Fantasy Baseball: Two-start pitcher rankings for Week 10 offer Vince Velasquez, Caleb Smith, Marco Gonzales as sleepers

Week 10 (May 28-June 3) offers so many two-start options that you probably won't need to resort to the waiver wire, but Scott White highlights the best potential pickups nonetheless.

By Scott White

May 28, 2018 at 2:14 am ET • 2 min read

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You can't miss Memorial Day when looking at the baseball calendar. It's the rare Monday when every team plays, which of course makes for a busy Week 10 (May 28-June 3).

And by that, I mean more two-start pitchers.

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Normally we've been right around 35 this season, but this week, we're pushing 50. Much of it is on the higher end, meaning the kind of pitchers you'd be likely to use even in a one-start week, so chances are you don't need to turn to the waiver wire. But if Vince Velasquez or Caleb Smith happen to be available -- and both are in more than 20 percent of CBS leagues -- they're looking like must-starts.

I'd say the same for each of the top 21 here, but it's not like Marco Gonzales and Kyle Gibson -- two other highly-available pitchers -- are bad plays. I might be willing to gamble on any of the top 30, in fact, in a points league where my top pitchers all somehow missed out on the fun, forcing me to chase starts. If it's more of a categories-league scenario, though, where you're looking to protect your ERA and WHIP, probably best just to stick to the 20.

Two-start pitchers for Week 10
Rank	Pitcher	Start 1	Start 2
1	Justin Verlander, HOU	at NYY	vs. BOS
2	Jacob deGrom, NYM	at ATL	vs. CHC
3	Charlie Morton, HOU	at NYY	vs. BOS
4	Mike Clevinger, CLE	vs. CHW	at MIN
5	Chris Archer, TB	at OAK	at SEA
6	Tyson Ross, SD	vs. MIA	vs. CIN
7	David Price, BOS	vs. TOR	at HOU
8	Rick Porcello, BOS	vs. TOR	at HOU
9	Jake Arrieta, PHI	at LAD	at SF
10	Jake Junis, KC	vs. MIN	vs. OAK
11	Gio Gonzalez, WAS	at BAL	at ATL
12	Jon Lester, CHC	at PIT	at NYM
13	Tyler Skaggs, LAA	at DET	vs. TEX
14	Dylan Bundy, BAL	vs. WAS	vs. NYY
15	Vince Velasquez, PHI	at LAD	at SF
16	Luke Weaver, STL	at MIL	vs. PIT
17	Kenta Maeda, LAD	vs. PHI	at COL
18	Caleb Smith, MIA*	at SD	at ARI
19	Trevor Cahill, OAK	vs. TB	at KC
20	Michael Fulmer, DET	vs. LAA	vs. TOR
21	Michael Wacha, STL	at MIL	vs. PIT
22	Marco Gonzales, SEA	vs. TEX	vs. TB
23	Kyle Gibson, MIN	at KC	vs. CLE
24	Dan Straily, MIA	at SD	at ARI
25	Matt Koch, ARI*	vs. CIN	vs. MIA
26	Felix Hernandez, SEA	vs. TEX	vs. TB
27	CC Sabathia, NYY	vs. HOU	at BAL
28	Matthew Boyd, DET	vs. LAA	vs. TOR
29	Brandon McCarthy, ATL	vs. NYM	vs. WAS
30	Chad Kuhl, PIT	vs. CHC	at STL
31	Mike Montgomery, CHC*	at PIT	at NYM
32	Lance Lynn, MIN	at KC	vs. CLE
33	Brent Suter, MIL	vs. STL	at CHW
34	Jeremy Hellickson, WAS	at BAL	at ATL
35	Domingo German, NYY*	vs. HOU	at BAL
36	Eric Lauer, SD	vs. MIA	vs. CIN
37	Adam Plutko, CLE	vs. CHW	at MIN
38	Nathan Eovaldi, TB	at OAK	at SEA
39	Ivan Nova, PIT	vs. CHC	at STL
40	Daniel Gossett, OAK	vs. TB	at KC
41	Steven Matz, NYM	at ATL	vs. CHC
42	Chad Bettis, COL	vs. SF	vs. LAD
43	Dylen Covey, CHW	at CLE	vs. MIN
44	Doug Fister, TEX	at SEA	at LAA
45	Aaron Sanchez, TOR	at BOS	at DET
46	Andrew Suarez, SF	at COL	vs. PHI
47	Homer Bailey, CIN	at ARI	at SD
48	Alex Cobb, BAL	vs. WAS	vs. NYY
49	Austin Bibens-Dirkx, TEX*	at SEA	at LAA