Fantasy Baseball Week 3 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Blake Snell, Mitch Keller

Blake Snell may be a must following his late signing and unusual buildup

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 projected several days out and, thus, likely to change.

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Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 3 (April 8-14). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI	@ STL St. Louis	vs PIT Pittsburgh
2	C. Burnes SP ARI Corbin Burnes SP ARI	@ BOS Boston	vs MIL Milwaukee
3	C. Ragans RP KC Cole Ragans RP KC	vs HOU Houston	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
4	L. Castillo SP SEA Luis Castillo SP SEA	@ TOR Toronto	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
5	Z. Eflin SP BAL Zach Eflin SP BAL	@ LAA L.A. Angels	vs SF San Francisco
6	F. Valdez SP HOU Framber Valdez SP HOU	@ TEX Texas	vs TEX Texas
7	Z. Gallen SP ARI Zac Gallen SP ARI	@ COL Colorado	vs STL St. Louis
8	J. Berrios SP TOR Jose Berrios SP TOR	vs SEA Seattle	vs COL Colorado
9	C. Javier SP HOU Cristian Javier SP HOU	@ KC Kansas City	vs TEX Texas
10	N. Eovaldi SP TEX Nathan Eovaldi SP TEX	vs ATH Athletics	@ HOU Houston
11	B. Snell SP LAD Blake Snell SP LAD	vs WAS Washington	@ TB Tampa Bay

Advisable in most cases

12	Y. Darvish SP SD Yu Darvish SP SD	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
13	B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ DET Detroit
14	J. Luzardo SP PHI Jesus Luzardo SP PHI	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs ATL Atlanta
15	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ MIA Miami
16	F. Montas SP NYM Frankie Montas SP NYM	vs MIL Milwaukee	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
17	M. Keller SP PIT Mitch Keller SP PIT	vs DET Detroit	@ PHI Philadelphia
18	R. Olson SP DET Reese Olson SP DET	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs MIN Minnesota
19	R. Lopez RP ATL Reynaldo Lopez RP ATL	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ MIA Miami
20	N. Cortes SP SD Nestor Cortes SP SD	vs MIA Miami	@ CLE Cleveland
21	J. Paxton SP BOS James Paxton SP BOS	@ MIN Minnesota	vs SD San Diego
22	B. Bello SP BOS Brayan Bello SP BOS	vs BAL Baltimore	vs LAA L.A. Angels

Better left for points leagues

23	G. Ashcraft SP CIN Graham Ashcraft SP CIN	vs MIL Milwaukee	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
24	S. Turnbull RP TOR Spencer Turnbull RP TOR	@ STL St. Louis	vs PIT Pittsburgh
25	T. McKenzie RP CLE Triston McKenzie RP CLE	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees

No thanks

26	L. Varland SP TOR Louie Varland SP TOR	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ DET Detroit
27	J. Assad RP CHC Javier Assad RP CHC	@ SD San Diego	@ SEA Seattle
28	A. Heaney RP LAD Andrew Heaney RP LAD	vs HOU Houston	@ HOU Houston
29	M. Mikolas SP STL Miles Mikolas SP STL	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ ARI Arizona
30	T. Anderson SP LAA Tyler Anderson SP LAA	vs TB Tampa Bay	@ BOS Boston
31	A. Houser SP TB Adrian Houser SP TB	@ ATL Atlanta	vs KC Kansas City
32	A. Wood RP ATH Alex Wood RP ATH	@ TEX Texas	vs WAS Washington
33	J. Teheran SP BAL Julio Teheran SP BAL	@ ATL Atlanta	vs KC Kansas City
34	A. Ashby SP MIL Aaron Ashby SP MIL	@ CIN Cincinnati	@ BAL Baltimore
35	J. Ross RP PHI Joe Ross RP PHI	@ CIN Cincinnati	@ BAL Baltimore
36	T. Williams SP WAS Trevor Williams SP WAS	@ SF San Francisco	@ ATH Athletics
37	K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL	vs ARI Arizona	@ TOR Toronto