After an eventful past seven days for MLB -- a Monday morning game, games in Mexico, etc. -- fantasy baseball 's Week 5 returns to more standard-fare scheduling. All 30 teams are scheduled for at least six games and the week kicks off at 6:10 p.m. ET, giving us a maximum amount of time to set our weekly (and daily) lineups.
Jose Soriano of the Los Angeles Angels continues his sizzling start with a Tuesday road assignment against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field. Soriano, the first modern-era pitcher to allow no more than one run across his first six starts of a season. His 0.24 ERA is the lowest through six starts (minimum 30 innings) since earned runs became official in both leagues in 1913.
Lineup lock times Week 5 Date
Total games
First game time
Day games
Monday, April 27
8
6:10 PM
0
Tuesday, April 28
15
6:10 PM
0
Wednesday, April 29
15
1:10 PM
7
Thursday, April 30
9
12:15 PM
8
Friday, May 1
15
2:20 PM
1
Saturday, May 2
15
1:35 PM
8
Sunday, May 3
15
12:45 PM
14
Scheduling quirks Week 5: Teams with the most games
Total
Home
vs. LHSP
vs. RHSP
Twins
7
Twins
7
Athletics
4
Pirates
7
Pirates
7
Pirates
7
Giants
4
Cubs
6
Cardinals
7
Athletics
6
7 tied with
3
Twins
6
Blue Jays
7
Padres
6
Phillies
6
26 tied with
6
22 tied with
3
Cardinals
6
11 tied with
5
Starting pitcher ranks Week 5: April 27-May 3 Rk
Pitcher
Team
1st Start
2nd Start
1
PHI
Tue 4/28-SF (Mahle)
Sun 5/3-@MIA (Paddack)
2
NYY
Mon 4/27-@TEX (Leiter)
Sun 5/3-BAL (Baz)
3
MIN
Tue 4/28-SEA (Gilbert)
Sun 5/3-TOR (Lauer)
4
KC
Tue 4/28-@ATH (Lopez)
Sun 5/3-@SEA (Castillo)
5
CHC
Mon 4/27-@SD (Vasquez)
Sun 5/3-ARI (Kelly)
6
CLE
Mon 4/27-TB (Matz)
Sun 5/3-@ATH (Lopez)
7
PHI
Fri 5/1-@MIA (Perez)
8
CWS
Mon 4/27-LAA (Kochanowicz)
Sun 5/3-@SD (Vasquez)
9
SEA
Mon 4/27-@MIN (Prielipp)
Sun 5/3-KC (Bubic)
10
LAD
Wed 4/29-MIA (Alcantara)
11
NYM
Tue 4/28-WSH (Littell)
Sun 5/3-@LAA (Kochanowicz)
12
SEA
Fri 5/1-KC (Ragans)
13
CIN
Tue 4/28-COL (Sugano)
Sun 5/3-@PIT (Chandler)
14
NYM
Thu 4/30-WSH (Mikolas)
15
PIT
Wed 4/29-STL (Pallante)
16
LAD
Mon 4/27-MIA (Paddack)
17
BOS
Mon 4/27-@TOR (Corbin)
Sun 5/3-HOU (Weiss)
18
PIT
Mon 4/27-STL (May)
Sat 5/2-CIN (Lowder)
19
BAL
Tue 4/28-HOU (Weiss)
Sun 5/3-@NYY (Fried)
20
ATH
Tue 4/28-KC (Bubic)
Sun 5/3-CLE (Messick)
21
SD
Mon 4/27-CHC (Boyd)
Sun 5/3-CWS (Kay)
22
PHI
Wed 4/29-SF (Webb)
23
WSH
Tue 4/28-@NYM (Holmes)
