Fantasy Baseball Week 10 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Kevin Gausman, Gavin Williams

Find out which pitchers are in line for an extra start this week

By Scott White

May 25, 2025 at 11:45 pm 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 are highly speculative and subject to change.

One of the most common ways they change is with the addition of a spot starter when a team is scheduled to play six games in a row. It doesn't always happen, but it happens often enough that I'm taking the extra step this year of pointing out which of the two-start pitchers is scheduled for Tuesday and Sunday in the upcoming scoring period since they're the most likely to lose out in such a scenario.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 10 (May 26-June 1), with the most questionable (Tuesday/Sunday in a seven-game week) being Taj Bradley and Bowden Francis.

All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	J. deGrom SP TEX Jacob deGrom SP TEX	vs TOR Toronto	vs STL St. Louis
2	Y. Yamamoto SP LAD Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP LAD	@ CLE Cleveland	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
3	H. Brown SP HOU Hunter Brown SP HOU	vs ATH Athletics	vs TB Tampa Bay
4	C. Holmes SP NYM Clay Holmes SP NYM	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	vs COL Colorado
5	K. Gausman SP TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR	@ TEX Texas	vs ATH Athletics

Advisable in most cases

6	S. Strider SP ATL Spencer Strider SP ATL	@ PHI Philadelphia	vs BOS Boston
7	H. Birdsong RP SF Hayden Birdsong RP SF	@ DET Detroit	@ MIA Miami
8	R. Weathers SP MIA Ryan Weathers SP MIA	@ SD San Diego	vs SF San Francisco
9	R. Suarez SP PHI Ranger Suarez SP PHI	vs ATL Atlanta	vs MIL Milwaukee
10	G. Williams SP CLE Gavin Williams SP CLE	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs LAA L.A. Angels
11	J. Taillon SP CHC Jameson Taillon SP CHC	vs COL Colorado	vs CIN Cincinnati
12	E. Fedde SP STL Erick Fedde SP STL	@ BAL Baltimore	@ TEX Texas

Better left for points leagues

13	Z. Littell SP TB Zack Littell SP TB	vs MIN Minnesota	@ HOU Houston
14	T. Bradley SP TB Taj Bradley SP TB	vs MIN Minnesota	@ HOU Houston
15	N. Martinez SP CIN Nick Martinez SP CIN	@ KC Kansas City	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
16	J. Sears SP ATH JP Sears SP ATH	@ HOU Houston	@ TOR Toronto

No thanks

17	C. Paddack SP MIN Chris Paddack SP MIN	@ TB Tampa Bay	@ SEA Seattle
18	C. Patrick SP MIL Chad Patrick SP MIL	vs BOS Boston	@ PHI Philadelphia
19	R. Vasquez SP SD Randy Vasquez SP SD	vs MIA Miami	vs PIT Pittsburgh
20	R. Nelson RP ARI Ryne Nelson RP ARI	vs PIT Pittsburgh	vs WAS Washington
21	L. Evans SP SEA Logan Evans SP SEA	vs WAS Washington	vs MIN Minnesota
22	M. Lorenzen SP KC Michael Lorenzen SP KC	vs CIN Cincinnati	vs DET Detroit
23	A. Heaney SP PIT Andrew Heaney SP PIT	@ ARI Arizona	@ SD San Diego
24	C. Morton SP BAL Charlie Morton SP BAL	vs STL St. Louis	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
25	K. Montero SP DET Keider Montero SP DET	vs SF San Francisco	@ KC Kansas City
26	M. Parker SP WAS Mitchell Parker SP WAS	@ SEA Seattle	@ ARI Arizona
27	A. Houser SP CHW Adrian Houser SP CHW	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	@ BAL Baltimore
28	R. Yarbrough RP NYY Ryan Yarbrough RP NYY	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers
29	J. Kochanowicz SP LAA Jack Kochanowicz SP LAA	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ CLE Cleveland
30	B. Francis SP TOR Bowden Francis SP TOR	@ TEX Texas	vs ATH Athletics
31	C. Palmquist SP COL Carson Palmquist SP COL	@ CHC Chi. Cubs	@ NYM N.Y. Mets