Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Play Ball!

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Updated on April 6, 2022 11:17PM EST

It was little more than five month ago, but it feels more like five years. BASEBALL IS BACK! And so is the Rotowire Pitching Rankings. For those new to the site, look for a primer in The Z Files later this week. In brief, I consider the quality of pitcher, quality of opponent and venue. Once there is ample in-season data, the recent performance of pitcher and opponent gets rolled in.

The ranking are for standard 5x5 roto. Points leagues players should come up with a reasonable projection for their pitchers each week, then convert that to points to rank their staff, and possible free agents.

Returnees will note I am not including non-closing relievers in the four- and 11-day rankings. They will return Saturday for the standard seven-day rankings. In four-day leagues, you probably don't need to make a decision — you'll want a pitcher active in every open spot since you likely have some starters not scheduled this weekend. In 11-day leagues, you'll rarely need to start a reliever with so many two-start options.

Apologies for the paucity of comments. I wanted to get these posted as fast as possible.

Week of April 7-11

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@CHC	The game's best pitcher heading Week 1 rankings. Seems right.
2	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BOS	Cue the wild card revenge game narrative.
3	Kevin Gausman	TOR	TEX	Tough division, but Mr. Splitty will be fine.
4	Aaron Nola	PHI	OAK
5	Brandon Woodruff	MIL

Apologies for the paucity of comments. I wanted to get these posted as fast as possible.

Week of April 7-11

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@CHC	The game's best pitcher heading Week 1 rankings. Seems right.
2	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BOS	Cue the wild card revenge game narrative.
3	Kevin Gausman	TOR	TEX	Tough division, but Mr. Splitty will be fine.
4	Aaron Nola	PHI	OAK
5	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@CHC	Good remedy for spring struggles.
6	Max Fried	ATL	CIN
7	Max Scherzer	NYM	@WAS	Conservative with Game 1 IP projection
8	Shane Bieber	CLE	@ KC
9	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@CHC
10	Logan Webb	SF	MIA
11	Charlie Morton	ATL	CIN
12	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@DET
13	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	TEX
14	Carlos Rodon	SF	MIA	Healthy now, worry about later down the road.
15	Jose Berrios	TOR	TEX
16	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	HOU
17	Justin Verlander	HOU	@LAA	Let's see if anyone can do it, it's Verlander
18	Shane McClanahan	TB	BAL
19	Sonny Gray	MIN	SEA	Should fluorish in the Twins Cities
20	German Marquez	COL	LAD
21	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	MIL
22	John Means	BAL	@ TB
23	Yu Darvish	SD	@ARI
24	Noah Syndergaard	LAA	HOU
25	Patrick Corbin	WAS	NYM
26	Marcus Stroman	CHC	MIL
27	Ian Anderson	ATL	CIN
28	Bailey Ober	MIN	SEA	Planted my flag, not going to shy away now.
29	Joe Musgrove	SD	@ARI
30	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	CWS
31	Robbie Ray	SEA	@MIN
32	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@ SF
33	Tyler Wells	BAL	@ TB
34	Luis Severino	NYY	BOS
35	Joe Ryan	MIN	SEA
36	Tyler Mahle	CIN	@ATL
37	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	@NYY
38	Walker Buehler	LAD	@COL	At least you get Coors out of the way early
39	Michael Kopech	CWS	@DET
40	Dylan Cease	CWS	@DET
41	Miles Mikolas	STL	PIT
42	Sean Manaea	SD	@ARI
43	Pablo Lopez	MIA	@ SF
44	Drew Rasmussen	TB	BAL
45	Adam Wainwright	STL	PIT
46	Zach Eflin	PHI	OAK
47	Blake Snell	SD	@ARI
48	Anthony DeSclafani	SF	MIA
49	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	HOU
50	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	BOS
51	Julio Urias	LAD	@COL
52	Trevor Rogers	MIA	@ SF
53	Casey Mize	DET	CWS
54	Kyle Gibson	PHI	OAK
55	Reiver Sanmartin	CIN	@ATL
56	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@WAS
57	Zack Greinke	KC	CLE
58	Frankie Montas	OAK	@PHI
59	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	SD
60	JT Brubaker	PIT	@STL
61	Adrian Houser	MIL	@CHC
62	Antonio Senzatela	COL	LAD
63	Jon Gray	TEX	@TOR
64	Merrill Kelly	ARI	SD
65	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@COL
66	Framber Valdez	HOU	@LAA
67	Dane Dunning	TEX	@TOR
68	Kris Bubic	KC	CLE
69	Erick Fedde	WAS	NYM
70	Cal Quantrill	CLE	@ KC
71	Tanner Houck	BOS	@NYY
72	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@WAS
73	Corey Kluber	TB	BAL
74	Zach Plesac	CLE	@ KC
75	Kyle Freeland	COL	LAD
76	Jose Suarez	LAA	HOU
77	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@MIN
78	Mitch Keller	PIT	@STL
79	Steven Matz	STL	PIT
80	Josiah Gray	WAS	NYM
81	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@LAA
82	Caleb Smith	ARI	SD
83	Anibal Sanchez	WAS	NYM
84	Justin Steele	CHC	MIL
85	Hunter Greene	0	@ATL
86	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@MIN
87	Matt Manning	DET	CWS
88	Brad Keller	KC	CLE
89	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@NYY
90	Bryse Wilson	PIT	@STL
91	Jake Odorizzi	HOU	@LAA
92	Drew Smyly	CHC	MIL
93	Jordan Lyles	BAL	@ TB
94	Zach Davies	ARI	SD
95	Daulton Jefferies	OAK	@PHI
96	Vladimir Gutierrez	CIN	@ATL
97	Cole Irvin	OAK	@PHI
98	Martin Perez	TEX	@TOR
99	Kyle Wright	ATL	CIN

