Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Slim Pickings

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Updated on April 3, 2023 12:37AM EST

With mostly fourth and fifth starters scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, the inventory of two-start options is rather bleak. As such, this could be a week to focus on single-start hurlers with favorable matchups. To that end, keep in mind the percentages shown represent the pitcher's rostership in 12 and 15 team mixed leagues, specifically the Rotowire Online Championship and NFBC Main Event. Anyone over 50 percent is not shown.

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Updated Monday, 12:35 AM ET

For the Week of April 3 - 9

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	NYM	Not the ideal start, but it's a long season
2	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@SEA	In midseason form already
3	Gerrit Cole	NYY	PHI	Early leader for AL Cy Young
4	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	STL
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	CIN
6	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@WAS, OAK	Favorable matchups to begin the campaign
7	Shane Bieber	CLE	@OAK
8	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@ARI
9	Dylan Cease	CWS	SF	Great start to the season with a good chance to keep on a roll
10	George Kirby	SEA	LAA, @CLE
11	Shane McClanahan	TB	@WAS

Updated Monday, 12:35 AM ET

For the Week of April 3 - 9

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	NYM	Not the ideal start, but it's a long season
2	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@SEA	In midseason form already
3	Gerrit Cole	NYY	PHI	Early leader for AL Cy Young
4	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	STL
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	CIN
6	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@WAS, OAK	Favorable matchups to begin the campaign
7	Shane Bieber	CLE	@OAK
8	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@ARI
9	Dylan Cease	CWS	SF	Great start to the season with a good chance to keep on a roll
10	George Kirby	SEA	LAA, @CLE
11	Shane McClanahan	TB	@WAS
12	Jacob deGrom	TEX	BAL	Even the bext occasionally give up hits in clusters
13	Max Scherzer	NYM	@MIL
14	Brady Singer	KC	TOR, @SF	Last season wasn't a fluke
15	Freddy Peralta	MIL	NYM, STL
16	Luis Castillo	SEA	LAA
17	Jeffrey Springs	TB	OAK
18	Nestor Cortes	NYY	PHI, @BAL
19	Framber Valdez	HOU	DET
20	Spencer Strider	ATL	SD
21	Yu Darvish	SD	ARI
22	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	MIN
23	Aaron Nola	PHI	@NYY	Tough matchup to rebound from opening day stinker
24	Julio Urias	LAD	COL
25	Reid Detmers	LAA	@SEA, TOR	Yay Driveline
26	Cristian Javier	HOU	DET
27	Logan Webb	SF	@CWS	12 opening day punch outs a bit of a surprise
28	Zac Gallen	ARI	@SD
29	Lance Lynn	CWS	SF
30	Domingo German	NYY	PHI, @BAL		38%
31	Tyler Mahle	MIN	@MIA, HOU
32	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	MIN
33	Sonny Gray	MIN	HOU
34	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@MIA
35	Jordan Montgomery	STL	@MIL	Shaky spring, but should answer the bell when it counts
36	Zach Eflin	TB	OAK
37	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@KC
38	Alex Cobb	SF	KC
39	Michael Kopech	CWS	SF, @PIT	Nice double dip to get off to a strong start
40	Charlie Morton	ATL	@STL, SD
41	Joe Ryan	MIN	HOU	New pitches put to an early test
42	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@MIL, MIA
43	Alek Manoah	TOR	@KC	Not worried yet, but if he struggles here…
44	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@NYY, CIN
45	Andrew Heaney	TEX	BAL
46	Anthony DeSclafani	SF	@CWS, KC		17%
47	Marcus Stroman	CHC	@CIN
48	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@LAA
49	Jon Gray	TEX	BAL, @CHC
50	Kenta Maeda	MIN	@MIA	Welcome back
51	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@NYM
52	Trevor Rogers	MIA	@NYM
53	Aaron Civale	CLE	SEA
54	Jameson Taillon	CHC	TEX
