Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Strasburg's Still Healthy

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Updated on May 13, 2017 1:35PM EST

It's a down week for two-week starters with fewer options, both in quantity and quality. The schedule features the return of Corey Kluber and (hopefully) Rich Hill from the disabled list along with Brian Johnson getting two starts as he looks hold the fifth spot in the Red Sox rotation, as least until David Price returns.

Hopefully, weather will cooperate but it already looks like Mother Nature will put a damper on Mother's Day weekend, so look for an update Sunday.

Happy Streaming!

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RANK	PITCHER	TEAM	OPPONENT	COMMENT
1	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	vs. TB, at HOU	Picking up the slack for Corey Kluber
2	Yu Darvish	TEX	vs. PHI, at DET	What Yu see is what Yu get
3	Marco Estrada	TOR	vs. ATL, at BAL	Time to admit it, Estrada is really good
4	Chris Archer	TB	at CLE, vs. NYY	See what limiting homers can do?
5	Chris Sale	BOS	at OAK	Still think he's become a pitch to contact guy?
6	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	at TB	Surprised the whiffs are down
7	Corey Kluber	CLE	at HOU	Returning from back injury
8	Rick Porcello	BOS	at OAK
9	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	at MIA	Peripherals solid, but low BABIP leading to low ERA, correction on the way
10	Luis Severino	NYY	at TB	Stud in the making
11	Drew Pomeranz	BOS	at OAK	Maybe not an ace, but nowhere near this bad
12	Justin Verlander	DET	vs. TEX
13	Michael Fulmer	DET	vs. BAL	ERA will

Hopefully, weather will cooperate but it already looks like Mother Nature will put a damper on Mother's Day weekend, so look for an update Sunday.

Happy Streaming!

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RANK	PITCHER	TEAM	OPPONENT	COMMENT
1	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	vs. TB, at HOU	Picking up the slack for Corey Kluber
2	Yu Darvish	TEX	vs. PHI, at DET	What Yu see is what Yu get
3	Marco Estrada	TOR	vs. ATL, at BAL	Time to admit it, Estrada is really good
4	Chris Archer	TB	at CLE, vs. NYY	See what limiting homers can do?
5	Chris Sale	BOS	at OAK	Still think he's become a pitch to contact guy?
6	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	at TB	Surprised the whiffs are down
7	Corey Kluber	CLE	at HOU	Returning from back injury
8	Rick Porcello	BOS	at OAK
9	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	at MIA	Peripherals solid, but low BABIP leading to low ERA, correction on the way
10	Luis Severino	NYY	at TB	Stud in the making
11	Drew Pomeranz	BOS	at OAK	Maybe not an ace, but nowhere near this bad
12	Justin Verlander	DET	vs. TEX
