Latest fantasy baseball forecaster espn 2026 mlb starting pitcher hitter ranks week 4 april 20 26

Tristan H. CockcroftApr 20, 2026, 01:27 PM ET
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Fantasy baseball's Week 4 gets off to an unusually early start, as it begins with the annual Patriots' Day Boston Red Sox game, scheduled for an 11:10 a.m. ET first pitch. This year's game features the finale of a four-game, weekend-wraparound series against the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park. Fantasy managers must make sure to get their lineups set for all Red Sox and Tigers in advance, as well as to get all of their moves in for the day (or week) before that time.

Lineup lock times

Week 4

Date	Total games	First game time	Day games
Monday, April 20	10	11:10 AM	1
Tuesday, April 21	15	6:10 PM	0
Wednesday, April 22	15	12:10 PM	6
Thursday, April 23	9	1:05 PM	6
Friday, April 24	14	6:40 PM	0
Saturday, April 25	15	2:15 PM	7
Sunday, April 26	15	1:35 PM	14

Scheduling quirks

Week 4: Teams with the most games

Total		Home		vs. LHSP		vs. RHSP
8 tied with	7	Royals	6	Angels	4	Braves	6
		Mets	6	Orioles	3	Guardians	6
		Giants	6	Cubs	3	Giants	6
		Rays	6	Nationals	3	Cardinals	6
		Rangers	6	12 tied with	2	13 tied with	5
		Diamondbacks	5

Starting pitcher ranks

Week 4: April 20-26

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

Hitter ratings

Week 4: April 20-26

Overall		LHB		RHB		SB
Padres	10.0	Rangers	8.8	Padres	10.0	Phillies	10.0
Rangers	8.9	Yankees	8.6	Dodgers	9.7	Giants	10.0
Braves	8.2	Cubs	8.5	Rangers	8.2	Nationals	10.0
Royals	8.2	Padres	8.4	Royals	8.0	Cardinals	9.6
Dodgers	8.1	Royals	7.6	Braves	8.0	Mets	9.4
Yankees	7.0	Athletics	7.4	Blue Jays	6.8	Athletics	9.1
Mariners	6.6	Guardians	7.3	Mariners	6.7	Mariners	9.0
Cubs	6.6	Pirates	7.2	Mets	6.5	Pirates	8.5
Blue Jays	6.5	Braves	7.0	Red Sox	6.2	Guardians	7.9
Pirates	6.4	Tigers	6.9	Yankees	6.2	Twins	7.3