Fantasy Baseball Week 8 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings advise using Triston McKenzie, Sixto Sanchez

A couple recent rookie successes highlight a fairly balanced group of two-start pitchers.

By Scott White

Sep 6, 2020 at 5:01 pm ET • 1 min read

Every weekend, Scott White ranks the two-start pitchers for the upcoming week, sorting them by how usable they are. The standard for a two-start sleeper is higher in categories leagues, where ERA and WHIP need to be protected, than in point leagues, where volume is a higher priority, and it's indicated in the tiers below.

These are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 8 (Sept. 7-13):

Must-starts, all formats

1	M. Scherzer SP TEX Max Scherzer SP TEX	vs TB Tampa Bay	vs ATL Atlanta
2	Z. Gallen SP ARI Zac Gallen SP ARI	@ SF San Francisco	vs SEA Seattle
3	L. Lynn SP STL Lance Lynn SP STL	vs LAA L.A. Angels	vs OAK Oakland
4	M. Clevinger SP CHW Mike Clevinger SP CHW	vs COL Colorado	vs SF San Francisco
5	D. Lamet RP LAD Dinelson Lamet RP LAD	vs COL Colorado	vs SF San Francisco
6	Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	@ MIA Miami
7	Z. Plesac SP LAA Zach Plesac SP LAA	vs KC Kansas City	@ MIN Minnesota
8	K. Hendricks SP LAA Kyle Hendricks SP LAA	vs STL St. Louis	@ MIL Milwaukee
9	I. Anderson SP ATL Ian Anderson SP ATL	vs MIA Miami	@ WAS Washington
10	T. McKenzie SP CLE Triston McKenzie SP CLE	vs KC Kansas City	@ MIN Minnesota
11	S. Sanchez RP MIA Sixto Sanchez RP MIA	@ ATL Atlanta	vs PHI Philadelphia

Sleepers and questionables

12	C. Javier SP HOU Cristian Javier SP HOU	@ OAK Oakland	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
13	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	@ WAS Washington	vs BOS Boston
14	B. Keller RP BOS Brad Keller RP BOS	@ CLE Cleveland	vs PIT Pittsburgh
15	D. Cease SP SD Dylan Cease SP SD	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs DET Detroit
16	T. Mahle SP TEX Tyler Mahle SP TEX	@ CHC Chi. Cubs	@ STL St. Louis
17	K. Gausman SP TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR	vs ARI Arizona	@ SD San Diego
18	A. Houser RP NYM Adrian Houser RP NYM	@ DET Detroit	vs CHC Chi. Cubs

Better left for points leagues

19	Z. Eflin SP BAL Zach Eflin SP BAL	vs BOS Boston	@ MIA Miami
20	F. Montas SP MIL Frankie Montas SP MIL	vs HOU Houston	@ TEX Texas
21	J. Montgomery SP ARI Jordan Montgomery SP ARI	@ TOR Toronto	vs BAL Baltimore
22	L. Weaver SP NYY Luke Weaver SP NYY	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs SEA Seattle
23	C. Bassitt SP TOR Chris Bassitt SP TOR	@ HOU Houston	@ TEX Texas
24	J. Happ SP STL J.A. Happ SP STL	@ TOR Toronto	vs BAL Baltimore

No thanks

25	A. Mills RP CIN Alec Mills RP CIN	vs CIN Cincinnati	@ MIL Milwaukee
26	M. Perez SP SD Martin Perez SP SD	@ PHI Philadelphia	@ TB Tampa Bay
27	K. Allard SP PHI Kolby Allard SP PHI	@ SEA Seattle	vs OAK Oakland
28	S. Turnbull SP PHI Spencer Turnbull SP PHI	vs MIL Milwaukee	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
29	K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL	@ SD San Diego	vs LAA L.A. Angels
30	C. Martinez SP SF Carlos Martinez SP SF	vs MIN Minnesota	vs CIN Cincinnati
31	D. Peterson SP NYM David Peterson SP NYM	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ TOR Toronto
32	L. Webb SP SF Logan Webb SP SF	vs SEA Seattle	@ SD San Diego
33	J. Urena RP TEX Jose Urena RP TEX	@ ATL Atlanta	vs PHI Philadelphia
34	J. Oviedo SP PIT Johan Oviedo SP PIT	@ CHC Chi. Cubs	vs CIN Cincinnati
35	R. Erlin RP LAD Robbie Erlin RP LAD	vs MIA Miami	@ WAS Washington
36	J. Means SP BAL John Means SP BAL	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
37	M. Fulmer RP BOS Michael Fulmer RP BOS	@ MIN Minnesota	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
38	J. Teheran SP BAL Julio Teheran SP BAL	@ TEX Texas	@ COL Colorado