Weekly Pitcher Rankings: Back to Nola

Todd Zola ranks this week's starting pitchers, with Aaron Nola taking the top spot thanks to a pair of easy divisional matchups.

Updated on September 5, 2022 1:31AM EST

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Todd Zola

Updated on September 5, 2022 1:31AM EST

Weekly Pitcher Rankings

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The first full week of September brings 95 games, including a pair of doubleheaders. Once again, the supply of two-start pitchers is scant, so choosing the better one-start guys is key to managing your pitching staff.

Earlier in the season, the average innings pitched per game for starters was at an all-time low. Openers and reluctance to face an order for the third time contributed to the shorter outings. However, for the past month, starters have averaged a tick under 5 2/3 innings. It may not seem like much, but it speaks towards relying more on single-start options.

UPDATED: September 5, 1:30 AM ET

Week of September 5 - 11

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments
1	Aaron Nola	PHI	MIA, WAS	Second in MLB in innings, one of a handful with a chance at 200 IP
2	Gerrit Cole	NYY	MIN, TB
3	Lance Lynn	CWS	@SEA, @OAK	1.45 ERA with .75 WHIP with 22 K over last 18.2 IP
4	Max Scherzer	NYM	@MIA
5	Shane Bieber	CLE	@KC, @MIN
6	Spencer Strider	ATL	@OAK
7	Kyle Wright	ATL	@OAK
8	Yu Darvish	SD	ARI
9	Triston McKenzie	CLE	@KC, @MIN	Keeps getting better as the season progresses
10	Dylan Cease	CWS	@OAK
11	Jacob deGrom	NYM	@PIT
12	Brady Singer	KC	CLE, DET

