Latest fantasy baseball forecaster espn 2026 mlb starting pitcher hitter ranks week 23 sept 7 13

Tristan H. CockcroftSep 4, 2026, 10:16 AM ET
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Fantasy baseball's Week 23 gets off to an earlier start than usual due to Labor Day on Monday. There are eight day games scheduled, with the earliest starting at 1:05 p.m. ET. Make sure to set your lineups prior to heading out for your holiday activities.

The New York Yankees play a six-game homestand against a pair of sub-.500 opponents -- the Colorado Rockies (Tuesday-Thursday) and New York Mets (Friday-Sunday). Note that Friday's Subway Series opener against the Mets marks the 25th anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11.

This could be the week in which Aaron Judge (ribs, 10-day IL) returns to the Yankees' lineup. Fantasy managers, particularly those who play in leagues with weekly transactions, should keep watch for updates on his status in advance of Monday's lineup deadline. Judge might first require a minor league rehabilitation assignment and/or need to serve as the team's designated hitter while getting occasional days off initially. With the news available at publishing time, he's more likely to help fantasy managers in daily than weekly leagues.

Lineup lock times

Week 23

Date	Total games	First game time	Day games
Monday, Sept. 7	11	1:05 PM	8
Tuesday, Sept. 8	15	6:35 PM	0
Wednesday, Sept. 9	15	1:10 PM	5
Thursday, Sept. 10	5	12:15 PM	3
Friday, Sept. 11	15	2:20 PM	1
Saturday, Sept. 12	15	1:10 PM	9
Sunday, Sept. 13	15	12:10 PM	14

Scheduling quirks

Week 23: Teams with the most games

Total		Home		vs. LHSP		vs. RHSP
Braves	7	8 tied with	6	Angels	5	Athletics	6
Phillies	7			Diamondbacks	4	Phillies	6
28 tied with	6			Reds	4	8 tied with	5
				Mariners	4
				Braves	3
				Brewers	3

