Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers: Rankings & Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 22)

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 22

Game 1 Opponent Game 2 Opponent
Two Start Pitcher Date Pitcher Opp. wOBA Date Pitcher Opp. wOBA
Dylan Cease (SD)
(12-9) 3.46 ERA
Tue 8/27 M. Mikolas
(8-10) 5.41 ERA
@STL 0.304 Sun 9/1 R. Pepiot
(7-5) 3.65 ERA
@TB 0.2977
Aaron Nola (PHI)
(11-6) 3.50 ERA
Mon 8/26 R. Blanco
(9-6) 3.14 ERA
HOU 0.3199 Sat 8/31 M. Fried
(7-7) 3.57 ERA
ATL 0.3121
Kevin Gausman (TOR)
(11-9) 4.24 ERA
Thu 8/29 TBD @BOS 0.33 Fri 8/30 P. Lopez
(11-8) 4.47 ERA
@MIN 0.3245
Max Fried (ATL)
(7-7) 3.57 ERA
Mon 8/26 B. Ober
(12-5) 3.54 ERA
@MIN 0.3245 Sat 8/31 A. Nola
(11-6) 3.50 ERA
@PHI 0.3221
Nestor Cortes Jr. (NYY)
(7-10) 4.00 ERA
Mon 8/26 M. Parker
(7-7) 4.26 ERA
@WSH 0.3013 Sun 9/1 M. Mikolas
(8-10) 5.41 ERA
STL 0.304
Bailey Ober (MIN)
(12-5) 3.54 ERA
Mon 8/26 M. Fried
(7-7) 3.57 ERA
ATL 0.3121 Sun 9/1 Y. Rodriguez
(1-5) 4.40 ERA
TOR 0.3055
Bryce Miller (SEA)
(9-7) 3.32 ERA
Mon 8/26 R. Pepiot
(7-5) 3.65 ERA
TB 0.2977 Sun 9/1 J. Cueto
(0-1) 4.26 ERA
@LAA 0.2982
Ryan Pepiot (TB)
(7-5) 3.65 ERA
Mon 8/26 B. Miller
(9-7) 3.32 ERA
@SEA 0.2939 Sun 9/1 D. Cease
(12-9) 3.46 ERA
SD 0.3219
Nick Pivetta (BOS)
(5-8) 4.70 ERA
Mon 8/26 J. Berrios
(12-9) 3.79 ERA
TOR 0.3055 Sat 8/31 K. Maeda
(2-5) 6.18 ERA
@DET 0.2943
Spencer Schwellenbach (ATL)
(4-6) 4.04 ERA
Tue 8/27 S. Richardson
(5-3) 3.69 ERA
@MIN 0.3245 Sun 9/1 C. Sanchez
(9-8) 3.40 ERA
@PHI 0.3221
Jose Berrios (TOR)
(12-9) 3.79 ERA
Mon 8/26 N. Pivetta
(5-8) 4.70 ERA
@BOS 0.33 Sat 8/31 Z. Matthews
(1-1) 3.60 ERA
@MIN 0.3245
Jameson Taillon (CHC)
(8-8) 3.77 ERA
Mon 8/26 TBD @PIT 0.2938 Sun 9/1 M. Parker
(7-7) 4.26 ERA
@WSH 0.3013
Miles Mikolas (STL)
(8-10) 5.41 ERA
Tue 8/27 D. Cease
(12-9) 3.46 ERA
SD 0.3219 Sun 9/1 N. Jr.
(7-10) 4.00 ERA
@NYY 0.334
Nick Martinez (CIN)
(6-6) 3.64 ERA
Tue 8/27 M. Spence
(7-9) 4.67 ERA
OAK 0.3028 Sun 9/1 TBD MIL 0.3215
Ronel Blanco (HOU)
(9-6) 3.14 ERA
Mon 8/26 A. Nola
(11-6) 3.50 ERA
@PHI 0.3221 Sun 9/1 M. Lorenzen
(7-6) 3.47 ERA
KC 0.3148
Matt Waldron (SD)
(7-11) 4.79 ERA
Mon 8/26 K. Gibson
(7-5) 4.22 ERA
@STL 0.304 Sat 8/31 S. Baz
(1-2) 3.48 ERA
@TB 0.2977
Edward Cabrera (MIA)
(2-5) 5.65 ERA
Mon 8/26 T. Gordon
(0-5) 7.55 ERA
@COL 0.3042 Sat 8/31 K. Harrison
(7-5) 4.00 ERA
@SF 0.3077
Kenta Maeda (DET)
(2-5) 6.18 ERA
Mon 8/26 D. Martin
(0-2) 3.22 ERA
@CWS 0.2724 Sat 8/31 N. Pivetta
(5-8) 4.70 ERA
BOS 0.33
Kyle Gibson (STL)
(7-5) 4.22 ERA
Mon 8/26 M. Waldron
(7-11) 4.79 ERA
SD 0.3219 Sat 8/31 W. Warren
(0-1) 8.59 ERA
@NYY 0.334
Yariel Rodriguez (TOR)
(1-5) 4.40 ERA
Mon 8/26 K. Crawford
(8-10) 4.25 ERA
@BOS 0.33 Sun 9/1 B. Ober
(12-5) 3.54 ERA
@MIN 0.3245
Mitch Spence (OAK)
(7-9) 4.67 ERA
Tue 8/27 N. Martinez
(6-6) 3.64 ERA
@CIN 0.3043 Sun 9/1 D. Dunning
(4-7) 5.00 ERA
@TEX 0.2987
Brant Hurter (DET)
(1-1) 3.57 ERA
Tue 8/27 J. Cueto
(0-1) 4.26 ERA
LAA 0.2982 Sun 9/1 C. Criswell
(5-4) 3.95 ERA
BOS 0.33
Mitchell Parker (WSH)
(7-7) 4.26 ERA
Mon 8/26 N. Jr.
(7-10) 4.00 ERA
NYY 0.334 Sun 9/1 J. Taillon
(8-8) 3.77 ERA
CHC 0.3011
Joey Cantillo (CLE)
(0-3) 8.47 ERA
Mon 8/26 C. Ragans
(10-8) 3.37 ERA
KC 0.3148 Sun 9/1 L. Ortiz
(5-4) 3.56 ERA
PIT 0.2938
Michael Lorenzen (KC)
(7-6) 3.47 ERA
Tue 8/27 G. Williams
(2-5) 5.02 ERA
@CLE 0.305 Sun 9/1 R. Blanco
(9-6) 3.14 ERA
@HOU 0.3199
Cooper Criswell (BOS)
(5-4) 3.95 ERA
Tue 8/27 C. Bassitt
(9-12) 4.34 ERA
TOR 0.3055 Sun 9/1 B. Hurter
(1-1) 3.57 ERA
@DET 0.2943
Johnny Cueto (LAA)
(0-1) 4.26 ERA
Tue 8/27 B. Hurter
(1-1) 3.57 ERA
@DET 0.2943 Sun 9/1 B. Miller
(9-7) 3.32 ERA
SEA 0.2939
Tanner Gordon (COL)
(0-5) 7.55 ERA
Mon 8/26 E. Cabrera
(2-5) 5.65 ERA
MIA 0.2882 Sat 8/31 T. Rogers
(2-11) 4.92 ERA
BAL 0.3296

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.


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