Fantasy Baseball Week 20 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Carlos Carrasco, Freddy Peralta

The two-start market is saturated this week.

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.

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Here are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 20 (Aug. 15-21). All information is up to date as of Sunday afternoon.

Must-start, all formats

1	G. Cole SP NYY Gerrit Cole SP NYY	vs TB Tampa Bay	vs TOR Toronto
2	S. Alcantara SP MIA Sandy Alcantara SP MIA	vs SD San Diego	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
3	L. Castillo SP SEA Luis Castillo SP SEA	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ ATH Athletics
4	B. Woodruff SP MIL Brandon Woodruff SP MIL	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
5	D. Cease SP TOR Dylan Cease SP TOR	vs HOU Houston	@ CLE Cleveland
6	J. Musgrove SP SD Joe Musgrove SP SD	@ MIA Miami	vs WAS Washington
7	A. Manoah RP LAA Alek Manoah RP LAA	vs BAL Baltimore	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
8	J. Urias SP LAD Julio Urias SP LAD	@ MIL Milwaukee	vs MIA Miami
9	S. Strider SP ATL Spencer Strider SP ATL	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	vs HOU Houston
10	M. Kelly SP ARI Merrill Kelly SP ARI	@ SF San Francisco	vs STL St. Louis
11	N. Cortes SP SD Nestor Cortes SP SD	vs TB Tampa Bay	vs TOR Toronto
12	C. Carrasco RP ATL Carlos Carrasco RP ATL	@ ATL Atlanta	@ PHI Philadelphia

Sleepers and questionables

13	J. Ryan SP MIN Joe Ryan SP MIN	vs KC Kansas City	vs TEX Texas
14	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	vs HOU Houston
15	F. Peralta SP NYM Freddy Peralta SP NYM	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
16	J. Quintana SP COL Jose Quintana SP COL	vs COL Colorado	@ ARI Arizona
17	M. Stroman SP NYY Marcus Stroman SP NYY	@ WAS Washington	vs MIL Milwaukee
18	J. Urquidy RP PIT Jose Urquidy RP PIT	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	@ ATL Atlanta
19	J. Gray SP WAS Josiah Gray SP WAS	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	@ SD San Diego

Better left for points leagues

20	S. Manaea RP NYM Sean Manaea RP NYM	@ MIA Miami	vs WAS Washington
21	T. Walker SP LAA Taijuan Walker SP LAA	@ ATL Atlanta	@ PHI Philadelphia
22	J. Springs SP ATH Jeffrey Springs SP ATH	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs KC Kansas City
23	J. Steele SP CHC Justin Steele SP CHC	@ WAS Washington	vs MIL Milwaukee
24	N. Syndergaard SP CLE Noah Syndergaard SP CLE	@ CIN Cincinnati	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
25	J. Cueto SP LAA Johnny Cueto SP LAA	vs HOU Houston	@ CLE Cleveland
26	N. Pivetta RP SD Nick Pivetta RP SD	@ PIT Pittsburgh	@ BAL Baltimore
27	J. Kaprielian SP TOR James Kaprielian SP TOR	@ TEX Texas	vs SEA Seattle
28	A. Cobb SP DET Alex Cobb SP DET	vs ARI Arizona	@ COL Colorado
29	M. Keller SP PIT Mitch Keller SP PIT	vs BOS Boston	vs CIN Cincinnati

No thanks

30	J. Sears SP SD JP Sears SP SD	@ TEX Texas	vs SEA Seattle
31	G. Otto RP HOU Glenn Otto RP HOU	vs ATH Athletics	@ MIN Minnesota
32	A. Civale SP CHC Aaron Civale SP CHC	vs DET Detroit	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
33	Y. Kikuchi SP LAA Yusei Kikuchi SP LAA	vs BAL Baltimore	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
34	Z. Greinke SP KC Zack Greinke SP KC	@ MIN Minnesota	@ TB Tampa Bay
35	K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL	@ STL St. Louis	vs SF San Francisco
36	J. Junis RP TEX Jake Junis RP TEX	vs ARI Arizona	@ COL Colorado
37	M. Bumgarner SP ARI Madison Bumgarner SP ARI	@ SF San Francisco	vs STL St. Louis
38	D. Kremer SP BAL Dean Kremer SP BAL	@ TOR Toronto	vs BOS Boston
39	D. Hutchison SP TOR Drew Hutchison SP TOR	@ CLE Cleveland	vs LAA L.A. Angels
40	R. Yarbrough RP NYY Ryan Yarbrough RP NYY	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs KC Kansas City
41	K. Bubic SP KC Kris Bubic SP KC	@ MIN Minnesota	@ TB Tampa Bay
42	P. Corbin SP TOR Patrick Corbin SP TOR	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	@ SD San Diego
43	M. Minor SP CIN Mike Minor SP CIN	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ PIT Pittsburgh
44	C. Ragans RP KC Cole Ragans RP KC	vs ATH Athletics	@ MIN Minnesota
45	K. Bradish SP BAL Kyle Bradish SP BAL	@ TOR Toronto	vs BOS Boston

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