Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

Written by

Todd Zola

Published on May 10, 2025

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We're over a week into May, and scoring is lower than last month. However, BABIP is up, and it shouldn't be long before rising temperatures promote more homers - and therefore more scoring. It's fine to remain aggressive with pitching, but be ready to exert more caution.

As always, these rankings are based off the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions in that direction. I'm happy to address rankings queries below.

Please check out the update, generally posted late Sunday night/early Monday morning.

Week of May 12 - 18

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Michael King	SD	LAA, SEA	It's good to roster the king
2	Framber Valdez	HOU	KC, @TEX
3	Cole Ragans	KC	STL
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	PIT
5	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@BAL
6	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	STL, PIT	Appears to be over injury scare
7	Paul Skenes	PIT	@NYM, @PHI	K-rate down, could be by design to stay healthy
8	Jacob deGrom	TEX	HOU
9	Dylan Cease	SD	LAA	Walks still high, but finding his groove
10	Joe Ryan	MIN	@MIL
11	Max Fried	NYY	@SEA, NYM
12	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@SF, COL
13	Tarik Skubal	DET	BOS
14	Kodai Senga	NYM	PIT
15	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@CIN

As always, these rankings are based off the Probable Pitchers page, so please direct rotation questions in that direction. I'm happy to address rankings queries below.

Please check out the update, generally posted late Sunday night/early Monday morning.

