Fantasy Baseball: Two-start pitcher rankings for Week 16 identify Zack Wheeler, Tyler Anderson as sleepers

A busy Week 16 (July 9-15) means a high number of two-start options. Scott White ranks them all while highlighting some of his favorites.

By Scott White

Jul 8, 2018 at 4:40 pm ET • 2 min read

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Not so many off days in Week 16 (July 9-15). In fact, thanks to a number of makeup doubleheaders from a rainy first month, a whopping six teams are playing eight games.

For the purposes of this list, though, it's the same as having seven. No team can ever have more than two two-start pitchers. There just aren't enough days in the week to build in rest for more. Still, when half the teams are playing at least seven games, a rarity for this season, it makes for a wide selection.

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Among the two-start options owned in less than 80 percent of CBS Sports leagues, there aren't any must-haves for this week, but there are a number of worthwhile pickups, ranging from the streaking Zack Wheeler and Tyler Anderson to the matchup-friendly Andrew Suarez.

In all, I'd say each of the top 28 is at least worth considering in points leagues, provided you have the roster space for them. In categories leagues where you're looking to protect ERA and WHIP, I might cut it off at Wheeler 11 spots earlier. The happy medium -- those I feel comfortable recommending on some level -- is right about at 21, a matchup-friendly Danny Duffy. Rich Hill would be on the right side of that line if we had a better idea about his health status.

Two-start pitchers for Week 16
Rank	Pitcher	Start 1	Start 2
1	Justin Verlander, HOU	vs. OAK	vs. DET
2	Gerrit Cole, HOU	vs. OAK	vs. DET
3	Aaron Nola, PHI	at NYM	at MIA
4	Jose Berrios, MIN	vs. KC	vs. TB
5	Trevor Bauer, CLE	vs. CIN	vs. NYY
6	Patrick Corbin, ARI	at COL	at ATL
7	Mike Clevinger, CLE	vs. CIN	vs. NYY
8	Clayton Kershaw, LAD	at SD	vs. LAA
9	Sean Manaea, OAK	at HOU	at SF
10	Chris Archer, TB	vs. DET	at MIN
11	Eduardo Rodriguez, BOS	vs. TEX	vs. TOR
12	Zach Eflin, PHI	at NYM	at MIA
13	Kyle Hendricks, CHC	at SF	at SD
14	Garrett Richards, LAA	vs. SEA	at LAD
15	Chase Anderson, MIL	at MIA	at PIT
16	Masahiro Tanaka, NYY	at BAL	at CLE
17	Zack Wheeler, NYM	vs. PHI	vs. WAS
18	Tyler Anderson, COL	vs. ARI	vs. SEA
19	Jhoulys Chacin, MIL	at MIA	at PIT
20	CC Sabathia, NYY	at BAL	at CLE
21	Danny Duffy, KC	at MIN	at CHW
22	Rich Hill, LAD	at SD	vs. LAA
23	Marcus Stroman, TOR	at ATL	at BOS
24	Julio Teheran, ATL	vs. TOR	vs. ARI
25	Mike Minor, TEX*	at BOS	at BAL
26	Mike Leake, SEA	at LAA	at COL
27	Andrew Suarez, SF	vs. CHC	vs. OAK
28	Jose Urena, MIA	vs. MIL	vs. PHI
29	Frankie Montas, OAK*	at HOU	at SF
30	Ivan Nova, PIT	vs. WAS	vs. MIL
31	Andrew Cashner, BAL	vs. NYY	vs. TEX
32	Anthony DeSclafani, CIN	at CLE	at STL
33	Aaron Slegers, MIN	vs. KC	vs. TB
34	Eric Lauer, SD	vs. LAD	vs. CHC
35	Francisco Liriano, DET*	at TB	at HOU
36	Jeremy Hellickson, WAS	at PIT	at NYM
37	Yefry Ramirez, BAL*	vs. NYY	vs. TEX
38	Luis Perdomo, SD	vs. LAD	vs. CHC
39	Jefry Rodriguez, WAS	at PIT	at NYM