Latest fantasy baseball forecaster espn 2026 mlb starting pitcher hitter ranks week 6 may4 10

Tristan H. CockcroftMay 4, 2026, 02:42 PM ET
Close
Follow on X

Would you believe that we're nearly one-quarter of the way through the 2026 season? Believe it, as that point arrives at the conclusion of fantasy baseball's Week 6. Assuming no postponements between now and then, 25% of this year's schedule will be in the books once 14 of the 15 games on Sunday, May 10 -- Mother's Day! -- are completed.

It's a notable stage of the season in that league standings are beginning to crystallize, and your teams' strengths and weaknesses should be readily apparent. As the coming week progresses, consider it a good time for some roster re-evaluation.

Week 6 is also one of the busier ones on the schedule, as 12 of the 30 teams are scheduled to play on all seven days, while all 30 are scheduled for at least six games. It's a week to prioritize quality over quantity of matchups.

Lineup lock times

Week 6

Date	Total games	First game time	Day games
Monday, May 4	12	5:40 PM	1
Tuesday, May 5	15	6:40 PM	0
Wednesday, May 6	15	1:10 PM	7
Thursday, May 7	9	12:35 PM	5
Friday, May 8	15	6:10 PM	0
Saturday, May 9	15	3:07 PM	5
Sunday, May 10	15	12:15 PM	14

Scheduling quirks

Week 6: Teams with the most games

Total		Home		vs. LHSP		vs. RHSP
12 tied with	7	Royals	7	Rays	5	Padres	7
		Marlins	7	Guardians	3	Cardinals	7
		Diamondbacks	6	Rockies	3	6 tied with	6
		Phillies	6	Tigers	3
		Giants	6	12 tied with	2
		4 tied with	4

Starting pitcher ranks

Week 6: May 4-10

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

Hitter ratings

Week 6: May 4-10

Overall		LHB		RHB		SB
Cubs	10.0	Cubs	10.0	Cubs	9.2	Orioles	10.0
Reds	8.8	Reds	10.0	Padres	7.8	Red Sox	10.0
Guardians	8.0	Guardians	8.8	Mets	7.5	Reds	10.0
Mets	8.0	Mets	8.5	Guardians	7.3	Dodgers	10.0
Padres	8.0	White Sox	8.0	Royals	7.0	Phillies	10.0
White Sox	7.2	Marlins	7.9	Reds	6.9	Mariners	10.0
Phillies	6.8	Dodgers	7.7	Red Sox	6.6	Blue Jays	10.0
Marlins	6.5	Yankees	7.4	White Sox	6.5	Nationals	10.0
Mariners	6.3	Mariners	7.2	Twins	6.5	Cubs	9.7
Yankees	6.3	Tigers	7.1	Pirates	6.4	Brewers	8.6