It's another busy week with 98 games on the docket. Based on the projections fueling these rankings, it portends to be a high scoring week, and that's without the chance scoring spins out of control.
With so much uncertainty, making prudent pitching decisions is even more important. There's a fine line between aggressive and reckless. With the weather warming, it's time to back off forcing two-start guys into your lineup and pivot to single start options with a favorable matchup or even a dominant reliever.
As always, please direct rotation questions to the best Projected Starters grid in the business. I'm happy to address specific ranking inquiries, but I rely on our crack staff for the matchups.
UPDATED: Sunday June 27, 11:50 PM ET
Week of June 28 - July 4
Mixed
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | CHC, @PIT | 5 HR allowed over last 19 IP |
2 | Trevor Bauer | LAD | SF, @WAS | Walks up but still ranking up punch outs |
3 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | MIN, @DET | |
4 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | @ATL | |
5 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | CHC, @PIT | |
6 | Charlie Morton | ATL | NYM, MIA | |
7 | Zack Greinke | HOU | BAL, @CLE | |
8 | Robbie Ray | TOR | SEA, TB | |
9 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | NYM | |
10 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | @MIL, @CIN | |
11 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @PHI, @ATL | |
12 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | CHC | Spinning out of control? |
13 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | SD | |
14 | Joe Musgrove | SD | @CIN | Only 14 K in last |
It's another busy week with 98 games on the docket. Based on the projections fueling these rankings, it portends to be a high scoring week, and that's without the chance scoring spins out of control.
With so much uncertainty, making prudent pitching decisions is even more important. There's a fine line between aggressive and reckless. With the weather warming, it's time to back off forcing two-start guys into your lineup and pivot to single start options with a favorable matchup or even a dominant reliever.
As always, please direct rotation questions to the best Projected Starters grid in the business. I'm happy to address specific ranking inquiries, but I rely on our crack staff for the matchups.
UPDATED: Sunday June 27, 11:50 PM ET
Week of June 28 - July 4
Mixed
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | CHC, @PIT | 5 HR allowed over last 19 IP |
2 | Trevor Bauer | LAD | SF, @WAS | Walks up but still ranking up punch outs |
3 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | MIN, @DET | |
4 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | @ATL | |
5 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | CHC, @PIT | |
6 | Charlie Morton | ATL | NYM, MIA | |
7 | Zack Greinke | HOU | BAL, @CLE | |
8 | Robbie Ray | TOR | SEA, TB | |
9 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | NYM | |
10 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | @MIL, @CIN | |
11 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @PHI, @ATL | |
