Fantasy Baseball Week 22 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Yusei Kikuchi, Bryce Elder

The number of teams going with six-man rotations limits the two-start selection

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 22 (Aug. 21-27). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	L. Castillo SP SEA Luis Castillo SP SEA	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs KC Kansas City
2	B. Snell SP SF Blake Snell SP SF	vs MIA Miami	@ MIL Milwaukee
3	A. Nola SP PHI Aaron Nola SP PHI	vs SF San Francisco	vs STL St. Louis
4	A. Abbott SP CIN Andrew Abbott SP CIN	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ ARI Arizona
5	J. Montgomery SP ARI Jordan Montgomery SP ARI	@ ARI Arizona	@ MIN Minnesota

Advisable in most cases

6	J. Paxton SP LAD James Paxton SP LAD	@ HOU Houston	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
7	Y. Kikuchi SP TOR Yusei Kikuchi SP TOR	@ BAL Baltimore	vs CLE Cleveland
8	B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN	@ MIL Milwaukee	vs TEX Texas
9	B. Miller SP LAD Bobby Miller SP LAD	@ CLE Cleveland	@ BOS Boston

Better left for points leagues

10	C. Rodon SP NYY Carlos Rodon SP NYY	vs WAS Washington	@ TB Tampa Bay
11	Z. Littell SP TB Zack Littell SP TB	vs COL Colorado	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
12	G. Ashcraft SP CIN Graham Ashcraft SP CIN	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ ARI Arizona
13	J. Urquidy SP HOU Jose Urquidy SP HOU	vs BOS Boston	@ DET Detroit
14	P. Blackburn SP OAK Paul Blackburn SP OAK	vs KC Kansas City	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
15	M. Clevinger SP CHW Mike Clevinger SP CHW	vs SEA Seattle	vs OAK Oakland

No thanks

16	A. Winans SP ATL Allan Winans SP ATL	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ SF San Francisco
17	A. Marsh SP KC Alec Marsh SP KC	@ OAK Oakland	@ SEA Seattle
18	J. Oviedo SP PIT Johan Oviedo SP PIT	vs STL St. Louis	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
19	J. Assad SP CHC Javier Assad SP CHC	@ DET Detroit	@ PIT Pittsburgh
20	M. Liberatore RP STL Matthew Liberatore RP STL	@ PIT Pittsburgh	@ PHI Philadelphia
21	T. Toussaint SP CHW Touki Toussaint SP CHW	vs SEA Seattle	vs OAK Oakland
22	A. Faedo RP DET Alex Faedo RP DET	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs HOU Houston
23	D. Smyly RP CHC Drew Smyly RP CHC	@ DET Detroit	@ PIT Pittsburgh
24	B. Falter SP PIT Bailey Falter SP PIT	vs STL St. Louis	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
25	T. Blach RP COL Ty Blach RP COL	@ TB Tampa Bay	@ BAL Baltimore
26	J. Cueto SP TEX Johnny Cueto SP TEX	@ SD San Diego	vs WAS Washington
27	N. Syndergaard SP CLE Noah Syndergaard SP CLE	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ TOR Toronto