Latest fantasy baseball forecaster espn 2026 mlb starting pitcher hitter ranks week 24 sept 14 20

Tristan H. CockcroftSep 11, 2026, 04:14 PM ET
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If you've made it this far, congratulations! You've either advanced to the championship round in ESPN head-to-head leagues, or you're still in contention in your categories or total points league.

Fantasy baseball's Week 24 is the penultimate week in the 2026 MLB regular (and fantasy) season, and it represents the first of the two-week championship round in standard head-to-head leagues. The two teams that won the two-week, Aug. 31-Sept. 13 semifinal matchups will now square off from Sept. 14-27.

We're certain to see our first significant postseason berths clinched -- putting aside, for a moment, that the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers are virtual locks to assure themselves of (at the very least) playoff berths during the Sept. 11-13 weekend -- as several teams are within reach during the upcoming week. The Brewers (magic number of 5) and Los Angeles Dodgers (6) can clinch their respective divisions, and the New York Yankees (4), Dodgers (5), Atlanta Braves (8) and Boston Red Sox (9) can clinch wild-card spots -- all of which seems likely to occur during Week 24.

From a player motivation standpoint, fantasy managers should prefer players from games with something on the line, and it's not uncommon for a team clinching some type of postseason berth or seeding to rest veteran players afterward, often in the game immediately following that happening.

Lineup lock times

Week 24

Date	Total games	First game time	Day games
Monday, Sept. 14	10	6:40 PM	0
Tuesday, Sept. 15	15	6:40 PM	0
Wednesday, Sept. 16	15	1:10 PM	4
Thursday, Sept. 17	9	12:35 PM	4
Friday, Sept. 18	15	6:40 PM	0
Saturday, Sept. 19	15	4:05 PM	3
Sunday, Sept. 20	15	1:10 PM	14

Scheduling quirks

Week 24: Teams with the most games

Total		Home		vs. LHSP		vs. RHSP
9 tied with	7	Reds	7	Reds	5	Diamondbacks	6
		Rockies	7	Rays	5	Tigers	6
		Angels	7	6 tied with	3	Marlins	6
		Mets	7			Padres	6
		7 tied with	6			7 tied with	5

Starting pitcher ranks

Week 24: Sept. 14-20

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

Hitter ratings

Week 24: Sept. 14-20

Overall		LHB		RHB		SB
Padres	10.0	Padres	9.9	Padres	9.5	Royals	10.0
Dodgers	8.6	Dodgers	9.1	Rockies	8.6	Padres	8.8
Rockies	8.1	Tigers	8.2	Guardians	8.3	Tigers	8.6
Tigers	8.0	Yankees	7.9	Dodgers	8.1	Giants	8.1
Mariners	7.7	Mariners	7.7	Mariners	7.5	Guardians	7.6
Guardians	7.5	Angels	7.5	Tigers	7.5	Cardinals	7.5
Blue Jays	7.1	Rockies	7.4	White Sox	7.3	Cubs	7.0
Yankees	6.4	Blue Jays	7.3	Blue Jays	6.8	Mariners	6.8
White Sox	6.3	Cubs	6.9	Red Sox	6.8	Reds	6.8
Angels	6.2	Rays	6.5	Athletics	6.4	Brewers	6.7