Latest fantasy baseball forecaster espn 2026 mlb starting pitcher hitter ranks week 1 march 30 april 5

Tristan H. CockcroftMar 30, 2026, 10:49 AM ET
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Fantasy baseball's Week 1 concludes with the first full "week" of 2025, in which four teams (Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets and San Francisco Giants) are scheduled for a full seven games, while no team has fewer than six.

Remember that in ESPN leagues, "Week 1" extends from the Wednesday, March 25, opening night contest through the games of Sunday, April 5. Additionally, if your league conducts its draft from this point forward, all players will lock into place in the roster spots (whether lineup or bench) where you draft them for games that have already occurred.

Lineup lock times

Week 1

Date	Total games	First game time	Day games
Monday, March 30	15	4:10 PM	1
Tuesday, March 31	14	6:35 PM	0
Wednesday, April 1	15	12:15 PM	13
Thursday, April 2	4	2:10 PM	2
Friday, April 3	14	1:05 PM	9
Saturday, April 4	15	1:10 PM	7
Sunday, April 5	15	1:35 PM	14

Scheduling quirks

Week 1: Teams with the most games

Total		Home		vs. LHSP		vs. RHSP
Diamondbacks	7	Diamondbacks	7	Astros	4	Orioles	6
Braves	7	Royals	6	Twins	4	Red Sox	6
Mets	7	Giants	4	Cubs	3	Tigers	6
Giants	7	25 tied with	3	Mariners	3	Yankees	6
26 tied with	6			11 tied with	2	Giants	6
						13 tied with	5

