Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 8 (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 pitchers lined up to make multiple starts for Week 8 (May 18-May 24).

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Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 8

Scheduling Notes

• Teams With Six Games: BAL, BOS, TBR, CWS, KCR, MIN, HOU, SEA, TEX, PHI, CHC, CIN, MIL, PIT, STL, LAD, SDP, SFG
• Teams With Seven Games: NYY, TOR, CLE, DET, ATH, LAA, ATL, MIA, NYM, WSH, ARI, COL

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.

Rostered Two-Start Pitchers

Here are the pitchers with two starts in Week 8 who are pretty universally rostered (>80%):

• Max Fried (SP – NYY): 99% | vs. TOR; vs. TBR
• Chris Sale (SP – ATL): 99% | @ MIA; vs. WSH
• Dylan Cease (SP – TOR): 98% | @ NYY; vs. PIT
• Jacob Misiorowski (SP – MIL): 96% | @ CHC; vs. LAD
• Shota Imanaga (SP – CHC): 91% | vs. MIL; vs. HOU
• Parker Messick (SP – CLE): 88% | @ DET; @ PHI
• Framber Valdez (SP – DET): 87% | vs. CLE; @ BAL

Two-Start Rostered Pitchers Notes

• Chris Sale gets two dream matchups in Week 8. The Nationals have the fifth-highest strikeout rate against left-handed pitchers, and the Marlins are in the bottom 10 in wOBA against lefties. He’s currently riding a four-game win streak while maintaining an elite strikeout rate (29.9%).
• Framber Valdez has been the topic of conversation of late. His last start saw him get ejected after three innings and 10 runs (seven earned). He was suspended for five games. The Guardians have one of the better strikeout rates against southpaws at 18.3%. The Orioles, on the other hand, strike out the eighth-most at 24.2%.

Two-Start Streamer Options

• Robbie Ray (SP – SFG): 78% | @ ARI; vs. CWS
• Sonny Gray (SP – BOS): 76% | @ KCR; vs. MIN
• Will Warren (SP – NYY): 73% | vs. TOR; vs. TBR
• MacKenzie Gore (SP – TEX): 68% | @ COL; @ LAA
• Zac Gallen (SP – ARI): 58% | vs. SFG; vs. COL
• Seth Lugo (SP – KCR): 54% | vs. BOS; vs. SEA
• Mitch Keller (SP – PIT): 49% | @ STL; @ TOR
• Max Meyer (SP – MIA): 43% | vs. ATL; vs. NYM
• Foster Griffin (SP – WSH): 34% | vs. NYM; @ ATL
• Griffin Jax (SP – TBR): 31% | vs. BAL; @ NYY
• Robby Snelling (SP – MIA): 30% | vs. ATL; vs. NYM
• Chase Dollander (SP – COL): 26% | vs. TEX; @ ARI
• Reid Detmers (SP – LAA): 24% | vs. ATH; vs. TEX
• Noah Schultz (SP – CWS): 19% | @ SEA; @ SFG
• Andrew Painter (SP – PHI): 15% | vs. CIN; vs. CLE
• Grant Holmes (SP – ATL): 9% | @ MIA; vs. WSH
• Rhett Lowder (SP – CIN): 8% | @ PHI; vs. STL
• Ryne Nelson (SP – ARI): 7% | vs. SFG; vs. COL
• Griffin Canning (SP – SDP): 7% | vs. LAD; vs. ATH
• Keider Montero (SP – DET: 6% | vs. CLE; @ BAL
• Lance McCullers Jr. (SP – HOU): 5% | @ MIN; @ CHC
• Connor Prielipp (SP – MIN): 5% | vs. HOU; @ BOS
• Matthew Liberatore (SP – STL): 4% | vs. PIT; @ CIN
• Jake Irvin (SP – WSH): 3% | vs. NYM; @ ATL
• Patrick Corbin (SP – TOR): 2% | @ NYY; vs. PIT
• Brandon Young (SP – BAL): 1% | @ TBR; vs. DET
• Slade Cecconi (SP – CLE): 1% | @ DET; @ PHI
• J.T. Ginn (SP – ATH): 1% | @ LAA; @ SDP
• Jacob Lopez (SP – ATH): 1% | @ LAA; @ SDP
• Walbert Urena (SP – LAA): 1% | vs. ATH; vs. TEX
• Jose Quintana (SP – COL): 1% | vs. TEX; @ ARI

Two-Start Streamer Options Notes

• Griffin Jax has been moved to the rotation and has started in his last three outings. In his last start, he built up to 59 pitches across four innings. Over his nine innings as a starter, he’s put up a 2.00 ERA and 1.00 WHIP with seven strikeouts to three walks.
• Robby Snelling made his season debut on Friday against the Nationals (he allowed three earned runs in five innings while striking out two and walking four in a loss). In 29 minor league innings this season, he recorded a 1.86 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 13.6 K/9 and 4.6 BB/9. His first matchup in Week 8 against the Braves is terrifying, but the Orioles aren’t as scary.

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