Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Duffy's on A Royal Cruise

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Updated on July 29, 2017 12:18PM EST

If there was ever a week "subject to change" applies, it's this one with the impending Monday trade deadline. Sonny Gray and Yu Darvish's starts are still in limbo.

With respect to this week's rankings, there's a bunch of second- and third-tier pitchers with two starts, dropping some top tier arms working just once this week.

UPDATED: July 30, 11:15 PM ET

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RANK	PITCHER	TEAM	OPPONENT	COMMENT
1	Chris Sale	BOS	vs. CLE, vs. CWS
2	Luis Severino	NYY	vs. DET, at CLE	Getting better as season progress, showing no sign of tiring
3	Yu Darvish	TEX	vs. SEA, at MIN	Subject to change…
4	Chris Archer	TB	at HOU, vs. MIL
5	Sonny Gray	OAK	vs. SF, at LAA	Still tentative, could be dealt
6	Charlie Morton	HOU	vs. TB, vs. TOR
7	Danny Duffy	KC	at BAL, vs. SEA	Only 3 BB and 3 HR allowed in 32 1/3 innings since coming off the DL
8	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	vs. DET	Coming of best outing of the season
9	Jose Berrios	MIN	at SD, vs. TEX	Rough sledding lately, but faced a string of tough teams
10	Cole Hamels	TEX	vs. SEA, at MIN	Whiffs up a bit, but still well below career norm
11	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	vs. TB	Looked rusty in his return from the DL
12	Corey Kluber	CLE	vs. NYY
13	Alex Cobb	TB	at HOU, vs. MIL	Tossed at least 7 innings in 7 of last 8 outings
14	Michael Fulmer

If there was ever a week "subject to change" applies, it's this one with the impending Monday trade deadline. Sonny Gray and Yu Darvish's starts are still in limbo.

With respect to this week's rankings, there's a bunch of second- and third-tier pitchers with two starts, dropping some top tier arms working just once this week.