Starting pitcher ranks

Week 23: Sept. 7-13

Rk	Pitcher	Team	1st Start	2nd Start
1	Jesus Luzardo	PHI	Mon 9/7-ATL (Elder)	Sat 9/12-@ATL (Mahle)
2	Gerrit Cole	NYY	Tue 9/8-COL (Hughes)	Sun 9/13-NYM (Scott)
3	Trevor Rogers	BAL	Mon 9/7-CLE (Cantillo)	Sun 9/13-@TOR (Cease)
4	Dylan Cease	TOR	Mon 9/7-@ATH (Lopez)	Sun 9/13-BAL (Rogers)
5	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	Tue 9/8-CIN (Lodolo)
6	Tarik Skubal	LAD	Wed 9/9-CIN (Lowder)
7	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	Tue 9/8-@PHI (Painter)	Sun 9/13-@TB (Seymour)
8	Eury Perez	MIA	Mon 9/7-NYM (Manaea)	Sun 9/13-LAD (Sheehan)
9	Zack Wheeler	PHI	Thu 9/10-HOU (Javier)
10	Troy Melton	DET	Mon 9/7-MIN (Prielipp)	Sun 9/13-COL (Hughes)
11	Cam Schlittler	NYY	Wed 9/9-COL (Sugano)
12	Max Fried	NYY	Thu 9/10-COL (Feltner)
13	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	Wed 9/9-HOU (Brown)
14	Landen Roupp	SF	Mon 9/7-STL (McGreevy)	Sun 9/13-SD (King)
15	David Peterson	CHC	Mon 9/7-@MIL (Gasser)	Sun 9/13-PIT (Chandler)
16	Logan Gilbert	SEA	Thu 9/10-TEX (Rocker)
17	Nick Pivetta	SD	Fri 9/11-@SF (Molina)
18	Bubba Chandler	PIT	Tue 9/8-@CWS (Martin)	Sun 9/13-@CHC (Peterson)
19	Chris Sale	ATL	Thu 9/10-TB (McClanahan)
20	Michael McGreevy	STL	Mon 9/7-@SF (Roupp)	Sun 9/13-CWS (Martin)
21	Andrew Painter	PHI	Tue 9/8-HOU (Wesneski)	Sun 9/13-@ATL (Elder)
22	Blake Snell	LAD	Fri 9/11-@MIA (Gusto)
23	Davis Martin	CWS	Tue 9/8-PIT (Chandler)	Sun 9/13-@STL (McGreevy)
24	Ian Seymour	TB	Sun 9/13-HOU (Wesneski)
25	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	Tue 9/8-CHC (Gausman)
26	Drew Rasmussen	TB	Sat 9/12-HOU (Lambert)
27	Tyler Glasnow	LAD	Sat 9/12-@MIA (Phillips)
28	Joey Cantillo	CLE	Mon 9/7-@BAL (Rogers)	Sun 9/13-@MIN (Ober)
29	Chase Burns	CIN	Mon 9/7-@LAD (Wrobleski)	Sun 9/13-@MIL (Harrison)
30	Nolan McLean	NYM	Fri 9/11-@NYY (Rodon)
31	Paul Skenes	PIT	Sat 9/12-@CHC (Boyd)
32	Parker Messick	CLE	Fri 9/11-@MIN (Matthews)
33	Gabriel Hughes	COL	Tue 9/8-@NYY (Cole)	Sun 9/13-@DET (Melton)
34	Quinn Mathews	STL	Tue 9/8-@SF (Tidwell)
35	Noah Cameron	KC	Mon 9/7-ARI (Cabrera)	Sun 9/13-@BOS (Sandoval)
36	Robbie Ray	SD	Sat 9/12-@SF (Webb)
37	Michael King	SD	Sun 9/13-@SF (Roupp)
38	Hunter Brown	HOU	Wed 9/9-@PHI (Sanchez)
39	Logan Henderson	MIL	Wed 9/9-CHC (Imanaga)
40	Peter Lambert	HOU	Sat 9/12-@TB (Rasmussen)
41	Bryce Miller	SEA	Tue 9/8-TEX (Bradford)	Sun 9/13-@ATH (Lopez)
42	Jacob deGrom	TEX	Fri 9/11-@ARI (Kelly)
43	Jonah Tong	NYM	Tue 9/8-@MIA (Alcantara)
44	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	Mon 9/7-CIN (Burns)
45	Carlos Rodon	NYY	Fri 9/11-NYM (McLean)
46	Sean Manaea	NYM	Mon 9/7-@MIA (Perez)
47	Kade Anderson	SEA	Wed 9/9-TEX (Quantrill)
48	Foster Griffin	CLE	Wed 9/9-@BAL (Baz)
49	Zac Thornton	NYM	Sat 9/12-@NYY (Rodriguez)
50	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	Sun 9/13-@MIA (Perez)
