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

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

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

By Scott White Apr 5, 2026 at 9:07 pm 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 some forecasting and are, therefore, subject to change.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 3 (April 6-12). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats1 T. Skubal SP DET Tarik Skubal SP DET @ MINMinnesota vs MIAMiami 2 C. Sale SP ATL Chris Sale SP ATL @ LAAL.A. Angels vs CLECleveland 3 C. Schlittler SP NYY Cameron Schlittler SP NYY vs ATHAthletics @ TBTampa Bay 4 N. Pivetta RP SD Nick Pivetta RP SD @ PITPittsburgh vs COLColorado 5 F. Peralta SP NYM Freddy Peralta SP NYM vs ARIArizona vs ATHAthletics 6 S. Alcantara SP MIA Sandy Alcantara SP MIA vs CINCincinnati @ DETDetroit 7 L. Gilbert SP SEA Logan Gilbert SP SEA @ TEXTexas vs HOUHouston 8 J. Ryan SP MIN Joe Ryan SP MIN vs DETDetroit @ TORToronto 9 J. deGrom SP TEX Jacob deGrom SP TEX vs SEASeattle @ LADL.A. Dodgers 10 B. Woodruff SP MIL Brandon Woodruff SP MIL @ BOSBoston vs WASWashington 11 A. Abbott SP CIN Andrew Abbott SP CIN @ MIAMiami vs LAAL.A. Angels Advisable in most cases12 A. Painter SP PHI Andrew Painter SP PHI @ SFSan Francisco vs ARIArizona 13 M. Wacha SP KC Michael Wacha SP KC @ CLECleveland vs CHWChi. White Sox 14 B. Chandler P PIT Bubba Chandler P PIT vs SDSan Diego @ CHCChi. Cubs 15 J. Soriano RP LAA Jose Soriano RP LAA vs ATLAtlanta @ CINCincinnati 16 C. Mize SP DET Casey Mize SP DET @ MINMinnesota vs MIAMiami 17 N. Cameron P KC Noah Cameron P KC @ CLECleveland vs CHWChi. White Sox Better left for points leagues18 T. Bibee SP CLE Tanner Bibee SP CLE vs KCKansas City @ ATLAtlanta 19 Z. Gallen SP ARI Zac Gallen SP ARI @ NYMN.Y. Mets @ PHIPhiladelphia 20 T. Bradley SP MIN Taj Bradley SP MIN vs DETDetroit @ TORToronto 21 M. Scherzer SP TOR Max Scherzer SP TOR vs LADL.A. Dodgers vs MINMinnesota 22 S. McClanahan SP TB Shane McClanahan SP TB vs CHCChi. Cubs vs NYYN.Y. Yankees 23 J. Taillon SP CHC Jameson Taillon SP CHC @ TBTampa Bay vs PITPittsburgh No thanks24 J. Junk RP MIA Janson Junk RP MIA vs CINCincinnati @ DETDetroit 25 S. Smith RP CHW Shane Smith RP CHW vs BALBaltimore @ KCKansas City 26 B. Bello SP BOS Brayan Bello SP BOS vs MILMilwaukee @ STLSt. Louis 27 Z. Littell SP WAS Zack Littell SP WAS vs STLSt. Louis @ MILMilwaukee 28 A. Houser SP SF Adrian Houser SP SF vs PHIPhiladelphia @ BALBaltimore 29 B. Williamson SP CIN Brandon Williamson SP CIN @ MIAMiami vs LAAL.A. Angels 30 G. Marquez SP SD German Marquez SP SD @ PITPittsburgh vs COLColorado 31 E. Fedde SP CHW Erick Fedde SP CHW vs BALBaltimore @ KCKansas City 32 A. Pallante RP STL Andre Pallante RP STL @ WASWashington vs BOSBoston 33 A. Civale SP ATH Aaron Civale SP ATH @ NYYN.Y. Yankees @ NYMN.Y. Mets 34 K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL vs HOUHouston @ SDSan Diego 35 R. Feltner SP COL Ryan Feltner SP COL vs HOUHouston @ SDSan Diego Join the Conversation comments