Weekly Hitter Rankings: Playing Your Cards Right

The Weekly Hitter Rankings is a companion piece to the Weekly Pitcher Rankings. While in many leagues your offensive roster slots are set 'em and forget 'em, in deeper formats where every at-bat counts, knowing which teams have friendly schedules for hitters, and which platoon bats will be getting more action than usual, can be valuable information, especially in head-to-head formats and leagues where you make moves weekly instead of daily. The Weekly Hitter Rankings will summarize all that info in one spot, for your roster-juggling convenience.

For the period June 27-July 3

NOTE: I've begun to incorporate 2016 offensive performance into the home/road splits for each team and will gradually increase the weight the more recent numbers carry as the season progresses. Also, our apologies for the hiccup last week. Normal service has now resumed.

7 GAMES

1. Toronto

at COL (3) – J. Gray (R), Butler (R), T. Anderson (L) NO DH
vs. CLE (4) – Carrasco (R), Tomlin (R), Kluber (R), Bauer (R)

2. St. Louis

at KC (2) – Duffy (L), Ventura (R) WITH DH
vs. KC (2) – Volquez (R), C. Young (R)
vs. MIL (3) – Garza (R), Nelson (R), Guerra (R)

3. San Francisco

vs. OAK (2) – Mengden (R), Graveman (R)
at OAK (2) – Surkamp (L), Manaea (L) WITH DH
at ARI (3) – S. Miller (R), Corbin (L), Ray (L)

4. Texas

at NYY (4) – Nova (R), Sabathia (L), Tanaka (R), Pineda (R)
at MIN (3) – E. Santana (R), Duffey (R), Gibson (R)

5. NY Yankees

vs. TEX (4) – Hamels (L), Ramos (L), N. Martinez (R), Griffin (R)
at SD (3) – Rea (R), Pomeranz (L), Perdomo (R) NO DH

6. LA Dodgers

at PIT (1) – Liriano (L)
at MIL (3) – Guerra (R), Davies (R), Chase Anderson (R)
vs. COL (3) – J. De La Rosa (L), Bettis (R), J. Gray (R)

7. Chicago Cubs

at CIN (3) – Straily (R), John Lamb (L), C. Reed (L)
at NYM (4) – deGrom (R), Colon (R), Syndergaard (R), Harvey (R)

8. Cleveland

at ATL (3) – Gant (R), Wisler (R), Blair (R) NO DH
at TOR (4) – Dickey (R), Stroman (R), Estrada (R), Happ (L)

9. Kansas City

vs. STL (2) – Wainwright (R), Wacha (R)
at STL (2) – C. Martinez (R), Leake (R) NO DH
at PHI (3) – Hellickson (R), Nola (R), Morgan (L) NO DH

10. Washington

vs. NYM (3) – Syndergaard (R), Harvey (R), Matz (L)
vs. CIN (4) – Finnegan (L), DeSclafani (R), Straily (R), John Lamb (L)

11. Tampa Bay

vs. BOS (3) – E. Rodriguez (L), Porcello (R), Price (L)
vs. DET (4) – Zimmermann (R), Anibal Sanchez (R), Verlander (R), M. Fulmer (R)

12. Oakland

at SF (2) – Samardzija (R), Suarez (R) NO DH
vs. SF (2) – Peavy (R), Bumgarner (L)
vs. PIT (3) – Locke (L), G. Cole (R), Liriano (L)

13. NY Mets

at WAS (3) – Roark (R), J. Ross (R), Scherzer (R)
vs. CHC (4) – Lackey (R), Hammel (R), Arrieta (R), Letser (L)

14. Cincinnati

vs. CHC (3) – Arrieta (R), Lester (L), Hendricks (R)
at WAS (4) – G. Gonzalez (L), Strasburg (R), Roark (R), J. Ross (R)

15. Atlanta

vs. CLE (3) – Kluber (R), Bauer (R), Salazar (R)
vs. MIA (4) – Koehler (R), Clemens (R), J. Fernandez (R), Conley (L)

6 GAMES

16. Boston

at TB (3) – Snell (L), Archer (R), M. Moore (L)
vs. LAA (3) – Chacin (R), Santiago (L), Shoemaker (R)

17. Houston

at LAA (3) – Shoemaker (R), Lincecum (R), Weaver (R)
vs. CHW (3) – M. Gonzalez (R), Sale (L), Quintana (L)

18. Seattle

vs. PIT (2) – Niese (L), Taillon (R)
vs. BAL (4) – Tillman (R), Gausman (R), T. Wilson (R), Jimenez (R)

19. Detroit

vs. MIA (2) – Conley (L), Chen (L)
at TB (4) – Odorizzi (R), Smyly (L), Snell (L), Archer (R)

20. Pittsburgh

vs. LAD (1) – Kazmir (L)
at SEA (2) – Iwakuma (R), Miley (L) WITH DH
at OAK (3) – S. Gray (R), Mengden (R), Graveman (R) WITH DH

21. Colorado

vs. TOR (3) – Estrada (R), Happ (L), Aaron Sanchez (R)
at LAD (3) – Kershaw (L), Kazmir (L), Undecided

22. Arizona

vs. PHI (3) – Morgan (L), Eickhoff (R), Eflin (R)
vs. SF (3) – Cueto (R), Samardzija (R), Suarez (R)

23. Miami

at DET (2) – Pelfrey (R), D. Norris (L) WITH DH
at ATL (4) – Teheran (R), B. Norris (R), Gant (R), Wisler (R)

24. Minnesota

at CHW (3) – Quintana (L), Shields (R), Rodon (L)
vs. TEX (3) – M. Perez (L), Hamels (L), Ramos (L)

25. Chicago White Sox
vs. MIN (3) – Gibson (R), Nolasco (R), Milone (L)
at HOU (3) – Fiers (R), Fister (R), McHugh (R)

26. Baltimore

at SD (2) – E. Johnson (R), Friedrich (L) NO DH
at SEA (4) – T. Walker (R), Karns (R), Paxton (L), Iwakuma (R)

27. LA Angels

vs. HOU (3) – McHugh (R), McCullers (R), Keuchel (L)
at BOS (3) – S. Wright (R), Buchholz (R), E. Rodriguez (L)

28. Milwaukee

vs. LAD (3) – Urias (L), Undecided, Maeda (R)
at STL (3) – J. Garcia (L), Wainwright (R), Wacha (R)

29. Philadelphia

at ARI (3) – Ray (L), Greinke (R), A. Bradley (R)
vs. KC (3) – Kennedy (R), Duffy (L), Ventura (R)

5 GAMES

30. San Diego

vs. BAL (2) – Jimenez (R), Gallardo (R)
vs. NYY (3) – Eovaldi (R), Nova (R), Sabathia (L)