Two-start starting pitchers can help win fantasy baseball championships. It’s an incredibly important tactic for fantasy baseball managers, especially those in weekly leagues. Even in daily leagues it’s important to be able to grab the most useful arms that can start for you twice in a week, especially if you are dealing with transaction limits. Here’s a look at our starting pitcher rankings for the week.
You can also check out our full probable pitchers report for the next two weeks. You can use that in coordination with our Streaming Pitcher Planner and Two-Start Pitcher Projections to plan your fantasy baseball rotation.
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Two-Start Starting Pitcher Rankings: Week 5
| GAME 1 OPPONENT | GAME 2 OPPONENT | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VBR | TWO START PITCHER | THROWS | DATE | PITCHER | OPP. | WOBA | DATE | PITCHER | OPP. | WOBA |
| 9 | Sandy Alcantara (MIA)
(1-2) 5.34 ERA |
R | Tue 5/2 | K. Wright (0-1) 4.86 ERA |
ATL | 0.3300 | Sun 5/7 | H. Wesneski (2-1) 4.03 ERA |
@CHC | 0.3068 |
| 26 | Pablo Lopez (MIN)
(1-2) 3.00 ERA |
R | Wed 5/3 | D. Cease (2-1) 4.15 ERA |
@CWS | 0.3060 | Thu 5/4 | L. Giolito (1-2) 4.50 ERA |
@CWS | 0.3060 |
| 37 | Luis Garcia (HOU)
(2-2) 4.00 ERA |
R | Mon 5/1 | R. Stripling (0-1) 6.89 ERA |
SF | 0.3105 | Sun 5/7 | TBD | @SEA | 0.3105 |
| 40 | Blake Snell (SD)
(0-4) 5.48 ERA |
L | Mon 5/1 | L. Weaver (0-0) 0.00 ERA |
CIN | 0.2989 | Sun 5/7 | T. Gonsolin (0-0) 0.00 ERA |
LAD | 0.3360 |
| 52 | Zach Eflin (TB)
(3-0) 2.81 ERA |
R | Wed 5/3 | M. Keller (3-0) 3.53 ERA |
PIT | 0.2886 | Thu 5/4 | R. Hill (2-2) 4.85 ERA |
PIT | 0.2886 |
| 57 | Kyle Wright (ATL)
(0-1) 4.86 ERA |
R | Tue 5/2 | S. Alcantara (1-2) 5.34 ERA |
@MIA | 0.2902 | Sun 5/7 | T. Wells (1-1) 2.79 ERA |
BAL | 0.3050 |
| 58 | Merrill Kelly (ARI)
(1-3) 4.10 ERA |
R | Wed 5/3 | A. Heaney (2-2) 4.38 ERA |
@TEX | 0.3041 | Fri 5/5 | J. Gray (1-4) 2.93 ERA |
WSH | 0.3024 |
| 64 | Jose Berrios (TOR)
(2-3) 4.71 ERA |
R | Mon 5/1 | C. Kluber (1-4) 6.75 ERA |
@BOS | 0.3187 | Sat 5/6 | J. Oviedo (2-1) 3.03 ERA |
@PIT | 0.2886 |
| 72 | Tony Gonsolin (LAD)
(0-0) 0.00 ERA |
R | Mon 5/1 | T. Walker (2-1) 4.97 ERA |
PHI | 0.3212 | Sun 5/7 | B. Snell (0-4) 5.48 ERA |
@SD | 0.3081 |
| 78 | Taijuan Walker (PHI)
(2-1) 4.97 ERA |
R | Mon 5/1 | T. Gonsolin (0-0) 0.00 ERA |
@LAD | 0.3360 | Sun 5/7 | T. Houck (3-1) 4.50 ERA |
BOS | 0.3187 |
| 83 | Roansy Contreras (PIT)
