Fantasy Baseball Week 21 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Taj Bradley, Clayton Kershaw

The longtime Dodgers ace has made only abbreviated starts so far, but he gets an extra try 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 projected several days out and, thus, subject to change.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 21 (Aug. 12-18). All information is up to date as of Monday afternoon.

Must-start, all formats

1	T. Skubal SP LAD Tarik Skubal SP LAD	vs SEA Seattle	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
2	G. Kirby SP SEA George Kirby SP SEA	@ DET Detroit	@ PIT Pittsburgh
3	B. Snell SP LAD Blake Snell SP LAD	vs ATL Atlanta	@ ATH Athletics
4	C. Sale SP ATL Chris Sale SP ATL	@ SF San Francisco	@ LAA L.A. Angels
5	P. Lopez SP MIN Pablo Lopez SP MIN	vs KC Kansas City	@ TEX Texas
6	F. Valdez SP DET Framber Valdez SP DET	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
7	S. Imanaga SP CHC Shota Imanaga SP CHC	@ CLE Cleveland	vs TOR Toronto
8	L. Gil SP NYY Luis Gil SP NYY	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	@ DET Detroit
9	S. Gray SP BOS Sonny Gray SP BOS	@ CIN Cincinnati	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
10	F. Peralta SP TB Freddy Peralta SP TB	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs CLE Cleveland
11	T. Bradley SP MIN Taj Bradley SP MIN	vs HOU Houston	vs ARI Arizona

Advisable in most cases

12	B. Pfaadt SP ARI Brandon Pfaadt SP ARI	vs COL Colorado	@ TB Tampa Bay
13	B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN	@ MIN Minnesota	@ CIN Cincinnati
14	C. Kershaw SP LAD Clayton Kershaw SP LAD	@ MIL Milwaukee	@ STL St. Louis
15	P. Blackburn RP NYY Paul Blackburn RP NYY	vs ATH Athletics	vs MIA Miami

Better left for points leagues

16	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	@ SF San Francisco	@ LAA L.A. Angels
17	J. Musgrove SP SD Joe Musgrove SP SD	vs PIT Pittsburgh	@ COL Colorado
18	J. Irvin SP WAS Jake Irvin SP WAS	@ BAL Baltimore	@ PHI Philadelphia
19	B. Lively SP CLE Ben Lively SP CLE	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	@ MIL Milwaukee
20	A. Abbott SP CIN Andrew Abbott SP CIN	vs STL St. Louis	vs KC Kansas City
21	C. Rea SP CHC Colin Rea SP CHC	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs CLE Cleveland
22	T. Mahle SP ATL Tyler Mahle SP ATL	@ BOS Boston	vs MIN Minnesota

No thanks

23	K. Crawford SP BOS Kutter Crawford SP BOS	vs TEX Texas	@ BAL Baltimore
24	B. Bello RP BOS Brayan Bello RP BOS	vs TEX Texas	@ BAL Baltimore
25	T. Walker SP LAA Taijuan Walker SP LAA	vs MIA Miami	vs WAS Washington
26	G. Stone SP LAD Gavin Stone SP LAD	@ MIL Milwaukee	@ STL St. Louis
27	B. Francis RP TOR Bowden Francis RP TOR	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
28	T. Rogers SP BAL Trevor Rogers SP BAL	vs WAS Washington	vs BOS Boston
29	M. Gonzales RP TEX Marco Gonzales RP TEX	@ SD San Diego	vs SEA Seattle
30	J. Urena SP LAA Jose Urena SP LAA	@ BOS Boston	vs MIN Minnesota
31	K. Bush P CHW Ky Bush P CHW	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ HOU Houston
32	D. Daniel RP CIN Davis Daniel RP CIN	vs TOR Toronto	vs ATL Atlanta

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