Home runs and scoring usually increase in July, largely due to the increase in gametime temperature. While there was a small bump this season, it wasn't to the extent of recent years. The reduced distance for fly balls continues to slightly thwart scoring, so it's OK to now be more aggressive than normal with starting pitchers.
Month 2025 runs per game 2024 runs per game 2023 runs per game 2025 HR/PA 2024 HR/PA 2023 HR/PA March/April 4.34 4.38 4.59 2.8% 2.7% 3.0% May 4.32 4.24 4.55 2.9% 2.8% 3.1% June 4.45 4.46 4.53 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% July 4.50 4.57 4.64 3.2% 3.3% 3.3%
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Updated: Monday August 4 1:10 PM ET Week of August 4 - 10 Mixed League Home runs and scoring usually increase in July, largely due to the increase in gametime temperature. While there was a small bump this season, it wasn't to the extent of recent years. The reduced distance for fly balls continues to slightly thwart scoring, so it's OK to now be more aggressive than normal with starting pitchers.
Month 2025 runs per game 2024 runs per game 2023 runs per game 2025 HR/PA 2024 HR/PA 2023 HR/PA March/April 4.34 4.38 4.59 2.8% 2.7% 3.0% May 4.32 4.24 4.55 2.9% 2.8% 3.1% June 4.45 4.46 4.53 3.1% 3.1% 3.1% July 4.50 4.57 4.64 3.2% 3.3% 3.3%
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Updated: Monday August 4 1:10 PM ET Week of August 4 - 10 Mixed League Rank Pitcher TM OPP Comments 1 Tarik Skubal DET LAA 2 Paul Skenes PIT CIN Workload to be limited down the stretch 3 Jesus Luzardo PHI BAL, @TEX Walks remain an issue 4 Max Fried NYY @TEX, HOU 5 Logan Gilbert SEA CWS 6 Nick Lodolo CIN @CHC, @PIT 1.69 ERA, .75 WHIP with 26 K over previous 21.1 IP 7 Tyler Glasnow LAD STL 8 Sean Manaea NYM CLE, @MIL Kid gloves off, should have no workload restriction 9 Bryan Woo SEA CWS, TB Uncharacteristic 4 HR allowed last time 10 Hunter Greene CIN @PIT 11 Zack Wheeler PHI @TEX 12 Garrett Crochet BOS KC 13 Nick Pivetta SD @ARI 14 George Kirby SEA CWS 15 Cristopher Sanchez PHI @TEX 16 Drew Rasmussen TB @SEA 17 Eury Perez MIA @ATL 18 Robbie Ray SF @PIT 19 Edward Cabrera MIA @ATL 20 Hunter Brown HOU @MIA 21 Matthew Boyd CHC @STL 22 Dylan Cease SD BOS Not giving up, peripherals too good to be this bad 23 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD TOR 24 Joe Ryan MIN KC 25 Luis Severino ATH @WAS, @BAL 26 Brandon Woodruff MIL NYM 27 Kevin Gausman TOR @COL 28 Jacob deGrom TEX PHI 29 Carlos Rodon NYY @TEX 30 Spencer Strider ATL MIL 31 Michael Wacha KC @BOS 32 Zac Gallen ARI COL 33 Michael Soroka CHC CIN, @STL 87 K in 81 IP, under the radar solid pickup 34 Jack Flaherty DET MIN 35 Brandon Pfaadt ARI