Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

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Todd Zola

Published on June 14, 2025

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A piece published in The Athletic last week showed fly balls aren't traveling as far as usual. Here's some specific Statcast data:

Year	AEV (mph)	HardHit%	BABIP	Ave Distance
2021	92.3	44.9%	0.125	319.1
2022	91.9	43.2%	0.125	315.7
2023	92.2	44.3%	0.118	317.4
2024	92.1	43.7%	0.117	315.6
2025	92.7	45.8%	0.114	314.9

Batters are hitting fly balls harder than the past several seasons, but they aren't getting the same carry. This could be due to the colder-than-usual conditions, yet there's also evidence the seams are wider and that could influence drag (i.e. wind resistance).

Home runs are predictably down. The main takeaway for fantasy purposes is until carry picks up, don't be as fearful streaming in homer-friendly ballparks or worry about high fly ball rates.

This is the time I usually request that rotation questions be addressed to the Probable Pitchers discussion, but it's no longer available so I'll accept rotation queries. And if I don't know the answer, I'll hit up the crew setting them for their input. I'll always know the answer to ranking questions, so please continue to drop those below.

As always, these are preliminary; the final version will be posted around 1 AM ET Monday morning.

Week of June 16 - 22

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	PIT
2	Paul Skenes	PIT	@DET
3	Kris Bubic	KC	@TEX, @SD	Walks edging up
4	Framber Valdez	HOU	@ATH

A piece published in The Athletic last week showed fly balls aren't traveling as far as usual. Here's some specific Statcast data:

Year	AEV (mph)	HardHit%	BABIP	Ave Distance
2021	92.3	44.9%	0.125	319.1
2022	91.9	43.2%	0.125	315.7
2023	92.2	44.3%	0.118	317.4
2024	92.1	43.7%	0.117	315.6
2025	92.7	45.8%	0.114	314.9

Home runs are predictably down. The main takeaway for fantasy purposes is until carry picks up, don't be as fearful streaming in homer-friendly ballparks or worry about high fly ball rates.

As always, these are preliminary; the final version will be posted around 1 AM ET Monday morning.