UPDATED: July 30, 11:15 PM ET

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RANK	PITCHER	TEAM	OPPONENT	COMMENT
1	Chris Sale	BOS	vs. CLE, vs. CWS
2	Luis Severino	NYY	vs. DET, at CLE	Getting better as season progress, showing no sign of tiring
3	Yu Darvish	TEX	vs. SEA, at MIN	Subject to change…
4	Chris Archer	TB	at HOU, vs. MIL
5	Sonny Gray	OAK	vs. SF, at LAA	Still tentative, could be dealt
6	Charlie Morton	HOU	vs. TB, vs. TOR
7	Danny Duffy	KC	at BAL, vs. SEA	Only 3 BB and 3 HR allowed in 32 1/3 innings since coming off the DL
8	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	vs. DET	Coming of best outing of the season
9	Jose Berrios	MIN	at SD, vs. TEX	Rough sledding lately, but faced a string of tough teams
10	Cole Hamels	TEX	vs. SEA, at MIN	Whiffs up a bit, but still well below career norm
11	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	vs. TB	Looked rusty in his return from the DL
12	Corey Kluber	CLE	vs. NYY
13	Alex Cobb	TB	at HOU, vs. MIL	Tossed at least 7 innings in 7 of last 8 outings
14	Michael Fulmer	DET	at NYY, at BAL	Falling swinging strike lowering K/9, but not walking anyone
15	Lance McCullers	HOU	vs. TOR
16	Ricky Nolasco	LAA	vs. PHI, vs. OAK	Lesser lineups in a great park
17	James Paxton	SEA	at KC
18	Marcus Stroman	TOR	at CWS
19	Jacob Faria	TB	vs. MIL
20	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	at BOS
21	Drew Pomeranz	BOS	vs. CWS
22	Paul Blackburn	OAK	vs. SF, at LAA
23	JC Ramirez	LAA	vs. PHI
24	Justin Verlander	DET	at BAL	Last two starts could be prescient of second half surge
25	Ervin Santana	MIN	at SD
26	Mike Fiers	HOU	vs. TB
27	Trevor Cahill	KC	vs. SEA
28	Collin McHugh	HOU	vs. TB
29	Yusmeiro Petit	LAA	vs. OAK
30	Jesse Chavez	LAA	vs. OAK
31	Jharel Cotton	OAK	at LAA	Hit hard in return from the DL
32	Rick Porcello	BOS	vs. CLE
33	Jason Vargas	KC	at BAL
34	Adalberto Mejia	MIN	vs. TEX
35	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	vs. CWS	Needs to step up in Price's absence
36	Sean Manaea	OAK	at SF
37	Brad Peacock	HOU	vs. TOR
38	Danny Salazar	CLE	vs. NYY
39	Jason Hammel	KC	vs. SEA
40	J.A. Happ	TOR	at CWS
41	Mike Clevinger	CLE	at BOS, vs. NYY
42	Dylan Bundy	BAL	vs. KC	Very disappointing after fast start
43	Felix Hernandez	SEA	at TEX, at KC
44	Chris Smith	OAK	at SF
45	Chris Tillman	BAL	vs. DET
46	Ubaldo Jimenez	BAL	vs. KC, vs. DET
47	Derek Holland	CWS	vs. TOR
48	Kevin Gausman	BAL	vs. DET
49	Doug Fister	BOS	vs. CLE, vs. CWS	Should make first start, may not make second
50	Ariel Miranda	SEA	at TEX
51	Marco Estrada	TOR	at CWS, at HOU
52	CC Sabathia	NYY	vs. DET, at CLE
53	Anibal Sanchez	DET	at NYY, at BAL
54	Erasmo Ramirez	SEA	at TEX, at KC	Back in the rotation, needs to get stretched out again
55	Josh Tomlin	CLE	vs. NYY
56	James Shields	CWS	vs. TOR, at BOS
57	Trevor Bauer	CLE	at BOS
58	Parker Bridwell	LAA	vs. PHI
59	Ian Kennedy	KC	at BAL, vs. SEA
60	Martin Perez	TEX	at MIN
61	Jeremy Hellickson	BAL	vs. KC
62	Jordan Zimmermann	DET	at NYY
63	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	at CLE
64	Matt Boyd	DET	at BAL
65	Andrew Cashner	TEX	vs. SEA
66	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	at HOU
67	Francisco Liriano	TOR	at HOU
68	A.J. Griffin	TEX	at MIN
69	Carlos Rodon	CWS	at BOS
70	Miguel Gonzalez	CWS	at BOS
71	Blake Snell	TB	at HOU
72	Mike Pelfrey	CWS	vs. TOR, at BOS
73	Jaime Garcia	NYY	at CLE
74	Bartolo Colon	MIN	vs. TEX
75	Yovani Gallardo	SEA	at KC
76	Kyle Gibson	MIN	vs. TEX
77	Austin Pruitt	TB	at HOU
78	Wade Miley	BAL	vs. DET