SD, COL 36 David Peterson NYM CLE 37 Sandy Alcantara MIA HOU, @ATL 38 Ranger Suarez PHI BAL 39 Shota Imanaga CHC CIN 40 Framber Valdez HOU @NYY 41 Nathan Eovaldi TEX NYY 42 Tanner Bibee CLE @CWS 43 Merrill Kelly TEX PHI 44 MacKenzie Gore WAS ATH, @SF 45 Ryan Pepiot TB @LAA 46 Jeffrey Springs ATH @WAS 47 Logan Webb SF @PIT 48 Cade Horton CHC CIN 49 Casey Mize DET MIN, LAA Good pair to get back on track 50 Bailey Ober MIN KC 51 Shohei Ohtani LAD STL Ready to go five frames? 52 Freddy Peralta MIL @ATL 53 Seth Lugo KC @MIN 54 Chase Burns CIN @PIT 55 Gavin Williams CLE @NYM Patience paying off, 1.42 ERA with .95 WHIP and 22 K over last 19 IP 56 Shane Smith CWS @SEA 57 Mitch Keller PIT CIN 58 Noah Cameron KC @MIN Missing more bats, but still due some ERA regression 59 Emmet Sheehan LAD STL 60 Ryne Nelson ARI SD 61 Kodai Senga NYM @MIL 62 Jose Soriano LAA TB 63 Yu Darvish SD @ARI 64 Luis Castillo SEA TB 65 Blake Snell LAD TOR 66 Sonny Gray STL @LAD, CHC 67 Trevor Rogers BAL @PHI 68 Eduardo Rodriguez ARI COL 69 Brady Singer CIN @PIT 70 Shane Baz TB @LAA 71 Jose Berrios TOR @COL 72 Lucas Giolito BOS @SD 73 Chris Paddack DET MIN 74 Joey Cantillo CLE @CWS 75 Brad Lord WAS @SF 76 Michael Lorenzen KC @MIN 77 Zebby Matthews MIN @DET 78 Luis Gil NYY HOU 79 Max Scherzer TOR @LAD 80 Adrian Houser TB @LAA, @SEA 81 Andrew Heaney PIT SF 82 Aaron Civale CWS CLE 83 Jacob Lopez ATH @WAS 84 Jack Perkins ATH @BAL 85 Davis Martin CWS @SEA, CLE 86 Dean Kremer BAL @PHI 87 Brayan Bello BOS KC, @SD 88 Mix 12 Reliever 89 Quinn Priester MIL @ATL, NYM 90 Slade Cecconi CLE @NYM, @CWS 91 Dustin May BOS KC 92 Cal Quantrill MIA HOU, @ATL 93 Eric Lauer TOR @COL, @LAD 94 Mix 15 Reliever 95 Joe Boyle TB @SEA 96 Spencer Arrighetti HOU @MIA 97 Andrew Abbott CIN @CHC 98 Joey Wentz ATL MIL, MIA 99 Jake Irvin WAS @SF 100 Charlie Morton DET LAA 101 Yusei Kikuchi LAA TB, @DET 102 Sean Burke CWS CLE 103 Clayton Kershaw LAD TOR 104 Logan Allen CLE @NYM 105 Chris Bassitt TOR @LAD 106 Logan Henderson MIL NYM 107 Mike Burrows PIT SF, CIN 108 Erick Fedde ATL MIL, MIA 109 Simeon Woods Richardson MIN @DET 110 Johan Oviedo PIT SF, CIN 111 Zack Littell CIN @CHC 112 Clay Holmes NYM CLE 113 Tomoyuki Sugano BAL ATH 114 Nestor Cortes SD BOS 115 Jack Leiter TEX NYY 116 Carson Whisenhunt SF WAS 117 Tyler Anderson LAA TB 118 Jonathan Cannon CWS @SEA 119 Frankie Montas NYM @MIL 120 JP Sears SD @ARI, BOS 121 Brandon Young BAL ATH 122 Andre Pallante STL CHC 123 Walker Buehler BOS @SD 124 Ryan Gusto MIA @ATL 125 Cade Cavalli WAS ATH 126 Justin Verlander SF @PIT, WAS 127 Cade Povich BAL @PHI, ATH 128 Will Warren NYY @TEX 129 Logan Evans SEA TB 130 Patrick Corbin TEX NYY, PHI 131 Hurston Waldrep ATL MIA 132 Travis