Fantasy Baseball Week 6 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Braxton Ashcraft, Luis Castillo

Fantasy Baseball Week 6 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Braxton Ashcraft, Luis Castillo

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

By Scott White Apr 24, 2026 at 9:46 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 6 (April 27-May 3). Be sure to check back Sunday for the latest updates.

Must-start, all formats1 M. Fried SP NYY Max Fried SP NYY @ TEXTexas vs BALBaltimore 2 J. Ryan SP MIN Joe Ryan SP MIN vs SEASeattle vs TORToronto 3 C. Burns P CIN Chase Burns P CIN vs COLColorado @ PITPittsburgh 4 K. Bubic SP KC Kris Bubic SP KC @ ATHAthletics @ SEASeattle 5 P. Messick P CLE Parker Messick P CLE vs TBTampa Bay @ ATHAthletics 6 B. Ashcraft P PIT Braxton Ashcraft P PIT vs STLSt. Louis vs CINCincinnati Advisable in most cases7 J. Luzardo SP PHI Jesus Luzardo SP PHI vs SFSan Francisco @ MIAMiami 8 R. Suarez SP BOS Ranger Suarez SP BOS @ TORToronto vs HOUHouston 9 M. Boyd SP CHC Matthew Boyd SP CHC @ SDSan Diego vs ARIArizona 10 B. Chandler P PIT Bubba Chandler P PIT vs STLSt. Louis vs CINCincinnati 11 L. Castillo SP SEA Luis Castillo SP SEA @ MINMinnesota vs KCKansas City 12 R. Vasquez RP SD Randy Vasquez RP SD vs CHCChi. Cubs vs CHWChi. White Sox 13 C. Mize SP DET Casey Mize SP DET @ ATLAtlanta vs TEXTexas 14 S. Matz SP TB Steven Matz SP TB @ CLECleveland vs SFSan Francisco 15 C. Holmes RP NYM Clay Holmes RP NYM vs WASWashington @ LAAL.A. Angels Better left for points leagues16 J. Leiter P TEX Jack Leiter P TEX vs NYYN.Y. Yankees @ DETDetroit 17 M. Kelly SP ARI Merrill Kelly SP ARI @ MILMilwaukee @ CHCChi. Cubs 18 D. May SP STL Dustin May SP STL @ PITPittsburgh vs LADL.A. Dodgers 19 T. Mahle SP SF Tyler Mahle SP SF @ PHIPhiladelphia @ TBTampa Bay 20 J. Lopez RP ATH Jacob Lopez RP ATH vs KCKansas City vs CLECleveland 21 C. Prielipp SP MIN Connor Prielipp SP MIN vs SEASeattle vs TORToronto 22 J. Kochanowicz SP LAA Jack Kochanowicz SP LAA @ CHWChi. White Sox vs NYMN.Y. Mets No thanks23 C. Patrick P MIL Chad Patrick P MIL vs ARIArizona @ WASWashington 24 R. Lopez RP ATL Reynaldo Lopez RP ATL vs DETDetroit @ COLColorado 25 S. Baz SP BAL Shane Baz SP BAL vs HOUHouston @ NYYN.Y. Yankees 26 P. Corbin SP TOR Patrick Corbin SP TOR vs BOSBoston @ MINMinnesota 27 E. Lauer SP TOR Eric Lauer SP TOR vs BOSBoston @ MINMinnesota 28 T. Sugano SP COL Tomoyuki Sugano SP COL @ CINCincinnati vs ATLAtlanta 29 K. Leahy RP STL Kyle Leahy RP STL @ PITPittsburgh vs LADL.A. Dodgers 30 A. Kay RP CHW Anthony Kay RP CHW vs LAAL.A. Angels @ SDSan Diego 31 C. Paddack SP MIA Chris Paddack SP MIA @ LADL.A. Dodgers vs PHIPhiladelphia 32 Z. Littell SP WAS Zack Littell SP WAS @ NYMN.Y. Mets vs MILMilwaukee 33 R. Weiss SP HOU Ryan Weiss SP HOU @ BALBaltimore @ BOSBoston Join the Conversation comments