Fantasy Baseball Week 9 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings feature Kris Bubic, Robbie Ray

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

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 8 (May 12-18), with the most questionable (Tuesday/Sunday in a seven-game week) being Tarik Skubal, Jesus Luzardo, Logan Henderson, Gavin Williams, Gunnar Hoglund, Walker Buehler, Bailey Falter, Kyle Hendricks, and Antonio Senzatela.

All information is up to date as of Sunday afternoon.

Must-start, all formats

1	T. Skubal SP DET Tarik Skubal SP DET	@ STL St. Louis	vs CLE Cleveland
2	D. Cease SP SD Dylan Cease SP SD	@ TOR Toronto	@ ATL Atlanta
3	K. Bubic SP KC Kris Bubic SP KC	@ SF San Francisco	@ MIN Minnesota
4	C. Sanchez SP PHI Cristopher Sanchez SP PHI	@ COL Colorado	@ ATH Athletics
5	R. Ray SP SF Robbie Ray SP SF	vs KC Kansas City	@ WAS Washington
6	J. Luzardo SP PHI Jesus Luzardo SP PHI	@ COL Colorado	@ ATH Athletics
7	L. Castillo SP SEA Luis Castillo SP SEA	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	@ HOU Houston
8	B. Ober SP MIN Bailey Ober SP MIN	vs CLE Cleveland	vs KC Kansas City
9	N. Lodolo SP CIN Nick Lodolo SP CIN	@ PIT Pittsburgh	vs CHC Chi. Cubs
10	K. Senga SP NYM Kodai Senga SP NYM	@ BOS Boston	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
11	S. Gray SP STL Sonny Gray SP STL	vs DET Detroit	vs ARI Arizona

Advisable in most cases

12	S. Strider SP ATL Spencer Strider SP ATL	@ WAS Washington	vs SD San Diego
13	L. Henderson SP MIL Logan Henderson SP MIL	vs BAL Baltimore	@ PIT Pittsburgh
14	R. Pepiot SP TB Ryan Pepiot SP TB	vs HOU Houston	vs TOR Toronto
15	C. Bassitt SP TOR Chris Bassitt SP TOR	vs SD San Diego	@ TB Tampa Bay
16	G. Williams SP CLE Gavin Williams SP CLE	@ MIN Minnesota	@ DET Detroit

Better left for points leagues

17	B. Pfaadt SP ARI Brandon Pfaadt SP ARI	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	@ STL St. Louis
18	J. Soriano SP LAA Jose Soriano SP LAA	@ ATH Athletics	vs MIA Miami
19	M. Keller SP PIT Mitch Keller SP PIT	vs CIN Cincinnati	vs MIL Milwaukee
20	W. Warren SP NYY Will Warren SP NYY	vs TEX Texas	@ COL Colorado
21	B. Brown SP CHC Ben Brown SP CHC	@ MIA Miami	@ CIN Cincinnati
22	G. Hoglund SP ATH Gunnar Hoglund SP ATH	vs LAA L.A. Angels	vs PHI Philadelphia

No thanks

23	W. Buehler SP BOS Walker Buehler SP BOS	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	vs BAL Baltimore
24	P. Corbin SP TEX Patrick Corbin SP TEX	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ CHW Chi. White Sox
25	D. Kremer SP BAL Dean Kremer SP BAL	@ MIL Milwaukee	@ BOS Boston
26	H. Dobbins SP BOS Hunter Dobbins SP BOS	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	vs BAL Baltimore
27	L. Allen SP CLE Logan Taylor Allen SP CLE	@ MIN Minnesota	@ DET Detroit
28	E. Cabrera SP MIA Edward Cabrera SP MIA	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	@ LAA L.A. Angels
29	D. Martin SP CHW Davis Martin SP CHW	vs SEA Seattle	vs TEX Texas
30	M. Parker SP WAS Mitchell Parker SP WAS	vs ATL Atlanta	vs SF San Francisco
31	L. Knack SP LAD Landon Knack SP LAD	vs ARI Arizona	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
32	Q. Priester SP MIL Quinn Priester SP MIL	vs BAL Baltimore	@ PIT Pittsburgh
33	B. Falter SP PIT Bailey Falter SP PIT	vs CIN Cincinnati	vs MIL Milwaukee
34	K. Hendricks SP LAA Kyle Hendricks SP LAA	@ ATH Athletics	vs MIA Miami
35	K. Montero SP DET Keider Montero SP DET	@ STL St. Louis	vs CLE Cleveland
36	J. Ginn SP ATH J.T. Ginn SP ATH	vs LAA L.A. Angels	vs PHI Philadelphia
37	C. Gordon SP HOU Colton Gordon SP HOU	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs SEA Seattle
38	K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL	vs PHI Philadelphia	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees
39	A. Senzatela SP COL Antonio Senzatela SP COL	vs PHI Philadelphia	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees