This article is part of our Weekly Pitcher Rankings series.
As always, remember that rotations are subject to change, so if you see something that isn't correct, assume that it was a change that has occurred since this was written and feel free to politely bring it up in the comments, and I'll let you know where the new arm slots.
For the week Aug. 4-10
AMERICAN LEAGUE
For the week Aug. 4-10
AMERICAN LEAGUE
START
| 1. Felix Hernandez - ATL, CWS Note: I mean, he ... I just ... I can't ... #dominant |
| 2. David Price - at NYY, at TOR Note: Joins his new team with a two-start week |
| 3. Max Scherzer - at NYY, at TOR |
| 4. Corey Kluber - CIN, at NYY Note: Closed Apr w/a 4.14 ERA, 2.15 ERA in 121.3 IP since |
| 5. Yu Darvish - at HOU |
| 6. Chris Sale - TEX |
| 7. Jon Lester - MIN Note: Takes a 1.91 ERA and 5.1 K:BB ratio in 75.3 home IP to OAK |
| 8. Garrett Richards - at LAD, BOS |
| 9. Jeff Samardzija - TB, MIN |
| 10. Alex Cobb - at OAK, at CHC |
| 11. Sonny Gray - TB Note: On an absurd run with a 1.07 ERA in his last six starts (42 IP) |
| 12. Hisashi Iwakuma - CWS |
| 13. Scott Kazmir - MIN |
| 14. James Shields - SF Note: Quietly back on track with a 1.93 ERA in his last five starts (32.7 IP) |
| 15. Jose Quintana - at SEA Note: Also on fire with a 1.84 ERA in his last eight starts (53.7 IP) |
| 16. Dallas Keuchel - |
As always, remember that rotations are subject to change, so if you see something that isn't correct, assume that it was a change that has occurred since this was written and feel free to politely bring it up in the comments, and I'll let you know where the new arm slots.
For the week Aug. 4-10
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CONSIDER
SIT
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CONSIDER
SIT
MLB TOP 100
For the week Aug. 4-10
AMERICAN LEAGUE
START
| 1. Felix Hernandez - ATL, CWS Note: I mean, he ... I just ... I can't ... #dominant |
| 2. David Price - at NYY, at TOR Note: Joins his new team with a two-start week |
| 3. Max Scherzer - at NYY, at TOR |
| 4. Corey Kluber - CIN, at NYY Note: Closed Apr w/a 4.14 ERA, 2.15 ERA in 121.3 IP since |
| 5. Yu Darvish - at HOU |
| 6. Chris Sale - TEX |
| 7. Jon Lester - MIN Note: Takes a 1.91 ERA and 5.1 K:BB ratio in 75.3 home IP to OAK |
| 8. Garrett Richards - at LAD, BOS |
| 9. Jeff Samardzija - TB, MIN |
| 10. Alex Cobb - at OAK, at CHC |
| 11. Sonny Gray - TB Note: On an absurd run with a 1.07 ERA in his last six starts (42 IP) |
| 12. Hisashi Iwakuma - CWS |
| 13. Scott Kazmir - MIN |
| 14. James Shields - SF Note: Quietly back on track with a 1.93 ERA in his last five starts (32.7 IP) |
| 15. Jose Quintana - at SEA Note: Also on fire with a 1.84 ERA in his last eight starts (53.7 IP) |
| 16. Dallas Keuchel - at PHI, TEX |
| 17. Phil Hughes - SD, at OAK Note: 2.67 FIP and 11-start run of 2.27 ERA earlier in the year are signs of a better pitcher than his 4.12 ERA |
| 18. Chris Archer - at CHC |
| 19. Jake Odorizzi - at CHC Note: When season stats mislead: his 3.80 ERA is made up by a 6.83 through six and a 2.83 in his last 15 |