Adams MIN @DET 133 Kyle Hendricks LAA @DET 134 Matthew Liberatore STL @LAD 135 Bailey Falter KC @BOS 136 Jose Quintana MIL @ATL 137 Jack Kochanowicz LAA @DET 138 Mitchell Parker WAS ATH 139 Janson Junk MIA HOU 140 Miles Mikolas STL @LAD 141 Colin Rea CHC @STL 142 Anthony DeSclafani ARI SD 143 Kai-Wei Teng SF WAS 144 J.T. Ginn ATH @BAL 145 Ryan Bergert KC @BOS 146 Jose Urena MIN KC 147 Taijuan Walker PHI BAL 148 Colton Gordon HOU @NYY 149 Jason Alexander HOU @MIA, @NYY 150 Cam Schlittler NYY HOU 151 Carlos Carrasco ATL MIA 152 Austin Gomber COL @ARI 153 Tanner Gordon COL TOR, @ARI 154 Bryce Elder ATL MIA 155 Michael McGreevy STL CHC 156 Anthony Molina COL TOR 157 Kyle Freeland COL TOR 158 Bradley Blalock COL @ARI
American League Rank Pitcher TM OPP Comment 1 Tarik Skubal DET LAA 2 Max Fried NYY @TEX, HOU 3 Logan Gilbert SEA CWS 4 Bryan Woo SEA CWS, TB Uncharacteristic 4 HR allowed last time 5 Garrett Crochet BOS KC 6 George Kirby SEA CWS 7 Drew Rasmussen TB @SEA 8 Hunter Brown HOU @MIA 9 Joe Ryan MIN KC 10 Luis Severino ATH @WAS, @BAL 11 Kevin Gausman TOR @COL 12 Jacob deGrom TEX PHI 13 Carlos Rodon NYY @TEX 14 Michael Wacha KC @BOS 15 Jack Flaherty DET MIN 16 Framber Valdez HOU @NYY 17 Nathan Eovaldi TEX NYY 18 Tanner Bibee CLE @CWS 19 Merrill Kelly TEX PHI 20 Ryan Pepiot TB @LAA 21 Jeffrey Springs ATH @WAS 22 Casey Mize DET MIN, LAA Good pair to get back on track 23 Bailey Ober MIN KC 24 Seth Lugo KC @MIN 25 Gavin Williams CLE @NYM Patience paying off, 1.42 ERA with .95 WHIP and 22 K over last 19 IP 26 Shane Smith CWS @SEA 27 Noah Cameron KC @MIN Missing more bats, but still due some ERA regression 28 Jose Soriano LAA TB 29 Luis Castillo SEA TB 30 Trevor Rogers BAL @PHI 31 Shane Baz TB @LAA 32 Jose Berrios TOR @COL 33 Lucas Giolito BOS @SD 34 Chris Paddack DET MIN 35 Joey Cantillo CLE @CWS 36 Michael Lorenzen KC @MIN 37 Zebby Matthews MIN @DET 38 Luis Gil NYY HOU 39 Max Scherzer TOR @LAD 40 Adrian Houser TB @LAA, @SEA 41 Aaron Civale CWS CLE 42 Jacob Lopez ATH @WAS 43 Jack Perkins ATH @BAL 44 Davis Martin CWS @SEA, CLE 45 Dean Kremer BAL @PHI 46 Brayan Bello BOS KC, @SD 47 Slade Cecconi CLE @NYM, @CWS 48 Dustin May BOS KC 49 Eric Lauer TOR @COL, @LAD 50 Joe Boyle TB @SEA 51 Spencer Arrighetti HOU @MIA 52 Charlie Morton DET LAA 53 Yusei Kikuchi LAA TB, @DET 54 Sean Burke CWS CLE 55 Logan Allen CLE @NYM 56 Chris Bassitt TOR @LAD 57 AL Reliever 58 Simeon Woods Richardson MIN @DET 59 Tomoyuki Sugano BAL ATH 60 Jack Leiter TEX NYY 61 Tyler Anderson LAA TB 62 Jonathan Cannon CWS @SEA 63 Brandon Young BAL ATH 64 Walker Buehler BOS @SD 65 Cade Povich BAL @PHI, ATH 66 Will Warren NYY @TEX 67 Logan Evans SEA TB 68 Patrick Corbin TEX NYY, PHI 69 Travis Adams MIN @DET 70 Kyle Hendricks LAA @DET 71 Bailey Falter KC @BOS 72 Jack Kochanowicz LAA @DET 73 J.T. Ginn ATH @BAL 74 Ryan Bergert KC @BOS 75 Jose Urena MIN KC 76 Colton Gordon HOU @NYY 77 Jason Alexander HOU @MIA, @NYY 78 Cam Schlittler NYY HOU
