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          Fantasy Baseball Week 7 Forecaster: May 5-11

          San Diego outfielder Jackson Merrill could return to the lineup early in the week. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
          • Tristan H. Cockcroft
          May 5, 2025, 09:57 PM

          Fantasy baseball's Week 7 sees all 30 teams scheduled for at least six games, and Monday's action begins at 6:40 p.m. ET. It's just the way fantasy managers like it, with no short-end-of-the-stick teams and more time to set weekly lineups.

          They'll also love that the Colorado Rockies -- whose home is hitters' heaven Coors Field -- along with the Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays, who have hitter-friendly home parks in 2025, will each play all their games at home this week. During 15 games, Sutter Health Park, which hosts the Athletics, has seen an average of 10.07 runs, 2.73 home runs and a .786 OPS. Meanwhile, George M. Steinbrenner Field, where the Rays play, has seen 2.36 homers per game with a collective .716 OPS. All this noticeably exceeds the major league averages in those categories (8.67 runs, 2.13 homers and a .708 OPS through May 4).

          The San Diego Padres reportedly could welcome Jackson Merrill (hamstring, 10-day IL) back into their lineup as early as Monday of Week 7, right in time for an advantageous week of matchups at New York's Yankee Stadium (Monday-Wednesday) and the aforementioned Coors Field (Friday-Sunday). Similarly, the Minnesota Twins could get Royce Lewis (hamstring, 10-day IL) back from injury as early as Tuesday's beginning of their six-game, full-week home stand.

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