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Forecaster Playoff Round 2, Week 2: Sept. 21-27

ESPN Monday 21 September 2026, 15:32 UTC By Tristan H. Cockcroft 8 min read
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The final week of the 2026 fantasy baseball season has arrived. If you've made it this far, congratulations! The final seven days should be a wild race to the finish line, both in the real game and in our own leagues.

This is it! The final week of the 2026 fantasy baseball season has arrived. If you've made it this far, congratulations! The final seven days should be a wild race to the finish line, both in the real game and in our own leagues. Week 25 is one of the more balanced weeks on the schedule, with one exception: The Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees begin their week-opening series with a Tuesday doubleheader at Yankee Stadium. One of those games makes up their May 23 postponement. The extra game gives both teams a seven-game final week. All of the other 28 teams play exactly six games -- and 14 of those 28 split those six games evenly between home and the road. This is a "quality over quantity" week when it comes to matchups analysis. Additionally, most teams begin their weeks on Tuesday, as there are only three games scheduled for Monday. Remember that MLB schedules all games on its final day, Sunday, Sept. 27, to start within a 15 minute window of one another (between 3:05 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. ET). This is by design to try and heighten the drama of real-life playoff races, but it also creates many mad, 3-4 hour dashes to the finish line in fantasy baseball leagues. Get your popcorn -- I mean, your peanuts and Cracker Jack -- ready! Lineup lock times Week 25 Date Total games First game time Day games Monday, Sept. 21 3 6:35 PM 0 Tuesday, Sept. 22 16 1:05 PM 1 Wednesday, Sept. 23 15 1:10 PM 2 Thursday, Sept. 24 12 12:35 PM 5 Friday, Sept. 25 15 6:40 PM 0 Saturday, Sept. 26 15 1:10 PM 6 Sunday, Sept. 27 15 3:05 PM 15 Scheduling quirks Week 25: Teams with the most games Total Home vs. LHSP vs. RHSP Yankees 7 Yankees 7 Red Sox 5 7 tied with 5 Rays 7 7 tied with 6 Guardians 4 28 tied with 6 Mets 4 5 tied with 3 Starting pitcher ranks Week 25: Sept. 21-27 Rk Pitcher Team 1st Start 2nd Start 1 SEA Tue 9/22-HOU (Javier) Sun 9/27-LAA (Kikuchi) 2 PHI Tue 9/22-MIL (May) Sun 9/27-TB (Martinez) 3 NYY Tue 9/22-TBGm. 1 (Martinez) Sun 9/27-BAL (Baz) 4 SD Tue 9/22-@LAD (TBD) Sun 9/27-ARI (Soroka) 5 ATL Tue 9/22-CIN (Williamson) Sun 9/27-@MIA (Junk) 6 SEA Thu 9/24-LAA (Rodriguez) 7 PHI Sat 9/26-TB (Jax) 8 LAD Sat 9/26-@SF (Wilkinson) 9 PIT Tue 9/22-STL (Pallante) Sun 9/27-@DET (Melton) 10 CLE Tue 9/22-@BOS (Tolle) Sun 9/27-@KC (Lynch) 11 LAD Wed 9/23-SD (Ray) 12 LAD Fri 9/25-@SF (Marte) 13 SF Mon 9/21-MIN (Matthews) Sun 9/27-LAD (Sheehan) 14 TOR Mon 9/21-@BAL (Baz) Sun 9/27-CIN (Williamson) 15 BAL Mon 9/21-TOR (Yesavage) Sun 9/27-@NYY (Rodon) 16 MIN Mon 9/21-@SF (Tidwell) Sun 9/27-TEX (Gore) 17 ATL Wed 9/23-CIN (Abbott) 18 NYY Thu 9/24-TB (Seymour) 19 TB Tue 9/22-@NYYGm. 