13	Michael Fulmer	DET	vs. BAL	ERA will rise once he gives up some homers
14	Andrew Triggs	OAK	at SEA, vs. BOS
15	Danny Salazar	CLE	vs. TB	Love the whiffs but needs to be more pitch efficient to go deeper
16	Sean Manaea	OAK	at SEA, vs. BOS	Returning from DL, tough foes but favorable parks
17	Lance McCullers	HOU	at MIA
18	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	at STL
19	Jesse Chavez	LAA	vs. CWS, at NYM
20	Jose Quintana	CWS	at SEA
21	Joe Musgrove	HOU	at MIA, vs. CLE	Improving, but still has work to do
22	Matt Boyd	DET	vs. BAL, vs. TEX
23	Josh Tomlin	CLE	vs. TB	Five quality stats in six outings
24	Michael Pineda	NYY	at KC	Had last start skipped to conserve innings
25	Danny Duffy	KC	vs. NYY	Win potential boosts rankings
26	Brian Johnson	BOS	at STL, at OAK	Coming off two straight solid efforts
27	Hisashi Iwakuma	SEA	vs. OAK
28	Marcus Stroman	TOR	at ATL
29	Charlie Morton	HOU	vs. CLE
30	Yovani Gallardo	SEA	vs. OAK, vs. CWS	Might he as high as he's ranked all season with two at home
31	Dylan Bundy	BAL	at DET	Low strikeouts tempering fantasy value
32	Matt Shoemaker	LAA	vs. CWS
33	Matt Andriese	TB	vs. NYY	Control uncharacteristically off
34	Joe Biagini	TOR	at ATL	Holding his own as a starter
35	Ervin Santana	MIN	vs. COL	Given shot for 5th spot, like his chances to keep the job
36	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	at BAL
37	Jason Vargas	KC	vs. NYY	One HR in 42.2 innings is silly, correction around the corner
38	Chase De Jong	SEA	vs. OAK, vs. CWS	Aided by facing lesser offenses in Safeco Field
39	Derek Holland	CWS	at LAA, at SEA	On the road, but park upgrades
40	Chris Tillman	BAL	vs. TOR
41	JC Ramirez	LAA	vs. CWS
42	Mike Fiers	HOU	vs. CLE	Much better on the road
43	Trevor Bauer	CLE	at HOU
44	Jordan Zimmermann	DET	vs. BAL
45	CC Sabathia	NYY	at KC, at TB
46	Ricky Nolasco	LAA	at NYM
47	Miguel Gonzalez	CWS	at LAA
48	Jake Odorizzi	TB	at CLE
49	Hector Santiago	MIN	vs. KC
50	Jose Berrios	MIN	vs. COL
51	Daniel Norris	DET	vs. TEX
52	Jason Hammel	KC	vs. NYY, at MIN
53	Blake Snell	TB	vs. NYY
54	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	at KC
55	Ariel Miranda	SEA	vs. CWS
56	Kevin Gausman	BAL	vs. TOR
57	Martin Perez	TEX	vs. PHI
58	Phil Hughes	MIN	vs. COL, vs. KC
59	Mike Bolsinger	TOR	vs. ATL, at BAL
60	Christian Bergman	SEA	vs. CWS
61	Ubaldo Jimenez	BAL	at DET, vs. TOR
62	Nick Martinez	TEX	at DET
63	Nathan Karns	KC	at MIN
64	Sonny Gray	OAK	vs. BOS
65	Kendall Graveman	OAK	vs. BOS
66	Andrew Cashner	TEX	vs. PHI
67	Mike Pelfrey	CWS	at LAA, at SEA
68	Jesse Hahn	OAK	at SEA
69	Alex Cobb	TB	at CLE	Cobb's better than this, draws tough matchup
70	A.J. Griffin	TEX	at DET
71	Wade Miley	BAL	at DET
72	Alex Meyer	LAA	at NYM
73	Dylan Covey	CWS	at SEA
74	Chris Young	KC	at MIN

