The phrase “location is everything” normally applies to real estate, but it’s also true for precision skills like pitching in baseball. In fact, many starting pitchers have made successful careers off of their excellent pitch location abilities. In the recent years an advanced pitching metric, Location+, was created to assess a pitcher’s true location effectiveness. This metric provides deeper insights into the command and control skills of a pitcher. Thus, it’s another key factor considered in the weekly starting pitcher rankings to rank emerging or slumping pitchers with greater confidence.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 12 (6/8 – 6/15)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | @TOR/ @MIL | 9 (both matchups) |
| 2 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | @CWS | 9 |
| 3 | Chase Burns | CIN | @SD | 9 |
| 4 | Paul Skenes | PIT | LAD/ MIA | 8(both matchups) |
| 5 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | @PIT | 8 |
| 6 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | PHI | 8 |
| 7 | Gerrit Cole | NYY | @CLE/ @TOR | 8 (@CLE=9 & @TOR=7) |
| 8 | Chris Sale | ATL | @CWS | 8 |
| 9 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @CLE | 8 |
| 10 | Carlos Rodon | NYY | @CLE | 8 |
| 11 | Zack Wheeler | PHI | @TOR | 8 |
| 12 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | MIA | 8 |
| 13 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | @BAL | 8 |
| 14 | Spencer Strider | ATL | @NYM/ SD | 7 (@NYM=6 & SD=8) |
| 15 | Payton Tolle | BOS | @TB/ TEX | 7(both matchups) |
| 16 | Sonny Gray | BOS | @TB | 7 |
| 17 | Connelly Early | BOS | TEX | 7 |
| 18 | Framber Valdez | DET | MIN | 7 |
| 19 | Hunter Brown | HOU | @KC | 7 |
| 20 | Kyle Harrison | MIL | @ATH/ PHI | 7 (@ATH=8 & PHI=6) |
| 21 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @DET | 7 |
| 22 | Freddy Peralta | NYM | STL | 7 |
| 23 | Ryan Weathers | NYY | @CLE | 7 |
| 24 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @BAL | 7 |
| 25 | Dylan Cease | TOR | PHI | 7 |
| 26 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | @MIA | 6 |
| 27 | Gage Jump | ATH | COL | 6 |
| 28 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | SEA | 6 |
| 29 | Shane Baz | BAL | SD | 6 |
| 30 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | TEX | 6 |
| 31 | Ben Brown | CHC | @COL | 6 |
| 32 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | @SD/ ARI | 6 (@SD=7 & ARI=5) |
| 33 | Nick Lodolo | CIN | ARI | 6 |
| 34 | Parker Messick | CLE | NYY | 6 |
| 35 | Tatsuya Imai | HOU | @KC | 6 |
| 36 | Seth Lugo | KC | TEX | 6 |
| 37 | Michael Wacha | KC | TEX | 6 |
| 38 | Jose Soriano | LAA | TB | 6 |
| 39 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | @CWS | 6 |
| 40 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @CWS | 6 |
| 41 | Max Meyer | MIA | ARI | 6 |
| 42 | Christian Scott | NYM | STL | 6 |
| 43 | Nolan McLean | NYM | ATL | 6 |
| 44 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | @TOR | 6 |
| 45 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | @TOR | 6 |
| 46 | Michael King | SD | CIN | 6 |
| 47 | Logan Webb | SF | WSH/ CHC | 6 (both matchups) |
| 48 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | @BAL/ @WSH | 6 (@BAL=7 & @WSH=5) |
| 49 | George Kirby | SEA | @BAL | 6 |
| 50 | Shane McClanahan | TB | @LAA | 6 |
| 51 | MacKenzie Gore | TEX | @KC | 6 |
| 52 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | @BOS | 6 |
| 53 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | NYY | 6 |
| 54 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | @CIN | 5 |
| 55 | Grant Holmes | ATL | @CWS/ @NYM | 5 (@CWS=6 & @NYM=4) |
| 56 | Martin Perez | ATL | @CWS | 5 |
| 57 | Bryce Elder | ATL | @NYM/ SD | 5 (@NYM=4 & SD=6) |
| 58 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @COL/ @SF | 5 (@COL=6 & @SF=4) |
| 59 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | @SF | 5 |
| 60 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | ARI | 5 |
| 61 | Gavin Williams | CLE | NYY/ DET | 5 (NYY=4 & DET=6) |
| 62 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | DET | 5 |
| 63 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | DET | 5 |
| 64 | Justin Verlander | DET | MIN/ @CLE | 5 (both matchups) |
| 65 | Jack Flaherty | DET | @CLE | 5 |
| 66 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | @LAA | 5 |
| 67 | Mike Burrows | HOU | @KC | 5 |
