Fantasy Baseball Week 9 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight MacKenzie Gore, Sonny Gray

Fantasy Baseball Week 9 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight MacKenzie Gore, Sonny Gray

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

By Scott White May 18, 2026 at 1:18 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 9 (May 18-24). All information is up to date as of late Sunday.

Must-start, all formats1 B. Woo SP SEA Bryan Woo SP SEA vs CHWChi. White Sox @ KCKansas City 2 N. McLean SP NYM Nolan McLean SP NYM @ WASWashington @ MIAMiami 3 S. Imanaga RP CHC Shota Imanaga RP CHC vs MILMilwaukee vs HOUHouston 4 D. Cease SP TOR Dylan Cease SP TOR @ NYYN.Y. Yankees vs PITPittsburgh 5 M. King SP SD Michael King SP SD vs LADL.A. Dodgers vs ATHAthletics 6 P. Messick P CLE Parker Messick P CLE @ DETDetroit @ PHIPhiladelphia 7 F. Valdez SP DET Framber Valdez SP DET vs CLECleveland @ BALBaltimore 8 R. Ray SP SF Robbie Ray SP SF @ ARIArizona vs CHWChi. White Sox Advisable in most cases9 R. Weathers SP NYY Ryan Weathers SP NYY vs TORToronto vs TBTampa Bay 10 W. Warren P NYY Will Warren P NYY vs TORToronto vs TBTampa Bay 11 R. Nelson SP ARI Ryne Nelson SP ARI vs SFSan Francisco vs COLColorado 12 S. McClanahan SP TB Shane McClanahan SP TB vs BALBaltimore @ NYYN.Y. Yankees 13 M. Gore SP TEX MacKenzie Gore SP TEX @ COLColorado @ LAAL.A. Angels 14 M. Keller SP PIT Mitch Keller SP PIT @ STLSt. Louis @ TORToronto 15 M. Meyer SP MIA Max Meyer SP MIA vs ATLAtlanta vs NYMN.Y. Mets 16 S. Gray SP BOS Sonny Gray SP BOS @ KCKansas City vs MINMinnesota Better left for points leagues17 N. Lodolo SP CIN Nick Lodolo SP CIN @ PHIPhiladelphia vs STLSt. Louis 18 S. Lugo SP KC Seth Lugo SP KC vs BOSBoston vs SEASeattle 19 T. Rogers SP BAL Trevor Rogers SP BAL @ TBTampa Bay vs DETDetroit 20 W. Urena SP LAA Walbert Urena SP LAA vs ATHAthletics vs TEXTexas 21 R. Detmers SP LAA Reid Detmers SP LAA vs ATHAthletics vs TEXTexas 22 Z. Gallen SP ARI Zac Gallen SP ARI vs SFSan Francisco vs COLColorado 23 A. Painter SP PHI Andrew Painter SP PHI vs CINCincinnati vs CLECleveland 24 F. Griffin SP WAS Foster Griffin SP WAS vs NYMN.Y. Mets @ ATLAtlanta No thanks25 N. Schultz SP CHW Noah Schultz SP CHW @ SEASeattle @ SFSan Francisco 26 J. Ritchie SP ATL JR Ritchie SP ATL @ MIAMiami vs WASWashington 27 C. Scott SP NYM Christian Scott SP NYM @ WASWashington @ MIAMiami 28 B. Garrett SP MIA Braxton Garrett SP MIA vs ATLAtlanta vs NYMN.Y. Mets 29 K. Montero SP DET Keider Montero SP DET vs CLECleveland @ BALBaltimore 30 J. Ginn P ATH J.T. Ginn P ATH @ LAAL.A. Angels @ SDSan Diego 31 S. Cecconi SP CLE Slade Cecconi SP CLE @ DETDetroit @ PHIPhiladelphia 32 M. Liberatore SP STL Matthew Liberatore SP STL vs PITPittsburgh @ CINCincinnati 33 J. Lopez RP ATH Jacob Lopez RP ATH @ LAAL.A. Angels @ SDSan Diego 34 B. Sproat SP MIL Brandon Sproat SP MIL @ CHCChi. Cubs vs LADL.A. Dodgers 35 J. Quintana SP COL Jose Quintana SP COL vs TEXTexas @ ARIArizona 36 P. Corbin SP TOR Patrick Corbin SP TOR @ NYYN.Y. Yankees vs PITPittsburgh 37 J. Irvin SP WAS Jake Irvin SP WAS vs NYMN.Y. Mets @ ATLAtlanta Join the Conversation comments