Fantasy Baseball Week 8 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Brady Singer, Nick Pivetta

If you're looking to squeeze in an extra start this week, this list is for you

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, subject to change.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 8 (May 13-19). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	C. Burnes SP ARI Corbin Burnes SP ARI	vs TOR Toronto	vs SEA Seattle
2	Y. Yamamoto SP LAD Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP LAD	@ SF San Francisco	vs CIN Cincinnati
3	A. Nola SP PHI Aaron Nola SP PHI	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	vs WAS Washington
4	G. Kirby SP SEA George Kirby SP SEA	vs KC Kansas City	@ BAL Baltimore
5	S. Imanaga SP CHC Shota Imanaga SP CHC	@ ATL Atlanta	vs PIT Pittsburgh
6	K. Crawford SP BOS Kutter Crawford SP BOS	vs TB Tampa Bay	@ STL St. Louis
7	Z. Eflin SP BAL Zach Eflin SP BAL	@ BOS Boston	@ TOR Toronto
8	R. Blanco RP HOU Ronel Blanco RP HOU	vs ATH Athletics	vs MIL Milwaukee
9	C. Rodon SP NYY Carlos Rodon SP NYY	@ MIN Minnesota	vs CHW Chi. White Sox

Advisable in most cases

10	B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN	@ SEA Seattle	vs ATH Athletics
11	C. Sanchez SP PHI Cristopher Sanchez SP PHI	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	vs WAS Washington
12	N. Pivetta RP SD Nick Pivetta RP SD	vs TB Tampa Bay	@ STL St. Louis
13	J. Berrios SP TOR Jose Berrios SP TOR	@ BAL Baltimore	vs TB Tampa Bay
14	H. Greene SP CIN Hunter Greene SP CIN	@ ARI Arizona	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
15	T. Bibee SP CLE Tanner Bibee SP CLE	@ TEX Texas	vs MIN Minnesota
16	M. Keller SP PIT Mitch Keller SP PIT	@ MIL Milwaukee	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
17	J. Hicks RP CHW Jordan Hicks RP CHW	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs COL Colorado
18	R. Lopez RP ATL Reynaldo Lopez RP ATL	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs SD San Diego

Better left for points leagues

19	J. Montgomery SP TEX Jordan Montgomery SP TEX	vs CIN Cincinnati	vs DET Detroit
20	G. Stone SP LAD Gavin Stone SP LAD	@ SF San Francisco	vs CIN Cincinnati
21	A. Civale SP CHC Aaron Civale SP CHC	@ BOS Boston	@ TOR Toronto
22	C. Paddack RP TEX Chris Paddack RP TEX	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ CLE Cleveland
23	J. Butto SP SF Jose Butto SP SF	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ MIA Miami
24	G. Ashcraft RP CIN Graham Ashcraft RP CIN	@ ARI Arizona	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers

No thanks

25	J. Soriano SP LAA Jose Soriano SP LAA	vs STL St. Louis	@ TEX Texas
26	S. Manaea RP NYM Sean Manaea RP NYM	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ MIA Miami
27	J. Taillon SP CHC Jameson Taillon SP CHC	@ ATL Atlanta	vs PIT Pittsburgh
28	T. Williams SP WAS Trevor Williams SP WAS	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	@ PHI Philadelphia
29	J. Sears SP SD JP Sears SP SD	@ HOU Houston	@ KC Kansas City
30	M. Manning SP PHI Matt Manning SP PHI	vs MIA Miami	@ ARI Arizona
31	C. Flexen RP CHC Chris Flexen RP CHC	vs WAS Washington	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
32	C. Rea SP CHC Colin Rea SP CHC	vs PIT Pittsburgh	@ HOU Houston
33	M. Lorenzen SP COL Michael Lorenzen SP COL	vs CLE Cleveland	vs LAA L.A. Angels
34	S. Arrighetti SP HOU Spencer Arrighetti SP HOU	vs ATH Athletics	vs MIL Milwaukee
35	R. Vasquez SP SD Randy Vasquez SP SD	vs COL Colorado	@ ATL Atlanta
36	D. Hudson SP LAA Dakota Hudson SP LAA	@ SD San Diego	@ SF San Francisco
37	R. Stripling SP KC Ross Stripling SP KC	@ HOU Houston	@ KC Kansas City
38	M. Liberatore SP STL Matthew Liberatore SP STL	@ LAA L.A. Angels	vs BOS Boston
39	S. Sanchez SP MIA Sixto Sanchez SP MIA	@ DET Detroit	vs NYM N.Y. Mets

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