Would you believe that we're nearly one-quarter of the way through the 2026 season? Believe it, as that point arrives at the conclusion of fantasy baseball 's Week 6. Assuming no postponements between now and then, 25% of this year's schedule will be in the books once 14 of the 15 games on Sunday, May 10 -- Mother's Day! -- are completed.
It's a notable stage of the season in that league standings are beginning to crystallize, and your teams' strengths and weaknesses should be readily apparent. As the coming week progresses, consider it a good time for some roster re-evaluation.
Week 6 is also one of the busier ones on the schedule, as 12 of the 30 teams are scheduled to play on all seven days, while all 30 are scheduled for at least six games. It's a week to prioritize quality over quantity of matchups.
Lineup lock times Week 6 Date
Total games
First game time
Day games
Monday, May 4
12
6:40 PM
0
Tuesday, May 5
15
6:40 PM
0
Wednesday, May 6
15
1:10 PM
7
Thursday, May 7
9
12:35 PM
5
Friday, May 8
15
6:10 PM
0
Saturday, May 9
15
3:07 PM
5
Sunday, May 10
15
12:15 PM
14
Scheduling quirks Week 6: Teams with the most games
Total
Home
vs. LHSP
vs. RHSP
12 tied with
7
Royals
7
Rays
5
Cardinals
7
Marlins
7
Tigers
4
Orioles
6
Diamondbacks
6
Red Sox
3
Cubs
6
Phillies
6
Guardians
3
Reds
6
Giants
6
Rockies
3
Giants
6
4 tied with
4
Marlins
3
Nationals
6
Starting pitcher ranks Week 6: May 4-10 Rk
Pitcher
Team
1st Start
2nd Start
1
PHI
Mon 5/4-@MIA (Junk)
Sat 5/9-COL (Freeland)
2
SEA
Mon 5/4-ATL (Ritchie)
Sun 5/10-@CWS (Martin)
3
PHI
Tue 5/5-ATH (Severino)
Sun 5/10-COL (Sugano)
4
NYY
Mon 5/4-BAL (TBD)
Sat 5/9-@MIL (Patrick)
5
DET
Mon 5/4-BOS (Tolle)
Sun 5/10-@KC (Cameron)
6
TEX
Tue 5/5-@NYY (Rodriguez)
Sun 5/10-CHC (Taillon)
7
MIA
Tue 5/5-BAL (Bassitt)
Sun 5/10-WSH (Cavalli)
8
PHI
Thu 5/7-ATH (Ginn)
9
LAD
Wed 5/6-@HOU (McCullers)
10
MIN
Tue 5/5-@WSH (Cavalli)
Sun 5/10-@CLE (Williams)
11
CHC
Mon 5/4-CIN (Petty)
Sat 5/9-@TEX (Leiter)
12
MIA
Mon 5/4-PHI (Luzardo)
Sat 5/9-WSH (Littell)
13
TB
Tue 5/5-TOR (Gausman)
Sun 5/10-@BOS (Bello)
14
CHC
Tue 5/5-CIN (Abbott)
Sun 5/10-@TEX (deGrom)
15
PIT
Wed 5/6-@ARI (Soroka)
16
ATL
Mon 5/4-@SEA (Gilbert)
Sun 5/10-@LAD (Wrobleski)
17
LAA
Mon 5/4-CWS (Martin)
Sun 5/10-@TOR (Berrios)
18
ATH
Tue 5/5-@PHI (Sanchez)
Sun 5/10-@BAL (Bassitt)
19
LAD
Mon 5/4-@HOU (TBD)
20
ATL
Fri 5/8-@LAD (Sheehan)
21
BAL
Tue 5/5-@MIA (Alcantara)
Sun 5/10-ATH (Severino)
22
