Fantasy Baseball Week 6 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Ronel Blanco, Tanner Bibee

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

By Scott White

Apr 27, 2025 at 7:40 pm ET • 1 min read

Each 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 6 (April 28-May 4), with the most questionable (Tuesday/Sunday in a seven-game week) being Jacob deGrom, MacKenzie Gore, Reese Olson, Tanner Bibee, Brady Singer, David Peterson, Chris Paddack, German Marquez and Miles Mikolas. Meanwhile, Nick Pivetta's two-start status hinges on the Padres sticking with a four-man rotation for their-five game week, which isn't a certainty.

All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI	vs WAS Washington	vs ARI Arizona
2	G. Crochet SP BOS Garrett Crochet SP BOS	@ TOR Toronto	vs MIN Minnesota
3	L. Webb SP SF Logan Webb SP SF	@ SD San Diego	vs COL Colorado
4	J. deGrom SP TEX Jacob deGrom SP TEX	vs ATH Athletics	vs SEA Seattle
5	S. Imanaga SP CHC Shota Imanaga SP CHC	@ PIT Pittsburgh	@ MIL Milwaukee
6	F. Peralta SP MIL Freddy Peralta SP MIL	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
7	N. Pivetta SP SD Nick Pivetta SP SD	vs SF San Francisco	@ PIT Pittsburgh
8	J. Flaherty SP DET Jack Flaherty SP DET	@ HOU Houston	@ LAA L.A. Angels
9	M. Gore SP WAS MacKenzie Gore SP WAS	@ PHI Philadelphia	@ CIN Cincinnati
10	B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN	@ CLE Cleveland	@ BOS Boston

Advisable in most cases

11	R. Blanco SP HOU Ronel Blanco SP HOU	vs DET Detroit	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
12	D. May SP LAD Dustin May SP LAD	vs MIA Miami	@ ATL Atlanta
13	R. Olson SP DET Reese Olson SP DET	@ HOU Houston	@ LAA L.A. Angels
14	T. Bibee SP CLE Tanner Bibee SP CLE	vs MIN Minnesota	@ TOR Toronto
15	G. Williams SP CLE Gavin Williams SP CLE	vs MIN Minnesota	@ TOR Toronto
16	T. Bradley SP TB Taj Bradley SP TB	vs KC Kansas City	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees
17	B. Francis SP TOR Bowden Francis SP TOR	vs BOS Boston	vs CLE Cleveland
18	G. Canning SP NYM Griffin Canning SP NYM	@ WAS Washington	@ STL St. Louis

Better left for points leagues

19	A. Heaney SP PIT Andrew Heaney SP PIT	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	vs SD San Diego
20	J. Sears SP ATH JP Sears SP ATH	@ TEX Texas	@ MIA Miami
21	B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN	vs STL St. Louis	vs WAS Washington
22	D. Peterson SP NYM David Peterson SP NYM	vs ARI Arizona	@ STL St. Louis
23	N. Martinez SP CIN Nick Martinez SP CIN	vs STL St. Louis	vs WAS Washington

No thanks

24	C. Paddack SP MIN Chris Paddack SP MIN	@ CLE Cleveland	@ BOS Boston
25	E. Rodriguez SP ARI Eduardo Rodriguez SP ARI	@ NYM N.Y. Mets	@ PHI Philadelphia
26	E. Cabrera SP MIA Edward Cabrera SP MIA	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs ATH Athletics
27	A. Pallante SP STL Andre Pallante SP STL	@ CIN Cincinnati	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
28	T. Sugano SP BAL Tomoyuki Sugano SP BAL	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees	vs KC Kansas City
29	T. Williams SP WAS Trevor Williams SP WAS	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ CIN Cincinnati
30	W. Warren SP NYY Will Warren SP NYY	@ BAL Baltimore	vs TB Tampa Bay
31	M. Lorenzen SP KC Michael Lorenzen SP KC	@ TB Tampa Bay	@ BAL Baltimore
32	J. Kochanowicz SP LAA Jack Kochanowicz SP LAA	@ SEA Seattle	vs DET Detroit
33	P. Corbin SP TEX Patrick Corbin SP TEX	vs ATH Athletics	vs SEA Seattle
34	R. Feltner SP COL Ryan Feltner SP COL	vs ATL Atlanta	@ SF San Francisco
35	B. Elder SP ATL Bryce Elder SP ATL	@ COL Colorado	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
36	G. Marquez SP COL German Marquez SP COL	vs ATL Atlanta	@ SF San Francisco
37	M. Mikolas SP STL Miles Mikolas SP STL	@ CIN Cincinnati	vs NYM N.Y. Mets
38	B. Wilson RP CHW Bryse Wilson RP CHW	vs MIL Milwaukee	vs HOU Houston