12 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | CHC | Spinning out of control? |
13 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | SD | |
14 | Joe Musgrove | SD | @CIN | Only 14 K in last 19.1 IP |
15 | Chris Bassitt | OAK | TEX | |
16 | Walker Buehler | LAD | SF | |
17 | Yu Darvish | SD | @PHI | |
18 | Carlos Rodon | CWS | MIN | |
19 | Aaron Nola | PHI | MIA | |
20 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | KC, @OAK | HR regression in full force, but 20 K in last 16.2 IP helping minimize damage |
21 | Kevin Gausman | SF | @LAD | |
22 | Max Scherzer | WAS | LAD | |
23 | Anthony DeSclafani | SF | @LAD, @ARI | |
24 | Kyle Gibson | TEX | @SEA | |
25 | James Kaprielian | OAK | TEX, BOS | |
26 | Hyun Jin Ryu | TOR | SEA | |
27 | Jameson Taillon | NYY | LAA, NYM | |
28 | Caleb Smith | ARI | @STL, SF | |
29 | Jose Urquidy | HOU | BAL | |
30 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | TEX | |
31 | Sean Manaea | OAK | TEX | |
32 | Ian Anderson | ATL | MIA | |
33 | Yusei Kikuchi | SEA | @TOR | |
34 | Lance Lynn | CWS | MIN | In a rut but should snap out of it |
35 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @WAS | |
36 | Jose Berrios | MIN | @CWS | |
37 | Kenta Maeda | MIN | @CWS, @KC | |
38 | Zac Gallen | ARI | SF | |
39 | Wade Miley | CIN | PHI, CHC | |
40 | Luis Garcia | HOU | BAL | |
41 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | @ATL | |
42 | Chris Flexen | SEA | @TOR, TEX | |
43 | Danny Duffy | KC | @BOS, MIN | Will he regain pre-injury form? |
44 | Sonny Gray | CIN | CHC | |
45 | Tyler Mahle | CIN | CHC | |
46 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU | @CLE | |
47 | German Marquez | COL | PIT, STL | |
48 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @CLE | |
49 | JT Brubaker | PIT | MIL | |
50 | Taijuan Walker | NYM | @ATL | |
51 | Dylan Cease | CWS | MIN, @DET | Still inconsistent |
52 | Nathan Eovaldi | BOS | KC | |
53 | Matt Manning | DET | @CLE, CWS | |
54 | Blake Snell | SD | @CIN, @PHI | |
55 | Pablo Lopez | MIA | @PHI | |
56 | Eduardo Rodriguez | BOS | @OAK | |
57 | Rich Hill | TB | @WAS, @TOR | |
58 | Jake Odorizzi | HOU | @CLE | |
59 | Mike Foltynewicz | TEX | @OAK, @SEA | |
60 | Jordan Montgomery | NYY | LAA | |
61 | Ross Stripling | TOR | TB | |
62 | Joe Ross | WAS | TB, LAD | 2.25 ERA, .85 WHIP with 22 K in 20 IP over 3 GS |
63 | Andrew Heaney | LAA | @NYY | |
64 | Alek Manoah | TOR | TB | |
65 | Zach Eflin | PHI | MIA | |
66 | Alex Cobb | LAA | BAL | |
67 | Max Fried | ATL | NYM | |
68 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | BAL | |
69 | Zach Davies | CHC | @MIL, @CIN | |
70 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | @NYY | |
71 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | SF | |
72 | Luis Castillo | CIN | SD | |
73 | Frankie Montas | OAK | BOS | |
74 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | TEX | |
75 | Shane McClanahan | TB | @TOR | |
76 | Tarik Skubal | DET | CWS | |
77 | Mike Minor | KC | @BOS | |
78 | Kyle Muller | ATL | MIA | |
79 | J.C. Mejia | CLE | DET, HOU | |
80 | Kwang Hyun Kim | STL | ARI | |
81 | Michael King | NYY | LAA, NYM | |
82 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||
