Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Stretch Run

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Updated on September 4, 2023 1:51AM EST

Labor Day Weekend? Really? Where did the season go? There's still a month left and a lot can happen. Wade Miley had a 1.86 ERA in five April starts while Kyle Bradish had a 6.14 mark and look at him now. Contrary to popular belief, you can still gain and lose points in ERA and WHIP up until the final week, if not day of the season.

Good luck down the stretch; we'll be here for you until the hopefully not so bitter end.

As usual, the schedule is culled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions in that direction. I'll be happy to address rankings queries below.

UPDATED: Monday September 4 1:50 AM ET

Week of September 4 - 10

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Gerrit Cole	NYY	DET, MIL	5 HR allowed over last 17.2 IP
2	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@PIT, @NYY
3	Jose Berrios	TOR	@OAK, KC	In a rut, but juicy matchups
4	Spencer Strider	ATL	STL
5	Justin Steele	CHC	SF, ARI	Showing no signs of slowing down
6	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@MIA, @WAS
7	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@SD
8	Zach Eflin	TB	BOS, SEA
9	Logan Webb	SF	@CHC, COL	Strikeouts dwindling
10	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@OAK
11	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@CLE, NYM	.385 BABIP over last 17 IP inflating recent

Good luck down the stretch; we'll be here for you until the hopefully not so bitter end.

As usual, the schedule is culled from the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions in that direction. I'll be happy to address rankings queries below.

