Fantasy Baseball Week 5 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Kevin Gausman, Tanner Houck

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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 5 (April 22-28). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	P. Lopez SP MIN Pablo Lopez SP MIN	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	@ LAA L.A. Angels
2	T. Skubal SP DET Tarik Skubal SP DET	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs KC Kansas City
3	L. Gilbert SP SEA Logan Gilbert SP SEA	@ TEX Texas	vs ARI Arizona
4	J. Jones SP PIT Jared Jones SP PIT	vs MIL Milwaukee	@ SF San Francisco
5	K. Gausman SP TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR	@ KC Kansas City	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
6	D. Cease SP TOR Dylan Cease SP TOR	@ COL Colorado	vs PHI Philadelphia
7	R. Detmers SP LAA Reid Detmers SP LAA	vs BAL Baltimore	vs MIN Minnesota
8	T. Houck SP BOS Tanner Houck SP BOS	@ CLE Cleveland	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
9	C. Sanchez SP PHI Cristopher Sanchez SP PHI	@ CIN Cincinnati	@ SD San Diego
10	R. Suarez SP PHI Ranger Suarez SP PHI	@ CIN Cincinnati	@ SD San Diego

Advisable in most cases

11	M. Stroman SP NYY Marcus Stroman SP NYY	vs ATH Athletics	@ MIL Milwaukee
12	Y. Kikuchi SP LAA Yusei Kikuchi SP LAA	@ KC Kansas City	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
13	M. Wacha SP KC Michael Wacha SP KC	vs TOR Toronto	@ DET Detroit
14	M. King RP SD Michael King RP SD	@ COL Colorado	vs PHI Philadelphia
15	Z. Littell SP CIN Zack Littell SP CIN	vs DET Detroit	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
16	B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN	vs TOR Toronto	@ DET Detroit
17	H. Greene SP CIN Hunter Greene SP CIN	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ TEX Texas

Better left for points leagues

18	C. Rodon SP NYY Carlos Rodon SP NYY	vs ATH Athletics	@ MIL Milwaukee
19	J. Paxton SP BOS James Paxton SP BOS	@ WAS Washington	@ TOR Toronto
20	B. Pfaadt SP ARI Brandon Pfaadt SP ARI	@ STL St. Louis	@ SEA Seattle
21	K. Winn SP SF Keaton Winn SP SF	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	vs PIT Pittsburgh
22	L. Lynn SP STL Lance Lynn SP STL	vs ARI Arizona	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
23	D. Dunning RP ATL Dane Dunning RP ATL	vs SEA Seattle	vs CIN Cincinnati
24	A. Abbott SP CIN Andrew Abbott SP CIN	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ TEX Texas

No thanks

25	R. Weathers SP MIA Ryan Weathers SP MIA	@ ATL Atlanta	vs WAS Washington
26	A. Suarez RP BAL Albert Suarez RP BAL	@ LAA L.A. Angels	vs ATH Athletics
27	J. Wicks SP CHC Jordan Wicks SP CHC	vs HOU Houston	@ BOS Boston
28	E. Fedde RP MIL Erick Fedde RP MIL	@ MIN Minnesota	vs TB Tampa Bay
29	P. Blackburn RP NYY Paul Blackburn RP NYY	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ BAL Baltimore
30	J. Sears SP SD JP Sears SP SD	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ BAL Baltimore
31	C. Paddack SP DET Chris Paddack SP DET	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	@ LAA L.A. Angels
32	J. Quintana SP MIL Jose Quintana SP MIL	@ SF San Francisco	vs STL St. Louis
33	B. Falter SP KC Bailey Falter SP KC	vs MIL Milwaukee	@ SF San Francisco
34	W. Miley SP CIN Wade Miley SP CIN	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
35	J. Ross RP PHI Joe Ross RP PHI	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
36	J. Cannon P CHW Jonathan Cannon P CHW	@ MIN Minnesota	vs TB Tampa Bay
37	B. Lively SP CLE Ben Lively SP CLE	vs BOS Boston	@ ATL Atlanta
38	P. Corbin SP TEX Patrick Corbin SP TEX	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ MIA Miami
39	A. Gomber SP COL Austin Gomber SP COL	vs SD San Diego	vs HOU Houston