This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
April showers bring... May showers. As if injuries weren't enough, rain continues to wreak havoc with rotations. Double dips get changed to single scoops, leaving fantasy managers without their just desserts. Be wary of starting a lesser two-start pitcher if his weekend start is in an area subject to rain.
The silver lining is our Probable Pitchers crew is the best in the business, which is why I adhere to their schedule for the rankings and always update on Sunday night based on the changes (often due to the weather).
UPDATED: Monday March 5, 1:00 AM ET
Week of May 5 - 11
Mixed League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Sale | ATL | CIN, @PIT | |
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | CWS, BOS | Assuming fully recovered from left groin strain |
| 3 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @TB, @CLE | |
| 4 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @COL | |
| 5 | Seth Lugo | KC | CWS, BOS | Time to admit, he's really good |
| 6 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @DET | 20 K, 1 BB over last 18.1 IP |
| 7 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | SD, @ATH | |
| 8 | Nick Pivetta | SD | @NYY, @COL | Only 2 HR allowed in 35 IP |
| 9 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @BOS, @DET | |
| 10 | Zac Gallen | ARI | NYM, LAD | |
| 11 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | BAL, SF | |
| 12 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | @KC | |
| 13 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @STL | |
| 14 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @ATH, TOR | |
| 15 | Kris Bubic | KC | CWS | |
| 16 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @MIL | |
| 17 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @ARI | |
| 18 | Hunter Brown | HOU |
April showers bring... May showers. As if injuries weren't enough, rain continues to wreak havoc with rotations. Double dips get changed to single scoops, leaving fantasy managers without their just desserts. Be wary of starting a lesser two-start pitcher if his weekend start is in an area subject to rain.
The silver lining is our Probable Pitchers crew is the best in the business, which is why I adhere to their schedule for the rankings and always update on Sunday night based on the changes (often due to the weather).
UPDATED: Monday March 5, 1:00 AM ET
Week of May 5 - 11
Mixed League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Sale | ATL | CIN, @PIT | |
| 2 | Cole Ragans | KC | CWS, BOS | Assuming fully recovered from left groin strain |
| 3 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @TB, @CLE | |
| 4 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @COL | |
| 5 | Seth Lugo | KC | CWS, BOS | Time to admit, he's really good |
| 6 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @DET | 20 K, 1 BB over last 18.1 IP |
| 7 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | SD, @ATH | |
| 8 | Nick Pivetta | SD | @NYY, @COL | Only 2 HR allowed in 35 IP |
| 9 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @BOS, @DET | |
| 10 | Zac Gallen | ARI | NYM, LAD | |
| 11 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | BAL, SF | |
| 12 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | @KC | |
| 13 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @STL | |
| 14 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @ATH, TOR | |
| 15 | Kris Bubic | KC | CWS | |
| 16 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @MIL | |
| 17 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @ARI | |
| 18 | Hunter Brown | HOU | CIN | Recovered after allowing a three-spot in the first last time, sign of an ace |
| 19 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @MIL, CIN | |
| 20 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | @TB | |
| 21 | Michael Wacha | KC | CWS | |
| 22 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | SF, @NYM | |
| 23 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | PHI, MIL | |
| 24 | Spencer Schwellenbach | ATL | CIN | |
| 25 | Jack Flaherty | DET | TEX | |
| 26 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @TB | |
| 27 | Max Fried | NYY | SD | |
| 28 | Sonny Gray | STL | PIT | |
| 29 | Hunter Greene | CIN | @ATL | |
| 30 | Dylan Cease | SD | @NYY | Tough spot to right the ship |
| 31 | Reese Olson | DET | TEX | |
| 32 | Bailey Ober | MIN | SF | |
| 33 | Michael King | SD | @NYY | |
| 34 | Grant Holmes | ATL | CIN | |
| 35 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | NYM | |
| 36 | Shane Smith | CWS | @KC, MIA | |
| 37 | Ben Brown | CHC | SF | |