UPDATED: Monday September 4 1:50 AM ET

Week of September 4 - 10

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Gerrit Cole	NYY	DET, MIL	5 HR allowed over last 17.2 IP
2	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@PIT, @NYY
3	Jose Berrios	TOR	@OAK, KC	In a rut, but juicy matchups
4	Spencer Strider	ATL	STL
5	Justin Steele	CHC	SF, ARI	Showing no signs of slowing down
6	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@MIA, @WAS
7	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@SD
8	Zach Eflin	TB	BOS, SEA
9	Logan Webb	SF	@CHC, COL	Strikeouts dwindling
10	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@OAK
11	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@CLE, NYM	.385 BABIP over last 17 IP inflating recent ratios
12	Luis Castillo	SEA	@TB
13	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@PIT
14	Kevin Gausman	TOR	KC
15	Tyler Glasnow	TB	BOS
16	Max Fried	ATL	STL
17	Jordan Montgomery	TEX	OAK
18	Sonny Gray	MIN	@CLE
19	Jon Gray	TEX	OAK
20	Max Scherzer	TEX	HOU
21	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@PIT	30 K over last 17 IP
22	Cole Ragans	KC	CWS, @TOR	3.27 ERA and 328 xFIP says this is the real deal
23	Aaron Civale	TB	BOS, SEA	19 K in last 16 IP, huh?
24	Bryce Miller	SEA	@CIN, @TB
25	Merrill Kelly	ARI	COL, @CHC
26	Tarik Skubal	DET	CWS	BB and HR remain down. 3.93 ERA and 2.65 xFIP amplifies improvement
27	Aaron Nola	PHI	MIA
28	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TEX
29	Bobby Miller	LAD	@WAS
30	Charlie Morton	ATL	PIT
31	Carlos Rodon	NYY	DET	Pitching better with a great chance to keep it going
32	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CHC
33	Lucas Giolito	CLE	MIN, @LAA
34	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	@NYY
35	Kodai Senga	NYM	@MIN
36	Joe Ryan	MIN	@CLE
37	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	@OAK
38	George Kirby	SEA	@TB	Only 14 BB in156 IP this season
39	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	HOU
40	Tanner Bibee	CLE	MIN
41	Michael King	NYY	MIL	Stretching out to standard starter	18%	47%
42	Matt Manning	DET	@NYY	.49 ERA and .60 WHIP over last 18.1 IP, but 9 K says correction coming	26%
43	Julio Urias	LAD	@MIA
44	Dane Dunning	TEX	OAK
45	Brayan Bello	BOS	@TB, BAL
46	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@TB
47	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@CIN
48	Bryce Elder	ATL	PIT
49	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	MIA
50	Mitch Keller	PIT	MIL	Back in the groove, 26 K over last 20 IP
51	Lance Lynn	LAD	@MIA
52	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@PHI
53	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@BOS
54	Blake Snell	SD	@HOU	In Cy Young contention, but 2.60 ERA almost a run lower than 3.57 xFIP
55	Michael Lorenzen	PHI	@SD
56	Chris Sale	BOS	BAL
57	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	KC
58	Eury Perez	MIA	@PHI
59	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	SF, ARI
60	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	@WAS		18%	28%
61	Justin Verlander	HOU	@TEX
62	Bryan Woo	SEA	@CIN, @TB
63	Braxton Garrett	MIA	LAD
64	Kenta Maeda	MIN	NYM
65	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	@LAA
66	Mike Clevinger	CWS	@DET
67	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	LAD	Big test for fledgling ace
68	Kyle Harrison	SF	COL		24%
69	Griffin Canning	LAA	CLE
70	Dean Kremer	BAL	@LAA
71	Michael Soroka	ATL	STL, PIT		19%	40%
72	Jose Quintana	NYM	@WAS		42%
73	Mix 12 Reliever
74	James Paxton	BOS	@TB
75	Wade Miley	MIL	@NYY
76	Andrew Abbott	CIN	STL
77	Zack Littell	TB	SEA
78	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@SD
79	Javier Assad	CHC	ARI		46%
80	Dylan Cease	CWS	@KC
81	Mason Miller	OAK	@TEX		20%
82	Michael Wacha	SD	PHI
83	Alex Cobb	SF	COL
84	Logan Allen	CLE	@LAA
85	Seth Lugo	SD	@HOU
86	Gavin Williams	CLE	MIN
87	Mix 15 Reliever
88	Reese Olson	DET	CWS		35%
89	Tanner Houck	BOS	BAL		30%
90	Colin Rea	MIL	@NYY		2%	15%
91	Ty Blach	COL	@SF		0%	0%
92	Austin Gomber	COL	@SF		2%	25%
93	Ranger Suarez	PHI	MIA
94	Jordan Wicks	CHC	SF
95	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@LAA
96	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	DET
97	Tejay Antone	CIN	SEA		0%	0%
98	Taj Bradley	TB	SEA		48%
99	Cristian Javier	HOU	SD
100	J.P. France	HOU	@TEX, SD
101	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	BAL
102	Luis Severino	NYY	MIL
103	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	COL, @CHC
104	Dallas Keuchel	MIN	NYM		0%	9%
105	Michael Kopech	CWS	@DET
106	Reid Detmers	LAA	BAL
107	Cal Quantrill	CLE	@LAA		8%	25%
108	Hunter Brown	HOU	SD
109	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@ATL
110	Chase Anderson	COL	@SF		0%	0%