Week of May 12 - 18

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Michael King	SD	LAA, SEA	It's good to roster the king
2	Framber Valdez	HOU	KC, @TEX
3	Cole Ragans	KC	STL
4	Zack Wheeler	PHI	PIT
5	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@BAL
6	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	STL, PIT	Appears to be over injury scare
7	Paul Skenes	PIT	@NYM, @PHI	K-rate down, could be by design to stay healthy
8	Jacob deGrom	TEX	HOU
9	Dylan Cease	SD	LAA	Walks still high, but finding his groove
10	Joe Ryan	MIN	@MIL
11	Max Fried	NYY	@SEA, NYM
12	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@SF, COL
13	Tarik Skubal	DET	BOS
14	Kodai Senga	NYM	PIT
15	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@CIN
16	Shane Baz	TB	@TOR, @MIA	3.72 xFIP and more road games say be patient
17	Zac Gallen	ARI	COL
18	Jack Flaherty	DET	@TOR
19	Michael Wacha	KC	@HOU, STL
20	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	ATH
21	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	STL
22	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@TOR
23	Reese Olson	DET	@TOR
24	Ranger Suarez	PHI	PIT
25	Corbin Burnes	ARI	COL
26	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@MIL
27	Tyler Mahle	TEX	COL, HOU
28	Clay Holmes	NYM	PIT
29	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	@CIN
30	Matthew Boyd	CHC	CWS
31	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	WAS, @BOS	In a rut, but 3.59 xFIP is a good sign he'll rebound soon
32	Nick Lodolo	CIN	CWS
33	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	LAA	Just a kid trying to make a name for himself	0%	0%
34	Nick Pivetta	SD	SEA
35	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	HOU
36	Grant Holmes	ATL	WAS, @BOS
37	Seth Lugo	KC	STL
38	Bryan Woo	SEA	NYY
39	Chris Sale	ATL	@BOS	Revenge game!
40	Ben Brown	CHC	MIA
41	Kevin Gausman	TOR	TB
42	Zack Littell	TB	@TOR		13%
43	Hunter Brown	HOU	KC
44	Logan Webb	SF	ATH
45	Garrett Crochet	BOS	ATL
46	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@CLE
47	Taj Bradley	TB	@MIA
48	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	LAA
49	Kris Bubic	KC	@HOU
50	Aaron Nola	PHI	STL
51	Roki Sasaki	LAD	ATH
52	Jordan Hicks	SF	ARI		39%
53	Dustin May	LAD	LAA
54	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	NYM
55	Jackson Jobe	DET	BOS, @TOR
56	Davis Martin	CWS	@CIN		0%	5%
57	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@MIA
58	David Peterson	NYM	PIT, @NYY
59	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	MIN
60	Bryce Miller	SEA	@SD
61	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	MIN
62	Bryse Wilson	CWS	@CIN		0%	0%
63	Dean Kremer	BAL	MIN		1%	49%
64	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@TEX
65	Zach Eflin	BAL	WAS
66	Bailey Ober	MIN	@BAL
67	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@PHI, @KC	Tough road pair, but merits a start
68	Cade Povich	BAL	MIN, WAS		24%
69	Landen Roupp	SF	ATH
70	Robbie Ray	SF	ARI
71	Tylor Megill	NYM	@NYY
72	Colin Rea	CHC	MIA, CWS
73	Jameson Taillon	CHC	MIA
74	Nick Martinez	CIN	CWS
75	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	WAS
76	Sonny Gray	STL	@PHI
77	Luis Castillo	SEA	NYY
78	Ben Lively	CLE	MIL, @CIN		2%
79	Jose Berrios	TOR	TB, DET
80	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@LAD, @SF
81	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@SF
82	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@BAL, @MIL		1%
83	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@HOU		10%
84	Luis Severino	ATH	@SF
85	Justin Verlander	SF	ARI, ATH
86	Chris Bassitt	TOR	TB
87	Tanner Houck	BOS	@DET, ATL
88	Jose Soriano	LAA	@SD
89	Edward Cabrera	MIA	TB		25%
90	Shane Smith	CWS	@CHC
91	Mix 12 Reliever
92	Tobias Myers	MIL	MIN
93	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@CIN, @CHC		1%	4%
94	Landon Knack	LAD	ATH		1%	16%
95	Jake Irvin	WAS	@ATL, @BAL		46%
96	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	TB
97	Brady Singer	CIN	CLE
98	Aaron Civale	MIL	MIN		2%	9%
99	Cade Horton	CHC	CWS		0%	0%
100	Kyle Freeland	COL	@TEX		2%	4%
101	Sean Burke	CWS	@CHC		14%
102	Mix 15 Reliever
103	Walker Buehler	BOS	@DET
104	Chase Dollander	COL	@TEX, @ARI		23%
105	Jack Leiter	TEX	COL, HOU
106	Ryan Yarbrough	NYY	@SEA		0%	0%
107	Lance McCullers	HOU	@TEX		8%	33%
108	Miles Mikolas	STL	@KC		6%
109	Carlos Rodon	NYY	NYM
110	Ryan Gusto	HOU	KC, @TEX		29%
111	Bowden Francis	TOR	DET
