Weekly Hitter Rankings: Something Brewing with Milwaukee and Boston

Weekly Hitter Rankings: Something Brewing with Milwaukee and Boston

This article is part of our Weekly Hitter Rankings series.

Two of the season's more disappointing offenses top their respective league rankings this week, with the Red Sox nosing the Brewers out of the top spot. Both clubs split their seven games home and away while facing below average pitching. The Dodgers and Diamondbacks are the only two other squads with seven games, with only Arizona home all week.

The Astros and Rays have only five games on the docket. Everyone else is scheduled for six contests. The Mets and Yankees are both slated to face four southpaw starters.

Keep in mind the calendar flips to September in the middle of the week. This avails a couple of extra roster spots, but doing so shouldn't affect rankings.

UPDATED: Monday August 29, 12:25 AM ET

Week of August 29 - September 4

MLB Hitting 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
1               
2ARZ73470959511098100109102103103
3ATL60660999094104102112102100101
4BAL615331101118398101100989999
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Two of the season's more disappointing offenses top their respective league rankings this week, with the Red Sox nosing the Brewers out of the top spot. Both clubs split their seven games home and away while facing below average pitching. The Dodgers and Diamondbacks are the only two other squads with seven games, with only Arizona home all week.

The Astros and Rays have only five games on the docket. Everyone else is scheduled for six contests. The Mets and Yankees are both slated to face four southpaw starters.

Keep in mind the calendar flips to September in the middle of the week. This avails a couple of extra roster spots, but doing so shouldn't affect rankings.

UPDATED: Monday August 29, 12:25 AM ET

Week of August 29 - September 4

MLB Hitting 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
1               
2ARZ73470959511098100109102103103
3ATL60660999094104102112102100101
4BAL615331101118398101100989999
5BOS716438695131100105128103106105
6CHC6150610297859510191949695
7CHW6246012310786105107106104104104
8CIN6246011611879104104113104104104
9CLE6156010798969710410299101100
10COL6240610810411598100100989999
11DET615609210596102105103100103102
12HOU53205114100991009882969395
13KC6060610810698104991011009799
14LAA6066012098118879689969897
15LAD716349897128989410910199100
16MIA62433908391938878928991
17MIL716341019992104105127104104104
18MIN60633110102140100103111103103103
19NYM6426089961071021019399100100
20NYY6420610497941019695989597
21OAK60606113119108101107105100103102
22PHI6330677851011009995959595
23PIT60633103921051019491999497
24SD633068690101969280929192
25SF62460597489989887939494
26SEA624061001028410395100989597
27STL63333105100108106109116104105105
28TB52332858795959977919392
29TEX62424889613110110010399100100
30TOR606331029686110104110103100102
31WSH633331011061141009694999899

Pitching Matchups

TeamMONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
ARZSuarez LNola RFalter LWoodruff RLauer LBurnes RHouser R
ATL Urena RFeltner RKuhl RAlcantara RCabrera RLopez R
BAL @Quantrill R@McKenzie R@Bieber ROller RMartinez RIrvin L
BOS@Bundy R@Archer R@Ryan ROtto RKeuchel LArihara RDunning R
CHC@Berrios R@Gausman R@White R @Montgomery L@Wainwright R@Mikolas R
CHW Singer RBubic LLynch LGray RSanchez RBundy R
CINMikolas RHudson RQuintana L Freeland LMarquez RUrena R
CLE Watkins RLyles RBradish RCastillo RRay LKirby R
COL @Fried L@Wright R@Strider R@Cessa R@Lodolo L@Anderson R
DET Kirby RGonzales LGilbert RHeasley RCastillo RSinger R
HOU @Dunning R@Perez L @Detmers L@Ohtani R@Davidson L
KC @Giolito R@Lynn R@Cueto R@Pineda R@Hutchison R@Manning R
LAAMontas RTaillon RCole R McCullers RUrquidy RVerlander R
LAD@Lopez R@Walker R@deGrom R@Bassitt RDarvish RManaea LClevinger R
MIAGonsolin RMcClanahan LRasmussen R @Morton R@Odorizzi R@Fried L
MILEickhoff RKeller RWilson R@Kelly R@Davies R@Bumgarner L@Gallen R
MINBello RCrawford RWacha R @Martin R@Cease R@Giolito R
NYM Heaney LAnderson LKershaw LGray. REspino RCorbin L
NYY@Suarez L@Mayers R@Sandoval L @Springs L@Kluber R@McClanahan L
OAK @Fedde R@Sanchez. R@Cavalli R@Kremer R@Voth R@Watkins R
PHI@Bumgarner L@Gallen R@Henry L @Cobb R@Junis R@Rodon L
PIT@Burnes R@Houser R@Peralta R Manoah RStripling RBerrios R
SD@Rodon L@Webb R@Wood L @May R@Urias L@Gonsolin R
SEA @Manning R@Alexander L@Rodriguez L@Plesac R@Civale R@Quantrill R
SFClevinger RSnell LMusgrove R Gibson RSyndergaard RSuarez L
STL@Anderson R@Dunn R@Minor L Steele LSmyly LSampson R
TB @Rogers L@Luzardo L German RSchmidt RMontas R
TEX Valdez LGarcia R@Hill L@Pivetta R@Bello R@Crawford R
TORAssad RStroman RFarrell R @Thompson R@Brubaker R@Contreras R
WSH Irvin LKaprielian RSears L@Peterson L@Scherzer R@Walker R

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