Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

Do what you gotta do to get in a couple top pitchers on multiple starts this week.

Updated on September 15, 2025 1:09AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Top Pitchers This Week

By:

Todd Zola

Updated on September 15, 2025 1:09AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings

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A pair of doubleheaders get the game count up to 96 for the penultimate week of the regular season. Two-start pitchers are even scarcer than before, making it even more important to identify strong one-start options. Unfortunately, it's getting increasingly difficult to gauge matchup quality of. There are 24 weeks of data from which to evaluate this, yet lineups aren't the same and are more fluid. Team needs are ultimately as important as crunching the numbers. That is, you gotta do what you gotta do.

UPDATED: Monday September 15, 1:10 AM ET

Week of September 15 - 21

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Freddy Peralta	MIL	LAA, @STL	Great matchups to finish strong
2	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@KC, @HOU
3	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@MIN, @BAL
4	Tarik Skubal	DET	CLE	Imaging came back negative, good to go
5	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	SF
6	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SF
7	Paul Skenes	PIT	CHC	Please PIT, get him some bats next season
8	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@CWS, NYY	Giving BAL reason for 2026 optimism
9	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@HOU
10	Ryan Pepiot	TB	TOR, BOS
11	Zac Gallen	ARI	SF, PHI
12	Hunter Greene	CIN	CHC
13	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@TB
14	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@TB	Excelling without K% of his salad days
15	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	LAA
16	Joe Ryan	MIN	CLE
17	Bryan Woo	SEA	@HOU
18	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@PIT
19	Tanner Bibee

