Weekly Pitcher Rankings: May the Force Be With You

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Todd Zola

Updated on May 3, 2025 6:02PM EST

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April showers bring... May showers. As if injuries weren't enough, rain continues to wreak havoc with rotations. Double dips get changed to single scoops, leaving fantasy managers without their just desserts. Be wary of starting a lesser two-start pitcher if his weekend start is in an area subject to rain.

The silver lining is our Probable Pitcher crew is the best in the business, which is why I adhere to their schedule for the rankings and always update on Sunday night based on the changes (often due to the weather).

Week of May 5 - 11

Mixed League

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Chris Sale	ATL	CIN, @PIT
2	Cole Ragans	KC	CWS, BOS	Assuming fully recovered from left groin strain
3	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@TB, @CLE
4	Tarik Skubal	DET	@COL
5	Seth Lugo	KC	CWS, BOS	Time to admit, he's really good
6	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@DET	20 K, 1 BB over last 18.1 IP
7	Bryce Miller	SEA	@ATH, TOR
8	Carlos Rodon	NYY	SD, @ATH
9	Nick Pivetta	SD	@NYY, @COL	Only 2 HR allowed in 35 IP
10	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@BOS, @DET
11	Zac Gallen	ARI	NYM, LAD
12	Pablo Lopez	MIN	BAL, SF
13	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@KC
14	Paul Skenes	PIT	@STL

