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Fantasy Baseball Week 8 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Ryan Weathers, Shane McClanahan
Fantasy Baseball Week 8 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Ryan Weathers, Shane McClanahan By May 8, 2026 at 9:53 am ET • 1 min read shane-mcclanahan.jpg

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 formats1 P. Skenes P PIT Paul Skenes P PIT vs team logoCOLColorado vs team logoPHIPhiladelphia 2 Y. Yamamoto SP LAD Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP LAD vs team logoSFSan Francisco @ team logoLAAL.A. Angels 3 B. Woo SP SEA Bryan Woo SP SEA @ team logoHOUHouston vs team logoSDSan Diego 4 K. Gausman SP TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR vs team logoTBTampa Bay @ team logoDETDetroit 5 G. Kirby SP SEA George Kirby SP SEA @ team logoHOUHouston vs team logoSDSan Diego 6 Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI @ team logoBOSBoston @ team logoPITPittsburgh 7 F. Peralta SP NYM Freddy Peralta SP NYM vs team logoDETDetroit vs team logoNYYN.Y. Yankees 8 N. Eovaldi SP TEX Nathan Eovaldi SP TEX vs team logoARIArizona @ team logoHOUHouston 9 L. Webb SP SF Logan Webb SP SF @ team logoLADL.A. Dodgers @ team logoATHAthletics Advisable in most cases10 R. Weathers SP NYY Ryan Weathers SP NYY @ team logoBALBaltimore @ team logoNYMN.Y. Mets 11 S. McClanahan SP TB Shane McClanahan SP TB @ team logoTORToronto vs team logoMIAMiami 12 E. Perez SP MIA Eury Perez SP MIA @ team logoMINMinnesota @ team logoTBTampa Bay 13 J. Cantillo SP CLE Joey Cantillo SP CLE vs team logoLAAL.A. Angels vs team logoCINCincinnati 14 P. Lambert RP HOU Peter Lambert RP HOU vs team logoSEASeattle vs team logoTEXTexas 15 J. Springs SP ATH Jeffrey Springs SP ATH vs team logoSTLSt. Louis vs team logoSFSan Francisco 16 M. Soroka SP ARI Mike Soroka SP ARI @ team logoTEXTexas @ team logoCOLColorado Better left for points leagues17 S. Gray SP BOS Sonny Gray SP BOS vs team logoPHIPhiladelphia @ team logoATLAtlanta 18 A. Pallante RP STL Andre Pallante RP STL @ team logoATHAthletics vs team logoKCKansas City 19 B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN vs team logoMIAMiami vs team logoMILMilwaukee 20 C. Rea SP CHC Colin Rea SP CHC @ team logoATLAtlanta @ team logoCHWChi. White Sox No thanks21 J. Ritchie SP ATL JR Ritchie SP ATL vs team logoCHCChi. Cubs vs team logoBOSBoston 22 C. Patrick P MIL Chad Patrick P MIL vs team logoSDSan Diego @ team logoMINMinnesota 23 J. Flaherty SP DET Jack Flaherty SP DET @ team logoNYMN.Y. Mets vs team logoTORToronto 24 L. McCullers SP HOU Lance McCullers SP HOU vs team logoSEASeattle vs team logoTEXTexas 25 B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN vs team logoWASWashington @ team logoCLECleveland 26 E. Fedde SP CHW Erick Fedde SP CHW vs team logoKCKansas City vs team logoCHCChi. Cubs 27 B. Young SP BAL Brandon Young SP BAL vs team logoNYYN.Y. Yankees @ team logoWASWashington 28 A. Houser SP SF Adrian Houser SP SF @ team logoLADL.A. Dodgers @ team logoATHAthletics 29 M. Mikolas SP WAS Miles Mikolas SP WAS @ team logoCINCincinnati vs team logoBALBaltimore 30 M. Waldron SP SD Matt Waldron SP SD @ team logoMILMilwaukee @ team logoSEASeattle 31 M. Lorenzen SP COL Michael Lorenzen SP COL @ team logoPITPittsburgh vs team logoARIArizona Join the Conversation comments

Originally reported by CBS Sports