Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Corbin's Velo Dips

Todd Zola ranks this week's starting pitchers as the Diamondbacks' Patrick Corbin is still dominating despite a dip in velocity.

Updated on May 12, 2018 4:15PM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Corbin's Velo Dips

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Todd Zola

Updated on May 12, 2018 4:15PM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings

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This is the ideal week to gauge the affect of two starts as only a couple of top-tier hurlers will take the hill twice while a slew of mid-rotation arms get the double-dip. Matchups also play an important role this week.

For the week, May 14-20

UPDATED: May 13, 11:15 PM ET

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RANK	PITCHER	TEAM	OPP	COMMENT
1	Rick Porcello	BOS	vs. OAK, vs. BAL	Has added strikeouts to an already good skill set
2	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	at LAA, vs. CLE
3	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	at DET, at HOU
4	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	vs. OAK, vs. BAL	Could be a good strikeout week for the young lefty
5	Mike Minor	TEX	at SEA, at CWS	Ranking driven by double dip, the second vs. White Sox
6	Chris Sale	BOS	vs. OAK	So much for tempering innings, tossed 116 in 9 IP last time out
7	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	at WAS, at KC	Homers under control lately
8	Corey Kluber	CLE	at HOU	Strikeouts down for the season but still one of the best
9	J.A. Happ	TOR	at NYM
10	Luis Severino	NYY	at KC
11	Cole Hamels	TEX	at CWS
12	Justin Verlander	HOU	at LAA
13	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	vs. TB
14	Charlie Morton	HOU	vs. CLE
15	Gerrit Cole	HOU	at LAA	Angels offense much improved
16	Sean Manaea	OAK	at BOS, at TOR	Revenge game!
17	Blake Snell	TB	at LAA	Coming off first rough outing
18	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	vs. CLE