UPDATED: Monday September 15, 1:10 AM ET

Week of September 15 - 21

Mixed League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Freddy Peralta	MIL	LAA, @STL	Great matchups to finish strong
2	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@KC, @HOU
3	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@MIN, @BAL
4	Tarik Skubal	DET	CLE	Imaging came back negative, good to go
5	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	SF
6	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SF
7	Paul Skenes	PIT	CHC	Please PIT, get him some bats next season
8	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@CWS, NYY	Giving BAL reason for 2026 optimism
9	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@HOU
10	Ryan Pepiot	TB	TOR, BOS
11	Zac Gallen	ARI	SF, PHI
12	Hunter Greene	CIN	CHC
13	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@TB
14	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@TB	Excelling without K% of his salad days
15	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	LAA
16	Joe Ryan	MIN	CLE
17	Bryan Woo	SEA	@HOU
18	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@PIT
19	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@MIN
20	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@COL
21	Cade Horton	CHC	@PIT, @CIN	Putting finishing touched on NL ROY campaign
22	Nick Pivetta	SD	@NYM
23	Max Fried	NYY	@BAL
24	Blake Snell	LAD	PHI
25	Chris Sale	ATL	@WAS
26	Hunter Brown	HOU	SEA
27	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@LAD
28	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@LAD
29	Spencer Strider	ATL	@WAS, @DET
30	Jack Flaherty	DET	CLE
31	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	PHI, SF
32	Framber Valdez	HOU	SEA
33	Dylan Cease	SD	@NYM
34	Michael King	SD	@NYM, @CWS	Building up stamina for postseason
35	Casey Mize	DET	CLE, ATL
36	Michael Wacha	KC	SEA, TOR
37	Eury Perez	MIA	@COL, @TEX
38	Cole Ragans	KC	SEA
39	Cristian Javier	HOU	TEX
40	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@CIN
41	Pablo Lopez	MIN	CLE
42	Shane Smith	CWS	BAL
43	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@STL, CHC	Walks up lately
44	Luis Gil	NYY	@MIN
45	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	SF
46	Merrill Kelly	TEX	@HOU
47	Brady Singer	CIN	@STL
48	Drew Rasmussen	TB	BOS
49	Nick Lodolo	CIN	CHC
50	Yu Darvish	SD	@CWS
51	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	@STL
52	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	PHI
53	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@BOS, @PIT
54	Shane Bieber	TOR	@KC
55	Sonny Gray	STL	MIL
56	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	SF
57	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@LAD
58	Luis Severino	ATH	@PIT
59	Trey Yesavage	TOR	@TB, @KC
60	Gavin Williams	CLE	@DET
61	Bryce Miller	SEA	@KC
62	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@DET
63	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@PIT, @CIN
64	Bailey Ober	MIN	ATL
65	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@TB
66	Mitch Keller	PIT	ATH
67	Robbie Ray	SF	@LAD
68	Zack Littell	CIN	@STL, CHC
69	Quinn Priester	MIL	LAA
70	Ian Seymour	TB	TOR	Another solid arm from the TB pitching tree
71	Tyler Mahle	TEX	MIA
72	Jack Leiter	TEX	@HOU, MIA
73	Ryne Nelson	ARI	PHI
74	Tyler Wells	BAL	@CWS
75	Connelly Early	BOS	ATH, @TB	Looking forward to Jeff E's puns next season
76	Luis Castillo	SEA	@KC
77	George Kirby	SEA	@HOU
78	Brayan Bello	BOS	ATH
79	Parker Messick	CLE	@MIN
80	Lucas Giolito	BOS	ATH
81	Bubba Chandler	PIT	ATH
82	Ryan Weathers	MIA	@COL
83	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	ATL
84	Trevor Rogers	BAL	NYY
85	Brad Lord	WAS	ATL
86	Noah Cameron	KC	TOR
87	Aaron Nola	PHI	@ARI
88	Caden Dana	LAA	@MIL, @COL
89	Max Scherzer	TOR	@KC
90	Jose Soriano	LAA	@MIL
91	Mix 12 Reliever
92	Shane Baz	TB	TOR
93	Logan Webb	SF	@LAD	Maintaining elevated K% all season
94	David Peterson	NYM	SD	Struggling lately, needs a strong finish
95	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@MIN, @BAL	High WHIP suppresses ranking
96	Zebby Matthews	MIN	NYY
97	Mitchell Parker	WAS	ATL, @NYM
98	Mix 15 Reliever
99	Brandon Sproat	NYM	WAS
100	Slade Cecconi	CLE	@MIN
101	Jose Quintana	MIL	@STL
102	Payton Tolle	BOS	@TB
103	Adrian Houser	TB	BOS
104	John Means	CLE	@MIN
105	Taj Bradley	MIN	NYY
106	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	SF
107	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	NYY, CLE
108	Luis Morales	ATH	@PIT
109	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	CHC
110	Joe Boyle	TB	TOR
111	Jonah Tong	NYM	SD
112	Andre Pallante	STL	CIN
113	Bryce Elder	ATL	@DET
114	Clay Holmes	NYM	SD, WAS	Sean Manaea is going to piggyback
115	Sean Burke	CWS	BAL, SD
116	Justin Verlander	SF	@ARI
117	Martin Perez	CWS	BAL
118	Nolan McLean	NYM	WAS
119	Jose Berrios	TOR	@TB
120	Davis Martin	CWS	SD
121	Andrew Alvarez	WAS	@NYM
122	Janson Junk	MIA	@TEX
123	Will Warren	NYY	@BAL
124	Patrick Corbin	TEX	MIA
125	Jason Alexander	HOU	TEX, SEA
126	AJ Blubaugh	HOU	TEX
127	Dean Kremer	BAL	NYY
128	Miles Mikolas	STL	MIL
129	Colin Rea	CHC	@CIN
130	Walker Buehler	PHI	@ARI
131	Jake Irvin	WAS	ATL
132	Charlie Morton	DET	ATL
133	Johan Oviedo	PIT	CHC
134	Cade Cavalli	WAS	@NYM
135	Yoendrys Gomez	CWS	SD
136	Matthew Liberatore	STL	CIN, MIL
137	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@MIL
138	Michael McGreevy	STL	CIN
139	Hurston Waldrep	ATL	@WAS
140	Randy Vasquez	SD	@CWS
141	Cade Povich	BAL	@CWS
142	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@COL
143	Michael Lorenzen	KC	SEA
144	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	NYY
145	Adam Mazur	MIA	@TEX
146	Keider Montero	DET	ATL
147	Mason Barnett	ATH	@BOS
148	Kyle Freeland	COL	MIA, LAA
149	Anthony DeSclafani	ARI	PHI
150	Ryan Bergert	KC	TOR
151	J.T. Ginn	ATH	@BOS
152	Mike Burrows	PIT	ATH
153	Logan Allen	CLE	@DET
154	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@ARI
155	Kai-Wei Teng	SF	@ARI, @LAD
156	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	@LAD
157	Mitch Farris	LAA	@COL
158	Joey Wentz	ATL	@DET
159	Nathan Wiles	ATL	@WAS
160	McCade Brown	COL	MIA
161	Carson Seymour	SF	@ARI
162	German Marquez	COL	LAA
163	Tanner Gordon	COL	MIA
164	Bradley Blalock	COL	LAA

