Fantasy Baseball Week 21 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Taj Bradley, Clayton Kershaw

The longtime Dodgers ace has made only abbreviated starts so far, but he gets an extra try this 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 projected several days out and, thus, subject to change.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 21 (Aug. 12-18). All information is up to date as of Monday afternoon.

Must-start, all formats

1	T. Skubal SP DET Tarik Skubal SP DET	vs SEA Seattle	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
2	G. Kirby SP SEA George Kirby SP SEA	@ DET Detroit	@ PIT Pittsburgh
3	B. Snell SP SF Blake Snell SP SF	vs ATL Atlanta	@ OAK Oakland
4	C. Sale SP ATL Chris Sale SP ATL	@ SF San Francisco	@ LAA L.A. Angels
5	P. Lopez SP MIN Pablo Lopez SP MIN	vs KC Kansas City	@ TEX Texas
6	F. Valdez SP HOU Framber Valdez SP HOU	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
7	S. Imanaga SP CHC Shota Imanaga SP CHC	@ CLE Cleveland	vs TOR Toronto
8	L. Gil SP NYY Luis Gil SP NYY	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	@ DET Detroit
9	S. Gray SP STL Sonny Gray SP STL	@ CIN Cincinnati	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
10	F. Peralta SP MIL Freddy Peralta SP MIL	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs CLE Cleveland
11	T. Bradley SP TB Taj Bradley SP TB	vs HOU Houston	vs ARI Arizona

Advisable in most cases

12	B. Pfaadt SP ARI Brandon Pfaadt SP ARI	vs COL Colorado	@ TB Tampa Bay
13	B. Singer SP KC Brady Singer SP KC	@ MIN Minnesota	@ CIN Cincinnati
14	C. Kershaw SP LAD Clayton Kershaw SP LAD	@ MIL Milwaukee	@ STL St. Louis
15	P. Blackburn SP NYM Paul Blackburn SP NYM	vs OAK Oakland	vs MIA Miami

Better left for points leagues

16	C. Morton SP ATL Charlie Morton SP ATL	@ SF San Francisco	@ LAA L.A. Angels
17	J. Musgrove SP SD Joe Musgrove SP SD	vs PIT Pittsburgh	@ COL Colorado
18	J. Irvin SP WAS Jake Irvin SP WAS	@ BAL Baltimore	@ PHI Philadelphia
19	B. Lively SP CLE Ben Lively SP CLE	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	@ MIL Milwaukee
20	A. Abbott SP CIN Andrew Abbott SP CIN	vs STL St. Louis	vs KC Kansas City
21	C. Rea SP MIL Colin Rea SP MIL	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs CLE Cleveland
22	T. Mahle SP TEX Tyler Mahle SP TEX	@ BOS Boston	vs MIN Minnesota

No thanks

23	K. Crawford SP BOS Kutter Crawford SP BOS	vs TEX Texas	@ BAL Baltimore
24	B. Bello SP BOS Brayan Bello SP BOS	vs TEX Texas	@ BAL Baltimore
25	T. Walker SP PHI Taijuan Walker SP PHI	vs MIA Miami	vs WAS Washington
26	G. Stone SP LAD Gavin Stone SP LAD	@ MIL Milwaukee	@ STL St. Louis
27	B. Francis RP TOR Bowden Francis RP TOR	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
28	T. Rogers SP BAL Trevor Rogers SP BAL	vs WAS Washington	vs BOS Boston
29	M. Gonzales SP PIT Marco Gonzales SP PIT	@ SD San Diego	vs SEA Seattle
30	J. Urena RP TEX Jose Urena RP TEX	@ BOS Boston	vs MIN Minnesota
31	K. Bush SP CHW Ky Bush SP CHW	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ HOU Houston
32	D. Daniel SP LAA Davis Daniel SP LAA	vs TOR Toronto	vs ATL Atlanta