Fantasy Baseball Week 8 Preview: Two-Start Pitcher Rankings Featuring Weathers and McClanahan

Fantasy Baseball Week 8 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Ryan Weathers, Shane McClanahan

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

By Scott White

May 8, 2026 at 9:53 am ET • 1 min read

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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 8 (May 11-17). Be sure to check back Sunday for the latest updates.

Must-start, all formats 1

P. Skenes

P PIT

Paul Skenes

P PIT

vs COL Colorado

vs PHI Philadelphia 2

Y. Yamamoto

SP LAD

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

SP LAD

vs SF San Francisco

@ LAA L.A. Angels 3

B. Woo

SP SEA

Bryan Woo

SP SEA

@ HOU Houston

vs SD San Diego 4

K. Gausman

SP TOR

Kevin Gausman

SP TOR

vs TB Tampa Bay

@ DET Detroit 5

G. Kirby

SP SEA

George Kirby

SP SEA

@ HOU Houston

vs SD San Diego 6

Z. Wheeler

SP PHI

Zack Wheeler

SP PHI

@ BOS Boston

@ PIT Pittsburgh 7

F. Peralta

SP NYM

Freddy Peralta

SP NYM

vs DET Detroit

vs NYY N.Y. Yankees 8

N. Eovaldi

SP TEX

Nathan Eovaldi

SP TEX

vs ARI Arizona

@ HOU Houston 9

L. Webb

SP SF

Logan Webb

SP SF

@ LAD L.A. Dodgers

@ ATH Athletics Advisable in most cases 10

R. Weathers

SP NYY

Ryan Weathers

SP NYY

@ BAL Baltimore

@ NYM N.Y. Mets 11

S. McClanahan

SP TB

Shane McClanahan

SP TB

@ TOR Toronto

vs MIA Miami 12

E. Perez

SP MIA

Eury Perez

SP MIA

@ MIN Minnesota

@ TB Tampa Bay 13

J. Cantillo

SP CLE

Joey Cantillo

SP CLE

vs LAA L.A. Angels

vs CIN Cincinnati 14

P. Lambert

RP HOU

Peter Lambert

RP HOU

vs SEA Seattle

vs TEX Texas 15

J. Springs

SP ATH

Jeffrey Springs

SP ATH

vs STL St. Louis

vs SF San Francisco 16

M. Soroka

SP ARI

Mike Soroka

SP ARI

@ TEX Texas

@ COL Colorado Better left for points leagues 17

S. Gray

SP BOS

Sonny Gray

SP BOS

vs PHI Philadelphia

@ ATL Atlanta 18

A. Pallante

RP STL

Andre Pallante

RP STL

@ ATH Athletics

vs KC Kansas City 19

B. Ober

SP MIN

Bailey Ober

SP MIN

vs MIA Miami

vs MIL Milwaukee 20

C. Rea

SP CHC

Colin Rea

SP CHC

@ ATL Atlanta

@ CHW Chi. White Sox No thanks 21

J. Ritchie

SP ATL

JR Ritchie

SP ATL

vs CHC Chi. Cubs

vs BOS Boston 22

C. Patrick

P MIL

Chad Patrick

P MIL

vs SD San Diego

@ MIN Minnesota 23

J. Flaherty

SP DET

Jack Flaherty

SP DET

@ NYM N.Y. Mets

vs TOR Toronto 24

L. McCullers

SP HOU

Lance McCullers

SP HOU

vs SEA Seattle

vs TEX Texas 25

B. Singer

SP CIN

Brady Singer

SP CIN

vs WAS Washington

@ CLE Cleveland 26

E. Fedde

SP CHW

Erick Fedde

SP CHW

vs KC Kansas City

vs CHC Chi. Cubs 27

B. Young

SP BAL

Brandon Young

SP BAL

vs NYY N.Y. Yankees

@ WAS Washington 28

A. Houser

SP SF

Adrian Houser

SP SF

@ LAD L.A. Dodgers

@ ATH Athletics 29

M. Mikolas

SP WAS

Miles Mikolas

SP WAS

@ CIN Cincinnati

vs BAL Baltimore 30

M. Waldron

SP SD

Matt Waldron

SP SD

@ MIL Milwaukee

@ SEA Seattle 31

M. Lorenzen

SP COL

Michael Lorenzen

SP COL

@ PIT Pittsburgh

vs ARI Arizona

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_Originally reported by [CBS Sports](https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/fantasy-baseball-week-8-preview-two-start-pitcher-rankings-highlight-ryan-weathers-shane-mcclanahan/)._