(3-1) 3.58 ERA |
R | Tue 5/2 | S. McClanahan (5-0) 2.12 ERA |
@TB | 0.3017 | Sun 5/7 | Y. Kikuchi (4-0) 3.00 ERA |
TOR | 0.3313 |
| 84 | Steven Matz (STL)
(0-3) 6.23 ERA |
L | Tue 5/2 | G. Canning (1-0) 4.11 ERA |
LAA | 0.2995 | Sun 5/7 | M. Lorenzen (0-1) 7.07 ERA |
DET | 0.2792 |
| 89 | Domingo German (NYY)
(2-2) 5.54 ERA |
R | Mon 5/1 | C. Quantrill (1-2) 5.40 ERA |
CLE | 0.3051 | Sun 5/7 | C. Faucher (0-1) 5.68 ERA |
@TB | 0.3017 |
| 90 | Ross Stripling (SF)
(0-1) 6.89 ERA |
R | Mon 5/1 | L. Garcia (2-2) 4.00 ERA |
@HOU | 0.3237 | Sun 5/7 | TBD | MIL | 0.3164 |
| 106 | Tanner Houck (BOS)
(3-1) 4.50 ERA |
R | Tue 5/2 | Y. Kikuchi (4-0) 3.00 ERA |
TOR | 0.3313 | Sun 5/7 | T. Walker (2-1) 4.97 ERA |
@PHI | 0.3212 |
| 111 | MacKenzie Gore (WSH)
(3-1) 3.00 ERA |
L | Mon 5/1 | D. Smyly (2-1) 3.21 ERA |
CHC | 0.3068 | Sat 5/6 | T. Henry (0-0) 6.23 ERA |
@ARI | 0.3022 |
| 113 | Tyler Wells (BAL)
(1-1) 2.79 ERA |
R | Tue 5/2 | Z. Greinke (0-4) 6.10 ERA |
@KC | 0.3014 | Sun 5/7 | K. Wright (0-1) 4.86 ERA |
@ATL | 0.3300 |
| 114 | Hayden Wesneski (CHC)
(2-1) 4.03 ERA |
R | Tue 5/2 | T. Williams (1-1) 4.10 ERA |
@WSH | 0.3024 | Sun 5/7 | S. Alcantara (1-2) 5.34 ERA |
MIA | 0.2902 |
| 127 | Kyle Muller (OAK)
(0-2) 7.23 ERA |
L | Thu 5/4 | L. Castillo (2-0) 1.52 ERA |
SEA | 0.3105 | Sat 5/6 | B. Singer (2-2) 6.67 ERA |
@KC | 0.3014 |
| 129 | Drew Smyly (CHC)
(2-1) 3.21 ERA |
L | Mon 5/1 | M. Gore (3-1) 3.00 ERA |
@WSH | 0.3024 | Sat 5/6 | B. Hoeing (0-0) 0.00 ERA |
MIA | 0.2902 |
| 132 | Trevor Williams (WSH)
(1-1) 4.10 ERA |
R | Tue 5/2 | H. Wesneski (2-1) 4.03 ERA |
CHC | 0.3068 | Sun 5/7 | TBD | @ARI | 0.3022 |
| 134 | Yusei Kikuchi (TOR)
(4-0) 3.00 ERA |
L | Tue 5/2 | T. Houck (3-1) 4.50 ERA |
@BOS | 0.3187 | Sun 5/7 | R. Contreras (3-1) 3.58 ERA |
@PIT | 0.2886 |
| 137 | Michael Kopech (CWS)
(0-3) 7.01 ERA |
R | Tue 5/2 | T. Mahle (1-2) 3.16 ERA |
MIN | 0.3147 | Sun 5/7 | L. Weaver (0-0) 0.00 ERA |
@CIN | 0.2989 |
| 140 | Bryce Elder (ATL)
(2-0) 2.17 ERA |
R | Mon 5/1 | M. Scherzer (2-1) 3.72 ERA |
@NYM | 0.3256 | Sat 5/6 | K. Bradish (1-1) 6.30 ERA |
BAL | 0.3050 |
| 152 | Corey Kluber (BOS)
(1-4) 6.75 ERA |
R | Mon 5/1 | J. Berrios (2-3) 4.71 ERA |
TOR | 0.3313 | Sat 5/6 | B. Falter (0-4) 4.50 ERA |
@PHI | 0.3212 |
| 166 | Jordan Lyles (KC)
(0-4) 4.31 ERA |
R | Wed 5/3 | K. Gibson (4-0) 3.93 ERA |
BAL | 0.3050 | Thu 5/4 | G. Rodriguez (0-0) 5.12 ERA |
BAL | 0.3050 |
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