Fantasy Baseball Week 21 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Max Fried, Emerson Hancock

It's a short list with so many teams having just five games.

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.

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Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 21 (Aug. 14-20). All information is up to date as of Sunday afternoon.

Must-start, all formats

1	M. Scherzer SP TOR Max Scherzer SP TOR	vs LAA L.A. Angels	vs MIL Milwaukee
2	M. Fried SP NYY Max Fried SP NYY	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs SF San Francisco
3	L. Gilbert SP SEA Logan Gilbert SP SEA	@ KC Kansas City	@ HOU Houston
4	Y. Darvish SP SD Yu Darvish SP SD	vs BAL Baltimore	vs ARI Arizona
5	M. Kelly SP TEX Merrill Kelly SP TEX	@ COL Colorado	@ SD San Diego

Advisable in most cases

6	T. Glasnow SP LAD Tyler Glasnow SP LAD	@ SF San Francisco	@ LAA L.A. Angels
7	N. Pivetta RP SD Nick Pivetta RP SD	@ WAS Washington	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
8	M. Mikolas SP STL Miles Mikolas SP STL	vs ATH Athletics	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
9	B. Miller SP LAD Bobby Miller SP LAD	vs MIL Milwaukee	vs MIA Miami

Better left for points leagues

10	K. Hendricks SP LAA Kyle Hendricks SP LAA	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	vs KC Kansas City
11	G. Ashcraft SP CIN Graham Ashcraft SP CIN	vs CLE Cleveland	vs TOR Toronto
12	E. Hancock SP SEA Emerson Hancock SP SEA	@ KC Kansas City	@ HOU Houston

No thanks

13	J. Sears SP SD JP Sears SP SD	@ STL St. Louis	vs BAL Baltimore
14	C. Schmidt SP NYY Clarke Schmidt SP NYY	@ ATL Atlanta	vs BOS Boston
15	B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN	vs SEA Seattle	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
16	L. Allen SP CLE Logan Taylor Allen SP CLE	@ CIN Cincinnati	vs DET Detroit
17	B. Garrett SP MIA Braxton Garrett SP MIA	vs HOU Houston	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
18	W. Miley SP CIN Wade Miley SP CIN	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ TEX Texas
19	D. Hudson SP LAA Dakota Hudson SP LAA	vs ATH Athletics	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
20	C. Carrasco SP ATL Carlos Carrasco SP ATL	vs PIT Pittsburgh	@ STL St. Louis
21	J. Lyles RP KC Jordan Lyles RP KC	vs SEA Seattle	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
22	N. Martinez RP CIN Nick Martinez RP CIN	vs BAL Baltimore	vs ARI Arizona
23	A. Faedo SP TB Alex Faedo SP TB	@ MIN Minnesota	@ CLE Cleveland
24	D. Peterson SP NYM David Peterson SP NYM	vs PIT Pittsburgh	@ STL St. Louis
25	C. Flexen RP CHC Chris Flexen RP CHC	vs ARI Arizona	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
26	Q. Priester SP MIL Quinn Priester SP MIL	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	@ MIN Minnesota