Starting pitcher ranks

Week 1: March 30-April 5

Rk	Pitcher	Team	1st Start	2nd Start
1	Max Fried	NYY	Tue 3/31-@SEA (Gilbert)	Sun 4/5-MIA (Paddack)
2	Cody Ponce	TOR	Mon 3/30-COL (Sugano)	Sun 4/5-@CWS (Martin)
3	Roki Sasaki	LAD	Mon 3/30-CLE (Messick)	Sun 4/5-@WSH (Griffin)
4	Luis Castillo	SEA	Mon 3/30-NYY (Weathers)	Sun 4/5-@LAA (Johnson)
5	Ryan Weathers	NYY	Mon 3/30-@SEA (Castillo)	Sat 4/4-MIA (Meyer)
6	Foster Griffin	WSH	Mon 3/30-@PHI (Walker)	Sun 4/5-LAD (Sasaki)
7	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	Wed 4/1-WSH (Cavalli)
8	Ranger Suarez	BOS	Mon 3/30-@HOU (McCullers)	Sun 4/5-SD (Marquez)
9	Edward Cabrera	CHC	Mon 3/30-LAA (Johnson)	Sun 4/5-@CLE (Messick)
10	Tarik Skubal	DET	Wed 4/1-@ARI (Gallen)
11	Paul Skenes	PIT	Wed 4/1-@CIN (Abbott)
12	Kodai Senga	NYM	Tue 3/31-@STL (Pallante)	Sun 4/5-@SF (Roupp)
13	Garrett Crochet	BOS	Wed 4/1-@HOU (Burrows)
14	Logan Gilbert	SEA	Tue 3/31-NYY (Fried)
15	Dylan Cease	TOR	Thu 4/2-@CWS (Burke)
16	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	Wed 4/1-CLE (Williams)
17	Chris Bassitt	BAL	Mon 3/30-TEX (Leiter)	Sun 4/5-@PIT (Ashcraft)
18	Landen Roupp	SF	Tue 3/31-@SD (Buehler)	Sun 4/5-NYM (Senga)
19	Clay Holmes	NYM	Mon 3/30-@STL (Leahy)	Sat 4/4-@SF (Houser)
20	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	Tue 3/31-DET (Mize)	Sun 4/5-ATL (Suarez)
21	Parker Messick	CLE	Mon 3/30-@LAD (Sasaki)	Sun 4/5-CHC (Cabrera)
22	Chris Sale	ATL	Wed 4/1-ATH (Severino)
23	Kris Bubic	KC	Mon 3/30-MIN (Abel)	Sun 4/5-MIL (Harrison)
24	Davis Martin	CWS	Mon 3/30-@MIA (Paddack)	Sun 4/5-TOR (Ponce)
25	Adrian Houser	SF	Mon 3/30-@SD (Marquez)	Sat 4/4-NYM (Holmes)
26	Freddy Peralta	NYM	Wed 4/1-@STL (Liberatore)
27	Hunter Brown	HOU	Tue 3/31-BOS (Bello)
28	Bryan Woo	SEA	Fri 4/3-@LAA (Detmers)
29	Logan Webb	SF	Wed 4/1-@SD (Pivetta)
30	Chris Paddack	MIA	Mon 3/30-CWS (Martin)	Sun 4/5-@NYY (Fried)
31	George Kirby	SEA	Wed 4/1-NYY (Schlittler)
32	Nick Martinez	TB	Mon 3/30-@MIL (Harrison)	Sun 4/5-@MIN (Abel)
33	Kevin Gausman	TOR	Wed 4/1-COL (Freeland)
34	Nick Pivetta	SD	Wed 4/1-SF (Webb)
35	Justin Verlander	DET	Mon 3/30-@ARI (Soroka)	Sun 4/5-STL (Leahy)
36	Shota Imanaga	CHC	Sat 4/4-@CLE (Cecconi)
37	Michael Soroka	ARI	Mon 3/30-DET (Verlander)	Sat 4/4-ATL (Elder)
38	David Peterson	NYM	Thu 4/2-@SF (Ray)
39	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	Wed 4/1-@BAL (Rogers)
40	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	Sat 4/4-@WSH (Irvin)
41	Matthew Boyd	CHC	Wed 4/1-LAA (Kikuchi)
42	Kyle Harrison	MIL	Mon 3/30-TB (Martinez)	Sun 4/5-@KC (Bubic)
43	Jacob deGrom	TEX	Fri 4/3-CIN (Singer)
44	Brayan Bello	BOS	Tue 3/31-@HOU (Brown)
45	Aaron Civale	ATH	Mon 3/30-@ATL (Elder)	Sun 4/5-HOU (McCullers)
46	Jack Flaherty	DET	Sat 4/4-STL (May)
47	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	Mon 3/30-@CIN (Burns)	Sun 4/5-BAL (Bassitt)
48	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	Wed 4/1-CWS (Smith)
49	Jameson Taillon	CHC	Tue 3/31-LAA (Soriano)
50	Joe Ryan	MIN	Thu 4/2-@KC (Ragans)
51	Tanner Bibee	CLE	Tue 3/31-@LAD (Ohtani)
52	Framber Valdez	DET	Fri 4/3-STL (McGreevy)
53	Jack Leiter	TEX	Mon 3/30-@BAL (Bassitt)	Sun 4/5-CIN (Burns)
54	Tatsuya Imai	HOU	Sat 4/4-@ATH (Morales)
55	Eury Perez	MIA	Fri 4/3-@NYY (Warren)
56	Cam Schlittler	NYY	Wed 4/1-@SEA (Kirby)
57	Robbie Ray	SF	Thu 4/2-NYM (Peterson)
58	Anthony Kay	CWS	Sat 4/4-TOR (Lauer)
59	Nolan McLean	NYM	Fri 4/3-@SF (Mahle)
60	Cade Horton	CHC	Fri 4/3-@CLE (Cantillo)
61	Chase Burns	CIN	Mon 3/30-PIT (Ashcraft)	Sun 4/5-@TEX (Leiter)
62	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	Wed 4/1-@CHC (Boyd)
63	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	Mon 3/30-BOS (Suarez)	Sun 4/5-@ATH (Civale)
64	Andrew Abbott	CIN	Wed 4/1-PIT (Skenes)
65	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	Tue 3/31-CLE (Bibee)
66	Erick Fedde	CWS	Tue 3/31-@MIA (Junk)
67	Michael King	SD	Fri 4/3-@BOS (Gray)
68	Will Warren	NYY	Fri 4/3-MIA (Perez)
69	Taj Bradley	MIN	Fri 4/3-TB (Boyle)
70	Shane Smith	CWS	Wed 4/1-@MIA (Alcantara)
71	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	Tue 3/31-TB (McClanahan)
72	Shane Baz	BAL	Sat 4/4-@PIT (Mlodzinski)
73	Mitch Keller	PIT	Fri 4/3-BAL (Bradish)