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Gerrit Cole	NYY	BOS	Cue the wild-card revenge game narrative.
2	Kevin Gausman	TOR	TEX	Tough division, but Mr. Splitty will be fine.
3	Shane Bieber	CLE	@ KC
4	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@DET
5	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	TEX
6	Jose Berrios	TOR	TEX
7	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	HOU
8	Justin Verlander	HOU	@LAA	Let's see if anyone can do it, it's Verlander
9	Shane McClanahan	TB	BAL
10	Sonny Gray	MIN	SEA	Should fluorish in the Twins Cities
11	John Means	BAL	@ TB
12	Noah Syndergaard	LAA	HOU
13	Bailey Ober	MIN	SEA	Planted my flag, not going to shy away now.
14	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	CWS
15	Robbie Ray	SEA	@MIN
16	Tyler Wells	BAL	@ TB
17	Luis Severino	NYY	BOS
18	Joe Ryan	MIN	SEA
19	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	@NYY
20	Michael Kopech	CWS	@DET
21	Dylan Cease	CWS	@DET
22	Drew Rasmussen	TB	BAL
23	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	HOU
24	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	BOS
25	Casey Mize	DET	CWS
26	Zack Greinke	KC	CLE
27	Frankie Montas	OAK	@PHI
28	Jon Gray	TEX	@TOR
29	Framber Valdez	HOU	@LAA
30	Dane Dunning	TEX	@TOR
31	Kris Bubic	KC	CLE
32	Cal Quantrill	CLE	@ KC
33	Tanner Houck	BOS	@NYY
34	Corey Kluber	TB	BAL
35	Zach Plesac	CLE	@ KC
36	Jose Suarez	LAA	HOU
37	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@MIN
38	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@LAA
39	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@MIN
40	Matt Manning	DET	CWS
41	Brad Keller	KC	CLE
42	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@NYY
43	Jake Odorizzi	HOU	@LAA
44	Jordan Lyles	BAL	@ TB
45	Daulton Jefferies	OAK	@PHI
46	Cole Irvin	OAK	@PHI
47	Martin Perez	TEX	@TOR

