Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitcher Lookahead: Week 16 (July 8 – 14)

Every fantasy baseball manager should regularly look to get a leg up on the competition. Planning ahead and playing the waiver wire well are two of the most effective ways. With the “Two-Start Pitcher Lookahead,” the goal is to peer into the future to point out some lesser-rostered (under 60%) starting pitchers who should be taking the mound twice for their clubs in a couple of weeks.

If there is room on your fantasy roster, it often pays off to stash one of these starters, particularly the first few in the rankings below. Why wait for the bidding war to start immediately before their two-start week? Get out in front of things now.

Keep in mind that situations can change quickly with MLB rotations. Given the way things stand at the time of writing, the collection of hurlers below should be in line to get that coveted two-start week down the road.

Two-Start Pitcher Lookahead (July 8 – 14)

***Rostered Percentage based on Yahoo! Leagues as of June 29***

Rank SP Start 1 Start 2 Likelihood of Making Two Starts Rostered Percentage
1 Ben Lively (CLE) at DET at TB High 54%
2 Frankie Montas (CIN) vs. COL vs. MIA High 18%
3 Jameson Taillon (CHC) at BAL at STL High 41%
4 Andrew Abbott (CIN) vs. COL vs. MIA High 51%
5 Yusei Kikuchi (TOR) at SF at ARI High 52%
6 Colin Rea (MIL) vs. PIT vs. WSH High 26%
7 Jordan Hicks (SF) vs. TOR vs. MIN Medium 56%
8 Tylor Megill (NYM) vs. WSH vs. COL High 14%
9 Trevor Rogers (MIA) at HOU at CIN High 5%
10 Jon Gray (TEX) at LAA at HOU High 41%
11 Cal Quantrill (COL) at CIN at NYM High 28%
12 Brayan Bello (BOS) vs. OAK vs. KC High 44%
13 Davis Daniel (LAA) vs. TEX vs. SEA Medium 3%
14 Andre Pallante (STL) vs. KC vs. CHC High 3%
15 Triston McKenzie (CLE) at DET at TB Medium 47%
16 Miles Mikolas (STL) at WSH vs. CHC High 28%
17 Joey Estes (OAK) at BOS at PHI High 3%
18 Kenta Maeda (DET) vs. CLE vs. LAD High 15%
19 Slade Cecconi (ARI) vs. ATL vs. TOR High 5%
20 Chris Flexen (CWS) vs. MIN vs. PIT High 2%
21 Martin Perez (PIT) at MIL at CWS High 7%
22 Dakota Hudson (COL) at CIN at NYM High 2%
23 Zach Plesac (LAA) vs. TEX vs. SEA Medium 1%


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