Webster's Dictionary has a new definition of insanity:
in·san·ity [in-san-i-tee]: Posting weekly pitching rankings two days before the MLB Trade Deadline.
I'm still planning on a quick update late Monday afternoon, but there have already been several significant deals involving starting pitching.
UPDATED: Monday August 3, 1:45 a.m. ET
Week of August 3 - 9
Mixed League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
| 1 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | STL, ATL | |
| 2 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | WAS, TOR | |
| 3 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | MIN | |
| 4 | Tarik Skubal | LAD | @CHC | |
| 5 | Logan Henderson | MIL | PIT, MIN | Likely in the rotation for good this time |
| 6 | Logan Webb | SF | @TEX, DET | |
| 7 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | TOR | |
| 8 | Chris Sale | ATL | @NYY | Sneaking back into Cy Young contention |
| 9 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @ARI | |
| 10 | Ian Seymour | TB | @COL, @SEA | |
| 11 | Casey Mize | DET | @SEA, @SF | |
| 12 | Jared Jones | PIT | @MIL, NYM | Pitching with no restrictions, and delivering |
| 13 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | @SEA | |
| 14 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | WAS | |
| 15 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @MIL | |
| 16 | Chase Burns | CIN | @WAS | Let down by defense last time out |
| 17 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | LAD, @KC | |
| 18 | Max Fried | NYY | ATL | |
| 19 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | ATL | |
| 20 | Griffin Jax | TB | @SEA | |
| 21 | Parker Messick | CLE | @CWS | |
| 22 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | CWS | |
| 23 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | LAA | |
| 24 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | BAL | |
| 25 | Hunter Greene | CIN | ATH | |
| 26 | Hunter Brown | HOU | TOR | |
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Webster's Dictionary has a new definition of insanity:
in·san·ity [in-san-i-tee]: Posting weekly pitching rankings two days before the MLB Trade Deadline.
I'm still planning on a quick update late Monday afternoon, but there have already been several significant deals involving starting pitching.
UPDATED: Monday August 3, 1:45 a.m. ET
Week of August 3 - 9
Mixed League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comments |
| 1 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | STL, ATL | |
| 2 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | WAS, TOR | |
| 3 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | MIN | |
| 4 | Tarik Skubal | LAD | @CHC | |
| 5 | Logan Henderson | MIL | PIT, MIN | Likely in the rotation for good this time |
| 6 | Logan Webb | SF | @TEX, DET | |
| 7 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | TOR | |
| 8 | Chris Sale | ATL | @NYY | Sneaking back into Cy Young contention |
| 9 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @ARI | |
| 10 | Ian Seymour | TB | @COL, @SEA | |
| 11 | Casey Mize | DET | @SEA, @SF | |
| 12 | Jared Jones | PIT | @MIL, NYM | Pitching with no restrictions, and delivering |
| 13 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | @SEA | |
| 14 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | WAS | |
| 15 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @MIL | |
| 16 | Chase Burns | CIN | @WAS | Let down by defense last time out |
| 17 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | LAD, @KC | |
| 18 | Max Fried | NYY | ATL | |
