Fantasy Baseball Week 18 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Parker Messick, Freddy Peralta

Every weekend, Scott White ranks the two-start pitchers for the upcoming scoring period and then categorizes them by how usable they are. The names depicted here require a certain amount of forecasting and are, therefore, subject to change.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 18 (July 20-26). Be sure to check back Sunday for the latest updates.

Must-start, all formats1 J. Misiorowski SP MIL Jacob Misiorowski SP MIL vs NYMN.Y. Mets vs COLColorado 2 C. Sanchez SP PHI Cristopher Sanchez SP PHI vs LADL.A. Dodgers vs NYYN.Y. Yankees 3 J. Ryan SP MIN Joe Ryan SP MIN @ CLECleveland vs ATHAthletics 4 D. Rasmussen SP TB Drew Rasmussen SP TB @ TORToronto vs CLECleveland 5 D. Cease SP TOR Dylan Cease SP TOR vs TBTampa Bay @ BOSBoston 6 G. Kirby SP SEA George Kirby SP SEA vs CINCincinnati @ TEXTexas 7 N. Eovaldi SP TEX Nathan Eovaldi SP TEX vs CHWChi. White Sox vs SEASeattle 8 P. Tolle SP BOS Payton Tolle SP BOS vs BALBaltimore vs TORToronto 9 P. Messick SP CLE Parker Messick SP CLE vs MINMinnesota @ TBTampa Bay 10 K. Gausman SP TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR vs TBTampa Bay @ BOSBoston 11 M. Wacha SP KC Michael Wacha SP KC vs SFSan Francisco @ DETDetroit Advisable in most cases12 F. Valdez SP DET Framber Valdez SP DET @ CHCChi. Cubs vs KCKansas City 13 N. Martinez SP TB Nick Martinez SP TB @ TORToronto vs CLECleveland 14 J. Soriano SP LAA Jose Soriano SP LAA vs STLSt. Louis @ SFSan Francisco 15 F. Peralta SP NYM Freddy Peralta SP NYM @ MILMilwaukee vs LADL.A. Dodgers 16 J. Flaherty SP DET Jack Flaherty SP DET @ CHCChi. Cubs vs KCKansas City Better left for points leagues17 R. Lopez RP ATL Reynaldo Lopez RP ATL vs SDSan Diego @ BALBaltimore 18 D. Kremer SP BAL Dean Kremer SP BAL @ BOSBoston vs ATLAtlanta 19 A. Abbott SP CIN Andrew Abbott SP CIN @ SEASeattle @ STLSt. Louis 20 K. Leahy SP STL Kyle Leahy SP STL @ LAAL.A. Angels vs CINCincinnati 21 L. Avila SP KC Luinder Avila SP KC vs SFSan Francisco @ DETDetroit No thanks22 W. Warren SP NYY Will Warren SP NYY vs PITPittsburgh @ PHIPhiladelphia 23 J. Taillon SP CHC Jameson Taillon SP CHC vs DETDetroit @ PITPittsburgh 24 T. Mahle SP SF Tyler Mahle SP SF @ KCKansas City vs LAAL.A. Angels 25 J. Junk SP MIA Janson Junk SP MIA @ HOUHouston vs SDSan Diego 26 M. Paredes SP MIN Mike Paredes SP MIN @ CLECleveland vs ATHAthletics 27 M. Liberatore SP STL Matthew Liberatore SP STL @ LAAL.A. Angels vs CINCincinnati 28 S. Cecconi SP CLE Slade Cecconi SP CLE vs MINMinnesota @ TBTampa Bay 29 W. Buehler SP SD Walker Buehler SP SD @ ATLAtlanta @ MIAMiami 30 B. Pfaadt RP ARI Brandon Pfaadt RP ARI vs ATHAthletics @ WASWashington 31 A. Alvarez SP WAS Andrew Alvarez SP WAS @ COLColorado vs ARIArizona 32 R. Vasquez SP SD Randy Vasquez SP SD @ ATLAtlanta @ MIAMiami 33 T. Imai SP HOU Tatsuya Imai SP HOU vs MIAMiami @ CHWChi. White Sox 34 B. Elder SP ATL Bryce Elder SP ATL vs SDSan Diego @ BALBaltimore 35 M. Keller SP PIT Mitch Keller SP PIT @ NYYN.Y. Yankees vs CHCChi. Cubs 36 J. Springs SP ATH Jeffrey Springs SP ATH @ ARIArizona @ MINMinnesota 37 E. Fedde SP CHW Erick Fedde SP CHW @ TEXTexas vs HOUHouston 38 K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL vs WASWashington @ MILMilwaukee Add CBS Sports on Google Join the Conversation comments