It’s time for Week 7 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. A new week means more options, particularly when it comes to grabbing cheap wins. And as far as heavily available pitchers, there are several options to choose from.

Best Week 7 pitchers to target

• SP Jack Leiter (Rangers)
• SP Nick Martinez (Reds)
• SP Colin Rea (Cubs)
• SP Clarke Schmidt (Yankees)
• SP Ryan Weathers (Marlins)

This week, I will heavily lock in on favorable matchups, starting with Colin Rea.

Rea will face one of his former teams — yes, that one start in 2015 counted — on May 12 against the Marlins. And, it’s a home matchup for Rea, the right-hander who’s seen an uptick in velocity this season and a significant jump in usage for that four-seamer he has.

It plays up with his low arm, and it’s done wonders to help set up his gyro slider, a new addition to his arsenal that’s become his ace secondary offering. It possesses above-average break and can be a buckler on both sides of the plate.

Jack Leiter, who got hit around earlier this week at Fenway Park, gets the Rockies on May 13.

Lastly, Nick Martinez is scheduled to start on May 15 against the White Sox at home. It’s been an up-and-down season for Martinez, a strike-thrower who gets beat often in the zone and mixes in six pitches frequently, as opposed to leaning on his plus changeup.

Martinez gave up 10 hits over six innings on May 9 against the Astros, his first bumpy start since mid-April.

He doesn’t miss a ton of bats, though. But, the strong matchup makes him a spot start option this week.

Next up are two interesting options in mixed leagues, starting with Clarke Schmidt.

Schmidt’s been a favorite of mine in spots over the last two years. He was a highly reliable arm, in particular, last season. However, Schmidt dealt with rotator cuff tendinitis earlier this season and didn’t make his 2025 MLB debut until April 16.

The numbers on Schmidt are interesting, to say the least. Schmidt gave up eight runs over his first 9.2 IP but pitched better in his next two starts, despite the four walks on April 27. Schmidt’s been playing a different game this year, relying more on the sweeper and less on the two-seamer against righties.

Not to mention, Schmidt’s used that cutter of his 42.1% of the time, a career-high.

He’s still seeing a fair share of swing-and-misses (29.3%), buoyed largely by his curve and sweeper. And, at least he has the arsenal to change things up as the season goes on.

Then, there’s Ryan Weathers. Weathers was good in an injury-shortened 2024 season, one that saw him miss time with a left flexor strain. He came back and pitched well late in September, as he gave up just two earned runs over his last 11.1 IP on the year.

Weathers finished a rehab assignment in which he threw extremely well, as he struck out 13 over 10 frames. What was even more interesting is for those who’ve been keeping up with out injury reports, Weathers touched 100 MPH and hit 99 MPH several times — 12 times, to be exact — during his assignment.

The fastest pitch Weathers threw last season was 98 MPH.

The Marlins lefty gets the Cubs this week and might not be a great starting option, given how the Cubs’ offense is rolling. But in mixed H2H and roto leagues, keep an eye on him.

Schmidt will face the Mariners on May 12

Overview of Week 6

I’m not going to talk about Lance McCullers Jr. He had a poor outing on May 10 and, realistically, is a tough option moving forward. His stuff hasn’t fully returned post-injury, as his average sinker velocity is down almost two full MPH compared to 2025.

However, I will take a moment to talk about what did go right.

Matthew Boyd (one W, 3.00 ERA, 15 K over 12 IP) and Griffin Canning (1 W, two earned runs and 11 K over 11 IP) were excellent in two starts this past week, including on May 11 when the two faced each other. Ben Casparius, meanwhile, didn’t even start on May 5 but netted a win.

However, Casparius threw 1.1 IP in a purely relief performance on May 11.

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