Sun 5/3-MIL (Patrick)
24
ARI
Tue 4/28-@MIL (Patrick)
Sun 5/3-@CHC (Boyd)
25
DET
Wed 4/29-@ATL (Holmes)
26
MIL
Tue 4/28-ARI (Kelly)
Sun 5/3-@WSH (Littell)
27
SD
Sat 5/2-CWS (Burke)
28
KC
Sat 5/2-@SEA (Hancock)
29
NYM
Sat 5/2-@LAA (Detmers)
30
PIT
Tue 4/28-STL (Leahy)
Sun 5/3-CIN (Burns)
31
LAD
Tue 4/28-MIA (Junk)
32
SEA
Tue 4/28-@MIN (Ryan)
33
TOR
Fri 5/1-@MIN (Woods Richardson)
34
SF
Tue 4/28-@PHI (Luzardo)
Sun 5/3-@TB (Matz)
35
CHC
Sat 5/2-ARI (Nelson)
36
CHC
Tue 4/28-@SD (Buehler)
37
TOR
Thu 4/30-@MIN (Ober)
38
SEA
Wed 4/29-@MIN (Bradley)
39
SF
Fri 5/1-@TB (McClanahan)
40
SF
Wed 4/29-@PHI (Sanchez)
41
TEX
Mon 4/27-NYY (Fried)
Sun 5/3-@DET (Mize)
42
MIA
Mon 4/27-@LAD (Yamamoto)
Sun 5/3-PHI (Luzardo)
43
LAA
Tue 4/28-@CWS (Martin)
44
NYY
Tue 4/28-@TEX (deGrom)
45
MIL
Thu 4/30-ARI (Soroka)
46
CHC
Wed 4/29-@SD (Waldron)
47
LAA
Wed 4/29-@CWS (Fedde)
48
TB
Mon 4/27-@CLE (Messick)
Sun 5/3-SF (Mahle)
49
PHI
Sat 5/2-@MIA (Meyer)
50
DET
Tue 4/28-@ATL (Lopez)
Sun 5/3-TEX (Leiter)
51
NYY
Sat 5/2-BAL (Bradish)
52
STL
Mon 4/27-@PIT (Ashcraft)
Sun 5/3-LAD (Wrobleski)
53
MIL
Fri 5/1-@WSH (Irvin)
54
TEX
Tue 4/28-NYY (Schlittler)
55
DET
Thu 4/30-@ATL (Elder)
56
TB
Wed 4/29-@CLE (Williams)
57
NYY
Fri 5/1-BAL (Rogers)
58
CWS
Tue 4/28-LAA (Soriano)
59
MIA
Fri 5/1-PHI (Wheeler)
60
TEX
Wed 4/29-NYY (Warren)
61
PIT
Thu 4/30-STL (Dobbins)
62
BAL
Sat 5/2-@NYY (Gil)
63
DET
Fri 5/1-TEX (Gore)
64
LAD
Fri 5/1-@STL (Liberatore)
65
NYM
Wed 4/29-WSH (Cavalli)
66
CLE
Tue 4/28-TB (Martinez)
67
CIN
Wed 4/29-COL (Freeland)
68
BOS
Fri 5/1-HOU (Burrows)
69
TOR
Mon 4/27-BOS (Suarez)
70
CWS
Wed 4/29-LAA (Kikuchi)
71
MIA
Wed 4/29-@LAD (Glasnow)
72
SD
Wed 4/29-CHC (Taillon)
73
WSH
Sat 5/2-MIL (Harrison)
74
MIN
Wed 4/29-SEA (Kirby)
75
CIN
Thu 4/30-COL (Feltner)
76
KC
Fri 5/1-@SEA (Woo)
77
MIN
Thu 4/30-TOR (Gausman)
78
SF
Sat 5/2-@TB (Scholtens)
79
ARI
Thu 4/30-@MIL (Woodruff)
80
BAL
Fri 5/1-@NYY (Weathers)
81
BOS
Wed 4/29-@TOR (Scherzer)
82
ATH
Fri 5/1-CLE (Cantillo)
83
BAL
Wed 4/29-HOU (Lambert)
84
CLE
Wed 4/29-TB (Rasmussen)
85
KC
Thu 4/30-@ATH (Severino)
86
KC
Wed 4/29-@ATH (Civale)
87
TOR
Tue 4/28-BOS (Tolle)
Sun 5/3-@MIN (Ryan)
88
ATH
Thu 4/30-KC (Cameron)
89
CHC
Fri 5/1-ARI (Gallen)
90
LAD
Sat 5/2-@STL (McGreevy)
91
WSH
Thu 4/30-@NYM (Peralta)
92
TB
Tue 4/28-@CLE (Bibee)
93
ARI
Fri 5/1-@CHC (Rea)
94
CIN
Fri 5/1-@PIT (Mlodzinski)
95
LAA
Mon 4/27-@CWS (Kay)
Sun 5/3-NYM (Holmes)
