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.

• Week 22: Sleeper hitters | Sleeper pitchers

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 LAD Blake Snell SP LAD	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 MIL Jordan Montgomery SP MIL	@ ARI Arizona	@ MIN Minnesota

Advisable in most cases

6	J. Paxton SP BOS James Paxton SP BOS	@ HOU Houston	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
7	Y. Kikuchi SP LAA Yusei Kikuchi SP LAA	@ 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 CIN Zack Littell SP CIN	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 DET Jose Urquidy SP DET	vs BOS Boston	@ DET Detroit
14	P. Blackburn RP NYY Paul Blackburn RP NYY	vs KC Kansas City	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
15	M. Clevinger RP CHW Mike Clevinger RP CHW	vs SEA Seattle	vs ATH Athletics

No thanks

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