Fantasy Baseball Week 23 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Braxton Ashcraft, Walbert Urena

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 23 (Aug. 24-30). Be sure to check back Sunday for the latest updates.

Must-start, all formats1 C. Burns SP CIN Chase Burns SP CIN @ SFSan Francisco @ CHCChi. Cubs 2 D. Rasmussen SP TB Drew Rasmussen SP TB @ DETDetroit vs SDSan Diego 3 P. Messick SP CLE Parker Messick SP CLE @ LAAL.A. Angels vs KCKansas City 4 C. Cavalli SP WAS Cade Cavalli SP WAS vs COLColorado vs MIAMiami 5 Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI @ SEASeattle @ LAAL.A. Angels 6 B. Ashcraft SP PIT Braxton Ashcraft SP PIT @ SDSan Diego @ STLSt. Louis 7 L. Gilbert SP SEA Logan Gilbert SP SEA vs PHIPhiladelphia @ TORToronto Advisable in most cases8 R. Ray SP SD Robbie Ray SP SD vs PITPittsburgh @ TBTampa Bay 9 W. Urena SP LAA Walbert Urena SP LAA vs CLECleveland vs PHIPhiladelphia 10 K. Gausman SP CHC Kevin Gausman SP CHC @ ARIArizona vs CINCincinnati 11 R. Suarez SP BOS Ranger Suarez SP BOS @ MIAMiami @ NYYN.Y. Yankees Better left for points leagues12 A. Alvarez SP WAS Andrew Alvarez SP WAS vs COLColorado vs MIAMiami 13 S. Lugo SP KC Seth Lugo SP KC @ TORToronto @ CLECleveland 14 M. Scherzer SP TOR Max Scherzer SP TOR vs KCKansas City vs SEASeattle No thanks15 M. Liberatore SP STL Matthew Liberatore SP STL vs BALBaltimore vs PITPittsburgh 16 Z. Thornton SP NYM Zach Thornton SP NYM vs MILMilwaukee vs HOUHouston 17 E. Lauer SP LAD Eric Lauer SP LAD @ ATLAtlanta @ DETDetroit 18 M. Kelly SP ARI Merrill Kelly SP ARI vs CHCChi. Cubs @ SFSan Francisco 19 K. Rocker SP TEX Kumar Rocker SP TEX @ CHWChi. White Sox @ MILMilwaukee 20 Z. Matthews SP MIN Zebby Matthews SP MIN @ ATHAthletics vs CHWChi. White Sox 21 K. Montero SP DET Keider Montero SP DET vs TBTampa Bay vs LADL.A. Dodgers 22 W. Warren SP NYY Will Warren SP NYY vs HOUHouston vs BOSBoston 23 A. Smith-Shawver SP ATL A.J. Smith-Shawver SP ATL vs LADL.A. Dodgers vs COLColorado 24 C. Bassitt SP BAL Chris Bassitt SP BAL @ STLSt. Louis @ ATHAthletics 25 T. Phillips RP MIA Tyler Phillips RP MIA vs BOSBoston @ WASWashington 26 J. Urquidy RP CHW Jose Urquidy RP CHW vs TEXTexas @ MINMinnesota 27 M. Wilkinson SP SF Matt Wilkinson SP SF vs CINCincinnati vs ARIArizona 28 E. Pecko SP HOU Ethan Pecko SP HOU @ NYYN.Y. Yankees @ NYMN.Y. Mets 29 K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL @ WASWashington @ ATLAtlanta 30 J. Springs SP ATH Jeffrey Springs SP ATH vs MINMinnesota vs BALBaltimore 31 R. Feltner SP COL Ryan Feltner SP COL @ WASWashington @ ATLAtlanta Add CBS Sports on Google Join the Conversation comments