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@CHC	The game's best pitcher heading Week 1 rankings. Seems right.
2	Aaron Nola	PHI	OAK
3	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@CHC	Good remedy for spring struggles.
4	Max Fried	ATL	CIN
5	Max Scherzer	NYM	@WAS	Conservative with Game 1 IP projection
6	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@CHC
7	Logan Webb	SF	MIA
8	Charlie Morton	ATL	CIN
9	Carlos Rodon	SF	MIA	Healthy now, worry about later down the road.
10	German Marquez	COL	LAD
11	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	MIL
12	Yu Darvish	SD	@ARI
13	Patrick Corbin	WAS	NYM
14	Marcus Stroman	CHC	MIL
15	Ian Anderson	ATL	CIN
16	Joe Musgrove	SD	@ARI
17	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@ SF
18	Tyler Mahle	CIN	@ATL
19	Walker Buehler	LAD	@COL	At least you get Coors out of the way early
20	Miles Mikolas	STL	PIT
21	Sean Manaea	SD	@ARI
22	Pablo Lopez	MIA	@ SF
23	Adam Wainwright	STL	PIT
24	Zach Eflin	PHI	OAK
25	Blake Snell	SD	@ARI
26	Anthony DeSclafani	SF	MIA
27	Julio Urias	LAD	@COL
28	Trevor Rogers	MIA	@ SF
29	Kyle Gibson	PHI	OAK
30	Reiver Sanmartin	CIN	@ATL
31	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@WAS
32	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	SD
33	JT Brubaker	PIT	@STL
34	Adrian Houser	MIL	@CHC
35	Antonio Senzatela	COL	LAD
36	Merrill Kelly	ARI	SD
37	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@COL
38	Erick Fedde	WAS	NYM
39	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@WAS
40	Kyle Freeland	COL	LAD
41	Mitch Keller	PIT	@STL
42	Steven Matz	STL	PIT
43	Josiah Gray	WAS	NYM
44	Caleb Smith	ARI	SD
45	Anibal Sanchez	WAS	NYM
46	Justin Steele	CHC	MIL
47	Hunter Greene	0	@ATL
48	Bryse Wilson	PIT	@STL
49	Drew Smyly	CHC	MIL
50	Zach Davies	ARI	SD
51	Vladimir Gutierrez	CIN	@ATL
52	Kyle Wright	ATL	CIN

