Fantasy Baseball Week 5 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Kevin Gausman, Tanner Houck

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, likely to change.

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Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 5 (April 22-28). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	P. Lopez SP MIN	vs CHW	@ LAA
2	T. Skubal SP DET	@ TB	vs KC
3	L. Gilbert SP SEA	@ TEX	vs ARI
4	J. Jones SP PIT	vs MIL	@ SF
5	K. Gausman SP TOR	@ KC	vs LAD
6	D. Cease SP SD	@ COL	vs PHI
7	R. Detmers SP LAA	vs BAL	vs MIN
8	T. Houck SP BOS	@ CLE	vs CHC
9	C. Sanchez SP PHI	@ CIN	@ SD
10	R. Suarez SP PHI	@ CIN	@ SD

Advisable in most cases

11	M. Stroman SP NYY	vs OAK	@ MIL
12	Y. Kikuchi SP TOR	@ KC	vs LAD
13	M. Wacha SP KC	vs TOR	@ DET
14	M. King SP SD	@ COL	vs PHI
15	Z. Littell SP TB	vs DET	@ CHW
16	B. Singer SP KC	vs TOR	@ DET
17	H. Greene SP CIN	vs PHI	@ TEX

Better left for points leagues

18	C. Rodon SP NYY	vs OAK	@ MIL
19	J. Paxton SP LAD	@ WAS	@ TOR
20	B. Pfaadt SP ARI	@ STL	@ SEA
21	K. Winn SP SF	vs NYM	vs PIT
22	L. Lynn SP STL	vs ARI	@ NYM
23	D. Dunning SP TEX	vs SEA	vs CIN
24	A. Abbott SP CIN	vs PHI	@ TEX

No thanks

25	R. Weathers SP MIA	@ ATL	vs WAS
26	A. Suarez SP BAL	@ LAA	vs OAK
27	J. Wicks SP CHC	vs HOU	@ BOS
28	E. Fedde SP CHW	@ MIN	vs TB
29	P. Blackburn SP OAK	@ NYY	@ BAL
30	J. Sears SP OAK	@ NYY	@ BAL
31	C. Paddack SP MIN	vs CHW	@ LAA
32	J. Quintana SP NYM	@ SF	vs STL
33	B. Falter SP PIT	vs MIL	@ SF
34	W. Miley SP MIL	@ PIT	vs NYY
35	J. Ross SP MIL	@ PIT	vs NYY
36	J. Cannon SP CHW	@ MIN	vs TB
37	B. Lively SP CLE	vs BOS	@ ATL
38	P. Corbin SP WAS	vs LAD	@ MIA
39	A. Gomber SP COL	vs SD	vs HOU