Fantasy Baseball Week 8 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Sonny Gray, Jose Berrios

A bunch of pitchers on the fringes have especially good matchups this week.

By Scott White

May 22, 2022 at 3:45 pm ET • 1 min read

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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 highly speculative and subject to change at a moment's notice.

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Here are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 8 (May 23-29). All information is up to date as of Sunday afternoon.

Must-start, all formats

1	G. Cole SP NYY Gerrit Cole SP NYY	vs BAL Baltimore	@ TB Tampa Bay
2	W. Buehler SP LAD Walker Buehler SP LAD	@ WAS Washington	@ ARI Arizona
3	C. Burnes SP BAL Corbin Burnes SP BAL	@ SD San Diego	@ STL St. Louis
4	Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI	@ ATL Atlanta	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
5	S. McClanahan SP TB Shane McClanahan SP TB	vs MIA Miami	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
6	M. Fried SP ATL Max Fried SP ATL	vs PHI Philadelphia	vs MIA Miami
7	P. Lopez SP MIN Pablo Lopez SP MIN	@ TB Tampa Bay	@ ATL Atlanta
8	L. Garcia SP HOU Luis Garcia SP HOU	vs CLE Cleveland	@ SEA Seattle

Sleepers and questionables

9	J. Berrios SP TOR Jose Berrios SP TOR	@ STL St. Louis	@ LAA L.A. Angels
10	A. Cobb SP SF Alex Cobb SP SF	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ CIN Cincinnati
11	J. Montgomery SP ARI Jordan Montgomery SP ARI	vs BAL Baltimore	@ TB Tampa Bay
12	S. Gray SP STL Sonny Gray SP STL	vs DET Detroit	vs KC Kansas City
13	J. Gray SP WAS Josiah Gray SP WAS	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs COL Colorado
14	N. Pivetta SP BOS Nick Pivetta SP BOS	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs BAL Baltimore
15	T. Anderson SP LAA Tyler Anderson SP LAA	@ WAS Washington	@ ARI Arizona
16	M. Mikolas SP STL Miles Mikolas SP STL	vs TOR Toronto	vs MIL Milwaukee
17	T. McKenzie SP CLE Triston McKenzie SP CLE	@ HOU Houston	@ DET Detroit

Better left for points leagues

18	T. Mahle SP TEX Tyler Mahle SP TEX	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs SF San Francisco
19	K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL	@ PIT Pittsburgh	@ WAS Washington
20	J. Kaprielian SP TOR James Kaprielian SP TOR	@ SEA Seattle	vs TEX Texas
21	C. Kuhl RP CHW Chad Kuhl RP CHW	@ PIT Pittsburgh	@ WAS Washington
22	M. Gonzales SP PIT Marco Gonzales SP PIT	vs OAK Oakland	vs HOU Houston
23	A. Houser RP NYM Adrian Houser RP NYM	@ SD San Diego	@ STL St. Louis
24	D. Dunning SP TEX Dane Dunning SP TEX	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ OAK Oakland
25	K. Gibson SP STL Kyle Gibson SP STL	@ ATL Atlanta	@ NYM N.Y. Mets

No thanks

26	B. Zimmermann RP BAL Bruce Zimmermann RP BAL	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ BOS Boston
27	C. Archer SP MIN Chris Archer SP MIN	vs DET Detroit	vs KC Kansas City
28	J. Brubaker SP NYY J.T. Brubaker SP NYY	vs COL Colorado	@ SD San Diego
29	Z. Greinke SP KC Zack Greinke SP KC	@ ARI Arizona	@ MIN Minnesota
30	Z. Plesac SP LAA Zach Plesac SP LAA	@ HOU Houston	@ DET Detroit
31	J. Lyles RP KC Jordan Lyles RP KC	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ BOS Boston
32	T. Davidson RP BAL Tucker Davidson RP BAL	vs PHI Philadelphia	vs MIA Miami
33	D. Smyly RP CHC Drew Smyly RP CHC	@ CIN Cincinnati	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
34	Z. Davies SP WAS Zach Davies SP WAS	vs KC Kansas City	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
35	J. Adon SP WAS Joan Adon SP WAS	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs COL Colorado