Fantasy Baseball Week 5 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Kris Bubic, Max Meyer

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

By Scott White

Apr 20, 2025 at 6:23 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 5 (April 21-27), with the most questionable (Tuesday/Sunday in a seven-game week) being Jose Quintana, Jordan Hicks, Brayan Bello and Davis Martin. Also, the Dustin May pick presumes the Dodgers will go with a four-man rotation during a five-game week, which may not be so.

All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	S. Schwellenbach SP ATL Spencer Schwellenbach SP ATL	vs STL St. Louis	@ ARI Arizona
2	H. Brown SP HOU Hunter Brown SP HOU	vs TOR Toronto	@ KC Kansas City
3	B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	vs LAA L.A. Angels
4	B. Miller SP SEA Bryce Miller SP SEA	@ BOS Boston	vs MIA Miami
5	K. Bubic SP KC Kris Bubic SP KC	vs COL Colorado	vs HOU Houston
6	K. Gausman SP TOR Kevin Gausman SP TOR	@ HOU Houston	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
7	A. Nola SP PHI Aaron Nola SP PHI	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
8	N. Lodolo SP CIN Nick Lodolo SP CIN	@ MIA Miami	@ COL Colorado
9	M. Meyer SP MIA Max Meyer SP MIA	vs CIN Cincinnati	@ SEA Seattle
10	D. May SP LAD Dustin May SP LAD	@ CHC Chi. Cubs	vs PIT Pittsburgh

Advisable in most cases

11	J. Soriano SP LAA Jose Soriano SP LAA	vs PIT Pittsburgh	@ MIN Minnesota
12	B. Pfaadt SP ARI Brandon Pfaadt SP ARI	vs TB Tampa Bay	vs ATL Atlanta
13	R. Ray SP SF Robbie Ray SP SF	vs MIL Milwaukee	vs TEX Texas
14	C. Schmidt SP NYY Clarke Schmidt SP NYY	@ CLE Cleveland	vs TOR Toronto

Better left for points leagues

15	J. Quintana SP MIL Jose Quintana SP MIL	@ SF San Francisco	@ STL St. Louis
16	T. Megill SP NYM Tylor Megill SP NYM	vs PHI Philadelphia	@ WAS Washington
17	G. Williams SP CLE Gavin Williams SP CLE	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs BOS Boston
18	O. Bido SP ATH Osvaldo Bido SP ATH	vs TEX Texas	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
19	J. Hicks SP SF Jordan Hicks SP SF	vs MIL Milwaukee	vs TEX Texas
20	Z. Littell SP TB Zack Littell SP TB	@ ARI Arizona	@ SD San Diego
21	W. Buehler SP BOS Walker Buehler SP BOS	vs CHW Chi. White Sox	@ CLE Cleveland

No thanks

22	E. Fedde SP STL Erick Fedde SP STL	@ ATL Atlanta	vs MIL Milwaukee
23	M. Parker SP WAS Mitchell Parker SP WAS	vs BAL Baltimore	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
24	D. Kremer SP BAL Dean Kremer SP BAL	@ WAS Washington	@ DET Detroit
25	B. Bello SP BOS Brayan Bello SP BOS	vs SEA Seattle	@ CLE Cleveland
26	Q. Priester SP MIL Quinn Priester SP MIL	@ SF San Francisco	@ STL St. Louis
27	R. Vasquez SP SD Randy Vasquez SP SD	@ DET Detroit	vs TB Tampa Bay
28	J. Cannon SP CHW Jonathan Cannon SP CHW	@ BOS Boston	@ ATH Athletics
29	R. Feltner SP COL Ryan Feltner SP COL	@ KC Kansas City	vs CIN Cincinnati
30	P. Corbin SP TEX Patrick Corbin SP TEX	@ ATH Athletics	@ SF San Francisco
31	D. Martin SP CHW Davis Martin SP CHW	@ MIN Minnesota	@ ATH Athletics
32	B. Falter SP PIT Bailey Falter SP PIT	@ LAA L.A. Angels	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers