Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Double Dippers Galore

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Updated on May 5, 2019 11:01PM EST

It's a rare busy week for two-start pitchers as over half the teams in the league have a full seven game schedule with the rest scheduled for six contests. This is the perfect week to really see how the second start affects rankings, emphasizing the good while penalizing the bad.

Even though the calendar flipped to May, Mother Nature didn't get the memo. Weather is still an issue, likely shuffling the probable pitching as the weekend fleshes out. Please remember to check out the final rankings on Sunday night.

For the week May 6-12.

UPDATED SUNDAY MAY 5, 11:00 PM ET

MLB

1	Max Scherzer	WAS	at MIL, at LAD	Remain calm. All is well. Underlying metrics are fine.
2	Gerrit Cole	HOU	vs. KC, vs. TEX	Could be a victim of the juiced ball based on his average fly ball distance
3	Jacob deGrom	NYM	at SD, vs. MIA	Great draws to build on last outing
4	Trevor Bauer	CLE	vs. CWS, at OAK	Getting extra day of rest, pushing two starts from last week to this week
5	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	at MIL, at LAD
6	David Price	BOS	at BAL, vs. SEA
7	Blake Snell	TB	vs. ARI, vs. NYY	Failed to get out of the 4th twice last two vs. Royals
8	Hyun-Jin Ryu	LAD	vs. ATL, vs. WAS
9	Cole Hamels	CHC	vs. MIA, vs. MIL	Quietly having stellar season
10	Walker Buehler	LAD	vs. ATL, vs. WAS	Appears ready to cut

For the week May 6-12.