| 19 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | ATL | |
| 20 | Griffin Jax | TB | @SEA | |
| 21 | Parker Messick | CLE | @CWS | |
| 22 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | CWS | |
| 23 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | LAA | |
| 24 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | BAL | |
| 25 | Hunter Greene | CIN | ATH | |
| 26 | Hunter Brown | HOU | TOR | |
| 27 | Dylan Cease | TOR | @HOU | |
| 28 | Nolan McLean | NYM | @CLE | |
| 29 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | LAA, @TEX | |
| 30 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | TB | |
| 31 | Bryan Woo | SEA | DET | |
| 32 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @CWS | |
| 33 | Bryce Miller | SEA | DET, TB | |
| 34 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @KC, @MIL | |
| 35 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | NYM | |
| 36 | Sonny Gray | BOS | CWS | |
| 37 | Noah Cameron | KC | MIN | |
| 38 | Cade Cavalli | WAS | CIN | |
| 39 | Troy Melton | DET | @SEA | |
| 40 | Kyle Harrison | MIL | PIT | |
| 41 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | LAD | |
| 42 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | SF | |
| 43 | Payton Tolle | BOS | ATH | |
| 44 | Michael Wacha | KC | MIN | |
| 45 | Kevin Gausman | CHC | TOR | |
| 46 | Ryan Weathers | NYY | STL | Most IP of his career and showing no signs of wearing down |
| 47 | Shane Baz | BAL | LAA | |
| 48 | Eury Perez | MIA | @ATL | |
| 49 | George Kirby | SEA | TB | |
| 50 | Trey Yesavage | TOR | @HOU, @PHI | |
| 51 | Davis Martin | CWS | @BOS, CLE | Regression setting in, low K% beginning to catch up |
| 52 | Kyle Leahy | STL | COL | |
| 53 | Shane Drohan | MIL | PIT | |
| 54 | Michael King | SD | @ARI, HOU | |
| 55 | Brandon Young | BAL | LAA | |
| 56 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | SD, LAD | Continues to fend off regression (2.48 ERA vs. 4.59 xFIP and 4.88 SIERA |
| 57 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @BAL, @MIA | |
| 58 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @ARI | |
| 59 | Sean Manaea | NYM | @CLE, @PIT | |
| 60 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @TEX | |
| 61 | Jake Bennett | BOS | ATH | |
| 62 | MacKenzie Gore | TEX | SF | |
| 63 | Sean Burke | CWS | @BOS | |
| 64 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | @ARI | |
| 65 | Brady Singer | CIN | ATH, @WAS | |
| 66 | Framber Valdez | DET | @SF | |
| 67 | Zac Thornton | NYM | @PIT | |
| 68 | Will Warren | NYY | STL | |
| 69 | Seth Lugo | KC | CHC | |
| 70 | Shane Bieber | TOR | @HOU, @PHI | |
| 71 | Mix 12 Reliever | |||
| 72 | Aaron Nola | PHI | WAS, TOR | |
| 73 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | NYM, @CWS | |
| 74 | Zack Littell | WAS | @PHI, CIN | |
| 75 | Cristian Javier | HOU | TOR, @SD | |
| 76 | Landen Roupp | SF | DET | |
| 77 | Nick Martinez | TB | @COL | |
| 78 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | DET | |
| 79 | Martin Perez | ATL | MIA | |
| 80 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | BAL | |
| 81 | Keider Montero | DET | @SF | |
| 82 | Foster Griffin | WAS | @PHI | |
| 83 | Mix 15 Reliever | |||
| 84 | Jordan Montgomery | TEX | BAL | |
| 85 | Robbie Ray | SF | @TEX | |
| 86 | Reid Detmers | LAA | @BAL | |
| 87 | Bailey Ober | MIN | @KC | |
| 88 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | @MIL | |
| 89 | Peter Lambert | HOU | @SD | |
| 90 | Anthony Kay | CWS | CLE | |
| 91 | Christian Scott | NYM | @CLE | |
| 92 | Justin Wrobleski | LAD | @CHC | |
| 93 | Hayden Wesneski | HOU | TOR | |
