Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Lefties Rule the Roost

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Todd Zola

Updated on April 7, 2025 1:01AM EST

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As is usually the case for the second full week of the season, many No. 1 and No. 2 starters line up for a two-step. It won't be long before the rotations are more staggered. The perceived advantage of having better No. 4 and No. 5 starters face lesser ones vanishes quickly.

Three southpaws sit atop this week's rankings, with 13 of the top 20 being double-dippers.

By means of reminder, the schedules are pulled from the world's finest Probable Pitchers grid, so please direct rotation questions over there. As always, I'm happy to review the rankings below.

UPDATED: Monday April 7, 1:00 AM ET

Week of April 7 - 13

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	TOR, @CWS	His new fat wallet didn't affect his last start
2	Chris Sale	ATL	PHI, @TB	Best 0-1 pitcher in the league
3	Cole Ragans	KC	MIN, @CLE	Early control woes, he'll figure it out
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ATL, @STL
5	Hunter Greene	CIN	@SF, PIT	No longer on the precipice of ace status; he's there
6	Michael King	SD	@ATH, COL	Great pair to get on track
7	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@SEA
8	Kodai Senga	NYM	MIA, @ATH
9	Logan Gilbert	SEA	HOU, TEX
10	Framber Valdez	HOU	@SEA
11	Tarik Skubal	DET	NYY
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Three southpaws sit atop this week's rankings, with 13 of the top 20 being double-dippers.

By means of reminder, the schedules are pulled from the world's finest Probable Pitchers grid, so please direct rotation questions over there. As always, I'm happy to review the rankings below.

