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Quality matchups help to salvage some otherwise shaky two-start options

By Scott White

Jul 7, 2024 at 8:53 pm ET • 1 min read

Every weekend, Scott White ranks the two-start pitchers for the upcoming scoring period, sorting them by how usable they are. The names depicted here are projected several days out and, thus, subject to change.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 15 (July 8-14). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs ATH Athletics
2	C. Sale SP ATL Chris Sale SP ATL	@ ARI Arizona	@ SD San Diego
3	L. Gilbert SP SEA Logan Gilbert SP SEA	@ SD San Diego	@ LAA L.A. Angels
4	Z. Gallen SP ARI Zac Gallen SP ARI	vs ATL Atlanta	vs TOR Toronto
5	S. Imanaga SP CHC Shota Imanaga SP CHC	@ BAL Baltimore	@ STL St. Louis
6	M. Keller SP PIT Mitch Keller SP PIT	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
7	R. Blanco SP HOU Ronel Blanco SP HOU	vs MIA Miami	vs TEX Texas
8	J. Irvin SP WAS Jake Irvin SP WAS	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	@ MIL Milwaukee

Advisable in most cases

9	G. Williams SP CLE Gavin Williams SP CLE	@ DET Detroit	@ TB Tampa Bay
10	F. Montas RP NYM Frankie Montas RP NYM	vs COL Colorado	vs MIA Miami
11	C. Scott SP NYM Christian Scott SP NYM	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs COL Colorado
12	A. Abbott SP CIN Andrew Abbott SP CIN	vs COL Colorado	vs MIA Miami
13	M. Parker SP WAS Mitchell Parker SP WAS	vs STL St. Louis	@ MIL Milwaukee
14	B. Lively SP CLE Ben Lively SP CLE	@ DET Detroit	@ TB Tampa Bay

Better left for points leagues

15	C. Morton SP BAL Charlie Morton SP BAL	@ ARI Arizona	@ SD San Diego
16	C. Rodon SP NYY Carlos Rodon SP NYY	@ TB Tampa Bay	@ BAL Baltimore
17	R. Pepiot SP TB Ryan Pepiot SP TB	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs CLE Cleveland
18	Y. Kikuchi SP LAA Yusei Kikuchi SP LAA	@ SF San Francisco	@ ARI Arizona
19	J. Quintana SP MIL Jose Quintana SP MIL	vs WAS Washington	vs COL Colorado
20	C. Rea SP CHC Colin Rea SP CHC	vs PIT Pittsburgh	vs WAS Washington
21	M. Mikolas SP STL Miles Mikolas SP STL	@ WAS Washington	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
22	B. Bello SP BOS Brayan Bello SP BOS	vs ATH Athletics	vs KC Kansas City
23	D. Kremer SP BAL Dean Kremer SP BAL	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
24	B. Miller SP LAD Bobby Miller SP LAD	@ PHI Philadelphia	@ DET Detroit
25	B. Snell SP LAD Blake Snell SP LAD	vs TOR Toronto	vs MIN Minnesota

No thanks

26	J. Gray SP TEX Jon Gray SP TEX	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ HOU Houston
27	C. Quantrill SP MIA Cal Quantrill SP MIA	@ CIN Cincinnati	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
28	J. Estes SP ATH Joey Estes SP ATH	@ BOS Boston	@ PHI Philadelphia
29	M. Perez SP CHW Martin Perez SP CHW	@ MIL Milwaukee	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
30	D. Daniel RP ATL Davis Daniel RP ATL	vs TEX Texas	vs SEA Seattle
31	T. Rogers SP BAL Trevor Rogers SP BAL	@ HOU Houston	@ CIN Cincinnati
32	R. Feltner SP COL Ryan Feltner SP COL	@ CIN Cincinnati	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
33	K. Montero SP DET Keider Montero SP DET	vs CLE Cleveland	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
34	K. Maeda RP DET Kenta Maeda RP DET	vs CLE Cleveland	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
35	C. Flexen RP CHC Chris Flexen RP CHC	vs MIN Minnesota	vs PIT Pittsburgh
36	R. Contreras SP BAL Roansy Contreras SP BAL	vs TEX Texas	vs SEA Seattle