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Rank	Pitcher	TEAM	Opponent(s)	Comments
1	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	at PIT, at ATL	All the injuries and guess who's been healthy
2	John Lackey	CHC	vs. CIN, vs. MIL	Homers an issue, hope the Wrigley wind is blowing in
3	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	vs. MIA	The guy's down year is everyone else's career best.
4	Max Scherzer	WAS	at ATL
5	Wei-Yin Chen	MIA	vs. HOU, at LAD	Ranking high due to lower number of two-start hurlers this week
6	Jake Arrieta	CHC	vs. MIL	Getting crushed with homers, the Coliseum should help
7	Jon Lester	CHC	vs. MIL
8	Johnny Cueto	SF	vs. LAD
9	Jacob deGrom	NYM	vs. LAA
10	Zack Greinke	ARI	vs. NYM
11	Ivan Nova	PIT	vs. PHI	I'll believe it when I see it
12	Rich Hill	LAD	at SF
13	Carlos Martinez	STL	vs. SF
14	Robbie Ray	ARI	at SD	Those pesky walks ...
15	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	vs. CIN	Back on track
16	Alex Wood	LAD	vs. MIA
17	Julio Urias	LAD	vs. MIA
18	Tanner Roark	WAS	at PIT
19	Taijuan Walker	ARI	at SD
20	Julio Teheran	ATL	vs. TOR
21	Ty Blach	SF	vs. LAD
22	Michael Wacha	STL	vs. SF
23	Joe Ross	WAS	at PIT	Minor league stay predictably short
24	Zach Davies	MIL	at SD
25	Gerrit Cole	PIT	vs. WAS	Increase in strikeouts welcome sight
26	Tyler Anderson	COL	at CIN
27	Aaron Nola	PHI	at PIT
28	Trevor Cahill	SD	vs. MIL	Strikeouts higher, but supported by underlying metrics
29	Zack Godley	ARI	vs. NYM, at SD	Bounced back last time after shellacking by Red Sox
30	Jeff Samardzija	SF	at STL	The new Michael Pineda? Peripherals stellar, ERA will correct
31	Dan Straily	MIA	at LAD
32	Jeremy Hellickson	PHI	at PIT
33	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	vs. TOR
34	Chase Anderson	MIL	at SD, at CHC
35	Vince Velasquez	PHI	at PIT
36	Chad Kuhl	PIT	vs. WAS, vs. PHI
37	Matt Cain	SF	vs. LAD, at STL	Buying into Cain looking like less than stellar life decision
38	Tom Koehler	MIA	vs. HOU, at LAD
39	Tyler Chatwood	COL	at MIN
40	Adam Wainwright	STL	vs. SF
41	Edinson Volquez	MIA	at LAD	Doing better job of keeping ball in the yard
42	Jimmy Nelson	MIL	at SD, at CHC
43	Trevor Williams	PIT	vs. PHI	Disappointing those hoping he'd take the next step
44	Matt Moore	SF	at STL	Coming off shoulder issue, not expecting to go deep into either game
45	Brandon McCarthy	LAD	at SF, vs. MIA
46	Gio Gonzalez	WAS	at ATL
47	Robert Gsellman	NYM	vs. LAA	Neither team great versus lefties, so may be worth the risk
48	Luis Perdomo	SD	vs. MIL, vs. ARI	Pair at home helps, but will inconsistent
49	Antonio Senzatela	COL	at CIN
50	German Marquez	COL	at MIN
51	Jerad Eickhoff	PHI	at TEX
52	Matt Garza	MIL	at SD	Reverse jinx worse, I stacked Nationals against him last week
53	Hyun-Jin Ryu	LAD	at SF
54	Zack Wheeler	NYM	at ARI, vs. LAA
55	Bartolo Colon	ATL	at TOR, vs. WAS
56	Mike Leake	STL	vs. BOS	Wanted to say age finally showing, shocked to see he's just 30 years old
57	Jaime Garcia	ATL	at TOR, vs. WAS
58	Lance Lynn	STL	vs. BOS
59	Tim Adleman	CIN	vs. COL
60	Kyle Freeland	COL	at MIN, at CIN
61	Jose Urena	MIA	vs. HOU
62	Patrick Corbin	ARI	vs. NYM
63	Brett Anderson	CHC	vs. CIN
64	R.A. Dickey	ATL	vs. WAS
65	Scott Feldman	CIN	at CHC
66	Clayton Richard	SD	vs. MIL, vs. ARI
67	Matt Harvey	NYM	at ARI	Strong opening to season wiped out by recent struggles
68	Bronson Arroyo	CIN	at CHC, vs. COL
69	Tyler Glasnow	PIT	vs. WAS
70	Jhoulys Chacin	SD	vs. MIL
71	Jered Weaver	SD	vs. ARI
72	Tommy Milone	MIL	at ARI
73	Zach Eflin	PHI	at TEX
74	Nick Pivetta	PHI	at TEX
75	Lisalverto Bonilla	CIN	vs. COL
76	Amir Garrett	CIN	at CHC
77	Adam Wilk	NYM	vs. KC
78	Wily Peralta	MIL	at CHC

