Latest fantasy baseball forecaster espn 2026 mlb starting pitcher hitter ranks week 2 april 6 12

Tristan H. CockcroftApr 6, 2026, 02:48 PM ET
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With most teams having completed two full rotation turns over the season's first week and a half, it's the aces who lead the two-start pitcher list for fantasy's Week 2.

Opening Day starters Sandy Alcantara, Tanner Bibee, Zac Gallen, Freddy Peralta, Kevin Gausman, Logan Gilbert, Nick Pivetta, Joe Ryan, Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal all project for two-start weeks and dominate the weekly pitching rankings.

Lineup lock times

Week 2

Date	Total games	First game time	Day games
Monday, April 6	13	4:10 PM	1
Tuesday, April 7	15	6:10 PM	0
Wednesday, April 8	15	12:35 PM	10
Thursday, April 9	6	12:10 PM	3
Friday, April 10	15	2:20 PM	1
Saturday, April 11	15	1:05 PM	7
Sunday, April 12	15	1:35 PM	14

Scheduling quirks

Week 2: Teams with the most games

Total		Home		vs. LHSP		vs. RHSP
8 tied with	7	Mets	6	Guardians	4	Reds	7
		Rays	6	Braves	3	Rockies	7
		Blue Jays	6	White Sox	3	Tigers	7
		4 tied with	4	Angels	3	5 tied with	6
				Marlins	3
				Twins	3

Starting pitcher ranks

Week 2: April 6-12

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

Hitter ratings

Week 2: April 6-12

Overall		LHB		RHB		SB
Rockies	10.0	Rockies	10.0	Rockies	8.8	Reds	10.0
Cardinals	9.1	Cardinals	10.0	Cardinals	8.5	Tigers	10.0
Reds	7.5	White Sox	9.1	Phillies	7.8	Royals	10.0
Tigers	7.3	Orioles	7.9	Braves	7.7	Dodgers	10.0
Orioles	7.2	Brewers	7.9	Reds	7.6	Yankees	10.0
Phillies	6.9	Mariners	7.0	Tigers	6.9	Mariners	10.0