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Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers: Rankings & Waiver Wire Pickups

Fantasy baseball two start pitchers can help win fantasy baseball championships. It’s an incredibly important strategy for fantasy baseball managers, especially those in weekly leagues as you make your start/sit lineup decisions and place waiver wire bids. 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 two start 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.

Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Starting Pitchers: Rankings

			Game 1 Opponent				Game 2 Opponent
VBR	Two Start Pitcher	Throws	Date	Pitcher	Opp.	wOBA	Date	Pitcher	Opp.	wOBA
2	Tarik Skubal (DET) (3-2) 2.70 ERA	L	Mon 5/4	P. Tolle (0-1) 3.38 ERA	BOS	0.2937	Sun 5/10	N. Cameron (2-2) 5.40 ERA	@KC	0.3103
5	Cristopher Sanchez (PHI) (2-2) 2.90 ERA	L	Tue 5/5	L. Severino (2-2) 4.46 ERA	ATH	0.3117	Sun 5/10	T. Sugano (3-1) 2.84 ERA	COL	0.3163
6	Jacob deGrom (TEX) (2-1) 2.01 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	E. Rodriguez (0-1) 4.50 ERA	@NYY	0.3232	Sun 5/10	J. Taillon (2-1) 4.41 ERA	CHC	0.3402
10	Jesus Luzardo (PHI) (2-3) 5.50 ERA	L	Mon 5/4	J. Junk (2-2) 3.00 ERA	@MIA	0.3135	Sat 5/9	K. Freeland (1-2) 3.48 ERA	COL	0.3163
12	Logan Gilbert (SEA) (1-3) 4.03 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	J. Ritchie (1-0) 2.92 ERA	ATL	0.3391	Sun 5/10	D. Martin (4-1) 1.95 ERA	@CWS	0.3070
22	Drew Rasmussen (TB) (2-1) 2.64 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	K. Gausman (2-2) 3.32 ERA	TOR	0.2998	Sun 5/10	B. Bello (1-4) 9.12 ERA	@BOS	0.2937
36	Tanner Bibee (CLE) (0-4) 4.08 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	M. Wacha (2-2) 3.13 ERA	@KC	0.3103	Sat 5/9	J. Ryan (2-3) 3.76 ERA	MIN	0.3129
41	Jose Soriano (LAA) (5-1) 0.84 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	D. Martin (4-1) 1.95 ERA	CWS	0.3070	Sun 5/10	J. Berrios (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@TOR	0.2998
46	Cam Schlittler (NYY) (4-1) 1.51 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	TBD	BAL	0.3175	Sat 5/9	C. Patrick (2-1) 2.57 ERA	@MIL	0.3110
47	Gavin Williams (CLE) (5-1) 2.70 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	N. Cameron (2-2) 5.40 ERA	@KC	0.3103	Sun 5/10	T. Bradley (3-1) 2.85 ERA	MIN	0.3129
51	Nick Lodolo (CIN) (0-0) 0.00 ERA	L	Mon 5/4	E. Cabrera (3-0) 3.06 ERA	@CHC	0.3402	Sat 5/9	S. Arrighetti (3-0) 2.00 ERA	HOU	0.3381
54	Sandy Alcantara (MIA) (3-2) 3.23 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	C. Bassitt (2-2) 5.46 ERA	BAL	0.3175	Sun 5/10	C. Cavalli (1-1) 3.82 ERA	WSH	0.3129
56	Edward Cabrera (CHC) (3-0) 3.06 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	N. Lodolo (0-0) 0.00 ERA	CIN	0.3062	Sat 5/9	J. Leiter (1-2) 5.17 ERA	@TEX	0.3027
75	Michael Wacha (KC) (2-2) 3.13 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	T. Bibee (0-4) 4.08 ERA	CLE	0.3018	Sat 5/9	K. Montero (1-2) 4.00 ERA	DET	0.3260
83	Taj Bradley (MIN) (3-1) 2.85 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	C. Cavalli (1-1) 3.82 ERA	@WSH	0.3129	Sun 5/10	G. Williams (5-1) 2.70 ERA	@CLE	0.3018
84	Andrew Abbott (CIN) (1-2) 5.97 ERA	L	Tue 5/5	J. Taillon (2-1) 4.41 ERA	@CHC	0.3402	Sun 5/10	K. Teng (1-2) 2.75 ERA	HOU	0.3381
