Fantasy Baseball Week 27 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Bowden Francis, Ryan Pepiot

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

By Scott White

Sep 20, 2024 at 7:04 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 27 (Sept. 23-29). Check back Sunday for the latest updates.

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 SP KC Cole Ragans SP 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 OAK Oakland
6	B. Francis RP TOR Bowden Francis RP TOR	vs BOS Boston	vs MIA Miami
7	M. King SP SD Michael King SP SD	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ ARI Arizona
8	S. Schwellenbach SP ATL Spencer Schwellenbach SP ATL	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	vs KC Kansas City
9	F. Peralta SP MIL Freddy Peralta SP MIL	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs NYM N.Y. Mets

Advisable in most cases

10	S. Gray SP STL Sonny Gray SP STL	@ COL Colorado	@ SF San Francisco
11	R. Pepiot SP TB Ryan Pepiot SP TB	@ DET Detroit	@ BOS Boston
12	N. Cortes SP NYY Nestor Cortes SP NYY	vs BAL Baltimore	vs PIT Pittsburgh
13	T. Houck SP BOS Tanner Houck SP BOS	@ TOR Toronto	vs TB Tampa Bay

Better left for points leagues

14	E. Rodriguez SP ARI Eduardo Rodriguez SP ARI	vs SF San Francisco	vs SD San Diego
15	J. Quintana SP NYM Jose Quintana SP NYM	@ ATL Atlanta	@ MIL Milwaukee
16	M. Spence SP OAK Mitch Spence SP OAK	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 SP CHW Jonathan Cannon SP 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 SP SF Hayden Birdsong SP 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	J. Wicks SP CHC Jordan Wicks SP CHC	@ PHI Philadelphia	vs CIN Cincinnati