Now that the season is just beginning, you should be grinding the two-start pitchers to give you an advantage over your competition.
You should be grinding fantasy baseball two-start pitchers to give you an advantage over your competition during the season.
Each week, I will give you a breakdown of the two-start options for your fantasy leagues, broken up into the following tiers:
- Must Start: Pitchers you have to start because of their talent/matchups.
- Should Start: Pitchers rostered in most formats and who should probably be in your lineup.
- Here We Go: Pitchers you are probably starting in most formats, but who come with some level of risk.
- Feeling Lucky: Pitchers available in fewer than 25% of leagues that are risky, but viable in deeper formats.
- Desperate Measures: Pitchers you shouldn’t use unless you have no choice.
Make sure you are aware that when making fantasy baseball start or sit decisions that these projected two-start pitchers are subject to change.
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Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers
Must Start
- Kodai Senga (SP – NYM) at BOS, vs. LAD
- Cristopher Sanchez (SP – PHI) at COL, at ATH
- Jesus Luzardo (SP – PHI) at COL, at ATH
- Ryan Pepiot (SP – TB) vs. HOU, vs. TOR
- Tarik Skubal (SP – DET) at STL, vs CLE
- Kris Bubic (SP, RP – KC) at SF, at MIN
- Bailey Ober (SP – MIN) vs. CLE, vs. KC
- Luis Castillo (SP – SEA) at CWS, at HOU
- Framber Valdez (SP – HOU) at TB, vs. SEA
Should Start
Spencer Strider (SP – ATL) at WSH, vs. SD
Spencer Strider is almost a must-start every time out, but he is coming back from the injured list (IL) and had reduced velocity in his last rehab start. It is hard not to start an elite talent like Strider, so you are probably using him in most, if not all, formats.
Tomoyuki Sugano (SP – BAL) at MIL, at BOS
I don’t know how he has done it this season, but Tomoyuki Sugano has thrown 52.2 innings with a 3.08 ERA. However, he is getting extremely lucky with a .226 batting average on balls in play (BABI)P and an 87.6% strand rate.
Sugano is allowing the third-most contact of any Major League starter, and regression will happen at some point. However, despite that, you have to keep playing him until that regression begins.
Nick Lodolo (SP – CIN) at PIT, vs. CHC
Nick Lodolo has been pretty good this season, throwing 52.2 innings with a 3.42 ERA and 42 strikeouts. This is an interesting two-start week as Lodolo faces a bad Pittsburgh team in a great pitchers’ park and a great Cubs team in a terrible pitchers’ park.
Considering how well he has pitched, you are likely using Lodolo in most formats.
Here We Go
Chris Bassitt (SP – TOR) vs. SD, at TB
Chris Bassitt has been great this season, but he has struggled over his last four starts. This is a tough set of matchups against a Padres team with a lot of firepower and a game on the road against Tampa, which has become a difficult place to pitch.
Jose Soriano (SP – LAA) at ATH, vs. MIA
Jose Soriano has been pretty good this season, throwing 52 innings with 42 strikeouts and a 3.46 ERA. However, he has struggled with allowing too many walks, and his WHIP is 1.46 because of it. He also allows a fair amount of contact, though most of it is on the ground, which allows him to avoid homers.
Soriano has a tough matchup in Sacramento and then goes back home for an easy one versus the Marlins, which makes him a pretty decent start this week.
Will Warren (SP – NYY) vs. TEX, at COL
Despite some bad surface stats, Will Warren has pitched well, getting strikeouts and just being unlucky in the strand rate.
Warren has an interesting set of matchups versus a struggling Rangers offense at home and then going to Colorado, which is a tough place to pitch, but he faces the worst team in baseball in the Rockies.
Ben Brown (SP, RP – CHC) at MIA, at CIN
Ben Brown has been up and down this season, but he has been a bit unlucky as well. He has an inflated BABIP, and his 3.49 xFIP tells a different story than his 4.75 ERA.
Brown has a great matchup to start the week versus the Marlins and then a decent one against the Reds.
Feeling Lucky
Mitchell Parker (SP – WSH) vs. ATL, vs. SF
Mitchell Parker has been up and down this season, and is struggling with his control and not getting many strikeouts.
The numbers aren’t bad outside of the strikeouts, and these are two teams that haven’t been great offensively over the last 30 days, but there is risk here without a ton of reward.
Davis Martin (SP – CWS) vs. SEA, vs. TEX
Davis Martin has been really good this season despite bad underlying stats. This is a week where he faces a hot Mariners team and a cold Rangers team, so there is risk on top of a low strikeout projection and a bad team supporting him.
Desperate Measures
- Dean Kremer (SP – BAL) at MIL, at BOS
- Keider Montero (SP – DET) at STL, vs. CLE
- J.T. Ginn (SP, RP – ATH) vs. LAA, vs. PHI
- Osvaldo Bido (SP, RP – ATH) vs. LAA, vs. PHI
- Kyle Hendricks (SP, RP – LAA) at ATH, vs. MIA
- Patrick Corbin (SP – TEX) at NYY, at CWS
- Edward Cabrera (SP – MIA) vs. CHC, at LAA
- Quinn Priester (SP, RP – MIL) at vs. BAL, at PIT
- Bailey Falter (SP – PIT) vs. CIN, vs. MIL
- Erick Fedde (SP – STL) vs. DET, vs. ARI
- Mitch Keller (SP – PIT) vs. CIN, vs. MIL
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