Weekly Hitter Rankings: Hot-lanta

Weekly Hitter Rankings: Hot-lanta

This article is part of our Weekly Hitter Rankings series.

As if Atlanta batters needed a boost, they enjoy the rare eight-game week, though there is a good chance very few, if any, play both games in Saturday's doubleheader in Queen's against the New York Mets.

The other scheduling quirk is a rare Sunday off for the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals, as their two-game set will be on Friday and Saturday. Both teams also have Monday off, joining the Arizona Diamondbacks with only five games.

Eleven squads play seven games with the Boston Red Sox, Mets, Phillies and Pirates home for the septet. The Colorado Rockies and Minnesota Twins are on the road for seven.

Things can change, but as of now, the Twins are slated to face five southpaws. While it's never a good time for Byron Buxton to be on the IL, he'll miss what could have been a very productive week. Perhaps this is why the Twins signed Jordan Luplow, who has a solid track record facing left-handed pitching.

UPDATED: Monday August 7, 1:15 AM ET

Week of August 7-13

MLB Hitter Rankings

KEY (100 neutral)

  • HR LHB/HR RHB – Average HR Park Factors
  • SB – Stolen Base Index
  • P LHB/P RHB – Opposing pitcher quality index
  • Runs – Runs scoring index
     
TMGMSvLHPvRHPHOMEAWAYHR LHBHR RHBSBP LHBP RHBRUNSAVE LHBAVE RHBTOTAL
1ARZ53250838178969874727272
2ATL8

As if Atlanta batters needed a boost, they enjoy the rare eight-game week, though there is a good chance very few, if any, play both games in Saturday's doubleheader in Queen's against the New York Mets.

The other scheduling quirk is a rare Sunday off for the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals, as their two-game set will be on Friday and Saturday. Both teams also have Monday off, joining the Arizona Diamondbacks with only five games.

Eleven squads play seven games with the Boston Red Sox, Mets, Phillies and Pirates home for the septet. The Colorado Rockies and Minnesota Twins are on the road for seven.

Things can change, but as of now, the Twins are slated to face five southpaws. While it's never a good time for Byron Buxton to be on the IL, he'll miss what could have been a very productive week. Perhaps this is why the Twins signed Jordan Luplow, who has a solid track record facing left-handed pitching.

UPDATED: Monday August 7, 1:15 AM ET

Week of August 7-13

MLB Hitter Rankings

KEY (100 neutral)

  • HR LHB/HR RHB – Average HR Park Factors
  • SB – Stolen Base Index
  • P LHB/P RHB – Opposing pitcher quality index
  • Runs – Runs scoring index
     
TMGMSvLHPvRHPHOMEAWAYHR LHBHR RHBSBP LHBP RHBRUNSAVE LHBAVE RHBTOTAL
1ARZ53250838178969874727272
2ATL817089688121103103144135133134
3BAL615331109587989285918890
4BOS7347097108105104104130118119119
5CHC624061061059810110094939293
6CHW6066013311797979588959394
7CIN615331131059810210095959394
8CLE725431041001089698103110111111
9COL734071131191199898102111112112
10DET71643889894979694107108108
11HOU62433119989310410398969495
12KC6242494988610110192919292
13LAA6243312011088939896929393
14LAD7344310411081105105126116117117
15MIA63333112109879910394939494
16MIL61533122111101108109103999899
17MIN7430793999797100103107109108
18NYM71670969288100100105112111112
19NYY6150611410411310110194949394
20OAK61533100999610310192949394
21PHI73470108111109103102120118118118
22PIT7347096831059710098111111111
23SD606158991831029693918890
24SF624331019277989887908990
25SEA505509410573999667737373
26STL51405938889999780737273
27TB6156097941059910186939393
28TEX62406808018499104104959796
29TOR73434112111137101100115116116116
30WSH72534110112103101102111114114114

Pitching Matchups

TeamMONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
ARZ Urias LMiller R Snell LHill LLugo R
ATL@Bido R@Keller R@Priester R@Falter L@Quintana R@Megill R/Senga R@Carrasco R
BAL Valdez LJavier RBrown R@Castillo R@Kirby R@Miller R
BOSRagans LSinger RLyles RMarsh RSkubal LManning RWentz L
CHC@Senga R@Carrasco R@Peterson L @Berrios R@Bassitt R@Ryu L
CHWCole RSchmidt RSeverino R Burnes RWoodruff RPeralta R
CINPerez RGarrett LCueto R @Oviedo R@Bido R@Keller R
CLERyu LKikuchi LGausman RManoah R@Civale R@Ramirez R@Eflin R
COL@Peralta R@Miley L@Houser R@Kershaw L@Lynn R@Gonsolin R@Urias L
DETLopez RGray ROber RMaeda R@Sale L@Bello R@Crawford R
HOU @Rodriguez R@Flaherty R@Kremer RDetmers LAnderson LSilseth R
KC@Bello R@Crawford R@Paxton L@Pivetta RWainwright RMatz L 
LAAWebb RWood LBeck R @Verlander R@Urquidy R@Valdez L
LAD@Lugo R@Pfaadt R@Kelly RBlach LGomber LLambert RFreeland L
MIA@Williamson L@Weaver R@Ashcraft R Cortes LRodon LCole R
MILLambert RFreeland LFlexen R @Kopech R@Cease R@Scholtens R
MIN@Wentz L@Rodriguez L@Faedo R@Olson R@Sanchez L@Walker R@Suarez L
NYMSmyly LTaillon RHendricks R Morton RStrider R/Smith-Shawver RChirinos R
NYY@Cease R@Toussaint R@Clevinger R @Luzardo L@Alcantara R@Perez R
OAKDunning RScherzer RMontgomery L @Irvin R@Williams R@Gray R
PHIWilliams RGray RGore LCorbin LKeuchel LLopez RGray R
PITStrider RChirinos RFried LElder RAbbott LRichardson RWilliamson L
SDGonsolin R@Gilbert R@Woo R @Nelson R@Gallen R@Pfaadt R
SEA Martinez RDarvish R Gibson RBradish RRodriguez R
SF@Sandoval L@Giolito R@Ohtani R Gray RHeaney LDunning R
STL @Eflin R@Glasnow R@Littell R@Greinke R@Ragans L 
TB Mikolas RHudson RLiberatore LCurry RWilliams RBibee R
TEX@Waldichuk L@Sears L@Tarnok R @Stripling R@Cobb R@Webb R
TOR@Williams R@Bibee R@Allen L@Syndergaard RSteele LSmyly LTaillon R
WSH@Suarez L@Wheeler R@Lorenzen R@Nola RBlackburn RMedina RWaldichuk L

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