Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers: Rankings & Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 17)

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 17

	GAME 1 OPPONENT				GAME 2 OPPONENT
TWO START PITCHER	DATE	PITCHER	OPP.	WOBA	DATE	PITCHER	OPP.	WOBA
Tarik Skubal (DET) (10-3) 2.41 ERA	Mon 7/22	C. Carrasco (3-7) 5.02 ERA	@CLE	0.3111	Sat 7/27	J. Ryan (6-6) 3.61 ERA	MIN	0.325
Zack Wheeler (PHI) (10-4) 2.70 ERA	Mon 7/22	B. Ober (8-5) 4.14 ERA	@MIN	0.325	Sun 7/28	S. Howard (1-2) 6.33 ERA	CLE	0.3111
Cole Ragans (KC) (6-6) 3.24 ERA	Mon 7/22	R. Nelson (6-6) 4.98 ERA	ARI	0.3192	Sun 7/28	J. Assad (4-3) 3.27 ERA	CHC	0.3036
Carlos Rodon (NYY) (9-7) 4.46 ERA	Mon 7/22	Z. Littell (3-6) 4.00 ERA	TB	0.3002	Sun 7/28	T. Houck (8-6) 2.54 ERA	@BOS	0.3224
Bailey Ober (MIN) (8-5) 4.14 ERA	Mon 7/22	Z. Wheeler (10-4) 2.70 ERA	PHI	0.3261	Sun 7/28	M. Manning (0-1) 4.88 ERA	@DET	0.2988
Bryce Miller (SEA) (7-7) 3.63 ERA	Mon 7/22	C. Fulmer (0-2) 3.45 ERA	LAA	0.2986	Sun 7/28	TBD	@CWS	0.2758
Yusei Kikuchi (TOR) (4-8) 4.42 ERA	Tue 7/23	R. Pepiot (6-5) 3.92 ERA	TB	0.3002	Sun 7/28	A. Heaney (3-10) 3.79 ERA	TEX	0.3025
Tanner Houck (BOS) (8-6) 2.54 ERA	Mon 7/22	K. Freeland (1-3) 6.00 ERA	@COL	0.3043	Sun 7/28	C. Rodon (9-7) 4.46 ERA	NYY	0.3272
Andrew Heaney (TEX) (3-10) 3.79 ERA	Tue 7/23	G. Crochet (6-6) 3.02 ERA	CWS	0.2758	Sun 7/28	Y. Kikuchi (4-8) 4.42 ERA	@TOR	0.3017
Kyle Gibson (STL) (7-3) 4.16 ERA	Mon 7/22	L. Ortiz (4-2) 2.84 ERA	@PIT	0.2931	Sun 7/28	P. Corbin (1-9) 5.57 ERA	WSH	0.2976
Andrew Abbott (CIN) (9-6) 3.39 ERA	Mon 7/22	TBD	@ATL	0.3075	Sun 7/28	TBD	@TB	0.3002
Robbie Ray (SF) (0-0) 0.00 ERA	Tue 7/23	L. Knack (1-2) 3.23 ERA	@LAD	0.35	Sun 7/28	K. Freeland (1-3) 6.00 ERA	COL	0.3043
Kyle Harrison (SF) (5-4) 4.08 ERA	Mon 7/22	TBD	@LAD	0.35	Sat 7/27	T. Gordon (0-2) 10.61 ERA	COL	0.3043
David Peterson (NYM) (4-0) 3.09 ERA	Mon 7/22	R. Munoz (1-4) 5.47 ERA	@MIA	0.2773	Sun 7/28	C. Morton (5-5) 4.07 ERA	ATL	0.3075
Albert Suarez (BAL) (5-3) 2.82 ERA	Tue 7/23	M. Meyer (2-0) 2.12 ERA	@MIA	0.2773	Sun 7/28	TBD	SD	0.3161