UPDATED: Monday April 7, 1:00 AM ET

Week of April 7 - 13

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	TOR, @CWS	His new fat wallet didn't affect his last start
2	Chris Sale	ATL	PHI, @TB	Best 0-1 pitcher in the league
3	Cole Ragans	KC	MIN, @CLE	Early control woes, he'll figure it out
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ATL, @STL
5	Hunter Greene	CIN	@SF, PIT	No longer on the precipice of ace status; he's there
6	Michael King	SD	@ATH, COL	Great pair to get on track
7	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@SEA
8	Kodai Senga	NYM	MIA, @ATH
9	Logan Gilbert	SEA	HOU, TEX
10	Framber Valdez	HOU	@SEA
11	Tarik Skubal	DET	NYY
12	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	CHC
13	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@CHC, @SEA
14	Paul Skenes	PIT	STL
15	Logan Webb	SF	CIN, @NYY
16	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@KC, DET
17	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@COL, @ARI
18	Max Fried	NYY	@DET
19	Zac Gallen	ARI	BAL, MIL
20	Dylan Cease	SD	@ATH
21	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@DET, SF
22	Nick Pivetta	SD	COL
23	Justin Steele	CHC	TEX, @LAD	Dodgers, D'Backs, A's, Rangers and Dodgers, tough way to open the season.
24	Ryan Pepiot	TB	LAA
25	Zach Eflin	BAL	@ARI, TOR
26	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@STL
27	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	CHC
28	Shane Baz	TB	LAA, ATL
29	Sonny Gray	STL	@PIT
30	Landen Roupp	SF	CIN	Birdsong pecking at his neck
31	Shota Imanaga	CHC	TEX
32	Bryan Woo	SEA	TEX
33	Corbin Burnes	ARI	MIL	Early indications are that strikeouts are on the uptick
34	Drew Rasmussen	TB	ATL
35	Roki Sasaki	LAD	CHC	Patience, he'll figure it out
36	Bryce Miller	SEA	TEX
37	Ronel Blanco	HOU	LAA
38	Hunter Brown	HOU	@SEA
39	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@SEA
40	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	PHI
41	Joe Ryan	MIN	@KC
42	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	LAA
43	Tylor Megill	NYM	MIA
44	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@MIA	A popular FAAB target this week	3%
45	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@SF	Only 5 K in 12.2 IP, but encouraging start nonetheless.
46	Tanner Bibee	CLE	KC
47	Gavin Williams	CLE	CWS
48	Bailey Ober	MIN	@KC	Ae least he got the disaster over with early
49	Nick Martinez	CIN	@SF
50	Erick Fedde	STL	@PIT
51	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	WAS
52	Brady Singer	CIN	PIT
53	Aaron Nola	PHI	@STL
54	Reese Olson	DET	@MIN
55	Kris Bubic	KC	@CLE
56	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@CHC		17%
57	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@CIN		2%
58	Sean Burke	CWS	@CLE
59	Zack Littell	TB	LAA		37%
60	Jose Soriano	LAA	@TB
61	Tanner Houck	BOS	TOR
62	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	LAD, @MIA
63	Seth Lugo	KC	MIN
64	Taj Bradley	TB	ATL
65	Grant Holmes	ATL	PHI
66	Michael Wacha	KC	MIN
67	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@TB
68	Kyle Hart	SD	COL		5%
69	David Peterson	NYM	@ATH
70	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	TOR
71	Shane Smith	CWS	@CLE, BOS		6%
72	Luis Castillo	SEA	HOU
73	Merrill Kelly	ARI	BAL
74	Mix 12 Reliever
75	Luis Severino	ATH	SD, NYM
76	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIA
77	Ben Brown	CHC	@LAD
78	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	BAL
79	Jack Flaherty	DET	NYY
80	Bowden Francis	TOR	@BAL
81	Dustin May	LAD	@WAS
82	Justin Verlander	SF	CIN
83	Mitch Keller	PIT	STL
84	Easton Lucas	TOR	@BOS, @BAL		0%	0%
85	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	SD
86	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	@TB
87	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@KC, DET		17%
88	Chris Paddack	MIN	DET
89	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@ATL
90	Mix 15 Reliever
91	Walker Buehler	BOS	TOR
92	Landon Knack	LAD	@WAS		3%	5%
93	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	MIL
94	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@BOS
95	Jackson Jobe	DET	@MIN
96	Cade Povich	BAL	TOR
97	Bailey Falter	PIT	@CIN		0%	4%
98	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	@WAS		0%	2%
99	Andrew Abbott	CIN	PIT		3%	21%
100	Robbie Ray	SF	@NYY
101	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@LAD
102	Marcus Stroman	NYY	SF		3%	44%
103	Logan Allen	CLE	CWS		0%	0%
104	Jameson Taillon	CHC	TEX
105	Michael Lorenzen	KC	MIN, @CLE		1%	23%
106	Dean Kremer	BAL	@ARI		4%
107	Andre Pallante	STL	PHI		0%	32%
108	Sean Newcomb	BOS	@CWS		0%	21%
109	Jose Berrios	TOR	@BOS, @BAL
110	Tyler Alexander	MIL	@COL		0%	4%
111	Charlie Morton	BAL	@ARI		31%
