Fantasy Baseball Week 9 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature MacKenzie Gore, Sonny Gray

Fantasy Baseball Week 9 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature MacKenzie Gore, Sonny Gray

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

By Scott White May 15, 2026 at 6:59 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 9 (May 18-24). Be sure to check back Sunday for the latest updates.

Must-start, all formats1 N. McLean SP NYM Nolan McLean SP NYM @ WASWashington @ MIAMiami 2 S. Imanaga RP CHC Shota Imanaga RP CHC vs MILMilwaukee vs HOUHouston 3 J. Misiorowski SP MIL Jacob Misiorowski SP MIL @ CHCChi. Cubs vs LADL.A. Dodgers 4 D. Cease SP TOR Dylan Cease SP TOR @ NYYN.Y. Yankees vs PITPittsburgh 5 M. King SP SD Michael King SP SD vs LADL.A. Dodgers vs ATHAthletics 6 P. Messick P CLE Parker Messick P CLE @ DETDetroit @ PHIPhiladelphia 7 F. Valdez SP DET Framber Valdez SP DET vs CLECleveland @ BALBaltimore 8 R. Ray SP SF Robbie Ray SP SF @ ARIArizona vs CHWChi. White Sox Advisable in most cases9 W. Warren P NYY Will Warren P NYY vs TORToronto vs TBTampa Bay 10 R. Nelson SP ARI Ryne Nelson SP ARI vs SFSan Francisco vs COLColorado 11 S. McClanahan SP TB Shane McClanahan SP TB vs BALBaltimore @ NYYN.Y. Yankees 12 M. Gore SP TEX MacKenzie Gore SP TEX @ COLColorado @ LAAL.A. Angels 13 M. Keller SP PIT Mitch Keller SP PIT @ STLSt. Louis @ TORToronto 14 M. Meyer SP MIA Max Meyer SP MIA vs ATLAtlanta vs NYMN.Y. Mets 15 S. Gray SP BOS Sonny Gray SP BOS @ KCKansas City vs MINMinnesota Better left for points leagues16 N. Lodolo SP CIN Nick Lodolo SP CIN @ PHIPhiladelphia vs STLSt. Louis 17 S. Lugo SP KC Seth Lugo SP KC vs BOSBoston vs SEASeattle 18 T. Rogers SP BAL Trevor Rogers SP BAL @ TBTampa Bay vs DETDetroit 19 W. Urena SP LAA Walbert Urena SP LAA vs ATHAthletics vs TEXTexas 20 R. Detmers SP LAA Reid Detmers SP LAA vs ATHAthletics vs TEXTexas 21 Z. Gallen SP ARI Zac Gallen SP ARI vs SFSan Francisco vs COLColorado 22 A. Painter SP PHI Andrew Painter SP PHI vs CINCincinnati vs CLECleveland 23 F. Griffin SP WAS Foster Griffin SP WAS vs NYMN.Y. Mets @ ATLAtlanta No thanks24 N. Schultz SP CHW Noah Schultz SP CHW @ SEASeattle @ SFSan Francisco 25 J. Ritchie SP ATL JR Ritchie SP ATL @ MIAMiami vs WASWashington 26 C. Scott SP NYM Christian Scott SP NYM @ WASWashington @ MIAMiami 27 B. Garrett SP MIA Braxton Garrett SP MIA vs ATLAtlanta vs NYMN.Y. Mets 28 K. Montero SP DET Keider Montero SP DET vs CLECleveland @ BALBaltimore 29 J. Ginn P ATH J.T. Ginn P ATH @ LAAL.A. Angels @ SDSan Diego 30 S. Cecconi SP CLE Slade Cecconi SP CLE @ DETDetroit @ PHIPhiladelphia 31 M. Liberatore SP STL Matthew Liberatore SP STL vs PITPittsburgh @ CINCincinnati 32 J. Lopez RP ATH Jacob Lopez RP ATH @ LAAL.A. Angels @ SDSan Diego 33 L. McCullers SP HOU Lance McCullers SP HOU @ MINMinnesota @ CHCChi. Cubs 34 J. Quintana SP COL Jose Quintana SP COL vs TEXTexas @ ARIArizona 35 P. Corbin SP TOR Patrick Corbin SP TOR @ NYYN.Y. Yankees vs PITPittsburgh 36 J. Irvin SP WAS Jake Irvin SP WAS vs NYMN.Y. Mets @ ATLAtlanta 37 S. Woods Richardson RP MIN Simeon Woods Richardson RP MIN vs HOUHouston @ BOSBoston Join the Conversation comments