51	Matthew Boyd	CHC	Sat 9/12-PIT (Skenes)
52	Nick Martinez	TB	Fri 9/11-HOU (Pecko)
53	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	Tue 9/8-NYM (Tong)
54	Elmer Rodriguez	NYY	Sat 9/12-NYM (Thornton)
55	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	Fri 9/11-@CHC (Holmes)
56	Christian Scott	NYM	Sun 9/13-@NYY (Cole)
57	Will Dion	WSH	Mon 9/7-@SD (Vasquez)	Sun 9/13-LAA (Rodriguez)
58	Anthony Kay	CWS	Fri 9/11-@STL (Leahy)
59	Sean Burke	CWS	Sat 9/12-@STL (Liberatore)
60	Bryce Elder	ATL	Mon 9/7-@PHI (Luzardo)	Sun 9/13-PHI (Painter)
61	Tanner Bibee	CLE	Tue 9/8-@BAL (Young)
62	Framber Valdez	DET	Fri 9/11-COL (Freeland)
63	Logan Webb	SF	Sat 9/12-SD (Ray)
64	Jacob Lopez	ATH	Mon 9/7-TOR (Cease)	Sun 9/13-SEA (Miller)
65	Blade Tidwell	SF	Tue 9/8-STL (Mathews)
66	Jackson Kent	WSH	Wed 9/9-@SD (Buehler)
67	Clay Holmes	CHC	Fri 9/11-PIT (Ashcraft)
68	Casey Mize	SD	Tue 9/8-WSH (Irvin)
69	Kevin Gausman	CHC	Tue 9/8-@MIL (Misiorowski)
70	Payton Tolle	BOS	Sat 9/12-KC (Dobnak)
71	Taj Bradley	MIN	Sat 9/12-CLE (Williams)
72	Kyle Bradish	BAL	Sat 9/12-@TOR (Arrighetti)
73	Shane Drohan	MIL	Fri 9/11-CIN (Abbott)
74	Merrill Kelly	ARI	Fri 9/11-TEX (deGrom)
75	Dean Kremer	MIN	Tue 9/8-@DET (Anderson)
76	Andrew Alvarez	WSH	Sat 9/12-LAA (Urena)
77	Grayson Rodriguez	LAA	Mon 9/7-@BOS (Sandoval)	Sun 9/13-@WSH (Dion)
78	Patrick Sandoval	BOS	Mon 9/7-LAA (Rodriguez)	Sun 9/13-KC (Cameron)
79	Gavin Williams	CLE	Sat 9/12-@MIN (Bradley)
80	Max Scherzer	TOR	Fri 9/11-BAL (Bassitt)
81	Jake Irvin	WSH	Tue 9/8-@SD (Mize)
82	Luis Castillo	CWS	Wed 9/9-PIT (Mlodzinski)
83	Cal Quantrill	TEX	Wed 9/9-@SEA (Anderson)
84	Cade Cavalli	WSH	Fri 9/11-LAA (Kikuchi)
85	Cody Bradford	TEX	Tue 9/8-@SEA (Miller)	Sun 9/13-@ARI (Rodriguez)
86	Chris Bassitt	BAL	Fri 9/11-@TOR (Scherzer)
87	Andre Pallante	STL	Wed 9/9-@SF (Wilkinson)
88	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	Sat 9/12-TEX (Gore)
89	Shane Baz	BAL	Wed 9/9-CLE (Griffin)
90	Kyle Harrison	MIL	Sun 9/13-CIN (Burns)
91	Joe Ryan	MIN	Wed 9/9-@DET (Montero)
92	Jared Jones	PIT	Thu 9/10-@CWS (Fedde)
93	Walbert Urena	LAA	Sat 9/12-@WSH (Alvarez)
94	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	Sat 9/12-@ARI (Pfaadt)
95	Reid Detmers	LAA	Tue 9/8-@BOS (Bennett)
96	Ranger Suarez	BOS	Wed 9/9-LAA (Johnson)
97	Spencer Arrighetti	TOR	Sat 9/12-BAL (Bradish)
98	Freddy Peralta	TB	Tue 9/8-@ATL (Holmes)
99	Keider Montero	DET	Wed 9/9-MIN (Ryan)
100	Randy Vasquez	SD	Mon 9/7-WSH (Dion)
101	Walker Buehler	SD	Wed 9/9-WSH (Kent)
102	Janson Junk	MIA	Wed 9/9-NYM (Hagenman)
103	Jake Bennett	BOS	Tue 9/8-LAA (Detmers)
104	Matthew Liberatore	STL	Sat 9/12-CWS (Burke)
105	Shota Imanaga	CHC	Wed 9/9-@MIL (Henderson)
106	Sonny Gray	BOS	Fri 9/11-KC (Lugo)
107	Ethan Pecko	HOU	Fri 9/11-@TB (Martinez)
108	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	Sun 9/13-TEX (Bradford)