UPDATED: September 5, 1:30 AM ET

Week of September 5 - 11

Mixed

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comments	MIX12	MIX15
1	Aaron Nola	PHI	MIA, WAS	Second in MLB in innings, one of a handful with a chance at 200 IP
2	Gerrit Cole	NYY	MIN, TB
3	Lance Lynn	CWS	@SEA, @OAK	1.45 ERA with .75 WHIP with 22 K over last 18.2 IP
4	Max Scherzer	NYM	@MIA
5	Shane Bieber	CLE	@KC, @MIN
6	Spencer Strider	ATL	@OAK
7	Kyle Wright	ATL	@OAK
8	Yu Darvish	SD	ARI
9	Triston McKenzie	CLE	@KC, @MIN	Keeps getting better as the season progresses
10	Dylan Cease	CWS	@OAK
11	Jacob deGrom	NYM	@PIT
12	Brady Singer	KC	CLE, DET
13	Max Fried	ATL	@SEA
14	Johnny Cueto	CWS	@SEA, @OAK	Two starts help embellish punch outs
15	Corbin Burnes	MIL	SF
16	Michael Wacha	BOS	@TB, @BAL
17	Cristian Javier	HOU	TEX
18	Jordan Montgomery	STL	WAS
19	Drew Rasmussen	TB	BOS
20	Luis Castillo	SEA	CWS
21	Freddy Peralta	MIL	SF
22	Cole Irvin	OAK	ATL, CWS
23	Jameson Taillon	NYY	MIN, TB
24	Julio Urias	LAD	@SD
25	Logan Webb	SF	@LAD, @CHC
26	Adam Wainwright	STL	WAS
27	Framber Valdez	HOU	TEX
28	Carlos Rodon	SF	@CHC
29	Charlie Morton	ATL	@SEA
30	Tyler Anderson	LAD	SF
31	Joe Musgrove	SD	ARI
32	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	LAA
33	Blake Snell	SD	ARI, LAD
34	Miles Mikolas	STL	@PIT
35	Alek Manoah	TOR	@BAL	Injuries to others could have Monoah in Cy Young picture
36	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@HOU
37	Robbie Ray	SEA	ATL
38	Andrew Heaney	LAD	SF	70 K in 46 IP, could be a key in the playoffs
39	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@SD	Continues to quietly record a solid campaign
40	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	DET
41	George Kirby	SEA	ATL
42	Jose Urquidy	HOU	LAA
43	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@PHI	6.62 ERA and 1.53 WHIP over last 17.2 IP
44	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	SF
45	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@COL, CIN
46	Luis Garcia	HOU	LAA
47	Taijuan Walker	NYM	@PIT, @MIA
48	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@PIT
49	Pablo Lopez	MIA	NYM
50	Jose Quintana	STL	WAS, @PIT
51	Jack Flaherty	STL	WAS, @PIT
52	Nestor Cortes	NYY	MIN
53	Bailey Falter	PHI	MIA		6%
54	Logan Gilbert	SEA	CWS
55	Jeffrey Springs	TB	BOS
56	Joe Ryan	MIN	@NYY, CLE
57	Frankie Montas	NYY	TB
58	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@BAL, @TEX
59	Mike Mayers	LAA	DET		0%	4%
60	Martin Perez	TEX	@HOU, TOR	ERA creeping up and now faces two of the top AL lineups
61	Edward Cabrera	MIA	NYM
62	Ranger Suarez	PHI	WAS
63	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@OAK
64	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@PHI, NYM
65	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	@LAA, @KC
66	Noah Syndergaard	PHI	WAS
67	Ross Stripling	TOR	@TEX
68	Michael Kopech	CWS	@SEA
69	JP Sears	OAK	CWS		41%
70	Rich Hill	BOS	@TB, @BAL		9%
71	Marco Gonzales	SEA	CWS, ATL
72	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@TB
73	Jake Odorizzi	ATL	@SEA
74	Dustin May	LAD	@SD
75	Zac Gallen	ARI	@COL
76	Marcus Stroman	CHC	SF
77	Sonny Gray	MIN	@NYY
78	Mike Clevinger	SD	LAD
79	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@MIA
80	Domingo German	NYY	MIN
81	Jose Suarez	LAA	DET		25%
82	Justin Steele	CHC	SF
83	Cal Quantrill	CLE	@MIN
84	Kyle Gibson	PHI	MIA
85	Hunter Brown	HOU	TEX		0%	0%
86	Alex Cobb	SF	@LAD
87	Luis Patino	TB	BOS, @NYY		10%	34%
88	Mix 12 Reliever
89	Jose Berrios	TOR	@TEX, @BAL
90	Dylan Bundy	MIN	CLE		19%
91	Mix 15 Reliever
92	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@MIL
93	Roansy Contreras	PIT	STL
94	Jonathan Heasley	KC	DET		1%	2%
95	Drew Smyly	CHC	SF		49%
96	Corey Kluber	TB	@NYY
97	Josiah Gray	WAS	@STL
98	Adrian Martinez	OAK	CWS		0%	2%
99	Reid Detmers	LAA	@HOU
100	Sean Manaea	SD	LAD
101	Max Castillo	KC	DET		1%	21%
102	Cody Morris	CLE	@KC		0%	0%
103	Matt Manning	DET	@KC
104	JT Brubaker	PIT	STL		28%
105	Jakob Junis	SF	@MIL
106	Jason Alexander	MIL	CIN		0%	2%
107	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@SD		0%	0%
108	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	ATL		0%	0%
109	Paolo Espino	WAS	@STL		0%	0%
110	Jordan Lyles	BAL	BOS, TOR		9%
111	Tyler Alexander	DET	@LAA, @KC		0%	9%
112	Cory Abbott	WAS	@STL		0%	0%
113	Dean Kremer	BAL	TOR		39%
114	Luis Cessa	CIN	@CHC		0%	0%
115	Spenser Watkins	BAL	BOS		29%
116	Justin Dunn	CIN	@CHC, @MIL		1%	13%
117	Adrian Sampson	CHC	CIN		3%	34%
118	Drew Hutchison	DET	@LAA		1%	15%
119	Austin Voth	BAL	BOS		28%
120	Wade Miley	CHC	CIN		1%	2%
121	Michael Lorenzen	LAA	@HOU		15%	9%
122	Glenn Otto	TEX	@HOU		3%
123	Anibal Sanchez	WAS	@STL, @PHI		0%	4%
124	Ryan Pepiot	LAD	@SD		4%	34%
125	Chris Archer	MIN	@NYY, CLE		5%
126	Tommy Henry	ARI	@SD		3%
127	Mitch White	TOR	@BAL		28%
128	Dane Dunning	TEX	TOR		42%
129	Trevor Rogers	MIA	@PHI
130	Mitch Keller	PIT	NYM		43%
131	Javier Assad	CHC	CIN		3%	2%
132	Mike Minor	CIN	@CHC		0%	17%
133	Kolby Allard	TEX	TOR		0%	0%
134	Brayan Bello	BOS	@BAL		39%
135	Adam Oller	OAK	CWS		1%	11%
136	Kyle Bradish	BAL	TOR		18%
137	Wei-Chieh Huang	SF	@LAD, @CHC		0%	0%
138	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@PHI		5%	26%
139	Eric Lauer	MIL	@COL
140	Ryan Feltner	COL	MIL, ARI		0%	2%
141	Cole Ragans	TEX	@HOU		0%	4%
142	Mike Baumann	BAL	TOR		0%	0%
143	Adrian Houser	MIL	@COL, CIN		27%
144	Erick Fedde	WAS	@PHI		1%	21%
145	Sean Hjelle	SF	@MIL		0%	0%
146	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	@NYY		0%	21%
147	Johan Oviedo	PIT	NYM		0%	0%
148	Daniel Lynch	KC	CLE		10%
149	Zach Thompson	PIT	STL		0%	0%
150	German Marquez	COL	ARI		45%
151	Kyle Freeland	COL	MIL		8%	30%
152	Chase Anderson	CIN	@MIL		0%	0%
153	Kris Bubic	KC	CLE		12%	38%
154	Bryse Wilson	PIT	NYM		1%	4%
155	Aaron Sanchez	MIN	@NYY		0%	0%
156	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	@COL
157	Chad Kuhl	COL	MIL		13%	11%
158	Zach Davies	ARI	@COL		3%
159	Jose Urena	COL	ARI		0%	9%

