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

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

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

By Scott White Apr 19, 2026 at 9:41 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 5 (April 20-26). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

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 R. Detmers SP LAA Reid Detmers SP LAA vs TORToronto @ KCKansas City 12 S. Arrighetti P HOU Spencer Arrighetti P HOU @ CLECleveland vs NYYN.Y. Yankees 13 B. Elder SP ATL Bryce Elder SP ATL @ WASWashington vs PHIPhiladelphia Better left for points leagues14 A. Nola SP PHI Aaron Nola SP PHI @ CHCChi. Cubs @ ATLAtlanta 15 R. Lopez RP ATL Reynaldo Lopez RP ATL @ WASWashington vs PHIPhiladelphia 16 R. Lowder SP CIN Rhett Lowder SP CIN @ TBTampa Bay vs DETDetroit 17 M. Meyer SP MIA Max Meyer SP MIA vs STLSt. Louis @ SFSan Francisco 18 C. Patrick P MIL Chad Patrick P MIL @ DETDetroit vs PITPittsburgh No thanks19 J. Flaherty SP DET Jack Flaherty SP DET @ BOSBoston @ CINCincinnati 20 C. Mlodzinski RP PIT Carmen Mlodzinski RP PIT @ TEXTexas @ MILMilwaukee 21 M. McGreevy P STL Michael McGreevy P STL @ MIAMiami vs SEASeattle 22 J. Wrobleski P LAD Justin Wrobleski P LAD @ COLColorado vs CHCChi. Cubs 23 S. Cecconi SP CLE Slade Cecconi SP CLE vs HOUHouston @ TORToronto 24 S. Burke P CHW Sean Burke P CHW @ ARIArizona vs WASWashington 25 T. Mahle SP SF Tyler Mahle SP SF vs LADL.A. Dodgers vs MIAMiami 26 F. Griffin SP WAS Foster Griffin SP WAS vs ATLAtlanta @ CHWChi. White Sox 27 K. Montero SP DET Keider Montero SP DET vs MILMilwaukee @ CINCincinnati 28 K. Rocker P TEX Kumar Rocker P TEX vs PITPittsburgh vs ATHAthletics 29 J. Scholtens RP TB Jesse Scholtens RP TB vs CINCincinnati vs MINMinnesota 30 J. Irvin SP WAS Jake Irvin SP WAS vs ATLAtlanta @ CHWChi. White Sox 31 J. Ginn P ATH J.T. Ginn P ATH @ SEASeattle @ TEXTexas 32 T. Sugano SP COL Tomoyuki Sugano SP COL vs SDSan Diego @ NYMN.Y. Mets 33 L. Gil SP NYY Luis Gil SP NYY @ BOSBoston @ HOUHouston 34 J. Quintana SP COL Jose Quintana SP COL vs LADL.A. Dodgers @ NYMN.Y. Mets Join the Conversation comments