112	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	STL, @CIN		0%	7%
113	Griffin Canning	NYM	@ATH
114	Chad Patrick	MIL	@ARI		0%	4%
115	Casey Mize	DET	NYY, @MIN
116	Trevor Williams	WAS	@MIA		2%	47%
117	Brad Lord	WAS	LAD		0%	0%
118	Jake Irvin	WAS	LAD		2%	49%
119	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	@SEA, LAA
120	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	@DET		0%	9%
121	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@BOS
122	Jordan Hicks	SF	@NYY		20%
123	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@PIT, PHI		5%
124	Luis F. Castillo	SEA	HOU		0%	0%
125	Valente Bellozo	MIA	@NYM		0%	0%
126	Cal Quantrill	MIA	WAS		0%	7%
127	Ben Lively	CLE	CWS, KC		3%	46%
128	Jose Quintana	MIL	@ARI		3%	26%
129	Richard Fitts	BOS	TOR, @CWS
130	Martin Perez	CWS	BOS		0%	11%
131	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	SD		32%
132	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	KC		22%
133	Miles Mikolas	STL	PHI		0%	26%
134	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@HOU		1%	44%
135	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@CLE		0%	11%
136	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@HOU		6%
137	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@TB, @HOU		0%	4%
138	Elvin Rodriguez	MIL	@COL		0%	0%
139	Will Warren	NYY	SF
140	Davis Martin	CWS	BOS		3%	26%
141	Bryce Elder	ATL	@TB		0%	4%
142	Max Meyer	MIA	@NYM
143	Patrick Corbin	TEX	@CHC		0%	0%
144	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@ATL		0%	0%
145	Chase Dollander	COL	@SD		0%	0%
146	Randy Vasquez	SD	@ATH		1%	18%
147	Ryan Feltner	COL	MIL		0%	2%
148	Kyle Freeland	COL	MIL, @SD		2%	4%
149	Connor Gillispie	MIA	@NYM		0%	2%
150	German Marquez	COL	@SD		1%	0%
151	JP Sears	ATH	NYM		3%
152	Joey Estes	ATH	NYM		0%	0%
153	Tyler Phillips	MIA	WAS		0%	0%
154	Antonio Senzatela	COL	MIL		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	TOR, @CWS	His new fat wallet didn't affect his last start
2	Cole Ragans	KC	MIN, @CLE	Early control woes, he'll figure it out
3	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@SEA
4	Logan Gilbert	SEA	HOU, TEX
5	Framber Valdez	HOU	@SEA
6	Tarik Skubal	DET	NYY
7	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@CHC, @SEA
8	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@KC, DET
9	Max Fried	NYY	@DET
10	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@DET, SF
11	Ryan Pepiot	TB	LAA
12	Zach Eflin	BAL	@ARI, TOR
13	Shane Baz	TB	LAA, ATL
14	Bryan Woo	SEA	TEX
15	Drew Rasmussen	TB	ATL
16	Bryce Miller	SEA	TEX
17	Ronel Blanco	HOU	LAA
18	Hunter Brown	HOU	@SEA
19	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@SEA
20	Joe Ryan	MIN	@KC
21	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	LAA
22	Tanner Bibee	CLE	KC
23	Gavin Williams	CLE	CWS
24	Bailey Ober	MIN	@KC	Ae least he got the disaster over with early
25	Reese Olson	DET	@MIN
26	Kris Bubic	KC	@CLE
27	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@CHC
28	Sean Burke	CWS	@CLE
29	Zack Littell	TB	LAA
30	Jose Soriano	LAA	@TB
31	Tanner Houck	BOS	TOR
32	Seth Lugo	KC	MIN
33	Taj Bradley	TB	ATL
34	Michael Wacha	KC	MIN
35	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@TB
36	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	TOR
37	Shane Smith	CWS	@CLE, BOS
38	Luis Castillo	SEA	HOU
39	Luis Severino	ATH	SD, NYM
40	Jack Flaherty	DET	NYY
41	Bowden Francis	TOR	@BAL
42	Easton Lucas	TOR	@BOS, @BAL
43	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	SD
44	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@KC, DET
45	Chris Paddack	MIN	DET
46	Walker Buehler	BOS	TOR
47	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@BOS
48	Jackson Jobe	DET	@MIN
49	Cade Povich	BAL	TOR
50	Marcus Stroman	NYY	SF
51	Logan Allen	CLE	CWS
52	Michael Lorenzen	KC	MIN, @CLE
53	Dean Kremer	BAL	@ARI
54	Sean Newcomb	BOS	@CWS
55	Jose Berrios	TOR	@BOS, @BAL
56	AL Reliever
57	Charlie Morton	BAL	@ARI
58	Casey Mize	DET	NYY, @MIN
59	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	@SEA, LAA
60	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	@DET
61	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@BOS
62	Luis F. Castillo	SEA	HOU
63	Ben Lively	CLE	CWS, KC
64	Richard Fitts	BOS	TOR, @CWS
65	Martin Perez	CWS	BOS
66	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	SD
67	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	KC
68	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@HOU
69	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@CLE
70	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@HOU
71	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@TB, @HOU
72	Will Warren	NYY	SF
73	Davis Martin	CWS	BOS
74	Patrick Corbin	TEX	@CHC
75	JP Sears	ATH	NYM
76	Joey Estes	ATH	NYM