NYM
Fri 5/8-@ARI (Nelson)
23
TOR
Fri 5/8-LAA (Detmers)
24
CLE
Mon 5/4-@KC (Wacha)
Sat 5/9-MIN (Ryan)
25
SEA
Wed 5/6-ATL (Holmes)
26
SD
Thu 5/7-STL (Liberatore)
27
CLE
Tue 5/5-@KC (Cameron)
Sun 5/10-MIN (Bradley)
28
TB
Mon 5/4-TOR (Lauer)
Sat 5/9-@BOS (Tolle)
29
SD
Tue 5/5-@SF (Webb)
Sun 5/10-STL (Leahy)
30
CWS
Mon 5/4-@LAA (Soriano)
Sun 5/10-SEA (Gilbert)
31
SEA
Tue 5/5-ATL (Elder)
32
LAD
Tue 5/5-@HOU (Lambert)
33
NYY
Tue 5/5-TEX (deGrom)
Sun 5/10-@MIL (Sproat)
34
SF
Tue 5/5-SD (Waldron)
35
TEX
Wed 5/6-@NYY (Warren)
36
SD
Mon 5/4-@SF (TBD)
Sat 5/9-STL (May)
37
PIT
Tue 5/5-@ARI (Rodriguez)
Sun 5/10-@SF (Mahle)
38
MIN
Sat 5/9-@CLE (Bibee)
39
NYY
Fri 5/8-@MIL (Harrison)
40
KC
Mon 5/4-CLE (Bibee)
Sat 5/9-DET (Gipson-Long)
41
TOR
Tue 5/5-@TB (Rasmussen)
42
MIL
Tue 5/5-@STL (Pallante)
43
MIL
Wed 5/6-@STL (Dobbins)
44
STL
Fri 5/8-@SD (Vasquez)
45
MIL
Mon 5/4-@STL (Leahy)
Sun 5/10-NYY (Rodriguez)
46
SEA
Sat 5/9-@CWS (Kay)
47
SF
Fri 5/8-PIT (Mlodzinski)
48
LAD
Fri 5/8-ATL (Sale)
49
CHC
Thu 5/7-CIN (Lowder)
50
DET
Tue 5/5-BOS (Bello)
51
PHI
Fri 5/8-COL (Dollander)
52
STL
Mon 5/4-MIL (Sproat)
Sun 5/10-@SD (Waldron)
53
MIA
Wed 5/6-BAL (Young)
54
CHC
Fri 5/8-@TEX (Rocker)
55
CLE
Fri 5/8-MIN (Prielipp)
56
HOU
Sat 5/9-@CIN (Lodolo)
57
NYY
Thu 5/7-TEX (Gore)
58
WSH
Fri 5/8-@MIA (Paddack)
59
NYY
Wed 5/6-TEX (Eovaldi)
60
SF
Sat 5/9-PIT (Ashcraft)
61
DET
Wed 5/6-BOS (Bennett)
62
ATL
Wed 5/6-@SEA (Woo)
63
TOR
Sun 5/10-LAA (Soriano)
64
MIN
Wed 5/6-@WSH (Mikolas)
65
STL
Sat 5/9-@SD (Buehler)
66
CIN
Fri 5/8-HOU (Burrows)
67
CIN
Tue 5/5-@CHC (Taillon)
Sun 5/10-HOU (Teng)
68
BOS
Tue 5/5-@DET (Valdez)
Sun 5/10-TB (Rasmussen)
69
PIT
Thu 5/7-@ARI (Gallen)
70
CHC
Wed 5/6-CIN (Singer)
71
ATL
Sat 5/9-@LAD (Sasaki)
72
ATL
Tue 5/5-@SEA (Kirby)
73
CIN
Wed 5/6-@CHC (Rea)
74
SD
Fri 5/8-STL (McGreevy)
75
SF
Wed 5/6-SD (Marquez)
76
NYM
Sat 5/9-@ARI (Kelly)
77
KC
Thu 5/7-CLE (Cecconi)
78
ATH
Wed 5/6-@PHI (Painter)
79
ARI
Sat 5/9-NYM (Holmes)
80
CWS
Sat 5/9-SEA (Castillo)
81
PIT
Sat 5/9-@SF (Roupp)
82
ARI
Wed 5/6-PIT (Skenes)
83
MIA
Thu 5/7-BAL (Povich)
84
ARI
Thu 5/7-PIT (Keller)
85
CIN
Thu 5/7-@CHC (Imanaga)
86
MIA
Fri 5/8-WSH (Griffin)
87
BAL
Thu 5/7-@MIA (Meyer)
88
WSH
Sat 5/9-@MIA (Junk)
89
TOR
Wed 5/6-@TB (McClanahan)
90
LAD
Sat 5/9-ATL (Strider)
91
TOR
Sat 5/9-LAA (Kochanowicz)
92
SEA
Fri 5/8-@CWS (Burke)
93
STL
Tue 5/5-MIL (Woodruff)
94
HOU
Tue 5/5-LAD (Ohtani)
95
BAL
Sat 5/9-ATH (Civale)
96
WSH