55	Corey Kluber	BOS	PIT		47%
56	Cal Quantrill	CLE	SEA
57	Alex Wood	SF	@CWS
58	Ross Stripling	SF	KC
59	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@PIT
60	Kodai Senga	NYM	MIA
61	Chris Sale	BOS	@DET
62	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	TOR
63	Merrill Kelly	ARI	LAD
64	Nick Pivetta	BOS	PIT, @DET	Perhaps the easiest two-step all season	8%
65	Dylan Dodd	ATL	@STL, SD		18%
66	Tyler Anderson	LAA	TOR
67	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@CLE
68	Miles Mikolas	STL	ATL
69	German Marquez	COL	@LAD		14%
70	Jose Berrios	TOR	@KC, @LAA	A year ago, this would have merited a top-20 ranking
71	Zach Plesac	CLE	@OAK, SEA	Remember when he was the next big…um…medium thing?	0%	11%
72	Jack Flaherty	STL	@MIL
73	Matt Manning	DET	@HOU		2%	42%
74	Tylor Megill	NYM	MIA		8%	45%
75	Justin Steele	CHC	TEX
76	David Peterson	NYM	@MIL	Strikeouts on the rise, but walks still an issue
77	Johnny Cueto	MIA	MIN, @NYM		1%	17%
78	Drew Smyly	CHC	@CIN, TEX		2%
79	Mix 12 Reliever				0%	0%
80	Hunter Greene	CIN	CHC
81	Michael Grove	LAD	COL, @ARI		0%	2%
82	Brad Keller	KC	@SF		1%	19%
83	Wade Miley	MIL	NYM		0%	6%
84	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@CHC
85	Tanner Houck	BOS	@DET		27%
86	Steven Matz	STL	ATL
87	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TEX, NYY
88	Mix 15 Reliever				0%	0%
89	Jared Shuster	ATL	SD
90	Bailey Falter	PHI	CIN		8%
91	Matthew Boyd	DET	@HOU, BOS	Tough schedule to open the season
92	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	@HOU
93	Spencer Turnbull	DET	BOS		19%
94	Zack Greinke	KC	TOR		2%	26%
95	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@PHI
96	Dustin May	LAD	@ARI
97	Connor Overton	CIN	CHC, @PHI		0%	0%
98	Blake Snell	SD	@ATL
99	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	@CIN	Could be a fast riser if he pitches to the hype
100	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	@PHI
101	Tyler Wells	BAL	@TEX		1%	21%
102	Rich Hill	PIT	CWS		0%	0%
103	Kutter Crawford	BOS	PIT		2%
104	James Kaprielian	OAK	CLE, @TB		0%	4%
105	Martin Perez	TEX	@CHC
106	Chris Flexen	SEA	LAA		0%	0%
107	Kris Bubic	KC	TOR, @SF		0%	0%
108	Hunter Brown	HOU	DET, @MIN	Decent matchups, but innings could be limited
109	Jose Suarez	LAA	@SEA		35%
110	Eric Lauer	MIL	STL
111	Mike Clevinger	CWS	@PIT		41%
112	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@KC, @LAA		35%
113	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@TEX		6%
114	Shintaro Fujinami	OAK	@TB		15%
115	Matt Strahm	PHI	@NYY		0%	2%
116	Luis Garcia	HOU	@MIN
117	Josh Fleming	TB	@WAS		1%	8%
118	Cole Irvin	BAL	NYY		4%
119	Noah Syndergaard	LAD	@ARI
120	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	@TB		9%
121	Mitch Keller	PIT	@BOS
122	Dean Kremer	BAL	NYY		3%
123	Luis Cessa	CIN	CHC		0	0.02
124	Seth Lugo	SD	@ATL		15%
125	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@SD, LAD		22%
126	Bryce Elder	ATL	@STL		0%	0%
127	Jordan Lyles	KC	TOR		1%	9%
128	Kyle Muller	OAK	CLE		2%	36%
129	Trevor Williams	WAS	TB, @COL		0%	2%
130	Roansy Contreras	PIT	@BOS
131	Jake Woodford	STL	ATL, @MIL		1%	17%
132	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@BAL
133	Ryan Feltner	COL	@LAD, WAS		0%	0%
134	Ryan Weathers	SD	ARI		0%	0%
135	Chad Kuhl	WAS	TB, @COL		0%	6%
136	Vince Velasquez	PIT	CWS		0%	2%
137	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@MIN
138	Kyle Freeland	COL	WAS		0%	2%
139	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@BOS, CWS		2%	17%
140	Hunter Gaddis	CLE	@OAK		2%	25%
141	Zach Davies	ARI	LAD		0%	0%
142	Michael Wacha	SD	@ATL
143	Nick Martinez	SD	@ATL
144	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	LAD		1%	0%
145	JP Sears	OAK	CLE		0%	2%
146	Austin Gomber	COL	WAS		0%	0%
147	Patrick Corbin	WAS	TB		0%	2%
148	Joey Wentz	DET	BOS		0%	8%
149	Josiah Gray	WAS	@COL
150	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@CLE		1%	15%
151	Jose Urena	COL	WAS		0%	0%
152	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@COL

