Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Starting Pitcher Rankings & Waiver Wire Targets: Week 3

Two start starting pitchers can help win fantasy baseball championships. It’s an incredibly important strategy for fantasy baseball managers, especially those in weekly leagues as you make your start/sit lineup decisions and place waiver wire bids. Even in daily leagues it’s important to be able to grab the most useful arms that can start for you twice in a week, especially if you are dealing with transaction limits. Here’s a look at our two start starting pitcher rankings for the week.

You can also check out our full probable pitchers report for the next two weeks. You can use that in coordination with our Streaming Pitcher Planner and Two-Start Pitcher Projections to plan your fantasy baseball rotation.

Two-Start Starting Pitcher Rankings: Week 3

			GAME 1 OPPONENT				GAME 2 OPPONENT
VBR	TWO START PITCHER	THROWS	DATE	PITCHER	OPP.	WOBA	DATE	PITCHER	OPP.	WOBA
4	Zack Wheeler (PHI) (0-1) 0.75 ERA	R	Tue 4/9	TBD	@STL	0.3248	Sun 4/14	M. Keller (0-1) 6.55 ERA	PIT	0.3113
7	Luis Castillo (SEA) (0-2) 6.75 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	J. Berrios (1-0) 2.25 ERA	@TOR	0.3266	Sun 4/14	J. Assad (1-0) 0.00 ERA	CHC	0.3284
13	Zach Eflin (TB) (1-1) 5.25 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	T. Anderson (1-0) 0.00 ERA	@LAA	0.3227	Sun 4/14	B. Snell (0-0) 0.00 ERA	SF	0.3069
16	Zac Gallen (ARI) (2-0) 0.82 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	K. Freeland (0-2) 27.00 ERA	@COL	0.3126	Sun 4/14	M. Mikolas (1-1) 6.10 ERA	STL	0.3248
21	Shane Bieber (CLE) (2-0) 0.00 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	TBD	CWS	0.2951	Sun 4/14	N. Jr. (0-1) 6.30 ERA	NYY	0.307
23	Blake Snell (SF) (0-0) 0.00 ERA	L	Mon 4/8	T. Williams (1-0) 3.38 ERA	WSH	0.3117	Sun 4/14	Z. Eflin (1-1) 5.25 ERA	@TB	0.3384
26	Jesus Luzardo (MIA) (0-1) 4.35 ERA	L	Mon 4/8	N. Jr. (0-1) 6.30 ERA	@NYY	0.307	Sun 4/14	R. Lopez (0-0) 0.00 ERA	ATL	0.3628
32	Yu Darvish (SD) (0-1) 2.30 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	J. Assad (1-0) 0.00 ERA	CHC	0.3284	Sun 4/14	J. Paxton (1-0) 0.00 ERA	@LAD	0.3444
34	Jose Berrios (TOR) (1-0) 2.25 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	L. Castillo (0-2) 6.75 ERA	SEA	0.322	Sun 4/14	K. Freeland (0-2) 27.00 ERA	COL	0.3126
38	Nestor Cortes Jr. (NYY) (0-1) 6.30 ERA	L	Mon 4/8	J. Luzardo (0-1) 4.35 ERA	MIA	0.315	Sun 4/14	S. Bieber (2-0) 0.00 ERA	@CLE	0.3034
39	Cole Ragans (KC) (0-1) 1.46 ERA	L	Tue 4/9	C. Javier (1-0) 0.00 ERA	HOU	0.3348	Sun 4/14	A. Houser (0-0) 1.80 ERA	@NYM	0.3179
51	Cristian Javier (HOU) (1-0) 0.00 ERA	R	Tue 4/9	C. Ragans (0-1) 1.46 ERA	@KC	0.3055	Sun 4/14	TBD	TEX	0.3422
56	Mitch Keller (PIT) (0-1) 6.55 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	R. Olson (0-0) 0.00 ERA	DET	0.3026	Sun 4/14	Z. Wheeler (0-1) 0.75 ERA	@PHI	0.3325
