Latest fantasy baseball forecaster espn 2026 mlb starting pitcher hitter ranks week 9 25 31

Tristan H. CockcroftMay 22, 2026, 12:00 PM ET
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Memorial Day kicks off fantasy baseball's Week 9, and with it comes an early start to the week, with the first of seven day games (among 13 total for the day) scheduled for 1:35 p.m. ET. Before you depart for your holiday activities, remember to set your lineups!

Lineup lock times

Week 9

Date	Total games	First game time	Day games
Monday, May 25	13	1:35 PM	7
Tuesday, May 26	15	6:10 PM	0
Wednesday, May 27	15	1:07 PM	6
Thursday, May 28	6	1:10 PM	3
Friday, May 29	15	6:40 PM	0
Saturday, May 30	15	2:10 PM	9
Sunday, May 31	15	12:15 PM	14

Scheduling quirks

Week 9: Teams with the most games

Total		Home		vs. LHSP		vs. RHSP
8 tied with	7	Orioles	7	Braves	4	Pirates	7
		White Sox	7	Reds	4	Rangers	7
		Pirates	7	Yankees	3	7 tied with	6
		Rangers	7	Padres	3
		4 tied with	6	11 tied with	2

Starting pitcher ranks

Week 9: May 25-31

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

Hitter ratings

Week 9: May 25-31

Overall		LHB		RHB		SB
Giants	10.0	Twins	10.0	Twins	10.0	Orioles	10.0
Twins	9.9	Giants	10.0	Giants	10.0	White Sox	10.0
Rangers	8.3	Rangers	10.0	Mariners	9.8	Twins	10.0
Tigers	8.0	Brewers	9.5	Tigers	9.5	Pirates	10.0
White Sox	7.5	Pirates	9.3	Dodgers	8.9	Blue Jays	10.0
Mariners	7.5	White Sox	9.3	Yankees	8.4	Tigers	9.4
Pirates	7.2	Braves	8.0	Rays	7.5	Diamondbacks	9.1
Rays	7.2	Blue Jays	8.0	Blue Jays	7.4	Mets	8.4
Blue Jays	7.0	Cubs	7.8	Orioles	7.4	Athletics	7.3
Dodgers	6.7	Rockies	7.7	White Sox	7.1	Red Sox	7.3