Week of April 7-18

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@BAL, @CHC	The game's best pitcher heading Week 1 rankings. Seems right.
2	Yu Darvish	SDP	@SF, @ARI, ATL	Three starts
3	Gerrit Cole	NYY	TOR, BOS	Cue the wild-card revenge game narrative.
4	Aaron Nola	PHI	NYM, OAK
5	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	STL, @CHC	Good remedy for spring struggles.
6	Zack Wheeler	PHI	NYM, @MIA
7	Freddy Peralta	MIL	STL, @CHC
8	Tyler Mahle	CIN	CLE, @ATL, @LAD	Three starts
9	Shane Bieber	CLE	@CIN, @KC
10	Lucas Giolito	CHW	SEA, @DET
11	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@NYY, TEX	Tough division, but Mr. Splitty will be fine.
12	Max Fried	ATL	WAS, CIN
13	Justin Verlander	HOU	@SEA, @LAA	Let's see if anyone can do it, it's Verlander
14	Logan Webb	SFG	SD, MIA
15	Walker Buehler	LAD	CIN, @COL	At least you get Coors out of the way early
16	Julio Urias	LAD	CIN, @COL
17	Charlie Morton	ATL	@SD, CIN
18	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	OAK
19	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@ATL, NYM, @PIT	Three starts
20	Carlos Rodon	SFG	@CLE, MIA	Healthy now, worry about later down the road.
21	Max Scherzer	NYM	@PHI, @WAS	Conservative with Game 1 IP projection
22	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	CIN, @COL
23	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@TEX, HOU
24	Sonny Gray	MIN	@BOS, SEA	Should fluorish in the Twins Cities
25	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	PHI, @SF
26	German Marquez	COL	CHC, LAD
27	Jose Berrios	TOR	@NYY, TEX
28	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	BOS, CWS
29	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	@DET, @NYY
30	Shane McClanahan	TAM	OAK, BAL
31	Jon Gray	WAS	@ATL, @TOR
32	Joe Musgrove	SDP	ATL, @ARI
33	Pablo Lopez	MIA	PHI, @SF
34	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	@PIT, MIL
35	Alek Manoah	TOR	@NYY, OAK
36	Ranger Suarez	PHI	NYM, @MIA
37	Dylan Cease	CHW	TB, @DET
38	Austin Gomber	COL	@TEX, CHC
39	John Means	BAL	MIL, @TB
40	Michael Kopech	CHW	TB, @DET
41	Tarik Skubal	DET	BOS, @KC
42	Ian Anderson	ATL	@SD, CIN
43	Blake Snell	SDP	ATL, @ARI
44	Joe Ryan	MIN	LAD, SEA
45	Drew Rasmussen	TAM	OAK, BAL
46	Zach Eflin	PHI	@MIA, OAK
47	Luis Severino	NYY	TOR, BOS
48	Trevor Rogers	MIA	PHI, @SF
49	Adam Wainwright	STL	KC, PIT
50	Noah Syndergaard	LAA	@TEX, HOU
51	Frankie Montas	OAK	@TB, @PHI
52	Bailey Ober	MIN	@BOS, SEA	Planted my flag, not going to shy away now.
53	Huascar Ynoa	ATL	WAS, @SD
54	Marcus Stroman	CHC	@COL, MIL
55	Tyler Wells	BAL	NYY, @TB
56	Alex Wood	SFG	SD, @CLE
57	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	HOU, SD
58	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@TEX, HOU
59	JT Brubaker	PIT	CHC, @STL
60	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	@BAL, BOS
61	Robbie Ray	SEA	@CWS, @MIN
62	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@NYY, OAK
63	Zack Greinke	KCR	DET, CLE
