Fantasy Baseball Week 3 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Shane Baz, Justin Steele

Nearly half of this week's two-start selection is must-start

By Scott White

13 hrs ago • 1 min read

Each weekend, Scott White ranks the two-start pitchers for the upcoming scoring period and then categorizes them by how usable they are. The names depicted here are highly speculative and subject to change.

One of the most common ways they change is with the addition of a spot starter when a team is scheduled to play six games in a row. It doesn't always happen, but it happens often enough that I'm taking the extra step this year of pointing out which of the two-start pitchers are scheduled for Tuesday and Sunday in the upcoming scoring period since they're the most likely to lose out in such a scenario.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 2 (March 31-April 6), with the most questionable (Tuesday/Sunday in a seven-game week) being Cole Ragans, Pablo Lopez, Tanner Houck, and Easton Lucas. All information is up to date as of early Monday.

Must-start, all formats

1	Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI	@ ATL Atlanta	@ STL St. Louis
2	C. Ragans SP KC Cole Ragans SP KC	vs MIN Minnesota	@ CLE Cleveland
3	H. Greene SP CIN Hunter Greene SP CIN	@ SF San Francisco	vs PIT Pittsburgh
4	L. Gilbert SP SEA Logan Gilbert SP SEA	vs HOU Houston	vs TEX Texas
5	C. Sale SP ATL Chris Sale SP ATL	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ TB Tampa Bay
6	M. King SP SD Michael King SP SD	@ ATH Athletics	vs COL Colorado
7	L. Webb SP SF Logan Webb SP SF	vs CIN Cincinnati	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
8	Z. Gallen SP ARI Zac Gallen SP ARI	vs BAL Baltimore	vs MIL Milwaukee
9	N. Eovaldi SP TEX Nathan Eovaldi SP TEX	@ CHC Chi. Cubs	@ SEA Seattle
10	P. Lopez SP MIN Pablo Lopez SP MIN	@ KC Kansas City	vs DET Detroit
11	C. Rodon SP NYY Carlos Rodon SP NYY	@ DET Detroit	vs SF San Francisco
12	F. Peralta SP MIL Freddy Peralta SP MIL	@ COL Colorado	@ ARI Arizona
13	K. Senga SP NYM Kodai Senga SP NYM	vs MIA Miami	@ ATH Athletics
14	S. Baz SP TB Shane Baz SP TB	vs LAA L.A. Angels	vs ATL Atlanta
15	M. Gore SP WAS MacKenzie Gore SP WAS	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ MIA Miami

Advisable in most cases

16	Z. Eflin SP BAL Zach Eflin SP BAL	@ ARI Arizona	vs TOR Toronto
17	J. Steele SP CHC Justin Steele SP CHC	vs TEX Texas	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
18	J. Berrios SP TOR Jose Berrios SP TOR	@ BOS Boston	@ BAL Baltimore
19	R. Fitts SP BOS Richard Fitts SP BOS	vs TOR Toronto	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
20	C. Mize SP DET Casey Mize SP DET	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ MIN Minnesota

Better left for points leagues

21	H. Wesneski SP HOU Hayden Wesneski SP HOU	@ SEA Seattle	vs LAA L.A. Angels
22	L. Severino SP ATH Luis Severino SP ATH	vs SD San Diego	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
23	T. Houck SP BOS Tanner Houck SP BOS	vs TOR Toronto	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
24	S. Smith SP CHW Shane Smith SP CHW	@ CLE Cleveland	vs BOS Boston

No thanks

25	M. Lorenzen SP KC Michael Lorenzen SP KC	vs MIN Minnesota	@ CLE Cleveland
26	E. Lucas SP TOR Easton Lucas SP TOR	@ BOS Boston	@ BAL Baltimore
27	K. Hendricks SP LAA Kyle Hendricks SP LAA	@ TB Tampa Bay	@ HOU Houston
28	B. Lively SP CLE Ben Lively SP CLE	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	vs KC Kansas City
29	M. Liberatore SP STL Matthew Liberatore SP STL	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs PHI Philadelphia
30	S. Woods Richardson SP MIN Simeon Woods Richardson SP MIN	@ KC Kansas City	vs DET Detroit
31	K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL	vs MIL Milwaukee	@ SD San Diego
32	C. Mlodzinski SP PIT Carmen Mlodzinski SP PIT	vs STL St. Louis	@ CIN Cincinnati