Fantasy Baseball Week 26 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Bryan Woo, Yu Darvish

Find out who could provide you with an extra start this week

By Scott White

Sep 15, 2024 at 3:59 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 26 (Sept. 16-22). All information is up to date as of Sunday afternoon.

Must-start, all formats

1	Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI	@ MIL Milwaukee	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
2	P. Skenes SP PIT Paul Skenes SP PIT	@ STL St. Louis	@ CIN Cincinnati
3	S. Imanaga SP CHC Shota Imanaga SP CHC	vs ATH Athletics	vs WAS Washington
4	Y. Yamamoto SP LAD Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP LAD	@ ATL Atlanta	vs COL Colorado
5	B. Snell SP LAD Blake Snell SP LAD	@ BAL Baltimore	@ KC Kansas City
6	P. Lopez SP MIN Pablo Lopez SP MIN	@ CLE Cleveland	@ BOS Boston
7	M. Fried SP NYY Max Fried SP NYY	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ MIA Miami
8	S. Manaea SP NYM Sean Manaea SP NYM	vs WAS Washington	vs PHI Philadelphia
9	S. Lugo SP KC Seth Lugo SP KC	vs DET Detroit	vs SF San Francisco
10	B. Woo SP SEA Bryan Woo SP SEA	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ TEX Texas
11	S. Arrighetti SP HOU Spencer Arrighetti SP HOU	@ SD San Diego	vs LAA L.A. Angels
12	L. Gil SP NYY Luis Gil SP NYY	@ SEA Seattle	@ ATH Athletics

Advisable in most cases

13	C. Bassitt SP TOR Chris Bassitt SP TOR	@ TEX Texas	@ TB Tampa Bay
14	Y. Darvish SP SD Yu Darvish SP SD	vs HOU Houston	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
15	R. Suarez SP PHI Ranger Suarez SP PHI	@ MIL Milwaukee	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
16	N. Pivetta SP SD Nick Pivetta SP SD	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs MIN Minnesota
17	R. Detmers RP LAA Reid Detmers RP LAA	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	@ HOU Houston
18	M. Boyd SP CHC Matthew Boyd SP CHC	vs MIN Minnesota	@ STL St. Louis
19	A. Suarez RP BAL Albert Suarez RP BAL	vs SF San Francisco	vs DET Detroit

Better left for points leagues

20	S. Baz SP TB Shane Baz SP TB	vs BOS Boston	vs TOR Toronto
21	G. Williams SP CLE Gavin Williams SP CLE	vs MIN Minnesota	@ STL St. Louis
22	J. Estes SP ATH Joey Estes SP ATH	@ CHC Chi. Cubs	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees

No thanks

23	A. Pallante SP STL Andre Pallante SP STL	vs PIT Pittsburgh	vs CLE Cleveland
24	B. Miller SP LAD Bobby Miller SP LAD	@ MIA Miami	vs COL Colorado
25	M. Kelly SP ARI Merrill Kelly SP ARI	@ COL Colorado	@ MIL Milwaukee
26	J. Irvin SP WAS Jake Irvin SP WAS	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
27	T. Megill SP NYM Tylor Megill SP NYM	vs WAS Washington	vs PHI Philadelphia
28	B. Williamson SP CIN Brandon Williamson SP CIN	vs ATL Atlanta	vs PIT Pittsburgh
29	M. Parker SP WAS Mitchell Parker SP WAS	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
30	J. Wicks RP CHC Jordan Wicks RP CHC	vs ATH Athletics	vs WAS Washington
31	A. Civale SP CHW Aaron Civale SP CHW	vs PHI Philadelphia	vs ARI Arizona
32	Z. Matthews SP MIN Zebby Matthews SP MIN	@ CLE Cleveland	@ BOS Boston
33	B. Falter SP PIT Bailey Falter SP PIT	@ STL St. Louis	@ CIN Cincinnati
34	J. Cannon SP CHW Jonathan Cannon SP CHW	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ SD San Diego
35	J. Montgomery SP ARI Jordan Montgomery SP ARI	@ COL Colorado	@ MIL Milwaukee
36	A. Senzatela SP COL Antonio Senzatela SP COL	vs ARI Arizona	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers