Two-Start Pitcher Lookahead: Week 2 (Fantasy Baseball 2026)

Starting pitchers who make two starts in a week are valuable in fantasy baseball. Of course, it has nothing to do with the pitcher themself, but everything to do with how the schedule falls and how many games the team plays in a week. If you find yourself late to the waiver wire for all of the two-start pitchers, this article is for you.

Each week during the season, I’ll take a look at the pitchers projected to make multiple starts for the next week in the future. You can find the two-start pitchers for week one here. I say “projected” because rotations change due to injury, game script, and six-man rotations regularly, but this is as it stands for now.

Two-Start Pitcher Lookahead: Week 2 (Fantasy Baseball 2026)

Two-Start Rostered Pitchers

Here are the pitchers with two starts in week two who are pretty universally rostered (>80%).

Tarik Skubal (DET) – 100% | @ MIN; v MIA

Chris Sale (ATL) – 100% | @ LAA; v CLE

Logan Gilbert (SEA) – 99% | @ TEX; v HOU

Hunter Brown (HOU) – 99% | @ COL; @ SEA

Jacob deGrom (TEX) – 99% | v SEA; @ LAD

deGrom had his first start of the season pushed back due to a sore neck. He’s always a question mark to disrupt a rotation and isn’t a guarantee to make both starts.

Cole Ragans (KC) – 99% | @ CLE; v CWS

Joe Ryan (MIN) – 99% | v DET; @ TOR

Freddy Peralta (NYM) – 99% | v ARI; v ATH

Shohei Ohtani (LAD) – 98% | @ TOR; v TEX

Ohtani is almost guaranteed not to make two starts in a week, despite how the schedule lines up. The Dodgers have plenty of options out of the bullpen, and his bat is their priority.

Nick Pivetta (SD) – 97% | @ PIT; v COL

Cam Schlittler (NYY) – 95% | v ATH; @ TB

Brandon Woodruff (MIL) – 94% | @ BOS; v WSH

Woodruff has been slow-played this spring and, as of writing, hasn’t pitched in a game yet. It’s not guaranteed he’ll make two starts even if it lines up that way.

Sandy Alcantara (MIA) – 93% | v CIN; @ DET

Nick Lodolo (CIN) – 92% | @ MIA; v LAA

Lodolo is expected to pitch in a rehab outing this week. He’s eligible to return from the injured list (IL) on April 6.

Ryan Pepiot (TB)– 90% | v CHC; v NYY

Pepiot is first eligible to return from the IL on April 6 from a hip injury.

Bubba Chandler (PIT) – 90% | v SDP; @ CHC

Tanner Bibee (CLE) – 88% | v KC; @ ATL

Andrew Abbott (CIN) – 87% | @ MIA; v LAA

Zac Gallen (ARI) – 80% | @ NYM; @ PHI

Two-Start Streamer Options

Andrew Painter (PHI) – 32% | @ SFG; v ARI

Noah Cameron (KC)– 31% | @ CLE; v CWS

Brayan Bello (BOS) – 30% | v MIL; @ STL

Casey Mize (DET) – 27% | @ MIN; v MIA

Shane Smith (CWS) – 23% | v BAL; @ KC

Max Scherzer (TOR) – 18% | v LAD; v MIN

Grayson Rodriguez (LAA) – 15% | v ATL; @ CIN

Rodriguez is eligible to come off the IL early in week two, which would line him up for two unfavorable starts. He still has a few hurdles to clear before returning to action, so it’s unlikely he stays lined up for two starts.

Jameson Taillon (CHC) – 14% | @ TB; v PIT

Zach Eflin (BAL) – 14% | @ CWS; v SF

Eflin left his start on Monday after 3.2 innings with elbow discomfort. That’s never a good thing to hear. He did have seven strikeouts, but we’ll need to see how serious the injury is.

Taj Bradley (MIN) – 5% | v DET; @ TOR

Zack Littell (WSH) – 5% | v STL; @ MIL

Kyle Freeland (COL) – 3% | v HOU; @ SD

Adrian Houser (SF) – 2% | v PHI; @ BAL

Aaron Civale (ATH) – 2% | @ NYY; @ NYM

Civale has two of the toughest matchups of the week. I wouldn’t consider streaming him under any circumstances.

Janson Junk (MIA) – 1% | v CIN; @ DET

German Marquez (SD) – 1% | @ PIT; v COL

Ryan Feltner (COL) – 0% | v HOU; @ SD

Erick Fedde (CWS) – 0% | v BAL; @ KC

Andre Pallante (STL) – 0% | @ WSH; v BOS