| 20. Jered Weaver - BOS |
| 21. Justin Verlander - at NYY |
| 22. Marcus Stroman - DET Note: On a 3-win streak during which he's allowed 1 ER in 21 IP (0.43 ERA) |
| 23. Anibal Sanchez - at TOR Note: Labored through a miserable 6.03 ERA in July, but he's much better than that |
| 24. Yordano Ventura - at ARI |
| 25. Collin McHugh - at PHI |
| 26. Danny Duffy - at ARI, SF Note: Had an impressive 3.3 K:BB ratio in eight starts before a 6 BB effort v. MIN |
| 27. Kevin Gausman - at WAS, STL Note: He's improving - 6.4 K9, 2.0 K:BB in July; 5.5, 1.6 in five starts before July |
| 28. Brandon McCarthy - DET, CLE |
| 29. Hiroki Kuroda - DET, CLE Note: He's been his usually self the last three months (3.63 ERA, 3.6 K:BB in 106.7 IP) |
| 30. John Danks - TEX, at SEA |
| 31. Rick Porcello - at NYY Note: Lost all of his K gains from '13, but inducing gobs of weak contact and walking nobody |
| 32. Drew Smyly - at OAK Note: He's a changeup away from being really good, can TB give it to him? |
| 33. Matt Shoemaker - LAD |
| 34. David Phelps - CLE |
| 35. R.A. Dickey - DET |
| 36. C.J. Wilson - LAD Note: We get to see him Saturday before having to decide about activation, but he wasn't great before the injury |
| 37. Mark Buehrle - BAL, DET |
| 38. Jason Hammel - TB, MIN Note: Did he just forget how to pitch? I think it's still in there somewhere |
| 39. Danny Salazar - at CIN Note: I'm dipping my toe back into the waters (2.00 ERA, 17 Ks, 6 BB in 18 IP) |
| 40. Roenis Elias - CWS |
| 41. Jason Vargas - SF |
| 42. James Paxton - CWS Note: Another one we can preview before activation and while he was great pre-injury, it was for two starts in April |
| 43. Wei-Yin Chen - at TOR |
CONSIDER
| 44. Drew Hutchison - BAL Note: His wildly disparate home/road splits are venturing to meet in the middle, which means home improvement coming (you have to reply "I don't think so, Tim" if you disagree) |
| 45. Trevor Bauer - at NYY |
| 46. Chris Young - ATL Note: If the 7.0 K9 and 4.0 K:BB ratio from his last nine are real, he's something, but I'm just so skeptical that they're real |
| 47. Hector Santiago - at LAD, BOS Note: His last 12 app. (7 starts) - 2.64 ERA, 0.99 WHIP in 44.3 IP |
| 48. Rubby De La Rosa - at STL, at LAA |
| 49. Chris Tillman - STL Note: Has a 2.63 ERA in his last 10 starts, but just 34 Ks in 65 IP |
| 50. Joe Kelly - at STL Note: He's got great stuff, but can he properly deploy it? |
| 51. J.A. Happ - BAL Note: 1.96 ERA in his last three starts (18.3 IP) |
SIT
| 52. Brett Oberholtzer - TEX |
| 53. Brad Peacock - at PHI |
| 54. Brandon Workman - at STL |
| 55. Ubaldo Jimenez - STL |
| 56. Scott Feldman - TEX |
| 57. Jeremy Hellickson - at OAK |
| 58. Bud Norris - at TOR |
| 59. Clay Buchholz - at LAA |
| 60. Kyle Gibson - at OAK |
| 61. Miguel Gonzalez - at TOR |
| 62. Shane Greene - DET |
| 63. Allen Webster - at LAA |
| 64. Chris Capuano - DET |
| 65. Colby Lewis - at CWS |
| 66. Yohan Pino - at OAK |