American League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Gerrit Cole	NYY	MIN, TB
2	Lance Lynn	CWS	@SEA, @OAK	1.45 ERA with .75 WHIP with 22 K over last 18.2 IP
3	Shane Bieber	CLE	@KC, @MIN
4	Triston McKenzie	CLE	@KC, @MIN	Keeps getting better as the season progresses
5	Dylan Cease	CWS	@OAK
6	Brady Singer	KC	CLE, DET
7	Johnny Cueto	CWS	@SEA, @OAK	Two starts help embellish punch outs
8	Michael Wacha	BOS	@TB, @BAL
9	Cristian Javier	HOU	TEX
10	Drew Rasmussen	TB	BOS
11	Luis Castillo	SEA	CWS
12	Cole Irvin	OAK	ATL, CWS
13	Jameson Taillon	NYY	MIN, TB
14	Framber Valdez	HOU	TEX
15	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	LAA
16	Alek Manoah	TOR	@BAL	Injuries to others could have Monoah in Cy Young picture
17	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	@HOU
18	Robbie Ray	SEA	ATL
19	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	DET
20	George Kirby	SEA	ATL
21	Jose Urquidy	HOU	LAA
22	Luis Garcia	HOU	LAA
23	Nestor Cortes	NYY	MIN
24	Logan Gilbert	SEA	CWS
25	Jeffrey Springs	TB	BOS
26	Joe Ryan	MIN	@NYY, CLE
27	Frankie Montas	NYY	TB
28	Kevin Gausman	TOR	@BAL, @TEX
29	Mike Mayers	LAA	DET
30	Martin Perez	TEX	@HOU, TOR	ERA creeping up and now faces two of the top AL lineups
31	Lucas Giolito	CWS	@OAK
32	Eduardo Rodriguez	DET	@LAA, @KC
33	Ross Stripling	TOR	@TEX
34	Michael Kopech	CWS	@SEA
35	JP Sears	OAK	CWS
36	Rich Hill	BOS	@TB, @BAL
37	Marco Gonzales	SEA	CWS, ATL
38	Nick Pivetta	BOS	@TB
39	Sonny Gray	MIN	@NYY
40	Domingo German	NYY	MIN
41	Jose Suarez	LAA	DET
42	Cal Quantrill	CLE	@MIN
43	Hunter Brown	HOU	TEX
44	Luis Patino	TB	BOS, @NYY
45	Jose Berrios	TOR	@TEX, @BAL
46	Dylan Bundy	MIN	CLE
47	Jonathan Heasley	KC	DET
48	Corey Kluber	TB	@NYY
49	Adrian Martinez	OAK	CWS
50	AL Reliever
51	Reid Detmers	LAA	@HOU
52	Max Castillo	KC	DET
53	Cody Morris	CLE	@KC
54	Matt Manning	DET	@KC
55	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	ATL
56	Jordan Lyles	BAL	BOS, TOR
57	Tyler Alexander	DET	@LAA, @KC
58	Dean Kremer	BAL	TOR
59	Spenser Watkins	BAL	BOS
60	Drew Hutchison	DET	@LAA
61	Austin Voth	BAL	BOS
62	Michael Lorenzen	LAA	@HOU
63	Glenn Otto	TEX	@HOU
64	Chris Archer	MIN	@NYY, CLE
65	Mitch White	TOR	@BAL
66	Dane Dunning	TEX	TOR
67	Kolby Allard	TEX	TOR
68	Brayan Bello	BOS	@BAL
69	Adam Oller	OAK	CWS
70	Kyle Bradish	BAL	TOR
71	Cole Ragans	TEX	@HOU
72	Mike Baumann	BAL	TOR
73	Ryan Yarbrough	TB	@NYY
74	Daniel Lynch	KC	CLE
75	Kris Bubic	KC	CLE
76	Aaron Sanchez	MIN	@NYY