UPDATED SUNDAY MAY 5, 11:00 PM ET

MLB

1	Max Scherzer	WAS	at MIL, at LAD	Remain calm. All is well. Underlying metrics are fine.
2	Gerrit Cole	HOU	vs. KC, vs. TEX	Could be a victim of the juiced ball based on his average fly ball distance
3	Jacob deGrom	NYM	at SD, vs. MIA	Great draws to build on last outing
4	Trevor Bauer	CLE	vs. CWS, at OAK	Getting extra day of rest, pushing two starts from last week to this week
5	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	at MIL, at LAD
6	David Price	BOS	at BAL, vs. SEA
7	Blake Snell	TB	vs. ARI, vs. NYY	Failed to get out of the 4th twice last two vs. Royals
8	Hyun-Jin Ryu	LAD	vs. ATL, vs. WAS
9	Cole Hamels	CHC	vs. MIA, vs. MIL	Quietly having stellar season
10	Walker Buehler	LAD	vs. ATL, vs. WAS	Appears ready to cut loose after the club took it slow in the spring
11	Jon Lester	CHC	vs. MIA, vs. MIL	K% spike a mirage - SwStr same as last season, velo down a tick
12	Miles Mikolas	STL	vs. PHI, vs. PIT	Home, sweet home
13	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	vs. SEA, at TB
14	Madison Bumgarner	SF	at COL, vs. CIN
15	Justin Verlander	HOU	vs. TEX
16	Tyler Glasnow	TB	vs. NYY
17	Chris Sale	BOS	at BAL	28 K, 6 BB last three outings, spanning 18 IP
18	CC Sabathia	NYY	vs. SEA, at TB	Congrats big guy, good spot to start working on next 3000
19	Collin McHugh	HOU	vs. KC, vs. TEX	7 HR in 38 IP, last season served up 6 HR in 72.1 IP
20	Caleb Smith	MIA	at CHC, at NYM	Tough lineups, on road, but strong start supported by skills growth
21	Anthony DeSclafani	CIN	vs. SF, at SF	Rare home and home, top free agent target if available
22	Mike Minor	TEX	at HOU	Adjusted baseline expectation, hopefully won't rue it
23	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	vs. ATL
24	Kevin Gausman	ATL	at LAD, at ARI
25	Luis Castillo	CIN	at SF
26	Zack Wheeler	NYM	vs. MIA	Getting in groove
27	Jose Berrios	MIN	at TOR	Like Cole, latent candidate to surrender more homers
28	Noah Syndergaard	NYM	at SD	That was great, now let's see you do it again (or something close)
29	Max Fried	ATL	at LAD, at ARI	Strikeouts should increase as season progresses
30	Patrick Corbin	WAS	at LAD
31	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	vs. CWS	Indians should put him in bubble wrap between starts
32	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	vs. MIA	Coming off 81 pitch, complete game effort
33	Mike Fiers	OAK	vs. CIN, vs. CLE
34	Charlie Morton	TB	vs. ARI	Walks a concern but boosted by pair at home
35	Zack Greinke	ARI	vs. ATL
36	Jack Flaherty	STL	vs. PHI	Plagued by gopheritis, 8 HR in just 36.2 IP
37	Marcus Stroman	TOR	vs. MIN, vs. CWS
38	Rich Hill	LAD	vs. WAS
39	Matt Strahm	SD	vs. NYM
40	Matthew Boyd	DET	vs. LAA
41	Yonny Chirinos	TB	vs. NYY
42	Aaron Nola	PHI	at STL	Rounding into form
43	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	at LAD	Still shaking off the cobwebs
44	Mike Soroka	ATL	at ARI	Dbacks offense better than expected
45	Kenta Maeda	LAD	vs. WAS
46	Domingo German	NYY	at TB
47	Shane Bieber	CLE	vs. CWS
48	Yu Darvish	CHC	vs. MIA
49	Chris Paddack	SD	vs. NYM
50	Pablo Lopez	MIA	at NYM
51	Robbie Ray	ARI	at TB
52	Joe Musgrove	PIT	at STL	Tough spot to rebound from shellacking bu Athletics
53	Sonny Gray	CIN	at OAK	Back at familiar haunts
54	Jeff Samardzija	SF	vs. CIN
55	Jose Quintana	CHC	vs. MIL	Looking to rebound after rough outing, previous three were stellar
56	Trevor Williams	PIT	at STL
57	Michael Wacha	STL	vs. PIT	Missing bats but also walking a ton
