Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

Written by

Todd Zola

Published on June 28, 2025

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The league strikeout rate is below 22 percent for the first time since 2017, and the reasons aren't clear. It could be a great focus on making contact or a greater reliance on strong defenders who are weaker with the stick. It may come from the pitcher's end. It could even be due to the umpires. It's not enough to alter fantasy thinking, but it's something to track. Of course, this all goes out the window when MLB adopts robot umpires, hopefully with a challenge system.

As always, these are initial rankings that are based on rotations and projections current as of the posting. The weekly refresh will be available by Monday at 1 AM EDT.

Week of June 30 - July 6

Mixed league

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	CIN, @WAS	Getting better as the season progresses
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	SD, CIN
3	Max Fried	NYY	@TOR, @NYM
4	Logan Webb	SF	@ARI, @ATH
5	Joe Ryan	MIN	@MIA, TB
6	Tarik Skubal	DET	@CLE
7	Matthew Boyd	CHC	CLE, STL
8	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@TOR, @NYM
9	Nick Pivetta	SD	@PHI, TEX
10	Jacob deGrom	TEX	BAL
11	Michael Wacha	KC	@SEA, @ARI	Catching the depleted Diamondbacks at the right time
12	Hunter Brown	HOU	@COL
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As always, these are initial rankings that are based on rotations and projections current as of the posting. The weekly refresh will be available by Monday at 1 AM EDT.

