Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 19 (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 in Week 19 (August 3-August 9).

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Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 19

Scheduling Notes

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

Two-Start Pitchers

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

• Cam Schlittler (SP – NYY): 99% | vs. STL; vs. ATL
• Paul Skenes (SP – PHI): 99% | @ MIL; vs. NYM
• Jesus Luzardo (SP – PHI): 97% | vs. WSH; vs. TOR
• Logan Webb (SP – SFG): 95% | @ TEX; vs. DET
• Gavin Williams (SP – CLE): 95% | vs. NYM; @ CWS
• Taj Bradley (SP – MIN): 70% | @ KCR; @ MIL
• Davis Martin (SP – CWS): 68% | @ BOS; vs. CLE
• Eduardo Rodriguez (SP – ARI): 64% | vs. SDP; vs. LAD
• Troy Melton (SP – DET): 62% | @ SEA; @ SFG
• MacKenzie Gore (SP – TEX): 58% | vs. SFG; vs. BAL
• Matthew Boyd (SP – CHC): 53% | vs. LAD; @ KCR
• Reid Detmers (SP – LAA): 51% | @ BAL; @ MIA
• Shane Bieber (SP – TOR): 47% | @ HOU; @ PHI
• Nick Lodolo (SP – CIN): 42% | vs. ATH; @ WSN
• Peter Lambert (SP – HOU): 40% | vs. TOR; @ SDP
• Aaron Nola (SP – PHI): 37% | vs. WSN; vs. TOR
• Logan Henderson (SP – MIL): 33% | vs. PIT; vs. MIN
• Jared Jones (SP – PIT): 26% | @ MIL; vs. NYM
• Ian Seymour (SP – TBR): 24% | @ COL; @ SEA
• Shane Drohan (SP – MIL): 21% | vs. PIT; vs. MIN
• Grant Holmes (SP – ATL): 13% | vs. MIA; @ NYY
• Dean Kremer (SP – BAL): 11% | vs. LAA; @ TEX
• Patrick Sandoval (SP – BOS): 5% | vs. CWS; vs. ATH
• Eric Lauer (SP – LAD): 5% | @ CHC; @ ARI
• Sean Manaea (SP – NYM): 3% | @ CLE; @ PIT
• Randy Dobnak (SP – KCR): 3% | vs. MIN; vs. CHC
• Jacob Lopez (SP – ATH): 2% | @ CIN; @ BOS
• Michael Lorenzen (SP – COL): 2% | vs. TBR; @ STL
• Griffin Canning (SP – SDP): 2% | @ ARI; vs. HOU
• German Marquez (SP – SDP): 2% | @ ARI; vs. HOU
• Ryan Gusto (SP – MIA): 0% | @ ATL; vs. LAA

Takeaways

• The Angels, Orioles, Yankees and Pirates are in the bottom five in strikeout rate against both right- and left-handed pitchers. Since July 1st, the Angels, Yankees and Pirates have the worst strikeout rates in the league.
• The Blue Jays and Mets are the only teams that show up on the bottom five wOBA charts against pitchers from both sides of the rubber. In July, the Blue Jays have the single worst wOBA as a team, while the Mets have started to heat up.
• Troy Melton gets two starts on the road in two of the more pitcher-friendly ballparks in the league. He goes to Seattle first to face the Mariners before heading to San Francisco for a date with the Giants. Both teams are in the bottom six in Statcast park factor.

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