83 | Steven Matz | TOR | SEA | |
84 | Julio Urias | LAD | @WAS | |
85 | David Peterson | NYM | @NYY | |
86 | Chris Paddack | SD | @CIN | |
87 | Zac Lowther | BAL | @HOU | |
88 | Cole Irvin | OAK | BOS | |
89 | Ryan Yarbrough | TB | @TOR | |
90 | Domingo German | NYY | LAA | |
91 | Vince Velasquez | PHI | MIA, SD | |
92 | Dylan Bundy | LAA | @NYY, BAL | Haven't been so wrong about a Bundy since I wasn't into Kelly growing up |
93 | Cal Quantrill | CLE | DET | |
94 | Adbert Alzolay | CHC | @CIN | |
95 | Kolby Allard | TEX | @OAK | |
96 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | @WAS | |
97 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||
98 | Max Kranick | PIT | MIL | |
99 | Ryan Weathers | SD | @PHI | |
100 | Dallas Keuchel | CWS | @DET | |
101 | Jordan Lyles | TEX | @SEA | |
102 | Marcus Stroman | NYM | @NYY | |
103 | Alex Wood | SF | @ARI | |
104 | Dane Dunning | TEX | @OAK | |
105 | Johnny Cueto | SF | @ARI | |
106 | Sammy Long | SF | @ARI | |
107 | Casey Mize | DET | CWS | |
108 | Brady Singer | KC | MIN | |
109 | Adrian Houser | MIL | @PIT | |
110 | Adam Wainwright | STL | @COL | |
111 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @CWS, @KC | |
112 | Spencer Howard | PHI | @CIN, SD | |
113 | Griffin Canning | LAA | @NYY | |
114 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | LAD | |
115 | Eric Lauer | MIL | @PIT | |
116 | Drew Smyly | ATL | NYM | |
117 | Brad Keller | KC | @BOS, MIN | |
118 | Jake Faria | ARI | @STL, SF | |
119 | Jon Gray | COL | PIT | |
120 | Jake Arrieta | CHC | @MIL | |
121 | Eli Morgan | CLE | DET, HOU | |
122 | Tylor Megill | NYM | @ATL | |
123 | Keegan Akin | BAL | @LAA | |
124 | Tyler Anderson | PIT | @COL, MIL | |
125 | Carlos Martinez | STL | ARI, @COL | |
126 | J.A. Happ | MIN | @KC | |
127 | Garrett Richards | BOS | KC, @OAK | Simply cannot trust until he gets his head on straight |
128 | Kyle Freeland | COL | PIT, STL | |
129 | Alex Young | ARI | @STL | |
130 | Jerad Eickhoff | NYM | @WAS, @NYY | |
131 | Logan Allen | CLE | HOU | |
132 | Martin Perez | BOS | KC | |
133 | Jorge Lopez | BAL | @LAA | |
134 | Griffin Jax | MIN | @CWS | |
135 | Zach Thompson | MIA | @ATL | |
136 | Justus Sheffield | SEA | @TOR | |
137 | Vladimir Gutierrez | CIN | SD | |
138 | Wil Crowe | PIT | MIL | |
139 | Jon Lester | WAS | TB | |
140 | Kris Bubic | KC | @BOS | |
141 | Tony Santillan | CIN | SD | |
142 | Jose Urena | DET | @CLE | |
143 | Paolo Espino | WAS | NYM, LAD | |
144 | Wily Peralta | DET | @CLE | |
145 | Michael Wacha | TB | @WAS | |
146 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | STL | |
147 | Wade LeBlanc | STL | ARI, @COL | |
148 | Tom Eshelman | BAL | @HOU, @LAA | |
149 | Sam Hentges | CLE | HOU | |
150 | Cody Poteet | MIA | @PHI | |
151 | Chad Kuhl | PIT | @COL | |
152 | Matt Harvey | BAL | @HOU | |
153 | Chase De Jong | PIT | @COL | |
154 | Johan Oviedo | STL | @COL | |
155 | Chi Chi Gonzalez | COL | STL |
American League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lucas Giolito | CWS | MIN, @DET | |
2 | Zack Greinke | HOU | BAL, @CLE | |
3 | Robbie Ray | TOR | SEA, TB | |
4 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | NYM | |