Week of June 30 - July 6

Mixed league

RK	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	CIN, @WAS	Getting better as the season progresses
2	Zack Wheeler	PHI	SD, CIN
3	Max Fried	NYY	@TOR, @NYM
4	Logan Webb	SF	@ARI, @ATH
5	Joe Ryan	MIN	@MIA, TB
6	Tarik Skubal	DET	@CLE
7	Matthew Boyd	CHC	CLE, STL
8	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@TOR, @NYM
9	Nick Pivetta	SD	@PHI, TEX
10	Jacob deGrom	TEX	BAL
11	Michael Wacha	KC	@SEA, @ARI	Catching the depleted Diamondbacks at the right time
12	Hunter Brown	HOU	@COL
13	Sonny Gray	STL	@PIT
14	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	CWS
15	Seth Lugo	KC	@SEA
16	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@TOR
17	Spencer Strider	ATL	BAL	29 K over last 17 IP
18	Paul Skenes	PIT	STL
19	George Kirby	SEA	KC, PIT	Nice pair at home, getting on a roll
20	Jacob Lopez	ATH	@TB, SF	Can't fake strikeouts and he's fanned 55 in 43 IP	0.00%	0.00%
21	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	SD	0
22	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@SEA, @ARI		20%
23	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	CIN
24	Drew Rasmussen	TB	ATH, @MIN	Rays managing innings after 28.2 last season and 44.2 in 2023
25	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@TB
26	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	CWS		0%	0.00%
27	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	LAA
28	Luis Castillo	SEA	PIT
29	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	@NYM		0%	0%
30	Dylan Cease	SD	@PHI	Underlying metrics harbinger of a solid second half
31	Grant Holmes	ATL	LAA, BAL
32	Ryan Pepiot	TB	ATH
33	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	KC	Starting to come around
34	Kevin Gausman	TOR	NYY, LAA
35	Logan Gilbert	SEA	KC
36	Edward Cabrera	MIA	MIN, MIL	Walks high, but getting a groove
37	Jack Flaherty	DET	@WAS, @CLE	Decent pair to get back on track
38	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@NYM
39	Ranger Suarez	PHI	CIN
40	Framber Valdez	HOU	@LAD
41	David Peterson	NYM	MIL
42	Bryan Woo	SEA	KC
43	Shota Imanaga	CHC	CLE
44	Reese Olson	DET	@WAS
45	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	BAL
46	Noah Cameron	KC	@SEA		0%	0%
47	Shane Baz	TB	ATH	In-season adjustments beginning to take hold
48	Brayan Bello	BOS	CIN
49	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@TEX, @ATL	Who woulda thunk	0%	0%
50	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@SD		32%
51	Ryne Nelson	ARI	SF, KC
52	Andre Pallante	STL	@PIT		3%
53	Landen Roupp	SF	@ARI
54	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@MIA		1%	16%
55	Merrill Kelly	ARI	SF
56	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@MIA
57	Bailey Ober	MIN	TB
58	David Festa	MIN	@MIA	Showing signs of breaking out of funk	33%
59	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@ARI, @ATH
60	Kris Bubic	KC	@ARI
61	Shane Smith	CWS	@COL
62	Dustin May	LAD	CWS
63	Zac Gallen	ARI	SF, KC	Things getting worse, not better
64	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	MIL
65	Will Warren	NYY	@TOR
66	Andrew Heaney	PIT	STL, @SEA
67	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@CHC
68	Max Scherzer	TOR	NYY, LAA
69	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@WAS
70	Taj Bradley	TB	@MIN
71	Emerson Hancock	SEA	KC, PIT		4%	42%
72	Eury Perez	MIA	MIN
73	Charlie Morton	BAL	@TEX
74	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@PHI
75	Mitch Keller	PIT	STL
76	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	SF
77	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIL, NYY
78	Mix 12 Reliever
79	Erick Fedde	STL	@PIT, @CHC
80	Jose Soriano	LAA	@ATL
81	Ben Casparius	LAD	HOU
82	Michael Soroka	WAS	BOS
83	Gavin Williams	CLE	@CHC, DET
84	Mix 15 Reliever
85	Landon Knack	LAD	HOU		0%	7%
86	Bailey Falter	PIT	@SEA		11%
87	Zack Littell	TB	@MIN
88	Adrian Houser	CWS	@COL		0%	0%
89	Nick Martinez	CIN	@BOS			44%
90	Robbie Ray	SF	@ARI
91	Brandon Walter	HOU	@COL		0%	0%
92	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	@TEX
93	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@ATL
94	Chris Bassitt	TOR	NYY
95	Luis Severino	ATH	SF
96	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@TOR		0%	2%
97	Brady Singer	CIN	@BOS
98	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET	@WAS		0%	0%
99	Stephen Kolek	SD	TEX		15%
100	Jose Berrios	TOR	NYY
101	Dean Kremer	BAL	@ATL		5%
102	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@TOR		1%	19%
103	Patrick Corbin	TEX	BAL, @SD		12%
104	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@COL		1%	2%
105	Chase Burns	CIN	@BOS, @PHI		0%	0%
106	Marcus Stroman	NYY	@NYM		0%	0%
