You should be grinding fantasy baseball two-start pitchers to give you an advantage over your competition.
Each week, I will be giving you a breakdown of the two-start options for your fantasy leagues, broken up into the following tiers:
- Must Start: Pitchers you have to start because of their talent and/or matchups.
- Should Start: Pitchers that are rostered in most formats and probably should be in your lineup.
- Here We Go: Pitchers that you are probably starting in most formats, but have some level of risk to them.
- Feeling Lucky: Pitchers that are risky, but viable in deeper formats.
- Desperate Measures: Pitchers you shouldn’t use unless you have no other choice.
Make sure you are aware that when making fantasy baseball start or sit decisions, these projected two-start pitchers are subject to change.
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Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers: Week 11
Let’s explore this week’s fantasy baseball two-start pitchers, ranging from must-start options to those you should probably avoid.
Must Start
- Logan Webb (SP – SFG) vs. WSH, vs. CHC
- Gavin Williams (SP – CLE) vs. NYY, vs. DET
- Emerson Hancock (SP – SEA) at BAL, at WSH
- Nathan Eovaldi (SP – TEX) at KCR, at BOS
- Freddy Peralta (SP – NYM) vs. STL, vs. ATL
- Cristopher Sanchez (SP – PHI) at TOR, at MIL
- Kyle Harrison (SP – MIL) at ATH, vs. PHI
- Paul Skenes (SP – PIT) vs. LAD, vs. MIA
- Will Warren (SP – NYY) at CLE, at TOR
Should Start
Connelly Early (SP – BOS) at TB, vs. TEX
Connelly Early has been great this season, throwing 66.1 innings with a 3.26 ERA and 63 strikeouts. However, he has been extremely lucky with a small batting average on balls in play (BABIP) and a high strand rate.
There is regression coming at some point, but with a great second start at the end of the week, you are starting him everywhere.
Spencer Arrighetti (SP – HOU) at LAA, at KCR
Spencer Arrighetti has been fantastic since joining the Astros’ rotation, throwing 51 innings with a 1.96 ERA and 46 strikeouts. The problem is that Arrighetti still struggles with control.
Arrighetti is walking hitters at a 12% rate and has been lucky with a low BABIP and a high strand rate. He has two good matchups this week, so you are using him everywhere, but there will be regression at some point.
Max Meyer (SP – MIA) vs. ARI, at PIT
Max Meyer has been fantastic this season, throwing 73.2 innings with a 2.81 ERA and 81 strikeouts. He has been lucky with a .245 BABIP and a 6.9% HR/FB rate, but, overall, he has made strides with his swinging strike rate and outside-the-zone swing rate.
Meyer has an easy matchup at the front of the week and a tougher one at the end, but he should be started in all formats.
Here We Go
Stephen Kolek (SP – KCR) vs. TEX, vs. HOU
Stephen Kolek has quietly been great, throwing 38 innings with a 3.32 ERA and 27 strikeouts. He’s been lucky in the BABIP department, but he’s also done a great job limiting walks, and his ERA indicators are not bad.
Kolek has a good matchup at the start of the week and a tougher one at the end, but both are at home. He is safe to start this week.
Taj Bradley (SP – MIN) at DET, vs. STL
Taj Bradley has been up and down this season, throwing 60.2 innings with a 3.56 ERA and 70 strikeouts, but a 1.32 WHIP. He has struggled with walks, and his last two outings have been uneven.
Bradley has decent matchups this week, but will always be a risk when he struggles with his control.
Grant Holmes (SP – ATL) at CWS, at NYM
Grant Holmes has been solid this season, but he has been better over the last five starts, posting a 3.16 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 25.2 innings.
However, Holmes still struggles with command, which leads to home runs. He is risky in the front half of the week with a powerful White Sox team on the docket.
Feeling Lucky
Trevor Rogers (SP – BAL) vs. SEA, vs. SDP
Trevor Rogers has struggled a ton this season, throwing 54.1 innings with a 6.29 ERA. What keeps him as a viable option this week is that he is coming off a decent start and is facing the two worst offenses in the league versus lefties.
Andrew Abbott (SP – CIN) at SDP, vs. ARI
Andrew Abbott has been up and down this season, but has been better as of late. Since the start of May, Abbott has a 2.12 ERA and 23 strikeouts over 34 innings.
Abbott is still struggling with command and control, but he has the Reds’ offense supporting him. He has a tough matchup at the beginning of the week and an easy one to end it, so there is a bit of risk.
Patrick Corbin (SP – TOR) vs. PHI, vs. NYY
Patrick Corbin has been solid since joining the Blue Jays, but the back half of the week is a really tough matchup, and the Phillies are playing much better than they did to start the season. Corbin is a very risky start this week.
Desperate Measures
- Chris Bassitt (SP – BAL) vs. SEA, vs SDP
- Mason Englert (RP – TBR) vs. BOS, at LAA
- Erick Fedde (SP, RP – CWS) vs. ATL, vs. LAD
- Jeffrey Springs (SP – ATH) vs. MIL, vs. COL
- Grayson Rodriguez (SP – LAA) vs. HOU, vs. TBR
- Miles Mikolas (SP, RP – WSH) at SFG, vs. SEA
- Zac Gallen (SP – ARI) at MIA, at CIN
- Tomoyuki Sugano (SP – COL) vs. CHC, at ATH
- Walker Buehler (SP – SDP) vs. CIN, at BAL
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