For the week, May 14-20

UPDATED: May 13, 11:15 PM ET

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RANK	PITCHER	TEAM	OPP	COMMENT
1	Rick Porcello	BOS	vs. OAK, vs. BAL	Has added strikeouts to an already good skill set
2	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	at LAA, vs. CLE
3	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	at DET, at HOU
4	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	vs. OAK, vs. BAL	Could be a good strikeout week for the young lefty
5	Mike Minor	TEX	at SEA, at CWS	Ranking driven by double dip, the second vs. White Sox
6	Chris Sale	BOS	vs. OAK	So much for tempering innings, tossed 116 in 9 IP last time out
7	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	at WAS, at KC	Homers under control lately
8	Corey Kluber	CLE	at HOU	Strikeouts down for the season but still one of the best
9	J.A. Happ	TOR	at NYM
10	Luis Severino	NYY	at KC
11	Cole Hamels	TEX	at CWS
12	Justin Verlander	HOU	at LAA
13	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	vs. TB
14	Charlie Morton	HOU	vs. CLE
15	Gerrit Cole	HOU	at LAA	Angels offense much improved
16	Sean Manaea	OAK	at BOS, at TOR	Revenge game!
17	Blake Snell	TB	at LAA	Coming off first rough outing
18	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	vs. CLE
19	James Paxton	SEA	vs. DET
20	Jaime Garcia	TOR	at NYM, vs. OAK
21	David Price	BOS	vs. BAL	Hand looked fine last time out
22	Jose Berrios	MIN	vs. STL
23	Danny Duffy	KC	vs. NYY	Working exclusively from the stretch
24	Reynaldo Lopez	CWS	at PIT, vs. TEX
25	Drew Pomeranz	BOS	vs. BAL	Sluggish start continues, homers huge issue
26	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	vs. OAK
27	Trevor Bauer	CLE	at DET
28	Jake Odorizzi	MIN	vs. SEA, vs. MIL
29	Andrew Heaney	LAA	vs. HOU, vs. TB	Pitching better than ERA/WHIP suggest, positive regression coming
30	Marco Estrada	TOR	vs. OAK
31	Lucas Giolito	CWS	vs. TEX
32	Garrett Richards	LAA	vs. HOU
33	Ariel Miranda	SEA	vs. TEX
34	Mike Leake	SEA	vs. TEX
35	Felix Hernandez	SEA	vs. DET
36	Michael Fulmer	DET	at SEA
37	Fernando Romero	MIN	vs. MIL
38	Francisco Liriano	DET	vs. CLE, at SEA	Early season success driven by unsustainable handling of RHB
39	Tyler Skaggs	LAA	vs. TB
40	Wade LeBlanc	SEA	at MIN, vs. DET
41	Mike Clevinger	CLE	at HOU
42	Lance Lynn	MIN	vs. STL
43	Chris Archer	TB	at LAA
44	CC Sabathia	NYY	at WAS
45	Matthew Boyd	DET	at SEA
46	Matt Moore	TEX	at CWS
47	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	at KC, at LAA
48	Sonny Gray	NYY	at KC
49	Jake Faria	TB	at KC
50	Daniel Mengden	OAK	at BOS, at TOR
51	Ian Kennedy	KC	vs. TB
52	Joe Biagini	TOR	vs. OAK
53	Kyle Gibson	MIN	vs. MIL
54	Eric Skoglund	KC	vs. TB, vs. NYY
55	James Shields	CWS	vs. TEX
56	Andrew Triggs	OAK	at TOR
57	Nick Tropeano	LAA	vs. TB
58	Mike Fiers	DET	vs. CLE, at SEA
59	Jaime Barria	LAA	vs. HOU
60	Jake Junis	KC	vs. NYY
61	Doug Fister	TEX	at CWS
62	Hector Santiago	CWS	vs. TEX
63	Josh Tomlin	CLE	at DET
64	Andrew Cashner	BAL	vs. PHI, at BOS
65	Jason Hammel	KC	vs. TB
66	Dylan Bundy	BAL	at BOS	Bad when your name becomes a verb - as in, my pitching staff was Bundied
67	Bartolo Colon	TEX	at SEA
68	Matt Andriese	TB	at LAA
69	Mike Wright	BAL	vs. PHI
70	Kevin Gausman	BAL	at BOS
71	Marco Gonzales	SEA	vs. DET
72	Austin Pruitt	TB	at KC
73	Brett Anderson	OAK	at TOR
74	Ryan Carpenter	DET	vs. CLE