5 | Chris Bassitt | OAK | TEX | |
6 | Carlos Rodon | CWS | MIN | |
7 | Nick Pivetta | BOS | KC, @OAK | HR regression in full force, but 20 K in last 16.2 IP helping minimize damage |
8 | Kyle Gibson | TEX | @SEA | |
9 | James Kaprielian | OAK | TEX, BOS | |
10 | Hyun Jin Ryu | TOR | SEA | |
11 | Jameson Taillon | NYY | LAA, NYM | |
12 | Jose Urquidy | HOU | BAL | |
13 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | TEX | |
14 | Sean Manaea | OAK | TEX | |
15 | Yusei Kikuchi | SEA | @TOR | |
16 | Lance Lynn | CWS | MIN | In a rut but should snap out of it |
17 | Jose Berrios | MIN | @CWS | |
18 | Kenta Maeda | MIN | @CWS, @KC | |
19 | Luis Garcia | HOU | BAL | |
20 | Chris Flexen | SEA | @TOR, TEX | |
21 | Danny Duffy | KC | @BOS, MIN | Will he regain pre-injury form? |
22 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU | @CLE | |
23 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @CLE | |
24 | Dylan Cease | CWS | MIN, @DET | Still inconsistent |
25 | Nathan Eovaldi | BOS | KC | |
26 | Matt Manning | DET | @CLE, CWS | |
27 | Eduardo Rodriguez | BOS | @OAK | |
28 | Rich Hill | TB | @WAS, @TOR | |
29 | Jake Odorizzi | HOU | @CLE | |
30 | Mike Foltynewicz | TEX | @OAK, @SEA | |
31 | Jordan Montgomery | NYY | LAA | |
32 | Ross Stripling | TOR | TB | |
33 | Andrew Heaney | LAA | @NYY | |
34 | Alek Manoah | TOR | TB | |
35 | Alex Cobb | LAA | BAL | |
36 | Patrick Sandoval | LAA | BAL | |
37 | Shohei Ohtani | LAA | @NYY | |
38 | Frankie Montas | OAK | BOS | |
39 | Marco Gonzales | SEA | TEX | |
40 | Shane McClanahan | TB | @TOR | |
41 | Tarik Skubal | DET | CWS | |
42 | Mike Minor | KC | @BOS | |
43 | J.C. Mejia | CLE | DET, HOU | |
44 | Michael King | NYY | LAA, NYM | |
45 | Steven Matz | TOR | SEA | |
46 | Zac Lowther | BAL | @HOU | |
47 | Cole Irvin | OAK | BOS | |
48 | Ryan Yarbrough | TB | @TOR | |
49 | Domingo German | NYY | LAA | |
50 | Dylan Bundy | LAA | @NYY, BAL | Haven't been so wrong about a Bundy since I wasn't into Kelly growing up |
51 | Cal Quantrill | CLE | DET | |
52 | Kolby Allard | TEX | @OAK | |
53 | Dallas Keuchel | CWS | @DET | |
54 | Jordan Lyles | TEX | @SEA | |
55 | Dane Dunning | TEX | @OAK | |
56 | Casey Mize | DET | CWS | |
57 | AL Reliever | |||
58 | Brady Singer | KC | MIN | |
59 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @CWS, @KC | |
60 | Griffin Canning | LAA | @NYY | |
61 | Brad Keller | KC | @BOS, MIN | |
62 | Eli Morgan | CLE | DET, HOU | |
63 | Keegan Akin | BAL | @LAA | |
64 | J.A. Happ | MIN | @KC | |
65 | Garrett Richards | BOS | KC, @OAK | Simply cannot trust until he gets his head on straight |
66 | Logan Allen | CLE | HOU | |
67 | Martin Perez | BOS | KC | |
68 | Jorge Lopez | BAL | @LAA | |
69 | Griffin Jax | MIN | @CWS | |
70 | Justus Sheffield | SEA | @TOR | |
71 | Kris Bubic | KC | @BOS | |
72 | Jose Urena | DET | @CLE | |
73 | Wily Peralta | DET | @CLE | |
74 | Michael Wacha | TB | @WAS | |
75 | Tom Eshelman | BAL | @HOU, @LAA | |
76 | Sam Hentges | CLE | HOU | |
77 | Matt Harvey | BAL | @HOU |
National League
Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | CHC, @PIT | 5 HR allowed over last 19 IP |
