Fantasy Baseball: Two-start pitcher rankings for Week 16 mark the return of Eduardo Rodriguez

Eduardo Rodriguez is set to return from the DL Monday, and looking at some of the two-start options for Week 16 (July 17-23), you almost have to play him right away, according to Scott White.

By Scott White

Jul 16, 2017 at 8:44 pm ET • 2 min read

Now that the second half is well under way, starting rotations are a little more settled.

A lot of guesswork went into these rankings Friday, but I updated them midday Sunday with a little more confidence.

(At least as much as I can have, given the nature of the task. Predicting how a team's starting pitchers will line up a week in advance is an invitation for failure, and thus, the two-start rankings in any week are subject to change.)

Doesn't change the fact that it's an awful week for two-start pitchers, with many of the standbys -- Marcus Stroman, J.A. Happ, Ivan Nova and Julio Teheran -- suffering from miserable matchups. Eduardo Rodriguez would seem like a risky choice after missing the last six weeks with a knee injury, but given the alternatives, he's almost a no-brainer.

If you're feeling adventurous, Nos. 13-22 all offer some measure of upside, but there's so much risk attached to that group that, in most cases, it's not worth chasing the extra start this time around.

Your opponent is working with the same limitations, after all. This week may be one of those where you each make do with fewer starts.

Two-start pitchers for Week 16
Rank	Pitcher	Start 1	Start 2
1	Clayton Kershaw, LAD	at CHW	vs. ATL
2	Stephen Strasburg, WAS	at CIN	at ARI
3	Robbie Ray, ARI	at CIN	vs. WAS
4	Jon Lester, CHC	at ATL	vs. STL
5	Lance McCullers, HOU	vs. SEA	at BAL
6	Jason Vargas, KC	vs. DET	vs. CHW
7	Marcus Stroman, TOR	at BOS	at CLE
8	J.A. Happ, TOR	at BOS	at CLE
9	Eduardo Rodriguez, BOS	vs. TOR	at LAA
10	Ivan Nova, PIT	vs. MIL	at COL
11	Julio Teheran, ATL	vs. CHC	at LAD
12	Michael Wacha, STL	at NYM	at CHC
13	Jake Odorizzi, TB	at OAK	vs. TEX
14	Matt Moore, SF	vs. CLE	vs. SD
15	Zack Wheeler, NYM	vs. STL	vs. OAK
16	Sean Newcomb, ATL	vs. CHC	at LAD
17	Dylan Bundy, BAL*	vs. TEX	vs. HOU
18	Dinelson Lamet, SD	at COL	at SF
19	Ariel Miranda, SEA	at HOU	vs. NYY
20	Jared Eickhoff, PHI	at MIA	vs. MIL
21	Adam Wainwright, STL	at NYM	at CHC
22	Tyson Ross, TEX	at BAL	at TB
23	Scott Feldman, CIN*	vs. WAS	vs. MIA
24	Brent Suter, MIL*	at PIT	at PHI
25	Jordan Zimmermann, DET	at KC	at MIN
26	Travis Wood, KC*	vs. DET	vs. CHW
27	Junior Guerra, MIL	at PIT	at PHI
28	Tom Koehler, MIA	vs. PHI	at CIN
29	Josh Tomlin, CLE	at SF	vs. TOR
30	Luis Cessa, NYY	at MIN	at SEA
31	Daniel Gossett, OAK	vs. TB	at NYM
32	Andrew Cashner, TEX	at BAL	at TB
33	German Marquez, COL	vs. SD	vs. PIT
34	Matt Boyd, DET	at KC	at MIN
35	Rafael Montero, NYM*	vs. STL	vs. OAK
36	Adalberto Mejia, MIN*	vs. NYY	vs. DET
37	Ty Blach, SF	vs. CLE	vs. SD
38	Miguel Gonzalez, CHW	vs. LAD	at KC
39	Chris Tillman, BAL	vs. TEX	vs. HOU
40	Sal Romano, CIN	vs. ARI	vs. MIA
41	Sam Gaviglio, SEA*	at HOU	vs. NYY
42	Luis Perdomo, SD*	at COL	at SF
43	Chad Kuhl, PIT	vs. MIL	at COL