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Rank	Pitcher	TEAM	Opponent(s)	Comments
1	Jeff Samardzija	SF	at OAK, vs. ARI
2	Jon Lester	CHC	vs. ARI, vs. WAS
3	Carlos Martinez	STL	at MIL, at CIN
4	Jimmy Nelson	MIL	vs. STL, at TB	Homers creeping up but K/9 and BB/9 both improving
5	Jameson Taillon	PIT	vs. CIN, vs. SD	Nice home field boost
6	Max Scherzer	WAS	at MIA
7	Madison Bumgarner	SF	vs. ARI	Three starts off the DL, expecting MadBum to return to form
8	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	at PHI, vs. MIA	Walks a little high but doing great job keeping the ball in the yard
9	Aaron Nola	PHI	at LAA, at COL	Coors a concern, but Nola is grooving.
10	Zack Greinke	ARI	at CHC
11	Jacob deGrom	NYM	vs. LAD	Missing Coors field, fantasy owners breathe sigh of relief
12	Ivan Nova	PIT	vs. SD
13	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	at CHC	Assuming he comes off the disabled list
14	Gerrit Cole	PIT	vs. SD
15	Gio Gonzalez	WAS	at MIA, at CHC	ERA deceiving, outpitching peripherals
16	Jose Quintana	CHC	vs. ARI
17	Alex Wood	LAD	at ATL
18	Michael Wacha	STL	at MIL	Second half surge continues
19	Rich Hill	LAD	at NYM
20	Zack Godley	ARI	at CHC	Big test for 2017's breakout hurler
21	Ty Blach	SF	vs. OAK
22	Jake Arrieta	CHC	vs. ARI
23	Matt Moore	SF	vs. OAK
24	Brent Suter	MIL	vs. STL
25	Steven Matz	NYM	at COL, vs. LAD	Good pitcher in a couple of bad setups
26	Tanner Roark	WAS	at CHC
27	Kenta Maeda	LAD	at ATL
28	Jerad Eickhoff	PHI	at LAA
29	Dinelson Lamet	SD	at PIT
30	Johnny Cueto	SF	vs. ARI	Expected to come off DL- getting benefit of doubt rest did him good
31	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	vs. STL	Tentative, Brewers need a replacement for Guerra who was demoted
32	Jeff Hoffman	COL	vs. NYM, vs. PHI
33	Trevor Williams	PIT	vs. CIN
34	Julio Teheran	ATL	vs. LAD
35	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	vs. WAS
36	Luis Castillo	CIN	vs. STL
37	Chad Kuhl	PIT	vs. CIN
38	Lucas Sims	ATL	vs. LAD, vs. MIA	Not official, expected to be called up
39	Homer Bailey	CIN	at PIT, vs. STL
40	Adam Wainwright	STL	at MIL
41	Taijuan Walker	ARI	at SF
42	Matt Cain	SF	at OAK
43	Brandon McCarthy	LAD	at NYM
44	Jon Gray	COL	vs. PHI
45	Nick Pivetta	PHI	vs. ATL, at COL
46	Anthony Banda	ARI	at SF
47	Jose Urena	MIA	vs. WAS, at ATL	Results may not show it, but Urena showing signs of promise
48	Zach Davies	MIL	at TB
49	Dan Straily	MIA	at ATL
50	Hyun-Jin Ryu	LAD	at NYM
51	Luis Perdomo	SD	vs. MIN
52	Jhoulys Chacin	SD	vs. MIN
53	R.A. Dickey	ATL	vs. MIA
54	Lance Lynn	STL	at CIN
55	Jake Thompson	PHI	at LAA	Replacing Hellickson
56	Seth Lugo	NYM	vs. LAD
57	Patrick Corbin	ARI	at CHC, at SF
58	John Lackey	CHC	vs. WAS
59	Mike Leake	STL	at CIN
60	Sean Newcomb	ATL	vs. LAD
61	German Marquez	COL	vs. NYM
62	Brock Stewart	LAD	at ATL
63	Matt Garza	MIL	at TB
64	A.J. Cole	WAS	at MIA
65	Sal Romano	CIN	at PIT
66	Tim Adleman	CIN	vs. STL
67	Kyle Freeland	COL	vs. PHI
68	Vance Worley	MIA	vs. WAS
69	Travis Wood	SD	at PIT
70	Antonio Senzatela	COL	vs. NYM
71	Chris O'Grady	MIA	vs. WAS
72	Robert Stephenson	CIN	at PIT
73	Clayton Richard	SD	at PIT
74	Vince Velasquez	PHI	at COL
75	Adam Conley	MIA	at ATL
76	Rafael Montero	NYM	at COL
77	Chris Flexen	NYM	at COL