Tue 5/5-MIN (Bradley)
Sun 5/10-@MIA (Alcantara)
97
TEX
Thu 5/7-@NYY (Weathers)
98
NYM
Mon 5/4-@COL (Sugano)
Sun 5/10-@ARI (Rodriguez)
99
MIL
Sat 5/9-NYY (Schlittler)
100
ARI
Tue 5/5-PIT (Chandler)
Sun 5/10-NYM (Peterson)
101
BAL
Fri 5/8-ATH (Lopez)
102
BOS
Fri 5/8-TB (Matz)
103
LAA
Fri 5/8-@TOR (Cease)
104
SF
Sun 5/10-PIT (Chandler)
105
ARI
Fri 5/8-NYM (McLean)
106
KC
Tue 5/5-CLE (Williams)
Sun 5/10-DET (Skubal)
107
KC
Fri 5/8-DET (Montero)
108
WSH
Thu 5/7-MIN (Woods Richardson)
109
HOU
Fri 5/8-@CIN (Burns)
110
ATH
Thu 5/7-@PHI (Wheeler)
111
BAL
Wed 5/6-@MIA (Perez)
112
MIN
Thu 5/7-@WSH (Irvin)
113
TEX
Fri 5/8-CHC (Boyd)
114
CWS
Tue 5/5-@LAA (Kikuchi)
115
STL
Wed 5/6-MIL (Misiorowski)
116
CWS
Fri 5/8-SEA (Hancock)
117
COL
Fri 5/8-@PHI (Nola)
118
ATH
Fri 5/8-@BAL (Bradish)
119
ATH
Sat 5/9-@BAL (Baz)
120
CIN
Sat 5/9-HOU (Arrighetti)
121
LAA
Sat 5/9-@TOR (Yesavage)
122
HOU
Wed 5/6-LAD (Glasnow)
123
COL
Sat 5/9-@PHI (Luzardo)
124
CWS
Wed 5/6-@LAA (Urena)
125
TEX
Sat 5/9-CHC (Cabrera)
126
LAA
Tue 5/5-CWS (Fedde)
127
BOS
Mon 5/4-@DET (Skubal)
Sat 5/9-TB (Martinez)
128
TB
Wed 5/6-TOR (Corbin)
129
DET
Fri 5/8-@KC (Bubic)
130
LAD
Sun 5/10-ATL (Ritchie)
131
BOS
Thu 5/7-TB (Scholtens)
132
TB
Fri 5/8-@BOS (Suarez)
133
WSH
Wed 5/6-MIN (Ober)
134
SD
Wed 5/6-@SF (Houser)
135
BOS
Wed 5/6-@DET (Flaherty)
136
KC
Wed 5/6-CLE (Cantillo)
137
STL
Thu 5/7-@SD (King)
138
CLE
Wed 5/6-@KC (Ragans)
139
TB
Thu 5/7-@BOS (Early)
140
CLE
Thu 5/7-@KC (Lugo)
141
NYM
Tue 5/5-@COL (Lorenzen)
142
COL
Mon 5/4-NYM (Peterson)
Sun 5/10-@PHI (Sanchez)
143
MIL
Fri 5/8-NYY (Fried)
144
DET
Sat 5/9-@KC (Wacha)
145
PIT
Fri 5/8-@SF (Ray)
146
PHI
Wed 5/6-ATH (Springs)
147
LAA
Wed 5/6-CWS (Schultz)
148
TOR
Mon 5/4-@TB (Martinez)
149
HOU
Sun 5/10-@CIN (Abbott)
150
MIN
Fri 5/8-@CLE (Messick)
151
CIN
Mon 5/4-@CHC (Cabrera)
152
NYM
Wed 5/6-@COL (Quintana)
153
COL
Tue 5/5-NYM (Peralta)
154
COL
Wed 5/6-NYM (Scott)
Hitter ratings Week 6: May 4-10
Overall
LHB
RHB
SB
Reds
10.0
Cubs
10.0
Reds
8.6
Orioles
10.0
Cubs
9.2
Reds
10.0
Mets
8.1
Reds
10.0
Padres
8.3
Yankees
8.6
Cubs
8.1
Dodgers
10.0
Mets
8.1
Padres
8.0
Padres
7.4
Phillies
10.0
Yankees
7.5
Mets
7.8
Phillies
7.1
Mariners
10.0
Phillies
7.5
Dodgers
7.8
Pirates
7.0
Nationals
10.0
Guardians
7.1
Guardians
7.5
Twins
6.8
Blue Jays
9.7
Dodgers
6.6
Tigers
7.1
Yankees
6.7
Red Sox
9.4
Tigers
6.3
Mariners
7.1
Guardians
6.6
Cubs
8.8
Mariners
6.2
Phillies
6.9
Rockies
6.5
Angels
8.0