Fantasy Baseball Week 2 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Ryan Pepiot, Dean Kremer

Few aces line up for two starts in the season's first full week

Every weekend, Scott White ranks the two-start pitchers for the upcoming scoring period, sorting them by how usable they are. The names depicted here are highly speculative and subject to change.

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Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 2 (April 1-7). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1

G. Crochet SP CHW Garrett Crochet SP CHW

vs ATL Atlanta

@ KC Kansas City

Advisable in most cases

2	R. Olson SP DET Reese Olson SP DET	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	vs OAK Oakland
3	R. Pepiot SP TB Ryan Pepiot SP TB	vs TEX Texas	@ COL Colorado
4	M. Wacha SP KC Michael Wacha SP KC	@ BAL Baltimore	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
5	S. Imanaga SP CHC Shota Imanaga SP CHC	vs COL Colorado	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
6	C. Sanchez SP PHI Cristopher Sanchez SP PHI	vs CIN Cincinnati	@ WAS Washington
7	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs ARI Arizona
8	T. McKenzie SP CLE Triston McKenzie SP CLE	@ SEA Seattle	@ MIN Minnesota
9	L. Gil SP NYY Luis Gil SP NYY	@ ARI Arizona	vs TOR Toronto
10	D. Kremer SP BAL Dean Kremer SP BAL	vs KC Kansas City	@ PIT Pittsburgh
11	T. Houck SP BOS Tanner Houck SP BOS	@ OAK Oakland	@ LAA L.A. Angels
12	C. Silseth SP LAA Chase Silseth SP LAA	@ MIA Miami	vs BOS Boston
13	J. Paxton SP LAD James Paxton SP LAD	vs SF San Francisco	@ CHC Chi. Cubs

Better left for points leagues

14	K. Gibson SP STL Kyle Gibson SP STL	@ SD San Diego	vs MIA Miami
15	S. Manaea SP NYM Sean Manaea SP NYM	vs DET Detroit	@ CIN Cincinnati
16	M. Gore SP WAS MacKenzie Gore SP WAS	vs PIT Pittsburgh	vs PHI Philadelphia
17	D. Dunning SP TEX Dane Dunning SP TEX	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs HOU Houston
18	M. Meyer SP MIA Max Meyer SP MIA	vs LAA L.A. Angels	@ STL St. Louis

No thanks

19	A. Abbott SP CIN Andrew Abbott SP CIN	@ PHI Philadelphia	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
20	R. Nelson SP ARI Ryne Nelson SP ARI	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ ATL Atlanta
21	B. Francis SP TOR Bowden Francis SP TOR	@ HOU Houston	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
22	J. Boyle SP OAK Joe Boyle SP OAK	vs BOS Boston	@ DET Detroit
23	A. Marsh SP KC Alec Marsh SP KC	@ BAL Baltimore	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
24	R. Blanco SP HOU Ronel Blanco SP HOU	vs TOR Toronto	@ TEX Texas
25	M. Gonzales SP PIT Marco Gonzales SP PIT	@ WAS Washington	vs BAL Baltimore
26	E. Hancock SP SEA Emerson Hancock SP SEA	vs CLE Cleveland	@ MIL Milwaukee
27	C. Flexen SP CHW Chris Flexen SP CHW	vs ATL Atlanta	@ KC Kansas City
28	M. Waldron SP SD Matt Waldron SP SD	vs STL St. Louis	@ SF San Francisco
29	K. Winn SP SF Keaton Winn SP SF	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs SD San Diego
30	D. Hudson SP COL Dakota Hudson SP COL	@ CHC Chi. Cubs	vs TB Tampa Bay