Fantasy Baseball Week 3 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Andrew Painter, Bubba Chandler

Fantasy Baseball Week 3 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Andrew Painter, Bubba Chandler

More than a third of this week's two-start selection is must-start

By Scott White Apr 3, 2026 at 9:43 am ET • 1 min read

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 3 (April 6-12). Be sure to check back Sunday for the latest updates. 

Must-start, all formats1 T. Skubal SP DET Tarik Skubal SP DET @ MINMinnesota vs MIAMiami 2 C. Ragans RP KC Cole Ragans RP KC @ CLECleveland vs CHWChi. White Sox 3 C. Sale SP ATL Chris Sale SP ATL @ LAAL.A. Angels vs CLECleveland 4 H. Brown SP HOU Hunter Brown SP HOU @ COLColorado @ SEASeattle 5 C. Schlittler SP NYY Cameron Schlittler SP NYY vs ATHAthletics @ TBTampa Bay 6 N. Pivetta RP SD Nick Pivetta RP SD @ PITPittsburgh vs COLColorado 7 F. Peralta SP NYM Freddy Peralta SP NYM vs ARIArizona vs ATHAthletics 8 S. Alcantara SP MIA Sandy Alcantara SP MIA vs CINCincinnati @ DETDetroit 9 L. Gilbert SP SEA Logan Gilbert SP SEA @ TEXTexas vs HOUHouston 10 J. Ryan SP MIN Joe Ryan SP MIN vs DETDetroit @ TORToronto 11 J. deGrom SP TEX Jacob deGrom SP TEX vs SEASeattle @ LADL.A. Dodgers 12 B. Woodruff SP MIL Brandon Woodruff SP MIL @ BOSBoston vs WASWashington 13 A. Abbott SP CIN Andrew Abbott SP CIN @ MIAMiami vs LAAL.A. Angels Advisable in most cases14 A. Painter SP PHI Andrew Painter SP PHI @ SFSan Francisco vs ARIArizona 15 B. Chandler P PIT Bubba Chandler P PIT vs SDSan Diego @ CHCChi. Cubs 16 J. Soriano RP LAA Jose Soriano RP LAA vs ATLAtlanta @ CINCincinnati 17 C. Mize SP DET Casey Mize SP DET @ MINMinnesota vs MIAMiami 18 N. Cameron P KC Noah Cameron P KC @ CLECleveland vs CHWChi. White Sox Better left for points leagues19 T. Bibee SP CLE Tanner Bibee SP CLE vs KCKansas City @ ATLAtlanta 20 Z. Gallen SP ARI Zac Gallen SP ARI @ NYMN.Y. Mets @ PHIPhiladelphia 21 T. Bradley SP MIN Taj Bradley SP MIN vs DETDetroit @ TORToronto 22 M. Scherzer SP TOR Max Scherzer SP TOR vs LADL.A. Dodgers vs MINMinnesota 23 S. McClanahan SP TB Shane McClanahan SP TB vs CHCChi. Cubs vs NYYN.Y. Yankees 24 J. Taillon SP CHC Jameson Taillon SP CHC @ TBTampa Bay vs PITPittsburgh No thanks25 J. Junk RP MIA Janson Junk RP MIA vs CINCincinnati @ DETDetroit 26 S. Smith RP CHW Shane Smith RP CHW vs BALBaltimore @ KCKansas City 27 B. Bello SP BOS Brayan Bello SP BOS vs MILMilwaukee @ STLSt. Louis 28 Z. Littell SP WAS Zack Littell SP WAS vs STLSt. Louis @ MILMilwaukee 29 A. Houser SP SF Adrian Houser SP SF vs PHIPhiladelphia @ BALBaltimore 30 B. Williamson SP CIN Brandon Williamson SP CIN @ MIAMiami vs LAAL.A. Angels 31 G. Marquez SP SD German Marquez SP SD @ PITPittsburgh vs COLColorado 32 E. Fedde SP CHW Erick Fedde SP CHW vs BALBaltimore @ KCKansas City 33 A. Pallante RP STL Andre Pallante RP STL @ WASWashington vs BOSBoston 34 A. Civale SP ATH Aaron Civale SP ATH @ NYYN.Y. Yankees @ NYMN.Y. Mets 35 K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL vs HOUHouston @ SDSan Diego 36 R. Feltner SP COL Ryan Feltner SP COL vs HOUHouston @ SDSan Diego Join the Conversation comments