75	Alex Cobb	BAL	at BOS
76	Carson Fulmer	CWS	at PIT
77	Kendall Graveman	OAK	at BOS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Rank	Pitcher	TEAM	OPP	Comments
1	Zack Greinke	ARI	vs. MIL, at NYM
2	Patrick Corbin	ARI	vs. MIL, at NYM	Velocity slipping a tick but still dominant
3	Max Scherzer	WAS	vs. LAD
4	Tyler Anderson	COL	at SD, at SF	The ideal road trip for a Colorado pitcher
5	Alex Wood	LAD	at MIA, at WAS
6	Julio Teheran	ATL	at CHC, vs. MIA	Is the good Teheran sucking us in again?
7	Tyler Mahle	CIN	at SF, vs. CHC	Won't dominate, but probably won't get blown up either
8	Jacob deGrom	NYM	vs. ARI	Assuming all goes well in Sunday's start after hyper-extended right elbow
9	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	at WAS	Tentative, hoping to return over the weekend
10	Chris Stratton	SF	vs. CIN, vs. COL	Big boost from a pair at AT&T, but needs to reduce free passes
11	Aaron Nola	PHI	at STL
12	Joey Lucchesi	SD	vs. COL, at PIT	Youngster continues to impress, Rockies struggle on road vs. LHP
13	Walker Buehler	LAD	at MIA	Pitching up to the hype
14	Noah Syndergaard	NYM	vs. ARI
15	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	vs. CHC, vs. MIA	Inconsistent control is so frustrating
16	Trevor Williams	PIT	vs. CWS, vs. SD
17	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	vs. LAD
18	Kenta Maeda	LAD	at MIA	Peripherals on point, but giving up a ton of hits… and runs
19	Gio Gonzalez	WAS	vs. NYY
20	German Marquez	COL	at SD
21	Nick Pivetta	PHI	at BAL, at STL
22	Zack Godley	ARI	at NYM
23	Jon Gray	COL	at SF
24	Ivan Nova	PIT	vs. SD
25	Yu Darvish	CHC	at ATL, at CIN	Expected to return from illness
26	Carlos Martinez	STL	vs. PHI	Tentative, dealing with lat strain
27	Jake Arrieta	PHI	at STL
28	Chad Kuhl	PIT	vs. SD
29	Wei-Yin Chen	MIA	vs. LAD, at ATL
30	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	at CIN
31	Jeff Samardzija	SF	vs. COL
32	Jose Quintana	CHC	vs. ATL, at CIN	Command and control uncharacteristically off all season
33	Jameson Taillon	PIT	vs. CWS
34	Caleb Smith	MIA	vs. LAD
35	Michael Wacha	STL	vs. PHI
36	Junior Guerra	MIL	at ARI, at MIN
37	Luke Weaver	STL	vs. PHI
38	Luis Castillo	CIN	vs. CHC	Getting better, still outside the circle of trust
39	Nick Kingham	PIT	vs. SD
40	Chad Bettis	COL	at SF
41	Zach Davies	MIL	at ARI
42	Mike Soroka	ATL	vs. CHC
43	Tyson Ross	SD	at PIT
44	Chase Anderson	MIL	at MIN
45	Miles Mikolas	STL	at MIN
46	Ty Blach	SF	vs. CIN, vs. COL	If you don't use Blach this week, why is he on your roster?
47	Rich Hill	LAD	at WAS
48	Jhoulys Chacin	MIL	at ARI, at MIN
49	Dan Straily	MIA	vs. LAD
50	Sean Newcomb	ATL	vs. MIA
51	Steven Matz	NYM	vs. TOR
52	Matt Harvey	CIN	at SF
53	Zack Wheeler	NYM	vs. TOR, vs. ARI
54	Sal Romano	CIN	at SF, vs. CHC
55	Jeremy Hellickson	WAS	vs. LAD
56	Zach Eflin	PHI	at STL
57	Jack Flaherty	STL	at MIN
58	Vince Velasquez	PHI	at BAL
59	Jon Lester	CHC	at ATL
60	Matt Koch	ARI	vs. MIL
61	Kyle Freeland	COL	at SF
62	Tanner Roark	WAS	vs. NYY
63	Brandon McCarthy	ATL	vs. CHC
64	Adam Wainwright	STL	vs. PHI
65	Jen-Ho Tseng	CHC	at CIN
66	Tyler Chatwood	CHC	at ATL
67	Jordan Lyles	SD	vs. COL
68	Andrew Suarez	SF	vs. CIN
69	Derek Holland	SF	vs. COL
70	Homer Bailey	CIN	vs. CHC
71	Eric Lauer	SD	at PIT
72	Jose Urena	MIA	at ATL
73	Jarlin Garcia	MIA	at ATL
74	Clayton Richard	SD	at PIT