58	Jhoulys Chacin	MIL	vs. WAS, at CHC
59	Yusei Kikuchi	SEA	at NYY
60	Martin Perez	MIN	at TOR, vs. DET
61	J.A. Happ	NYY	vs. SEA
62	Tyler Skaggs	LAA	at DET	Velo and SwStr% up, bodes well for K%
63	Brad Peacock	HOU	vs. KC	Strikeouts down even more than usual for a reliever-turned-starter
64	Steven Brault	PIT	vs. TEX, at STL
65	Jakob Junis	KC	at HOU, vs. PHI	5.12 ERA with 4.16 xFIP and 4.33 ERA hint at some bad luck and SwStr% up but K% down
66	Clay Buchholz	TOR	vs. CWS
67	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	vs. SEA	.356 BABIP, 59% LOB help explain 6.16 ERA with 3.91 FIP and 4.04 SIERA
68	Chase Anderson	MIL	at OAK
69	Jake Arrieta	PHI	at KC
70	Michael Pineda	MIN	vs. DET
71	Steven Matz	NYM	at SD
72	Rick Porcello	BOS	vs. SEA
73	Trevor Cahill	LAA	at BAL
74	Danny Duffy	KC	at HOU
75	Merrill Kelly	ARI	at TB, vs. ATL
76	Tanner Roark	CIN	at OAK
77	Jake Odorizzi	MIN	vs. DET
78	John Means	BAL	vs. BOS, vs. LAA
79	Wade Miley	HOU	vs. TEX
80	Jonathan Loaisiga	NYY	vs. SEA
81	Tyler Mahle	CIN	at OAK, at SF
82	Drew Pomeranz	SF	at CIN, vs. CIN
83	Cal Quantrill	SD	vs. NYM
84	Trent Thornton	TOR	vs. MIN
85	German Marquez	COL	vs. SD
86	Jason Vargas	NYM	vs. MIA
87	Freddy Peralta	MIL	vs. WAS
88	Jerad Eickhoff	PHI	at STL
89	Chris Bassitt	OAK	vs. CIN
90	Zach Eflin	PHI	at KC
91	Marco Gonzales	SEA	at NYY, at BOS
92	Antonio Senzatela	COL	vs. SF, vs. SD
93	Frankie Montas	OAK	vs. CLE
94	Gio Gonzalez	MIL	at CHC
95	Brett Anderson	OAK	vs. CIN
96	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	vs. MIN, vs. CWS
97	Dylan Bundy	BAL	vs. LAA
98	Julio Teheran	ATL	at ARI
99	Daniel Norris	DET	vs. LAA, at MIN
100	Vince Velasquez	PHI	at STL, at KC
101	Trevor Richards	MIA	at CHC
102	Kyle Gibson	MIN	at TOR
103	Jon Gray	COL	vs. SF
104	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	vs. WAS
105	Erik Swanson	SEA	at BOS
106	Jalen Beeks	TB	vs. ARI
107	Brad Keller	KC	vs. PHI
108	Luke Weaver	ARI	vs. ATL
109	Felix Hernandez	SEA	at NYY, at BOS
110	Lucas Giolito	CWS	at CLE, at TOR	Showing signs, but switch hasn't flipped yet
111	Griffin Canning	LAA	at DET, at BAL
112	Matt Hall	DET	at MIN
113	Jeremy Hellickson	WAS	at MIL
114	Joey Lucchesi	SD	at COL
115	Adam Wainwright	STL	vs. PIT
116	Dakota Hudson	STL	vs. PHI, vs. PIT
117	Dan Straily	BAL	vs. LAA
118	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	at CHC, at NYM	With Zac Gallen crushing it on farm, could be pitching for rotation spot
119	Drew Smyly	TEX	at HOU
120	Zach Davies	MIL	at CHC
121	Lance Lynn	TEX	at HOU
122	Kyle Freeland	COL	vs. SF
123	Ivan Nova	CWS	at CLE, at TOR
124	Mike Leake	SEA	at NYY
125	Felix Pena	LAA	at DET
126	Tyson Ross	DET	vs. LAA
127	Reynaldo Lopez	CWS	at CLE
128	Josh A. Smith	BOS	at BAL
129	Aaron Brooks	OAK	vs. CLE
130	Matt Harvey	LAA	at BAL
131	Jose Urena	MIA	at CHC
132	Jordan Lyles	PIT	at STL
133	Jefry Rodriguez	CLE	vs. CWS, at OAK
134	Dereck Rodriguez	SF	at COL
135	Spencer Turnbull	DET	at MIN	Less optimistic than my brethren, HR uptick coming
136	Nick Kingham	PIT	vs. TEX
137	Jorge Lopez	KC	at HOU
138	Nick Margevicius	SD	at COL
139	Taylor Clarke	ARI	at TB, vs. ATL
140	Eric Lauer	SD	at COL
141	Dylan Covey	CWS	at TOR
142	Adrian Sampson	TEX	at PIT, at HOU
143	Andrew Cashner	BAL	vs. BOS
144	David Hess	BAL	vs. BOS
145	Kohl Stewart	MIN	vs. DET
146	Derek Holland	SF	at COL
147	Jeff Hoffman	COL	vs. SD
148	Ryan Carpenter	DET	at MIN
149	Homer Bailey	KC	vs. PHI
150	Shelby Miller	TEX	at PIT
151	Manny Banuelos	CWS	at CLE

