Fantasy Baseball Week 18 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight 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). All information is up to date as of late Sunday.

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 J. deGrom SP TEX Jacob deGrom SP TEX vs CHWChi. White Sox vs SEASeattle 7 P. Tolle SP BOS Payton Tolle SP BOS vs BALBaltimore vs TORToronto 8 P. Messick SP CLE Parker Messick SP CLE vs MINMinnesota @ TBTampa Bay 9 B. Ashcraft SP PIT Braxton Ashcraft SP PIT @ NYYN.Y. Yankees vs CHCChi. Cubs 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 E. Sheehan SP LAD Emmet Sheehan SP LAD @ PHIPhiladelphia @ NYMN.Y. Mets 14 N. Martinez SP TB Nick Martinez SP TB @ TORToronto vs CLECleveland 15 J. Soriano SP LAA Jose Soriano SP LAA vs STLSt. Louis @ SFSan Francisco 16 F. Peralta SP NYM Freddy Peralta SP NYM @ MILMilwaukee vs LADL.A. Dodgers 17 J. Flaherty SP DET Jack Flaherty SP DET @ CHCChi. Cubs vs KCKansas City 18 R. Weathers SP NYY Ryan Weathers SP NYY vs PITPittsburgh @ PHIPhiladelphia Better left for points leagues19 R. Lopez RP ATL Reynaldo Lopez RP ATL vs SDSan Diego @ BALBaltimore 20 T. Bibee SP CLE Tanner Bibee SP CLE vs MINMinnesota @ TBTampa Bay 21 S. Baz SP BAL Shane Baz SP BAL @ BOSBoston vs ATLAtlanta 22 A. Abbott SP CIN Andrew Abbott SP CIN @ SEASeattle @ STLSt. Louis 23 K. Leahy SP STL Kyle Leahy SP STL @ LAAL.A. Angels vs CINCincinnati 24 L. Avila SP KC Luinder Avila SP KC vs SFSan Francisco @ DETDetroit 25 T. McDonald SP SF Trevor McDonald SP SF @ KCKansas City vs LAAL.A. Angels No thanks26 J. Taillon SP CHC Jameson Taillon SP CHC vs DETDetroit @ PITPittsburgh 27 J. Junk SP MIA Janson Junk SP MIA @ HOUHouston vs SDSan Diego 28 M. Liberatore SP STL Matthew Liberatore SP STL @ LAAL.A. Angels vs CINCincinnati 29 W. Buehler SP SD Walker Buehler SP SD @ ATLAtlanta @ MIAMiami 30 A. Alvarez SP WAS Andrew Alvarez SP WAS @ COLColorado vs ARIArizona 31 B. Elder SP ATL Bryce Elder SP ATL vs SDSan Diego @ BALBaltimore 32 R. Blanco RP HOU Ronel Blanco RP HOU vs MIAMiami @ CHWChi. White Sox 33 J. Sears SP SD JP Sears SP SD @ ATLAtlanta @ MIAMiami 34 J. Springs SP ATH Jeffrey Springs SP ATH @ ARIArizona @ MINMinnesota 35 E. Fedde SP CHW Erick Fedde SP CHW @ TEXTexas vs HOUHouston 36 K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL vs WASWashington @ MILMilwaukee 37 M. Bratt SP ARI Mitch Bratt SP ARI vs ATHAthletics @ WASWashington Add CBS Sports on Google Join the Conversation comments