Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

A number of top pitchers will be working twice this week against teams that have recently seen their offense decrease.

Updated on August 25, 2025 12:50AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

By:

Todd Zola

Updated on August 25, 2025 12:50AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings

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We're approaching Labor Day Weekend? Really? Yikes. This is the time of year temperatures trend down, with homers also declining. Scoring usually dovetails home runs, but there is often variance. This August is a perfect example:

	HR%	Runs per game
Week 1	3.5	4.79
Week 2	3.3	4.48
Week 3	3.1	4.7

If you've been careful with borderline starting pitchers and need to make up ground, it's time to loosen the reins. Beware as homers are back up this weekend, though it's too small a sample to consider it actionable.

Please feel free to hit me up with questions, but keep in mind I pull the rotations from the Probable Pitchers page.

UPDATED: Monday, August 25, 12:50 AM ET

Week of August 25-31

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	@ATH, @KC
2	Jacob deGrom	TEX	LAA, @ATH	Pitching with extra rest after being skipped last time
3	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@SF, @COL
4	Luis Gil	NYY	WAS, @CWS
5	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@NYM, ATL	On another hot streak
6	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@BAL
7	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@NYM, ATL	Staff ace with Zack Wheeler out for the season
8	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR, SD
9	Paul Skenes	PIT	@BOS
10	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	ARI
11	Edward Cabrera	MIA	ATL, @NYM
12	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	ARI, @TOR
13	Hunter Greene	CIN	@LAD	18 K with no walks over last 12.1 IP
14	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@CLE

	HR%	Runs per game
Week 1	3.5	4.79
Week 2	3.3	4.48
Week 3	3.1	4.7

Please feel free to hit me up with questions, but keep in mind I pull the rotations from the Probable Pitchers page.