111	Jordan Lyles	KC	CWS		0%	0%
112	Xzavion Curry	CLE	@LAA		2%
113	Brandon Williamson	CIN	STL
114	Johnny Cueto	MIA	@PHI		3%	42%
115	Zack Greinke	KC	@TOR		2%	15%
116	Brady Singer	KC	CWS
117	Kyle Freeland	COL	@ARI		5%	25%
118	Peter Lambert	COL	@ARI		0%	4%
119	Sean Manaea	SF	@CHC		5%	45%
120	Jameson Taillon	CHC	ARI
121	Hunter Greene	CIN	STL
122	Joey Wentz	DET	@NYY, CWS		0%	0%
123	Edward Cabrera	MIA	LAD
124	David Peterson	NYM	@MIN		8%	49%
125	Connor Phillips	CIN	SEA		0%	0%
126	Tyler Anderson	LAA	CLE		7%
127	Andrew Heaney	TEX	HOU
128	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	LAD
129	Touki Toussaint	CWS	@KC		5%	43%
130	Jesse Scholtens	CWS	@KC, @DET		3%
131	Patrick Corbin	WAS	NYM		1%	30%
132	Zach Davies	ARI	COL		0%	4%
133	Rich Hill	SD	PHI, @HOU		5%
134	Chris Flexen	COL	@ARI		0%	4%
135	Slade Cecconi	ARI	@CHC		2%	8%
136	Miles Mikolas	STL	@ATL, @CIN
137	Cole Irvin	BAL	@BOS		8%
138	Tristan Beck	SF	@CHC		0%	2%
139	JP Sears	OAK	TOR
140	Alec Marsh	KC	@TOR		2%	32%
141	Paul Blackburn	OAK	@TEX		39%
142	Joan Adon	WAS	NYM		1%	15%
143	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	TOR, @TEX		1%	26%
144	Kenny Rosenberg	LAA	BAL, CLE		0%	0%
145	Jake Irvin	WAS	LAD		9%
146	Jack Flaherty	BAL	@BOS
147	Bailey Falter	PIT	@ATL		0%	43%
148	Pedro Avila	SD	PHI		1%	28%
149	Dakota Hudson	STL	@ATL		8%
150	Tylor Megill	NYM	@MIN		16%	36%
151	Zack Thompson	STL	@CIN		13%
152	Andre Jackson	PIT	MIL		1%	15%
153	Drew Rom	STL	@CIN		0%	2%
154	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@WAS		17%	49%
155	Jaime Barria	LAA	CLE		3%	11%
156	Trevor Williams	WAS	LAD		0%	11%
157	Luis Ortiz	PIT	MIL, @ATL		0%	0%
158	Lyon Richardson	CIN	SEA		0%	0%
159	Zach Neal	OAK	TOR		0%	0%
160	Adam Wainwright	STL	@ATL		6%	4%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Gerrit Cole	NYY	DET, MIL	5 HR allowed over last 17.2 IP
2	Jose Berrios	TOR	@OAK, KC	In a rut, but juicy matchups
3	Zach Eflin	TB	BOS, SEA
4	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@OAK
5	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@CLE, NYM	.385 BABIP over last 17 IP inflating recent ratios
6	Luis Castillo	SEA	@TB
7	Kevin Gausman	TOR	KC
8	Tyler Glasnow	TB	BOS
9	Jordan Montgomery	TEX	OAK
10	Sonny Gray	MIN	@CLE
11	Jon Gray	TEX	OAK
12	Max Scherzer	TEX	HOU
13	Cole Ragans	KC	CWS, @TOR	3.27 ERA and 328 xFIP says this is the real deal
14	Aaron Civale	TB	BOS, SEA	19 K in last 16 IP, huh?
15	Bryce Miller	SEA	@CIN, @TB
16	Tarik Skubal	DET	CWS	BB and HR remain down. 3.93 ERA and 2.65 xFIP amplifies improvement
17	Framber Valdez	HOU	@TEX
18	Carlos Rodon	NYY	DET	Pitching better with a great chance to keep it going
19	Lucas Giolito	CLE	MIN, @LAA
20	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	@NYY
21	Joe Ryan	MIN	@CLE
22	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	@OAK
23	George Kirby	SEA	@TB	Only 14 BB in156 IP this season
24	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	HOU
25	Tanner Bibee	CLE	MIN
26	Michael King	NYY	MIL	Stretching out to standard starter
27	Matt Manning	DET	@NYY	.49 ERA and .60 WHIP over last 18.1 IP, but 9 K says correction coming
28	Dane Dunning	TEX	OAK
29	Brayan Bello	BOS	@TB, BAL
30	Kutter Crawford	BOS	@TB
31	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@CIN
32	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@BOS
33	Chris Sale	BOS	BAL
34	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	KC
35	Justin Verlander	HOU	@TEX
36	Bryan Woo	SEA	@CIN, @TB
37	Kenta Maeda	MIN	NYM
38	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	@LAA
39	Mike Clevinger	CWS	@DET
40	Griffin Canning	LAA	CLE
41	Dean Kremer	BAL	@LAA
42	James Paxton	BOS	@TB
43	Zack Littell	TB	SEA
44	Dylan Cease	CWS	@KC
45	Mason Miller	OAK	@TEX
46	Logan Allen	CLE	@LAA
47	Gavin Williams	CLE	MIN
48	Reese Olson	DET	CWS
49	Tanner Houck	BOS	BAL
50	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@LAA
51	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	DET
52	Taj Bradley	TB	SEA
53	Cristian Javier	HOU	SD
54	J.P. France	HOU	@TEX, SD
55	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	BAL
56	Luis Severino	NYY	MIL
57	Dallas Keuchel	MIN	NYM
58	Michael Kopech	CWS	@DET
59	AL Reliever
60	Reid Detmers	LAA	BAL
61	Cal Quantrill	CLE	@LAA
62	Hunter Brown	HOU	SD
63	Jordan Lyles	KC	CWS
64	Xzavion Curry	CLE	@LAA
65	Zack Greinke	KC	@TOR
66	Brady Singer	KC	CWS
67	Joey Wentz	DET	@NYY, CWS
68	Tyler Anderson	LAA	CLE
69	Andrew Heaney	TEX	HOU
70	Touki Toussaint	CWS	@KC
71	Jesse Scholtens	CWS	@KC, @DET
72	Cole Irvin	BAL	@BOS
73	JP Sears	OAK	TOR
74	Alec Marsh	KC	@TOR
75	Paul Blackburn	OAK	@TEX
76	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	TOR, @TEX
77	Kenny Rosenberg	LAA	BAL, CLE
78	Jack Flaherty	BAL	@BOS
79	Jaime Barria	LAA	CLE
80	Zach Neal	OAK	TOR

