Forecaster for Week 16: July 20-26

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Fantasy Baseball Forecaster Week 16: July 20-26Cristopher Sanchez is among a slew of aces lined up for a two-start week after getting a little extra time off following the All-Star break. Duane Burleson/Getty ImagesTodd ZolaJul 17, 2026, 12:19 PM ETClose

    Todd Zola is contributing writer for fantasy baseball at ESPN, specializing in game theory and player analysis. Todd is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. He won LABR and Tout Wars championships in 2016.
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We’re back to regular programming for Week 16 after Week 15 featured an extended scoring period that included the weekend immediately following the All-Star break (Thursday, July 16 through Sunday, July 19).

The Week 16 schedule, covering Monday, July 20 through Sunday, July 26, features a full Monday slate, since teams will have only played three or four games since the break. However, Thursday is quiet with only five contests.

Several teams opted to give their aces extra rest, either because they worked in the Midsummer Classic or to manage workloads. As such, Cy Young Award contenders Cristopher Sanchez, Jacob Misiorowski, Joe Ryan and Dylan Cease come out of the second-half gate with a two-start week.

It also has become common for pitchers recovering from injuries to target just after the break to return, and this year is no exception. Examples are Michael Soroka, Jameson Taillon, Randy Vasquez, Lance McCullers Jr., Ronel Blanco, Martin Perez and Max Scherzer. Soroka and Vasquez merit the most attention, as they both enjoyed extended periods of success before the break.

The Miami Marlins and San Francisco Giants both have just six games, split home and away, but they face a lot of vulnerable pitching. The Marlins visit the Houston Astros, then host the San Diego Padres, with each opponent using the back end of their suspect rotations. The Giants are on the road against the Kansas City Royals, then they return home to square off with the Los Angeles Angels, another pair of clubs without daunting pitching this period.

Lineup lock times

Week 16DateTotal gamesFirst game timeDay gamesMonday, July 20156:40 PM0Tuesday, July 21156:40 PM0Wednesday, July 22151:35 PM7Thursday, July 23512:15 PM4Friday, July 24154:10 PM1Saturday, July 25151:10 PM5Sunday, July 261512:15 PM14Scheduling quirks Week 16: Teams with the most gamesTotalHomevs. LHSPvs. RHSP 10 tied with7Red Sox6Diamondbacks4 9 tied with6 Brewers6Twins4  Phillies6Orioles3  Rangers6Phillies3   5 tied with4Blue Jays3   Nationals3 Starting pitcher ranks Week 16: July 20-26RkPitcherTeam1st Start2nd Start1Cristopher Sanchez