85	Jameson Taillon (CHC) (2-1) 4.41 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	A. Abbott (1-2) 5.97 ERA	CIN	0.3062	Sun 5/10	J. deGrom (2-1) 2.01 ERA	@TEX	0.3027
90	Nick Martinez (TB) (2-1) 1.70 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	E. Lauer (1-3) 6.00 ERA	TOR	0.2998	Sat 5/9	S. Gray (2-1) 4.30 ERA	@BOS	0.2937
110	David Peterson (NYM) (0-4) 6.53 ERA	L	Mon 5/4	T. Sugano (3-1) 2.84 ERA	@COL	0.3163	Sun 5/10	E. Rodriguez (2-0) 3.03 ERA	@ARI	0.3158
111	Bubba Chandler (PIT) (1-3) 4.97 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	E. Rodriguez (2-0) 3.03 ERA	@ARI	0.3158	Sun 5/10	T. Mahle (1-4) 5.87 ERA	@SF	0.2851
112	Cade Cavalli (WSH) (1-1) 3.82 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	T. Bradley (3-1) 2.85 ERA	MIN	0.3129	Sun 5/10	S. Alcantara (3-2) 3.23 ERA	@MIA	0.3135
114	Noah Cameron (KC) (2-2) 5.40 ERA	L	Tue 5/5	G. Williams (5-1) 2.70 ERA	CLE	0.3018	Sun 5/10	T. Skubal (3-2) 2.70 ERA	DET	0.3260
128	Chris Bassitt (BAL) (2-2) 5.46 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	S. Alcantara (3-2) 3.23 ERA	@MIA	0.3135	Sun 5/10	L. Severino (2-2) 4.46 ERA	ATH	0.3117
133	Luis Severino (ATH) (2-2) 4.46 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	C. Sanchez (2-2) 2.90 ERA	@PHI	0.2980	Sun 5/10	C. Bassitt (2-2) 5.46 ERA	@BAL	0.3175
140	Eduardo Rodriguez (ARI) (2-0) 3.03 ERA	L	Tue 5/5	B. Chandler (1-3) 4.97 ERA	PIT	0.3106	Sun 5/10	D. Peterson (0-4) 6.53 ERA	NYM	0.2794
145	Davis Martin (CWS) (4-1) 1.95 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	J. Soriano (5-1) 0.84 ERA	@LAA	0.3208	Sun 5/10	L. Gilbert (1-3) 4.03 ERA	SEA	0.3113
147	Brayan Bello (BOS) (1-4) 9.12 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	F. Valdez (2-1) 3.35 ERA	@DET	0.3260	Sun 5/10	D. Rasmussen (2-1) 2.64 ERA	TB	0.3109
154	Kyle Leahy (STL) (3-3) 5.52 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	B. Sproat (0-2) 6.75 ERA	MIL	0.3110	Sun 5/10	G. Canning (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@SD	0.3036
173	Brandon Sproat (MIL) (0-2) 6.75 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	K. Leahy (3-3) 5.52 ERA	@STL	0.3166	Sun 5/10	E. Rodriguez (0-1) 4.50 ERA	NYY	0.3232
177	Janson Junk (MIA) (2-2) 3.00 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	J. Luzardo (2-3) 5.50 ERA	PHI	0.2980	Sat 5/9	Z. Littell (0-4) 7.85 ERA	WSH	0.3129
228	JR Ritchie (ATL) (1-0) 2.92 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	L. Gilbert (1-3) 4.03 ERA	@SEA	0.3113	Sun 5/10	J. Wrobleski (4-0) 1.50 ERA	@LAD	0.3518
236	Elmer Rodriguez (NYY) (0-1) 4.50 ERA	R	Tue 5/5	J. deGrom (2-1) 2.01 ERA	TEX	0.3027	Sun 5/10	B. Sproat (0-2) 6.75 ERA	@MIL	0.3110
246	Walker Buehler (SD) (1-2) 5.40 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	TBD	@SF	0.2851	Sat 5/9	D. May (3-2) 5.28 ERA	STL	0.3166
422	Tomoyuki Sugano (COL) (3-1) 2.84 ERA	R	Mon 5/4	D. Peterson (0-4) 6.53 ERA	NYM	0.2794	Sun 5/10	C. Sanchez (2-2) 2.90 ERA	@PHI	0.2980

What are two start pitchers?
Two Start Pitchers are starters scheduled to pitch twice during a given week. Top options can provide an edge by boosting counting stats (K, W, etc). Streaming pitchers is a popular fantasy strategy that often consists of targeting inexpensive two start pitchers that have favorable matchups for the upcoming week.

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