American League

RANK	PITCHER	TM	OPP	COMMENT
1	Gerrit Cole	HOU	vs. KC, vs. TEX	Could be a victim of the juiced ball based on his average fly ball distance
2	Trevor Bauer	CLE	vs. CWS, at OAK	Getting extra day of rest, pushing two starts from last week to this week
3	David Price	BOS	at BAL, vs. SEA
4	Blake Snell	TB	vs. ARI, vs. NYY	Failed to get out of the 4th twice last two vs. Royals
5	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	vs. SEA, at TB
6	Justin Verlander	HOU	vs. TEX
7	Tyler Glasnow	TB	vs. NYY
8	Chris Sale	BOS	at BAL	28 K, 6 BB last three outings, spanning 18 IP
9	CC Sabathia	NYY	vs. SEA, at TB	Congrats big guy, good spot to start working on next 3000
10	Collin McHugh	HOU	vs. KC, vs. TEX	7 HR in 38 IP, last season served up 6 HR in 72.1 IP
11	Mike Minor	TEX	at HOU	Adjusted baseline expectation, hopefully won't rue it
12	Jose Berrios	MIN	at TOR	Like Cole, latent candidate to surrender more homers
13	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	vs. CWS	Indians should put him in bubble wrap between starts
14	Mike Fiers	OAK	vs. CIN, vs. CLE
15	Charlie Morton	TB	vs. ARI	Walks a concern but boosted by pair at home
16	Marcus Stroman	TOR	vs. MIN, vs. CWS
17	Matthew Boyd	DET	vs. LAA
18	Yonny Chirinos	TB	vs. NYY
19	Domingo German	NYY	at TB
20	Shane Bieber	CLE	vs. CWS
21	Yusei Kikuchi	SEA	at NYY
22	Martin Perez	MIN	at TOR, vs. DET
23	J.A. Happ	NYY	vs. SEA
24	Tyler Skaggs	LAA	at DET	Velo and SwStr% up, bodes well for K%
25	Brad Peacock	HOU	vs. KC	Strikeouts down even more than usual for a reliever-turned-starter
26	Jakob Junis	KC	at HOU, vs. PHI	5.12 ERA with 4.16 xFIP and 4.33 ERA hint at some bad luck and SwStr% up but K% down
27	Clay Buchholz	TOR	vs. CWS
28	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	vs. SEA	.356 BABIP, 59% LOB help explain 6.16 ERA with 3.91 FIP and 4.04 SIERA
29	Michael Pineda	MIN	vs. DET
30	Rick Porcello	BOS	vs. SEA
31	Trevor Cahill	LAA	at BAL
32	Danny Duffy	KC	at HOU
33	Jake Odorizzi	MIN	vs. DET
34	John Means	BAL	vs. BOS, vs. LAA
35	Wade Miley	HOU	vs. TEX
36	Jonathan Loaisiga	NYY	vs. SEA
37	Trent Thornton	TOR	vs. MIN
38	Chris Bassitt	OAK	vs. CIN
39	Marco Gonzales	SEA	at NYY, at BOS
40	Frankie Montas	OAK	vs. CLE
41	Brett Anderson	OAK	vs. CIN
42	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	vs. MIN, vs. CWS
43	Dylan Bundy	BAL	vs. LAA
44	Daniel Norris	DET	vs. LAA, at MIN
45	Kyle Gibson	MIN	at TOR
46	Erik Swanson	SEA	at BOS
47	Jalen Beeks	TB	vs. ARI
48	Brad Keller	KC	vs. PHI
49	Felix Hernandez	SEA	at NYY, at BOS
50	Lucas Giolito	CWS	at CLE, at TOR	Showing signs, but switch hasn't flipped yet
51	Griffin Canning	LAA	at DET, at BAL
52	Matt Hall	DET	at MIN
53	Dan Straily	BAL	vs. LAA
54	Drew Smyly	TEX	at HOU
55	Lance Lynn	TEX	at HOU
56	Ivan Nova	CWS	at CLE, at TOR
57	Mike Leake	SEA	at NYY
58	Felix Pena	LAA	at DET
59	Tyson Ross	DET	vs. LAA
60	Reynaldo Lopez	CWS	at CLE
61	Josh A. Smith	BOS	at BAL
62	Aaron Brooks	OAK	vs. CLE
63	Matt Harvey	LAA	at BAL
64	Jefry Rodriguez	CLE	vs. CWS, at OAK
65	Spencer Turnbull	DET	at MIN	Less optimistic than my brethren, HR uptick coming
66	Jorge Lopez	KC	at HOU
67	Dylan Covey	CWS	at TOR
68	Adrian Sampson	TEX	at PIT, at HOU
69	Andrew Cashner	BAL	vs. BOS
70	David Hess	BAL	vs. BOS
71	Kohl Stewart	MIN	vs. DET
72	Ryan Carpenter	DET	at MIN
73	Homer Bailey	KC	vs. PHI
74	Shelby Miller	TEX	at PIT
75	Manny Banuelos	CWS	at CLE

