Fantasy Baseball Week 8 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Lance Lynn, Alek Manoah

Is an extra start temptation enough to stick with two prominent underachievers?

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 8 (May 15-21). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	S. Ohtani DH LAD Shohei Ohtani DH LAD	@ BAL Baltimore	vs MIN Minnesota
2	F. Valdez SP HOU Framber Valdez SP HOU	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs ATH Athletics
3	K. Gausman SP TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs BAL Baltimore
4	C. Kershaw SP LAD Clayton Kershaw SP LAD	vs MIN Minnesota	@ STL St. Louis
5	J. Verlander SP SF Justin Verlander SP SF	vs TB Tampa Bay	vs CLE Cleveland
6	S. Bieber SP TOR Shane Bieber SP TOR	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
7	P. Lopez SP MIN Pablo Lopez SP MIN	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ LAA L.A. Angels
8	G. Kirby SP SEA George Kirby SP SEA	@ BOS Boston	@ ATL Atlanta
9	F. Peralta SP MIL Freddy Peralta SP MIL	@ STL St. Louis	@ TB Tampa Bay

Advisable in most cases

10	J. Luzardo SP PHI Jesus Luzardo SP PHI	vs WAS Washington	@ SF San Francisco
11	M. Kelly SP TEX Merrill Kelly SP TEX	@ ATH Athletics	@ PIT Pittsburgh
12	J. Gray SP WAS Josiah Gray SP WAS	@ MIA Miami	vs DET Detroit
13	J. Montgomery SP MIL Jordan Montgomery SP MIL	vs MIL Milwaukee	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
14	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	@ TEX Texas	vs SEA Seattle
15	H. Greene SP CIN Hunter Greene SP CIN	@ COL Colorado	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
16	D. Dunning RP ATL Dane Dunning RP ATL	vs ATL Atlanta	vs COL Colorado

Better left for points leagues

17	D. German SP PIT Domingo German SP PIT	@ TOR Toronto	@ CIN Cincinnati
18	L. Lynn SP STL Lance Lynn SP STL	vs CLE Cleveland	vs KC Kansas City
19	A. Manoah SP LAA Alek Manoah SP LAA	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs BAL Baltimore
20	G. Rodriguez SP LAA Grayson Rodriguez SP LAA	vs LAA L.A. Angels	@ TOR Toronto
21	M. Wacha SP KC Michael Wacha SP KC	vs KC Kansas City	vs BOS Boston

No thanks

22	D. Kremer SP BAL Dean Kremer SP BAL	vs LAA L.A. Angels	@ TOR Toronto
23	P. Corbin SP TEX Patrick Corbin SP TEX	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	vs DET Detroit
24	D. Peterson SP NYM David Peterson SP NYM	@ WAS Washington	vs CLE Cleveland
25	J. Flaherty SP DET Jack Flaherty SP DET	vs MIL Milwaukee	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
26	B. Falter SP KC Bailey Falter SP KC	@ SF San Francisco	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
27	J. Taillon SP CHC Jameson Taillon SP CHC	@ HOU Houston	@ PHI Philadelphia
28	A. Wood RP ATH Alex Wood RP ATH	vs PHI Philadelphia	vs MIA Miami
29	N. Syndergaard SP CLE Noah Syndergaard SP CLE	vs MIN Minnesota	@ STL St. Louis
30	Y. Chirinos SP MIA Yonny Chirinos SP MIA	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	vs MIL Milwaukee
31	C. Seabold RP ATL Connor Seabold RP ATL	vs CIN Cincinnati	@ TEX Texas
32	B. Keller RP CHC Brad Keller RP CHC	@ SD San Diego	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
33	J. Brito SP SD Jhony Brito SP SD	@ TOR Toronto	@ CIN Cincinnati
34	D. Rucinski SP ATH Drew Rucinski SP ATH	vs ARI Arizona	@ HOU Houston