112	Gavin Williams	CLE	MIL
113	Will Warren	NYY	@SEA		36%
114	Mitch Keller	PIT	@NYM
115	Patrick Corbin	TEX	COL		2%	21%
116	Brayan Bello	BOS	@DET
117	Erick Fedde	STL	@PHI		34%
118	Michael Soroka	WAS	@ATL, @BAL		5%
119	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@PHI
120	Chris Paddack	MIN	@BAL		6%	46%
121	Max Meyer	MIA	TB
122	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@SD, @LAD
123	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@SF
124	Stephen Kolek	SD	SEA		0%	0%
125	Griffin Canning	NYM	@NYY
126	Andrew Abbott	CIN	CLE
127	JP Sears	ATH	@SF
128	Logan Evans	SEA	@SD		0%	0%
129	Andre Pallante	STL	@KC		3%
130	Bryce Elder	ATL	WAS		2%	30%
131	Lucas Giolito	BOS	ATL
132	Ryan Feltner	COL	@ARI		0%	0%
133	Emerson Hancock	SEA	NYY, @SD		0%
134	Randy Vasquez	SD	LAA		0%	18%
135	German Marquez	COL	@ARI		0%	0%
136	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	@PHI		0%	0%
137	Trevor Williams	WAS	@ATL		0%	12%
138	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@SD		0%	7%
139	Logan Allen	CLE	MIL		6%
140	Jose Quintana	MIL	@CLE
141	Keider Montero	DET	BOS		0%	0%
142	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@ATL		47%
143	Bailey Falter	PIT	@NYM		0%	4%
144	Valente Bellozo	MIA	@CHC		0%	0%
145	Quinn Priester	MIL	@CLE		2%	11%
146	Kyle Gibson	BAL	WAS		0%	0%
147	Chase Petty	CIN	CWS, CLE		0%	0%
148	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	@LAD		14%	35%
149	Cal Quantrill	MIA	@CHC		0%	0%
150	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@LAD
151	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@LAD		0%	5%
152	Jose Urena	TOR	DET		0%	0%
153	Ryan Weathers	MIA	@CHC		39%	35%
154	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@TEX		0%	0%
155	J.T. Ginn	ATH	@LAD		2%	7%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Framber Valdez	HOU	KC, @TEX
2	Cole Ragans	KC	STL
3	Jacob deGrom	TEX	HOU
4	Joe Ryan	MIN	@MIL
5	Max Fried	NYY	@SEA, NYM
6	Tarik Skubal	DET	BOS
7	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@CIN
8	Shane Baz	TB	@TOR, @MIA	3.72 xFIP and more road games say be patient
9	Jack Flaherty	DET	@TOR
10	Michael Wacha	KC	@HOU, STL
11	Ryan Pepiot	TB	@TOR
12	Reese Olson	DET	@TOR
13	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@MIL
14	Tyler Mahle	TEX	COL, HOU
15	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	@CIN
16	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	HOU
17	Seth Lugo	KC	STL
18	Bryan Woo	SEA	NYY
19	Kevin Gausman	TOR	TB
20	Zack Littell	TB	@TOR
21	Hunter Brown	HOU	KC
22	Garrett Crochet	BOS	ATL
23	Taj Bradley	TB	@MIA
24	Kris Bubic	KC	@HOU
25	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	NYM
26	Jackson Jobe	DET	BOS, @TOR
27	Davis Martin	CWS	@CIN
28	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@MIA
29	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	MIN
30	Bryce Miller	SEA	@SD
31	Bryse Wilson	CWS	@CIN
32	Dean Kremer	BAL	MIN
33	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@TEX
34	Zach Eflin	BAL	WAS
35	Bailey Ober	MIN	@BAL
36	Cade Povich	BAL	MIN, WAS
37	Luis Castillo	SEA	NYY
38	Ben Lively	CLE	MIL, @CIN
39	Jose Berrios	TOR	TB, DET
40	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@LAD, @SF
41	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@BAL, @MIL
42	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@HOU
43	Luis Severino	ATH	@SF
44	Chris Bassitt	TOR	TB
45	Tanner Houck	BOS	@DET, ATL
46	Jose Soriano	LAA	@SD
47	Shane Smith	CWS	@CHC
48	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@CIN, @CHC
49	Sean Burke	CWS	@CHC
50	Walker Buehler	BOS	@DET
51	Jack Leiter	TEX	COL, HOU
52	Ryan Yarbrough	NYY	@SEA
53	Lance McCullers	HOU	@TEX
54	Carlos Rodon	NYY	NYM
55	Ryan Gusto	HOU	KC, @TEX
56	Bowden Francis	TOR	DET
57	Gavin Williams	CLE	MIL
58	Will Warren	NYY	@SEA
59	Patrick Corbin	TEX	COL
60	Brayan Bello	BOS	@DET
61	Chris Paddack	MIN	@BAL
62	AL Reliever
63	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@SD, @LAD
64	JP Sears	ATH	@SF
65	Logan Evans	SEA	@SD
66	Lucas Giolito	BOS	ATL
67	Emerson Hancock	SEA	NYY, @SD
68	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@SD
69	Logan Allen	CLE	MIL
70	Keider Montero	DET	BOS
71	Kyle Gibson	BAL	WAS
72	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	@LAD
73	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@LAD
74	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@LAD
75	Jose Urena	TOR	DET
76	J.T. Ginn	ATH	@LAD