Week of June 16 - 22

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	PIT
2	Paul Skenes	PIT	@DET
3	Kris Bubic	KC	@TEX, @SD	Walks edging up
4	Framber Valdez	HOU	@ATH
5	Andrew Abbott	CIN	MIN, @STL	A little over his skis, but breakthrough is for real
6	Dylan Cease	SD	@LAD, KC
7	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@SEA
8	Chris Sale	ATL	@MIA
9	Max Fried	NYY	BAL
10	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	LAA, BAL	Deserves to be on the All-Star team
11	Logan Gilbert	SEA	BOS, @CHC
12	Ryan Pepiot	TB	BAL, DET
13	Zack Wheeler	PHI	NYM
14	Jacob deGrom	TEX	KC
15	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@PIT
16	Drew Rasmussen	TB	BAL
17	Joe Ryan	MIN	MIL
18	Robbie Ray	SF	CLE, BOS	We're getting the Dr. Jekyll version
19	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	NYM
20	Shane Smith	CWS	STL, @TOR	Most Rule 5 pitchers spend the season in mop-up, not challenging for ROY
21	Matthew Boyd	CHC	SEA
22	Jack Flaherty	DET	@TB
23	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SD	Padres roughed him up a bit last week
24	Carlos Rodon	NYY	LAA
25	Bailey Ober	MIN	@CIN	This is about the time he went on his stellar run last season
26	Chris Paddack	MIN	@CIN	I admit, I was wr… I was wro… I was wrong
27	Zach Eflin	BAL	@TB, @NYY
28	Chris Bassitt	TOR	ARI, CWS
29	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@COL
30	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@PIT	Regression kicking in
31	Kevin Gausman	TOR	ARI
32	David Peterson	NYM	@ATL, @PHI	Solid ranking considering tough road pair
33	Hunter Brown	HOU	@LAA
34	Spencer Strider	ATL	@MIA
35	Ben Brown	CHC	MIL	Changeup usage up to between 8-10 percent
36	Logan Webb	SF	BOS
37	Lance McCullers	HOU	@ATH, @LAA
38	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@MIA
39	Shota Imanaga	CHC	MIL
40	Zac Gallen	ARI	@COL
41	Michael Wacha	KC	@TEX
42	Bryan Woo	SEA	BOS
43	Seth Lugo	KC	@TEX
44	David Festa	MIN	@CIN, MIL	Enough hype, let's see some results	41%
45	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@MIA, NYM	Great call by 56 percent of managers starting him in NFBC last week
46	Nick Lodolo	CIN	MIN
47	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@TOR		30%
48	Andre Pallante	STL	CIN		4%
49	Nick Pivetta	SD	KC	Still solid, but has returned to earth
50	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@ATH
51	Grant Holmes	ATL	NYM, @MIA
52	Sonny Gray	STL	@CWS
53	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@MIA
54	Jameson Taillon	CHC	MIL
55	Miles Mikolas	STL	CIN		8%
56	Cade Horton	CHC	SEA		0%	0%
57	Landen Roupp	SF	BOS
58	Gavin Williams	CLE	@SF
59	Casey Mize	DET	PIT, @TB	Nice pair to snap out of funk
60	Jose Soriano	LAA	@NYY, HOU
61	Adrian Houser	CWS	@TOR		0%	0%
62	Taj Bradley	TB	BAL
63	Jose Berrios	TOR	CWS
64	Noah Cameron	KC	@SD		0%	0%
65	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	PHI, ATL	Great test to learn if recent uptick was from facing PIT and COL
66	Hayden Birdsong	SF	CLE
67	Zack Littell	TB	BAL, DET
68	Jack Leiter	TEX	KC, @PIT
69	Mitch Keller	PIT	TEX
70	Aaron Civale	CWS	@TOR	New team, same mediocrity	21%
71	Dustin May	LAD	WAS
72	Tylor Megill	NYM	@PHI
73	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	WAS		0%	0%
74	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@TOR, @COL
75	Ben Casparius	LAD	SD, WAS		36%
76	Walker Buehler	BOS	@SEA
77	Edward Cabrera	MIA	PHI
78	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@TOR		33%
79	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@SEA, @SF		47%
80	Ryan Yarbrough	NYY	LAA		0%	0%
81	Shane Baz	TB	DET
82	Luis Severino	ATH	HOU
83	Michael Soroka	WAS	COL, @LAD		44%
84	Patrick Corbin	TEX	KC		6%
85	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@LAD
86	Luis Castillo	SEA	BOS
87	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	@TB
88	Dean Kremer	BAL	@TB, @NYY		5%
89	Mitchell Parker	WAS	COL		13%
90	Clay Holmes	NYM	@ATL
91	Erick Fedde	STL	@CWS		49%
92	Nick Martinez	CIN	MIN
93	Bailey Falter	PIT	@DET, TEX		10%
94	Trevor Williams	WAS	COL		0%	9%
95	Mix 12 Reliever
96	Mitch Spence	ATH	HOU		0%	14%
97	Brayan Bello	BOS	@SF
98	George Kirby	SEA	@CHC
99	Jose Quintana	MIL	@MIN		22%
100	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	CLE
101	Bowden Francis	TOR	CWS		25%	42%
102	Keider Montero	DET	PIT		0%	5%
103	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CWS, CIN
104	Jake Irvin	WAS	COL, @LAD		33%
105	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@CHC
106	Mix 15 Reliever
107	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	HOU
108	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	@ATH
109	Chad Patrick	MIL	@CHC, @MIN
110	Griffin Canning	NYM	@PHI
111	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	SD		3%
112	Hunter Dobbins	BOS	@SF		0%	0%
