Final week of the 2025 MLB regular season brings six-game schedules across every club, forcing managers to balance rest, post-season positioning, and the six-man rotation. The Cut List guides you through bets to drop, players to ride, and situational plays to maximize Week 26 value in fantasy baseball. Expect frequent rotation tweaks, injury updates, and mixed lineups as teams clinch or chase; prioritize starting studs, monitor bullpen usage, and exploit favorable matchups while avoiding high-variance plays.

Key themes: six games equalized edge; two-start pitchers become scarce; injuries (Alvarez, Bichette) force quick pivots; rookies and vets with favorable schedules offer upside; and rostering depth is critical with 28-man rosters still in play. Use the week as a final shuffle for your playoffs, but don’t overreact to one bad road trip—play smart and enjoy the ride.

Tomoyuki Sugano vs. Carlos Rodón anchors a Camden Yards clash as Baltimore seeks a series win over New York. Sugano, coming off a six-inning gem, matches up with a season-long form (3.11 ERA) from Rodón as the Yankees visit. The Orioles lean on speed at the top with Holliday, Westburg and Henderson, while Mountcastle mans DH and Mayo handles first. Alex Jackson catches, with Jeremiah Jackson and Jorge Mateo patrolling the outfield.

The matchup sets up a battle of controllable stuff and timely hitting, where Orioles’ depth and Yankees’ powerful lineup will be tested by early-run opportunities and bullpen leverage. Fantasy angles favor Holliday’s table-setting, Henderson’s power, and Rodón’s upside, with Sugano aiming for another quality start to sap NYY’s momentum.

The Blue Jays toppled the Orioles 6-1 at Rogers Centre, grabbing the lead in the sixth on Myles Straw’s RBI double and never surrendering it. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. posted three hits, while Straw and Isiah Kiner-Falefa added two apiece as Toronto out-hit Baltimore 10-3. The win keeps Toronto atop the AL and one game ahead of Detroit, with New York three back in the East.

Toronto leaned on a rested bullpen after Bassitt exited in the fifth; four scoreless frames followed, and the relief corps has allowed just two earned runs over 16 2/3 innings. Baltimore struck first via Basallo, but the Jays pulled away, with Ernie Clement and Dalton Varsho contributing in the late innings. With 15 games left, Max Scherzer is slated to start Saturday, signaling a rotation-and-depth approach that keeps fantasy value high across the lineup.

In a concrete sign of depth, multiple Jays contributed off the bench and in the core, underscoring why Toronto remains a fantasy anchor as the stretch run approaches and the rotation pivots around strong bullpen usage and timely hitting.

Dodgers 3, Rockies 1 as Glasnow dazzled through seven no-hit innings with 11 K, a reminder of why he looms as a fantasy ace when healthy. Treinen’ s perfect eighth preserved a near-miss on a joint no-hitter, while Mookie Betts supplied the, ahem, critical two-run single in the seventh to push LA ahead. Max Muncy’s return adds a potent bat to a lineup that already features Ohtani’s clutch doubles and Conforto’s timely hits, boosting DAL fantasy upside as the club cruises toward 80 wins.

Meanwhile, Yamamoto flirted with a no-hitter against Baltimore on Saturday, leaving after 112 pitches as Holliday homered to break it up. Dodgers fell 4-3 in that game as the bullpen ceded three. Ohtani doubled in the seventh, Pages was plunked to set the stage, and Betts came through again. The blend of elite two-way talent and near-miss drama keeps Dodgers players squarely in fantasy conversations despite the volatility of LA’s bullpen.