Fantasy Baseball Week 18 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Yu Darvish, Charlie Morton

A lighter schedule makes for fewer two-start options

Every weekend, Scott White ranks the two-start pitchers for the upcoming scoring period, grouping them by how advisable they are (or aren't). The names depicted here are only speculative and subject to change from one day to the next.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 18 (July 24-30). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	L. Castillo SP SEA Luis Castillo SP SEA	@ MIN Minnesota	@ ARI Arizona
2	J. Verlander SP SF Justin Verlander SP SF	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs WAS Washington
3	T. Glasnow SP LAD Tyler Glasnow SP LAD	vs MIA Miami	@ HOU Houston
4	Y. Darvish SP SD Yu Darvish SP SD	vs PIT Pittsburgh	vs TEX Texas
5	J. Berrios SP TOR Jose Berrios SP TOR	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs LAA L.A. Angels

Advisable in most cases

6	K. Maeda SP NYY Kenta Maeda SP NYY	vs SEA Seattle	@ KC Kansas City
7	E. Rodriguez SP ARI Eduardo Rodriguez SP ARI	vs LAA L.A. Angels	@ MIA Miami
8	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	@ BOS Boston	vs MIL Milwaukee
9	T. Skubal SP DET Tarik Skubal SP DET	vs SF San Francisco	@ MIA Miami

Better left for points leagues

10	A. Civale RP CHC Aaron Civale RP CHC	vs KC Kansas City	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
11	J. Gray RP TEX Jon Gray RP TEX	@ HOU Houston	@ SD San Diego
12	D. Kremer SP BAL Dean Kremer SP BAL	@ PHI Philadelphia	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
13	L. Allen SP CLE Logan Taylor Allen SP CLE	vs KC Kansas City	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
14	K. Hendricks SP LAA Kyle Hendricks SP LAA	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	@ STL St. Louis

No thanks

15	M. Kopech RP LAD Michael Kopech RP LAD	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs CLE Cleveland
16	C. Sanchez SP PHI Cristopher Sanchez SP PHI	vs BAL Baltimore	@ PIT Pittsburgh
17	P. Corbin SP TEX Patrick Corbin SP TEX	vs COL Colorado	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
18	R. Nelson SP ARI Ryne Nelson SP ARI	vs STL St. Louis	vs SEA Seattle
19	S. Matz RP BOS Steven Matz RP BOS	@ ARI Arizona	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
20	G. Ashcraft SP CIN Graham Ashcraft SP CIN	@ MIL Milwaukee	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
21	R. Stripling SP KC Ross Stripling SP KC	@ DET Detroit	vs BOS Boston
22	R. Yarbrough RP NYY Ryan Yarbrough RP NYY	@ CLE Cleveland	vs MIN Minnesota
23	M. Grove SP LAD Michael Grove SP LAD	vs TOR Toronto	vs CIN Cincinnati
24	B. Bielak SP ARI Brandon Bielak SP ARI	vs TEX Texas	vs TB Tampa Bay
25	C. Rea SP CHC Colin Rea SP CHC	vs CIN Cincinnati	@ ATL Atlanta
26	A. Wainwright SP STL Adam Wainwright SP STL	@ ARI Arizona	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
27	T. Williams SP WAS Trevor Williams SP WAS	vs COL Colorado	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
28	Q. Priester SP MIL Quinn Priester SP MIL	@ SD San Diego	vs PHI Philadelphia