64	Casey Mize	DET	@KC, CWS
65	Sean Manaea	SDP	@SF, @ARI
66	Antonio Senzatela	COL	CHC, LAD
67	Reiver Sanmartin	CIN	@LAD, @ATL
68	Jameson Taillon	NYY	TOR, @BAL
69	Chris Bassitt	NYM	ARI, @WAS
70	Zac Gallen	ARI	HOU
71	Tanner Houck	BOS	MIN, @NYY
72	Miles Mikolas	STL	@MIL, PIT
73	Framber Valdez	HOU	@ARI, @LAA
74	Kyle Freeland	COL	CHC, LAD
75	Aaron Civale	CLE	@KC, SF
76	Dane Dunning	TEX	LAA, @TOR
77	Anthony DeSclafani	SFG	@CLE, MIA
78	Zach Plesac	CLE	SF, @KC
79	Cal Quantrill	CLE	SF, @KC
80	Carlos Hernandez	KCR	CLE, DET
81	Adrian Houser	MIL	STL, @CHC
82	Erick Fedde	WAS	@PIT, NYM
83	Eric Lauer	MIL	@BAL, STL
84	Dylan Bundy	MIN	SEA, @BOS
85	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@SEA, @LAA
86	Kyle Gibson	PHI	@MIA, OAK
87	Mike Clevinger	SDP	ATL
88	Zach Thompson	PIT	@STL, WAS
89	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@NYM, SD
90	Elieser Hernandez	MIA	@LAA, PHI
91	Nestor Cortes	NYY	TOR, @BAL
92	Tyler Alexander	DET	BOS, @KC
93	Luis Garcia	HOU	@ARI
94	Mitch Keller	PIT	WAS, @STL
95	Jordan Hicks	STL	KC, @MIL
96	Marco Gonzales	SEA	HOU, @MIN
97	Michael Wacha	BOS	@DET, MIN
98	Bryse Wilson	PIT	WAS, @STL
99	Chad Kuhl	COL	@TEX
100	Nick Lodolo	CIN	CLE
101	Alex Cobb	SFG	SD
102	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	ARI, @WAS
103	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@CWS, @MIN
104	Reynaldo Lopez	CHW	SEA, TB
105	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@MIN, CIN
106	Caleb Smith	ARI	@NYM, SD
107	Dallas Keuchel	CHW	SEA
108	Luis Patino	TAM	OAK, @CWS
109	Tucker Davidson	ATL	WAS
110	Aaron Ashby	MIL	@BAL
111	Jose Suarez	LAA	@TEX, HOU
112	Matt Brash	SEA	@CWS, HOU
113	Brad Keller	KCR	DET, CLE
114	Anibal Sanchez	WAS	@PIT, NYM
115	Taylor Hearn	TEX	COL, LAA
116	Hunter Greene	CIN	@LAD, @ATL
117	Matt Manning	DET	@KC, CWS
118	Jose Quintana	PIT	CHC, WAS
119	Jake Odorizzi	HOU	@SEA, @LAA
120	Nick Pivetta	BOS	MIN, @NYY
121	Brady Singer	KCR	@STL
122	Kris Bubic	KCR	DET, CLE
123	Josiah Gray	WAS	NYM
124	Ryan Yarbrough	TAM	OAK, @CWS
125	Chris Archer	MIN	LAD
126	Steven Matz	STL	@MIL, PIT
127	Chris Flexen	SEA	@MIN, HOU
128	Triston McKenzie	CLE	@CIN
129	Joan Adon	WAS	@ATL, @PIT
130	Corey Kluber	TAM	@CWS, BAL
131	Andrew Heaney	LAD	@MIN
132	Daulton Jefferies	OAK	@TOR, @PHI
133	Justin Steele	CHC	@COL, MIL
134	Daniel Lynch	KCR	@STL
135	Alec Mills	CHC	@PIT, @COL
136	Dean Kremer	BAL	MIL
137	Michael Lorenzen	LAA	MIA
138	Bruce Zimmermann	BAL	MIL, NYY
139	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@LAA
140	Jordan Lyles	BAL	NYY, @TB
141	Reid Detmers	LAA	MIA
142	Adam Oller	OAK	@TB, @TOR
143	Cole Irvin	OAK	@TB, @PHI
144	Drew Smyly	CHC	@COL, MIL
145	Martin Perez	TEX	LAA, @TOR
146	Taijuan Walker	NYM	@PHI, ARI
147	Dakota Hudson	STL	PIT, @MIL
148	Zach Davies	ARI	@NYM, SD
149	Vladimir Gutierrez	CIN	@LAD, @ATL
150	Rich Hill	BOS	@DET
151	Nick Martinez	SDP	@SF
152	Spencer Howard	TEX	COL
153	Paul Blackburn	OAK	@TB, @TOR
154	Kyle Wright	ATL	@SD, CIN
155	Tylor Megill	NYM	@PHI

