Fantasy Baseball: Two-start pitcher rankings for Week 19 peg Tanner Roark, Anibal Sanchez as sleepers

Are we ready to trust in Robbie Ray and Jon Gray yet? What about Tanner Roark after a brilliant outing last time out? Scott White looks at the two-start pitchers for Week 19 (July 30-Aug. 5).

By Scott White

Jul 29, 2018 at 9:14 pm ET • 2 min read

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It's a tough week for two-start pitchers.

By that, I don't mean there's an especially limited number of them or even that they're an uninspiring group. It's just that among that group are several pitchers who we generally think are good but may not be eager to trust at this particular moment.

I'm talking specifically about Jon Gray, who has had two strong outings since his return from the minors, and Robbie Ray, who finally turned in a decent one last time out. I'm willing to roll the dice on them, given the upside.

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But I'm going to throw another name at you, one whose stock has fallen so much during a difficult month-long stretch that he actually qualifies as a sleeper, available in less than 80 percent of CBS Sports leagues. And that's Tanner Roark.

He's my favorite sleeper, in fact, for Week 19 (July 30-Aug. 5), checking in at 15th in these rankings after getting back on track with 11 strikeouts over eight shutout innings last time. His favorable matchups against the Mets and Reds help his case.

Realistically, I'd only classify the top 14 here as must-start, but Nos. 15-18 are all usable if you need the extra volume.

Two-start pitchers for Week 19
Rank	Pitcher	Start 1	Start 2
1	Aaron Nola, PHI	at BOS	vs. MIA
2	Gerrit Cole, HOU	at SEA	at LAD
3	James Paxton, SEA	vs. HOU	vs. TOR
4	Tyler Skaggs, LAA	at TB	at CLE
5	Carlos Martinez, STL	vs. COL	at PIT
6	Jack Flaherty, STL	vs. COL	at PIT
7	Kenta Maeda, LAD	vs. MIL	vs. HOU
8	David Price, BOS	vs. PHI	vs. NYY
9	Masahiro Tanaka, NYY	vs. BAL	at BOS
10	Jon Lester, CHC	at PIT	vs. SD
11	Danny Duffy, KC	at CHW	at MIN
12	Robbie Ray, ARI	vs. TEX	vs. SF
13	Jon Gray, COL	at STL	at MIL
14	Tyler Anderson, COL	at STL	at MIL
15	Tanner Roark, WAS	vs. NYM	vs. CIN
16	Julio Teheran, ATL	vs. MIA	at NYM
17	Shane Bieber, CLE	at MIN	vs. LAA
18	Anibal Sanchez, ATL*	vs. MIA	at NYM
19	Derek Holland, SF	at SD	at ARI
20	Dan Straily, MIA	at ATL	at PHI
21	Steven Matz, NYM	at WAS	vs. ATL
22	Freddy Peralta, MIL	at LAD	vs. COL
23	Ervin Santana, MIN	vs. CLE	vs. KC
24	James Shields, CHW	vs. KC	at TB
25	Marco Estrada, TOR	at OAK	at SEA
26	Edwin Jackson, OAK	vs. TOR	vs. DET
27	Wei-Yin Chen, MIA	at ATL	at PHI
28	Matthew Boyd, DET	vs. CIN	at OAK
29	Mike Leake, SEA	vs. HOU	vs. TOR
30	Eric Lauer, SD	vs. SF	at CHC
31	Yefry Ramirez, BAL*	at NYY	at TEX
32	Wade Miley, MIL	at LAD	vs. COL
33	Sam Gaviglio, TOR	at OAK	at SEA
34	Martin Perez, TEX	at ARI	vs. BAL