| 94 | Mitch Keller | PIT | NYM | |
| 95 | Andre Pallante | STL | @NYY | |
| 96 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | @MIL, NYM | |
| 97 | Adrian Houser | SF | DET | |
| 98 | Dustin May | STL | @NYY | |
| 99 | Clay Holmes | NYM | @PIT | |
| 100 | Patrick Sandoval | BOS | CWS, ATH | |
| 101 | Randy Dobnak | KC | MIN, CHC | |
| 102 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | COL | |
| 103 | Bryce Elder | ATL | MIA | |
| 104 | Grant Holmes | ATL | MIA, @NYY | |
| 105 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | @CIN, @BOS | |
| 106 | Tyler Mahle | ATL | @NYY | |
| 107 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | SD, LAD | |
| 108 | Andrew Painter | PHI | WAS | |
| 109 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | NYM | |
| 110 | Luis Castillo | CWS | @BOS | |
| 111 | Ronel Blanco | HOU | @SD | |
| 112 | David Peterson | CHC | @KC | |
| 113 | Taj Bradley | MIN | @MIL | |
| 114 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | TB | |
| 115 | Chris Bassitt | BAL | @TEX | |
| 116 | Connor Prielipp | MIN | @MIL | |
| 117 | Mitch Bratt | ARI | SD | |
| 118 | Noah Schultz | CWS | CLE | |
| 119 | Tyler Phillips | MIA | LAA | |
| 120 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @WAS | |
| 121 | Trevor Williams | WAS | @PHI | |
| 122 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | ATH | |
| 123 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @STL | |
| 124 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | PIT, MIN | |
| 125 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | LAD | |
| 126 | Grayson Rodriguez | LAA | @BAL | |
| 127 | Max Scherzer | TOR | @PHI | |
| 128 | Miles Mikolas | WAS | CIN | |
| 129 | Javier Assad | CHC | LAD | |
| 130 | Ty Madden | DET | @SEA | |
| 131 | Griffin Canning | SD | HOU | |
| 132 | Ryan Gusto | MIA | @ATL, LAA | |
| 133 | Walbert Urena | LAA | @MIA | |
| 134 | Freddy Peralta | TB | @COL | |
| 135 | Eric Lauer | LAD | @CHC | |
| 136 | Cal Quantrill | TEX | SF | |
| 137 | Janson Junk | MIA | @ATL | |
| 138 | Dean Kremer | MIN | @KC | |
| 139 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @NYY | |
| 140 | Colin Rea | CHC | @KC | |
| 141 | Carson Whisenhunt | SF | @TEX | |
| 142 | Jake Irvin | WAS | @PHI | |
| 143 | Jameson Taillon | TOR | @CHC | |
| 144 | JP Sears | SD | @ARI, HOU | |
| 145 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | TB, @STL | |
| 146 | Walker Buehler | SD | @ARI | |
| 147 | Quinn Mathews | STL | COL | |
| 148 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @STL | |
| 149 | German Marquez | SD | @ARI | |
| 150 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | @CIN | |
| 151 | Mason Black | KC | CHC | |
| 152 | Kohl Drake | ARI | SD | |
| 153 | Gabriel Hughes | COL | TB | |
| 154 | Mason Barnett | ATH | @CIN | |
| 155 | Gage Jump | ATH | @BOS | |
| 156 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | @BOS | |
| 157 | Brett Kerry | LAA | @MIA |
American League
National League
| Rank | Pitcher | TM | OPP | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | vs. WAS, vs. TOR | |
| 2 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | vs. MIN | |
| 3 | Tarik Skubal | LAD | at CHC | |
| 4 | Logan Henderson | MIL | vs. PIT, vs. MIN | Likely in the rotation for good this time |
| 5 | Logan Webb | SF | at TEX, vs. DET | |
| 6 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | vs. TOR | |
| 7 | Chris Sale | ATL | at NYY | Sneaking back into Cy Young contention |
| 8 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | at ARI | |
| 9 | Jared Jones | PIT | at MIL, vs. NYM | Pitching with no restrictions, and delivering |