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Gerrit Cole	NYY	TOR, BOS	Cue the wild-card revenge game narrative.
2	Shane Bieber	CLE	@CIN, @KC
3	Lucas Giolito	CHW	SEA, @DET
4	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@NYY, TEX	Tough division, but Mr. Splitty will be fine.
5	Justin Verlander	HOU	@SEA, @LAA	Let's see if anyone can do it, it's Verlander
6	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	OAK
7	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@TEX, HOU
8	Sonny Gray	MIN	@BOS, SEA	Should fluorish in the Twins Cities
9	Jose Berrios	TOR	@NYY, TEX
10	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	BOS, CWS
11	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	@DET, @NYY
12	Shane McClanahan	TAM	OAK, BAL
13	Alek Manoah	TOR	@NYY, OAK
14	Dylan Cease	CHW	TB, @DET
15	John Means	BAL	MIL, @TB
16	Michael Kopech	CHW	TB, @DET
17	Tarik Skubal	DET	BOS, @KC
18	Joe Ryan	MIN	LAD, SEA
19	Drew Rasmussen	TAM	OAK, BAL
20	Luis Severino	NYY	TOR, BOS
21	Noah Syndergaard	LAA	@TEX, HOU
22	Frankie Montas	OAK	@TB, @PHI
23	Bailey Ober	MIN	@BOS, SEA	Planted my flag, not going to shy away now.
24	Tyler Wells	BAL	NYY, @TB
25	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	@TEX, HOU
26	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	@BAL, BOS
27	Robbie Ray	SEA	@CWS, @MIN
28	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@NYY, OAK
29	Zack Greinke	KCR	DET, CLE
30	Casey Mize	DET	@KC, CWS
31	Jameson Taillon	NYY	TOR, @BAL
32	Tanner Houck	BOS	MIN, @NYY
33	Framber Valdez	HOU	@ARI, @LAA
34	Aaron Civale	CLE	@KC, SF
35	Dane Dunning	TEX	LAA, @TOR
36	Zach Plesac	CLE	SF, @KC
37	Cal Quantrill	CLE	SF, @KC
38	Carlos Hernandez	KCR	CLE, DET
39	Dylan Bundy	MIN	SEA, @BOS
40	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@SEA, @LAA
41	Nestor Cortes	NYY	TOR, @BAL
42	Tyler Alexander	DET	BOS, @KC
43	Luis Garcia	HOU	@ARI
44	Marco Gonzales	SEA	HOU, @MIN
45	Michael Wacha	BOS	@DET, MIN
46	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@CWS, @MIN
47	Reynaldo Lopez	CHW	SEA, TB
48	Dallas Keuchel	CHW	SEA
49	Luis Patino	TAM	OAK, @CWS
50	Jose Suarez	LAA	@TEX, HOU
51	Matt Brash	SEA	@CWS, HOU
52	Brad Keller	KCR	DET, CLE
53	Taylor Hearn	TEX	COL, LAA
54	Matt Manning	DET	@KC, CWS
55	Jake Odorizzi	HOU	@SEA, @LAA
56	Nick Pivetta	BOS	MIN, @NYY
57	Brady Singer	KCR	@STL
58	Kris Bubic	KCR	DET, CLE
59	Ryan Yarbrough	TAM	OAK, @CWS
60	Chris Archer	MIN	LAD
61	Chris Flexen	SEA	@MIN, HOU
62	Triston McKenzie	CLE	@CIN
63	Corey Kluber	TAM	@CWS, BAL
64	Daulton Jefferies	OAK	@TOR, @PHI
65	Daniel Lynch	KCR	@STL
66	Dean Kremer	BAL	MIL
67	Michael Lorenzen	LAA	MIA
68	Bruce Zimmermann	BAL	MIL, NYY
69	Jordan Lyles	BAL	NYY, @TB
70	Reid Detmers	LAA	MIA
71	Adam Oller	OAK	@TB, @TOR
72	Cole Irvin	OAK	@TB, @PHI
73	Martin Perez	TEX	LAA, @TOR
74	Rich Hill	BOS	@DET
75	Spencer Howard	TEX	COL
76	Paul Blackburn	OAK	@TB, @TOR