Week of May 5 - 11

Mixed League

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Chris Sale	ATL	CIN, @PIT
2	Cole Ragans	KC	CWS, BOS	Assuming fully recovered from left groin strain
3	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@TB, @CLE
4	Tarik Skubal	DET	@COL
5	Seth Lugo	KC	CWS, BOS	Time to admit, he's really good
6	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@DET	20 K, 1 BB over last 18.1 IP
7	Bryce Miller	SEA	@ATH, TOR
8	Carlos Rodon	NYY	SD, @ATH
9	Nick Pivetta	SD	@NYY, @COL	Only 2 HR allowed in 35 IP
10	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@BOS, @DET
11	Zac Gallen	ARI	NYM, LAD
12	Pablo Lopez	MIN	BAL, SF
13	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@KC
14	Paul Skenes	PIT	@STL
15	Kris Bubic	KC	CWS
16	Framber Valdez	HOU	@MIL
17	Hunter Brown	HOU	CIN	Recovered after allowing a three-spot in the first last time, sign of an ace
18	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@ARI
19	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@MIL, CIN
20	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@TB
21	Bryan Woo	SEA	@ATH
22	Drew Rasmussen	TB	PHI, MIL
23	Matthew Boyd	CHC	SF, @NYM
24	Luis Severino	ATH	SEA, NYY
25	Bailey Ober	MIN	SF
26	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@TB
27	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	CIN
28	Max Fried	NYY	SD
29	Jack Flaherty	DET	TEX
30	Sonny Gray	STL	PIT
31	Dylan Cease	SD	@NYY	Tough spot to right the ship
32	Hunter Greene	CIN	@ATL
33	Reese Olson	DET	TEX
34	Michael King	SD	@NYY
35	Grant Holmes	ATL	CIN
36	Merrill Kelly	ARI	NYM
37	Corbin Burnes	ARI	NYM, LAD	K-rate still in freefall
38	Ben Brown	CHC	SF
39	Joe Ryan	MIN	BAL
40	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	CIN, @PIT		25%
41	Tanner Houck	BOS	TEX
42	Logan Webb	SF	@MIN
43	Shane Smith	CWS	@KC, MIA
44	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@ATL
45	Jackson Jobe	DET	@COL, TEX
46	Roki Sasaki	LAD	@ARI
47	Kodai Senga	NYM	@ARI
48	Tanner Bibee	CLE	PHI
49	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	HOU
50	Sean Burke	CWS	@KC, MIA		3%	25%
51	Zach Eflin	BAL	@LAA
52	Michael Wacha	KC	CWS
53	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@CWS		42%
54	Brady Singer	CIN	@ATL, @HOU
55	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@SEA
56	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@TB
57	Luis Castillo	SEA	TOR
58	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	@MIN
59	Lucas Giolito	BOS	TEX, @KC		21%
60	Cade Povich	BAL	@MIN, @LAA		7%
61	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@NYM
62	Landen Roupp	SF	@CHC, @MIN
63	Tylor Megill	NYM	CHC
64	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@BOS
65	Jose Berrios	TOR	@LAA
66	David Peterson	NYM	@ARI
67	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@LAA
68	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	STL
69	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@MIA		25%	19%
70	Miles Mikolas	STL	PIT, @WSH		1%	7%
71	Ben Casparius	LAD	@MIA, @ARI		3%
72	Max Meyer	MIA	@CWS
73	Nick Martinez	CIN	@HOU
74	Ryan Pepiot	TB	PHI
75	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	LAD, @CWS
76	Clay Holmes	NYM	CHC
77	Jake Irvin	WAS	CLE		40%
78	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@NYM
79	Matthew Liberatore	STL	PIT
80	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@CLE
81	Brayan Bello	BOS	TEX
82	Bowden Francis	TOR	@SEA
83	Jose Soriano	LAA	TOR
84	Shane Baz	TB	PHI
85	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	SEA
86	Davis Martin	CWS	@KC		0%	11%
87	Griffin Canning	NYM	@ARI, CHC
88	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	SD
89	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	LAD
90	Dean Kremer	BAL	@MIN		2%	44%
91	Lance McCullers	HOU	CIN		6%	33%
92	Erick Fedde	STL	@WSH
93	Jose Quintana	MIL	@TB
94	Hunter Dobbins	BOS	@KC		0%	0%
95	Mix 12 Reliever
96	Tobias Myers	MIL	HOU, @TB
97	Logan Evans	SEA	TOR		0%	0%
98	Spencer Turnbull	TOR	@LAA		0%	0%
99	Gavin Williams	CLE	PHI
100	Andrew Heaney	PIT	ATL
101	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	LAD
102	Taj Bradley	TB	MIL
103	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@ATL, @HOU
104	Mix 15 Reliever
105	Jordan Hicks	SF	@MIN
106	Aaron Nola	PHI	@CLE
107	Mitch Keller	PIT	@STL
108	Dustin May	LAD	@ARI
109	Tyler Anderson	LAA	TOR, BAL		37%
110	Landon Knack	LAD	@MIA		1%	12%
111	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	@WSH, PHI
112	Colin Rea	CHC	SF		43%
113	Zack Littell	TB	MIL		14%
114	Mitchell Parker	WAS	STL
115	Chris Paddack	MIN	SF		8%
116	Logan Allen	CLE	@WSH		8%
117	Casey Mize	DET	@COL
118	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@KC		1%	4%
119	Brad Lord	WAS	CLE		0%	0%
120	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	BAL		3%
121	Andre Pallante	STL	@WSH		8%
122	Bailey Falter	PIT	ATL		0%	2%
123	Ben Lively	CLE	@WSH		3%
124	Gunnar Hoglund	ATH	SEA		0%	0%
125	Trevor Williams	WAS	STL		1%	33%
126	Justin Verlander	SF	@CHC
127	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@LAA		0%	0%
128	Michael Soroka	WAS	CLE		0%	40%
129	Stephen Kolek	SD	@COL		0%	0%
130	Robbie Ray	SF	@CHC
131	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	NYY		35%
132	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	TOR
133	Michael Lorenzen	KC	BOS		14%
134	Jack Leiter	TEX	@BOS
135	Bryce Elder	ATL	@PIT		0%	11%
136	Bryse Wilson	CWS	MIA		0%	0%
137	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	@ATH		0%	9%
138	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	@STL, ATL		0%	0%
139	Will Warren	NYY	@ATH
140	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	@MIL
141	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	BAL		1%
142	Quinn Priester	MIL	HOU		13%
143	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@ATH		2%
144	Eric Lauer	TOR	@SEA		0%	0%
145	JP Sears	ATH	NYY
146	Chase Dollander	COL	DET, SD		35%
147	Valente Bellozo	MIA	LAD		0%	0%
148	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	BAL		0%	2%
149	Patrick Corbin	TEX	@DET		2%	30%
150	Cal Quantrill	MIA	LAD		0%	0%
151	Kyle Freeland	COL	DET		2%	11%
152	Randy Vasquez	SD	@COL		1%	32%
153	German Marquez	COL	SD		0%	0%
154	Antonio Senzatela	COL	DET		0%	0%
155	Bradley Blalock	COL	SD		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Cole Ragans	KC	CWS, BOS	Assuming fully recovered from left groin strain
2	Tarik Skubal	DET	@COL
3	Seth Lugo	KC	CWS, BOS	Time to admit, he's really good
4	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@DET	20 K, 1 BB over last 18.1 IP
5	Bryce Miller	SEA	@ATH, TOR
6	Carlos Rodon	NYY	SD, @ATH
7	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@BOS, @DET
8	Pablo Lopez	MIN	BAL, SF
9	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@KC
10	Kris Bubic	KC	CWS
11	Framber Valdez	HOU	@MIL
12	Hunter Brown	HOU	CIN	Recovered after allowing a three-spot in the first last time, sign of an ace
13	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@MIL, CIN
14	Bryan Woo	SEA	@ATH
15	Drew Rasmussen	TB	PHI, MIL
16	Luis Severino	ATH	SEA, NYY
17	Bailey Ober	MIN	SF
18	Max Fried	NYY	SD
19	Jack Flaherty	DET	TEX
20	Reese Olson	DET	TEX
21	Joe Ryan	MIN	BAL
22	Tanner Houck	BOS	TEX
23	Shane Smith	CWS	@KC, MIA
24	Jackson Jobe	DET	@COL, TEX
25	Tanner Bibee	CLE	PHI
26	Sean Burke	CWS	@KC, MIA
27	Zach Eflin	BAL	@LAA
28	Michael Wacha	KC	CWS
29	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@SEA
30	Luis Castillo	SEA	TOR
31	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	@MIN
32	Lucas Giolito	BOS	TEX, @KC
33	Cade Povich	BAL	@MIN, @LAA
34	Tyler Mahle	TEX	@BOS
35	Jose Berrios	TOR	@LAA
36	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@LAA
37	Ryan Pepiot	TB	PHI
38	Brayan Bello	BOS	TEX
39	Bowden Francis	TOR	@SEA
40	Jose Soriano	LAA	TOR
41	Shane Baz	TB	PHI
42	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	SEA
43	Davis Martin	CWS	@KC
44	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	SD
45	Dean Kremer	BAL	@MIN
46	Lance McCullers	HOU	CIN
47	Hunter Dobbins	BOS	@KC
48	Logan Evans	SEA	TOR
49	Spencer Turnbull	TOR	@LAA
50	Gavin Williams	CLE	PHI
51	Taj Bradley	TB	MIL
52	Tyler Anderson	LAA	TOR, BAL
53	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	@WSH, PHI
54	Zack Littell	TB	MIL
55	Chris Paddack	MIN	SF
56	Logan Allen	CLE	@WSH
57	Casey Mize	DET	@COL
58	AL Reliever
59	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@KC
60	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	BAL
61	Ben Lively	CLE	@WSH
62	Gunnar Hoglund	ATH	SEA
63	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@LAA
64	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	NYY
65	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	TOR
66	Michael Lorenzen	KC	BOS
67	Jack Leiter	TEX	@BOS
68	Bryse Wilson	CWS	MIA
69	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	@ATH
70	Will Warren	NYY	@ATH
71	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	@MIL
72	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	BAL
73	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@ATH
74	Eric Lauer	TOR	@SEA
75	JP Sears	ATH	NYY
76	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	BAL
77	Patrick Corbin	TEX	@DET

