Fantasy Baseball Week 23 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Nestor Cortes, Nick Pivetta

Here are your best bets for an extra start this upcoming scoring period

By Scott White

Aug 26, 2024 at 3:19 am ET • 1 min read

Every weekend, Scott White ranks the two-start pitchers for the upcoming scoring period, sorting them by how usable they are. The names depicted here are projected several days out and, thus, subject to change.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 23 (Aug. 26-Sept. 1). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI	vs HOU Houston	vs ATL Atlanta
2	D. Cease SP SD Dylan Cease SP SD	@ STL St. Louis	@ TB Tampa Bay
3	C. Ragans SP KC Cole Ragans SP KC	@ CLE Cleveland	@ HOU Houston
4	B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN	vs ATL Atlanta	vs TOR Toronto
5	L. Webb SP SF Logan Webb SP SF	@ MIL Milwaukee	vs MIA Miami
6	B. Miller SP SEA Bryce Miller SP SEA	vs TB Tampa Bay	@ LAA L.A. Angels
7	M. Keller SP PIT Mitch Keller SP PIT	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	@ CLE Cleveland
8	A. Nola SP PHI Aaron Nola SP PHI	vs HOU Houston	vs ATL Atlanta
9	M. Fried SP ATL Max Fried SP ATL	@ MIN Minnesota	@ PHI Philadelphia
10	S. Schwellenbach SP ATL Spencer Schwellenbach SP ATL	@ MIN Minnesota	@ PHI Philadelphia
11	J. Flaherty SP LAD Jack Flaherty SP LAD	vs BAL Baltimore	@ ARI Arizona
12	R. Pepiot SP TB Ryan Pepiot SP TB	@ SEA Seattle	vs SD San Diego

Advisable in most cases

13	N. Cortes SP NYY Nestor Cortes SP NYY	@ WAS Washington	vs STL St. Louis
14	J. Berrios SP TOR Jose Berrios SP TOR	@ BOS Boston	@ MIN Minnesota
15	S. Manaea SP NYM Sean Manaea SP NYM	@ ARI Arizona	@ CHW Chi. White Sox

Better left for points leagues

16	R. Blanco SP HOU Ronel Blanco SP HOU	@ PHI Philadelphia	vs KC Kansas City
17	J. Taillon SP CHC Jameson Taillon SP CHC	@ PIT Pittsburgh	@ WAS Washington
18	A. Heaney SP TEX Andrew Heaney SP TEX	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs OAK Oakland
19	T. Myers SP MIL Tobias Myers SP MIL	vs SF San Francisco	@ CIN Cincinnati

No thanks

20	G. Crochet SP CHW Garrett Crochet SP CHW	vs TEX Texas	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
21	E. Rodriguez SP ARI Eduardo Rodriguez SP ARI	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
22	M. Lorenzen SP KC Michael Lorenzen SP KC	@ CLE Cleveland	@ HOU Houston
23	M. Spence SP OAK Mitch Spence SP OAK	@ CIN Cincinnati	@ TEX Texas
24	J. Cueto SP LAA Johnny Cueto SP LAA	@ DET Detroit	vs SEA Seattle
25	Y. Rodriguez SP TOR Yariel Rodriguez SP TOR	@ BOS Boston	@ MIN Minnesota
26	K. Gibson SP STL Kyle Gibson SP STL	vs SD San Diego	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
27	M. Parker SP WAS Mitchell Parker SP WAS	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
28	L. Allen SP CLE Logan Taylor Allen SP CLE	vs KC Kansas City	vs PIT Pittsburgh
29	M. Mikolas SP STL Miles Mikolas SP STL	vs SD San Diego	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
30	C. Criswell SP BOS Cooper Criswell SP BOS	vs TOR Toronto	@ DET Detroit
31	C. Quantrill SP COL Cal Quantrill SP COL	vs MIA Miami	vs BAL Baltimore
32	E. Cabrera SP MIA Edward Cabrera SP MIA	@ COL Colorado	@ SF San Francisco
33	B. Hurter P DET Brant Hurter P DET	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs BOS Boston
34	D. Martin SP CHW Davis Martin SP CHW	vs DET Detroit	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
35	K. Maeda SP DET Kenta Maeda SP DET	vs LAA L.A. Angels	vs BOS Boston
36	R. Munoz SP MIA Roddery Munoz SP MIA	@ COL Colorado	@ SF San Francisco
37	C. Irvin RP MIN Cole Irvin RP MIN	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ COL Colorado