Latest fantasy baseball forecaster espn 2026 mlb starting pitcher hitter ranks week 7 may11 17

Tristan H. CockcroftMay 11, 2026, 10:09 AM ET
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Fantasy baseball's Week 7 brings us "Rivalry Weekend," the three-day, May 15-17 span which pits designated rivals against one another, played across 12 interleague series and three regional intraleague matchups.

Among the highlighted matchups are the annual Subway Series between the New York Yankees and New York Mets (at Citi Field) and the Crosstown Classic between the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox (at Rate Field).

Lineup lock times

Week 7

Date	Total games	First game time	Day games
Monday, May 11	6	6:10 PM	0
Tuesday, May 12	15	6:10 PM	0
Wednesday, May 13	15	1:10 PM	1
Thursday, May 14	11	12:35 PM	7
Friday, May 15	15	6:40 PM	0
Saturday, May 16	15	1:10 PM	6
Sunday, May 17	15	12:15 PM	14

Scheduling quirks

Week 7: Teams with the most games

Total		Home		vs. LHSP		vs. RHSP
Astros	7	Astros	7	Angels	4	Astros	7
Dodgers	7	7 tied with	6	Braves	3	Mariners	7
Mariners	7			Mets	3	Dodgers	6
Giants	7			Cardinals	3	Brewers	6
26 tied with	6			7 tied with	2	Giants	6
						Rangers	6

Starting pitcher ranks

Week 7: May 11-17

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

Hitter ratings

Week 7: May 11-17

Overall		LHB		RHB		SB
Diamondbacks	10.0	Diamondbacks	10.0	Dodgers	8.0	Cubs	10.0
Nationals	9.3	Nationals	10.0	Diamondbacks	7.7	Astros	10.0
Dodgers	8.4	Astros	8.8	Athletics	7.7	Royals	10.0
Blue Jays	7.9	Blue Jays	8.4	Royals	7.4	Marlins	10.0
Guardians	7.4	Rangers	7.6	Giants	7.4	Rays	10.0
Marlins	7.3	Marlins	7.2	Blue Jays	7.4	Red Sox	8.0
Athletics	7.3	Dodgers	7.2	Marlins	7.3	Blue Jays	7.0
Royals	7.1	Guardians	7.0	Guardians	7.2	Athletics	6.7
Giants	6.4	Braves	6.9	Reds	6.9	Dodgers	6.7
Rangers	6.3	Rockies	6.2	Nationals	6.3	Rangers	6.7