Fantasy Baseball Forecaster for Week 4: April 20-26

Tristan H. CockcroftApr 17, 2026, 09:30 AM ET
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Fantasy baseball's Week 4 gets off to an unusually early start, as it begins with the annual Patriots' Day Boston Red Sox game, scheduled for an 11:10 a.m. ET first pitch. This year's game features the finale of a four-game, weekend-wraparound series against the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park. Fantasy managers must make sure to get their lineups set for all Red Sox and Tigers in advance, as well as to get all of their moves in for the day (or week) before that time.

Lineup lock times

Week 4

Date	Total games	First game time	Day games
Monday, April 20	10	11:10 AM	1
Tuesday, April 21	15	6:10 PM	0
Wednesday, April 22	15	12:10 PM	6
Thursday, April 23	9	1:05 PM	6
Friday, April 24	14	6:40 PM	0
Saturday, April 25	15	2:15 PM	7
Sunday, April 26	15	1:35 PM	14

Scheduling quirks

Week 4: Teams with the most games

Total		Home		vs. LHSP		vs. RHSP
8 tied with	7	Royals	6	Orioles	3	Braves	6
		Mets	6	Cubs	3	Giants	6
		Giants	6	Angels	3	Cardinals	6
		Rays	6	Yankees	3	15 tied with	5
		Rangers	6	Nationals	3
		Diamondbacks	5	10 tied with	2

Starting pitcher ranks

Week 4: April 20-26

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

Hitter ratings

Week 4: April 20-26

Overall		LHB		RHB		SB
Padres	10.0	Guardians	10.0	Padres	10.0	Phillies	10.0
Royals	8.7	Yankees	10.0	Dodgers	8.6	Giants	10.0
Yankees	8.7	Royals	9.0	Royals	8.0	Nationals	10.0
Rangers	7.9	Padres	8.5	Yankees	7.5	Cardinals	9.5
Guardians	7.4	Blue Jays	7.5	Braves	7.4	Athletics	9.3
Dodgers	7.0	Rangers	7.4	Rangers	7.4	Mariners	8.5
Braves	6.9	Tigers	7.4	Rockies	6.9	Mets	7.7
Blue Jays	6.9	Pirates	7.2	Blue Jays	6.5	Pirates	7.5
White Sox	6.6	White Sox	7.0	Marlins	6.3	Twins	7.0
Marlins	6.2	Athletics	6.8	White Sox	6.1	White Sox	6.8