Fantasy Baseball Week 23 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Jack Flaherty, Jesus Luzardo

A long-injured pitcher is coming back just in time to make two starts.

By Scott White

Sep 4, 2022 at 6:29 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. The names depicted here are highly speculative and subject to change at a moment's notice.

Week 23: Sleeper pitchers | Sleeper hitters

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 23 (Sept. 5-11). All information is up to date as of Sunday afternoon.

Must-start, all formats

1	G. Cole SP NYY Gerrit Cole SP NYY	vs MIN Minnesota	vs TB Tampa Bay
2	A. Nola SP PHI Aaron Nola SP PHI	vs MIA Miami	vs WAS Washington
3	K. Gausman SP TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR	@ BAL Baltimore	@ TEX Texas
4	B. Woodruff SP MIL Brandon Woodruff SP MIL	@ COL Colorado	vs CIN Cincinnati
5	T. McKenzie RP CLE Triston McKenzie RP CLE	@ KC Kansas City	@ MIN Minnesota
6	L. Lynn SP STL Lance Lynn SP STL	@ SEA Seattle	@ ATH Athletics
7	L. Webb SP SF Logan Webb SP SF	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ CHC Chi. Cubs

Sleepers and questionables

8	M. Perez SP CHW Martin Perez SP CHW	@ HOU Houston	vs TOR Toronto
9	J. Ryan SP MIN Joe Ryan SP MIN	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs CLE Cleveland
10	J. Luzardo SP PHI Jesus Luzardo SP PHI	@ PHI Philadelphia	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
11	B. Snell SP LAD Blake Snell SP LAD	vs ARI Arizona	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
12	B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN	vs CLE Cleveland	vs DET Detroit
13	J. Cueto SP LAA Johnny Cueto SP LAA	@ SEA Seattle	@ ATH Athletics
14	M. Wacha SP KC Michael Wacha SP KC	@ TB Tampa Bay	@ BAL Baltimore
15	T. Walker SP PHI Taijuan Walker SP PHI	@ PIT Pittsburgh	@ MIA Miami
16	J. Quintana SP MIL Jose Quintana SP MIL	vs WAS Washington	@ PIT Pittsburgh
17	J. Flaherty SP DET Jack Flaherty SP DET	vs WAS Washington	@ PIT Pittsburgh

Better left for points leagues

18	F. Peralta SP MIL Freddy Peralta SP MIL	@ COL Colorado	vs CIN Cincinnati
19	J. Taillon SP CHC Jameson Taillon SP CHC	vs MIN Minnesota	vs TB Tampa Bay
20	M. Keller SP PIT Mitch Keller SP PIT	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	vs STL St. Louis

No thanks

21	M. Gonzales SP PIT Marco Gonzales SP PIT	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	vs ATL Atlanta
22	J. Lyles RP KC Jordan Lyles RP KC	vs TOR Toronto	vs BOS Boston
23	T. Alexander RP CHW Tyler Alexander RP CHW	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ KC Kansas City
24	C. Archer SP MIN Chris Archer SP MIN	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs CLE Cleveland
25	J. Dunn RP CHW Justin Dunn RP CHW	@ CHC Chi. Cubs	@ MIL Milwaukee
26	A. Sanchez SP WAS Anibal Sanchez SP WAS	@ STL St. Louis	@ PHI Philadelphia
27	P. Espino RP TOR Paolo Espino RP TOR	@ STL St. Louis	@ PHI Philadelphia
28	T. Henry SP ARI Tommy Henry SP ARI	@ SD San Diego	@ COL Colorado
29	R. Feltner SP COL Ryan Feltner SP COL	vs MIL Milwaukee	vs ARI Arizona