Fantasy Baseball Week 21 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Nathan Eovaldi, John Means

Which two-start pitchers should you be looking to add to your lineup?

By Scott White

Aug 15, 2021 at 5:09 pm ET • 1 min read

Every weekend, Scott White ranks the two-start pitchers for the upcoming scoring period, sorting them by how usable they are. Check back Sunday for the latest update.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 21 (Aug. 16-22):

Must-start, all formats

1	C. Burnes SP BAL Corbin Burnes SP BAL	@ STL St. Louis	vs WAS Washington
2	G. Cole SP NYY Gerrit Cole SP NYY	vs LAA L.A. Angels	vs MIN Minnesota
3	K. Gausman SP TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ OAK Oakland
4	S. Alcantara SP MIA Sandy Alcantara SP MIA	vs ATL Atlanta	@ CIN Cincinnati
5	C. Bassitt SP TOR Chris Bassitt SP TOR	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs SF San Francisco
6	A. Wainwright SP STL Adam Wainwright SP STL	vs MIL Milwaukee	vs PIT Pittsburgh
7	F. Montas SP CIN Frankie Montas SP CIN	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs SF San Francisco
8	F. Valdez SP HOU Framber Valdez SP HOU	@ KC Kansas City	vs SEA Seattle
9	M. Stroman SP NYY Marcus Stroman SP NYY	@ SF San Francisco	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers

Sleepers and questionables

10	W. Miley SP MIL Wade Miley SP MIL	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs MIA Miami
11	N. Eovaldi SP TEX Nathan Eovaldi SP TEX	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs TEX Texas
12	K. Gibson SP STL Kyle Gibson SP STL	@ ARI Arizona	@ SD San Diego

Better left for points leagues

13	T. Toussaint SP CHW Touki Toussaint SP CHW	@ MIA Miami	@ BAL Baltimore
14	V. Gutierrez SP BOS Vladimir Gutierrez SP BOS	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs MIA Miami
15	J. Means SP BAL John Means SP BAL	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs ATL Atlanta
16	D. Price RP LAD David Price RP LAD	vs PIT Pittsburgh	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
17	C. Quantrill SP COL Cal Quantrill SP COL	@ MIN Minnesota	vs LAA L.A. Angels

No thanks

18	J. Odorizzi SP TB Jake Odorizzi SP TB	@ KC Kansas City	vs SEA Seattle
19	C. Hernandez RP KC Carlos Hernandez RP KC	vs HOU Houston	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
20	T. Anderson SP LAA Tyler Anderson SP LAA	@ TEX Texas	@ HOU Houston
21	A. Heaney SP TEX Andrew Heaney SP TEX	vs BOS Boston	vs MIN Minnesota
22	D. Keuchel SP MIL Dallas Keuchel SP MIL	vs OAK Oakland	@ TB Tampa Bay
23	R. Lopez SP ATL Reynaldo Lopez SP ATL	vs OAK Oakland	@ TB Tampa Bay
24	G. Jax RP MIN Griffin Jax RP MIN	vs CLE Cleveland	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
25	J. Fleming RP PIT Josh Fleming RP PIT	vs BAL Baltimore	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
26	B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN	vs CLE Cleveland	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
27	A. Senzatela SP COL Antonio Senzatela SP COL	vs SD San Diego	vs ARI Arizona
28	J. Suarez RP LAA Jose Suarez RP LAA	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ CLE Cleveland
29	R. Hill SP SD Rich Hill SP SD	@ SF San Francisco	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
30	M. White RP MIL Mitch White RP MIL	vs PIT Pittsburgh	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
31	J. Steele SP CHC Justin Steele SP CHC	@ CIN Cincinnati	vs KC Kansas City
32	M. Harvey SP BAL Matt Harvey SP BAL	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs ATL Atlanta
33	S. Howard SP CLE Spencer Howard SP CLE	vs SEA Seattle	@ BOS Boston
34	W. Crowe RP PIT Wil Crowe RP PIT	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ STL St. Louis
35	B. Garrett SP MIA Braxton Garrett SP MIA	vs ATL Atlanta	@ CIN Cincinnati
36	R. Weathers SP MIA Ryan Weathers SP MIA	@ COL Colorado	vs PHI Philadelphia