| 38 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | @ARI | |
| 39 | Joe Ryan | MIN | BAL | |
| 40 | Logan Webb | SF | @MIN | |
| 41 | Tanner Houck | BOS | TEX | |
| 42 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | @ATL | |
| 43 | Luis Severino | ATH | SEA, NYY | |
| 44 | Jackson Jobe | DET | @COL, TEX | |
| 45 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | PHI | |
| 46 | Kodai Senga | NYM | @ARI | |
| 47 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @ATH | |
| 48 | Sean Burke | CWS | @KC, MIA | |
| 49 | Luis Castillo | SEA | TOR | |
| 50 | AJ Smith-Shawver | ATL | CIN, @PIT | |
| 51 | Edward Cabrera | MIA | @CWS | |
| 52 | Freddy Peralta | MIL | @TB | |
| 53 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @SEA | |
| 54 | Brady Singer | CIN | @ATL, @HOU | |
| 55 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | @LAA | |
| 56 | Lucas Giolito | BOS | TEX, @KC | |
| 57 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @NYM | |
| 58 | Cade Povich | BAL | @MIN, @LAA | |
| 59 | Tyler Mahle | TEX | @BOS | |
| 60 | Tylor Megill | NYM | CHC | |
| 61 | Landen Roupp | SF | @CHC, @MIN | |
| 62 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @LAA | |
| 63 | Corbin Burnes | ARI | LAD | K-rate still in freefall |
| 64 | David Peterson | NYM | @ARI | |
| 65 | MacKenzie Gore | WAS | STL | |
| 66 | Nick Martinez | CIN | @HOU | |
| 67 | Tony Gonsolin | LAD | @MIA | |
| 68 | Miles Mikolas | STL | PIT, @WAS | |
| 69 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | PHI | |
| 70 | Ben Casparius | LAD | @MIA, @ARI | |
| 71 | Max Meyer | MIA | @CWS | |
| 72 | Jake Irvin | WAS | CLE | |
| 73 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | LAD, @CWS | |
| 74 | Clay Holmes | NYM | CHC | |
| 75 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | PIT | |
| 76 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @LAA | |
| 77 | Brayan Bello | BOS | TEX | |
| 78 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @NYM | |
| 79 | Ranger Suarez | PHI | @CLE | |
| 80 | Davis Martin | CWS | @KC | |
| 81 | Jose Quintana | MIL | @TB | |
| 82 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | SEA | |
| 83 | Shane Baz | TB | PHI | |
| 84 | Bowden Francis | TOR | @SEA | |
| 85 | Jose Soriano | LAA | TOR | |
| 86 | Griffin Canning | NYM | @ARI, CHC | |
| 87 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | SD | |
| 88 | Hunter Dobbins | BOS | @KC | |
| 89 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | LAD | |
| 90 | Erick Fedde | STL | @WAS | |
| 91 | Lance McCullers | HOU | CIN | |
| 92 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||
| 93 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @MIN | |
| 94 | Andrew Heaney | PIT | ATL | |
| 95 | Tobias Myers | MIL | HOU, @TB | |
| 96 | Logan Evans | SEA | TOR | |
| 97 | Gavin Williams | CLE | PHI | |
| 98 | Taj Bradley | TB | MIL | |
| 99 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @ATL, @HOU | |
| 100 | Chad Patrick | MIL | HOU | |
| 101 | Jordan Hicks | SF | @MIN | |
| 102 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | LAD | |
| 103 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||
| 104 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @CLE | |
| 105 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | TOR, BAL | |
| 106 | Landon Knack | LAD | @MIA | |
| 107 | Mitch Keller | PIT | @STL | |
| 108 | Luis L. Ortiz | CLE | @WAS, PHI | |
| 109 | Colin Rea | CHC | SF | |
| 110 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | NYM | |
| 111 | Dustin May | LAD | @ARI | |
| 112 | Mitchell Parker | WAS | STL | |
| 113 | Chris Paddack | MIN | SF | |
| 114 | Logan Allen | CLE | @WAS | |
| 115 | Zack Littell | TB | MIL | |
| 116 | Casey Mize | DET | @COL | |
| 117 | Brad Lord | WAS | CLE | |
| 118 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @KC | |
| 119 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | BAL | |
| 120 | Eric Lauer | TOR | @LAA, @SEA | |
| 121 | Andre Pallante | STL | @WAS | |
| 122 | Ben Lively | CLE | @WAS | |
| 123 | Bailey Falter | PIT | ATL | |
| 124 | Gunnar Hoglund | ATH | SEA | |
| 125 | Kyle Gibson | BAL | @LAA | |
| 126 | Trevor Williams | WAS | STL | |
| 127 | Justin Verlander | SF | @CHC | |
| 128 | Stephen Kolek | SD | @COL | |
| 129 | Robbie Ray | SF | @CHC | |
| 130 | Michael Soroka | WAS | CLE | |
| 131 | Osvaldo Bido | ATH | NYY | |
| 132 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | TOR | |
| 133 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @BOS | |
| 134 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @PIT | |
| 135 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | BOS | |
| 136 | Carlos Carrasco | NYY | @ATH | |
