Fantasy Baseball Week 20 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings identify Jordan Yamamoto, Dylan Cease as sleepers

If you need a two-start sleeper for Week 20, you have several to choose from. They come with more risk than usual, though, according to Scott White.

Need a two-start sleeper for Week 20 (Aug. 5-11)? Great. As you can see from that subset of the rankings below, you have a few to choose from.

Among those actually owned in less than 80 percent of CBS Sports leagues, though, there are some risks.

Jordan Yamamoto's matchups are OK, and he's coming off a decent start. But his overall performance has also slipped in a way that was fairly predictable. Fellow rookie Dylan Cease is coming off his best start but has had issues throwing strikes. One good matchup at the Tigers may not be enough to justify the possible downside.

But that's why they're sleepers, right? If they were sure things, they wouldn't be so available. You may not want to resort to them this week, though, unless you have a glaring need to fill.

WEEK 20

Two-start pitcher rankings

Must starts

Sleepers and questionables

Better left for points leagues

No thanks

Must-starts, all formats

1	J. deGrom SP TEX Jacob deGrom SP TEX	vs MIA Miami	vs WAS Washington
2	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	vs TOR Toronto	@ SEA Seattle
3	L. Giolito SP BOS Lucas Giolito SP BOS	@ DET Detroit	vs OAK Oakland
4	L. Castillo SP SEA Luis Castillo SP SEA	vs LAA L.A. Angels	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
5	J. Berrios SP TOR Jose Berrios SP TOR	vs ATL Atlanta	vs CLE Cleveland
6	G. Marquez SP COL German Marquez SP COL	@ HOU Houston	@ SD San Diego
7	M. Soroka RP CHW Mike Soroka RP CHW	@ MIN Minnesota	@ MIA Miami
8	K. Hendricks SP CHC Kyle Hendricks SP CHC	vs OAK Oakland	@ CIN Cincinnati

Sleepers and questionables

9	M. Tanaka SP NYY Masahiro Tanaka SP NYY	@ BAL Baltimore	@ TOR Toronto
10	M. Fried SP ATL Max Fried SP ATL	@ MIN Minnesota	@ MIA Miami
11	J. Odorizzi SP TB Jake Odorizzi SP TB	vs ATL Atlanta	vs CLE Cleveland
12	J. Lester SP STL Jon Lester SP STL	vs OAK Oakland	@ CIN Cincinnati
13	J. Yamamoto RP LAD Jordan Yamamoto RP LAD	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	vs ATL Atlanta
14	D. Cease SP SD Dylan Cease SP SD	@ DET Detroit	vs OAK Oakland
15	M. Kelly SP ARI Merrill Kelly SP ARI	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers

Better left for points leagues

16	V. Velasquez SP PIT Vince Velasquez SP PIT	@ ARI Arizona	@ SF San Francisco
17	D. Lamet RP LAD Dinelson Lamet RP LAD	@ SEA Seattle	vs COL Colorado
18	J. Samardzija SP SF Jeff Samardzija SP SF	vs WAS Washington	vs PHI Philadelphia
19	C. Bassitt SP TOR Chris Bassitt SP TOR	@ CHC Chi. Cubs	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
20	J. Junis RP CIN Jake Junis RP CIN	@ BOS Boston	@ DET Detroit

No thanks

21	Z. Plesac SP LAA Zach Plesac SP LAA	vs TEX Texas	@ MIN Minnesota
22	J. Arrieta SP SD Jake Arrieta SP SD	@ ARI Arizona	@ SF San Francisco
23	R. Porcello SP NYM Rick Porcello SP NYM	vs KC Kansas City	vs LAA L.A. Angels
24	A. Cashner SP BOS Andrew Cashner SP BOS	vs KC Kansas City	vs LAA L.A. Angels
25	D. Norris RP CLE Daniel Norris RP CLE	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	vs KC Kansas City
26	M. Wacha SP KC Michael Wacha SP KC	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs PIT Pittsburgh
27	T. Thornton RP SEA Trent Thornton RP SEA	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
28	J. Lyles RP KC Jordan Lyles RP KC	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs TEX Texas
29	S. Alcantara SP MIA Sandy Alcantara SP MIA	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	vs ATL Atlanta
30	D. Agrazal SP DET Dario Agrazal SP DET	vs MIL Milwaukee	@ STL St. Louis
31	D. VerHagen RP STL Drew VerHagen RP STL	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	vs KC Kansas City
32	E. Fedde SP STL Erick Fedde SP STL	@ SF San Francisco	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
33	A. Civale SP MIL Aaron Civale SP MIL	vs TEX Texas	@ MIN Minnesota
34	A. Jurado RP TEX Ariel Jurado RP TEX	@ CLE Cleveland	@ MIL Milwaukee
35	P. Sandoval SP LAA Patrick Sandoval SP LAA	@ CIN Cincinnati	@ BOS Boston
36	M. Montgomery RP NYM Mike Montgomery RP NYM	@ BOS Boston	@ DET Detroit
37	J. Waguespack RP TB Jacob Waguespack RP TB	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees