Weekly Hitter Rankings: Rays of Sunshine

Weekly Hitter Rankings: Rays of Sunshine

This article is part of our Weekly Hitter Rankings series.

Despite an inexcusably sparse schedule on Labor Day, every team plays at least six games this week with a dozen clubs slated for the full seven. Only the Reds and Rays play all seven at home with the Rays lining up to face the weak Orioles and Blue Jays staffs, offering the rare chance to play fringe Tampa Bay hitters. 

The Phillies, Giants and Rangers are the road warriors, living out of a suitcase for seven tilts. Though, Texas is on an AL East swing, visiting hitter-friendly Yankee Stadium and especially Camden Yards.

Please return Sunday night for the final rankings.

For the week Sept. 2-8.

UPDATED: Monday September 2, 12:AM ET

KEY (100 neutral)

  • HR LHB/HR RHB - Average HR Park Factors
  • SB - Stolen Base Index
  • P LHB/P RHB - Opposing pitcher quality index
  • Runs - Runs scoring index

MLB HITTER RANKINGS

TMGMSvLHPvRHPHOMEAWAYHR LHBHR RHBSBP LHBP RHBRUNSAVE LHBAVE RHBTOTAL
ARZ6153311911011010189931019598
ATL6156010010094989998989999
BAL7434395851019699104999999
BOS633607510685951001049510098
CHC6242412611310110010397101101101
CHW7253411110610795

Despite an inexcusably sparse schedule on Labor Day, every team plays at least six games this week with a dozen clubs slated for the full seven. Only the Reds and Rays play all seven at home with the Rays lining up to face the weak Orioles and Blue Jays staffs, offering the rare chance to play fringe Tampa Bay hitters. 

The Phillies, Giants and Rangers are the road warriors, living out of a suitcase for seven tilts. Though, Texas is on an AL East swing, visiting hitter-friendly Yankee Stadium and especially Camden Yards.

Please return Sunday night for the final rankings.

For the week Sept. 2-8.

UPDATED: Monday September 2, 12:AM ET

KEY (100 neutral)

  • HR LHB/HR RHB - Average HR Park Factors
  • SB - Stolen Base Index
  • P LHB/P RHB - Opposing pitcher quality index
  • Runs - Runs scoring index

MLB HITTER RANKINGS

TMGMSvLHPvRHPHOMEAWAYHR LHBHR RHBSBP LHBP RHBRUNSAVE LHBAVE RHBTOTAL
ARZ6153311911011010189931019598
ATL6156010010094989998989999
BAL7434395851019699104999999
BOS633607510685951001049510098
CHC6242412611310110010397101101101
CHW72534111106107959710099100100
CIN74370129111103102102113107105106
CLE716431011059799104118102104103
COL633069610171939284919191
DET734168384105102101101999899
HOU64242119103113105100100104100102
KC6243386798810310793979898
LAA6150697941059610191959696
LAD6066011796114106104105105102104
MIA633339777951091088610198100
MIL62460149111979293821009698
MIN71634851058910097123100101101
NYM615339410910010910196101100101
NYY63333111116879810410799102101
OAK624608081125105108104102103103
PHI7250711811413410597104105101103
PIT6066010176601039595989295
SD6063392107104105106102100102101
SF725071069091989194979395
SEA633069610589889679899492
STL72543998111799103106101101101
TB71670857391104110117103104104
TEX72507129114104100106120104105105
TOR62406999084969378929091
WSH7253493100139959610099100100

PITCHING MATCHUPS

TMMONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
ARZQuantrill RMargevicius LPaddack R @Gray R@Castillo R@DeSclafani R
ATLWaguespack RStewart R Strasburg RCorbin LRoss RScherzer R
BAL@Yarbrough L@Richards R/Pruitt R Allard LBurke LMinor LJurado R
BOS Berrios RThorpe LPerez LGerman RHapp LTanaka R
CHCSheffield LHernandez R @Anderson R@Davies R@Gonzalez L@Houser R
CHW@Civale R@Clevinger R@Bieber R@Plesac RPeters LHeaney LBarria R
CINSmyly LVelasquez RNola RVargas LRay LYoung LLeake R
CLEDetwiler LCease RNova RLopez R@Pineda R@Odorizzi R@Berrios R
COL@Buehler R@Maeda R@Ryu L @Lamet R@Lucchesi L@Lauer L
DETOdorizzi R@Montgomery L@Junis R@Sparkman R@Anderson L@Bailey R@Manaea L
HOU@Houser R@Lyles R Gonzales LMilone LKikuchi LSheffield L
KC VerHagen RJackson RBoyd L@Lopez R@Smith L@S. Alcantara R
LAA @Fiers R@Roark R@Bassitt R@Giolito R@Detwiler L@Cease R
LADLambert RGonzalez RSenzatela R Samardzija RBeede RCueto R
MIA @Keller R@Williams R@Agrazal RSkoglund LDuffy LMontgomery L
MILCole RGreinke R Quintana LHamels LDarvish RHendricks R
MIN@Zimmermann R@Porcello R@Rodriguez L@Eovaldi RPlutko RCivale RClevinger R
NYM@Ross R@Scherzer R@Sanchez. R Eflin RSmyly LVelasquez R
NYYMinor LJurado RLynn R @Price L@Johnson L@Porcello R
OAK Barria RSandoval LSuarez LTurnbull RZimmermann RVerHagen R
PHI@DeSclafani R@Wood L@Gausman R@Bauer R@Matz L@Stroman R@Syndergaard R
PIT S. Alcantara RDugger RHernandez RMikolas RWainwright RFlaherty R
SD@Leake R@Kelly R@Gallen R Melville RLambert RGonzalez R
SEA@Hendricks R@Lester L @Miley L@Valdez L@Verlander R@Cole R
SF@Wainwright R@Flaherty R@Cabrera L@Hudson R@Gonsolin R@Kershaw L@May R
STLBeede RRodriguez RBumgarner LWebb R@Musgrove R@Brault L@Keller R
TBWojciechowski RBlach L/Ynoa R Thornton RBuchholz RGodley RWaguespack R
TEX@Tanaka R@Paxton L@Loaisiga R@Means L@Bundy R@Brooks R@Wojciechowski R
TOR@Soroka R@Foltynewicz R @Beeks L@Morton R@Yarbrough L@Richards R
WSHSyndergaard RdeGrom RWheeler R@Fried L@Keuchel L@Teheran R@Soroka R

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