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Michael King	SD	LAA, SEA	It's good to roster the king
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	PIT
3	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@BAL
4	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	STL, PIT	Appears to be over injury scare
5	Paul Skenes	PIT	@NYM, @PHI	K-rate down, could be by design to stay healthy
6	Dylan Cease	SD	LAA	Walks still high, but finding his groove
7	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@SF, COL
8	Kodai Senga	NYM	PIT
9	Zac Gallen	ARI	COL
10	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	ATH
11	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	STL
12	Ranger Suarez	PHI	PIT
13	Corbin Burnes	ARI	COL
14	Clay Holmes	NYM	PIT
15	Matthew Boyd	CHC	CWS
16	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	WAS, @BOS	In a rut, but 3.59 xFIP is a good sign he'll rebound soon
17	Nick Lodolo	CIN	CWS
18	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	LAA	Just a kid trying to make a name for himself
19	Nick Pivetta	SD	SEA
20	Grant Holmes	ATL	WAS, @BOS
21	Chris Sale	ATL	@BOS	Revenge game!
22	Ben Brown	CHC	MIA
23	Logan Webb	SF	ATH
24	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@CLE
25	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	LAA
26	Aaron Nola	PHI	STL
27	Roki Sasaki	LAD	ATH
28	Jordan Hicks	SF	ARI
29	Dustin May	LAD	LAA
30	David Peterson	NYM	PIT, @NYY
31	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	MIN
32	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@PHI, @KC	Tough road pair, but merits a start
33	Landen Roupp	SF	ATH
34	Robbie Ray	SF	ARI
35	Tylor Megill	NYM	@NYY
36	Colin Rea	CHC	MIA, CWS
37	Jameson Taillon	CHC	MIA
38	Nick Martinez	CIN	CWS
39	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	WAS
40	Sonny Gray	STL	@PHI
41	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@SF
42	Justin Verlander	SF	ARI, ATH
43	Edward Cabrera	MIA	TB
44	Tobias Myers	MIL	MIN
45	Landon Knack	LAD	ATH
46	Jake Irvin	WAS	@ATL, @BAL
47	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	TB
48	Brady Singer	CIN	CLE
49	Aaron Civale	MIL	MIN
50	Cade Horton	CHC	CWS
51	Kyle Freeland	COL	@TEX
52	Chase Dollander	COL	@TEX, @ARI
53	Miles Mikolas	STL	@KC
54	Mitch Keller	PIT	@NYM
55	Erick Fedde	STL	@PHI
56	Michael Soroka	WAS	@ATL, @BAL
57	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@PHI
58	NL Reliever
59	Max Meyer	MIA	TB
60	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@SF
61	Stephen Kolek	SD	SEA
62	Griffin Canning	NYM	@NYY
63	Andrew Abbott	CIN	CLE
64	Andre Pallante	STL	@KC
65	Bryce Elder	ATL	WAS
66	Ryan Feltner	COL	@ARI
67	Randy Vasquez	SD	LAA
68	German Marquez	COL	@ARI
69	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	@PHI
70	Trevor Williams	WAS	@ATL
71	Jose Quintana	MIL	@CLE
72	Mitchell Parker	WAS	@ATL
73	Bailey Falter	PIT	@NYM
74	Valente Bellozo	MIA	@CHC
75	Quinn Priester	MIL	@CLE
76	Chase Petty	CIN	CWS, CLE
77	Cal Quantrill	MIA	@CHC
78	Ryan Weathers	MIA	@CHC
79	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@TEX