MLB

RANK	PITCHER	TEAM	OPPONENT	COMMENT
1	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	vs. TB, at HOU	Picking up the slack for Corey Kluber
2	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	at PIT, at ATL	All the injuries and guess who's been healthy
3	Yu Darvish	TEX	vs. PHI, at DET	What Yu see is what Yu get
4	Marco Estrada	TOR	vs. ATL, at BAL	Time to admit it, Estrada is really good
5	John Lackey	CHC	vs. CIN, vs. MIL	Homers an issue, hope the Wrigley wind is blowing in
6	Chris Archer	TB	at CLE, vs. NYY	See what limiting homers can do?
7	Chris Sale	BOS	at OAK	Still think he's become a pitch to contact guy?
8	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	vs. MIA	The guy's down year is everyone else's career best.
9	Max Scherzer	WAS	at ATL
10	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	at TB	Surprised the whiffs are down
11	Corey Kluber	CLE	at HOU	Returning from back injury
12	Rick Porcello	BOS	at OAK
13	Wei-Yin Chen	MIA	vs. HOU, at LAD	Ranking high due to lower number of two-start hurlers this week
14	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	at MIA	Peripherals solid, but low BABIP leading to low ERA, correction on the way
15	Luis Severino	NYY	at TB	Stud in the making
16	Drew Pomeranz	BOS	at OAK	Maybe not an ace, but nowhere near this bad
17	Jake Arrieta	CHC	vs. MIL	Getting crushed with homers, the Coliseum should help
18	Jon Lester	CHC	vs. MIL
19	Johnny Cueto	SF	vs. LAD
20	Jacob deGrom	NYM	vs. LAA
21	Zack Greinke	ARI	vs. NYM
22	Justin Verlander	DET	vs. TEX
23	Michael Fulmer	DET	vs. BAL	ERA will rise once he gives up some homers
24	Andrew Triggs	OAK	at SEA, vs. BOS
25	Danny Salazar	CLE	vs. TB	Love the whiffs but needs to be more pitch efficient to go deeper
26	Sean Manaea	OAK	at SEA, vs. BOS	Returning from DL, tough foes but favorable parks
27	Ivan Nova	PIT	vs. PHI	I'll believe it when I see it
28	Rich Hill	LAD	at SF
29	Carlos Martinez	STL	vs. SF
30	Robbie Ray	ARI	at SD	Those pesky walks ...
31	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	vs. CIN	Back on track
32	Lance McCullers	HOU	at MIA
33	Alex Wood	LAD	vs. MIA
34	Julio Urias	LAD	vs. MIA
35	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	at STL
36	Tanner Roark	WAS	at PIT
37	Jesse Chavez	LAA	vs. CWS, at NYM
38	Taijuan Walker	ARI	at SD
39	Jose Quintana	CWS	at SEA
40	Julio Teheran	ATL	vs. TOR
41	Joe Musgrove	HOU	at MIA, vs. CLE	Improving, but still has work to do
42	Matt Boyd	DET	vs. BAL, vs. TEX
43	Josh Tomlin	CLE	vs. TB	Five quality stats in six outings
44	Ty Blach	SF	vs. LAD
45	Michael Wacha	STL	vs. SF
46	Joe Ross	WAS	at PIT	Minor league stay predictably short
47	Michael Pineda	NYY	at KC	Had last start skipped to conserve innings
48	Zach Davies	MIL	at SD
49	Gerrit Cole	PIT	vs. WAS	Increase in strikeouts welcome sight
50	Tyler Anderson	COL	at CIN
51	Danny Duffy	KC	vs. NYY	Win potential boosts rankings
52	Brian Johnson	BOS	at STL, at OAK	Coming off two straight solid efforts
53	Aaron Nola	PHI	at PIT
54	Hisashi Iwakuma	SEA	vs. OAK
55	Marcus Stroman	TOR	at ATL
56	Charlie Morton	HOU	vs. CLE
57	Yovani Gallardo	SEA	vs. OAK, vs. CWS	Might he as high as he's ranked all season with two at home
58	Dylan Bundy	BAL	at DET	Low strikeouts tempering fantasy value
59	Matt Shoemaker	LAA	vs. CWS
60	Matt Andriese	TB	vs. NYY	Control uncharacteristically off
61	Joe Biagini	TOR	at ATL	Holding his own as a starter
62	Trevor Cahill	SD	vs. MIL	Strikeouts higher, but supported by underlying metrics
63	Zack Godley	ARI	vs. NYM, at SD	Bounced back last time after shellacking by Red Sox
64	Ervin Santana	MIN	vs. COL	Given shot for 5th spot, like his chances to keep the job