113	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	MIL		4%	25%
114	Charlie Morton	BAL	@TB		17%
115	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@SD		27%
116	Brady Singer	CIN	@STL
117	Colton Gordon	HOU	@ATH		0%	0%
118	Sean Burke	CWS	STL		5%
119	Will Warren	NYY	LAA, BAL
120	Colin Rea	CHC	SEA		22%
121	Mick Abel	PHI	@MIA, NYM		0%	0%
122	Wade Miley	CIN	@STL		0%	0%
123	Eury Perez	MIA	ATL		4%	4%
124	Davis Martin	CWS	STL		2%	32%
125	Logan Allen	CLE	@SF		3%	30%
126	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET	@TB		0%	0%
127	Bryce Elder	ATL	NYM
128	Quinn Priester	MIL	@MIN		4%
129	Brandon Walter	HOU	@LAA		0%	0%
130	Slade Cecconi	CLE	@SF, @ATH		0%	0%
131	Justin Verlander	SF	CLE		24%
132	Ryan Gusto	HOU	@ATH		6%	46%
133	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	@CHC		0%	0%
134	J.T. Ginn	ATH	HOU, CLE		3%	26%
135	Stephen Kolek	SD	@LAD		13%
136	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@NYY, HOU		0%	0%
137	Kyle Freeland	COL	@WAS, ARI		0%	4%
138	Valente Bellozo	MIA	PHI		0%	0%
139	JP Sears	ATH	HOU, CLE		21%
140	Chase Dollander	COL	@WAS		5%	19%
141	Eric Lauer	TOR	ARI		0%	0%
142	German Marquez	COL	@WAS		0%	0%
143	Cal Quantrill	MIA	PHI		3%	19%
144	Mike Burrows	PIT	TEX		0%	0%
145	Paul Blackburn	NYM	@ATL		0%	0%
146	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@NYY		0%	2%
147	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@CHC		0%	35%
148	Randy Vasquez	SD	@LAD, KC		3%	26%
149	Janson Junk	MIA	ATL		0%	0%
150	Cade Povich	BAL	@NYY		46%
151	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@DET
152	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@NYY		29%
153	Ryan Bergert	SD	@LAD		0%	0%
154	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@WAS, ARI		0%	0%
155	Austin Gomber	COL	ARI		0%	0%
156	Matt Sauer	LAD	SD		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tarik Skubal	DET	PIT
2	Kris Bubic	KC	@TEX, @SD	Walks edging up
3	Framber Valdez	HOU	@ATH
4	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@SEA
5	Max Fried	NYY	BAL
6	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	LAA, BAL	Deserves to be on the All-Star team
7	Logan Gilbert	SEA	BOS, @CHC
8	Ryan Pepiot	TB	BAL, DET
9	Jacob deGrom	TEX	KC
10	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@PIT
11	Drew Rasmussen	TB	BAL
12	Joe Ryan	MIN	MIL
13	Shane Smith	CWS	STL, @TOR	Most Rule 5 pitchers spend the season in mop-up, not challenging for ROY
14	Jack Flaherty	DET	@TB
15	Carlos Rodon	NYY	LAA
16	Bailey Ober	MIN	@CIN	This is about the time he went on his stellar run last season
17	Chris Paddack	MIN	@CIN	I admit, I was wr… I was wro… I was wrong
18	Zach Eflin	BAL	@TB, @NYY
19	Chris Bassitt	TOR	ARI, CWS
20	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@PIT	Regression kicking in
21	Kevin Gausman	TOR	ARI
22	Hunter Brown	HOU	@LAA
23	Lance McCullers	HOU	@ATH, @LAA
24	Michael Wacha	KC	@TEX
25	Bryan Woo	SEA	BOS
26	Seth Lugo	KC	@TEX
27	David Festa	MIN	@CIN, MIL	Enough hype, let's see some results
28	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@ATH
29	Gavin Williams	CLE	@SF
30	Casey Mize	DET	PIT, @TB	Nice pair to snap out of funk
31	Jose Soriano	LAA	@NYY, HOU
32	Adrian Houser	CWS	@TOR
33	Taj Bradley	TB	BAL
34	Jose Berrios	TOR	CWS
35	Noah Cameron	KC	@SD
36	Zack Littell	TB	BAL, DET
37	Jack Leiter	TEX	KC, @PIT
38	Aaron Civale	CWS	@TOR	New team, same mediocrity
39	Walker Buehler	BOS	@SEA
40	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@SEA, @SF
41	Ryan Yarbrough	NYY	LAA
42	Shane Baz	TB	DET
43	Luis Severino	ATH	HOU
44	Patrick Corbin	TEX	KC
45	Luis Castillo	SEA	BOS
46	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	@TB
47	Dean Kremer	BAL	@TB, @NYY
48	Mitch Spence	ATH	HOU
49	Brayan Bello	BOS	@SF
50	George Kirby	SEA	@CHC
51	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	CLE
52	Bowden Francis	TOR	CWS
53	Keider Montero	DET	PIT
54	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	HOU
55	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	@ATH
56	Hunter Dobbins	BOS	@SF
57	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	MIL
58	Charlie Morton	BAL	@TB
59	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@SD
60	Colton Gordon	HOU	@ATH
61	Sean Burke	CWS	STL
62	Will Warren	NYY	LAA, BAL
63	AL Reliever
64	Davis Martin	CWS	STL
65	Logan Allen	CLE	@SF
66	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET	@TB
67	Brandon Walter	HOU	@LAA
68	Slade Cecconi	CLE	@SF, @ATH
69	Ryan Gusto	HOU	@ATH
70	J.T. Ginn	ATH	HOU, CLE
71	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@NYY, HOU
72	JP Sears	ATH	HOU, CLE
73	Eric Lauer	TOR	ARI
74	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@NYY
75	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@CHC
76	Cade Povich	BAL	@NYY
77	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@NYY