| 10 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | vs. WAS | |
| 11 | Paul Skenes | PIT | at MIL | |
| 12 | Chase Burns | CIN | at WAS | Let down by defense last time out |
| 13 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | vs. LAD, at KC | |
| 14 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | vs. LAA | |
| 15 | Hunter Greene | CIN | vs. ATH | |
| 16 | Nolan McLean | NYM | at CLE | |
| 17 | Cade Cavalli | WAS | vs. CIN | |
| 18 | Kyle Harrison | MIL | vs. PIT | |
| 19 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | vs. LAD | |
| 20 | Kevin Gausman | CHC | vs. TOR | |
| 21 | Eury Perez | MIA | at ATL | |
| 22 | Kyle Leahy | STL | vs. COL | |
| 23 | Shane Drohan | MIL | vs. PIT | |
| 24 | Michael King | SD | at ARI, vs. HOU | |
| 25 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | vs. SD, vs. LAD | Continues to fend off regression (2.48 ERA vs. 4.59 xFIP and 4.88 SIERA |
| 26 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | at ARI | |
| 27 | Sean Manaea | NYM | at CLE, at PIT | |
| 28 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | at ARI | |
| 29 | Brady Singer | CIN | vs. ATH, at WAS | |
| 30 | Zac Thornton | NYM | at PIT | |
| 31 | Aaron Nola | PHI | vs. WAS, vs. TOR | |
| 32 | Zack Littell | WAS | at PHI, vs. CIN | |
| 33 | Landen Roupp | SF | vs. DET | |
| 34 | Martin Perez | ATL | vs. MIA | |
| 35 | Foster Griffin | WAS | at PHI | |
| 36 | Robbie Ray | SF | at TEX | |
| 37 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | at MIL | |
| 38 | Christian Scott | NYM | at CLE | |
| 39 | Justin Wrobleski | LAD | at CHC | |
| 40 | Mitch Keller | PIT | vs. NYM | |
| 41 | Andre Pallante | STL | at NYY | |
| 42 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | at MIL, vs. NYM | |
| 43 | Adrian Houser | SF | vs. DET | |
| 44 | Dustin May | STL | at NYY | |
| 45 | Clay Holmes | NYM | at PIT | |
| 46 | NL Reliever | |||
| 47 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | vs. COL | |
| 48 | Bryce Elder | ATL | vs. MIA | |
| 49 | Grant Holmes | ATL | vs. MIA, at NYY | |
| 50 | Tyler Mahle | ATL | at NYY | |
| 51 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | vs. SD, vs. LAD | |
| 52 | Andrew Painter | PHI | vs. WAS | |
| 53 | David Peterson | CHC | at KC | |
| 54 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | vs. TB | |
| 55 | Mitch Bratt | ARI | vs. SD | |
| 56 | Tyler Phillips | MIA | vs. LAA | |
| 57 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | at WAS | |
| 58 | Trevor Williams | WAS | at PHI | |
| 59 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | vs. ATH | |
| 60 | Kyle Freeland | COL | at STL | |
| 61 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | vs. PIT, vs. MIN | |
| 62 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | vs. LAD | |
| 63 | Miles Mikolas | WAS | vs. CIN | |
| 64 | Javier Assad | CHC | vs. LAD | |
| 65 | Griffin Canning | SD | vs. HOU | |
| 66 | Ryan Gusto | MIA | at ATL, vs. LAA | |
| 67 | Eric Lauer | LAD | at CHC | |
| 68 | Janson Junk | MIA | at ATL | |
| 69 | Michael McGreevy | STL | at NYY | |
| 70 | Colin Rea | CHC | at KC | |
| 71 | Carson Whisenhunt | SF | at TEX | |
| 72 | Jake Irvin | WAS | at PHI | |
| 73 | JP Sears | SD | at ARI, vs. HOU | |
| 74 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | vs. TB, at STL | |
| 75 | Walker Buehler | SD | at ARI | |
| 76 | Quinn Mathews | STL | vs. COL | |
| 77 | Ryan Feltner | COL | at STL | |
| 78 | German Marquez | SD | at ARI | |
| 79 | Kohl Drake | ARI | vs. SD | |
| 80 | Gabriel Hughes | COL | vs. TB |
