Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 5 (2026 Fantasy Baseball)

Each week during the fantasy baseball season, I’ll take a look at two-start pitchers for the week ahead. This week, we’ll focus on the pitchers lined up to make multiple starts for Week 5 (April 27-May 3).

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Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitcher Lookahead: Week 5

There aren’t too many aces with double starts in Week 5. Here are the pitchers with two starts who are pretty universally rostered (>80%):

• Max Fried (SP – NYY): 99% | @ TEX; vs. BAL
• Joe Ryan (SP – MIN): 98% | vs. SEA; vs. TOR
• Chase Burns (SP – CIN): 89% | vs. COL; @ PIT
• Luis Castillo (SP – SEA): 84% | @ MIN; vs. KCR

Two-Start Rostered Pitchers Notes

• Chase Burns gets a dream matchup against the Rockies away from Coors Field. Colorado strikes out the most against right-handed pitchers, and Burns is an elite strikeout pitcher.
• Luis Castillo has been inconsistent to start the season, but he gets two decent matchups against American League Central teams. It hasn’t been only bad luck, but his .403 batting average on balls in play (BABIP) hasn’t done him any favors.

Two-Start Streamer Options

• Kris Bubic (SP – KCR): 69% | @ ATH; @ SEA
• Ranger Suarez (SP – BOS): 66% | @ TOR; vs. HOU
• Edward Cabrera (SP – CHC): 66% | @ SDP; vs. ARI
• Parker Messick (SP – CLE): 65% | vs. TBR; @ ATH
• Randy Vasquez (SP – SDP): 45% | vs. CHC; vs. CWS
• Braxton Ashcraft (SP – PIT): 42% | vs. STL; vs. CIN
• Bubba Chandler (SP – PIT): 42% | vs. STL; vs. CIN
• Jack Leiter (SP – TEX): 34% | vs. NYY; @ DET
• Shane Baz (SP – BAL): 34% | vs. HOU; @ NYY
• Clay Holmes (SP – NYM): 26% | vs. WSH; @ LAA
• Eduardo Rodriguez (SP – ARI): 24% | @ MIL; @ CHC
• Steven Matz (SP – TBR): 22% | @ CLE; vs. SFG
• Casey Mize (SP – DET): 19% | @ ATL; vs. TEX
• Landen Roupp (SP – SFG): 14% | @ PHI; @ TBR
• Spencer Arrighetti (SP – HOU): 9% | @ BAL; @ BOS
• Chad Patrick (SP – MIL): 9% | vs. ARI; @ WSH
• Tomoyuki Sugano (SP – COL): 5% | @ CIN; vs. ATL
• Eric Lauer (SP – TOR): 4% | vs. BOS; @ MIN
• Walker Buehler (SP – SDP): 3% | vs. CHC; vs. CWS
• Zack Littell (SP – WSH): 3% | @ NYM; vs. MIL
• Dustin May (SP – STL): 2% | @ PIT; vs. LAD
• Kyle Leahy (SP – STL): 2% | @ PIT; vs. LAD
• Anthony Kay (SP – CWS): 2% | vs. LAA; @ SDP
• Patrick Corbin (SP – TOR): 1% | vs. BOS; @ MIN
• Taijuan Walker (SP – PHI): 1% | vs. SFG; @ MIA
• Martin Perez (SP – ATL): 1% | vs. DET; @ COL
• Jacob Lopez (SP – ATH): 1% | vs. KCR; vs. CLE
• Simeon Woods Richardson (SP – MIN): 1% | vs. SEA; vs. TOR
• Chris Paddack (SP – MIA): 0% | @ LAD; vs PHI

Two-Start Streamer Options Notes

• Clay Holmes gets two solid matchups. The Angels strike out the fourth-most against righties, and the Nationals aren’t too scary despite leading the league in runs scored.
• Spencer Arrighetti returned from the injured list (IL) and dominated in his first start back. The Orioles and Red Sox rank in the bottom 10 in strikeout rate against righties.

Scheduling Notes

• Teams with six games: BAL, BOS, NYY, TBR, CWS, CLE, DET, KCR, ATH, HOU, LAA, SEA, TEX, ATL, MIA, NYM, PHI, WSH, CHC, CIN, MIL, ARI, COL, LAD, SFG
• Teams with seven games: TOR, MIN, STL, SDP

The current bottom five teams in strikeout rate against right- and left-handed pitchers:

The current bottom five teams in wOBA against right- and left-handed pitchers:

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