American League

	Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	1	Logan Gilbert	SEA	@KC, @HOU
2	2	Carlos Rodon	NYY	@MIN, @BAL
3	3	Tarik Skubal	DET	CLE	Imaging came back negative, good to go
4	4	Kyle Bradish	BAL	@CWS, NYY	Giving BAL reason for 2026 optimism
5	5	Jacob deGrom	TEX	@HOU
6	6	Ryan Pepiot	TB	TOR, BOS
7	7	Garrett Crochet	BOS	@TB
8	8	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@TB	Excelling without K% of his salad days
9	9	Joe Ryan	MIN	CLE
10	10	Bryan Woo	SEA	@HOU
11	11	Tanner Bibee	CLE	@MIN
12	12	Max Fried	NYY	@BAL
13	13	Hunter Brown	HOU	SEA
14	14	Jack Flaherty	DET	CLE
15	15	Framber Valdez	HOU	SEA
16	16	Casey Mize	DET	CLE, ATL
17	17	Michael Wacha	KC	SEA, TOR
18	18	Cole Ragans	KC	SEA
19	19	Cristian Javier	HOU	TEX
20	20	Pablo Lopez	MIN	CLE
21	21	Shane Smith	CWS	BAL
22	22	Luis Gil	NYY	@MIN
23	23	Merrill Kelly	TEX	@HOU
24	24	Drew Rasmussen	TB	BOS
25	25	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	@BOS, @PIT
26	26	Shane Bieber	TOR	@KC
27	27	Luis Severino	ATH	@PIT
28	28	Trey Yesavage	TOR	@TB, @KC
29	29	Gavin Williams	CLE	@DET
30	30	Bryce Miller	SEA	@KC
31	31	Joey Cantillo	CLE	@DET
32	32	Bailey Ober	MIN	ATL
33	33	Chris Bassitt	TOR	@TB
34	34	Ian Seymour	TB	TOR	Another solid arm from the TB pitching tree
35	35	Tyler Mahle	TEX	MIA
36	36	Jack Leiter	TEX	@HOU, MIA
37	37	Tyler Wells	BAL	@CWS
38	38	Connelly Early	BOS	ATH, @TB	Looking forward to Jeff E's puns next season
39	39	Luis Castillo	SEA	@KC
40	40	George Kirby	SEA	@HOU
41	41	Brayan Bello	BOS	ATH
42	42	Parker Messick	CLE	@MIN
43	43	Lucas Giolito	BOS	ATH
44	44	Trevor Rogers	BAL	NYY
45	45	Noah Cameron	KC	TOR
46	46	Caden Dana	LAA	@MIL, @COL
47	47	Max Scherzer	TOR	@KC
48	48	Jose Soriano	LAA	@MIL
49	49	Shane Baz	TB	TOR
50	50	Cam Schlittler	NYY	@MIN, @BAL	High WHIP suppresses ranking
51	51	Zebby Matthews	MIN	NYY
52	52	Slade Cecconi	CLE	@MIN
53	53	Payton Tolle	BOS	@TB
54	54	Adrian Houser	TB	BOS
55	55	John Means	CLE	@MIN
56	56	Taj Bradley	MIN	NYY
57	57	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	NYY, CLE
58	58	Luis Morales	ATH	@PIT
59	59	Joe Boyle	TB	TOR
60	60	AL Reliever
61	61	Sean Burke	CWS	BAL, SD
62	62	Martin Perez	CWS	BAL
63	63	Jose Berrios	TOR	@TB
64	64	Davis Martin	CWS	SD
65	65	Will Warren	NYY	@BAL
66	66	Patrick Corbin	TEX	MIA
67	67	Jason Alexander	HOU	TEX, SEA
68	68	AJ Blubaugh	HOU	TEX
69	69	Dean Kremer	BAL	NYY
70	70	Charlie Morton	DET	ATL
71	71	Yoendrys Gomez	CWS	SD
72	72	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	@MIL
73	73	Cade Povich	BAL	@CWS
74	74	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	@COL
75	75	Michael Lorenzen	KC	SEA
76	76	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	NYY
77	77	Keider Montero	DET	ATL
78	78	Mason Barnett	ATH	@BOS
79	79	Ryan Bergert	KC	TOR
80	80	J.T. Ginn	ATH	@BOS
81	81	Logan Allen	CLE	@DET
82	82	Mitch Farris	LAA	@COL