| 67. Nick Tepesch - at CWS |
| 68. Nick Martinez - at CWS, at HOU |
| 69. Josh Tomlin - CIN, at NYY |
| 70. Jeremy Guthrie - at ARI |
| 71. Hector Noesi - TEX, at SEA |
| 72. T.J. House - at CIN |
| 73. Kevin Correia - SD |
| 74. Scott Carroll - at SEA |
| 75. Miles Mikolas - at HOU |
| 76. Logan Darnell - at OAK |
NATIONAL LEAGUE
START
| 1. Clayton Kershaw - LAA, at MIL Note: I haven't the words ... |
| 2. Johnny Cueto - at CLE, MIA |
| 3. Zack Greinke - LAA, at MIL Note: He has a 2.11 ERA, 52 Ks, and 5.8 K:BB ratio in his last six starts (42.7 IP) |
| 4. Julio Teheran - at SEA |
| 5. Adam Wainwright - BOS Note: Last time he allowed 7 ER, he went on a seven-start, 1.03 ERA run |
| 6. Cole Hamels - NYM |
| 7. Madison Bumgarner - at KC |
| 8. Stephen Strasburg - at ATL |
| 9. Zack Wheeler - at WAS, at PHI Note: He's been dominant lately with a 1.63 ERA in his last six starts |
| 10. Lance Lynn - BOS, at BAL |
| 11. Tanner Roark - BAL, at ATL Note: He went 7 IP in each of his five July starts w/a 2.06 ERA and 5.8 K:BB ratio |
| 12. Gio Gonzalez - NYM, at ATL |
| 13. Alfredo Simon - at CLE, MIA Note: Hasn't slowed down one bit w/a 2.97 ERA in 30.3 July IP |
| 14. Jordan Zimmermann - NYM |
| 15. Hyun-Jin Ryu - at LAA |
| 16. Tyson Ross - at PIT Note: Has a 1.89 ERA in his last three road starts, giving him a 3.53 ERA |
| 17. Jesse Hahn - at MIN |
| 18. Mat Latos - CLE |
| 19. Homer Bailey - CLE Note: Has a 2.00 ERA in his last five starts and a 3.50 ERA since May 1st |
| 20. Jake Arrieta - at COL Note: The way he's pitching, I'm not sure even Coors can mess with him |
| 21. Ervin Santana - WAS |
| 22. John Lackey - at BAL |
| 23. Doug Fister - NYM Note: He's been kind of a Porcello-plus w/a 2.39 ERA in his last 10, but just 4.8 K9 |
| 24. Wily Peralta - SF |
| 25. Matt Garza - LAD Note: Back-to-back 1 ER outings after that awful 0.3 IP/5 ER dud |
| 26. Ian Kennedy - at PIT Note: Surprisingly wasn't dealt at the deadline, but that's good for us |
| 27. Josh Beckett - at MIL |
| 28. Alex Wood - SEA Note: Since returning to the rotation - 3.12 ERA, 3.5 K:BB ratio in 43.3 IP |
| 29. Wade Miley - KC, COL Note: Posted a 2.45 ERA with 36 Ks in 40.3 IP in six July starts |
| 30. Charlie Morton - MIA, SD Note: It doesn't get much better than this matchup-wise |
| 31. Tim Hudson - at NYM, at KC Note: His 3.52 ERA from his last 11 starts is the level we should expect the rest of the way |
| 32. Yovani Gallardo - SF |
| 33. Kyle Lohse - LAD |
| 34. Francisco Liriano - SD Note: Since coming off of the DL - 1.96 ERA, 27 Ks, and 2.3 K:BB ratio in 23 IP |
| 35. Bartolo Colon - at PHI |
| 36. Jacob deGrom - at WAS Note: Gave up 6 ER on June 16th, but just 7 ER in his last seven starts (46 IP) |
| 37. Ryan Vogelsong - at MIL Note: Hasn't allowed more than 3 ER in any of his last seven starts (2.95 ERA in 42.7 IP) |
| 38. Jake Peavy - at MIL Note: New environs should play better for his 7.3 K9 and 2.2 K:BB ratio |
| 39. Jimmy Nelson - SF Note: Settling in nicely with a 3.46 ERA and 11 Ks in his last two starts (13 IP) |