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Chris Sale	ATL	CIN, @PIT
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@TB, @CLE
3	Nick Pivetta	SD	@NYY, @COL	Only 2 HR allowed in 35 IP
4	Zac Gallen	ARI	NYM, LAD
5	Paul Skenes	PIT	@STL
6	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	@ARI
7	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@TB
8	Matthew Boyd	CHC	SF, @NYM
9	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@TB
10	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	CIN
11	Sonny Gray	STL	PIT
12	Dylan Cease	SD	@NYY	Tough spot to right the ship
13	Hunter Greene	CIN	@ATL
14	Michael King	SD	@NYY
15	Grant Holmes	ATL	CIN
16	Merrill Kelly	ARI	NYM
17	Corbin Burnes	ARI	NYM, LAD	K-rate still in freefall
18	Ben Brown	CHC	SF
19	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	CIN, @PIT
20	Logan Webb	SF	@MIN
21	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@ATL
22	Roki Sasaki	LAD	@ARI
23	Kodai Senga	NYM	@ARI
24	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	HOU
25	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@CWS
26	Brady Singer	CIN	@ATL, @HOU
27	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@TB
28	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@NYM
29	Landen Roupp	SF	@CHC, @MIN
30	Tylor Megill	NYM	CHC
31	David Peterson	NYM	@ARI
32	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	STL
33	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@MIA
34	Miles Mikolas	STL	PIT, @WSH
35	Ben Casparius	LAD	@MIA, @ARI
36	Max Meyer	MIA	@CWS
37	Nick Martinez	CIN	@HOU
38	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	LAD, @CWS
39	Clay Holmes	NYM	CHC
40	Jake Irvin	WAS	CLE
41	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@NYM
42	Matthew Liberatore	STL	PIT
43	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@CLE
44	Griffin Canning	NYM	@ARI, CHC
45	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	LAD
46	Erick Fedde	STL	@WSH
47	Jose Quintana	MIL	@TB
48	Tobias Myers	MIL	HOU, @TB
49	Andrew Heaney	PIT	ATL
50	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	LAD
51	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@ATL, @HOU
52	Jordan Hicks	SF	@MIN
53	Aaron Nola	PHI	@CLE
54	Mitch Keller	PIT	@STL
55	Dustin May	LAD	@ARI
56	Landon Knack	LAD	@MIA
57	Colin Rea	CHC	SF
58	Mitchell Parker	WAS	STL
59	NL Reliever
60	Brad Lord	WAS	CLE
61	Andre Pallante	STL	@WSH
62	Bailey Falter	PIT	ATL
63	Trevor Williams	WAS	STL
64	Justin Verlander	SF	@CHC
65	Michael Soroka	WAS	CLE
66	Stephen Kolek	SD	@COL
67	Robbie Ray	SF	@CHC
68	Bryce Elder	ATL	@PIT
69	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	@STL, ATL
70	Quinn Priester	MIL	HOU
71	Chase Dollander	COL	DET, SD
72	Valente Bellozo	MIA	LAD
73	Cal Quantrill	MIA	LAD
74	Kyle Freeland	COL	DET
75	Randy Vasquez	SD	@COL
76	German Marquez	COL	SD
77	Antonio Senzatela	COL	DET
78	Bradley Blalock	COL	SD