PHI
Mon 7/20-LAD (Lauer)
Sun 7/26-NYY (Warren)
2
Jacob Misiorowski
MIL
Mon 7/20-NYM (Peralta)
Sun 7/26-COL (Freeland)
3
Joe Ryan
MIN
Mon 7/20-@CLE (Messick)
Sat 7/25-ATH (Lopez)
4
Dylan Cease
TOR
Mon 7/20-TB (Rasmussen)
Sat 7/25-@BOS (Gray)
5
Parker Messick
CLE
Mon 7/20-MIN (Ryan)
Sat 7/25-@TB (Rasmussen)
6
Drew Rasmussen
TB
Mon 7/20-@TOR (Cease)
Sat 7/25-CLE (Messick)
7
Nathan Eovaldi
TEX
Mon 7/20-CWS (Fedde)
Sun 7/26-SEA (Gilbert)
8
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
LAD
Sun 7/26-@NYM (Peralta)
9
Framber Valdez
DET
Tue 7/21-@CHC (Peterson)
Sun 7/26-KC (Avila)
10
Jesus Luzardo
PHI
Fri 7/24-NYY (Weathers)
11
Freddy Peralta
NYM
Mon 7/20-@MIL (Misiorowski)
Sun 7/26-LAD (Yamamoto)
12
Michael Wacha
KC
Mon 7/20-SF (Mahle)
Sat 7/25-@DET (Flaherty)
13
Kevin Gausman
TOR
Tue 7/21-TB (Martinez)
Sun 7/26-@BOS (Tolle)
14
Zack Wheeler
PHI
Tue 7/21-LAD (Wrobleski)
15
Shane Baz
BAL
Mon 7/20-@BOS (Tolle)
Sun 7/26-ATL (Lopez)
16
Andrew Abbott
CIN
Mon 7/20-@SEA (Kirby)
Sun 7/26-@STL (Leahy)
17
Mitch Keller
PIT
Mon 7/20-@NYY (Warren)
Sun 7/26-CHC (Taillon)
18
Peter Lambert
HOU
Fri 7/24-@CWS (Martin)
19
Tarik Skubal
DET
Thu 7/23-KC (Kolek)
20
Janson Junk
MIA
Mon 7/20-@HOU (Imai)
Sun 7/26-SD (Buehler)
21
Nick Martinez
TB
Tue 7/21-@TOR (Gausman)
Sun 7/26-CLE (Cecconi)
22
Sean Manaea
NYM
Fri 7/24-LAD (Sasaki)
23
Jameson Taillon
CHC
Mon 7/20-DET (Flaherty)
Sun 7/26-@PIT (Keller)
24
Jack Flaherty
DET
Mon 7/20-@CHC (Taillon)
Sat 7/25-KC (Wacha)
25
Nolan McLean
NYM
Sat 7/25-LAD (Sheehan)
26
Hunter Greene
CIN
Sat 7/25-@STL (Liberatore)
27
Bryan Woo
SEA
Sat 7/25-@TEX (deGrom)
28
Hunter Brown
HOU
Sun 7/26-@CWS (Fedde)
29
Emmet Sheehan
LAD
Sat 7/25-@NYM (McLean)
30
Will Warren
NYY
Mon 7/20-PIT (Keller)
Sun 7/26-@PHI (Sanchez)
31
Shohei Ohtani
LAD
Wed 7/22-@PHI (Nola)
32
Logan Gilbert
SEA
Sun 7/26-@TEX (Eovaldi)
33
Chase Burns
CIN
Tue 7/21-@SEA (Hancock)
34
Payton Tolle
BOS
Mon 7/20-BAL (Baz)
Sun 7/26-TOR (Gausman)
35
Jose Soriano
LAA
Mon 7/20-STL (Liberatore)
Sun 7/26-@SF (Mahle)
36
Paul Skenes
PIT
Sat 7/25-CHC (Imanaga)
37
Slade Cecconi
CLE
Tue 7/21-MIN (Paredes)
Sun 7/26-@TB (Martinez)
38
Luis Castillo
SEA
Wed 7/22-CIN (Singer)
39
Cam Schlittler
NYY
Sat 7/25-@PHI (Rangel)
40
Logan Webb
SF
Fri 7/24-LAA (Rodriguez)
41
Foster Griffin
WSH
Sat 7/25-ARI (Bratt)
42
Gerrit Cole
NYY
Wed 7/22-PIT (Jones)
43
Eury Perez
MIA
Sat 7/25-SD (Vasquez)
44
Chris Sale
ATL
Thu 7/23-SD (Canning)
45
George Kirby
SEA
Mon 7/20-CIN (Abbott)
46
Justin Wrobleski
LAD
Tue 7/21-@PHI (Wheeler)
47
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT
Fri 7/24-CHC (Boyd)
48
Shane McClanahan
TB
Fri 7/24-CLE (Bibee)
49
Sandy Alcantara
MIA
Wed 7/22-@HOU (Blanco)
50
Jacob deGrom
TEX
Sat 7/25-SEA (Woo)
51