| 40. Jon Niese - at WAS |
| 41. Mike Leake - MIA Note: He is what he is - a mid-3.00s ERA guy who can put together some very impressive stretches |
| 42. Vance Worley - SD |
| 43. Tom Koehler - at PIT Note: He has a 3.45 ERA in his last eight (47 IP) despite a 3 IP/7 ER start mixed in |
| 44. A.J. Burnett - NYM |
| 45. Aaron Harang - WAS Note: He's been solid this year, which has definitely surprised me |
| 46. Chase Anderson - COL |
| 47. Jeff Locke - MIA Note: Back-to-back bombs have dented the ERA, but I like this matchup |
| 48. Brad Hand - at PIT, at CIN Note: He has a 2.11 ERA in his last three (21.3 IP), but just 10 Ks and 5 BB |
CONSIDER
| 49. Tim Lincecum - at MIL, at KC Note: Can we get some more SD starts on his schedule? |
| 50. Jordan Lyles - CHC, at ARI Note: Looked solid before his injury, but how much will 2 mos. Off affect him? |
| 51. Kyle Hendricks - at COL Note: Like what he's been doing lately, but probably not in Coors |
SIT
| 52. Mike Minor - WAS |
| 53. Dan Haren - at LAA |
| 54. Nathan Eovaldi - at CIN |
| 55. Shelby Miller - BOS |
| 56. Dillon Gee - SF, at PHI Note: He's been horrific since returning - 6.08 ERA in 23.7 IP |
| 57. Jarred Cosart - at PIT |
| 58. Travis Wood - at COL, TB |
| 59. Justin Masterson - at BAL Note: This could be good, but let's see something first |
| 60. Jacob Turner - at CIN |
| 61. Tsuyoshi Wada - TB |
| 62. Edinson Volquez - MIA |
| 63. David Buchanan - HOU |
| 64. Jorge De La Rosa - at ARI |
| 65. Odrisamer Despaigne - at MIN |
| 66. Tyler Matzek - at ARI |
| 67. Eric Stults - at PIT |
| 68. Edwin Jackson - TB |
| 69. Brett Anderson - CHC |
| 70. Kyle Kendrick - HOU, NYM |
| 71. Vidal Nuno - KC |
| 72. Trevor Cahill - COL |
| 73. Josh Collmenter - KC |
| 74. Roberto Hernandez - HOU |
| 75. Franklin Morales - CHC |
MLB TOP 100
| 1. Clayton Kershaw - LAA, at MIL Note: I haven't the words ... |
| 2. Felix Hernandez - ATL, CWS Note: I mean, he ... I just ... I can't ... #dominant |
| 3. Johnny Cueto - at CLE, MIA |
| 4. Zack Greinke - LAA, at MIL Note: He has a 2.11 ERA, 52 Ks, and 5.8 K:BB ratio in his last six starts (42.7 IP) |
| 5. David Price - at NYY, at TOR Note: Joins his new team with a two-start week |
| 6. Max Scherzer - at NYY, at TOR |
| 7. Corey Kluber - CIN, at NYY Note: Closed Apr w/a 4.14 ERA, 2.15 ERA in 121.3 IP since |
| 8. Yu Darvish - at HOU |
| 9. Chris Sale - TEX |
| 10. Jon Lester - MIN Note: Takes a 1.91 ERA and 5.1 K:BB ratio in 75.3 home IP to OAK |
| 11. Julio Teheran - at SEA |
| 12. Adam Wainwright - BOS Note: Last time he allowed 7 ER, he went on a seven-start, 1.03 ERA run |
| 13. Cole Hamels - NYM |
| 14. Madison Bumgarner - at KC |
| 15. Stephen Strasburg - at ATL |
| 16. Zack Wheeler - at WAS, at PHI Note: He's been dominant lately with a 1.63 ERA in his last six starts |
| 17. Lance Lynn - BOS, at BAL |
| 18. Tanner Roark - BAL, at ATL Note: He went 7 IP in each of his five July starts w/a 2.06 ERA and 5.8 K:BB ratio |