MLB

RANK	PITCHER	TEAM	OPPONENT	COMMENT
1	Chris Sale	BOS	vs. CLE, vs. CWS
2	Jeff Samardzija	SF	at OAK, vs. ARI
3	Jon Lester	CHC	vs. ARI, vs. WAS
4	Yu Darvish	TEX	vs. SEA, at MIN	Subject to change…
5	Carlos Martinez	STL	at MIL, at CIN
6	Jimmy Nelson	MIL	vs. STL, at TB	Homers creeping up but K/9 and BB/9 both improving
7	Jameson Taillon	PIT	vs. CIN, vs. SD	Nice home field boost
8	Chris Archer	TB	at HOU, vs. MIL
9	Sonny Gray	OAK	vs. SF, at LAA	Still tentative, could be dealt
10	Charlie Morton	HOU	vs. TB, vs. TOR
11	Luis Severino	NYY	vs. DET, at CLE	Getting better as season progress, showing no sign of tiring
12	Danny Duffy	KC	at BAL, vs. SEA	Only 3 BB and 3 HR allowed in 32 1/3 innings since coming off the DL
13	Max Scherzer	WAS	at MIA
14	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	vs. DET	Coming of best outing of the season
15	Madison Bumgarner	SF	vs. ARI	Three starts off the DL, expecting MadBum to return to form
16	Jose Berrios	MIN	at SD, vs. TEX	Rough sledding lately, but faced a string of tough teams
17	Cole Hamels	TEX	vs. SEA, at MIN	Whiffs up a bit, but still well below career norm
18	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	at PHI, vs. MIA	Walks a little high but doing great job keeping the ball in the yard
19	Aaron Nola	PHI	at LAA, at COL	Coors a concern, but Nola is grooving.
20	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	vs. TB	Looked rusty in his return from the DL
21	Zack Greinke	ARI	at CHC
22	Corey Kluber	CLE	vs. NYY
23	Alex Cobb	TB	at HOU, vs. MIL	Tossed at least 7 innings in 7 of last 8 outings
24	Michael Fulmer	DET	at NYY, at BAL	Falling swinging strike lowering K/9, but not walking anyone
25	Jacob deGrom	NYM	vs. LAD	Missing Coors field, fantasy owners breathe sigh of relief
26	Lance McCullers	HOU	vs. TOR
27	Ricky Nolasco	LAA	vs. PHI, vs. OAK	Lesser lineups in a great park
28	Ivan Nova	PIT	vs. SD
29	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	at CHC	Assuming he comes off the disabled list
30	James Paxton	SEA	at KC
31	Gerrit Cole	PIT	vs. SD
32	Gio Gonzalez	WAS	at MIA, at CHC	ERA deceiving, outpitching peripherals
33	Jose Quintana	CHC	vs. ARI
34	Alex Wood	LAD	at ATL
35	Marcus Stroman	TOR	at CWS
36	Michael Wacha	STL	at MIL	Second half surge continues
37	Jacob Faria	TB	vs. MIL
38	Rich Hill	LAD	at NYM
39	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	at BOS
40	Drew Pomeranz	BOS	vs. CWS
41	Zack Godley	ARI	at CHC	Big test for 2017's breakout hurler
42	Paul Blackburn	OAK	vs. SF, at LAA
43	JC Ramirez	LAA	vs. PHI
44	Justin Verlander	DET	at BAL	Last two starts could be prescient of second half surge
45	Ervin Santana	MIN	at SD
46	Ty Blach	SF	vs. OAK
47	Jake Arrieta	CHC	vs. ARI
48	Mike Fiers	HOU	vs. TB
49	Matt Moore	SF	vs. OAK
50	Trevor Cahill	KC	vs. SEA
51	Brent Suter	MIL	vs. STL
52	Collin McHugh	HOU	vs. TB
53	Yusmeiro Petit	LAA	vs. OAK
54	Jesse Chavez	LAA	vs. OAK
55	Steven Matz	NYM	at COL, vs. LAD	Good pitcher in a couple of bad setups
56	Tanner Roark	WAS	at CHC
57	Jharel Cotton	OAK	at LAA	Hit hard in return from the DL
58	Rick Porcello	BOS	vs. CLE
59	Kenta Maeda	LAD	at ATL
60	Jason Vargas	KC	at BAL
61	Adalberto Mejia	MIN	vs. TEX
62	Jerad Eickhoff	PHI	at LAA
63	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	vs. CWS	Needs to step up in Price's absence