107	Cade Horton	CHC	CLE		0%	0%
108	Mitch Spence	ATH	@TB		3%	28%
109	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	HOU		2%
110	Chris Paddack	MIN	TB
111	Casey Mize	DET	@CLE
112	Chad Patrick	MIL	@MIA
113	Didier Fuentes	ATL	BAL		0%	0%
114	Chase Dollander	COL	HOU, CWS		4%	14%
115	Randy Vasquez	SD	TEX		3%	19%
116	German Marquez	COL	CWS		2%	0%
117	Colton Gordon	HOU	@COL, @LAD		0%	0%
118	Jameson Taillon	CHC	STL
119	Matt Waldron	SD	@PHI		0%	0%
120	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@PHI
121	JP Sears	ATH	SF		15%	42%
122	Walker Buehler	BOS	@WAS
123	Richard Fitts	BOS	CIN		3%	37%
124	Eric Lauer	TOR	LAA		0%	0%
125	Mike Burrows	PIT	@SEA		0%	0%
126	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	@CHC
127	Jake Irvin	WAS	DET		25%
128	Sean Burke	CWS	@LAD		2%	35%
129	Jack Leiter	TEX	@SD
130	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	DET
131	Zach Eflin	BAL	@ATL
132	Frankie Montas	NYM	NYY		0%	0%
133	Lance McCullers	HOU	@LAD
134	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@ATL, @TOR		14%
135	Slade Cecconi	CLE	DET		0%	0%
136	Justin Verlander	SF	@ATH
137	Colin Rea	CHC	STL		11%
138	Jose Quintana	MIL	@NYM		35%
139	Janson Junk	MIA	MIN		0%	0%
140	Cal Quantrill	MIA	MIL		0%	7%
141	Paul Blackburn	NYM	MIL		0%	0%
142	Trevor Williams	WAS	DET, BOS		0%	7%
143	Aaron Civale	CWS	@LAD		4%	32%
144	Quinn Priester	MIL	@MIA		42%
145	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CHC
146	Miles Mikolas	STL	@CHC		5%	42%
147	Mick Abel	PHI	SD		0%	0%
148	Mitchell Parker	WAS	BOS		11%
149	Bryce Elder	ATL	LAA		22%
150	Kyle Freeland	COL	HOU		0%	2%
151	Austin Gomber	COL	HOU		0%	0%
152	Logan Allen	CLE	DET		15%
153	Antonio Senzatela	COL	CWS		0%	0%
154	Blade Tidwell	NYM	NYY		0%	0%
155	Mike Vasil	CWS	@LAD		0%	0%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Garrett Crochet	BOS	CIN, @WAS	Getting better as the season progresses
2	Max Fried	NYY	@TOR, @NYM
3	Joe Ryan	MIN	@MIA, TB
4	Tarik Skubal	DET	@CLE
5	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@TOR, @NYM
6	Jacob deGrom	TEX	BAL
7	Michael Wacha	KC	@SEA, @ARI	Catching the depleted Diamondbacks at the right time
8	Hunter Brown	HOU	@COL
9	Seth Lugo	KC	@SEA
10	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	@TOR
11	George Kirby	SEA	KC, PIT	Nice pair at home, getting on a roll
12	Jacob Lopez	ATH	@TB, SF	Can't fake strikeouts, and he's fanned 55 in 43 IP
13	Michael Lorenzen	KC	@SEA, @ARI
14	Drew Rasmussen	TB	ATH, @MIN	Rays managing innings after 28.2 last season and 44.2 in 2023
15	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@TB
16	Luis Castillo	SEA	PIT
17	Ryan Pepiot	TB	ATH
18	Kevin Gausman	TOR	NYY, LAA
19	Logan Gilbert	SEA	KC
20	Jack Flaherty	DET	@WAS, @CLE	Decent pair to get back on track
21	Framber Valdez	HOU	@LAD
22	Bryan Woo	SEA	KC
23	Reese Olson	DET	@WAS
24	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	BAL
25	Noah Cameron	KC	@SEA
26	Shane Baz	TB	ATH	In-season adjustments beginning to take hold
27	Brayan Bello	BOS	CIN
28	Trevor Rogers	BAL	@TEX, @ATL	Who woulda thunk
29	Kumar Rocker	TEX	@SD
30	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	@MIA
31	Bailey Ober	MIN	TB
32	David Festa	MIN	@MIA	Showing signs of breaking out of funk
33	Kris Bubic	KC	@ARI
34	Shane Smith	CWS	@COL
35	Will Warren	NYY	@TOR
36	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@CHC
37	Max Scherzer	TOR	NYY, LAA
38	Lucas Giolito	BOS	@WAS
39	Taj Bradley	TB	@MIN
40	Emerson Hancock	SEA	KC, PIT
41	Charlie Morton	BAL	@TEX
42	Jose Soriano	LAA	@ATL
43	Gavin Williams	CLE	@CHC, DET
44	Zack Littell	TB	@MIN
45	Adrian Houser	CWS	@COL
46	Brandon Walter	HOU	@COL
47	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	@TEX
48	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@ATL
49	Chris Bassitt	TOR	NYY
50	Luis Severino	ATH	SF
51	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@TOR
52	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET	@WAS
53	Jose Berrios	TOR	NYY
54	AL Reliever
55	Dean Kremer	BAL	@ATL
56	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	@TOR
57	Patrick Corbin	TEX	BAL, @SD
58	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	@COL
59	Marcus Stroman	NYY	@NYM
60	Mitch Spence	ATH	@TB
61	Chris Paddack	MIN	TB
62	Casey Mize	DET	@CLE
63	Colton Gordon	HOU	@COL, @LAD
64	JP Sears	ATH	SF
65	Walker Buehler	BOS	@WAS
66	Richard Fitts	BOS	CIN
67	Eric Lauer	TOR	LAA
68	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	@CHC
69	Sean Burke	CWS	@LAD
70	Jack Leiter	TEX	@SD
71	Zach Eflin	BAL	@ATL
72	Lance McCullers	HOU	@LAD
73	Tyler Anderson	LAA	@ATL, @TOR
74	Slade Cecconi	CLE	DET
75	Aaron Civale	CWS	@LAD
76	Logan Allen	CLE	DET
77	Mike Vasil	CWS	@LAD