UPDATED: Monday, August 25, 12:50 AM ET

Week of August 25-31

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	@ATH, @KC
2	Jacob deGrom	TEX	LAA, @ATH	Pitching with extra rest after being skipped last time
3	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@SF, @COL
4	Luis Gil	NYY	WAS, @CWS
5	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@NYM, ATL	On another hot streak
6	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@BAL
7	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@NYM, ATL	Staff ace with Zack Wheeler out for the season
8	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR, SD
9	Paul Skenes	PIT	@BOS
10	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	ARI
11	Edward Cabrera	MIA	ATL, @NYM
12	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	ARI, @TOR
13	Hunter Greene	CIN	@LAD	18 K with no walks over last 12.1 IP
14	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@CLE
15	Chris Sale	ATL	@PHI	Returning after two-plus month absence
16	Hunter Brown	HOU	COL
17	Nick Pivetta	SD	@MIN
18	Bryan Woo	SEA	SD
19	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	ARI
20	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@SF
21	Sean Manaea	NYM	PHI, MIA
22	Sonny Gray	STL	PIT
23	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@CLE
24	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	LAA
25	Dylan Cease	SD	@SEA	Walks way too high, but still has a 3.52 xFIP since the break
26	Robbie Ray	SF	BAL
27	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@WAS
28	Blake Snell	LAD	ARI
29	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@SF
30	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	ATL, @NYM	3.50 ERA and 1.11 WHIP with 20 K over last 18 IP
31	Eury Perez	MIA	@NYM
32	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@TOR
33	Jose Soriano	LAA	@TEX, @HOU
34	Ranger Suarez	PHI	ATL
35	Framber Valdez	HOU	COL
36	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	BOS, @SF	Back on track despite low strikeouts
37	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@CWS
38	Cristian Javier	HOU	LAA
39	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	CIN
40	Max Fried	NYY	WAS
41	Logan Webb	SF	CHC
42	Kevin Gausman	TOR	MIL
43	Ian Seymour	TB	@CLE, @WAS
44	David Peterson	NYM	MIA
45	Bryce Miller	SEA	SD, @CLE
46	Merrill Kelly	TEX	@ATH
47	George Kirby	SEA	@CLE
48	Michael King	SD	@MIN
49	Bailey Ober	MIN	@TOR
50	Yu Darvish	SD	@SEA
51	Tanner Bibee	CLE	TB, SEA	Quietly disappointing, but good matchups
52	Kodai Senga	NYM	PHI, MIA	Control has vanished
53	Brady Singer	CIN	STL
54	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@LAD
55	Shane Bieber	TOR	MIL
56	Michael Wacha	KC	DET
57	Brayan Bello	BOS	@BAL
58	Max Scherzer	TOR	MIN
59	Dean Kremer	BAL	@SF
60	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	CIN
61	Andrew Abbott	CIN	STL
62	Shane Smith	CWS	KC, NYY
63	Jack Flaherty	DET	@KC
64	Parker Messick	CLE	TB
65	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@MIL
66	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	TEX
67	Kyle Bradish	BAL	BOS
68	Jacob Lopez	ATH	TEX	0.6 ERA, .83 WHIP with 36 K over last 30 IP
69	Caden Dana	LAA	@HOU
70	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	CIN
71	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@BAL, PIT
72	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@CWS
73	Zac Gallen	ARI	@LAD
74	Casey Mize	DET	@ATH
75	Spencer Strider	ATL	@MIA, @PHI
76	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	ARI
77	Cade Horton	CHC	@COL
78	Noah Cameron	KC	@CWS, DET
79	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	@STL
80	Taj Bradley	MIN	SD
81	Brad Lord	WAS	@NYY, TB
82	Mix 12 Reliever
83	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@MIL, @LAD
84	Chris Bassitt	TOR	MIN
85	Mitch Keller	PIT	@STL, @BOS
86	Colin Rea	CHC	@SF
87	Dustin May	BOS	PIT
88	Aaron Nola	PHI	ATL
89	Jose Berrios	TOR	MIL
90	Jose Quintana	MIL	ARI
91	Ryan Bergert	KC	@CWS
92	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@COL
93	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIA
94	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	LAA
95	Nestor Cortes	SD	@MIN
96	Mix 15 Reliever
97	Charlie Morton	DET	@ATH
98	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@TEX
99	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CIN
100	Shane Baz	TB	@CLE
101	Michael McGreevy	STL	PIT, @CIN
102	Adrian Houser	TB	@WAS
103	Zack Littell	CIN	STL
104	Luis Castillo	SEA	SD
105	Luis Morales	ATH	DET
106	Jason Alexander	HOU	COL
107	Nick Martinez	CIN	@LAD
108	Gavin Williams	CLE	SEA
109	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@NYY
110	Seth Lugo	KC	DET
111	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@STL, @BOS
112	Cam Schlittler	NYY	WAS, @CWS
113	Lance McCullers	HOU	LAA
114	Cade Povich	BAL	BOS
115	Hurston Waldrep	ATL	@MIA
116	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@MIL, @LAD
117	Zebby Matthews	MIN	@TOR
118	Chad Patrick	MIL	@TOR
119	Jack Leiter	TEX	@ATH
120	JP Sears	SD	@SEA
121	Will Warren	NYY	@CWS
122	Aaron Civale	CWS	KC
123	Mitchell Parker	WAS	TB
124	Eric Lauer	TOR	MIN
125	Trevor McDonald	SF	BAL
126	Joey Wentz	ATL	@MIA
127	Mike Burrows	PIT	@STL
128	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@TEX
129	Miles Mikolas	STL	PIT
130	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@NYM
131	Roansy Contreras	BAL	BOS
132	Justin Verlander	SF	CHC, BAL
133	Nolan McLean	NYM	PHI
134	Andre Pallante	STL	PIT, @CIN
135	Ryan Gusto	MIA	ATL
136	Cade Cavalli	WAS	@NYY
137	Nabil Crismatt	ARI	@MIL
138	Janson Junk	MIA	@NYM
139	Chris Paddack	DET	@KC
140	Quinn Priester	MIL	ARI
141	Davis Martin	CWS	NYY
142	Cal Quantrill	ATL	@PHI
143	J.T. Ginn	ATH	DET, TEX
144	Chase Dollander	COL	@HOU
145	Martin Perez	CWS	KC, NYY
146	Richard Fitts	BOS	@BAL, PIT
147	Logan Allen	CLE	SEA
148	Yoendrys Gomez	CWS	NYY
149	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@HOU
150	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	CHC
151	Slade Cecconi	CLE	TB
152	Joey Estes	ATH	DET
153	Mick Abel	MIN	SD
154	Jake Irvin	WAS	TB
155	German Marquez	COL	CHC
156	Patrick Corbin	TEX	LAA
157	Bryce Elder	ATL	@PHI
158	Tanner Gordon	COL	@HOU, CHC
159	Kyle Freeland	COL	CHC
160	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@HOU

