Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 17 (2026 Fantasy Baseball)

Each week during the fantasy baseball season, I take a look at two-start pitchers for the week ahead. This week, we’ll focus on pitchers tentatively lined up to make multiple starts after the All-Star break in Week 17 (July 20-July 26).

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Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 17

Scheduling Notes

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

Targeting pitchers who face teams with high strikeout rates and who don’t generate a lot of quality contact can be valuable. Here are 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

These are the pitchers lined up for two starts and their roster rates:

• Cristopher Sanchez (SP – PHI): 99% | vs. LAD; vs. NYY
• Trey Yesavage (SP – TOR): 66% | vs. TBR; @ BOS
• Nick Martinez (SP – TBR): 64% | @ TOR; vs. CLE
• Hunter Greene (SP – CIN): 61% | @ SEA; @ STL
• Taj Bradley (SP – MIN): 61% | @ CLE; vs. ATH
• Troy Melton (SP – DET): 49% | @ CHC; vs. KCR
• Griffin Jax (SP – TBR): 47% | @ TOR; vs. CLE
• Jack Flaherty (SP – DET): 38% | @ CHC; vs. KCR
• Ryan Weathers (SP – NYY): 32% | vs. PIT; @ PHI
• Joey Cantillo (SP – CLE): 27% | vs. MIN; @ TBR
• Mitch Keller (SP – PIT): 25% | @ NYY; vs. CHC
• Tatsuya Imai (SP – HOU): 19% | vs. MIA; @ CWS
• Dustin May (SP – STL): 15% | @ LAA; vs. CIN
• Walbert Urena (SP – LAA): 14% | vs. STL; @ SFG
• Zebby Matthews (SP – MIN): 12% | @ CLE; vs. ATH
• Grant Holmes (SP – ATL): 10% | vs. SDP; @ BAL
• Brandon Sproat (SP – MIL): 10% | vs. NYM; vs. COL
• Dean Kremer (SP – BAL): 8% | @ BOS; vs. ATL
• Martin Perez (SP – ATL): 7% | vs. SDP; @ BAL
• Stephen Kolek (SP – KCR): 6% | vs. SFG; @ DET
• Slade Cecconi (SP – CLE): 5% | vs. MIN; @ TBR
• Kumar Rocker (SP – TEX): 5% | vs. CWS; vs. SEA
• Noah Schultz (SP – CWS): 4% | @ TEX; vs. HOU
• Sean Manaea (SP – NYM): 3% | @ MIL; vs. LAD
• Aaron Civale (SP – ATH): 3% | @ ARI; @ MIN
• Brandon Pfaadt (SP – ARI): 2% | vs. ATH; @ WSH
• Patrick Sandoval (SP – BOS): 2% | vs. BAL; vs. TOR
• Luinder Avila (SP – KCR): 2% | vs. SFG; @ DET
• Tomoyuki Sugano (SP – COL): 2% | vs. WSH; @ MIL
• JP Sears (SP – SDP): 2% | @ ATL; @ MIA
• Tyler Mahle (SP – SFG): 1% | @ KCR; vs. LAA
• Spencer Miles (SP – TOR): 1% | vs. TBR; @ BOS
• Griffin Canning (SP – SDP): 1% | @ ATL; @ MIA
• Miles Mikolas (SP – WSH): 1% | @ COL; vs. ARI
• Janson Junk (SP – MIA): 1% | @ HOU; vs. SDP

Notes

• There’s plenty of time for it to change, but Cristopher Sanchez is the only universally rostered pitcher scheduled for two starts in Week 17. He’s had an amazing season so far, posting a 2.62 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 10.3 K/9 and 13 quality starts across 120.1 innings. He likely won’t get to pitch in the All-Star game, but should be ready to go in the second half.
• Hunter Greene returned from injury and has racked up the strikeouts. In two starts, he’s completed 10.1 innings and piled up 19 strikeouts. His pitch velocities are all in line with previous seasons, and he’s introduced a new sinker to use against right-handed batters. Greene has a chance to be a huge fantasy contributor in the second half.
• Griffin Jax has two of the best matchups of the week. He faces the Blue Jays on the road before returning home to face the Guardians. Both teams are in the bottom seven in the league in wOBA against right-handed pitchers and are in the bottom four in total runs scored.

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