65	Jeff Samardzija	SF	at STL	The new Michael Pineda? Peripherals stellar, ERA will correct
66	Dan Straily	MIA	at LAD
67	Jeremy Hellickson	PHI	at PIT
68	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	vs. TOR
69	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	at BAL
70	Jason Vargas	KC	vs. NYY	One HR in 42.2 innings is silly, correction around the corner
71	Chase De Jong	SEA	vs. OAK, vs. CWS	Aided by facing lesser offenses in Safeco Field
72	Derek Holland	CWS	at LAA, at SEA	On the road, but park upgrades
73	Chase Anderson	MIL	at SD, at CHC
74	Vince Velasquez	PHI	at PIT
75	Chad Kuhl	PIT	vs. WAS, vs. PHI
76	Matt Cain	SF	vs. LAD, at STL	Buying into Cain looking like less than stellar life decision
77	Chris Tillman	BAL	vs. TOR
78	JC Ramirez	LAA	vs. CWS
79	Tom Koehler	MIA	vs. HOU, at LAD
80	Mike Fiers	HOU	vs. CLE	Much better on the road
81	Trevor Bauer	CLE	at HOU
82	Tyler Chatwood	COL	at MIN
83	Adam Wainwright	STL	vs. SF
84	Edinson Volquez	MIA	at LAD	Doing better job of keeping ball in the yard
85	Jimmy Nelson	MIL	at SD, at CHC
86	Trevor Williams	PIT	vs. PHI	Disappointing those hoping he'd take the next step
87	Matt Moore	SF	at STL	Coming off shoulder issue, not expecting to go deep into either game
88	Brandon McCarthy	LAD	at SF, vs. MIA
89	Gio Gonzalez	WAS	at ATL
90	Robert Gsellman	NYM	vs. LAA	Neither team great versus lefties, so may be worth the risk
91	Luis Perdomo	SD	vs. MIL, vs. ARI	Pair at home helps, but will inconsistent
92	Jordan Zimmermann	DET	vs. BAL
93	CC Sabathia	NYY	at KC, at TB
94	Ricky Nolasco	LAA	at NYM
95	Antonio Senzatela	COL	at CIN
96	Miguel Gonzalez	CWS	at LAA
97	Jake Odorizzi	TB	at CLE
98	Hector Santiago	MIN	vs. KC
99	Jose Berrios	MIN	vs. COL
100	Daniel Norris	DET	vs. TEX
101	Jason Hammel	KC	vs. NYY, at MIN
102	German Marquez	COL	at MIN
103	Blake Snell	TB	vs. NYY
104	Jordan Montgomery	NYY	at KC
105	Jerad Eickhoff	PHI	at TEX
106	Ariel Miranda	SEA	vs. CWS
107	Matt Garza	MIL	at SD	Reverse jinx worse, I stacked Nationals against him last week
108	Kevin Gausman	BAL	vs. TOR
109	Hyun-Jin Ryu	LAD	at SF
110	Zack Wheeler	NYM	at ARI, vs. LAA
111	Bartolo Colon	ATL	at TOR, vs. WAS
112	Mike Leake	STL	vs. BOS	Wanted to say age finally showing, shocked to see he's just 30 years old
113	Jaime Garcia	ATL	at TOR, vs. WAS
114	Martin Perez	TEX	vs. PHI
115	Phil Hughes	MIN	vs. COL, vs. KC
116	Lance Lynn	STL	vs. BOS
117	Mike Bolsinger	TOR	vs. ATL, at BAL
118	Tim Adleman	CIN	vs. COL
119	Christian Bergman	SEA	vs. CWS
120	Kyle Freeland	COL	at MIN, at CIN
121	Jose Urena	MIA	vs. HOU
122	Ubaldo Jimenez	BAL	at DET, vs. TOR
123	Nick Martinez	TEX	at DET
124	Nathan Karns	KC	at MIN
125	Patrick Corbin	ARI	vs. NYM
126	Brett Anderson	CHC	vs. CIN
127	Sonny Gray	OAK	vs. BOS
128	R.A. Dickey	ATL	vs. WAS
129	Kendall Graveman	OAK	vs. BOS
130	Scott Feldman	CIN	at CHC
131	Clayton Richard	SD	vs. MIL, vs. ARI
132	Andrew Cashner	TEX	vs. PHI
133	Mike Pelfrey	CWS	at LAA, at SEA
134	Jesse Hahn	OAK	at SEA
135	Matt Harvey	NYM	at ARI	Strong opening to season wiped out by recent struggles
136	Alex Cobb	TB	at CLE	Cobb's better than this, draws tough matchup
137	Bronson Arroyo	CIN	at CHC, vs. COL
138	A.J. Griffin	TEX	at DET
139	Tyler Glasnow	PIT	vs. WAS
140	Jhoulys Chacin	SD	vs. MIL
141	Wade Miley	BAL	at DET
142	Jered Weaver	SD	vs. ARI
143	Tommy Milone	MIL	at ARI
144	Zach Eflin	PHI	at TEX
145	Nick Pivetta	PHI	at TEX
146	Lisalverto Bonilla	CIN	vs. COL
147	Amir Garrett	CIN	at CHC
148	Alex Meyer	LAA	at NYM
149	Dylan Covey	CWS	at SEA
150	Adam Wilk	NYM	vs. KC
151	Chris Young	KC	at MIN
152	Wily Peralta	MIL	at CHC