Fantasy Baseball Week 18 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Jacob deGrom, Mike Clevinger

Jacob deGrom is in line for two starts in his first week back.

Every weekend, Scott White ranks the two-start pitchers for the upcoming scoring period, sorting them by how usable they are. The names depicted here are highly speculative and subject to change at a moment's notice.

• Week 18: Sleeper pitchers | Sleeper hitters

Here are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 18 (Aug. 1-7). All information is up to date as of Sunday afternoon.

Must-start, all formats

1	C. Burnes SP ARI Corbin Burnes SP ARI	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs CIN Cincinnati
2	M. Scherzer SP TOR Max Scherzer SP TOR	@ WAS Washington	vs ATL Atlanta
3	Y. Darvish SP SD Yu Darvish SP SD	vs COL Colorado	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
4	K. Gausman SP CHC Kevin Gausman SP CHC	@ TB Tampa Bay	@ MIN Minnesota
5	J. Gray SP TEX Jon Gray SP TEX	vs BAL Baltimore	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
6	L. Webb SP SF Logan Webb SP SF	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ ATH Athletics
7	L. Gilbert SP SEA Logan Gilbert SP SEA	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs LAA L.A. Angels
8	S. Strider SP ATL Spencer Strider SP ATL	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
9	T. Anderson SP LAA Tyler Anderson SP LAA	@ SF San Francisco	vs SD San Diego
10	T. McKenzie SP SD Triston McKenzie SP SD	vs ARI Arizona	vs HOU Houston

Sleepers and questionables

11	J. deGrom SP TEX Jacob deGrom SP TEX	@ WAS Washington	vs ATL Atlanta
12	L. Garcia SP NYY Luis Garcia SP NYY	vs BOS Boston	@ CLE Cleveland
13	A. Wainwright SP STL Adam Wainwright SP STL	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
14	A. Heaney RP LAD Andrew Heaney RP LAD	@ SF San Francisco	vs SD San Diego
15	M. Clevinger RP PIT Mike Clevinger RP PIT	vs COL Colorado	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
16	T. Skubal SP LAD Tarik Skubal SP LAD	@ MIN Minnesota	vs TB Tampa Bay
17	L. Giolito SP SD Lucas Giolito SP SD	vs KC Kansas City	@ TEX Texas
18	H. Greene SP CIN Hunter Greene SP CIN	@ MIA Miami	@ MIL Milwaukee
19	B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs BOS Boston

Better left for points leagues

20	M. Kopech SP LAD Michael Kopech SP LAD	vs KC Kansas City	@ TEX Texas
21	D. Rasmussen SP TB Drew Rasmussen SP TB	vs TOR Toronto	@ DET Detroit
22	C. Quantrill RP TEX Cal Quantrill RP TEX	vs ARI Arizona	vs HOU Houston
23	M. Gonzales RP TEX Marco Gonzales RP TEX	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs LAA L.A. Angels
24	K. Crawford SP BOS Kutter Crawford SP BOS	@ HOU Houston	@ KC Kansas City

No thanks

25	D. German SP PIT Domingo German SP PIT	vs SEA Seattle	@ STL St. Louis
26	K. Thompson RP COL Keegan Thompson RP COL	@ STL St. Louis	vs MIA Miami
27	N. Eovaldi SP TEX Nathan Eovaldi SP TEX	@ HOU Houston	@ KC Kansas City
28	B. Keller RP PHI Brad Keller RP PHI	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs BOS Boston
29	S. Watkins SP WAS Spenser Watkins SP WAS	@ TEX Texas	vs PIT Pittsburgh
30	A. Senzatela RP MIL Antonio Senzatela RP MIL	@ SD San Diego	@ ARI Arizona
31	S. Howard SP CLE Spencer Howard SP CLE	vs BAL Baltimore	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
32	C. Archer SP MIN Chris Archer SP MIN	vs DET Detroit	vs TOR Toronto
33	J. Urena SP LAA Jose Urena SP LAA	@ SD San Diego	@ ARI Arizona
34	P. Corbin SP TOR Patrick Corbin SP TOR	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ PHI Philadelphia
35	M. Manning SP PHI Matt Manning SP PHI	@ MIN Minnesota	vs TB Tampa Bay
36	B. Wilson RP MIL Bryse Wilson RP MIL	vs MIL Milwaukee	@ BAL Baltimore
37	C. Abbott RP SEA Cory Abbott RP SEA	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ PHI Philadelphia

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