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	@ATH, @KC
2	Jacob deGrom	TEX	LAA, @ATH	Pitching with extra rest after being skipped last time
3	Luis Gil	NYY	WAS, @CWS
4	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@BAL
5	Joe Ryan	MIN	@TOR, SD
6	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@CLE
7	Hunter Brown	HOU	COL
8	Bryan Woo	SEA	SD
9	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@CLE
10	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	LAA
11	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@WAS
12	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@SF
13	Jose Soriano	LAA	@TEX, @HOU
14	Framber Valdez	HOU	COL
15	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	BOS, @SF	Back on track despite low strikeouts
16	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@CWS
17	Cristian Javier	HOU	LAA
18	Max Fried	NYY	WAS
19	Kevin Gausman	TOR	MIL
20	Ian Seymour	TB	@CLE, @WAS
21	Bryce Miller	SEA	SD, @CLE
22	Merrill Kelly	TEX	@ATH
23	George Kirby	SEA	@CLE
24	Bailey Ober	MIN	@TOR
25	Tanner Bibee	CLE	TB, SEA	Quietly disappointing, but good matchups
26	Shane Bieber	TOR	MIL
27	Michael Wacha	KC	DET
28	Brayan Bello	BOS	@BAL
29	Max Scherzer	TOR	MIN
30	Dean Kremer	BAL	@SF
31	Shane Smith	CWS	KC, NYY
32	Jack Flaherty	DET	@KC
33	Parker Messick	CLE	TB
34	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	TEX
35	Kyle Bradish	BAL	BOS
36	Jacob Lopez	ATH	TEX	0.6 ERA, .83 WHIP with 36 K over last 30 IP
37	Caden Dana	LAA	@HOU
38	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@BAL, PIT
39	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@CWS
40	Casey Mize	DET	@ATH
41	Noah Cameron	KC	@CWS, DET
42	Taj Bradley	MIN	SD
43	Chris Bassitt	TOR	MIN
44	Dustin May	BOS	PIT
45	Jose Berrios	TOR	MIL
46	Ryan Bergert	KC	@CWS
47	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	LAA
48	Charlie Morton	DET	@ATH
49	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@TEX
50	Shane Baz	TB	@CLE
51	Adrian Houser	TB	@WAS
52	Luis Castillo	SEA	SD
53	Luis Morales	ATH	DET
54	Jason Alexander	HOU	COL
55	Gavin Williams	CLE	SEA
56	Seth Lugo	KC	DET
57	AL Reliever
58	Cam Schlittler	NYY	WAS, @CWS
59	Lance McCullers	HOU	LAA
60	Cade Povich	BAL	BOS
61	Zebby Matthews	MIN	@TOR
62	Jack Leiter	TEX	@ATH
63	Will Warren	NYY	@CWS
64	Aaron Civale	CWS	KC
65	Eric Lauer	TOR	MIN
66	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@TEX
67	Roansy Contreras	BAL	BOS
68	Chris Paddack	DET	@KC
69	Davis Martin	CWS	NYY
70	J.T. Ginn	ATH	DET, TEX
71	Martin Perez	CWS	KC, NYY
72	Richard Fitts	BOS	@BAL, PIT
73	Logan Allen	CLE	SEA
74	Yoendrys Gomez	CWS	NYY
75	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@HOU
76	Slade Cecconi	CLE	TB
77	Joey Estes	ATH	DET
78	Mick Abel	MIN	SD
79	Patrick Corbin	TEX	LAA