MLB

RANK	PITCHER	TEAM	OPP	COMMENT
1	Noah Syndergaard	NYM	vs. TOR, vs. ARI	Schedule shuffle lands Thor on top
2	Zack Greinke	ARI	vs. MIL, at NYM
3	Patrick Corbin	ARI	vs. MIL, at NYM	Velocity slipping a tick but still dominant
4	Rick Porcello	BOS	vs. OAK, vs. BAL	Has added strikeouts to an already good skill set
5	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	at LAA, vs. CLE
6	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	at DET, at HOU
7	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	vs. OAK, vs. BAL	Could be a good strikeout week for the young lefty
8	Mike Minor	TEX	at SEA, at CWS	Ranking driven by double dip, the second vs. White Sox
9	Max Scherzer	WAS	vs. NYY
10	Chris Sale	BOS	vs. OAK	So much for tempering innings, tossed 116 in 9 IP last time out
11	Tyler Anderson	COL	at SD, at SF	The ideal road trip for a Colorado pitcher
12	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	at WAS, at KC	Homers under control lately
13	Julio Teheran	ATL	at CHC, vs. MIA	Is the good Teheran sucking us in again?
14	Tyler Mahle	CIN	at SF, vs. CHC	Won't dominate, but probably won't get blown up either
15	Corey Kluber	CLE	at HOU	Strikeouts down for the season but still one of the best
16	Alex Wood	LAD	at MIA, at WAS
17	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	vs. LAD
18	J.A. Happ	TOR	at NYM
19	Luis Severino	NYY	at KC
20	Jacob deGrom	NYM	vs. ARI	Assuming all goes well in Sunday's start after hyper-extended right elbow
21	Aaron Nola	PHI	at STL
22	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	vs. CHC, vs. MIA	Inconsistent control is so frustrating
23	Joey Lucchesi	SD	vs. COL, at PIT	Youngster continues to impress, Rockies struggle on road vs. LHP
24	Walker Buehler	LAD	at MIA	Pitching up to the hype
25	Chris Stratton	SF	vs. CIN, vs. COL	Big boost from a pair at AT&T, but needs to reduce free passes
26	Cole Hamels	TEX	at CWS
27	Justin Verlander	HOU	at LAA
28	Trevor Williams	PIT	vs. CWS, vs. SD
29	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	vs. TB
30	Kenta Maeda	LAD	at MIA	Peripherals on point, but giving up a ton of hits… and runs
31	Charlie Morton	HOU	vs. CLE
32	Zack Godley	ARI	at NYM	Homers an issue, Mets a good team for a rebound
33	Jake Arrieta	PHI	at STL
34	Gio Gonzalez	WAS	vs. NYY
35	Jon Gray	COL	at SF
36	Gerrit Cole	HOU	at LAA	Angels offense much improved
37	Sean Manaea	OAK	at BOS, at TOR	Revenge game!
38	German Marquez	COL	at SD
39	Blake Snell	TB	at LAA	Coming off first rough outing
40	Yu Darvish	CHC	at ATL, at CIN	Expected to return from illness
41	Carlos Martinez	STL	vs. PHI	Tentative, dealing with lat strain
42	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	vs. CLE
43	Ivan Nova	PIT	vs. SD
44	James Paxton	SEA	vs. DET
45	Jaime Garcia	TOR	at NYM, vs. OAK
46	David Price	BOS	vs. BAL	Hand looked fine last time out
47	Jose Berrios	MIN	vs. STL
48	Chad Kuhl	PIT	vs. SD
49	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	at CIN
50	Danny Duffy	KC	vs. NYY
51	Jeff Samardzija	SF	vs. COL
52	Caleb Smith	MIA	vs. LAD
53	Jameson Taillon	PIT	vs. CWS
54	Reynaldo Lopez	CWS	at PIT, vs. TEX
55	Jose Quintana	CHC	vs. ATL, at CIN	Command and control uncharacteristically off all season
56	Luis Castillo	CIN	vs. CHC	Getting better, still outside the circle of trust