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Chris Sale	ATL	PHI, @TB	Best 0-1 pitcher in the league
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@ATL, @STL
3	Hunter Greene	CIN	@SF, PIT	No longer on the precipice of ace status; he's there
4	Michael King	SD	@ATH, COL	Great pair to get on track
5	Kodai Senga	NYM	MIA, @ATH
6	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	CHC
7	Paul Skenes	PIT	STL
8	Logan Webb	SF	CIN, @NYY
9	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@COL, @ARI
10	Zac Gallen	ARI	BAL, MIL
11	Dylan Cease	SD	@ATH
12	Nick Pivetta	SD	COL
13	Justin Steele	CHC	TEX, @LAD	Dodgers, D'Backs, A's, Rangers and Dodgers, tough way to open the season.
14	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@STL
15	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	CHC
16	Sonny Gray	STL	@PIT
17	Landen Roupp	SF	CIN	Birdsong pecking at his neck
18	Shota Imanaga	CHC	TEX
19	Corbin Burnes	ARI	MIL	Early indications are that strikeouts are on the uptick
20	Roki Sasaki	LAD	CHC	Patience, he'll figure it out
21	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	PHI
22	Tylor Megill	NYM	MIA
23	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@MIA	A popular FAAB target this week
24	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@SF	Only 5 K in 12.2 IP, but encouraging start nonetheless.
25	Nick Martinez	CIN	@SF
26	Erick Fedde	STL	@PIT
27	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	WAS
28	Brady Singer	CIN	PIT
29	Aaron Nola	PHI	@STL
30	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@CIN
31	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	LAD, @MIA
32	Grant Holmes	ATL	PHI
33	Kyle Hart	SD	COL
34	David Peterson	NYM	@ATH
35	Merrill Kelly	ARI	BAL
36	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIA
37	Ben Brown	CHC	@LAD
38	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	BAL
39	Dustin May	LAD	@WAS
40	Justin Verlander	SF	CIN
41	Mitch Keller	PIT	STL
42	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	@TB
43	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@ATL
44	Landon Knack	LAD	@WAS
45	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	MIL
46	Bailey Falter	PIT	@CIN
47	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	@WAS
48	Andrew Abbott	CIN	PIT
49	Robbie Ray	SF	@NYY
50	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@LAD
51	Jameson Taillon	CHC	TEX
52	Andre Pallante	STL	PHI
53	NL Reliever
54	Tyler Alexander	MIL	@COL
55	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	STL, @CIN
56	Griffin Canning	NYM	@ATH
57	Chad Patrick	MIL	@ARI
58	Trevor Williams	WAS	@MIA
59	Brad Lord	WAS	LAD
60	Jake Irvin	WAS	LAD
61	Jordan Hicks	SF	@NYY
62	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@PIT, PHI
63	Valente Bellozo	MIA	@NYM
64	Cal Quantrill	MIA	WAS
65	Jose Quintana	MIL	@ARI
66	Miles Mikolas	STL	PHI
67	Elvin Rodriguez	MIL	@COL
68	Bryce Elder	ATL	@TB
69	Max Meyer	MIA	@NYM
70	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@ATL
71	Chase Dollander	COL	@SD
72	Randy Vasquez	SD	@ATH
73	Ryan Feltner	COL	MIL
74	Kyle Freeland	COL	MIL, @SD
75	Connor Gillispie	MIA	@NYM
76	German Marquez	COL	@SD
77	Tyler Phillips	MIA	WAS
78	Antonio Senzatela	COL	MIL