Fantasy Baseball Week 5 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Jesus Luzardo, Emerson Hancock

Fantasy Baseball Week 5 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Jesus Luzardo, Emerson Hancock

Here's how this week's two-start slate stacks up

By Scott White Apr 17, 2026 at 10:31 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 some forecasting and are, therefore, subject to change.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 5 (April 20-26). Check back Sunday for the latest updates.

Must-start, all formats1 N. McLean SP NYM Nolan McLean SP NYM vs MINMinnesota vs COLColorado 2 D. Cease SP TOR Dylan Cease SP TOR @ LAAL.A. Angels vs CLECleveland 3 S. Imanaga RP CHC Shota Imanaga RP CHC vs PHIPhiladelphia @ LADL.A. Dodgers 4 K. Bradish SP BAL Kyle Bradish SP BAL @ KCKansas City vs BOSBoston Advisable in most cases5 E. Hancock SP SEA Emerson Hancock SP SEA vs ATHAthletics @ STLSt. Louis 6 C. Early SP BOS Connelly Early SP BOS vs NYYN.Y. Yankees @ BALBaltimore 7 M. Abel P MIN Mick Abel P MIN @ NYMN.Y. Mets @ TBTampa Bay 8 S. Lugo SP KC Seth Lugo SP KC vs BALBaltimore vs LAAL.A. Angels 9 J. Luzardo SP PHI Jesus Luzardo SP PHI @ CHCChi. Cubs @ ATLAtlanta 10 S. Gray SP BOS Sonny Gray SP BOS vs DETDetroit @ BALBaltimore 11 B. Elder SP ATL Bryce Elder SP ATL @ WASWashington vs PHIPhiladelphia Better left for points leagues12 A. Nola SP PHI Aaron Nola SP PHI @ CHCChi. Cubs @ ATLAtlanta 13 R. Lopez RP ATL Reynaldo Lopez RP ATL @ WASWashington vs PHIPhiladelphia 14 R. Lowder SP CIN Rhett Lowder SP CIN @ TBTampa Bay vs DETDetroit 15 M. Meyer SP MIA Max Meyer SP MIA vs STLSt. Louis @ SFSan Francisco 16 C. Patrick P MIL Chad Patrick P MIL @ DETDetroit vs PITPittsburgh No thanks17 J. Flaherty SP DET Jack Flaherty SP DET @ BOSBoston @ CINCincinnati 18 C. Mlodzinski RP PIT Carmen Mlodzinski RP PIT @ TEXTexas @ MILMilwaukee 19 J. Kochanowicz SP LAA Jack Kochanowicz SP LAA vs TORToronto @ KCKansas City 20 M. McGreevy P STL Michael McGreevy P STL @ MIAMiami vs SEASeattle 21 J. Wrobleski P LAD Justin Wrobleski P LAD @ COLColorado vs CHCChi. Cubs 22 S. Cecconi SP CLE Slade Cecconi SP CLE vs HOUHouston @ TORToronto 23 S. Burke P CHW Sean Burke P CHW @ ARIArizona vs WASWashington 24 T. Mahle SP SF Tyler Mahle SP SF vs LADL.A. Dodgers vs MIAMiami 25 F. Griffin SP WAS Foster Griffin SP WAS vs ATLAtlanta @ CHWChi. White Sox 26 K. Montero SP DET Keider Montero SP DET vs MILMilwaukee @ CINCincinnati 27 K. Rocker P TEX Kumar Rocker P TEX vs PITPittsburgh vs ATHAthletics 28 J. Scholtens RP TB Jesse Scholtens RP TB vs CINCincinnati vs MINMinnesota 29 J. Irvin SP WAS Jake Irvin SP WAS vs ATLAtlanta @ CHWChi. White Sox 30 J. Ginn P ATH J.T. Ginn P ATH @ SEASeattle @ TEXTexas 31 T. Sugano SP COL Tomoyuki Sugano SP COL vs SDSan Diego @ NYMN.Y. Mets 32 L. Gil SP NYY Luis Gil SP NYY @ BOSBoston @ HOUHouston 33 J. Quintana SP COL Jose Quintana SP COL vs LADL.A. Dodgers @ NYMN.Y. Mets 34 Join the Conversation comments