrett Crochet	BOS	KC
6	George Kirby	SEA	CWS
7	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@SEA
8	Hunter Brown	HOU	@MIA
9	Joe Ryan	MIN	KC
10	Luis Severino	ATH	@WAS, @BAL
11	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@COL
12	Jacob deGrom	TEX	PHI
13	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@TEX
14	Michael Wacha	KC	@BOS
15	Jack Flaherty	DET	MIN
16	Framber Valdez	HOU	@NYY
17	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	NYY
18	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@CWS
19	Merrill Kelly	TEX	PHI
20	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@LAA
21	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@WAS
22	Casey Mize	DET	MIN, LAA	Good pair to get back on track
23	Bailey Ober	MIN	KC
24	Seth Lugo	KC	@MIN
25	Gavin Williams	CLE	@NYM	Patience paying off, 1.42 ERA with .95 WHIP and 22 K over last 19 IP
26	Shane Smith	CWS	@SEA
27	Noah Cameron	KC	@MIN	Missing more bats, but still due some ERA regression
28	Jose Soriano	LAA	TB
29	Luis Castillo	SEA	TB
30	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@PHI
31	Shane Baz	TB	@LAA
32	Jose Berrios	TOR	@COL
33	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@SD
34	Chris Paddack	DET	MIN
35	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@CWS
36	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@MIN
37	Zebby Matthews	MIN	@DET
38	Luis Gil	NYY	HOU
39	Max Scherzer	TOR	@LAD
40	Adrian Houser	TB	@LAA, @SEA
41	Aaron Civale	CWS	CLE
42	Jacob Lopez	ATH	@WAS
43	Jack Perkins	ATH	@BAL
44	Davis Martin	CWS	@SEA, CLE
45	Dean Kremer	BAL	@PHI
46	Brayan Bello	BOS	KC, @SD
47	Slade Cecconi	CLE	@NYM, @CWS
48	Dustin May	BOS	KC
49	Eric Lauer	TOR	@COL, @LAD
50	Joe Boyle	TB	@SEA
51	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	@MIA
52	Charlie Morton	DET	LAA
53	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	TB, @DET
54	Sean Burke	CWS	CLE
55	Logan Allen	CLE	@NYM
56	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@LAD
57	AL Reliever
58	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@DET
59	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	ATH
60	Jack Leiter	TEX	NYY
61	Tyler Anderson	LAA	TB
62	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@SEA
63	Brandon Young	BAL	ATH
64	Walker Buehler	BOS	@SD
65	Cade Povich	BAL	@PHI, ATH
66	Will Warren	NYY	@TEX
67	Logan Evans	SEA	TB
68	Patrick Corbin	TEX	NYY, PHI
69	Travis Adams	MIN	@DET
70	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@DET
71	Bailey Falter	KC	@BOS
72	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@DET
73	J.T. Ginn	ATH	@BAL
74	Ryan Bergert	KC	@BOS
75	Jose Urena	MIN	KC
76	Colton Gordon	HOU	@NYY
77	Jason Alexander	HOU	@MIA, @NYY
78	Cam Schlittler	NYY	HOU

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Paul Skenes	PIT	CIN	Workload to be limited down the stretch
2	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	BAL, @TEX	Walks remain an issue
3	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@CHC, @PIT	1.69 ERA, .75 WHIP with 26 K over previous 21.1 IP
4	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	STL
5	Sean Manaea	NYM	CLE, @MIL	Kid gloves off, should have no workload restriction
6	Hunter Greene	CIN	@PIT
7	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@TEX	0
8	Nick Pivetta	SD	@ARI
9	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@TEX
10	Eury Perez	MIA	@ATL
11	Robbie Ray	SF	@PIT
12	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@ATL
13	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@STL
14	Dylan Cease	SD	BOS	Not giving up, peripherals too good to be this bad
15	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	TOR
16	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	NYM
17	Spencer Strider	ATL	MIL
18	Zac Gallen	ARI	COL
19	Michael Soroka	CHC	CIN, @STL	87 K in 81 IP, under the radar solid pickup
20	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	SD, COL
21	David Peterson	NYM	CLE
22	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	HOU, @ATL
23	Ranger Suarez	PHI	BAL
24	Shota Imanaga	CHC	CIN
25	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	ATH, @SF
26	Logan Webb	SF	@PIT
27	Cade Horton	CHC	CIN
28	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	STL	Ready to go five frames?
29	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@ATL
30	Chase Burns	CIN	@PIT
31	Mitch Keller	PIT	CIN
32	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	STL
33	Ryne Nelson	ARI	SD
34	Kodai Senga	NYM	@MIL
35	Yu Darvish	SD	@ARI
36	Blake Snell	LAD	TOR
37	Sonny Gray	STL	@LAD, CHC
38	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	COL
39	Brady Singer	CIN	@PIT
40	Brad Lord	WAS	@SF
41	Andrew Heaney	PIT	SF
42	Quinn Priester	MIL	@ATL, NYM
43	Cal Quantrill	MIA	HOU, @ATL
44	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@CHC
45	Joey Wentz	ATL	MIL, MIA
46	Jake Irvin	WAS	@SF
47	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	TOR
48	Logan Henderson	MIL	NYM
49	Mike Burrows	PIT	SF, CIN
50	NL Reliever
51	Erick Fedde	ATL	MIL, MIA
52	Johan Oviedo	PIT	SF, CIN
53	Zack Littell	CIN	@CHC
54	Clay Holmes	NYM	CLE
55	Nestor Cortes	SD	BOS
56	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	WAS
57	Frankie Montas	NYM	@MIL
58	JP Sears	SD	@ARI, BOS
59	Andre Pallante	STL	CHC
60	Ryan Gusto	MIA	@ATL
61	Cade Cavalli	WAS	ATH
62	Justin Verlander	SF	@PIT, WAS
63	Hurston Waldrep	ATL	MIA
64	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@LAD
65	Jose Quintana	MIL	@ATL
66	Mitchell Parker	WAS	ATH
67	Janson Junk	MIA	HOU
68	Miles Mikolas	STL	@LAD
69	Colin Rea	CHC	@STL
70	Anthony DeSclafani	ARI	SD
71	Kai-Wei Teng	SF	WAS
72	Taijuan Walker	PHI	BAL
73	Carlos Carrasco	ATL	MIA
74	Austin Gomber	COL	@ARI
75	Tanner Gordon	COL	TOR, @ARI
76	Bryce Elder	ATL	MIA
77	Michael McGreevy	STL	CHC
78	Anthony Molina	COL	TOR
79	Kyle Freeland	COL	TOR
80	Bradley Blalock	COL	@ARI