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@SEA	In midseason form already
2	Gerrit Cole	NYY	PHI	Early leader for AL Cy Young
3	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@WAS, OAK	Favorable matchups to begin the campaign
4	Shane Bieber	CLE	@OAK
5	Dylan Cease	CWS	SF	Great start to the season with a good chance to keep on a roll
6	George Kirby	SEA	LAA, @CLE
7	Shane McClanahan	TB	@WAS
8	Jacob deGrom	TEX	BAL	Even the bext occasionally give up hits in clusters
9	Brady Singer	KC	TOR, @SF	Last season wasn't a fluke
10	Luis Castillo	SEA	LAA
11	Jeffrey Springs	TB	OAK
12	Nestor Cortes	NYY	PHI, @BAL
13	Framber Valdez	HOU	DET
14	Reid Detmers	LAA	@SEA, TOR	Yay Driveline
15	Cristian Javier	HOU	DET
16	Lance Lynn	CWS	SF
17	Domingo German	NYY	PHI, @BAL
18	Tyler Mahle	MIN	@MIA, HOU
19	Sonny Gray	MIN	HOU
20	Pablo Lopez	MIN	@MIA
21	Zach Eflin	TB	OAK
22	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@KC
23	Michael Kopech	CWS	SF, @PIT	Nice double dip to get off to a strong start
24	Joe Ryan	MIN	HOU	New pitches put to an early test
25	Alek Manoah	TOR	@KC	Not worried yet, but if he struggles here…
26	Andrew Heaney	TEX	BAL
27	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@LAA
28	Jon Gray	TEX	BAL, @CHC
29	Kenta Maeda	MIN	@MIA	Welcome back
30	Aaron Civale	CLE	SEA
31	Corey Kluber	BOS	PIT
32	Cal Quantrill	CLE	SEA
33	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@PIT
34	Chris Sale	BOS	@DET
35	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	TOR
36	Nick Pivetta	BOS	PIT, @DET	Perhaps the easiest two-step all season
37	Tyler Anderson	LAA	TOR
38	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@CLE
39	Jose Berrios	TOR	@KC, @LAA	A year ago, this would have merited a top-20 ranking
40	Zach Plesac	CLE	@OAK, SEA	Remember when he was the next big…um…medium thing?
41	Matt Manning	DET	@HOU
42	Brad Keller	KC	@SF
43	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@CHC
44	Tanner Houck	BOS	@DET
45	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TEX, NYY
46	Matthew Boyd	DET	@HOU, BOS	Tough schedule to open the season
47	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	@HOU
48	Spencer Turnbull	DET	BOS
49	Zack Greinke	KC	TOR
50	Tyler Wells	BAL	@TEX
51	Kutter Crawford	BOS	PIT
52	James Kaprielian	OAK	CLE, @TB
53	AL Reliever
54	Martin Perez	TEX	@CHC
55	Chris Flexen	SEA	LAA
56	Kris Bubic	KC	TOR, @SF
57	Hunter Brown	HOU	DET, @MIN	Decent matchups, but innings could be limited
58	Jose Suarez	LAA	@SEA
59	Mike Clevinger	CWS	@PIT
60	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	@KC, @LAA
61	Kyle Gibson	BAL	@TEX
62	Shintaro Fujinami	OAK	@TB
63	Luis Garcia	HOU	@MIN
64	Josh Fleming	TB	@WAS
65	Cole Irvin	BAL	NYY
66	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	@TB
67	Dean Kremer	BAL	NYY
68	Jordan Lyles	KC	TOR
69	Kyle Muller	OAK	CLE
70	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@BAL
71	Jose Urquidy	HOU	@MIN
72	Hunter Gaddis	CLE	@OAK
73	JP Sears	OAK	CLE
74	Joey Wentz	DET	BOS
75	Marco Gonzales	SEA	@CLE