74	Bailey Ober	MIN	Sat 4/4-TB (Matz)
75	Ryan Johnson	LAA	Mon 3/30-@CHC (Cabrera)	Sun 4/5-SEA (Castillo)
76	Reynaldo Lopez	ATL	Thu 4/2-@ARI (Nelson)
77	Zac Gallen	ARI	Wed 4/1-DET (Skubal)
78	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	Fri 4/3-@WSH (Mikolas)
79	Kyle Bradish	BAL	Fri 4/3-@PIT (Keller)
80	Drew Rasmussen	TB	Wed 4/1-@MIL (Misiorowski)
81	Bryce Elder	ATL	Mon 3/30-ATH (Civale)	Sat 4/4-@ARI (Soroka)
82	Max Scherzer	TOR	Tue 3/31-COL (Feltner)
83	Zack Littell	WSH	Tue 3/31-@PHI (Painter)
84	Seth Lugo	KC	Sat 4/4-MIL (Sproat)
85	Trevor Rogers	BAL	Wed 4/1-TEX (Eovaldi)
86	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	Sat 4/4-CIN (Lowder)
87	Brady Singer	CIN	Fri 4/3-@TEX (deGrom)
88	Jose Soriano	LAA	Tue 3/31-@CHC (Taillon)
89	Ryan Feltner	COL	Tue 3/31-@TOR (Scherzer)
90	Ryne Nelson	ARI	Thu 4/2-ATL (Lopez)
91	Mike Burrows	HOU	Wed 4/1-BOS (Crochet)
92	Janson Junk	MIA	Tue 3/31-CWS (Fedde)
93	Jacob Lopez	ATH	Tue 3/31-@ATL (Suarez)
94	Andrew Painter	PHI	Tue 3/31-WSH (Littell)
95	Noah Cameron	KC	Wed 4/1-MIN (Woods Richardson)
96	Sonny Gray	BOS	Fri 4/3-SD (King)
97	Grant Holmes	ATL	Fri 4/3-@ARI (Rodriguez)
98	Tyler Mahle	SF	Fri 4/3-NYM (McLean)
99	Gavin Williams	CLE	Wed 4/1-@LAD (Yamamoto)
100	Luis Severino	ATH	Wed 4/1-@ATL (Sale)
101	Michael McGreevy	STL	Fri 4/3-@DET (Valdez)
102	Andre Pallante	STL	Tue 3/31-NYM (Senga)
103	Bubba Chandler	PIT	Tue 3/31-@CIN (Williamson)
104	Cole Ragans	KC	Thu 4/2-MIN (Ryan)
105	Walker Buehler	SD	Tue 3/31-SF (Roupp)
106	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	Fri 4/3-HOU (Javier)
107	Dustin May	STL	Sat 4/4-@DET (Flaherty)
108	Cristian Javier	HOU	Fri 4/3-@ATH (Springs)
109	Zach Eflin	BAL	Tue 3/31-TEX (Rocker)
110	Kumar Rocker	TEX	Tue 3/31-@BAL (Eflin)
111	Max Meyer	MIA	Sat 4/4-@NYY (Weathers)
112	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	Wed 4/1-TB (Rasmussen)
113	Luis Morales	ATH	Sat 4/4-HOU (Imai)
114	Kyle Freeland	COL	Wed 4/1-@TOR (Gausman)
115	Cade Cavalli	WSH	Wed 4/1-@PHI (Sanchez)
116	Michael Wacha	KC	Fri 4/3-MIL (Patrick)
117	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	Fri 4/3-ATL (Holmes)
118	Casey Mize	DET	Tue 3/31-@ARI (Pfaadt)
119	Slade Cecconi	CLE	Sat 4/4-CHC (Imanaga)
120	Shane McClanahan	TB	Tue 3/31-@MIL (Woodruff)
121	Sean Burke	CWS	Thu 4/2-TOR (Cease)
122	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	Wed 4/1-@KC (Cameron)
123	Jose Suarez	ATL	Tue 3/31-ATH (Lopez)	Sun 4/5-@ARI (Pfaadt)
124	Rhett Lowder	CIN	Sat 4/4-@TEX (Gore)
125	Steven Matz	TB	Sat 4/4-@MIN (Ober)
126	Matthew Liberatore	STL	Wed 4/1-NYM (Peralta)
127	Chad Patrick	MIL	Fri 4/3-@KC (Wacha)
128	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	Sat 4/4-@COL (Quintana)
129	Jake Irvin	WSH	Sat 4/4-LAD (Glasnow)
130	German Marquez	SD	Mon 3/30-SF (Houser)	Sun 4/5-@BOS (Suarez)
131	Emerson Hancock	SEA	Sat 4/4-@LAA (Kochanowicz)
132	Connelly Early	BOS	Sat 4/4-SD (Vasquez)
133	Eric Lauer	TOR	Sat 4/4-@CWS (Kay)
134	Reid Detmers	LAA	Fri 4/3-SEA (Woo)
135	Joe Boyle	TB	Fri 4/3-@MIN (Bradley)
136	Brandon Sproat	MIL	Sat 4/4-@KC (Lugo)
137	Joey Cantillo	CLE	Fri 4/3-CHC (Horton)
138	Randy Vasquez	SD	Sat 4/4-@BOS (Early)
139	Miles Mikolas	WSH	Fri 4/3-LAD (Sheehan)
140	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	Sat 4/4-BAL (Baz)
141	Brandon Williamson	CIN	Tue 3/31-PIT (Chandler)
142	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	Mon 3/30-@TOR (Ponce)	Sun 4/5-PHI (Walker)
143	Mick Abel	MIN	Mon 3/30-@KC (Bubic)	Sun 4/5-TB (Martinez)
144	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	Sat 4/4-SEA (Hancock)
145	Aaron Nola	PHI	Fri 4/3-@COL (Lorenzen)
146	Taijuan Walker	PHI	Mon 3/30-WSH (Griffin)	Sun 4/5-@COL (Sugano)
147	Kyle Leahy	STL	Mon 3/30-NYM (Holmes)	Sun 4/5-@DET (Verlander)
148	Jose Quintana	COL	Sat 4/4-PHI (Luzardo)
149	Michael Lorenzen	COL	Fri 4/3-PHI (Nola)

Hitter ratings

Week 1: March 30-April 5

Overall		LHB		RHB		SB
Braves	10.0	Braves	10.0	Braves	8.7	Athletics	10.0
Mets	8.0	Tigers	10.0	Phillies	8.3	Yankees	10.0
Tigers	7.8	Athletics	9.3	Mets	8.3	Blue Jays	10.0
Mariners	7.6	Rangers	9.1	Red Sox	7.6	White Sox	9.9
Athletics	7.6	Mariners	9.0	Mariners	7.3	Mets	9.7
Blue Jays	7.5	Blue Jays	8.1	Blue Jays	6.9	Marlins	9.2