Fantasy baseball two-start pitchers Week 3: Rankings, sleepers and start/sit

More than a third of this week's two-start selection is must-start

By Scott White

Apr 3, 2026 at 9:43 am ET • 1 min read

Every 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 require some forecasting and are therefore subject to change.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 3 (April 6-12). Be sure to check back Sunday for the latest updates.

Must-start, all formats

1	T. Skubal SP DET Tarik Skubal SP DET	@ MIN Minnesota	vs MIA Miami
2	C. Ragans RP KC Cole Ragans RP KC	@ CLE Cleveland	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
3	C. Sale SP ATL Chris Sale SP ATL	@ LAA L.A. Angels	vs CLE Cleveland
4	H. Brown SP HOU Hunter Brown SP HOU	@ COL Colorado	@ SEA Seattle
5	C. Schlittler SP NYY Cameron Schlittler SP NYY	vs ATH Athletics	@ TB Tampa Bay
6	N. Pivetta RP SD Nick Pivetta RP SD	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs COL Colorado
7	F. Peralta SP NYM Freddy Peralta SP NYM	vs ARI Arizona	vs ATH Athletics
8	S. Alcantara SP MIA Sandy Alcantara SP MIA	vs CIN Cincinnati	@ DET Detroit
9	L. Gilbert SP SEA Logan Gilbert SP SEA	@ TEX Texas	vs HOU Houston
10	J. Ryan SP MIN Joe Ryan SP MIN	vs DET Detroit	@ TOR Toronto
11	J. deGrom SP TEX Jacob deGrom SP TEX	vs SEA Seattle	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
12	B. Woodruff SP MIL Brandon Woodruff SP MIL	@ BOS Boston	vs WAS Washington
13	A. Abbott SP CIN Andrew Abbott SP CIN	@ MIA Miami	vs LAA L.A. Angels

Advisable in most cases

14	A. Painter SP PHI Andrew Painter SP PHI	@ SF San Francisco	vs ARI Arizona
15	B. Chandler P PIT Bubba Chandler P PIT	vs SD San Diego	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
16	J. Soriano RP LAA Jose Soriano RP LAA	vs ATL Atlanta	@ CIN Cincinnati
17	C. Mize SP DET Casey Mize SP DET	@ MIN Minnesota	vs MIA Miami
18	N. Cameron P KC Noah Cameron P KC	@ CLE Cleveland	vs CHW Chi. White Sox

Better left for points leagues

19	T. Bibee SP CLE Tanner Bibee SP CLE	vs KC Kansas City	@ ATL Atlanta
20	Z. Gallen SP ARI Zac Gallen SP ARI	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	@ PHI Philadelphia
21	T. Bradley SP MIN Taj Bradley SP MIN	vs DET Detroit	@ TOR Toronto
22	M. Scherzer SP TOR Max Scherzer SP TOR	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs MIN Minnesota
23	S. McClanahan SP TB Shane McClanahan SP TB	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
24	J. Taillon SP CHC Jameson Taillon SP CHC	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs PIT Pittsburgh

No thanks

25	J. Junk RP MIA Janson Junk RP MIA	vs CIN Cincinnati	@ DET Detroit
26	S. Smith RP CHW Shane Smith RP CHW	vs BAL Baltimore	@ KC Kansas City
27	B. Bello SP BOS Brayan Bello SP BOS	vs MIL Milwaukee	@ STL St. Louis
28	Z. Littell SP WAS Zack Littell SP WAS	vs STL St. Louis	@ MIL Milwaukee
29	A. Houser SP SF Adrian Houser SP SF	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ BAL Baltimore
30	B. Williamson SP CIN Brandon Williamson SP CIN	@ MIA Miami	vs LAA L.A. Angels
31	G. Marquez SP SD German Marquez SP SD	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs COL Colorado
32	E. Fedde SP CHW Erick Fedde SP CHW	vs BAL Baltimore	@ KC Kansas City
33	A. Pallante RP STL Andre Pallante RP STL	@ WAS Washington	vs BOS Boston
34	A. Civale SP ATH Aaron Civale SP ATH	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
35	K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL	vs HOU Houston	@ SD San Diego
36	R. Feltner SP COL Ryan Feltner SP COL	vs HOU Houston	@ SD San Diego