| 137 | Bryse Wilson | CWS | MIA | |
| 138 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | BAL | |
| 139 | Hayden Wesneski | HOU | @MIL | |
| 140 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | @STL, ATL | |
| 141 | Will Warren | NYY | @ATH | |
| 142 | Quinn Priester | MIL | HOU | |
| 143 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | @ATH | |
| 144 | Charlie Morton | BAL | @MIN | |
| 145 | JP Sears | ATH | NYY | |
| 146 | Chase Dollander | COL | DET, SD | |
| 147 | Valente Bellozo | MIA | LAD | |
| 148 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | BAL | |
| 149 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | @DET | |
| 150 | Cal Quantrill | MIA | LAD | |
| 151 | Kyle Freeland | COL | DET | |
| 152 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @COL | |
| 153 | German Marquez | COL | SD | |
| 154 | Antonio Senzatela | COL | DET | |
| 155 | Bradley Blalock | COL | SD |
American League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole Ragans | KC | CWS, BOS | Assuming fully recovered from left groin strain |
| 2 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @COL | |
| 3 | Seth Lugo | KC | CWS, BOS | Time to admit, he's really good |
| 4 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @DET | 20 K, 1 BB over last 18.1 IP |
| 5 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | SD, @ATH | |
| 6 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @BOS, @DET | |
| 7 | Pablo Lopez | MIN | BAL, SF | |
| 8 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | @KC | |
| 9 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @ATH, TOR | |
| 10 | Kris Bubic | KC | CWS | |
| 11 | Framber Valdez | HOU | @MIL | |
| 12 | Hunter Brown | HOU | CIN | Recovered after allowing a three-spot in the first last time, sign of an ace |
| 13 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @MIL, CIN | |
| 14 | Michael Wacha | KC | CWS | |
| 15 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | PHI, MIL | |
| 16 | Jack Flaherty | DET | TEX | |
| 17 | Max Fried | NYY | SD | |
| 18 | Reese Olson | DET | TEX | |
| 19 | Bailey Ober | MIN | SF | |
| 20 | Shane Smith | CWS | @KC, MIA | |
| 21 | Joe Ryan | MIN | BAL | |
| 22 | Tanner Houck | BOS | TEX | |
| 23 | Luis Severino | ATH | SEA, NYY | |
| 24 | Jackson Jobe | DET | @COL, TEX | |
| 25 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | PHI | |
| 26 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @ATH | |
| 27 | Sean Burke | CWS | @KC, MIA | |
| 28 | Luis Castillo | SEA | TOR | |
| 29 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | @SEA | |
| 30 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | @LAA | |
| 31 | Lucas Giolito | BOS | TEX, @KC | |
| 32 | Cade Povich | BAL | @MIN, @LAA | |
| 33 | Tyler Mahle | TEX | @BOS | |
| 34 | Jose Berrios | TOR | @LAA | |
| 35 | Ryan Pepiot | TB | PHI | |
| 36 | Chris Bassitt | TOR | @LAA | |
| 37 | Brayan Bello | BOS | TEX | |
| 38 | Davis Martin | CWS | @KC | |
| 39 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | SEA | |
| 40 | Shane Baz | TB | PHI | |
| 41 | Bowden Francis | TOR | @SEA | |
| 42 | Jose Soriano | LAA | TOR | |
| 43 | Clarke Schmidt | NYY | SD | |
| 44 | Hunter Dobbins | BOS | @KC | |
| 45 | Lance McCullers | HOU | CIN | |
| 46 | Dean Kremer | BAL | @MIN | |
| 47 | Logan Evans | SEA | TOR | |
| 48 | Gavin Williams | CLE | PHI | |
| 49 | Taj Bradley | TB | MIL | |
| 50 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | TOR, BAL | |
| 51 | Luis L. Ortiz | CLE | @WAS, PHI | |
| 52 | Chris Paddack | MIN | SF | |
| 53 | Logan Allen | CLE | @WAS | |
| 54 | Zack Littell | TB | MIL | |
| 55 | AL Reliever | |||
| 56 | Casey Mize | DET | @COL | |
| 57 | Jonathan Cannon | CWS | @KC | |
| 58 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | BAL | |
| 59 | Eric Lauer | TOR | @LAA, @SEA | |
| 60 | Ben Lively | CLE | @WAS | |
| 61 | Gunnar Hoglund | ATH | SEA | |
| 62 | Kyle Gibson | BAL | @LAA | |
| 63 | Osvaldo Bido | ATH | NYY | |
| 64 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | TOR | |
| 65 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @BOS | |
| 66 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | BOS | |
| 67 | Carlos Carrasco | NYY | @ATH | |
| 68 | Bryse Wilson | CWS | MIA | |
| 69 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | BAL | |
| 70 | Hayden Wesneski | HOU | @MIL | |
| 71 | Will Warren | NYY | @ATH | |
| 72 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | @ATH | |
| 73 | Charlie Morton | BAL | @MIN | |
| 74 | JP Sears | ATH | NYY | |
| 75 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | BAL | |
| 76 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | @DET |
