Weekly Hitter Rankings: Guardians on the Lookout

Weekly Hitter Rankings: Guardians on the Lookout

This article is part of our Weekly Hitter Rankings series.

It's a unique week with only four games on the Thursday schedule. Of the eight teams in action, only four also play on Monday, leaving them with a seven-game week. The busy clubs are the Guardians, Tigers, Nationals and Cardinals. Of the four, Cleveland is set up to have the most productive week. 

Six squads play only five teams. They are the Braves, Athletics, Rays, Yankees, Marlins and Red Sox. Usually, it's best to avoid players on teams with only five games, but since they'll be competing mostly with batters with six games, don't categorically dismiss starting hitters in these half-dozen lineups.

UPDATED: Monday July 24, 12:15 AM

Week of July 24-30

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
1ARZ61560838190102981051009899
2ATL50532100104981039996838182
3BAL62433117989199989910198100
4BOS50523838986949884767877
5CHC6240699100103104104104101101101
6CHW615

It's a unique week with only four games on the Thursday schedule. Of the eight teams in action, only four also play on Monday, leaving them with a seven-game week. The busy clubs are the Guardians, Tigers, Nationals and Cardinals. Of the four, Cleveland is set up to have the most productive week. 

Six squads play only five teams. They are the Braves, Athletics, Rays, Yankees, Marlins and Red Sox. Usually, it's best to avoid players on teams with only five games, but since they'll be competing mostly with batters with six games, don't categorically dismiss starting hitters in these half-dozen lineups.

UPDATED: Monday July 24, 12:15 AM

Week of July 24-30

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
1ARZ61560838190102981051009899
2ATL50532100104981039996838182
3BAL62433117989199989910198100
4BOS50523838986949884767877
5CHC6240699100103104104104101101101
6CHW61560133117108979897103102103
7CIN60606113117141999996101101101
8CLE71634123112137106102129130126128
9COL62433112121121107107124108109109
10DET73443879111199102110118120119
11HOU633601121121059699109102103103
12KC61533979288979686969596
13LAA6240699104839897100979797
14LAD6246011612990104102113105106106
15MIA52332969276939578767777
16MIL6153310610494991019699100100
17MIN61533968393102961011009698
18NYM6334210296111102103102102102102
19NYY5052312292749810081807879
20OAK52305961077810410887808281
21PHI6063310297961039910610299101
22PIT624339788101969587969596
23SD62460979398100101102101101101
24SF6425175799110010395979998
25SEA6150694847910110097979596
26STL72543838710110099123119119119
27TB50523106105901019980807980
28TEX624061051031029698101989898
29TOR6333311612412098100103102104103
30WSH71634104102143104104115125125125

Pitching Matchups

TeamMONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
ARZWainwright RMatz LFlaherty R Gilbert RWoo RCastillo R
ATL @Pivetta R@Bello R Houser RTeheran RRea R
BAL@Sanchez L@Walker R@Suarez L Schmidt RCole RSeverino R
BOS Morton RStrider R @Webb R@DeSclafani R@Stripling R
CHC @Kopech R@Lynn R@Mikolas R@Montgomery L@Wainwright R@Matz L
CHW Hendricks RStroman RBibee RBattenfield RAllen LCivale R
CIN@Rea R@Burnes R@Peralta R @Miller R@Sheehan R@Grove R
CLEYarbrough LGreinke RMarsh R@Cease R@Giolito R@Toussaint R@Kopech R
COL@Corbin L@Williams R@Irvin R Sears LBlackburn RMedina R
DETStripling RCanning RSandoval LSilseth R@Garrett L@Cueto R@Luzardo L
HOUGray RBradford LHeaney L McClanahan LBradley RGlasnow R
KC@Allen L@Civale R@Williams R Gray ROber RMaeda R
LAA @Rodriguez L@Lorenzen R@Manning R@Gausman R@Ryu L@Manoah R
LADBerrios RBassitt RKikuchi L Williamson LWeaver RAshcraft R
MIA @Glasnow R@Eflin R Olson RSkubal LRodriguez L
MILAshcraft RAbbott LLively R @Chirinos R@Elder R@Morton R
MINCastillo RKirby RMiller R @Singer R@Lyles R@Yarbrough L
NYM @German R@Rodon LGray RGore LCorbin LWilliams R
NYY Verlander RQuintana R @Rodriguez R@Wells R@Kremer R
OAK @Cobb R@Wood L @Anderson R@Flexen R@Freeland L
PHIKremer RGibson RBradish R @Bido R@Keller R@Priester R
PIT@Darvish R@Snell L@Lugo R Wheeler RNola RSanchez L
SDPriester RHill LOviedo R Dunning RPerez LEovaldi R
SEA@Maeda R@Lopez R@Ryan R @Henry L@Pfaadt R@Nelson R
SF@Skubal LWaldichuk LHarris L Crawford RPaxton LPivetta R
STL@Nelson R@Gallen R@Kelly RSteele LSmyly LTaillon RHendricks R
TB Cabrera RAlcantara R @Javier R@Brown R@Bielak R
TEX@Bielak R@France R@Valdez L @Musgrove R@Darvish R@Snell L
TOR@Grove R@Urias L@Gonsolin R Ohtani RDetmers LAnderson L
WSHKauffmann RGomber LLambert R@Senga R@Scherzer R@Carrasco R@Verlander R

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