57	Michael Wacha	STL	vs. PHI
58	Wei-Yin Chen	MIA	vs. LAD, at ATL
59	Luke Weaver	STL	vs. PHI
60	Drew Pomeranz	BOS	vs. BAL	Sluggish start continues, homers huge issue
61	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	vs. OAK
62	Trevor Bauer	CLE	at DET
63	Junior Guerra	MIL	at ARI, at MIN
64	Jake Odorizzi	MIN	vs. SEA, vs. MIL
65	Andrew Heaney	LAA	vs. HOU, vs. TB	Pitching better than ERA/WHIP suggest, positive regression coming
66	Zach Eflin	PHI	at BAL, at STL
67	Tanner Roark	WAS	vs. LAD
68	Marco Estrada	TOR	vs. OAK
69	Lucas Giolito	CWS	vs. TEX
70	Garrett Richards	LAA	vs. HOU
71	Ariel Miranda	SEA	vs. TEX
72	Mike Leake	SEA	vs. TEX
73	Mike Soroka	ATL	vs. CHC
74	Nick Kingham	PIT	vs. SD
75	Felix Hernandez	SEA	vs. DET
76	Miles Mikolas	STL	at MIN
77	Chad Bettis	COL	at SF
78	Michael Fulmer	DET	at SEA
79	Fernando Romero	MIN	vs. MIL
80	Rich Hill	LAD	at WAS
81	Nick Pivetta	PHI	at BAL
82	Francisco Liriano	DET	vs. CLE, at SEA	Early season success driven by unsustainable handling of RHB
83	Tyler Skaggs	LAA	vs. TB
84	Wade LeBlanc	SEA	at MIN, vs. DET
85	Jhoulys Chacin	MIL	at ARI, at MIN
86	Sean Newcomb	ATL	vs. MIA
87	Mike Clevinger	CLE	at HOU
88	Jeremy Hellickson	WAS	vs. LAD
89	Sal Romano	CIN	at SF, vs. CHC
90	Steven Matz	NYM	vs. ARI
91	Lance Lynn	MIN	vs. STL
92	Vince Velasquez	PHI	at STL
93	Dan Straily	MIA	vs. LAD
94	Matt Harvey	CIN	at SF
95	Ty Blach	SF	vs. CIN, vs. COL	If you don't use Blach this week, why is he on your roster?
96	Chris Archer	TB	at LAA
97	CC Sabathia	NYY	at WAS
98	Matthew Boyd	DET	at SEA
99	Matt Moore	TEX	at CWS
100	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	at KC, at LAA
101	Matt Koch	ARI	vs. MIL
102	Jack Flaherty	STL	at MIN
103	Sonny Gray	NYY	at KC
104	Jake Faria	TB	at KC
105	Tyson Ross	SD	at PIT
106	Ross Stripling	LAD	at WAS
107	Daniel Mengden	OAK	at BOS, at TOR
108	Ian Kennedy	KC	vs. TB
109	Jon Lester	CHC	at ATL
110	Joe Biagini	TOR	vs. OAK
111	Kyle Gibson	MIN	vs. MIL
112	Jen-Ho Tseng	CHC	at CIN
113	Eric Skoglund	KC	vs. TB, vs. NYY
114	James Shields	CWS	vs. TEX
115	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	at ARI
116	Kyle Freeland	COL	at SF
117	Andrew Triggs	OAK	at TOR
118	Nick Tropeano	LAA	vs. TB
119	Mike Fiers	DET	vs. CLE, at SEA
120	Jaime Barria	LAA	vs. HOU
121	Jake Junis	KC	vs. NYY
122	Adam Wainwright	STL	vs. PHI
123	Doug Fister	TEX	at CWS
124	Hector Santiago	CWS	vs. TEX
125	Brandon McCarthy	ATL	vs. CHC
126	Josh Tomlin	CLE	at DET
127	Andrew Cashner	BAL	vs. PHI, at BOS
128	Tyler Chatwood	CHC	at ATL
129	Jordan Lyles	SD	vs. COL
130	Jason Hammel	KC	vs. TB
131	Dylan Bundy	BAL	at BOS	Bad when your name becomes a verb - as in, my pitching staff was Bundied
132	Andrew Suarez	SF	vs. CIN
133	Bartolo Colon	TEX	at SEA
134	Brent Suter	MIL	at MIN
135	Matt Andriese	TB	at LAA
136	Mike Wright	BAL	vs. PHI
137	Derek Holland	SF	vs. COL
138	Zack Wheeler	NYM	vs. TOR
139	Kevin Gausman	BAL	at BOS
140	Homer Bailey	CIN	vs. CHC
141	Jose Urena	MIA	at ATL
142	Marco Gonzales	SEA	vs. DET
143	Austin Pruitt	TB	at KC
144	Eric Lauer	SD	at PIT
145	Jarlin Garcia	MIA	at ATL
146	Clayton Richard	SD	at PIT
147	Brett Anderson	OAK	at TOR
148	Ryan Carpenter	DET	vs. CLE
149	Alex Cobb	BAL	at BOS
150	Carson Fulmer	CWS	at PIT
151	Kendall Graveman	OAK	at BOS