Latest fantasy baseball forecaster espn 2026 mlb starting pitcher hitter ranks week 15 july 16 19

Todd ZolaJul 15, 2026, 04:00 PM ET
Close
Follow on X

For those in leagues playing with a short week (Thursday through Sunday), there are a couple of scheduling quirks, beginning with a standalone game Thursday night between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets in the City of Brotherly Love. The NL West combatants then have an off day Friday.

Don't worry, there are still 15 games Friday, with the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays coming out of the post-break gate with a split-admission doubleheader at Fenway Park. As such, the AL East rivals are the only teams with four games in this abbreviated period.

Scoring dipped heading into the break, but with the Colorado Rockies and the Athletics with home series to begin the post-break schedule, the average runs per game is likely to increase.

Lineup lock times

Scheduling quirks

Week 15: Teams with the most games

Total		Home		vs. LHSP		vs. RHSP
Red Sox	4	Red Sox	4	Rays	3	9 tied with	3
Rays	4	14 tied with	3	Red Sox	2
28 tied with	3			Twins	2
				Cardinals	2
				Nationals	2
				16 tied with	1

Starting pitcher ranks

Week 15: July 16-19

Rk	Pitcher	Team	1st Start
1	Zack Wheeler	PHI	Sat 7/18-NYM (Manaea)
2	Bryan Woo	SEA	Sun 7/19-SF (Ray)
3	Logan Gilbert	SEA	Fri 7/17-SF (Roupp)
4	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	Sun 7/19-NYM (McLean)
5	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	Sun 7/19-@NYY (Schlittler)
40	Christian Scott	NYM	Thu 7/16-@PHI (Nola)
6	Peter Lambert	HOU	Sun 7/19-BAL (Baz)
7	Joe Ryan	MIN	Sun 7/19-@CHC (Taillon)
8	Hunter Brown	HOU	Sat 7/18-BAL (Rogers)
9	Paul Skenes	PIT	Sat 7/18-@CLE (Bibee)
10	Kyle Bradish	BAL	Fri 7/17-@HOU (Arrighetti)
11	Sean Manaea	NYM	Sat 7/18-@PHI (Wheeler)
55	Aaron Nola	PHI	Thu 7/16-NYM (Scott)
12	Tarik Skubal	DET	Sat 7/18-@LAA (Soriano)
13	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	Fri 7/17-@CLE (Williams)
14	Nolan McLean	NYM	Sun 7/19-@PHI (Luzardo)
15	Shota Imanaga	CHC	Fri 7/17-MIN (Bradley)
16	Shane Baz	BAL	Sun 7/19-@HOU (Lambert)
17	Parker Messick	CLE	Sun 7/19-PIT (Jones)
18	Cam Schlittler	NYY	Sun 7/19-LAD (Yamamoto)
19	Jacob deGrom	TEX	Fri 7/17-@ATL (Sale)
20	Trey Yesavage	TOR	Sun 7/19-CWS (Burke)
21	Gerrit Cole	NYY	Fri 7/17-LAD (Sasaki)
22	George Kirby	SEA	Sat 7/18-SF (Webb)
23	Robbie Ray	SF	Sun 7/19-@SEA (Woo)
24	Logan Webb	SF	Sat 7/18-@SEA (Kirby)
25	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	Sun 7/19-@ATL (Holmes)
26	Matthew Boyd	CHC	Sat 7/18-MIN (Ober)
27	Taj Bradley	MIN	Fri 7/17-@CHC (Imanaga)
28	Landen Roupp	SF	Fri 7/17-@SEA (Gilbert)
29	Trevor Rogers	BAL	Sat 7/18-@HOU (Brown)
30	Eury Perez	MIA	Sat 7/18-@MIL (Sproat)
31	Troy Melton	DET	Fri 7/17-@LAA (Detmers)
32	Eric Lauer	LAD	Sat 7/18-@NYY (Warren)
33	Sean Burke	CWS	Sun 7/19-@TOR (Yesavage)
34	Chris Sale	ATL	Fri 7/17-TEX (deGrom)
35	Gavin Williams	CLE	Fri 7/17-PIT (Ashcraft)
36	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	Fri 7/17-BAL (Bradish)
37	Shane Drohan	MIL	Sun 7/19-MIA (Meyer)
38	Michael McGreevy	STL	Sun 7/19-@ARI (Rodriguez)