2 | Trevor Bauer | LAD | SF, @WAS | Walks up but still ranking up punch outs |
3 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | @ATL | |
4 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | CHC, @PIT | |
5 | Charlie Morton | ATL | NYM, MIA | |
6 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | @MIL, @CIN | |
7 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | @PHI, @ATL | |
8 | Corbin Burnes | MIL | CHC | Spinning out of control? |
9 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | SD | |
10 | Joe Musgrove | SD | @CIN | Only 14 K in last 19.1 IP |
11 | Walker Buehler | LAD | SF | |
12 | Yu Darvish | SD | @PHI | |
13 | Aaron Nola | PHI | MIA | |
14 | Kevin Gausman | SF | @LAD | |
15 | Max Scherzer | WAS | LAD | |
16 | Anthony DeSclafani | SF | @LAD, @ARI | |
17 | Caleb Smith | ARI | @STL, SF | |
18 | Ian Anderson | ATL | MIA | |
19 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | @WAS | |
20 | Zac Gallen | ARI | SF | |
21 | Wade Miley | CIN | PHI, CHC | |
22 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | @ATL | |
23 | Sonny Gray | CIN | CHC | |
24 | Tyler Mahle | CIN | CHC | |
25 | German Marquez | COL | PIT, STL | |
26 | JT Brubaker | PIT | MIL | |
27 | Taijuan Walker | NYM | @ATL | |
28 | Blake Snell | SD | @CIN, @PHI | |
29 | Pablo Lopez | MIA | @PHI | |
30 | Joe Ross | WAS | TB, LAD | 2.25 ERA, .85 WHIP with 22 K in 20 IP over 3 GS |
31 | Zach Eflin | PHI | MIA | |
32 | Max Fried | ATL | NYM | |
33 | Zach Davies | CHC | @MIL, @CIN | |
34 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | SF | |
35 | Luis Castillo | CIN | SD | |
36 | Kyle Muller | ATL | MIA | |
37 | Kwang Hyun Kim | STL | ARI | |
38 | Julio Urias | LAD | @WAS | |
39 | David Peterson | NYM | @NYY | |
40 | Chris Paddack | SD | @CIN | |
41 | Vince Velasquez | PHI | MIA, SD | |
42 | Adbert Alzolay | CHC | @CIN | |
43 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | @WAS | |
44 | Max Kranick | PIT | MIL | |
45 | Ryan Weathers | SD | @PHI | |
46 | Marcus Stroman | NYM | @NYY | |
47 | Alex Wood | SF | @ARI | |
48 | Johnny Cueto | SF | @ARI | |
49 | Sammy Long | SF | @ARI | |
50 | NL Reliever | |||
51 | Adrian Houser | MIL | @PIT | |
52 | Adam Wainwright | STL | @COL | |
53 | Spencer Howard | PHI | @CIN, SD | |
54 | Patrick Corbin | WAS | LAD | |
55 | Eric Lauer | MIL | @PIT | |
56 | Drew Smyly | ATL | NYM | |
57 | Jake Faria | ARI | @STL, SF | |
58 | Jon Gray | COL | PIT | |
59 | Jake Arrieta | CHC | @MIL | |
60 | Tylor Megill | NYM | @ATL | |
61 | Tyler Anderson | PIT | @COL, MIL | |
62 | Carlos Martinez | STL | ARI, @COL | |
63 | Kyle Freeland | COL | PIT, STL | |
64 | Alex Young | ARI | @STL | |
65 | Jerad Eickhoff | NYM | @WAS, @NYY | |
66 | Zach Thompson | MIA | @ATL | |
67 | Vladimir Gutierrez | CIN | SD | |
68 | Wil Crowe | PIT | MIL | |
69 | Jon Lester | WAS | TB | |
70 | Tony Santillan | CIN | SD | |
71 | Paolo Espino | WAS | NYM, LAD | |
72 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | STL | |
73 | Wade LeBlanc | STL | ARI, @COL | |
74 | Cody Poteet | MIA | @PHI | |
75 | Chad Kuhl | PIT | @COL | |
76 | Chase De Jong | PIT | @COL | |
77 | Johan Oviedo | STL | @COL | |
78 | Chi Chi Gonzalez | COL | STL |