Fantasy Baseball Week 9 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Eury Perez, Kodai Senga

Can you trust rookies like Eury Perez, Taj Bradley and Edward Cabrera?

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 9 (May 22-28). 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	vs SD San Diego
2	S. Strider SP ATL Spencer Strider SP ATL	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs PHI Philadelphia
3	C. Javier SP HOU Cristian Javier SP HOU	@ MIL Milwaukee	@ ATH Athletics
4	L. Castillo SP SEA Luis Castillo SP SEA	vs ATH Athletics	vs PIT Pittsburgh
5	Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI	vs ARI Arizona	@ ATL Atlanta
6	C. Burnes SP ARI Corbin Burnes SP ARI	vs HOU Houston	vs SF San Francisco
7	D. Cease SP TOR Dylan Cease SP TOR	@ CLE Cleveland	@ DET Detroit
8	Y. Darvish SP SD Yu Darvish SP SD	@ WAS Washington	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
9	C. Bassitt SP TOR Chris Bassitt SP TOR	@ TB Tampa Bay	@ MIN Minnesota
10	E. Rodriguez SP ARI Eduardo Rodriguez SP ARI	@ KC Kansas City	vs CHW Chi. White Sox

Advisable in most cases

11	J. Montgomery SP MIL Jordan Montgomery SP MIL	@ CIN Cincinnati	@ CLE Cleveland
12	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs PHI Philadelphia
13	E. Perez SP MIA Eury Perez SP MIA	@ COL Colorado	@ LAA L.A. Angels
14	K. Senga SP NYM Kodai Senga SP NYM	@ CHC Chi. Cubs	@ COL Colorado
15	B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN	vs SF San Francisco	vs TOR Toronto
16	D. Smyly SP CHC Drew Smyly SP CHC	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	vs CIN Cincinnati
17	D. Dunning RP ATL Dane Dunning RP ATL	@ PIT Pittsburgh	@ BAL Baltimore
18	A. Cobb SP DET Alex Cobb SP DET	@ MIN Minnesota	@ MIL Milwaukee
19	J. Berrios SP TOR Jose Berrios SP TOR	@ TB Tampa Bay	@ MIN Minnesota
20	M. Gore SP WAS MacKenzie Gore SP WAS	vs SD San Diego	@ KC Kansas City
21	T. Bradley SP MIN Taj Bradley SP MIN	vs TOR Toronto	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers

Better left for points leagues

22	M. Lorenzen SP KC Michael Lorenzen SP KC	@ KC Kansas City	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
23	K. Bradish SP BAL Kyle Bradish SP BAL	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs TEX Texas
24	B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN	vs DET Detroit	vs WAS Washington

No thanks

25	E. Cabrera SP MIA Edward Cabrera SP MIA	@ COL Colorado	@ LAA L.A. Angels
26	G. Ashcraft SP CIN Graham Ashcraft SP CIN	vs STL St. Louis	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
27	M. Gonzales SP PIT Marco Gonzales SP PIT	vs ATH Athletics	vs PIT Pittsburgh
28	T. Houck SP BOS Tanner Houck SP BOS	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ ARI Arizona
29	B. Williamson SP CIN Brandon Williamson SP CIN	vs STL St. Louis	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
30	S. Manaea RP NYM Sean Manaea RP NYM	@ MIN Minnesota	@ MIL Milwaukee
31	G. Stone SP LAD Gavin Stone SP LAD	@ ATL Atlanta	@ TB Tampa Bay
32	J. Fleming RP SEA Josh Fleming RP SEA	vs TOR Toronto	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
33	T. Henry RP ARI Tommy Henry RP ARI	@ PHI Philadelphia	vs BOS Boston
34	L. Medina SP ATH Luis Medina SP ATH	@ SEA Seattle	vs HOU Houston
35	L. Ortiz SP CLE Luis Ortiz SP CLE	vs TEX Texas	@ SEA Seattle
36	A. Gomber SP COL Austin Gomber SP COL	vs MIA Miami	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
37	C. Anderson RP TEX Chase Anderson RP TEX	vs MIA Miami	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
38	K. Muller SP ATH Kyle Muller SP ATH	@ SEA Seattle	vs HOU Houston
39	H. Gaddis SP CLE Hunter Gaddis SP CLE	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	vs STL St. Louis