109	Bryan Woo	SEA	Sat 9/12-@ATH (Jump)
110	Nick Lodolo	CIN	Tue 9/8-@LAD (Yamamoto)
111	Jackson Jobe	DET	Sat 9/12-COL (Gordon)
112	Kumar Rocker	TEX	Thu 9/10-@SEA (Gilbert)
113	Yusei Kikuchi	LAA	Fri 9/11-@WSH (Cavalli)
114	Bailey Ober	MIN	Sun 9/13-CLE (Cantillo)
115	Zebby Matthews	MIN	Fri 9/11-CLE (Messick)
116	Erick Fedde	CWS	Thu 9/10-PIT (Jones)
117	Martin Perez	ATL	Fri 9/11-PHI (Nola)
118	Aaron Nola	PHI	Fri 9/11-@ATL (Perez)
119	Andrew Abbott	CIN	Fri 9/11-@MIL (Drohan)
120	Drew Anderson	DET	Tue 9/8-MIN (Kremer)
121	Brandon Young	BAL	Tue 9/8-CLE (Bibee)
122	Michael Wacha	KC	Tue 9/8-ARI (Burnes)
123	Tyler Mahle	ATL	Sat 9/12-PHI (Luzardo)
124	Brady Singer	CIN	Sat 9/12-@MIL (May)
125	Robert Gasser	MIL	Mon 9/7-CHC (Peterson)
126	Rhett Lowder	CIN	Wed 9/9-@LAD (Skubal)
127	Justin Hagenman	NYM	Wed 9/9-@MIA (Junk)
128	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	Wed 9/9-@NYY (Schlittler)
129	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	Wed 9/9-TB (Jax)
130	Anthony Molina	SF	Fri 9/11-SD (Pivetta)
131	Tyler Phillips	MIA	Sat 9/12-LAD (Glasnow)
132	Kyle Leahy	STL	Fri 9/11-CWS (Kay)
133	Ryan Gusto	MIA	Fri 9/11-LAD (Snell)
134	Kyle Freeland	COL	Fri 9/11-@DET (Valdez)
135	Corbin Burnes	ARI	Tue 9/8-@KC (Wacha)
136	Ryan Johnson	LAA	Wed 9/9-@BOS (Suarez)
137	Dustin May	MIL	Sat 9/12-CIN (Singer)
138	Shane McClanahan	TB	Thu 9/10-@ATL (Sale)
139	Ryan Feltner	COL	Thu 9/10-@NYY (Fried)
140	Connor Prielipp	MIN	Mon 9/7-@DET (Melton)
141	Matt Wilkinson	SF	Wed 9/9-STL (Pallante)
142	Cristian Javier	HOU	Thu 9/10-@PHI (Wheeler)
143	Tanner Gordon	COL	Sat 9/12-@DET (Jobe)
144	Seth Lugo	KC	Fri 9/11-@BOS (Gray)
145	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	Wed 9/9-@CWS (Castillo)
146	Grant Holmes	ATL	Tue 9/8-TB (Peralta)
147	Griffin Jax	TB	Wed 9/9-@ATL (Smith-Shawver)
148	Jose Soriano	TOR	Tue 9/8-@ATH (Perkins)
149	Daniel Lynch IV	KC	Wed 9/9-ARI (Gallen)
150	George Kirby	SEA	Fri 9/11-@ATH (Springs)
151	Randy Dobnak	KC	Sat 9/12-@BOS (Tolle)
152	Zac Gallen	ARI	Wed 9/9-@KC (Lynch)
153	Jameson Taillon	TOR	Wed 9/9-@ATH (TBD)
154	Gage Jump	ATH	Sat 9/12-SEA (Woo)
155	Jose Cabrera	ARI	Mon 9/7-@KC (Cameron)
156	Jack Perkins	ATH	Tue 9/8-TOR (Soriano)
157	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	Fri 9/11-SEA (Kirby)

Hitter ratings

Week 23: Sept. 7-13

Overall		LHB		RHB		SB
Mariners	10.0	Red Sox	10.0	Mariners	10.0	Phillies	9.8
Blue Jays	8.1	Tigers	9.4	Phillies	9.5	Dodgers	9.7
Red Sox	7.3	Yankees	8.2	Pirates	7.8	White Sox	9.7
Padres	7.2	Dodgers	8.0	Braves	7.5	Rays	9.6
Tigers	7.1	Blue Jays	7.9	Blue Jays	6.9	Padres	9.3
Pirates	6.8	Padres	7.9	Brewers	6.8	Braves	7.9
Brewers	6.6	Mariners	7.7	Padres	6.8	Cardinals	7.8
White Sox	6.5	Nationals	7.4	Diamondbacks	6.5	Mets	7.6
Phillies	6.4	White Sox	6.8	Angels	6.4	Marlins	7.1
Dodgers	6.4	Guardians	6.7	White Sox	6.1	Blue Jays	7.0