96
SF
Thu 4/30-@PHI (Painter)
97
TOR
Wed 4/29-BOS (Bello)
98
MIA
Sat 5/2-PHI (Nola)
99
CWS
Fri 5/1-@SD (Marquez)
100
SEA
Sat 5/2-KC (Lugo)
101
ATL
Fri 5/1-@COL (Lorenzen)
102
MIA
Tue 4/28-@LAD (Ohtani)
103
TEX
Fri 5/1-@DET (Flaherty)
104
STL
Sat 5/2-LAD (Sasaki)
105
CIN
Sat 5/2-@PIT (Ashcraft)
106
TEX
Sat 5/2-@DET (Montero)
107
CLE
Fri 5/1-@ATH (Springs)
108
ARI
Sat 5/2-@CHC (Imanaga)
109
ATL
Tue 4/28-DET (Mize)
Sun 5/3-@COL (Sugano)
110
ATL
Wed 4/29-DET (Skubal)
111
NYY
Wed 4/29-@TEX (Eovaldi)
112
CWS
Sat 5/2-@SD (King)
113
SD
Tue 4/28-CHC (Cabrera)
114
WSH
Wed 4/29-@NYM (Scott)
115
TB
Fri 5/1-SF (Ray)
116
HOU
Wed 4/29-@BAL (Bassitt)
117
DET
Sat 5/2-TEX (Rocker)
118
HOU
Sat 5/2-@BOS (Early)
119
ATH
Wed 4/29-KC (Wacha)
120
NYM
Fri 5/1-@LAA (Urena)
121
TOR
Sat 5/2-@MIN (Prielipp)
122
MIN
Fri 5/1-TOR (Cease)
123
WSH
Fri 5/1-MIL (Misiorowski)
124
LAD
Sun 5/3-@STL (May)
125
BOS
Tue 4/28-@TOR (Lauer)
126
HOU
Tue 4/28-@BAL (Baz)
Sun 5/3-@BOS (Suarez)
127
COL
Thu 4/30-@CIN (Abbott)
128
ARI
Wed 4/29-@MIL (Sproat)
129
ATH
Sat 5/2-CLE (Cecconi)
130
COL
Wed 4/29-@CIN (Lodolo)
131
SD
Fri 5/1-CWS (Schultz)
132
CLE
Sat 5/2-@ATH (Ginn)
133
MIL
Sat 5/2-@WSH (Griffin)
134
STL
Wed 4/29-@PIT (Skenes)
135
ATL
Thu 4/30-DET (Valdez)
136
MIN
Mon 4/27-SEA (Castillo)
Sat 5/2-TOR (Yesavage)
137
BAL
Thu 4/30-HOU (McCullers)
138
TB
Sat 5/2-SF (Roupp)
139
LAA
Sat 5/2-NYM (McLean)
140
MIL
Wed 4/29-ARI (Rodriguez)
141
STL
Thu 4/30-@PIT (Keller)
142
HOU
Thu 4/30-@BAL (Young)
143
STL
Fri 5/1-LAD (Sheehan)
144
BOS
Sat 5/2-HOU (Arrighetti)
145
STL
Tue 4/28-@PIT (Chandler)
146
HOU
Fri 5/1-@BOS (Crochet)
147
PIT
Fri 5/1-CIN (Singer)
148
PHI
Thu 4/30-SF (Houser)
149
LAA
Fri 5/1-NYM (Senga)
150
COL
Tue 4/28-@CIN (Burns)
Sun 5/3-ATL (Lopez)
151
ATL
Sat 5/2-@COL (Quintana)
152
COL
Sat 5/2-ATL (Strider)
153
COL
Fri 5/1-ATL (Sale)
Hitter ratings Week 5: April 27-May 3
Overall
LHB
RHB
SB
Mets
10.0
Tigers
10.0
Mets
10.0
Red Sox
10.0
Reds
8.9
Cardinals
10.0
Reds
8.8
Guardians
10.0
Tigers
8.7
Blue Jays
8.9
Braves
8.4
Rockies
10.0
Cardinals
8.0
Reds
8.2
Giants
8.2
Tigers
10.0
Blue Jays
7.4
Brewers
8.0
Guardians
7.1
Dodgers
10.0
Brewers
7.0
Yankees
7.5
Tigers
6.8
Twins
10.0
Red Sox
6.9
Rockies
7.4
Rays
6.2
Padres
10.0
Braves
6.8
Red Sox
7.2
Red Sox
6.1
Giants
10.0
Pirates
6.7
Pirates
7.1
Astros
6.1
Blue Jays
10.0
Giants
6.7
Mariners
6.9
Blue Jays
6.0
Phillies
8.9