Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

A couple surprising starters could be valuable this week.

Updated on August 10, 2026 1:52AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

By:

Todd Zola

Updated on August 10, 2026 1:52AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings

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The dog days are upon us. The conditions are mostly hot and humid in the open air stadiums. Even so, scoring isn't increasing as much as normal at this time of the season.

Keep in mind the 2026 Field of Dreams Game will be on Thursday, Aug. 13 in the refurbished yard in Dyersville, Iowa. The dimensions are close to the MLB average, though straightaway center field is shallower than most venues and should favor batters.

UPDATED: Monday August 10, 1:50 a.m. ET

Week of August 10 - 16

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	LAD	KC, MIL
2	Dylan Cease	TOR	BOS, NYY	Could be the frontrunner for AL Cy Young
3	Paul Skenes	PIT	@MIA, BOS	Velocity is down, but 3.15 xFIP says to remain patient
4	Ryan Weathers	NYY	SEA, @TOR	Recent outcomes matching stellar skills
5	Max Fried	NYY	SEA
6	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@TOR
7	Chris Sale	ATL	ARI
8	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@ATH	Deserves down ballot Cy Young consideration
9	Eury Perez	MIA	PIT, @CIN
10	Reid Detmers	LAA	TEX, KC	Great pair to continue breakthrough campaign
11	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	MIL	So consistent
12	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@STL
13	Chase Burns	CIN	MIA	Still no sign of workload management
14	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@TOR
15	Gavin Williams	CLE	SD
16	Logan Webb	SF	COL
17	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@STL
18	Payton Tolle	BOS	@TOR
19	Shota Imanaga	CHC

The dog days are upon us. The conditions are mostly hot and humid in the open air stadiums. Even so, scoring isn't increasing as much as normal at this time of the season.

