Fantasy Baseball Week 25 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Dylan Cease, Clayton Kershaw

How much faith should we put in struggling studs at this crucial point in the season?

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 25 (Sept. 11-17). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	T. Glasnow SP LAD Tyler Glasnow SP LAD	@ MIN Minnesota	@ BAL Baltimore
2	B. Woodruff SP MIL Brandon Woodruff SP MIL	vs MIA Miami	vs WAS Washington
3	F. Peralta SP MIL Freddy Peralta SP MIL	vs MIA Miami	vs WAS Washington
4	F. Valdez SP HOU Framber Valdez SP HOU	vs ATH Athletics	@ KC Kansas City
5	M. Scherzer SP TOR Max Scherzer SP TOR	@ TOR Toronto	@ CLE Cleveland
6	M. Fried SP NYY Max Fried SP NYY	@ PHI Philadelphia	@ MIA Miami
7	L. Gilbert SP SEA Logan Gilbert SP SEA	vs LAA L.A. Angels	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
8	J. Luzardo SP PHI Jesus Luzardo SP PHI	@ MIL Milwaukee	vs ATL Atlanta
9	J. Ryan SP MIN Joe Ryan SP MIN	vs TB Tampa Bay	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
10	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	@ PHI Philadelphia	@ MIA Miami
11	S. Gray SP BOS Sonny Gray SP BOS	vs TB Tampa Bay	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
12	C. Bassitt SP TOR Chris Bassitt SP TOR	vs TEX Texas	vs BOS Boston

Advisable in most cases

13	J. Quintana SP MIL Jose Quintana SP MIL	vs ARI Arizona	vs CIN Cincinnati
14	D. Cease SP TOR Dylan Cease SP TOR	vs KC Kansas City	vs MIN Minnesota
15	D. Kremer SP BAL Dean Kremer SP BAL	vs STL St. Louis	vs TB Tampa Bay
16	G. Williams SP CLE Gavin Williams SP CLE	@ SF San Francisco	vs TEX Texas
17	E. Cabrera SP MIA Edward Cabrera SP MIA	@ MIL Milwaukee	vs ATL Atlanta

Better left for points leagues

18	A. Cobb SP DET Alex Cobb SP DET	vs CLE Cleveland	@ COL Colorado
19	K. Gibson SP BAL Kyle Gibson SP BAL	vs STL St. Louis	vs TB Tampa Bay
20	H. Ryu SP TOR Hyun-Jin Ryu SP TOR	vs TEX Texas	vs BOS Boston
21	R. Detmers SP LAA Reid Detmers SP LAA	@ SEA Seattle	vs DET Detroit
22	C. Schmidt SP NYY Clarke Schmidt SP NYY	@ BOS Boston	@ PIT Pittsburgh

No thanks

23	C. Rodon SP NYY Carlos Rodon SP NYY	@ BOS Boston	@ PIT Pittsburgh
24	D. Dunning RP ATL Dane Dunning RP ATL	@ TOR Toronto	@ CLE Cleveland
25	J. Wicks SP CHC Jordan Wicks SP CHC	@ COL Colorado	@ ARI Arizona
26	Z. Littell SP CIN Zack Littell SP CIN	@ MIN Minnesota	@ BAL Baltimore
27	T. Walker SP PHI Taijuan Walker SP PHI	vs ATL Atlanta	@ STL St. Louis
28	K. Crawford SP BOS Kutter Crawford SP BOS	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ TOR Toronto
29	N. Pivetta RP SD Nick Pivetta RP SD	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ TOR Toronto
30	J. Adon SP WAS Joan Adon SP WAS	@ PIT Pittsburgh	@ MIL Milwaukee
31	P. Corbin SP TEX Patrick Corbin SP TEX	@ PIT Pittsburgh	@ MIL Milwaukee
32	B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs HOU Houston
33	D. Hudson SP LAA Dakota Hudson SP LAA	@ BAL Baltimore	vs PHI Philadelphia
34	B. Falter SP KC Bailey Falter SP KC	vs WAS Washington	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
35	T. Toussaint RP LAA Touki Toussaint RP LAA	vs KC Kansas City	vs MIN Minnesota
36	J. Butto SP SF Jose Butto SP SF	vs ARI Arizona	vs CIN Cincinnati
37	J. Wentz SP ATL Joey Wentz SP ATL	vs CIN Cincinnati	@ LAA L.A. Angels
38	Z. Davies SP WAS Zach Davies SP WAS	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
39	P. Avila RP CLE Pedro Avila RP CLE	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ ATH Athletics
40	A. Jackson RP PIT Andre Jackson RP PIT	vs WAS Washington	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
41	R. Nelson SP ARI Ryne Nelson SP ARI	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
42	K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs SF San Francisco
43	C. Flexen RP CHC Chris Flexen RP CHC	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs SF San Francisco