39	Brandon Sproat	MIL	Sat 7/18-MIA (Perez)
41	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	Fri 7/17-@MIL (Henderson)
42	Bailey Ober	MIN	Sat 7/18-@CHC (Boyd)
43	Jake Bennett	BOS	Fri 7/17-TBGm. 2 (McClanahan)
44	Ian Seymour	TB	Sat 7/18-@BOS (Sandoval)
45	Reid Detmers	LAA	Fri 7/17-DET (Melton)
46	Jared Jones	PIT	Sun 7/19-@CLE (Messick)
47	Casey Mize	DET	Sun 7/19-@LAA (Rodriguez)
48	Jameson Taillon	CHC	Sun 7/19-MIN (Ryan)
49	Michael Wacha	KC	Sun 7/19-SD (Buehler)
50	Logan Henderson	MIL	Fri 7/17-MIA (Alcantara)
51	Shane Bieber	TOR	Sat 7/18-CWS (Martin)
52	Andre Pallante	STL	Fri 7/17-@ARI (Kelly)
53	Merrill Kelly	ARI	Fri 7/17-STL (Pallante)
54	Drew Rasmussen	TB	Sun 7/19-@BOS (Tolle)
56	Tanner Bibee	CLE	Sat 7/18-PIT (Skenes)
57	Foster Griffin	WSH	Fri 7/17-@ATH (Springs)
58	Noah Cameron	KC	Fri 7/17-SD (King)
59	Sonny Gray	BOS	Fri 7/17-TBGm. 1 (Jax)
60	Davis Martin	CWS	Sat 7/18-@TOR (Bieber)
61	Payton Tolle	BOS	Sun 7/19-TB (Rasmussen)
62	Michael King	SD	Fri 7/17-@KC (Cameron)
63	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	Sat 7/18-@ATL (Murphy)
64	Owen Murphy	ATL	Sat 7/18-TEX (Gore)
65	Will Warren	NYY	Sat 7/18-LAD (Lauer)
66	Max Meyer	MIA	Sun 7/19-@MIL (Drohan)
67	Grant Holmes	ATL	Sun 7/19-TEX (Eovaldi)
68	Roki Sasaki	LAD	Fri 7/17-@NYY (Cole)
69	Jose Soriano	LAA	Sat 7/18-DET (Skubal)
70	Anthony Kay	CWS	Fri 7/17-@TOR (Miles)
71	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	Sun 7/19-STL (McGreevy)
72	Hunter Greene	CIN	Sun 7/19-@COL (Lorenzen)
73	Seth Lugo	KC	Sat 7/18-SD (Vasquez)
74	Griffin Jax	TB	Fri 7/17-@BOSGm. 1 (Gray)
75	Shane McClanahan	TB	Fri 7/17-@BOSGm. 2 (Bennett)
76	Mitch Bratt	ARI	Sat 7/18-STL (Liberatore)
77	Matthew Liberatore	STL	Sat 7/18-@ARI (Bratt)
78	Spencer Miles	TOR	Fri 7/17-CWS (Kay)
79	Grayson Rodriguez	LAA	Sun 7/19-DET (Mize)
80	Patrick Sandoval	BOS	Sat 7/18-TB (Seymour)
81	Gage Jump	ATH	Sun 7/19-WSH (Littell)
82	Randy Vasquez	SD	Sat 7/18-@KC (Lugo)
83	Walker Buehler	SD	Sun 7/19-@KC (Wacha)
84	Cade Cavalli	WSH	Sat 7/18-@ATH (Ginn)
85	J.T. Ginn	ATH	Sat 7/18-WSH (Cavalli)
86	Zack Littell	WSH	Sun 7/19-@ATH (Jump)
87	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	Fri 7/17-WSH (Griffin)
88	Brady Singer	CIN	Fri 7/17-@COL (Freeland)
89	Rhett Lowder	CIN	Sat 7/18-@COL (Feltner)
90	Ryan Feltner	COL	Sat 7/18-CIN (Lowder)
91	Kyle Freeland	COL	Fri 7/17-CIN (Singer)
92	Michael Lorenzen	COL	Sun 7/19-CIN (Greene)

Hitter ratings

Week 15: July 16-19

Overall		LHB		RHB		SB
Reds	10.0	Reds	9.6	Reds	10.0	Red Sox	10.0
Nationals	8.8	Nationals	8.2	Red Sox	8.4	Brewers	9.9
Red Sox	7.4	Cardinals	7.4	Nationals	8.1	Blue Jays	9.8
Cardinals	7.4	Royals	7.2	Royals	7.8	Rangers	9.1
Royals	7.4	Padres	7.1	White Sox	7.8	Yankees	8.7
Rockies	7.1	Tigers	7.0	Athletics	7.8	Orioles	8.5
Athletics	7.1	Diamondbacks	6.8	Cardinals	7.6	Cubs	8.2
White Sox	6.7	Red Sox	6.6	Rockies	7.3	Rays	7.8
Blue Jays	6.6	Blue Jays	6.5	Blue Jays	6.7	Diamondbacks	6.6
Padres	6.5	Rockies	6.5	Tigers	6.5	Mariners	6.4

Date	Total games	First game time	Day games
Thursday, July 16	1	7:10 PM	0
Friday, July 17	15	1:35 PM	1
Saturday, July 18	15	2:20 PM	11
Sunday, July 19	15	12:15 PM	14