Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 9 (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 9 (May 25-May 31).

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Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 9

Scheduling Notes

• Teams With Six Games: BOS, NYY, TBR, CLE, DET, KCR, ATH, LAA, SEA, ATL, MIA, NYM, PHI, WSH, CIN, MIL, STL, ARI, LAD, SDP, SFG
• Teams With Seven Games: BAL, TOR, CWS, MIN, HOU, TEX, CHC, PIT, 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 9 who are pretty universally rostered (>80%).

• Chris Sale (SP – ATL): 99% | @ BOS; @ CIN
• Cam Schlittler (SP – NYY): 98% | @ KCR; @ ATH
• Jacob Misiorowski (SP – MIL): 97% | vs. STL; @ HOU
• Joe Ryan (SP – MIN): 95% | @ CWS; @ PIT
• Chase Burns (SP – CIN): 94% | @ NYM; vs. ATL
• Jesus Luzardo (SP – PHI): 90% | @ SDP; @ LAD

Two-Start Rostered Pitchers Notes

• Chris Sale gets a two-start week against the Red Sox and Reds. The Cincinnati Reds strike out the third-most against left-handed pitchers, and Sale’s strikeout rate is in the 89th percentile.
• Joe Ryan‘s double start is against the White Sox and Pirates. The Pirates are middling in terms of strikeout rate against righties. However, the White Sox have the second-worst mark in the league. Ryan’s strikeout rate is currently the lowest of his career (24.9%).
• Chase Burns gets a solid matchup against the Mets before facing the red-hot Braves. He’s been dominant this season regardless of the matchup.
• Jesus Luzardo has been wildly inconsistent this season, and his two matchups reflect that. His first matchup is against the Padres, who have the second-worst wOBA against lefties. He then gets a matchup with the Dodgers, who have the second-best wOBA against lefties.

Two-Start Streamer Options

• Ranger Suarez (SP – BOS): 76% | vs. ATL; @ CLE
• Trey Yesavage (SP – TOR): 67% | vs. MIA; @ BAL
• Kyle Bradish (SP – BAL): 62% | vs. TBR; vs. TOR
• Landen Roupp (SP – SFG): 62% | vs. ARI; @ COL
• Tanner Bibee (SP – CLE): 61% | vs. WSH; vs. BOS
• Kris Bubic (SP – KCR): 61% | vs. NYY; @ TEX
• Edward Cabrera (SP – CHC): 57% | @ PIT; @ STL
• Michael McGreevy (SP – STL): 40% | @ MIL; vs. CHC
• Jared Jones (SP – PIT): 36% | vs. CHC; vs. MIN
• Griffin Jax (SP, RP – TBR): 30% | @ BAL; vs. LAA
• Shane Baz (SP – BAL): 23% | vs. TBR; vs. TOR
• Merrill Kelly (SP – ARI): 22% | @ SFG; @ SEA
• Tatsuya Imai (SP – HOU): 21% | @ TEX; vs. MIL
• Jack Leiter (SP – TEX): 17% | vs. HOU; vs. KCR
• Aaron Civale (SP – ATH): 14% | vs. SEA; vs. NYY
• Sean Burke (SP – CWS): 12% | vs. MIN; vs. DET
• Janson Junk (SP – MIA): 10% | @ TOR; @ NYM
• Ben Brown (SP – CHC): 7% | @ PIT; @ STL
• Jack Kochanowicz (SP – LAA): 7% | @ DET; @ TBR
• Ty Madden (SP – DET): 6% | vs. LAA; @ CWS
• Carmen Mlodzinski (SP – PIT): 5% | vs. CHC; vs. MIN
• Tomoyuki Sugano (SP – COL): 3% | @ LAD; vs. SFG
• Kumar Rocker (SP – TEX): 2% | vs. HOU; vs. KCR
• Zebby Matthews (SP – MIN): 2% | @ CWS; @ PIT
• Griffin Canning (SP – SDP): 2% | vs. PHI; @ WSH
• Anthony Kay (SP – CWS): 1% | vs. MIN; vs. DET
• Zachary Thornton (SP – NYM): 1% | vs. CIN; vs. MIA
• Zack Littell (SP – WSH): 1% | @ CLE; vs. SDP
• Kyle Freeland (SP – COL): 1% | @ LAD; vs. SFG

Two Start Streamer Options Notes

• Kris Bubic faces the Yankees and the Rangers. The Rangers are one of the worst teams in the league against left-handed pitchers. They rank dead last in wOBA and second-worst in strikeout rate against southpaws. The Yankees, on the other hand, rank in the top five in wOBA against lefties.
• Jared Jones is making his way back from Tommy John surgery and lines up for two starts in Week 9. I would almost guarantee that he won’t make both starts. The Pirates have seven games this week, so they could stick with a six-man rotation. If someone needs to be removed from the rotation to make room, Bubba Chandler would make a lot of sense.
• Tatsuya Imai returned from the injured list (IL) and continued with the same struggles he had before the injury. He can’t be trusted regardless of the matchups.
• Clay Holmes was placed on the IL, and according to FanGraphs, Zachary Thornton is going to be called up to fill his rotation spot. In 31 Triple-A innings, he’s posted a 3.77 ERA, 1.29 WHIP and 9.0 K/9 across six starts.

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