Colin Rea (MIL) (9-3) 3.77 ERA	Mon 7/22	J. Assad (4-3) 3.27 ERA	@CHC	0.3036	Sun 7/28	M. Meyer (2-0) 2.12 ERA	MIA	0.2773
Max Meyer (MIA) (2-0) 2.12 ERA	Tue 7/23	A. Suarez (5-3) 2.82 ERA	BAL	0.3262	Sun 7/28	C. Rea (9-3) 3.77 ERA	@MIL	0.321
Javier Assad (CHC) (4-3) 3.27 ERA	Mon 7/22	C. Rea (9-3) 3.77 ERA	MIL	0.321	Sun 7/28	C. Ragans (6-6) 3.24 ERA	@KC	0.3056
Mitch Spence (OAK) (5-6) 4.75 ERA	Mon 7/22	S. Arrighetti (4-7) 5.63 ERA	HOU	0.3201	Sat 7/27	C. Fulmer (0-2) 3.45 ERA	@LAA	0.2986
Matt Manning (DET) (0-1) 4.88 ERA	Tue 7/23	S. Howard (1-2) 6.33 ERA	@CLE	0.3111	Sun 7/28	B. Ober (8-5) 4.14 ERA	MIN	0.325
Michael Lorenzen (TEX) (5-5) 3.52 ERA	Mon 7/22	E. Fedde (7-3) 2.99 ERA	CWS	0.2758	Sat 7/27	J. Berrios (8-7) 4.01 ERA	@TOR	0.3017
Ryne Nelson (ARI) (6-6) 4.98 ERA	Mon 7/22	C. Ragans (6-6) 3.24 ERA	@KC	0.3056	Sun 7/28	L. Ortiz (4-2) 2.84 ERA	PIT	0.2931
Luis L. Ortiz (PIT) (4-2) 2.84 ERA	Mon 7/22	K. Gibson (7-3) 4.16 ERA	STL	0.3023	Sun 7/28	R. Nelson (6-6) 4.98 ERA	@ARI	0.3192
Spencer Howard (CLE) (1-2) 6.33 ERA	Tue 7/23	M. Manning (0-1) 4.88 ERA	DET	0.2988	Sun 7/28	Z. Wheeler (10-4) 2.70 ERA	@PHI	0.3261
Carlos Carrasco (CLE) (3-7) 5.02 ERA	Mon 7/22	T. Skubal (10-3) 2.41 ERA	DET	0.2988	Sat 7/27	T. Phillips (1-0) 4.50 ERA	@PHI	0.3261
Osvaldo Bido (OAK) (1-1) 3.63 ERA	Tue 7/23	J. Bloss (0-0) 4.70 ERA	HOU	0.3201	Sun 7/28	J. Kochanowicz (0-1) 12.00 ERA	@LAA	0.2986
Jack Kochanowicz (LAA) (0-1) 12.00 ERA	Tue 7/23	B. Woo (3-1) 2.45 ERA	@SEA	0.2942	Sun 7/28	O. Bido (1-1) 3.63 ERA	OAK	0.2981
Carson Fulmer (LAA) (0-2) 3.45 ERA	Mon 7/22	B. Miller (7-7) 3.63 ERA	@SEA	0.2942	Sat 7/27	M. Spence (5-6) 4.75 ERA	OAK	0.2981
Patrick Corbin (WSH) (1-9) 5.57 ERA	Tue 7/23	R. Vasquez (2-5) 4.57 ERA	SD	0.3161	Sun 7/28	K. Gibson (7-3) 4.16 ERA	@STL	0.3023
Kyle Freeland (COL) (1-3) 6.00 ERA	Mon 7/22	T. Houck (8-6) 2.54 ERA	BOS	0.3224	Sun 7/28	R. Ray (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@SF	0.3074
Roddery Munoz (MIA) (1-4) 5.47 ERA	Mon 7/22	D. Peterson (4-0) 3.09 ERA	NYM	0.3217	Sat 7/27	A. Civale (2-7) 4.94 ERA	@MIL	0.321

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.