Weekly Hitter Rankings: Hot in Cleveland

The Weekly Hitter Rankings is a companion piece to the Weekly Pitcher Rankings. While in many leagues your offensive roster slots are set 'em and forget 'em, in deeper formats where every at-bat counts, knowing which teams have friendly schedules for hitters, and which platoon bats will be getting more action than usual, can be valuable information, especially in head-to-head formats and leagues where you make moves weekly instead of daily. The Weekly Hitter Rankings will summarize all that info in one spot, for your roster-juggling convenience.

For the period July 4-10

NOTE: I've begun to incorporate 2016 offensive performance into the home/road splits for each team and will gradually increase the weight the more recent numbers carry as the season progresses. Also, our apologies for the hiccup last week. Normal service has now resumed.

7 GAMES

1. Cleveland

vs. DET (3) – D. Norris (L), Undecided, Zimmermann (R)
vs. NYY (4) – Eovaldi (R), Nova (R), Sabathia (L), Tanaka (R)

2. Toronto

vs. KC (3) – Volquez (R), Young (R), Kennedy (R)
vs. DET (4) – Verlander (R), Anibal Sanchez (R), Pelfrey (R), D. Norris (L)

3. Chicago Cubs

vs. CIN (3) – C. Reed (L), Finnegan (L), DeSclafani (R)
vs. ATL (1) – Harrell (R)
at PIT (3) – Liriano (L), Niese (L), Taillon (R)

4. Seattle

at HOU (3) – McCullers (R), Keuchel (L), Fiers (R)
at KC (4) – Duffy (L), Ventura (R), Volquez (R), Young (R)

5. St. Louis

vs. PIT (4) – Niese (L), Taillon (R), Locke (L), G. Cole (R)
at MIL (3) – Nelson (R), Chase Anderson (R), Guerra (R)

6. Texas

at BOS (3) – Porcello (R), Price (L), S. Wright (R)
vs. MIN (4) – Duffey (R), Gibson (R), Nolasco (R), Milone (L)

7. Philadelphia

vs. ATL (3) – De La Cruz (R), Foltynewicz (R), Teheran (R)
at COL (4) – Bettis (R), J. Gray (R), T. Anderson (L), Chatwood (R)

8. Detroit

at CLE (3) – Salazar (R), Carrasco (R), Tomlin (R)
at TOR (4) – Estrada (R), Happ (L), Aaron Sanchez (R), Dickey (R)

9. Oakland

at MIN (3) – Nolasco (R), Milone (L), E. Santana (R)
at HOU (4) – Fister (R), McHugh (R), McCullers (R), Keuchel (L)

10. Kansas City

at TOR (3) – Aaron Sanchez (R), Dickey (R), Stroman (R)
vs. SEA (4) – Paxton (L), Iwakuma (R), Miley (L), T. Walker (R)

11. Houston

vs. SEA (3) – Miley (L), T. Walker (R), LeBlanc (L)
vs. OAK (4) – R. Hill (L), Mengden (R), Manaea (L), Graveman (R)

12. LA Angels

at TB (4) – Moore (L), Odorizzi (R), Smyly (L), Snell (L)
at BAL (3) – T. Wilson (R), Gallardo (R), Tillman (R)

13. Minnesota

vs. OAK (3) – Manaea (L), Graveman (R), S. Gray (R)
at TEX (4) – C.C. Gonzalez (R), Hamels (L), N. Martinez (R), Griffin (R)

14. Colorado

at SF (3) – Peavy (R), Bumgarner (L), Cueto (R)
vs. PHI (4) – Nola (R), Velasquez (R), Eickhoff (R), Eflin (R)

15. Tampa Bay

vs. LAA (4) – Lincecum (R), Weaver (R), Chacin (R), Santiago (L)
at BOS (3) – Buchholz (R), Porcello (R), Price (L)

16. NY Yankees

at CHW (3) – Shields (R), Rodon (L), M. Gonzalez (R)
at CLE (4) – Bauer (R), Kluber (R), Salazar (R), Carrasco (R)

17. San Diego

at ARI (3) – Bradley (R), Godley (R), S. Miller (R)
at LAD (4) – Kazmir (L), Urias (L), Stewart (R), Maeda (R)

18. Pittsburgh

at STL (4) – C. Martinez (R), Leake (R), J. Garcia (L), Wainwright (R)
vs. CHC (3) – Arrieta (R), Lester (L), Hendricks (R)

19. LA Dodgers

vs. BAL (3) – Gallardo (R), Tillman (R), Gausman (R)
vs. SD (4) – Pomeranz (L), Cashner (R), Perdomo (R), Friedrich (L)

20. Washington

vs. MIL (3) – Guerra (R), Davies (R), Garza (R)
at NYM (4) – Colon (R), Syndergaard (R), Harvey (R), Matz (L)

21. NY Mets

vs. MIA (3) – Koehler (R), Chen (L), Undecided
vs. WAS (4) – J. Ross (R), Giolito (R), Scherzer (R), G. Gonzalez (L)

22. Atlanta

at PHI (3) – Eickhoff (R), Eflin (R), Hellickson (R)
at CHC (1) – Hammel (R)
at CHW (3) – Sale (L), Quintana (L), Shields (R)

6 GAMES

23. Boston

vs. TEX (3) – N. Martinez (R), Griffin (R), M. Perez (L)
vs. TB (3) – Archer (R), Moore (L), Odorizzi (R)

24. Baltimore

at LAD (3) – Stewart (R), Maeda (R), B. Norris (R) NO DH
vs. LAA (3) – Shoemaker (R), Lincecum (R), Weaver (R)

25. San Francisco

vs. COL (3) – T. Anderson (L), Chatwood (R), J. De La Rosa (L)
vs. ARI (3) – Corbin (L), Ray (L), Greinke (R)

26. Arizona

vs. SD (3) – Perdomo (R), Friedrich (L), Rea (R)
at SF (3) – Samardzija (R), Suarez (R), Peavy (R)

27. Chicago White Sox

vs. NYY (3) – Sabathia (L), Tanaka (R), Pineda (R)
vs. ATL (3) – Wisler (R), De La Cruz (R), Foltynewicz (R)

28. Milwaukee

at WAS (3) – Scherzer (R), G. Gonzalez (L), Roark (R)
vs. STL (3) – Wacha (R), C. Martinez (R), Leake (R)

29. Miami

at NYM (3) – Harvey (R), Matz (L), deGrom (R)
vs. CIN (3) – Straily (R), John Lamb (L), C. Reed (L)

30. Cincinnati

at CHC (3) – Hendricks (R), Lackey (R), Warren (R)
at MIA (3) – J. Fernandez (R), Conley (L), Koehler (R)