Fantasy Baseball Week 9: Two-Start Pitcher Rankings Featuring Gore, 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

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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 9 (May 18-24). Be sure to check back Sunday for the latest updates.

Must-start, all formats 1

N. McLean

SP NYM

Nolan McLean

SP NYM

@ WAS Washington

@ MIA Miami 2

S. Imanaga

RP CHC

Shota Imanaga

RP CHC

vs MIL Milwaukee

vs HOU Houston 3

J. Misiorowski

SP MIL

Jacob Misiorowski

SP MIL

@ CHC Chi. Cubs

vs LAD L.A. Dodgers 4

D. Cease

SP TOR

Dylan Cease

SP TOR

@ NYY N.Y. Yankees

vs PIT Pittsburgh 5

M. King

SP SD

Michael King

SP SD

vs LAD L.A. Dodgers

vs ATH Athletics 6

P. Messick

P CLE

Parker Messick

P CLE

@ DET Detroit

@ PHI Philadelphia 7

F. Valdez

SP DET

Framber Valdez

SP DET

vs CLE Cleveland

@ BAL Baltimore 8

R. Ray

SP SF

Robbie Ray

SP SF

@ ARI Arizona

vs CHW Chi. White Sox Advisable in most cases 9

W. Warren

P NYY

Will Warren

P NYY

vs TOR Toronto

vs TB Tampa Bay 10

R. Nelson

SP ARI

Ryne Nelson

SP ARI

vs SF San Francisco

vs COL Colorado 11

S. McClanahan

SP TB

Shane McClanahan

SP TB

vs BAL Baltimore

@ NYY N.Y. Yankees 12

M. Gore

SP TEX

MacKenzie Gore

SP TEX

@ COL Colorado

@ LAA L.A. Angels 13

M. Keller

SP PIT

Mitch Keller

SP PIT

@ STL St. Louis

@ TOR Toronto 14

M. Meyer

SP MIA

Max Meyer

SP MIA

vs ATL Atlanta

vs NYM N.Y. Mets 15

S. Gray

SP BOS

Sonny Gray

SP BOS

@ KC Kansas City

vs MIN Minnesota Better left for points leagues 16

N. Lodolo

SP CIN

Nick Lodolo

SP CIN

@ PHI Philadelphia

vs STL St. Louis 17

S. Lugo

SP KC

Seth Lugo

SP KC

vs BOS Boston

vs SEA Seattle 18

T. Rogers

SP BAL

Trevor Rogers

SP BAL

@ TB Tampa Bay

vs DET Detroit 19

W. Urena

SP LAA

Walbert Urena

SP LAA

vs ATH Athletics

vs TEX Texas 20

R. Detmers

SP LAA

Reid Detmers

SP LAA

vs ATH Athletics

vs TEX Texas 21

Z. Gallen

SP ARI

Zac Gallen

SP ARI

vs SF San Francisco

vs COL Colorado 22

A. Painter

SP PHI

Andrew Painter

SP PHI

vs CIN Cincinnati

vs CLE Cleveland 23

F. Griffin

SP WAS

Foster Griffin

SP WAS

vs NYM N.Y. Mets

@ ATL Atlanta No thanks 24

N. Schultz

SP CHW

Noah Schultz

SP CHW

@ SEA Seattle

@ SF San Francisco 25

J. Ritchie

SP ATL

JR Ritchie

SP ATL

@ MIA Miami

vs WAS Washington 26

C. Scott

SP NYM

Christian Scott

SP NYM

@ WAS Washington

@ MIA Miami 27

B. Garrett

SP MIA

Braxton Garrett

SP MIA

vs ATL Atlanta

vs NYM N.Y. Mets 28

K. Montero

SP DET

Keider Montero

SP DET

vs CLE Cleveland

@ BAL Baltimore 29

J. Ginn

P ATH

J.T. Ginn

P ATH

@ LAA L.A. Angels

@ SD San Diego 30

S. Cecconi

SP CLE

Slade Cecconi

SP CLE

@ DET Detroit

@ PHI Philadelphia 31

M. Liberatore

SP STL

Matthew Liberatore

SP STL

vs PIT Pittsburgh

@ CIN Cincinnati 32

J. Lopez

RP ATH

Jacob Lopez

RP ATH

@ LAA L.A. Angels

@ SD San Diego 33

L. McCullers

SP HOU

Lance McCullers

SP HOU

@ MIN Minnesota

@ CHC Chi. Cubs 34

J. Quintana

SP COL

Jose Quintana

SP COL

vs TEX Texas

@ ARI Arizona 35

P. Corbin

SP TOR

Patrick Corbin

SP TOR

@ NYY N.Y. Yankees

vs PIT Pittsburgh 36

J. Irvin

SP WAS

Jake Irvin

SP WAS

vs NYM N.Y. Mets

@ ATL Atlanta 37

S. Woods Richardson

RP MIN

Simeon Woods Richardson

RP MIN

vs HOU Houston

@ BOS Boston

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