{"id":610307,"date":"2026-04-17T13:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/610307\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:48:20","slug":"fantasy-baseball-forecaster-for-week-4-april-20-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/610307\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Baseball Forecaster for Week 4: April 20-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tristan H. CockcroftApr 17, 2026, 09:30 AM ET<\/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

Fantasy baseball<\/a>‘s Week 4 gets off to an unusually early start, as it begins with the annual Patriots’ Day Boston Red Sox<\/a> game, scheduled for an 11:10 a.m. ET first pitch. This year’s game features the finale of a four-game, weekend-wraparound series against the Detroit Tigers<\/a> at Fenway Park. Fantasy managers must make sure to get their lineups set for all Red Sox and Tigers in advance, as well as to get all of their moves in for the day (or week) before that time.<\/p>\n

Lineup lock times Week 4<\/p>\n

Date<\/p>\n

Total games<\/p>\n

First game time<\/p>\n

Day games<\/p>\n

Monday, April 20<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

11:10 AM<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 21<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

6:10 PM<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 22<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

12:10 PM<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 23<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

1:05 PM<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Friday, April 24<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

6:40 PM<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 25<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

2:15 PM<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Sunday, April 26<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

1:35 PM<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Scheduling quirks Week 4: 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

Royals<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Orioles<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Braves<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mets<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cubs<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Giants<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Giants<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Angels<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cardinals<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rays<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Yankees<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

15 tied with<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rangers<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Nationals<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

10 tied with<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

\u00a0Starting pitcher ranks Week 4: April 20-26Hitter ratings Week 4: April 20-26<\/p>\n

Overall<\/p>\n

LHB<\/p>\n

RHB<\/p>\n

SB<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Padres<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Guardians<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Padres<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Phillies<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Royals<\/p>\n

8.7<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Yankees<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Dodgers<\/p>\n

8.6<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Giants<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Yankees<\/p>\n

8.7<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Royals<\/p>\n

9.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Royals<\/p>\n

8.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Nationals<\/p>\n

10.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Rangers<\/p>\n

7.9<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Padres<\/p>\n

8.5<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Yankees<\/p>\n

7.5<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cardinals<\/p>\n

9.5<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Guardians<\/p>\n

7.4<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Blue Jays<\/p>\n

7.5<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Braves<\/p>\n

7.4<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Athletics<\/p>\n

9.3<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Dodgers<\/p>\n

7.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Rangers<\/p>\n

7.4<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Rangers<\/p>\n

7.4<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Mariners<\/p>\n

8.5<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Braves<\/p>\n

6.9<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Tigers<\/p>\n

7.4<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Rockies<\/p>\n

6.9<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Mets<\/p>\n

7.7<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Blue Jays<\/p>\n

6.9<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Pirates<\/p>\n

7.2<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Blue Jays<\/p>\n

6.5<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Pirates<\/p>\n

7.5<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

White Sox<\/p>\n

6.6<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

White Sox<\/p>\n

7.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Marlins<\/p>\n

6.3<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Twins<\/p>\n

7.0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Marlins<\/p>\n

6.2<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Athletics<\/p>\n

6.8<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

White Sox<\/p>\n

6.1<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

White Sox<\/p>\n

6.8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tristan H. CockcroftApr 17, 2026, 09:30 AM ET CloseTristan H. Cockcroft is senior writer for fantasy baseball and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-610307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}