Fantasy Baseball Week 5 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings recommend using Blake Snell, Nate Pearson

Every weekend, Scott White ranks the two-start pitchers for the upcoming week, sorting them by how usable they are. The standard for a two-start sleeper is higher in categories leagues, where ERA and WHIP need to be protected, than in point leagues, where volume is a higher priority, and it's indicated in the tiers below.

Here are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 5 (Aug. 17-23):

Must-starts, all formats

1	T. Bauer SP LAD	@ KC	@ STL
2	C. Carrasco SP CLE	@ PIT	vs DET
3	Y. Darvish SP SD	vs STL	vs CHW
4	D. Bundy SP NYM	vs SF	@ OAK
5	Z. Gallen SP ARI	vs OAK	@ SF
6	K. Maeda SP DET	vs KC	@ KC
7	F. Montas SP CIN	@ ARI	vs LAA
8	Z. Greinke SP KC	vs COL	@ SD
9	H. Ryu SP TOR	@ BAL	@ TB
10	C. Paddack SP MIN	@ TEX	vs HOU
11	K. Hendricks SP CHC	vs STL	vs CHW
12	J. Urias SP LAD	vs SEA	vs COL
13	R. Stripling SP OAK	vs SEA	vs COL

Sleepers and questionables

14	B. Snell SP SF	@ NYY	vs TOR
15	C. Burnes SP BAL	@ MIN	@ PIT
16	N. Pearson RP TOR	@ BAL	@ TB
17	M. Minor SP CIN	vs SD	@ SEA
18	M. Tanaka SP NYY	vs TB	@ NYM
19	D. Cease SP SD	vs DET	@ CHC
20	J. Montgomery SP ARI	vs BOS	@ NYM
21	C. Bassitt SP TOR	@ ARI	vs LAA
22	Z. Eflin SP TB	@ BOS	@ ATL
23	T. Toussaint SP CHW	vs WAS	vs PHI
24	A. Cobb SP SF	vs TOR	vs BOS

Better left for points leagues

25	G. Canning SP LAA	vs SF	@ OAK
26	A. Voth RP SEA	@ ATL	vs MIA
27	K. Freeland SP COL	@ HOU	@ LAD
28	M. Boyd SP DET	@ CHW	@ CLE
29	D. Ponce de Leon RP WAS	@ CHC	vs CIN
30	K. Kim SP STL	@ CHC	vs CIN
31	Z. Davies SP WAS	@ TEX	vs HOU
32	K. Bubic SP KC	@ MIN	vs MIN
33	B. Bielak RP OAK	vs COL	@ SD
34	J. Arrieta SP SD	@ BOS	@ ATL
35	A. Senzatela SP COL	@ HOU	@ LAD
36	D. Peterson SP NYM	@ MIA	vs NYY

No thanks

37	M. Perez SP PIT	@ NYY	@ BAL
38	A. Sanchez SP WAS	@ ATL	vs MIA
39	L. Weaver RP NYY	vs OAK	@ SF
40	Z. Godley RP CIN	@ NYY	@ BAL
41	T. Williams SP WAS	vs CLE	vs MIL
42	T. Anderson SP LAA	@ LAA	vs ARI
43	J. Lyles RP KC	vs SD	@ SEA
44	J. Dunn RP CIN	@ LAD	vs TEX
45	J. Yamamoto RP LAD	vs NYM	@ WAS
46	W. LeBlanc RP STL	vs TOR	vs BOS
47	T. Cahill SP PIT	@ LAA	vs ARI
48	R. Gsellman RP WAS	@ MIA	vs NYY
49	G. Gonzalez RP MIA	vs DET	@ CHC