Fantasy Baseball Forecaster Week 9: May 25-31

Tristan H. CockcroftMay 23, 2026, 12:00 AM
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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	Orioles	3	7 tied with	6
		Pirates	7	Reds	3
		Rangers	7	Yankees	3
		4 tied with	6	Padres	3
				Giants	3

Starting pitcher ranks

Week 9: May 25-31

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

Hitter ratings

Week 9: May 25-31

Overall		LHB		RHB		SB
Giants	10.0	Giants	10.0	Giants	9.8	Orioles	10.0
Twins	8.7	Rangers	10.0	Mariners	9.1	Twins	10.0
Tigers	7.2	Twins	9.5	Yankees	8.9	Pirates	10.0
Mariners	7.1	Brewers	9.3	Twins	8.8	Blue Jays	10.0
Rays	6.8	Cubs	9.0	Tigers	8.4	Diamondbacks	9.1
White Sox	6.8	Pirates	8.8	Rays	7.2	White Sox	8.7
Pirates	6.7	Blue Jays	8.6	Dodgers	6.9	Tigers	8.6
Blue Jays	6.6	White Sox	8.6	Orioles	6.7	Mets	8.4
Rangers	6.6	Braves	8.4	Blue Jays	6.4	Reds	7.1
Yankees	6.6	Royals	7.2	White Sox	6.3	Red Sox	7.0