| 68 | Grayson Rodriguez | LAA | HOU/ TB | 5 (HOU=4 & TB=6) |
| 69 | Justin Wrobleski | LAD | @PIT | 5 |
| 70 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | @PIT | 5 |
| 71 | Robert Gasser | MIL | @ATH | 5 |
| 72 | Taj Bradley | MIN | @DET/ STL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 73 | Will Warren | NYY | @TOR | 5 |
| 74 | Jared Jones | PIT | LAD | 5 |
| 75 | Griffin Canning | SD | @BAL | 5 |
| 76 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @BAL | 5 |
| 77 | Robbie Ray | SF | WSH | 5 |
| 78 | Bryce Miller | SEA | @WSH | 5 |
| 79 | Luis Castillo | SEA | @WSH | 5 |
| 80 | Drew Rasmussen | TB | BOS | 5 |
| 81 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @KC/ @BOS | 5 (@KC=6 & @BOS=4) |
| 82 | Trey Yesavage | TOR | NYY | 5 |
| 83 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | SEA | 5 |
| 84 | Michael Soroka | ARI | @CIN | 4 |
| 85 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | MIL/ COL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 86 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | MIL | 4 |
| 87 | Chris Bassitt | BAL | SEA | 4 |
| 88 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | SEA | 4 |
| 89 | Jake Bennett | BOS | @TB | 4 |
| 90 | Edward Cabrera | CHC | @COL | 4 |
| 91 | Brady Singer | CIN | @SD | 4 |
| 92 | Troy Melton | DET | MIN | 4 |
| 93 | Reid Detmers | LAA | HOU | 4 |
| 94 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | TB | 4 |
| 95 | Ryan Gusto | MIA | ARI | 4 |
| 96 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | @DET | 4 |
| 97 | Kodai Senga | NYM | STL/ ATL | 4 (STL=5 & ATL=3) |
| 98 | Sean Manaea | NYM | ATL | 4 |
| 99 | Andrew Painter | PHI | @MIL | 4 |
| 100 | Zac Gallen | ARI | @MIA/ @CIN | 4 (both matchups) |
| 101 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @MIL | 4 |
| 102 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | MIA | 4 |
| 103 | Dustin May | STL | @NYM/ @MIN | 4 (@NYM=3 & @MIN=5) |
| 104 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @MIN | 4 |
| 105 | Walker Buehler | SD | CIN/ @BAL | 4 (CIN=3 & @BAL=5) |
| 106 | Lucas Giolito | SD | CIN | 4 |
| 107 | Adrian Houser | SF | WSH | 4 |
| 108 | Nick Martinez | TB | BOS | 4 |
| 109 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | @KC | 4 |
| 110 | Max Scherzer | TOR | PHI | 4 |
| 111 | Zack Littell | WSH | SEA | 4 |
| 112 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | @MIA | 3 |
| 113 | Jack Perkins | ATH | MIL | 3 |
| 114 | Kade Morris | ATH | COL | 3 |
| 115 | Brandon Young | BAL | SEA | 3 |
| 116 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | @SF | 3 |
| 117 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | NYY | 3 |
| 118 | Peter Lambert | HOU | @LAA | 3 |
| 119 | Stephen Kolek | KC | TEX/ HOU | 3 (TEX=4 & HOU=2) |
| 120 | Luinder Avila | KC | HOU | 3 |
| 121 | Noah Cameron | KC | HOU | 3 |
| 122 | Walbert Urena | LAA | HOU | 3 |
| 123 | Eric Lauer | LAD | @PIT | 3 |
| 124 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | ARI/ @PIT | 3 (ARI=2 & @PIT=4) |
| 125 | Connor Prielipp | MIN | STL | 3 |
| 126 | Mitch Keller | PIT | LAD | 3 |
| 127 | Andre Pallante | STL | @NYM | 3 |
| 128 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | @MIN | 3 |
| 129 | Landen Roupp | SF | CHC | 3 |
| 130 | Steven Matz | TB | BOS/ @LAA | 3 (both matchups) |
| 131 | Griffin Jax | TB | @LAA | 3 |
| 132 | Foster Griffin | WSH | @SF | 3 |
| 133 | Davis Martin | CWS | ATL/ LAD | 2 (both matchups) |
| 134 | Anthony Kay | CWS | ATL | 2 |
| 135 | David Sandlin | CWS | LAD | 2 |
| 136 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | CHC/ @ATH | 2 (CHC=1 & @ATH=3) |
| 137 | Ryan Feltner | COL | CHC | 2 |
| 138 | Tanner Gordon | COL | @ATH | 2 |
| 139 | Kai-Wei Teng | HOU | @LAA | 2 |
| 140 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | @ATH | 2 |
| 141 | Shane Drohan | MIN | PHI | 2 |
| 142 | Kyle Leahy | STL | @NYM | 2 |
| 143 | Trevor McDonald | SF | CHC | 2 |
| 144 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @BOS | 2 |
| 145 | Miles Mikolas | WSH | @SF/ SEA | 2 (both matchups) |
| 146 | Erick Fedde | CWS | ATL | 1 |
| 147 | Sean Burke | CWS | LAD | 1 |
| 148 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | CHC | 1 |
| 149 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @ATH | 1 |
| 150 | Patrick Corbin | TOR | PHI/ NYY | 1 (both matchups) |
| 151 | Andrew Alvarez | WSH | @SF | 1 |
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