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Zack Wheeler	PHI	SD, CIN
2	Logan Webb	SF	@ARI, @ATH
3	Matthew Boyd	CHC	CLE, STL
4	Nick Pivetta	SD	@PHI, TEX
5	Sonny Gray	STL	@PIT
6	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	CWS
7	Spencer Strider	ATL	BAL	29 K over last 17 IP
8	Paul Skenes	PIT	STL
9	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	SD
10	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	CIN
11	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	CWS
12	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	LAA
13	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	@NYM
14	Dylan Cease	SD	@PHI	Underlying metrics harbinger of a solid second half
15	Grant Holmes	ATL	LAA, BAL
16	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	KC	Starting to come around
17	Edward Cabrera	MIA	MIN, MIL	Walks high, but getting a groove
18	Freddy Peralta	MIL	@NYM
19	Ranger Suarez	PHI	CIN
20	David Peterson	NYM	MIL
21	Shota Imanaga	CHC	CLE
22	Ryne Nelson	ARI	SF, KC
23	Andre Pallante	STL	@PIT
24	Landen Roupp	SF	@ARI
25	Merrill Kelly	ARI	SF
26	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@MIA
27	Hayden Birdsong	SF	@ARI, @ATH
28	Dustin May	LAD	CWS
29	Zac Gallen	ARI	SF, KC	Things getting worse, not better
30	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	MIL
31	Andrew Heaney	PIT	STL, @SEA
32	Eury Perez	MIA	MIN
33	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@PHI
34	Mitch Keller	PIT	STL
35	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	SF
36	Clay Holmes	NYM	MIL, NYY
37	Erick Fedde	STL	@PIT, @CHC
38	Ben Casparius	LAD	HOU
39	Michael Soroka	WAS	BOS
40	Landon Knack	LAD	HOU
41	Bailey Falter	PIT	@SEA
42	Nick Martinez	CIN	@BOS
43	Robbie Ray	SF	@ARI
44	Brady Singer	CIN	@BOS
45	Stephen Kolek	SD	TEX
46	NL Reliever
47	Chase Burns	CIN	@BOS, @PHI
48	Cade Horton	CHC	CLE
49	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	HOU
50	Chad Patrick	MIL	@MIA
51	Didier Fuentes	ATL	BAL
52	Chase Dollander	COL	HOU, CWS
53	Randy Vasquez	SD	TEX
54	German Marquez	COL	CWS
55	Jameson Taillon	CHC	STL
56	Matt Waldron	SD	@PHI
57	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@PHI
58	Mike Burrows	PIT	@SEA
59	Jake Irvin	WAS	DET
60	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	DET
61	Frankie Montas	NYM	NYY
62	Justin Verlander	SF	@ATH
63	Colin Rea	CHC	STL
64	Jose Quintana	MIL	@NYM
65	Janson Junk	MIA	MIN
66	Cal Quantrill	MIA	MIL
67	Paul Blackburn	NYM	MIL
68	Trevor Williams	WAS	DET, BOS
69	Quinn Priester	MIL	@MIA
70	Matthew Liberatore	STL	@CHC
71	Miles Mikolas	STL	@CHC
72	Mick Abel	PHI	SD
73	Mitchell Parker	WAS	BOS
74	Bryce Elder	ATL	LAA
75	Kyle Freeland	COL	HOU
76	Austin Gomber	COL	HOU
77	Antonio Senzatela	COL	CWS
78	Blade Tidwell	NYM	NYY