| 19. Garrett Richards - at LAD, BOS |
| 20. Jeff Samardzija - TB, MIN |
| 21. Alex Cobb - at OAK, at CHC |
| 22. Gio Gonzalez - NYM, at ATL |
| 23. Alfredo Simon - at CLE, MIA Note: Hasn't slowed down one bit w/a 2.97 ERA in 30.3 July IP |
| 24. Sonny Gray - TB Note: On an absurd run with a 1.07 ERA in his last six starts (42 IP) |
| 25. Hisashi Iwakuma - CWS |
| 26. Scott Kazmir - MIN |
| 27. James Shields - SF Note: Quietly back on track with a 1.93 ERA in his last five starts (32.7 IP) |
| 28. Jose Quintana - at SEA Note: Also on fire with a 1.84 ERA in his last eight starts (53.7 IP) |
| 29. Dallas Keuchel - at PHI, TEX |
| 30. Jordan Zimmermann - NYM |
| 31. Hyun-Jin Ryu - at LAA |
| 32. Tyson Ross - at PIT Note: Has a 1.89 ERA in his last three road starts, giving him a 3.53 ERA |
| 33. Jesse Hahn - at MIN |
| 34. Mat Latos - CLE |
| 35. Homer Bailey - CLE Note: Has a 2.00 ERA in his last five starts and a 3.50 ERA since May 1st |
| 36. Jake Arrieta - at COL Note: The way he's pitching, I'm not sure even Coors can mess with him |
| 37. Ervin Santana - WAS |
| 38. Phil Hughes - SD, at OAK Note: 2.67 FIP and 11-start run of 2.27 ERA earlier in the year are signs of a better pitcher than his 4.12 ERA |
| 39. Chris Archer - at CHC |
| 40. Jake Odorizzi - at CHC Note: When season stats mislead: his 3.80 ERA is made up by a 6.83 through six and a 2.83 in his last 15 |
| 41. Jered Weaver - BOS |
| 42. Justin Verlander - at NYY |
| 43. Marcus Stroman - DET Note: On a 3-win streak during which he's allowed 1 ER in 21 IP (0.43 ERA) |
| 44. Anibal Sanchez - at TOR Note: Labored through a miserable 6.03 ERA in July, but he's much better than that |
| 45. Yordano Ventura - at ARI |
| 46. Collin McHugh - at PHI |
| 47. John Lackey - at BAL |
| 48. Doug Fister - NYM Note: He's been kind of a Porcello-plus w/a 2.39 ERA in his last 10, but just 4.8 K9 |
| 49. Wily Peralta - SF |
| 50. Matt Garza - LAD Note: Back-to-back 1 ER outings after that awful 0.3 IP/5 ER dud |
| 51. Ian Kennedy - at PIT Note: Surprisingly wasn't dealt at the deadline, but that's good for us |
| 52. Josh Beckett - at MIL |
| 53. Alex Wood - SEA Note: Since returning to the rotation - 3.12 ERA, 3.5 K:BB ratio in 43.3 IP |
| 54. Wade Miley - KC, COL Note: Posted a 2.45 ERA with 36 Ks in 40.3 IP in six July starts |
| 55. Charlie Morton - MIA, SD Note: It doesn't get much better than this matchup-wise |
| 56. Tim Hudson - at NYM, at KC Note: His 3.52 ERA from his last 11 starts is the level we should expect the rest of the way |
| 57. Danny Duffy - at ARI, SF Note: Had an impressive 3.3 K:BB ratio in eight starts before a 6 BB effort v. MIN |
| 58. Kevin Gausman - at WAS, STL Note: He's improving - 6.4 K9, 2.0 K:BB in July; 5.5, 1.6 in five starts before July |
| 59. Brandon McCarthy - DET, CLE |
| 60. Hiroki Kuroda - DET, CLE Note: He's been his usually self the last three months (3.63 ERA, 3.6 K:BB in 106.7 IP) |
| 61. John Danks - TEX, at SEA |
| 62. Yovani Gallardo - SF |
| 63. Kyle Lohse - LAD |