62	Charlie Morton (ATL) (1-0) 0.00 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	TBD	NYM	0.3179	Sat 4/13	M. Meyer (0-0) 3.60 ERA	@MIA	0.315
74	Louie Varland (MIN) (0-1) 6.75 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	J. Paxton (1-0) 0.00 ERA	LAD	0.3444	Sat 4/13	J. Flaherty (0-0) 1.50 ERA	@DET	0.3026
90	Brayan Bello (BOS) (1-0) 5.40 ERA	R	Tue 4/9	C. Irvin (0-1) 7.20 ERA	BAL	0.3232	Sun 4/14	T. Anderson (1-0) 0.00 ERA	LAA	0.3227
93	Miles Mikolas (STL) (1-1) 6.10 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	S. Turnbull (1-0) 0.00 ERA	PHI	0.3325	Sun 4/14	Z. Gallen (2-0) 0.82 ERA	@ARI	0.3198
94	Chris Paddack (MIN) (0-0) 4.50 ERA	R	Tue 4/9	T. Glasnow (2-0) 3.18 ERA	LAD	0.3444	Sun 4/14	R. Olson (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@DET	0.3026
96	James Paxton (LAD) (1-0) 0.00 ERA	L	Mon 4/8	L. Varland (0-1) 6.75 ERA	@MIN	0.3289	Sun 4/14	Y. Darvish (0-1) 2.30 ERA	SD	0.3261
97	Frankie Montas (CIN) (2-0) 0.77 ERA	R	Tue 4/9	J. Ross (0-0) 0.00 ERA	MIL	0.3115	Sun 4/14	TBD	@CWS	0.2951
103	Reese Olson (DET) (0-0) 0.00 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	M. Keller (0-1) 6.55 ERA	@PIT	0.3113	Sun 4/14	C. Paddack (0-0) 4.50 ERA	MIN	0.3289
115	Jakob Junis (MIL) (0-0) 2.25 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	G. Ashcraft (0-1) 3.00 ERA	@CIN	0.3278	Sat 4/13	D. Kremer (0-0) 5.06 ERA	@BAL	0.3232
145	Cole Irvin (BAL) (0-1) 7.20 ERA	L	Tue 4/9	B. Bello (1-0) 5.40 ERA	@BOS	0.3265	Sun 4/14	J. Ross (0-0) 0.00 ERA	MIL	0.3115
169	Tyler Anderson (LAA) (1-0) 0.00 ERA	L	Mon 4/8	Z. Eflin (1-1) 5.25 ERA	TB	0.3384	Sun 4/14	B. Bello (1-0) 5.40 ERA	@BOS	0.3265
175	Joe Ross (MIL) (0-0) 0.00 ERA	R	Tue 4/9	F. Montas (2-0) 0.77 ERA	@CIN	0.3278	Sun 4/14	C. Irvin (0-1) 7.20 ERA	@BAL	0.3232
193	Adrian Houser (NYM) (0-0) 1.80 ERA	R	Tue 4/9	R. Lopez (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@ATL	0.3628	Sun 4/14	C. Ragans (0-1) 1.46 ERA	KC	0.3055
196	Javier Assad (CHC) (1-0) 0.00 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	Y. Darvish (0-1) 2.30 ERA	@SD	0.3261	Sun 4/14	L. Castillo (0-2) 6.75 ERA	@SEA	0.322
233	Spencer Turnbull (PHI) (1-0) 0.00 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	M. Mikolas (1-1) 6.10 ERA	@STL	0.3248	Sat 4/13	M. Gonzales (0-0) 1.80 ERA	PIT	0.3113
434	Trevor Williams (WSH) (1-0) 3.38 ERA	R	Mon 4/8	B. Snell (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@SF	0.3069	Sun 4/14	TBD	@OAK	0.2954
445	Kyle Freeland (COL) (0-2) 27.00 ERA	L	Mon 4/8	Z. Gallen (2-0) 0.82 ERA	ARI	0.3198	Sun 4/14	J. Berrios (1-0) 2.25 ERA	@TOR	0.3266

What are two start pitchers?
Two Start Pitchers are starters scheduled to pitch twice during a given week. Top options can provide an edge by boosting counting stats (K, W, etc). Streaming pitchers is a popular fantasy strategy that often consists of targeting inexpensive two start pitchers that have favorable matchups for the upcoming week.