Fantasy Baseball: Final Week 27 Two-Start Pitcher Preview Features Gausman, Ray

What, no italics? That's right, I'm abandoning the usual boilerplate intro for this final edition of the two-start pitcher rankings to issue a grave warning ...

Don't count on any of these guys actually making two starts.

They appear to be in line to -- and some indeed will -- but it would be on the final day of the season. With no tomorrow, a team can throw caution to the wind and do whatever it feels like. I'm not saying it'll start someone on short rest, but a bullpen game or a spot starter? Why not?

And actually, I think the pitchers most in danger of losing their second start are the ones on the teams with a tomorrow -- i.e., the ones resetting their rotation for the playoffs. If they've already secured their spot prior to the final day of the season and one of their top hurlers is scheduled to go, they'll almost assuredly opt for someone else.

So you should be skeptical of any pitcher listed here actually making two starts, but especially Zack Wheeler, Max Fried and Kevin Gausman. Maybe Cristian Javier, Nick Martinez and Robbie Ray as well. If you wouldn't be comfortable getting just one start from one of these pitchers, you're better off not using him at all.

For now, though, here's how the two-start pitcher slate stacks up for Fantasy Week 27 (Sept. 21-27). Be sure to check back Sunday for the latest updates.

Must-start, all formats 1

Z. Wheeler

SP PHI

Zack Wheeler

SP PHI

vs MIL Milwaukee

vs TB Tampa Bay 2

L. Gilbert

SP SEA

Logan Gilbert

SP SEA

vs HOU Houston

vs LAA L.A. Angels 3

M. Fried

SP NYY

Max Fried

SP NYY

vs TB Tampa Bay

vs BAL Baltimore 4

J. Jones

SP PIT

Jared Jones

SP PIT

vs STL St. Louis

@ DET Detroit Advisable in most cases 5

C. Javier

SP HOU

Cristian Javier

SP HOU

@ SEA Seattle

@ ATH Athletics 6

K. Gausman

SP CHC

Kevin Gausman

SP CHC

vs MIA Miami

@ BOS Boston 7

N. Martinez

SP TB

Nick Martinez

SP TB

@ NYY N.Y. Yankees

@ PHI Philadelphia Better left for points leagues 8

B. Ober

SP MIN

Bailey Ober

SP MIN

@ SF San Francisco

vs TEX Texas 9

Y. Kikuchi

SP LAA

Yusei Kikuchi

SP LAA

@ ATH Athletics

@ SEA Seattle 10

A. Pallante

SP STL

Andre Pallante

SP STL

@ PIT Pittsburgh

@ MIL Milwaukee 11

M. Soroka

SP ARI

Mike Soroka

SP ARI

@ COL Colorado

@ SD San Diego 12

R. Ray

SP SD

Robbie Ray

SP SD

@ LAD L.A. Dodgers

vs ARI Arizona 13

S. Baz

SP BAL

Shane Baz

SP BAL

vs TOR Toronto

@ NYY N.Y. Yankees 14

J. Bennett

SP BOS

Jake Bennett

SP BOS

vs CLE Cleveland

vs CHC Chi. Cubs No thanks 15

S. Manaea

SP NYM

Sean Manaea

SP NYM

@ TEX Texas

@ WAS Washington 16

M. Scherzer

SP TOR

Max Scherzer

SP TOR

@ BAL Baltimore

vs CIN Cincinnati 17

D. Lynch IV

RP KC

Daniel Lynch IV

RP KC

vs CHW Chi. White Sox

vs CLE Cleveland 18

A. Kay

SP CHW

Anthony Kay

SP CHW

@ KC Kansas City

vs COL Colorado 19

F. Griffin

SP CLE

Foster Griffin

SP CLE

@ BOS Boston

@ KC Kansas City 20

M. Gore

SP TEX

MacKenzie Gore

SP TEX

vs NYM N.Y. Mets

@ MIN Minnesota 21

J. Kent

SP WAS

Jackson Kent

SP WAS

@ DET Detroit

vs NYM N.Y. Mets 22

B. Tidwell

SP SF

Blade Tidwell

SP SF

vs MIN Minnesota

vs LAD L.A. Dodgers 23

A. Abbott

SP CIN

Andrew Abbott

SP CIN

@ ATL Atlanta

@ TOR Toronto 24

J. Ritchie

SP ATL

JR Ritchie

SP ATL

vs CIN Cincinnati

@ MIA Miami 25

K. Freeland

SP COL

Kyle Freeland

SP COL

vs ARI Arizona

@ CHW Chi. White Sox 26

B. Basso

RP ATH

Brady Basso

RP ATH

vs LAA L.A. Angels

vs HOU Houston 27

J. Junk

SP MIA

Janson Junk

SP MIA

@ CHC Chi. Cubs

vs ATL Atlanta

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