National League

RANK	PITCHER	TM	OPP	COMMENT
1	Max Scherzer	WAS	at MIL, at LAD	Remain calm. All is well. Underlying metrics are fine.
2	Jacob deGrom	NYM	at SD, vs. MIA	Great draws to build on last outing
3	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	at MIL, at LAD
4	Hyun-Jin Ryu	LAD	vs. ATL, vs. WAS
5	Cole Hamels	CHC	vs. MIA, vs. MIL	Quietly having stellar season
6	Walker Buehler	LAD	vs. ATL, vs. WAS	Appears ready to cut loose after the club took it slow in the spring
7	Jon Lester	CHC	vs. MIA, vs. MIL	K% spike a mirage - SwStr same as last season, velo down a tick
8	Miles Mikolas	STL	vs. PHI, vs. PIT	Home, sweet home
9	Madison Bumgarner	SF	at COL, vs. CIN
10	Caleb Smith	MIA	at CHC, at NYM	Tough lineups, on road, but strong start supported by skills growth
11	Anthony DeSclafani	CIN	vs. SF, at SF	Rare home and home, top free agent target if available
12	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	vs. ATL
13	Kevin Gausman	ATL	at LAD, at ARI
14	Luis Castillo	CIN	at SF
15	Zack Wheeler	NYM	vs. MIA	Getting in groove
16	Noah Syndergaard	NYM	at SD	That was great, now let's see you do it again (or something close)
17	Max Fried	ATL	at LAD, at ARI	Strikeouts should increase as season progresses
18	Patrick Corbin	WAS	at LAD
19	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	vs. MIA	Coming off 81 pitch, complete game effort
20	Zack Greinke	ARI	vs. ATL
21	Jack Flaherty	STL	vs. PHI	Plagued by gopheritis, 8 HR in just 36.2 IP
22	Rich Hill	LAD	vs. WAS
23	Matt Strahm	SD	vs. NYM
24	Aaron Nola	PHI	at STL	Rounding into form
25	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	at LAD	Still shaking off the cobwebs
26	Mike Soroka	ATL	at ARI	Dbacks offense better than expected
27	Kenta Maeda	LAD	vs. WAS
28	Yu Darvish	CHC	vs. MIA
29	Chris Paddack	SD	vs. NYM
30	Pablo Lopez	MIA	at NYM
31	Robbie Ray	ARI	at TB
32	Joe Musgrove	PIT	at STL	Tough spot to rebound from shellacking bu Athletics
33	Sonny Gray	CIN	at OAK	Back at familiar haunts
34	Jeff Samardzija	SF	vs. CIN
35	Jose Quintana	CHC	vs. MIL	Looking to rebound after rough outing, previous three were stellar
36	Trevor Williams	PIT	at STL
37	Michael Wacha	STL	vs. PIT	Missing bats but also walking a ton
38	Jhoulys Chacin	MIL	vs. WAS, at CHC
39	Steven Brault	PIT	vs. TEX, at STL
40	Chase Anderson	MIL	at OAK
41	Jake Arrieta	PHI	at KC
42	Steven Matz	NYM	at SD
43	Merrill Kelly	ARI	at TB, vs. ATL
44	Tanner Roark	CIN	at OAK
45	Tyler Mahle	CIN	at OAK, at SF
46	Drew Pomeranz	SF	at CIN, vs. CIN
47	Cal Quantrill	SD	vs. NYM
48	German Marquez	COL	vs. SD
49	Jason Vargas	NYM	vs. MIA
50	Freddy Peralta	MIL	vs. WAS
51	Jerad Eickhoff	PHI	at STL
52	Zach Eflin	PHI	at KC
53	Antonio Senzatela	COL	vs. SF, vs. SD
54	Gio Gonzalez	MIL	at CHC
55	Julio Teheran	ATL	at ARI
56	Vince Velasquez	PHI	at STL, at KC
57	Trevor Richards	MIA	at CHC
58	Jon Gray	COL	vs. SF
59	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	vs. WAS
60	Luke Weaver	ARI	vs. ATL
61	Jeremy Hellickson	WAS	at MIL
62	Joey Lucchesi	SD	at COL
63	Adam Wainwright	STL	vs. PIT
64	Dakota Hudson	STL	vs. PHI, vs. PIT
65	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	at CHC, at NYM	With Zac Gallen crushing it on farm, could be pitching for rotation spot
66	Zach Davies	MIL	at CHC
67	Kyle Freeland	COL	vs. SF
68	Jose Urena	MIA	at CHC
69	Jordan Lyles	PIT	at STL
70	Dereck Rodriguez	SF	at COL
71	Nick Kingham	PIT	vs. TEX
72	Nick Margevicius	SD	at COL
73	Taylor Clarke	ARI	at TB, vs. ATL
74	Eric Lauer	SD	at COL
75	Derek Holland	SF	at COL
76	Jeff Hoffman	COL	vs. SD