National League

Rank	Pitcher	TM	OPP	Comment
1	Aaron Nola	PHI	MIA, WAS	Second in MLB in innings, one of a handful with a chance at 200 IP
2	Max Scherzer	NYM	@MIA
3	Spencer Strider	ATL	@OAK
4	Kyle Wright	ATL	@OAK
5	Yu Darvish	SD	ARI
6	Jacob deGrom	NYM	@PIT
7	Max Fried	ATL	@SEA
8	Corbin Burnes	MIL	SF
9	Jordan Montgomery	STL	WAS
10	Freddy Peralta	MIL	SF
11	Julio Urias	LAD	@SD
12	Logan Webb	SF	@LAD, @CHC
13	Adam Wainwright	STL	WAS
14	Carlos Rodon	SF	@CHC
15	Charlie Morton	ATL	@SEA
16	Tyler Anderson	LAD	SF
17	Joe Musgrove	SD	ARI
18	Blake Snell	SD	ARI, LAD
19	Miles Mikolas	STL	@PIT
20	Andrew Heaney	LAD	SF	70 K in 46 IP, could be a key in the playoffs
21	Merrill Kelly	ARI	@SD	Continues to quietly record a solid campaign
22	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	@PHI	6.62 ERA and 1.53 WHIP over last 17.2 IP
23	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	SF
24	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	@COL, CIN
25	Taijuan Walker	NYM	@PIT, @MIA
26	Chris Bassitt	NYM	@PIT
27	Pablo Lopez	MIA	NYM
28	Jose Quintana	STL	WAS, @PIT
29	Jack Flaherty	STL	WAS, @PIT
30	Bailey Falter	PHI	MIA
31	Edward Cabrera	MIA	NYM
32	Ranger Suarez	PHI	WAS
33	Jesus Luzardo	MIA	@PHI, NYM
34	Noah Syndergaard	PHI	WAS
35	Jake Odorizzi	ATL	@SEA
36	Dustin May	LAD	@SD
37	Zac Gallen	ARI	@COL
38	Marcus Stroman	CHC	SF
39	Mike Clevinger	SD	LAD
40	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	@MIA
41	Justin Steele	CHC	SF
42	Kyle Gibson	PHI	MIA
43	Alex Cobb	SF	@LAD
44	Nick Lodolo	CIN	@MIL
45	Roansy Contreras	PIT	STL
46	Drew Smyly	CHC	SF
47	Josiah Gray	WAS	@STL
48	NL Reliever
49	Sean Manaea	SD	LAD
50	JT Brubaker	PIT	STL
51	Jakob Junis	SF	@MIL
52	Jason Alexander	MIL	CIN
53	Ryne Nelson	ARI	@SD
54	Paolo Espino	WAS	@STL
55	Cory Abbott	WAS	@STL
56	Luis Cessa	CIN	@CHC
57	Justin Dunn	CIN	@CHC, @MIL
58	Adrian Sampson	CHC	CIN
59	Wade Miley	CHC	CIN
60	Anibal Sanchez	WAS	@STL, @PHI
61	Ryan Pepiot	LAD	@SD
62	Tommy Henry	ARI	@SD
63	Trevor Rogers	MIA	@PHI
64	Mitch Keller	PIT	NYM
65	Javier Assad	CHC	CIN
66	Mike Minor	CIN	@CHC
67	Wei-Chieh Huang	SF	@LAD, @CHC
68	Patrick Corbin	WAS	@PHI
69	Eric Lauer	MIL	@COL
70	Ryan Feltner	COL	MIL, ARI
71	Adrian Houser	MIL	@COL, CIN
72	Erick Fedde	WAS	@PHI
73	Sean Hjelle	SF	@MIL
74	Johan Oviedo	PIT	NYM
75	Zach Thompson	PIT	STL
76	German Marquez	COL	ARI
77	Kyle Freeland	COL	MIL
78	Chase Anderson	CIN	@MIL
79	Bryse Wilson	PIT	NYM
80	Madison Bumgarner	ARI	@COL
81	Chad Kuhl	COL	MIL
82	Zach Davies	ARI	@COL
83	Jose Urena	COL	ARI