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 BAL Corbin Burnes SP BAL	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs CIN Cincinnati
2	M. Scherzer SP TEX Max Scherzer SP TEX	@ 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 TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR	@ 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	@ OAK Oakland
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 CLE Triston McKenzie SP CLE	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 HOU Luis Garcia SP HOU	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 SP TEX Andrew Heaney SP TEX	@ SF San Francisco	vs SD San Diego
15	M. Clevinger SP CHW Mike Clevinger SP CHW	vs COL Colorado	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
16	T. Skubal SP DET Tarik Skubal SP DET	@ MIN Minnesota	vs TB Tampa Bay
17	L. Giolito SP BOS Lucas Giolito SP BOS	vs KC Kansas City	@ TEX Texas
18	H. Greene SP CIN Hunter Greene SP CIN	@ MIA Miami	@ MIL Milwaukee
19	B. Singer SP KC Brady Singer SP KC	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs BOS Boston

Better left for points leagues

20	M. Kopech RP CHW Michael Kopech RP CHW	vs KC Kansas City	@ TEX Texas
21	D. Rasmussen SP TB Drew Rasmussen SP TB	vs TOR Toronto	@ DET Detroit
22	C. Quantrill SP COL Cal Quantrill SP COL	vs ARI Arizona	vs HOU Houston
23	M. Gonzales SP PIT Marco Gonzales SP PIT	@ 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 CHC Keegan Thompson RP CHC	@ STL St. Louis	vs MIA Miami
27	N. Eovaldi SP TEX Nathan Eovaldi SP TEX	@ HOU Houston	@ KC Kansas City
28	B. Keller RP BOS Brad Keller RP BOS	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs BOS Boston
29	S. Watkins SP WAS Spenser Watkins SP WAS	@ TEX Texas	vs PIT Pittsburgh
30	A. Senzatela SP COL Antonio Senzatela SP COL	@ 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 RP TEX Jose Urena RP TEX	@ SD San Diego	@ ARI Arizona
34	P. Corbin SP WAS Patrick Corbin SP WAS	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ PHI Philadelphia
35	M. Manning SP DET Matt Manning SP DET	@ 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