| 64. Francisco Liriano - SD Note: Since coming off of the DL - 1.96 ERA, 27 Ks, and 2.3 K:BB ratio in 23 IP |
| 65. Bartolo Colon - at PHI |
| 66. Jacob deGrom - at WAS Note: Gave up 6 ER on June 16th, but just 7 ER in his last seven starts (46 IP) |
| 67. Ryan Vogelsong - at MIL Note: Hasn't allowed more than 3 ER in any of his last seven starts (2.95 ERA in 42.7 IP) |
| 68. Rick Porcello - at NYY Note: Lost all of his K gains from '13, but inducing gobs of weak contact and walking nobody |
| 69. Drew Smyly - at OAK Note: He's a changeup away from being really good, can TB give it to him? |
| 70. Matt Shoemaker - LAD |
| 71. David Phelps - CLE |
| 72. R.A. Dickey - DET |
| 73. C.J. Wilson - LAD Note: We get to see him Saturday before having to decide about activation, but he wasn't great before the inj. |
| 74. Jake Peavy - at MIL Note: New environs should play better for his 7.3 K9 and 2.2 K:BB ratio |
| 75. Jimmy Nelson - SF Note: Settling in nicely with a 3.46 ERA and 11 Ks in his last two starts (13 IP) |
| 76. Jon Niese - at WAS |
| 77. Mike Leake - MIA Note: He is what he is - a mid-3.00s ERA guy who can put together some very impressive stretches |
| 78. Vance Worley - SD |
| 79. Tom Koehler - at PIT Note: He has a 3.45 ERA in his last eight (47 IP) despite a 3 IP/7 ER start mixed in |
| 80. Mark Buehrle - BAL, DET |
| 81. Jason Hammel - TB, MIN Note: Did he just forget how to pitch? I think it's still in there somewhere |
| 82. Danny Salazar - at CIN Note: I'm dipping my toe back into the waters (2.00 ERA, 17 Ks, 6 BB in 18 IP) |
| 83. Roenis Elias - CWS |
| 84. Jason Vargas - SF |
| 85. James Paxton - CWS Note: Another one we can preview before activation and while he was great pre-injury, it was for two starts in April |
| 86. Wei-Yin Chen - at TOR |
| 87. A.J. Burnett - NYM |
| 88. Aaron Harang - WAS Note: He's been solid this year, which has definitely surprised me |
| 89. Chase Anderson - COL |
| 90. Jeff Locke - MIA Note: Back-to-back bombs have dented the ERA, but I like this matchup |
| 91. Brad Hand - at PIT, at CIN Note: He has a 2.11 ERA in his last three (21.3 IP), but just 10 Ks and 5 BB |
| 92. Tim Lincecum - at MIL, at KC Note: Can we get some more SD starts on his schedule? |
| 93. Drew Hutchison - BAL Note: His wildly disparate home/road splits are venturing to meet in the middle which means home improvement coming (you have to reply "I don't think so, Tim" if you disagree) |
| 94. Trevor Bauer - at NYY |
| 95. Chris Young - ATL Note: If the 7.0 K9 and 4.0 K:BB ratio from his last nine are real, he's something, but I'm just so skeptical that they're real |
| 96. Hector Santiago - at LAD, BOS Note: His last 12 app. (7 starts) - 2.64 ERA, 0.99 WHIP in 44.3 IP |
| 97. Rubby De La Rosa - at STL, at LAA |
| 98. Chris Tillman - STL Note: Has a 2.63 ERA in his last 10 starts, but just 34 Ks in 65 IP |
| 99. Joe Kelly - at STL Note: He's got great stuff, but can he properly deploy it? |
| 100. J.A. Happ - BAL Note: 1.96 ERA in his last three starts (18.3 IP) |
