Look for our fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings, hitter upgrades and downgrades daily to help you make smart fantasy baseball lineup decisions and for MLB betting tips. MLB game odds are provided by ESPN BET, and fantasy advice is geared toward ESPN 10-team leagues with standard scoring.

Note: This file has been updated with overnight pitching changes and weather-related game postponements, along with the addition of the latest MLB game odds as of the indicated time of publication.

Catching up

Recently, San Francisco Giants SP Blake Snell stated that part of his early season woes were due to missing the bulk of spring training. Chances are, the same is true for Arizona Diamondbacks SP , especially since he changed agents after finally inking a one-year contract. Montgomery hasn't dealt with health issues, but he has yet to get in a groove after signing late and falling behind in extended spring training.

Montgomery has made nine starts, so whatever residual rust should be knocked off, but he has been unable to return to form thus far this season. The lefty's last two outings have been terrible, as Montgomery has yielded 14 earned runs on 17 hits in only six combined innings, fanning only five while issuing six walks over that span.

Montgomery's four-seam and two-seam fastballs are both down about a tick and a half, with a resulting steep decline in strikeout rate from 21.5% last season to 13.8% so far in 2024. His command and control have also suffered.

Montgomery's 6.60 ERA is pegged a couple of runs too high by its estimators, but a mark in the mid-to-high fours is still well above average.

Montgomery is already someone who doesn't merit a full-time roster spot in standard ESPN 10-team leagues. When he debuted on April 19, he was rostered in around 82% of ESPN leagues. That has plummeted to just over half.

Montgomery should be a no-brainer to start at home against the Los Angeles Angels but sitting him is defensible. The drop in velocity is worrisome. Even so, I'm aggressive, so I'm starting with him. Your team, your call.

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Starting pitcher rankings for Tuesday

Pitchers are ranked in order of their Forecaster/Daily Notes projected fantasy points (FPTS), using ESPN's standard scoring system (2 points per win, minus-2 per loss, 3 per inning, 1 per K, minus-1 apiece per hit or walk allowed, minus-2 per earned run allowed).

T: The pitcher's handedness. OPP: Opposing team. RST%: The pitcher's roster percentage in ESPN leagues. ML: ESPN BET Money Line. O/U: ESPN BET Over/Under for runs scored. For the projected stat line, W% is the team's win probability using ESPN projections, IP is innings pitched, ER is earned runs allowed and K is strikeouts.

If a team is planning on using an "opener" to start their game, but will rely on a "bulk pitcher" to follow him on the mound after 1-2 innings, the bulk pitcher is listed and indicated with an asterisk.

FPTS	Pitcher	T	Opp	Rst%	ML	O/U	W%	IP	ER	K
14.0	Bryan Woo	R	CWS	63.7%	-240	7.5	62%	5.4	1.4	5.3
12.7	Jesus Luzardo	L	@NYM	74.9%	+120	7.5	58%	5.8	2.1	6.2
11.6	Zack Wheeler	R	@BOS	99.9%	-170	8.5	60%	6.0	2.9	6.3
11.5	Zach Eflin	R	CHC	76.0%	-140	7.5	55%	5.3	2.0	5.5
10.6	Jameson Taillon	R	@TB	10.7%	+120	7.5	45%	5.5	2.2	5.2
10.5	Carlos Rodriguez	R	TOR	0.7%	+100	8.5	57%	5.4	2.2	4.9
10.0	Ronel Blanco	R	@SF	78.9%	-115	7.5	50%	5.5	2.3	5.1
10.0	Max Fried	L	@BAL	97.9%	-130	7.5	53%	5.5	2.6	5.7
9.9	Paul Skenes	R	@STL	93.1%	-135	7.5	53%	5.3	2.3	5.4
9.4	Tylor Megill	R	MIA	11.0%	-140	7.5	42%	5.4	2.2	5.1
9.4	Triston McKenzie	R	@CIN	20.8%	-130	9.5	60%	5.4	2.9	6.1
9.1		L	LAA	52.9%	-170	9.5	56%	5.6	2.9	5.2
9.0	Dane Dunning	R	@LAD	11.3%	+135	--	51%	5.4	2.5	5.1
8.7	Drew Thorpe	R	@SEA	7.0%	+200	7.5	38%	5.2	2.5	5.1
8.6	Marcus Stroman	R	@KC	64.1%	-140	9.5	64%	5.5	2.7	4.4
8.6	Mitchell Parker	L	@DET	12.1%	-105	8.5	53%	5.4	2.7	5.0
8.5	Miles Mikolas	R	PIT	6.5%	+115	7.5	47%	5.6	2.7	4.5
8.4	Yusei Kikuchi	L	@MIL	45.5%	-120	8.5	43%	5.1	2.6	5.3
8.3	JP Sears	L	@SD	8.0%	+135	8.5	46%	5.3	2.3	4.2
8.3	Randy Vasquez	R	OAK	1.2%	-155	8.5	54%	5.0	2.3	4.4
7.9	Jordan Hicks	R	HOU	51.8%	-105	7.5	50%	5.1	2.5	4.5
7.6	Louie Varland	R	COL	3.6%	-195	8.5	54%	5.3	3.1	5.2
7.3	Kenta Maeda	R	WSH	15.5%	-115	8.5	47%	4.6	2.4	4.4
7.2	James Paxton	L	TEX	10.1%	-155	--	49%	4.9	2.5	4.6
6.9	Cal Quantrill	R	@MIN	10.1%	+165	8.5	46%	5.4	2.9	4.2
6.9	Albert Suarez	R	ATL	4.0%	+110	7.5	47%	4.8	2.6	4.5
6.3	Kutter Crawford	R	PHI	57.3%	+145	8.5	40%	4.9	3.1	4.9
6.2	Jose Suarez	L	@ARI	0.1%	+145	9.5	44%	4.8	2.8	4.4
5.9	Brady Singer	R	NYY	72.9%	+120	9.5	36%	5.5	3.5	4.8
5.1	Nick Martinez*	R	CLE	1.7%	+110	9.5	40%	4.7	3.0	4.0

Reliever report

To get the latest information on each team's bullpen hierarchy, as well as which pitchers might be facing a bit of fatigue and who might be the most likely suspects to vulture a save or pick up a surprise hold in their stead, check out the latest Closer Chart, which will be updated every morning.

Hitting report

Plan ahead in fantasy baseball with help from our Forecaster projections. Each day, we will provide an updated preview of the next 10 days for every team, projecting the matchup quality for hitters (overall and by handedness) as well as for base stealers.

Best sub-50% rostered hitters for Tuesday

Best and worst hitters from the day are generated by THE BAT X, a projection system created by Derek Carty using advanced methods like those used in MLB front offices, accounting for a variety of factors including player talent, ballparks, bullpens, weather, umpires, defense, catcher pitch-framing, and lots more.

Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Tuesday's MLB games