Tyler Mahle
SF
Mon 7/20-@KC (Wacha)
Sun 7/26-LAA (Soriano)
52
Shota Imanaga
CHC
Sat 7/25-@PIT (Skenes)
53
Ian Seymour
TB
Thu 7/23-@TOR (Bieber)
54
Luinder Avila
KC
Tue 7/21-SF (McDonald)
Sun 7/26-@DET (Valdez)
55
Jeffrey Springs
ATH
Mon 7/20-@ARI (Bratt)
Sun 7/26-@MIN (Prielipp)
56
Troy Melton
DET
Wed 7/22-@CHC (Rea)
57
Taj Bradley
MIN
Thu 7/23-@CLE (Cantillo)
58
Kyle Bradish
BAL
Sat 7/25-ATL (Elder)
59
Reynaldo Lopez
ATL
Tue 7/21-SD (Buehler)
Sun 7/26-@BAL (Baz)
60
Robbie Ray
SF
Sat 7/25-LAA (Johnson)
61
Trevor Rogers
BAL
Fri 7/24-ATL (Holmes)
62
Matthew Boyd
CHC
Fri 7/24-@PIT (Ashcraft)
63
Tanner Bibee
CLE
Fri 7/24-@TB (McClanahan)
64
Sean Burke
CWS
Sat 7/25-HOU (Arrighetti)
65
Elmer Rodriguez
NYY
Tue 7/21-PIT (Chandler)
66
Bryce Miller
SEA
Fri 7/24-@TEX (Gore)
67
Emerson Hancock
SEA
Tue 7/21-CIN (Burns)
68
Bubba Chandler
PIT
Tue 7/21-@NYY (Rodriguez)
69
Kyle Leahy
STL
Tue 7/21-@LAA (Urena)
Sun 7/26-CIN (Abbott)
70
Erick Fedde
CWS
Mon 7/20-@TEX (Eovaldi)
Sun 7/26-HOU (Brown)
71
Max Meyer
MIA
Fri 7/24-SD (Marquez)
72
Shane Drohan
MIL
Fri 7/24-COL (Sugano)
73
Andre Pallante
STL
Fri 7/24-CIN (Lowder)
74
Ryan Weathers
NYY
Fri 7/24-@PHI (Luzardo)
75
Gavin Williams
CLE
Wed 7/22-MIN (Ober)
76
Brady Singer
CIN
Wed 7/22-@SEA (Castillo)
77
Matthew Liberatore
STL
Mon 7/20-@LAA (Soriano)
Sat 7/25-CIN (Greene)
78
Casey Mize
DET
Fri 7/24-KC (Cameron)
79
Bailey Ober
MIN
Wed 7/22-@CLE (Williams)
80
Mitch Bratt
ARI
Mon 7/20-ATH (Springs)
Sat 7/25-@WSH (Griffin)
81
Noah Cameron
KC
Fri 7/24-@DET (Mize)
82
Michael McGreevy
STL
Wed 7/22-@LAA (Detmers)
83
Eric Lauer
LAD
Mon 7/20-@PHI (Sanchez)
84
Jack Perkins
ATH
Tue 7/21-@ARI (Cabrera)
85
Dustin May
STL
Thu 7/23-ARI (Pfaadt)
86
Jared Jones
PIT
Wed 7/22-@NYY (Cole)
87
Merrill Kelly
ARI
Wed 7/22-ATH (Jump)
88
Spencer Arrighetti
HOU
Sat 7/25-@CWS (Burke)
89
Ryan Johnson
LAA
Sat 7/25-@SF (Ray)
90
Roki Sasaki
LAD
Fri 7/24-@NYM (Manaea)
91
Jake Bennett
BOS
Wed 7/22-BAL (Kremer)
92
Brandon Sproat
MIL
Tue 7/21-NYM (Thornton)
93
Tatsuya Imai
HOU
Mon 7/20-MIA (Junk)
94
Griffin Jax
TB
Wed 7/22-@TOR (Scherzer)
95
Walbert Urena
LAA
Tue 7/21-STL (Leahy)
96
Michael King
SD
Wed 7/22-@ATL (Perez)
97
Sonny Gray
BOS
Sat 7/25-TOR (Cease)
98
Trey Yesavage
TOR
Fri 7/24-@BOS (Sandoval)
99
Jacob Lopez
ATH
Sat 7/25-@MIN (Ryan)
100
Zebby Matthews
MIN
Fri 7/24-ATH (Ginn)
101
Christian Scott
NYM
Wed 7/22-@MIL (Henderson)
102
Ronel Blanco
HOU
Wed 7/22-MIA (Alcantara)
103
Brandon Young
BAL
Tue 7/21-@BOS (Suarez)
104
Joey Cantillo
CLE
Thu 7/23-MIN (Bradley)
105
J.T. Ginn
ATH
Fri 7/24-@MIN (Matthews)
106
Davis Martin
CWS
Fri 7/24-HOU (Lambert)
107
Reid Detmers
LAA
Wed 7/22-STL (McGreevy)
108
Logan Henderson
MIL
Wed 7/22-NYM (Scott)
109
David Peterson
CHC
Tue 7/21-DET (Valdez)
