Fantasy Baseball Week 4 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Max Fried, Sonny Gray

Week 4 also marks a rare opportunity to get two starts out of Shohei Ohtani

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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Here are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 4 (April 17-23). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	J. deGrom SP TEX Jacob deGrom SP TEX	@ KC Kansas City	vs ATH Athletics
2	S. Ohtani DH LAD Shohei Ohtani DH LAD	@ BOS Boston	vs KC Kansas City
3	C. Burnes SP ARI Corbin Burnes SP ARI	@ SEA Seattle	vs BOS Boston
4	Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs COL Colorado
5	K. Gausman SP TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR	@ HOU Houston	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
6	C. Kershaw SP LAD Clayton Kershaw SP LAD	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
7	N. Lodolo SP CIN Nick Lodolo SP CIN	vs TB Tampa Bay	@ PIT Pittsburgh
8	J. Luzardo SP PHI Jesus Luzardo SP PHI	vs SF San Francisco	@ CLE Cleveland
9	C. Javier SP HOU Cristian Javier SP HOU	vs TOR Toronto	@ ATL Atlanta
10	H. Greene SP CIN Hunter Greene SP CIN	vs TB Tampa Bay	@ PIT Pittsburgh
11	D. May SP BOS Dustin May SP BOS	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
12	L. Lynn SP STL Lance Lynn SP STL	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ TB Tampa Bay
13	M. Fried SP NYY Max Fried SP NYY	@ SD San Diego	vs HOU Houston
14	S. Gray SP BOS Sonny Gray SP BOS	@ BOS Boston	vs WAS Washington

Advisable in most cases

15	M. Stroman SP NYY Marcus Stroman SP NYY	@ ATH Athletics	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
16	A. Cobb SP DET Alex Cobb SP DET	@ MIA Miami	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
17	J. Flaherty SP DET Jack Flaherty SP DET	vs ARI Arizona	@ SEA Seattle

Better left for points leagues

18	M. Kelly SP TEX Merrill Kelly SP TEX	@ STL St. Louis	vs SD San Diego
19	E. Rodriguez SP ARI Eduardo Rodriguez SP ARI	vs CLE Cleveland	@ BAL Baltimore
20	D. Jameson RP ARI Drey Jameson RP ARI	@ STL St. Louis	vs SD San Diego
21	B. Falter SP KC Bailey Falter SP KC	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs COL Colorado
22	A. Wood RP ATH Alex Wood RP ATH	@ MIA Miami	vs NYM N.Y. Mets

No thanks

23	H. Wesneski RP HOU Hayden Wesneski RP HOU	@ ATH Athletics	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
24	D. Peterson SP NYM David Peterson SP NYM	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ SF San Francisco
25	T. Megill SP NYM Tylor Megill SP NYM	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ SF San Francisco
26	K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL	vs PIT Pittsburgh	@ PHI Philadelphia
27	R. Weathers SP MIA Ryan Weathers SP MIA	vs ATL Atlanta	@ ARI Arizona
28	C. Flexen RP CHC Chris Flexen RP CHC	vs MIL Milwaukee	vs STL St. Louis
29	C. Schmidt SP NYY Clarke Schmidt SP NYY	vs LAA L.A. Angels	vs TOR Toronto
30	H. Gaddis SP CLE Hunter Gaddis SP CLE	@ DET Detroit	vs MIA Miami
31	B. Bello SP BOS Brayan Bello SP BOS	vs LAA L.A. Angels	@ MIL Milwaukee
32	J. Lyles RP KC Jordan Lyles RP KC	vs TEX Texas	@ LAA L.A. Angels
33	R. Hill SP KC Rich Hill SP KC	@ COL Colorado	vs CIN Cincinnati
34	V. Velasquez SP CLE Vince Velasquez SP CLE	@ COL Colorado	vs CIN Cincinnati
35	J. Urena SP LAA Jose Urena SP LAA	vs PIT Pittsburgh	@ PHI Philadelphia