1 (Rodon) Sun 9/27-@PHI (Wheeler) 20 LAA Fri 9/25-@SEA (Miller) 21 MIL Sat 9/26-STL (Mathews) 22 TOR Fri 9/25-CIN (Lodolo) 23 CWS Tue 9/22-@KC (Lynch) Sun 9/27-COL (Freeland) 24 BAL Fri 9/25-@NYY (Warren) 25 PIT Thu 9/24-STL (Leahy) 26 MIN Tue 9/22-@SF (Molina) 27 NYY Tue 9/22-TBGm. 2 (Rasmussen) 28 SEA Sat 9/26-LAA (Johnson) 29 TEX Sat 9/26-@MIN (Kremer) 30 TB Tue 9/22-@NYYGm. 2 (Fried) 31 LAD Sun 9/27-@SF (Tidwell) 32 MIL Wed 9/23-@PHI (Nola) 33 NYM Wed 9/23-@TEX (Bradford) 34 TEX Tue 9/22-NYM (Manaea) Sun 9/27-@MIN (Matthews) 35 SEA Wed 9/23-HOU (Pecko) 36 CHC Tue 9/22-MIA (Junk) 37 TOR Sat 9/26-CIN (Lowder) 38 CHC Wed 9/23-MIA (Gusto) 39 MIN Fri 9/25-TEX (Montgomery) 40 MIA Tue 9/22-@CHC (Imanaga) Sun 9/27-ATL (Ritchie) 41 ARI Tue 9/22-@COL (Freeland) Sun 9/27-@SD (King) 42 TB Thu 9/24-@NYY (Schlittler) 43 NYY Fri 9/25-BAL (Rogers) 44 SD Thu 9/24-@LAD (Snell) 45 SEA Fri 9/25-LAA (Detmers) 46 MIL Tue 9/22-@PHI (Wheeler) Sun 9/27-STL (Pallante) 47 BAL Sat 9/26-@NYY (TBD) 48 TB Fri 9/25-@PHI (Painter) 49 NYY Wed 9/23-TB (Matz) 50 STL Tue 9/22-@PIT (Jones) Sun 9/27-@MIL (May) 51 NYM Sat 9/26-@WSH (Early) 52 LAA Sat 9/26-@SEA (Anderson) 53 ARI Fri 9/25-@SD (Mize) 54 MIA Sat 9/26-ATL (Perez) 55 LAD Thu 9/24-SD (Pivetta) 56 CLE Sat 9/26-@KC (Wacha) 57 MIA Fri 9/25-ATL (Holmes) 58 NYM Tue 9/22-@TEX (Gore) Sun 9/27-@WSH (Irvin) 59 WSH Sat 9/26-NYM (Tong) 60 WSH Wed 9/23-@DET (Valdez) 61 WSH Fri 9/25-NYM (Scott) 62 DET Wed 9/23-WSH (Cavalli) 63 CHC Thu 9/24-MIA (Phillips) 64 PHI Wed 9/23-MIL (Henderson) 65 MIL Fri 9/25-STL (McGreevy) 66 CWS Fri 9/25-COL (Quintana) 67 ATL Thu 9/24-CIN (Singer) 68 SD Wed 9/23-@LAD (Yamamoto) 69 NYM Fri 9/25-@WSH (Alvarez) 70 CIN Fri 9/25-@TOR (Cease) 71 ATL Sat 9/26-@MIA (Alcantara) 72 CIN Tue 9/22-@ATL (Ritchie) Sun 9/27-@TOR (Yesavage) 73 KC Tue 9/22-CWS (Kay) Sun 9/27-CLE (Messick) 74 LAA Tue 9/22-@ATH (Basso) Sun 9/27-@SEA (Gilbert) 75 MIN Sat 9/26-TEX (deGrom) 76 STL Sat 9/26-@MIL (Misiorowski) 77 SD Fri 9/25-ARI (Pfaadt) 78 DET Tue 9/22-WSH (Kent) 79 BOS Tue 9/22-CLE (Messick) 80 BOS Thu 9/24-CLE (Cantillo) 81 DET Fri 9/25-PIT (Chandler) 82 BOS Wed 9/23-CLE (Griffin) 83 KC Sat 9/26-CLE (Williams) 84 PIT Fri 9/25-@DET (Jobe) 85 DET Sun 9/27-PIT (Jones) 86 ARI Sat 9/26-@SD (Buehler) 87 CWS Sat 9/26-COL (Sugano) 88 HOU Tue 9/22-@SEA (Gilbert) Sun 9/27-@ATH (Basso) 89 HOU Sat 9/26-@ATH (Perkins) 90 KC Fri 9/25-CLE (Bibee) 91 TOR Tue 9/22-@BAL (Bassitt) 92 BAL Tue 9/22-TOR (Scherzer) 93 MIL Thu 9/24-@PHI (Urquidy) 94 NYM Thu 9/24-@TEX (Rocker) 95 PHI Fri 9/25-TB (Peralta) 96 MIN Wed 9/23-@SF (Perdomo) 97 DET Sat 9/26-PIT (Kelly) 98 ATL Fri 9/25-@MIA (Perez) 99 SD Sat 9/26-ARI (Burnes) 100 COL Fri 9/25-@CWS (Burke) 101 STL Fri 9/25-@MIL (Gasser) 102 COL Sat 9/26-@CWS (Martin) 103 SF Tue 9/22-MIN (Bradley) 104 SF Wed 9/23-MIN (Prielipp) 105 HOU Wed 9/23-@SEA (Kirby) 106 CHC Fri 9/25-@BOS (Bennett) 107 LAA Thu 9/24-@SEA (Woo) 108 TB Sat 9/26-@PHI (Sanchez) 109 MIA Wed 9/23-@CHC (Gausman) 110 TB Wed 9/23-@NYY (Cole) 111 CLE Fri 9/25-@KC (Cameron) 112 DET Mon 9/21-WSH (Herz) 113 WSH Tue 9/22-@DET (Anderson) 114 STL Wed 9/23-@PIT (Curtis) 115 PHI Thu 9/24-MIL (Harrison) 116 PIT Wed 9/23-STL (Liberatore) 117 BOS Fri 9/25-CHC (Boyd) 118 BOS Sat 9/26-CHC (Peterson) 119 CIN Wed 9/23-@ATL (Sale) 120 CHC Sat 9/26-@BOS (Bello) 121 CLE Wed 9/23-@BOS (Gray) 122 WSH Sun 9/27-NYM (Manaea) 123 LAA Wed 9/23-@ATH (Springs) 124 HOU Thu 9/24-@ATH (Barnett) 125 CWS Thu 9/24-@KC (Dobnak) 126 PIT Sat 9/26-@DET (Verlander) 127 MIA Thu 9/24-@CHC (Holmes) 128 SF Fri 9/25-LAD (Glasnow) 129 SF Sat 9/26-LAD (Skubal) 130 KC Wed 9/23-CWS (Fedde) 131 CIN Thu 9/24-@ATL (Mahle) 132 CIN Sat 9/26-@TOR (Soriano) 133 TEX Thu 9/24-NYM (Thornton) 134 TEX Fri 9/25-@MIN (Ryan) 135 CLE Thu 9/24-@BOS (Suarez) 136 STL Thu 9/24-@PIT (Skenes) 137 BOS Sun 9/27-CHC (TBD) 138 KC Thu 9/24-CWS (Sandlin) 139 CWS Wed 9/23-@KC (Lugo) 140 HOU Fri 9/25-@ATH (Lopez) 141 COL Tue 9/22-ARI (Soroka) Sun 9/27-@CWS (Kay) 142 TEX Wed 9/23-NYM (McLean) 143 WSH Mon 9/21-@DET (Ryan) 144 ATH Sat 9/26-HOU (Brown) 145 ATH Fri 9/25-HOU (Wesneski) 146 ATH Tue 9/22-LAA (Kikuchi) Sun 9/27-HOU (Javier) 147 ATH Wed 9/23-LAA (Urena) 148 ARI Wed 9/23-@COL (Adams) 149 ATH Thu 9/24-HOU (Lambert) 150 ARI Thu 9/24-@COL (Feltner) 151 COL Wed 9/23-ARI (Kelly) 152 COL Thu 9/24-ARI (Rodriguez) Hitter ratings Week 25: Sept. 21-27 Overall LHB RHB SB White Sox 10.0 White Sox 10.0 Diamondbacks 8.9 Athletics 10.0 Diamondbacks 9.0 Blue Jays 10.0 Red Sox 8.9 Tigers 10.0 Astros 8.5 Braves 8.8 Astros 8.7 Mariners 10.0 Rockies 8.5 Diamondbacks 8.6 White Sox 8.6 Yankees 9.9 Blue Jays 8.5 Astros 7.9 Rockies 8.6 Dodgers 9.3 Braves 8.1 Rangers 7.9 Mets 7.4 Braves 8.9 Mets 7.6 Rockies 7.5 Pirates 7.2 Giants 7.7 Red Sox 7.0 Mets 7.3 Braves 7.2 Diamondbacks 7.4 Pirates 6.5 Cubs 6.8 Blue Jays 7.1 Astros 7.4 Twins 6.3 Tigers 6.1 Royals 6.9 Cubs 6.9
The Tampa Bay Rays (ORG) New York Yankees (LOCATION) Yankee Stadium (LOCATION) MLB (ORG) Cracker Jack (PERSON) LHSP (ORG) RHSP Yankees 7 Yankees 7 Red Sox 5 7 (ORG) Mets (ORG) Rk Pitcher Team (ORG) Javier) Sun (PERSON) Kikuchi (PERSON) Martinez (PERSON) NYY (ORG) Baz) 4 (ORG) Williamson (PERSON)
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