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

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

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 COLColorado vs PHIPhiladelphia 2 Y. Yamamoto SP LAD Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP LAD vs SFSan Francisco @ LAAL.A. Angels 3 B. Woo SP SEA Bryan Woo SP SEA @ HOUHouston vs SDSan Diego 4 K. Gausman SP TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR vs TBTampa Bay @ DETDetroit 5 G. Kirby SP SEA George Kirby SP SEA @ HOUHouston vs SDSan Diego 6 Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI @ BOSBoston @ PITPittsburgh 7 F. Peralta SP NYM Freddy Peralta SP NYM vs DETDetroit vs NYYN.Y. Yankees 8 N. Eovaldi SP TEX Nathan Eovaldi SP TEX vs ARIArizona @ HOUHouston 9 L. Webb SP SF Logan Webb SP SF @ LADL.A. Dodgers @ ATHAthletics Advisable in most cases10 R. Weathers SP NYY Ryan Weathers SP NYY @ BALBaltimore @ NYMN.Y. Mets 11 S. McClanahan SP TB Shane McClanahan SP TB @ TORToronto vs MIAMiami 12 E. Perez SP MIA Eury Perez SP MIA @ MINMinnesota @ TBTampa Bay 13 J. Cantillo SP CLE Joey Cantillo SP CLE vs LAAL.A. Angels vs CINCincinnati 14 P. Lambert RP HOU Peter Lambert RP HOU vs SEASeattle vs TEXTexas 15 J. Springs SP ATH Jeffrey Springs SP ATH vs STLSt. Louis vs SFSan Francisco 16 M. Soroka SP ARI Mike Soroka SP ARI @ TEXTexas @ COLColorado Better left for points leagues17 S. Gray SP BOS Sonny Gray SP BOS vs PHIPhiladelphia @ ATLAtlanta 18 A. Pallante RP STL Andre Pallante RP STL @ ATHAthletics vs KCKansas City 19 B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN vs MIAMiami vs MILMilwaukee 20 C. Rea SP CHC Colin Rea SP CHC @ ATLAtlanta @ CHWChi. White Sox No thanks21 J. Ritchie SP ATL JR Ritchie SP ATL vs CHCChi. Cubs vs BOSBoston 22 C. Patrick P MIL Chad Patrick P MIL vs SDSan Diego @ MINMinnesota 23 J. Flaherty SP DET Jack Flaherty SP DET @ NYMN.Y. Mets vs TORToronto 24 L. McCullers SP HOU Lance McCullers SP HOU vs SEASeattle vs TEXTexas 25 B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN vs WASWashington @ CLECleveland 26 E. Fedde SP CHW Erick Fedde SP CHW vs KCKansas City vs CHCChi. Cubs 27 B. Young SP BAL Brandon Young SP BAL vs NYYN.Y. Yankees @ WASWashington 28 A. Houser SP SF Adrian Houser SP SF @ LADL.A. Dodgers @ ATHAthletics 29 M. Mikolas SP WAS Miles Mikolas SP WAS @ CINCincinnati vs BALBaltimore 30 M. Waldron SP SD Matt Waldron SP SD @ MILMilwaukee @ SEASeattle 31 M. Lorenzen SP COL Michael Lorenzen SP COL @ PITPittsburgh vs ARIArizona Join the Conversation comments