UPDATED: Monday August 10, 1:50 a.m. ET

Week of August 10 - 16

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Tarik Skubal	LAD	KC, MIL
2	Dylan Cease	TOR	BOS, NYY	Could be the frontrunner for AL Cy Young
3	Paul Skenes	PIT	@MIA, BOS	Velocity is down, but 3.15 xFIP says to remain patient
4	Ryan Weathers	NYY	SEA, @TOR	Recent outcomes matching stellar skills
5	Max Fried	NYY	SEA
6	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@TOR
7	Chris Sale	ATL	ARI
8	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@ATH	Deserves down ballot Cy Young consideration
9	Eury Perez	MIA	PIT, @CIN
10	Reid Detmers	LAA	TEX, KC	Great pair to continue breakthrough campaign
11	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	MIL	So consistent
12	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@STL
13	Chase Burns	CIN	MIA	Still no sign of workload management
14	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@TOR
15	Gavin Williams	CLE	SD
16	Logan Webb	SF	COL
17	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@STL
18	Payton Tolle	BOS	@TOR
19	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@WAS, STL
20	Ian Seymour	TB	BAL
21	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	@LAD
22	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@MIN
23	Noah Cameron	KC	@LAD, @LAA	.39 ERA and .52 WHIP with 24 K over last 23 IP
24	Parker Messick	CLE	@DET
25	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@LAA
26	Matthew Boyd	CHC	STL
27	Troy Melton	DET	CWS	Modest K% tempering upside
28	Kyle Harrison	MIL	@SD
29	Sean Burke	CWS	CIN, @DET	Maintaining velocity bump
30	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@LAA
31	Framber Valdez	DET	CLE
32	Bryce Elder	ATL	NYM, ARI	Lesser lineups boost ranking
33	Michael Soroka	ARI	COL, @ATL
34	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@MIN, @TB	Back in the groove, no walks over last 19 IP with 21 K
35	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@DET, SD
36	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@CIN
37	Nick Martinez	TB	@ATH	Shoved in Coors, can he do it at Sutter Health Park?
38	Casey Mize	SD	MIL, @CLE
39	Hunter Brown	HOU	@SF
40	Logan Henderson	MIL	@SD, @LAD	Big test, solid lineups on the road
41	Ranger Suarez	BOS	@TOR
42	Tyler Mahle	ATL	NYM
43	Bryan Woo	SEA	@NYY, @HOU
44	Bailey Ober	MIN	BAL
45	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	@LAA, @ATH
46	Clay Holmes	CHC	STL
47	Jose Soriano	TOR	BOS
48	Blake Snell	LAD	KC	Welcome back.
49	Grant Holmes	ATL	ARI
50	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@CWS, MIA
51	Cody Bradford	TEX	@LAA, @ATH
52	Christian Scott	NYM	@ATL, WAS
53	Jared Jones	PIT	BOS
54	Kyle Leahy	STL	PHI
55	Sonny Gray	BOS	@TOR, @PIT
56	Drew Anderson	DET	CLE, CWS
57	Joey Cantillo	CLE	SD
58	Kevin Gausman	CHC	@WAS
59	Peter Lambert	HOU	SEA
60	Cade Cavalli	WAS	CHC
61	Michael King	SD	@CLE
62	Andre Pallante	STL	PHI
63	Sean Manaea	NYM	WAS
64	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@NYY
65	Seth Lugo	KC	@LAA
66	Grayson Rodriguez	LAA	KC
67	Zac Thornton	NYM	@ATL
68	Robbie Ray	SD	MIL
69	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	@ARI
70	Taj Bradley	MIN	PHI
71	Mix 12 Reliever
72	Roki Sasaki	LAD	MIL
73	Martin Perez	ATL	NYM
74	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	@MIA
75	Will Warren	NYY	SEA
76	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	@SF, SEA
77	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	MIL
78	Michael Wacha	KC	@LAD
79	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TB
80	Mix 15 Reliever
81	Nolan McLean	NYM	@ATL
82	Luis Castillo	CWS	CIN
83	Shane Baz	BAL	@MIN
84	Jake Bennett	BOS	@PIT
85	Dustin May	MIL	@SD
86	Freddy Peralta	TB	@ATH, BAL
87	Max Scherzer	TOR	BOS
88	Cristian Javier	HOU	SEA
89	Dean Kremer	MIN	BAL, PHI
90	Bryce Miller	SEA	@NYY
91	George Kirby	SEA	@HOU
92	Keider Montero	DET	CLE
93	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@CWS
94	Brad Lord	WAS	@NYM
95	Bubba Chandler	PIT	BOS
96	Merrill Kelly	ARI	COL
97	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@ATL
98	Mitch Bratt	ARI	COL
99	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	@MIA
100	Landen Roupp	SF	COL
101	Hunter Dobbins	STL	PHI, @CHC
102	Robert Gasser	MIL	@LAD
103	Ryan Johnson	LAA	TEX, KC
104	Jake Irvin	WAS	CHC, @NYM
105	Patrick Sandoval	BOS	@TOR, @PIT
106	Adrian Houser	SF	HOU
107	Shane Bieber	TOR	NYY
108	Brady Singer	CIN	MIA
109	Jesse Scholtens	TB	BAL
110	J.T. Ginn	ATH	TEX
111	Daniel Lynch IV	KC	@LAD
112	Rhett Lowder	CIN	@CWS
113	Eric Lauer	LAD	KC
114	Janson Junk	MIA	PIT
115	Zebby Matthews	MIN	BAL
116	Connor Prielipp	MIN	PHI
117	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@SF
118	Randy Dobnak	KC	@LAA
119	Walbert Urena	LAA	TEX
120	Jameson Taillon	TOR	BOS, NYY
121	Brandon Young	BAL	@MIN
122	Foster Griffin	CLE	@DET
123	Kyle Freeland	COL	@SF
124	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@ATL
125	Andrew Painter	PHI	@STL, @MIN
126	Shane Drohan	MIL	@LAD
127	Aaron Nola	PHI	@MIN
128	Andrew Alvarez	WAS	@NYM
129	Jackson Jobe	DET	CWS
130	Jacob Lopez	ATH	TB, TEX
131	David Peterson	CHC	@WAS
132	Robert Stock	NYM	WAS
133	Jack Perkins	ATH	TB
134	Gage Jump	ATH	TEX
135	Anthony Kay	CWS	@DET
136	Michael McGreevy	STL	@CHC
137	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@ATH
138	Ryan Gusto	MIA	@CIN
139	Davis Martin	CWS	@DET
140	Randy Vasquez	SD	@CLE
141	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@HOU
142	Blade Tidwell	SF	HOU, COL
143	Chris Bassitt	BAL	@TB
144	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	HOU
145	Tyler Phillips	MIA	PIT
146	George Klassen	LAA	TEX
147	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	CIN
148	Ryan Feltner	COL	@ARI
149	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CHC
150	Miles Mikolas	WAS	CHC
151	Gabriel Hughes	COL	@ARI, @SF
152	Walker Buehler	SD	MIL
153	Michael Lorenzen	COL	@SF
154	Mason Barnett	ATH	TB