National League Rank Pitcher TM OPP Comment 1 Paul Skenes PIT CIN Workload to be limited down the stretch 2 Jesus Luzardo PHI BAL, @TEX Walks remain an issue 3 Nick Lodolo CIN @CHC, @PIT 1.69 ERA, .75 WHIP with 26 K over previous 21.1 IP 4 Tyler Glasnow LAD STL 5 Sean Manaea NYM CLE, @MIL Kid gloves off, should have no workload restriction 6 Hunter Greene CIN @PIT 7 Zack Wheeler PHI @TEX 0 8 Nick Pivetta SD @ARI 9 Cristopher Sanchez PHI @TEX 10 Eury Perez MIA @ATL 11 Robbie Ray SF @PIT 12 Edward Cabrera MIA @ATL 13 Matthew Boyd CHC @STL 14 Dylan Cease SD BOS Not giving up, peripherals too good to be this bad 15 Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAD TOR 16 Brandon Woodruff MIL NYM 17 Spencer Strider ATL MIL 18 Zac Gallen ARI COL 19 Michael Soroka CHC CIN, @STL 87 K in 81 IP, under the radar solid pickup 20 Brandon Pfaadt ARI SD, COL 21 David Peterson NYM CLE 22 Sandy Alcantara MIA HOU, @ATL 23 Ranger Suarez PHI BAL 24 Shota Imanaga CHC CIN 25 MacKenzie Gore WAS ATH, @SF 26 Logan Webb SF @PIT 27 Cade Horton CHC CIN 28 Shohei Ohtani LAD STL Ready to go five frames? 29 Freddy Peralta MIL @ATL 30 Chase Burns CIN @PIT 31 Mitch Keller PIT CIN 32 Emmet Sheehan LAD STL 33 Ryne Nelson ARI SD 34 Kodai Senga NYM @MIL 35 Yu Darvish SD @ARI 36 Blake Snell LAD TOR 37 Sonny Gray STL @LAD, CHC 38 Eduardo Rodriguez ARI COL 39 Brady Singer CIN @PIT 40 Brad Lord WAS @SF 41 Andrew Heaney PIT SF 42 Quinn Priester MIL @ATL, NYM 43 Cal Quantrill MIA HOU, @ATL 44 Andrew Abbott CIN @CHC 45 Joey Wentz ATL MIL, MIA 46 Jake Irvin WAS @SF 47 Clayton Kershaw LAD TOR 48 Logan Henderson MIL NYM 49 Mike Burrows PIT SF, CIN 50 NL Reliever 51 Erick Fedde ATL MIL, MIA 52 Johan Oviedo PIT SF, CIN 53 Zack Littell CIN @CHC 54 Clay Holmes NYM CLE 55 Nestor Cortes SD BOS 56 Carson Whisenhunt SF WAS 57 Frankie Montas NYM @MIL 58 JP Sears SD @ARI, BOS 59 Andre Pallante STL CHC 60 Ryan Gusto MIA @ATL 61 Cade Cavalli WAS ATH 62 Justin Verlander SF @PIT, WAS 63 Hurston Waldrep ATL MIA 64 Matthew Liberatore STL @LAD 65 Jose Quintana MIL @ATL 66 Mitchell Parker WAS ATH 67 Janson Junk MIA HOU 68 Miles Mikolas STL @LAD 69 Colin Rea CHC @STL 70 Anthony DeSclafani ARI SD 71 Kai-Wei Teng SF WAS 72 Taijuan Walker PHI BAL 73 Carlos Carrasco ATL MIA 74 Austin Gomber COL @ARI 75 Tanner Gordon COL TOR, @ARI 76 Bryce Elder ATL MIA 77 Michael McGreevy STL CHC 78 Anthony Molina COL TOR 79 Kyle Freeland COL TOR 80 Bradley Blalock COL @ARI