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@SF, @COL
2	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@NYM, ATL	On another hot streak
3	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@NYM, ATL	Staff ace with Zack Wheeler out for the season
4	Paul Skenes	PIT	@BOS
5	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	ARI
6	Edward Cabrera	MIA	ATL, @NYM
7	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	ARI, @TOR
8	Hunter Greene	CIN	@LAD	18 K with no walks over last 12.1 IP
9	Chris Sale	ATL	@PHI	Returning after two-plus month absence
10	Nick Pivetta	SD	@MIN
11	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	ARI
12	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@SF
13	Sean Manaea	NYM	PHI, MIA
14	Sonny Gray	STL	PIT
15	Dylan Cease	SD	@SEA	Walks way too high, but still has a 3.52 xFIP since the break
16	Robbie Ray	SF	BAL
17	Blake Snell	LAD	ARI
18	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	ATL, @NYM	3.50 ERA and 1.11 WHIP with 20 K over last 18 IP
19	Eury Perez	MIA	@NYM
20	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@TOR
21	Ranger Suarez	PHI	ATL
22	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	CIN
23	Logan Webb	SF	CHC
24	David Peterson	NYM	MIA
25	Michael King	SD	@MIN
26	Yu Darvish	SD	@SEA
27	Kodai Senga	NYM	PHI, MIA	Control has vanished
28	Brady Singer	CIN	STL
29	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@LAD
30	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	CIN
31	Andrew Abbott	CIN	STL
32	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@MIL
33	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	CIN
34	Zac Gallen	ARI	@LAD
35	Spencer Strider	ATL	@MIA, @PHI
36	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	ARI
37	Cade Horton	CHC	@COL
38	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	@STL
39	Brad Lord	WAS	@NYY, TB
40	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@MIL, @LAD
41	Mitch Keller	PIT	@STL, @BOS
42	Colin Rea	CHC	@SF
43	Aaron Nola	PHI	ATL
44	Jose Quintana	MIL	ARI
45	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@COL
46	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIA
47	Nestor Cortes	SD	@MIN
48	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CIN
49	Michael McGreevy	STL	PIT, @CIN
50	Zack Littell	CIN	STL
51	Nick Martinez	CIN	@LAD
52	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@NYY
53	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@STL, @BOS
54	NL Reliever
55	Hurston Waldrep	ATL	@MIA
56	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@MIL, @LAD
57	Chad Patrick	MIL	@TOR
58	JP Sears	SD	@SEA
59	Mitchell Parker	WAS	TB
60	Trevor McDonald	SF	BAL
61	Joey Wentz	ATL	@MIA
62	Mike Burrows	PIT	@STL
63	Miles Mikolas	STL	PIT
64	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@NYM
65	Justin Verlander	SF	CHC, BAL
66	Nolan McLean	NYM	PHI
67	Andre Pallante	STL	PIT, @CIN
68	Ryan Gusto	MIA	ATL
69	Cade Cavalli	WAS	@NYY
70	Nabil Crismatt	ARI	@MIL
71	Janson Junk	MIA	@NYM
72	Quinn Priester	MIL	ARI
73	Cal Quantrill	ATL	@PHI
74	Chase Dollander	COL	@HOU
75	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	CHC
76	Jake Irvin	WAS	TB
77	German Marquez	COL	CHC
78	Bryce Elder	ATL	@PHI
79	Tanner Gordon	COL	@HOU, CHC
80	Kyle Freeland	COL	CHC
81	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@HOU