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Freddy Peralta	MIL	LAA, @STL	Great matchups to finish strong
2	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	SF
3	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SF
4	Paul Skenes	PIT	CHC	Please PIT, get him some bats next season
5	Zac Gallen	ARI	SF, PHI
6	Hunter Greene	CIN	CHC
7	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	LAA
8	Matthew Boyd	CHC	@PIT
9	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@COL
10	Cade Horton	CHC	@PIT, @CIN	Putting finishing touched on NL ROY campaign
11	Nick Pivetta	SD	@NYM
12	Blake Snell	LAD	PHI
13	Chris Sale	ATL	@WAS
14	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	@LAD
15	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	@LAD
16	Spencer Strider	ATL	@WAS, @DET
17	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	PHI, SF
18	Dylan Cease	SD	@NYM
19	Michael King	SD	@NYM, @CWS	Building up stamina for postseason
20	Eury Perez	MIA	@COL, @TEX
21	Shota Imanaga	CHC	@CIN
22	Andrew Abbott	CIN	@STL, CHC	Walks up lately
23	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	SF
24	Brady Singer	CIN	@STL
25	Nick Lodolo	CIN	CHC
26	Yu Darvish	SD	@CWS
27	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	@STL
28	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	PHI
29	Sonny Gray	STL	MIL
30	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	SF
31	Ranger Suarez	PHI	@LAD
32	Jameson Taillon	CHC	@PIT, @CIN
33	Mitch Keller	PIT	ATH
34	Robbie Ray	SF	@LAD
35	Zack Littell	CIN	@STL, CHC
36	Quinn Priester	MIL	LAA
37	Ryne Nelson	ARI	PHI
38	Bubba Chandler	PIT	ATH
39	Ryan Weathers	MIA	@COL
40	MacKenzie Gore	WAS	ATL
41	Brad Lord	WAS	ATL
42	Aaron Nola	PHI	@ARI
43	Logan Webb	SF	@LAD	Maintaining elevated K% all season
44	David Peterson	NYM	SD	Struggling lately, needs a strong finish
45	Mitchell Parker	WAS	ATL, @NYM
46	Brandon Sproat	NYM	WAS
47	Jose Quintana	MIL	@STL
48	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	SF
49	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	CHC
50	Jonah Tong	NYM	SD
51	Andre Pallante	STL	CIN
52	Bryce Elder	ATL	@DET
53	NL Reliever
54	Clay Holmes	NYM	SD, WAS	Sean Manaea is going to piggyback
55	Justin Verlander	SF	@ARI
56	Nolan McLean	NYM	WAS
57	Andrew Alvarez	WAS	@NYM
58	Janson Junk	MIA	@TEX
59	Miles Mikolas	STL	MIL
60	Colin Rea	CHC	@CIN
61	Walker Buehler	PHI	@ARI
62	Jake Irvin	WAS	ATL
63	Johan Oviedo	PIT	CHC
64	Cade Cavalli	WAS	@NYM
65	Matthew Liberatore	STL	CIN, MIL
66	Michael McGreevy	STL	CIN
67	Hurston Waldrep	ATL	@WAS
68	Randy Vasquez	SD	@CWS
69	Adam Mazur	MIA	@TEX
70	Kyle Freeland	COL	MIA, LAA
71	Anthony DeSclafani	ARI	PHI
72	Mike Burrows	PIT	ATH
73	Taijuan Walker	PHI	@ARI
74	Kai-Wei Teng	SF	@ARI, @LAD
75	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	@LAD
76	Joey Wentz	ATL	@DET
77	Nathan Wiles	ATL	@WAS
78	McCade Brown	COL	MIA
79	Carson Seymour	SF	@ARI
80	German Marquez	COL	LAA
81	Tanner Gordon	COL	MIA
82	Bradley Blalock	COL	LAA