Fantasy Baseball Week 27 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Ryan Pepiot, Tanner Houck

A light schedule makes for few two-start options in the season's final week

By Scott White

Sep 22, 2024 at 5:22 pm 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 27 (Sept. 23-29). All information is up to date as of Sunday afternoon.

Must-start, all formats

1	T. Skubal SP DET Tarik Skubal SP DET	vs TB Tampa Bay	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
2	C. Ragans RP KC Cole Ragans RP KC	@ WAS Washington	@ ATL Atlanta
3	B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN	vs MIA Miami	vs BAL Baltimore
4	A. Nola SP PHI Aaron Nola SP PHI	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	@ WAS Washington
5	B. Miller SP SEA Bryce Miller SP SEA	@ HOU Houston	vs Ath Athletics
6	M. King RP SD Michael King RP SD	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ ARI Arizona
7	S. Schwellenbach P ATL Spencer Schwellenbach P ATL	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	vs KC Kansas City

Advisable in most cases

8	R. Pepiot RP TB Ryan Pepiot RP TB	@ DET Detroit	@ BOS Boston
9	J. Steele SP CHC Justin Steele SP CHC	@ PHI Philadelphia	vs CIN Cincinnati
10	T. Houck SP BOS Tanner Houck SP BOS	@ TOR Toronto	vs TB Tampa Bay
11	L. Severino SP ATH Luis Severino SP ATH	@ ATL Atlanta	@ MIL Milwaukee
12	N. Cortes SP MIL Nestor Cortes SP MIL	vs BAL Baltimore	vs PIT Pittsburgh
13	C. Bassitt SP TOR Chris Bassitt SP TOR	vs BOS Boston	vs MIA Miami
14	T. Myers RP MIL Tobias Myers RP MIL	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs NYM N.Y. Mets

Better left for points leagues

15	E. Rodriguez SP ARI Eduardo Rodriguez SP ARI	vs SF San Francisco	vs SD San Diego
16	M. Spence SP ATH Mitch Spence SP ATH	vs TEX Texas	@ SEA Seattle
17	D. Kremer SP BAL Dean Kremer SP BAL	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ MIN Minnesota
18	J. Kochanowicz SP LAA Jack Kochanowicz SP LAA	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs TEX Texas
19	J. Cannon P CHW Jonathan Cannon P CHW	vs LAA L.A. Angels	@ DET Detroit

No thanks

20	R. Weathers SP MIA Ryan Weathers SP MIA	@ MIN Minnesota	@ TOR Toronto
21	H. Birdsong P SF Hayden Birdsong P SF	@ ARI Arizona	vs STL St. Louis
22	B. Falter SP PIT Bailey Falter SP PIT	vs MIL Milwaukee	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
23	L. Knack SP LAD Landon Knack SP LAD	vs SD San Diego	@ COL Colorado
24	R. Feltner SP COL Ryan Feltner SP COL	vs STL St. Louis	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
25	M. McGreevy P STL Michael McGreevy P STL	@ COL Colorado	@ SF San Francisco