110
Michael Soroka
ARI
Sun 7/26-@WSH (Alvarez)
111
Andrew Alvarez
WSH
Mon 7/20-@COL (Freeland)
Sun 7/26-ARI (Soroka)
112
Alan Rangel
PHI
Sat 7/25-NYY (Schlittler)
113
Eduardo Rodriguez
ARI
Fri 7/24-@WSH (Littell)
114
Walker Buehler
SD
Tue 7/21-@ATL (Lopez)
Sun 7/26-@MIA (Junk)
115
Grant Holmes
ATL
Fri 7/24-@BAL (Rogers)
116
Randy Vasquez
SD
Mon 7/20-@ATL (Elder)
Sat 7/25-@MIA (Perez)
117
Aaron Nola
PHI
Wed 7/22-LAD (Ohtani)
118
Dean Kremer
BAL
Wed 7/22-@BOS (Bennett)
119
Rhett Lowder
CIN
Fri 7/24-@STL (Pallante)
120
Noah Schultz
CWS
Tue 7/21-@TEX (Rocker)
121
Bryce Elder
ATL
Mon 7/20-SD (Vasquez)
Sat 7/25-@BAL (Bradish)
122
Colin Rea
CHC
Wed 7/22-DET (Melton)
123
Shane Bieber
TOR
Thu 7/23-TB (Seymour)
124
Connor Prielipp
MIN
Sun 7/26-ATH (Springs)
125
Kumar Rocker
TEX
Tue 7/21-CWS (Schultz)
126
Landen Roupp
SF
Wed 7/22-@KC (Lugo)
127
Gage Jump
ATH
Wed 7/22-@ARI (Kelly)
128
Zack Littell
WSH
Fri 7/24-ARI (Rodriguez)
129
Zach Thornton
NYM
Tue 7/21-@MIL (Sproat)
130
Ranger Suarez
BOS
Tue 7/21-BAL (Young)
131
Brandon Pfaadt
ARI
Thu 7/23-@STL (May)
132
MacKenzie Gore
TEX
Fri 7/24-SEA (Miller)
133
Lance McCullers Jr.
MIL
Sat 7/25-COL (Feltner)
134
Grayson Rodriguez
LAA
Fri 7/24-@SF (Webb)
135
Stephen Kolek
KC
Thu 7/23-@DET (Skubal)
136
Anthony Kay
CWS
Wed 7/22-@TEX (Quantrill)
137
Martin Perez
ATL
Wed 7/22-SD (King)
138
Ryan Feltner
COL
Sat 7/25-@MIL (McCullers)
139
Tyler Phillips
MIA
Tue 7/21-@HOU (Javier)
140
Seth Lugo
KC
Wed 7/22-SF (Roupp)
141
Max Scherzer
TOR
Wed 7/22-TB (Jax)
142
Jose Cabrera
ARI
Tue 7/21-ATH (Perkins)
143
Patrick Sandoval
BOS
Fri 7/24-TOR (Yesavage)
144
Cristian Javier
HOU
Tue 7/21-MIA (Phillips)
145
German Marquez
SD
Fri 7/24-@MIA (Meyer)
146
Michael Paredes
MIN
Tue 7/21-@CLE (Cecconi)
147
Trevor McDonald
SF
Tue 7/21-@KC (Avila)
148
Tomoyuki Sugano
COL
Fri 7/24-@MIL (Drohan)
149
Griffin Canning
SD
Thu 7/23-@ATL (Sale)
150
Cal Quantrill
TEX
Wed 7/22-CWS (Kay)
151
Kyle Freeland
COL
Mon 7/20-WSH (Alvarez)
Sun 7/26-@MIL (Misiorowski)
152
Cade Cavalli
WSH
Wed 7/22-@COL (Hughes)
153
Gabriel Hughes
COL
Wed 7/22-WSH (Cavalli)
154
Michael Lorenzen
COL
Tue 7/21-WSH (Mikolas)
155
Miles Mikolas
WSH
Tue 7/21-@COL (Lorenzen)

Hitter ratings

Week 16: July 20-26OverallLHBRHBSBNationals10.0Athletics10.0Nationals9.8Guardians10.0Brewers8.4Nationals10.0Rockies9.7Astros10.0Tigers8.1Brewers8.6Diamondbacks8.7Padres10.0Diamondbacks8.0Marlins8.5Braves8.5Blue Jays10.0Rockies7.9Astros8.2Brewers8.3Rangers9.1Braves7.5Tigers8.1Tigers8.1Orioles8.4Marlins6.9Giants7.5Twins7.6Marlins7.9Athletics6.8Braves7.2Royals7.6Diamondbacks6.7Astros6.7Diamondbacks7.2Rays7.0Athletics6.7Twins6.4White Sox6.5Cardinals6.7Phillies6.6

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