{"id":583233,"date":"2026-04-03T16:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/583233\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:46:18","slug":"fantasy-baseball-forecaster-for-week-2-april-6-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/583233\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Baseball Forecaster for Week 2: April 6-12"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Tristan H. CockcroftApr 4, 2026, 03:10 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Tristan H. Cockcroft is senior writer for fantasy baseball and football at ESPN. Tristan is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. He is also a two-time LABR and three-time Tout Wars champion.<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

With most teams having completed two full rotation turns over the season’s first week and a half, it’s the aces who lead the two-start pitcher list for fantasy’s Week 2.<\/p>\n

Opening Day starters Sandy Alcantara<\/a>, Tanner Bibee<\/a>, Zac Gallen<\/a>, Freddy Peralta<\/a>, Kevin Gausman<\/a>, Logan Gilbert<\/a>, Nick Pivetta<\/a>, Joe Ryan<\/a>, Chris Sale<\/a> and Tarik Skubal<\/a> all project for two-start weeks and dominate the weekly pitching rankings.<\/p>\n

Lineup lock times Week 2<\/p>\n

Date<\/p>\n

Total games<\/p>\n

First game time<\/p>\n

Day games<\/p>\n

Monday, April 6<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

4:10 PM<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 7<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

6:10 PM<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 8<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

12:35 PM<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 9<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

12:10 PM<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Friday, April 10<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

2:20 PM<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 11<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

1:05 PM<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Sunday, April 12<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

1:35 PM<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Scheduling quirks Week 2: Teams with the most games<\/p>\n

Total<\/p>\n

Home<\/p>\n

vs. LHSP<\/p>\n

vs. RHSP<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

8 tied with<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Mets<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Guardians<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Reds<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rays<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

White Sox<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Rockies<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Blue Jays<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Braves<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Tigers<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

4 tied with<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Angels<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

5 tied with<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marlins<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Twins<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

\u00a0Starting pitcher ranks Week 2: April 6-12Hitter ratings Week 2: April 6-12<\/p>\n

Overall<\/p>\n

LHB<\/p>\n

RHB<\/p>\n

SB<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cardinals<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cardinals<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Rockies<\/p>\n

9.8<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Reds<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Rockies<\/p>\n

9.5<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

White Sox<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cardinals<\/p>\n

9.2<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Tigers<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Padres<\/p>\n

8.9<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Orioles<\/p>\n

9.2<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Braves<\/p>\n

8.8<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Royals<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Braves<\/p>\n

8.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Padres<\/p>\n

9.2<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Astros<\/p>\n

8.3<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Angels<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Astros<\/p>\n

7.7<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Royals<\/p>\n

8.9<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Padres<\/p>\n

7.8<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Dodgers<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Orioles<\/p>\n

7.5<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Marlins<\/p>\n

8.6<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Phillies<\/p>\n

7.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Yankees<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tristan H. CockcroftApr 4, 2026, 03:10 AM CloseTristan H. Cockcroft is senior writer for fantasy baseball and football…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-583233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}