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Paul Skenes	PIT	@DET
2	Andrew Abbott	CIN	MIN, @STL	A little over his skis, but break though is for real
3	Dylan Cease	SD	@LAD, KC
4	Chris Sale	ATL	@MIA
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	NYM
6	Robbie Ray	SF	CLE, BOS	We're getting the Dr. Jekyll version
7	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	NYM
8	Matthew Boyd	CHC	SEA
9	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SD	Padres roughed him up a bit last week
10	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@COL
11	David Peterson	NYM	@ATL, @PHI	Solid ranking considering tough road pair
12	Spencer Strider	ATL	@MIA
13	Ben Brown	CHC	MIL	Changeup usage up to between 8-10 percent
14	Logan Webb	SF	BOS
15	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@MIA
16	Shota Imanaga	CHC	MIL
17	Zac Gallen	ARI	@COL
18	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@MIA, NYM	Great call by 56 percent of managers starting him in NFBC last week
19	Nick Lodolo	CIN	MIN
20	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@TOR
21	Andre Pallante	STL	CIN
22	Nick Pivetta	SD	KC	Still solid, but has returned to earth
23	Grant Holmes	ATL	NYM, @MIA
24	Sonny Gray	STL	@CWS
25	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@MIA
26	Jameson Taillon	CHC	MIL
27	Miles Mikolas	STL	CIN
28	Cade Horton	CHC	SEA
29	Landen Roupp	SF	BOS
30	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	PHI, ATL	Great test to learn if recent uptick was from facing PIT and COL
31	Hayden Birdsong	SF	CLE
32	Mitch Keller	PIT	TEX
33	Dustin May	LAD	WAS
34	Tylor Megill	NYM	@PHI
35	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	WAS
36	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@TOR, @COL
37	Ben Casparius	LAD	SD, WAS
38	Edward Cabrera	MIA	PHI
39	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@TOR
40	Michael Soroka	WAS	COL, @LAD
41	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@LAD
42	Mitchell Parker	WAS	COL
43	Clay Holmes	NYM	@ATL
44	Erick Fedde	STL	@CWS
45	Nick Martinez	CIN	MIN
46	Bailey Falter	PIT	@DET, TEX
47	Trevor Williams	WAS	COL
48	Jose Quintana	MIL	@MIN
49	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CWS, CIN
50	Jake Irvin	WAS	COL, @LAD
51	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@CHC
52	Chad Patrick	MIL	@CHC, @MIN
53	Griffin Canning	NYM	@PHI
54	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	SD
55	Brady Singer	CIN	@STL
56	NL Reliever
57	Colin Rea	CHC	SEA
58	Mick Abel	PHI	@MIA, NYM
59	Wade Miley	CIN	@STL
60	Eury Perez	MIA	ATL
61	Bryce Elder	ATL	NYM
62	Quinn Priester	MIL	@MIN
63	Justin Verlander	SF	CLE
64	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	@CHC
65	Stephen Kolek	SD	@LAD
66	Kyle Freeland	COL	@WAS, ARI
67	Valente Bellozo	MIA	PHI
68	Chase Dollander	COL	@WAS
69	German Marquez	COL	@WAS
70	Cal Quantrill	MIA	PHI
71	Mike Burrows	PIT	TEX
72	Paul Blackburn	NYM	@ATL
73	Randy Vasquez	SD	@LAD, KC
74	Janson Junk	MIA	ATL
75	Andrew Heaney	PIT	@DET
76	Ryan Bergert	SD	@LAD
77	Antonio Senzatela	COL	@WAS, ARI
78	Austin Gomber	COL	ARI
79	Matt Sauer	LAD	SD