Fantasy Baseball Week 18 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Erick Fedde, Jose Berrios

If you're looking for an extra start, here are the possibilities

By Scott White

Jul 21, 2024 at 6:24 pm ET • 1 min read

If you play in a league that folds the first weekend after the All-Star break into the first full week for an extra-long 10-day scoring period, this article is of no use to you. I've addressed the 10-day scenario elsewhere, and by the time you're reading this, your choices are probably locked in for it anyway.

No, for official CBS Sports purposes, Week 18 refers to the first full week after the All-Star break, separate from the first stray weekend (that itself is known as Week 17). It's a bit confusing, I know, but hopefully all formats have been served now.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 18 (July 22-28). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	T. Skubal SP DET Tarik Skubal SP DET	@ CLE Cleveland	vs MIN Minnesota
2	C. Sale SP ATL Chris Sale SP ATL	vs CIN Cincinnati	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
3	C. Ragans SP KC Cole Ragans SP KC	vs ARI Arizona	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
4	G. Crochet SP BOS Garrett Crochet SP BOS	@ TEX Texas	vs SEA Seattle
5	H. Greene SP CIN Hunter Greene SP CIN	@ ATL Atlanta	@ TB Tampa Bay
6	B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ DET Detroit
7	M. Keller SP PIT Mitch Keller SP PIT	vs STL St. Louis	@ ARI Arizona
8	B. Snell SP LAD Blake Snell SP LAD	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs COL Colorado
9	B. Miller SP SEA Bryce Miller SP SEA	vs LAA L.A. Angels	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
10	R. Suarez SP PHI Ranger Suarez SP PHI	@ MIN Minnesota	vs CLE Cleveland
11	R. Lopez SP ATL Reynaldo Lopez SP ATL	vs CIN Cincinnati	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
12	T. Houck SP BOS Tanner Houck SP BOS	@ COL Colorado	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
13	E. Fedde SP STL Erick Fedde SP STL	@ TEX Texas	vs SEA Seattle

Advisable in most cases

14	T. Anderson SP LAA Tyler Anderson SP LAA	@ SEA Seattle	vs ATH Athletics
15	J. Soriano SP LAA Jose Soriano SP LAA	@ SEA Seattle	vs ATH Athletics
16	M. Lorenzen SP KC Michael Lorenzen SP KC	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	@ TOR Toronto
17	J. Berrios SP TOR Jose Berrios SP TOR	vs TB Tampa Bay	vs TEX Texas
18	T. Myers SP MIL Tobias Myers SP MIL	@ CHC Chi. Cubs	vs MIA Miami
19	J. Gray SP TEX Jon Gray SP TEX	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	@ TOR Toronto
20	A. Suarez RP BAL Albert Suarez RP BAL	@ MIA Miami	vs SD San Diego

Better left for points leagues

21	C. Rodon SP NYY Carlos Rodon SP NYY	vs TB Tampa Bay	@ BOS Boston
22	Y. Diaz SP ARI Yilber Diaz SP ARI	@ KC Kansas City	vs PIT Pittsburgh
23	A. Pallante SP STL Andre Pallante SP STL	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs WAS Washington
24	J. Quintana SP MIL Jose Quintana SP MIL	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs ATL Atlanta
25	Z. Littell SP TB Zack Littell SP TB	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs CIN Cincinnati

No thanks

26	S. Arrighetti SP HOU Spencer Arrighetti SP HOU	@ ATH Athletics	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
27	D. Peterson SP NYM David Peterson SP NYM	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs ATL Atlanta
28	J. Paxton SP BOS James Paxton SP BOS	vs SF San Francisco	@ HOU Houston
29	J. Hicks SP SF Jordan Hicks SP SF	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs COL Colorado
30	R. Vasquez SP SD Randy Vasquez SP SD	@ WAS Washington	@ BAL Baltimore
31	C. Carrasco SP NYY Carlos Carrasco SP NYY	vs DET Detroit	@ PHI Philadelphia
32	J. Assad RP CHC Javier Assad RP CHC	vs MIL Milwaukee	@ KC Kansas City
33	A. Gomber SP COL Austin Gomber SP COL	vs BOS Boston	@ SF San Francisco
34	H. Harris RP ATH Hogan Harris RP ATH	vs HOU Houston	@ LAA L.A. Angels
35	O. Bido SP ATH Osvaldo Bido SP ATH	vs HOU Houston	@ LAA L.A. Angels
36	Y. Chirinos SP MIA Yonny Chirinos SP MIA	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ MIL Milwaukee
37	X. Curry RP MIA Xzavion Curry RP MIA	vs DET Detroit	@ PHI Philadelphia