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@PIT, @NYY
2	Spencer Strider	ATL	STL
3	Justin Steele	CHC	SF, ARI	Showing no signs of slowing down
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@MIA, @WAS
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@SD
6	Logan Webb	SF	@CHC, COL	Strikeouts dwindling
7	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@PIT
8	Max Fried	ATL	STL
9	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@PIT	30 K over last 17 IP
10	Merrill Kelly	ARI	COL, @CHC
11	Aaron Nola	PHI	MIA
12	Bobby Miller	LAD	@WAS
13	Charlie Morton	ATL	PIT
14	Zac Gallen	ARI	@CHC
15	Kodai Senga	NYM	@MIN
16	Julio Urias	LAD	@MIA
17	Bryce Elder	ATL	PIT
18	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	MIA
19	Mitch Keller	PIT	MIL	Back in the groove, 26 K over last 20 IP
20	Lance Lynn	LAD	@MIA
21	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@PHI
22	Blake Snell	SD	@HOU	In Cy Young contention, but 2.60 ERA almost a run lower than 3.57 xFIP
23	Michael Lorenzen	PHI	@SD
24	Eury Perez	MIA	@PHI
25	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	SF, ARI
26	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	@WAS
27	Braxton Garrett	MIA	LAD
28	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	LAD	Big test for fledgling ace
29	Kyle Harrison	SF	COL
30	Michael Soroka	ATL	STL, PIT
31	Jose Quintana	NYM	@WAS
32	Wade Miley	MIL	@NYY
33	Andrew Abbott	CIN	STL
34	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@SD
35	Javier Assad	CHC	ARI
36	Michael Wacha	SD	PHI
37	Alex Cobb	SF	COL
38	Seth Lugo	SD	@HOU
39	Colin Rea	MIL	@NYY
40	Ty Blach	COL	@SF
41	Austin Gomber	COL	@SF
42	Ranger Suarez	PHI	MIA
43	Jordan Wicks	CHC	SF
44	Tejay Antone	CIN	SEA
45	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	COL, @CHC
46	NL Reliever
47	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@ATL
48	Chase Anderson	COL	@SF
49	Brandon Williamson	CIN	STL
50	Johnny Cueto	MIA	@PHI
51	Kyle Freeland	COL	@ARI
52	Peter Lambert	COL	@ARI
53	Sean Manaea	SF	@CHC
54	Jameson Taillon	CHC	ARI
55	Hunter Greene	CIN	STL
56	Edward Cabrera	MIA	LAD
57	David Peterson	NYM	@MIN
58	Connor Phillips	CIN	SEA
59	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	LAD
60	Patrick Corbin	WAS	NYM
61	Zach Davies	ARI	COL
62	Rich Hill	SD	PHI, @HOU
63	Chris Flexen	COL	@ARI
64	Slade Cecconi	ARI	@CHC
65	Miles Mikolas	STL	@ATL, @CIN
66	Tristan Beck	SF	@CHC
67	Joan Adon	WAS	NYM
68	Jake Irvin	WAS	LAD
69	Bailey Falter	PIT	@ATL
70	Pedro Avila	SD	PHI
71	Dakota Hudson	STL	@ATL
72	Tylor Megill	NYM	@MIN
73	Zack Thompson	STL	@CIN
74	Andre Jackson	PIT	MIL
75	Drew Rom	STL	@CIN
76	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@WAS
77	Trevor Williams	WAS	LAD
78	Luis Ortiz	PIT	MIL, @ATL
79	Lyon Richardson	CIN	SEA
80	Adam Wainwright	STL	@ATL