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	NYM	Not the ideal start, but it's a long season
2	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	STL
3	Zack Wheeler	PHI	CIN
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	@ARI
5	Max Scherzer	NYM	@MIL
6	Freddy Peralta	MIL	NYM, STL
7	Spencer Strider	ATL	SD
8	Yu Darvish	SD	ARI
9	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	MIN
10	Aaron Nola	PHI	@NYY	Tough matchup to rebound from opening day stinker
11	Julio Urias	LAD	COL
12	Logan Webb	SF	@CWS	12 opening day punch outs a bit of a surprise
13	Zac Gallen	ARI	@SD
14	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	MIN
15	Jordan Montgomery	STL	@MIL	Shaky spring, but should answer the bell when it counts
16	Alex Cobb	SF	KC
17	Charlie Morton	ATL	@STL, SD
18	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@MIL, MIA
19	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@NYY, CIN
20	Anthony DeSclafani	SF	@CWS, KC
21	Marcus Stroman	CHC	@CIN
22	Edward Cabrera	MIA	@NYM
23	Trevor Rogers	MIA	@NYM
24	Jameson Taillon	CHC	TEX
25	Alex Wood	SF	@CWS
26	Ross Stripling	SF	KC
27	Kodai Senga	NYM	MIA
28	Merrill Kelly	ARI	LAD
29	Dylan Dodd	ATL	@STL, SD
30	Miles Mikolas	STL	ATL
31	German Marquez	COL	@LAD
32	Jack Flaherty	STL	@MIL
33	Tylor Megill	NYM	MIA
34	Justin Steele	CHC	TEX
35	David Peterson	NYM	@MIL	Strikeouts on the rise, but walks still an issue
36	Johnny Cueto	MIA	MIN, @NYM
37	Drew Smyly	CHC	@CIN, TEX
38	Hunter Greene	CIN	CHC
39	Michael Grove	LAD	COL, @ARI
40	Wade Miley	MIL	NYM
41	Steven Matz	STL	ATL
42	Jared Shuster	ATL	SD
43	Bailey Falter	PHI	CIN
44	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@PHI
45	Dustin May	LAD	@ARI
46	Connor Overton	CIN	CHC, @PHI
47	Blake Snell	SD	@ATL
48	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	@CIN	Could be a fast riser if he pitches to the hype
49	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	@PHI
50	Rich Hill	PIT	CWS
51	NL Reliever
52	Eric Lauer	MIL	STL
53	Matt Strahm	PHI	@NYY
54	Noah Syndergaard	LAD	@ARI
55	Mitch Keller	PIT	@BOS
56	Luis Cessa	CIN	CHC
57	Seth Lugo	SD	@ATL
58	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@SD, LAD
59	Bryce Elder	ATL	@STL
60	Trevor Williams	WAS	TB, @COL
61	Roansy Contreras	PIT	@BOS
62	Jake Woodford	STL	ATL, @MIL
63	Ryan Feltner	COL	@LAD, WAS
64	Ryan Weathers	SD	ARI
65	Chad Kuhl	WAS	TB, @COL
66	Vince Velasquez	PIT	CWS
67	Kyle Freeland	COL	WAS
68	Johan Oviedo	PIT	@BOS, CWS
69	Zach Davies	ARI	LAD
70	Michael Wacha	SD	@ATL
71	Nick Martinez	SD	@ATL
72	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	LAD
73	Austin Gomber	COL	WAS
74	Patrick Corbin	WAS	TB
75	Josiah Gray	WAS	@COL
76	Jose Urena	COL	WAS
77	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	@COL