Fantasy Baseball Week 9 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Kris Bubic, Robbie Ray

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Each 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 are highly speculative and subject to change.

One of the most common ways they change is with the addition of a spot starter when a team is scheduled to play six games in a row. It doesn’t always happen, but it happens often enough that I’m taking the extra step this year of pointing out which of the two-start pitchers is scheduled for Tuesday and Sunday in the upcoming scoring period since they’re the most likely to lose out in such a scenario.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 8 (May 12-18), with the most questionable (Tuesday/Sunday in a seven-game week) being Tarik Skubal, Jesus Luzardo, Logan Henderson, Gavin Williams, Gunnar Hoglund, Walker Buehler, Bailey Falter, Kyle Hendricks, and Antonio Senzatela..

All information is up to date as of Sunday afternoon.

Must-start, all formats
Advisable in most cases
Better left for points leagues

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