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Dylan Cease	TOR	BOS, NYY	Could be the frontrunner for AL Cy Young
2	Ryan Weathers	NYY	SEA, @TOR	Recent outcomes matching stellar skills
3	Max Fried	NYY	SEA
4	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@TOR
5	Drew Rasmussen	TB	@ATH	Deserves down ballot Cy Young consideration
6	Reid Detmers	LAA	TEX, KC	Great pair to continue breakthrough campaign
7	Gerrit Cole	NYY	@TOR
8	Gavin Williams	CLE	SD
9	Payton Tolle	BOS	@TOR
10	Ian Seymour	TB	BAL
11	Noah Cameron	KC	@LAD, @LAA	.39 ERA and .52 WHIP with 24 K over last 23 IP
12	Parker Messick	CLE	@DET
13	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	@LAA
14	Troy Melton	DET	CWS	Modest K% tempering upside
15	Sean Burke	CWS	CIN, @DET	Maintaining velocity bump
16	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@LAA
17	Framber Valdez	DET	CLE
18	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@MIN, @TB	Back in the groove, no walks over last 19 IP with 21 K
19	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@DET, SD
20	Nick Martinez	TB	@ATH	Shoved in Coors, can he do it at Sutter Health Park?
21	Hunter Brown	HOU	@SF
22	Ranger Suarez	BOS	@TOR
23	Bryan Woo	SEA	@NYY, @HOU
24	Bailey Ober	MIN	BAL
25	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	@LAA, @ATH
26	Jose Soriano	TOR	BOS
27	Cody Bradford	TEX	@LAA, @ATH
28	Sonny Gray	BOS	@TOR, @PIT
29	Drew Anderson	DET	CLE, CWS
30	Joey Cantillo	CLE	SD
31	Peter Lambert	HOU	SEA
32	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@NYY
33	Seth Lugo	KC	@LAA
34	Grayson Rodriguez	LAA	KC
35	Taj Bradley	MIN	PHI
36	Will Warren	NYY	SEA
37	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	@SF, SEA
38	Michael Wacha	KC	@LAD
39	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@TB
40	Luis Castillo	CWS	CIN
41	Shane Baz	BAL	@MIN
42	Jake Bennett	BOS	@PIT
43	Freddy Peralta	TB	@ATH, BAL
44	Max Scherzer	TOR	BOS
45	Cristian Javier	HOU	SEA
46	Dean Kremer	MIN	BAL, PHI
47	Bryce Miller	SEA	@NYY
48	George Kirby	SEA	@HOU
49	Keider Montero	DET	CLE
50	AL Reliever
51	Ryan Johnson	LAA	TEX, KC
52	Patrick Sandoval	BOS	@TOR, @PIT
53	Shane Bieber	TOR	NYY
54	Jesse Scholtens	TB	BAL
55	J.T. Ginn	ATH	TEX
56	Daniel Lynch IV	KC	@LAD
57	Zebby Matthews	MIN	BAL
58	Connor Prielipp	MIN	PHI
59	Ronel Blanco	HOU	@SF
60	Randy Dobnak	KC	@LAA
61	Walbert Urena	LAA	TEX
62	Jameson Taillon	TOR	BOS, NYY
63	Brandon Young	BAL	@MIN
64	Foster Griffin	CLE	@DET
65	Jackson Jobe	DET	CWS
66	Jacob Lopez	ATH	TB, TEX
67	Jack Perkins	ATH	TB
68	Gage Jump	ATH	TEX
69	Anthony Kay	CWS	@DET
70	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@ATH
71	Davis Martin	CWS	@DET
72	Emerson Hancock	SEA	@HOU
73	Chris Bassitt	BAL	@TB
74	George Klassen	LAA	TEX
75	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	CIN
76	Mason Barnett	ATH	TB

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Tarik Skubal	LAD	KC, MIL
2	Paul Skenes	PIT	@MIA, BOS	Velocity is down, but 3.15 xFIP says to remain patient
3	Chris Sale	ATL	ARI
4	Eury Perez	MIA	PIT, @CIN
5	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	MIL	So consistent
6	Zack Wheeler	PHI	@STL
7	Chase Burns	CIN	MIA	Still no sign of workload management
8	Logan Webb	SF	COL
9	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@STL
10	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@WAS, STL
11	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	@LAD
12	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@MIN
13	Matthew Boyd	CHC	STL
14	Kyle Harrison	MIL	@SD
15	Bryce Elder	ATL	NYM, ARI	Lesser lineups boost ranking
16	Michael Soroka	ARI	COL, @ATL
17	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@CIN
18	Casey Mize	SD	MIL, @CLE
19	Logan Henderson	MIL	@SD, @LAD	Big test, solid lineups on the road
20	Tyler Mahle	ATL	NYM
21	Clay Holmes	CHC	STL
22	Blake Snell	LAD	KC	Welcome back.
23	Grant Holmes	ATL	ARI
24	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@CWS, MIA
25	Christian Scott	NYM	@ATL, WAS
26	Jared Jones	PIT	BOS
27	Kyle Leahy	STL	PHI
28	Kevin Gausman	CHC	@WAS
29	Cade Cavalli	WAS	CHC
30	Michael King	SD	@CLE
31	Andre Pallante	STL	PHI
32	Sean Manaea	NYM	WAS
33	Zac Thornton	NYM	@ATL
34	Robbie Ray	SD	MIL
35	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	@ARI
36	Roki Sasaki	LAD	MIL
37	Martin Perez	ATL	NYM
38	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	@MIA
39	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	MIL
40	Nolan McLean	NYM	@ATL
41	Dustin May	MIL	@SD
42	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@CWS
43	Brad Lord	WAS	@NYM
44	Bubba Chandler	PIT	BOS
45	NL Reliever
46	Merrill Kelly	ARI	COL
47	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	@ATL
48	Mitch Bratt	ARI	COL
49	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	@MIA
50	Landen Roupp	SF	COL
51	Hunter Dobbins	STL	PHI, @CHC
52	Robert Gasser	MIL	@LAD
53	Jake Irvin	WAS	CHC, @NYM
54	Adrian Houser	SF	HOU
55	Brady Singer	CIN	MIA
56	Rhett Lowder	CIN	@CWS
57	Eric Lauer	LAD	KC
58	Janson Junk	MIA	PIT
59	Kyle Freeland	COL	@SF
60	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	@ATL
61	Andrew Painter	PHI	@STL, @MIN
62	Shane Drohan	MIL	@LAD
63	Aaron Nola	PHI	@MIN
64	Andrew Alvarez	WAS	@NYM
65	David Peterson	CHC	@WAS
66	Robert Stock	NYM	WAS
67	Michael McGreevy	STL	@CHC
68	Ryan Gusto	MIA	@CIN
69	Randy Vasquez	SD	@CLE
70	Blade Tidwell	SF	HOU, COL
71	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	HOU
72	Tyler Phillips	MIA	PIT
73	Ryan Feltner	COL	@ARI
74	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CHC
75	Miles Mikolas	WAS	CHC
76	Gabriel Hughes	COL	@ARI, @SF
77	Walker Buehler	SD	MIL
78	Michael Lorenzen	COL	@SF