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 TOR Max Scherzer SP TOR	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 ATH Athletics
4	M. Clevinger RP CHW Mike Clevinger RP 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 RP ATL Ian Anderson RP ATL	vs MIA Miami	@ WAS Washington
10	T. McKenzie RP CLE Triston McKenzie RP CLE	vs KC Kansas City	@ MIN Minnesota
11	S. Sanchez SP MIA Sixto Sanchez SP MIA	@ ATL Atlanta	vs PHI Philadelphia

Sleepers and questionables

12	C. Javier SP HOU Cristian Javier SP HOU	@ ATH Athletics	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
13	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	@ WAS Washington	vs BOS Boston
14	B. Keller RP CHC Brad Keller RP CHC	@ 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 SP TB Adrian Houser SP TB	@ 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 NYM Frankie Montas SP NYM	vs HOU Houston	@ TEX Texas
21	J. Montgomery SP MIL Jordan Montgomery SP MIL	@ TOR Toronto	vs BAL Baltimore
22	L. Weaver RP NYY Luke Weaver RP 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 CHW Martin Perez SP CHW	@ PHI Philadelphia	@ TB Tampa Bay
27	K. Allard RP CLE Kolby Allard RP CLE	@ SEA Seattle	vs ATH Athletics
28	S. Turnbull RP TOR Spencer Turnbull RP TOR	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 LAA Jose Urena RP LAA	@ 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 CLE John Means SP CLE	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
37	M. Fulmer RP CHC Michael Fulmer RP CHC	@ MIN Minnesota	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
38	J. Teheran SP BAL Julio Teheran SP BAL	@ TEX Texas	@ COL Colorado