64	Dinelson Lamet	SD	at PIT
65	Sean Manaea	OAK	at SF
66	Brad Peacock	HOU	vs. TOR
67	Danny Salazar	CLE	vs. NYY
68	Jason Hammel	KC	vs. SEA
69	Johnny Cueto	SF	vs. ARI	Expected to come off DL- getting benefit of doubt rest did him good
70	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	vs. STL	Tentative, Brewers need a replacement for Guerra who was demoted
71	J.A. Happ	TOR	at CWS
72	Mike Clevinger	CLE	at BOS, vs. NYY
73	Jeff Hoffman	COL	vs. NYM, vs. PHI
74	Trevor Williams	PIT	vs. CIN
75	Julio Teheran	ATL	vs. LAD
76	Dylan Bundy	BAL	vs. KC	Very disappointing after fast start
77	Felix Hernandez	SEA	at TEX, at KC
78	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	vs. WAS
79	Luis Castillo	CIN	vs. STL
80	Chad Kuhl	PIT	vs. CIN
81	Chris Smith	OAK	at SF
82	Lucas Sims	ATL	vs. LAD, vs. MIA	Not official, expected to be called up
83	Homer Bailey	CIN	at PIT, vs. STL
84	Chris Tillman	BAL	vs. DET
85	Adam Wainwright	STL	at MIL
86	Taijuan Walker	ARI	at SF
87	Matt Cain	SF	at OAK
88	Brandon McCarthy	LAD	at NYM
89	Jon Gray	COL	vs. PHI
90	Nick Pivetta	PHI	vs. ATL, at COL
91	Ubaldo Jimenez	BAL	vs. KC, vs. DET
92	Derek Holland	CWS	vs. TOR
93	Anthony Banda	ARI	at SF
94	Jose Urena	MIA	vs. WAS, at ATL	Results may not show it, but Urena showing signs of promise
95	Kevin Gausman	BAL	vs. DET
96	Zach Davies	MIL	at TB
97	Doug Fister	BOS	vs. CLE, vs. CWS	Should make first start, may not make second
98	Ariel Miranda	SEA	at TEX
99	Marco Estrada	TOR	at CWS, at HOU
100	CC Sabathia	NYY	vs. DET, at CLE
101	Anibal Sanchez	DET	at NYY, at BAL
102	Dan Straily	MIA	at ATL
103	Hyun-Jin Ryu	LAD	at NYM
104	Luis Perdomo	SD	vs. MIN
105	Jhoulys Chacin	SD	vs. MIN
106	R.A. Dickey	ATL	vs. MIA
107	Lance Lynn	STL	at CIN
108	Erasmo Ramirez	SEA	at TEX, at KC	Back in the rotation, needs to get stretched out again
109	Jake Thompson	PHI	at LAA	Replacing Hellickson
110	Josh Tomlin	CLE	vs. NYY
111	Seth Lugo	NYM	vs. LAD
112	James Shields	CWS	vs. TOR, at BOS
113	Patrick Corbin	ARI	at CHC, at SF
114	John Lackey	CHC	vs. WAS
115	Mike Leake	STL	at CIN
116	Sean Newcomb	ATL	vs. LAD
117	Trevor Bauer	CLE	at BOS
118	German Marquez	COL	vs. NYM
119	Parker Bridwell	LAA	vs. PHI
120	Brock Stewart	LAD	at ATL
121	Ian Kennedy	KC	at BAL, vs. SEA
122	Matt Garza	MIL	at TB
123	A.J. Cole	WAS	at MIA
124	Martin Perez	TEX	at MIN
125	Sal Romano	CIN	at PIT
126	Jeremy Hellickson	BAL	vs. KC
127	Jordan Zimmermann	DET	at NYY
128	Tim Adleman	CIN	vs. STL
129	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	at CLE
130	Matt Boyd	DET	at BAL
131	Andrew Cashner	TEX	vs. SEA
132	Kyle Freeland	COL	vs. PHI
133	Vance Worley	MIA	vs. WAS
134	Travis Wood	SD	at PIT
135	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	at HOU
136	Francisco Liriano	TOR	at HOU
137	A.J. Griffin	TEX	at MIN
138	Carlos Rodon	CWS	at BOS
139	Miguel Gonzalez	CWS	at BOS
140	Antonio Senzatela	COL	vs. NYM
141	Blake Snell	TB	at HOU
142	Chris O'Grady	MIA	vs. WAS
143	Robert Stephenson	CIN	at PIT
144	Mike Pelfrey	CWS	vs. TOR, at BOS
145	Clayton Richard	SD	at PIT
146	Vince Velasquez	PHI	at COL
147	Adam Conley	MIA	at ATL
148	Jaime Garcia	NYY	at CLE
149	Bartolo Colon	MIN	vs. TEX
150	Yovani Gallardo	SEA	at KC
151	Kyle Gibson	MIN	vs. TEX
152	Austin Pruitt	TB	at HOU
153	Wade Miley	BAL	vs. DET
154	Rafael Montero	NYM	at COL
155	Chris Flexen	NYM	at COL