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	@BAL, @CHC	The game's best pitcher heading Week 1 rankings. Seems right.
2	Yu Darvish	SDP	@SF, @ARI, ATL	Three starts
3	Aaron Nola	PHI	NYM, OAK
4	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	STL, @CHC	Good remedy for spring struggles.
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	NYM, @MIA
6	Freddy Peralta	MIL	STL, @CHC
7	Tyler Mahle	CIN	CLE, @ATL, @LAD	Three starts
8	Max Fried	ATL	WAS, CIN
9	Logan Webb	SFG	SD, MIA
10	Walker Buehler	LAD	CIN, @COL	At least you get Coors out of the way early
11	Julio Urias	LAD	CIN, @COL
12	Charlie Morton	ATL	@SD, CIN
13	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@ATL, NYM, @PIT	Three starts
14	Carlos Rodon	SFG	@CLE, MIA	Healthy now, worry about later down the road.
15	Max Scherzer	NYM	@PHI, @WAS	Conservative with Game 1 IP projection
16	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	CIN, @COL
17	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	PHI, @SF
18	German Marquez	COL	CHC, LAD
19	Jon Gray	WAS	@ATL, @TOR
20	Joe Musgrove	SDP	ATL, @ARI
21	Pablo Lopez	MIA	PHI, @SF
22	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	@PIT, MIL
23	Ranger Suarez	PHI	NYM, @MIA
24	Austin Gomber	COL	@TEX, CHC
25	Ian Anderson	ATL	@SD, CIN
26	Blake Snell	SDP	ATL, @ARI
27	Zach Eflin	PHI	@MIA, OAK
28	Trevor Rogers	MIA	PHI, @SF
29	Adam Wainwright	STL	KC, PIT
30	Huascar Ynoa	ATL	WAS, @SD
31	Marcus Stroman	CHC	@COL, MIL
32	Alex Wood	SFG	SD, @CLE
33	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	HOU, SD
34	JT Brubaker	PIT	CHC, @STL
35	Sean Manaea	SDP	@SF, @ARI
36	Antonio Senzatela	COL	CHC, LAD
37	Reiver Sanmartin	CIN	@LAD, @ATL
38	Chris Bassitt	NYM	ARI, @WAS
39	Zac Gallen	ARI	HOU
40	Miles Mikolas	STL	@MIL, PIT
41	Kyle Freeland	COL	CHC, LAD
42	Anthony DeSclafani	SFG	@CLE, MIA
43	Adrian Houser	MIL	STL, @CHC
44	Erick Fedde	WAS	@PIT, NYM
45	Eric Lauer	MIL	@BAL, STL
46	Kyle Gibson	PHI	@MIA, OAK
47	Mike Clevinger	SDP	ATL
48	Zach Thompson	PIT	@STL, WAS
49	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@NYM, SD
50	Elieser Hernandez	MIA	@LAA, PHI
51	Mitch Keller	PIT	WAS, @STL
52	Jordan Hicks	STL	KC, @MIL
53	Bryse Wilson	PIT	WAS, @STL
54	Chad Kuhl	COL	@TEX
55	Nick Lodolo	CIN	CLE
56	Alex Cobb	SFG	SD
57	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	ARI, @WAS
58	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	@MIN, CIN
59	Caleb Smith	ARI	@NYM, SD
60	Tucker Davidson	ATL	WAS
61	Aaron Ashby	MIL	@BAL
62	Anibal Sanchez	WAS	@PIT, NYM
63	Hunter Greene	CIN	@LAD, @ATL
64	Jose Quintana	PIT	CHC, WAS
65	Josiah Gray	WAS	NYM
66	Steven Matz	STL	@MIL, PIT
67	Joan Adon	WAS	@ATL, @PIT
68	Andrew Heaney	LAD	@MIN
69	Justin Steele	CHC	@COL, MIL
70	Alec Mills	CHC	@PIT, @COL
71	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@LAA
72	Drew Smyly	CHC	@COL, MIL
73	Taijuan Walker	NYM	@PHI, ARI
74	Dakota Hudson	STL	PIT, @MIL
75	Zach Davies	ARI	@NYM, SD
76	Vladimir Gutierrez	CIN	@LAD, @ATL
77	Nick Martinez	SDP	@SF
78	Kyle Wright	ATL	@SD, CIN
79	Tylor Megill	NYM	@PHI