One of the most important aspects of fantasy baseball is maximizing the opportunities to utilize two-start pitchers in weekly lineup leagues. This is especially true for head-to-head formats where the extra start can help you gain a significant edge over your opponent. However, as we enter the first full week of games in the 2026 season, the initial batch of two-start pitchers is extremely underwhelming and risky. In fact, as you’ll see in my rankings below, only four of the 34 two-start pitchers have a start confidence score of six or higher. As a result, it may be a week to play it safe and lean on more proven pitchers in their one-start weeks.
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Starting Pitcher Rankings for Week 2 (3/30 – 4/5)
| Rank | Pitcher | Team | Opponent | Start Confidence Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristopher Sanchez | PHI | WSH | 10 |
| 2 | Chris Sale | ATL | ATH | 9 |
| 3 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | LAD | CLE | 9 |
| 4 | Kevin Gausman | TOR | COL | 9 |
| 5 | Kyle Bradish | BAL | @PIT | 8 |
| 6 | Garrett Crochet | BOS | @HOU | 8 |
| 7 | Tarik Skubal | DET | @ARI | 8 |
| 8 | Hunter Brown | HOU | BOS | 8 |
| 9 | Shohei Ohtani | LAD | CLE | 8 |
| 10 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | CWS | 8 |
| 11 | Joe Ryan | MIN | @KC | 8 |
| 12 | Max Fried | NYY | @SEA/ MIA | 8 (@SEA=7 & MIA=9) |
| 13 | Paul Skenes | PIT | @CIN | 8 |
| 14 | Bryan Woo | SEA | @LAA | 8 |
| 15 | Dylan Cease | TOR | @CWS | 8 |
| 16 | Shota Imanaga | CHC | @CLE | 7 |
| 17 | Framber Valdez | DET | STL | 7 |
| 18 | Tatsuya Imai | HOU | @ATH | 7 |
| 19 | Cole Ragans | KC | MIN | 7 |
| 20 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | @WSH | 7 |
| 21 | Tyler Glasnow | LAD | @WSH | 7 |
| 22 | Jacob Misiorowski | MIL | TB | 7 |
| 23 | Freddy Peralta | NYM | @STL | 7 |
| 24 | Nolan McLean | NYM | @SF | 7 |
| 25 | Logan Webb | SF | @SD | 7 |
| 26 | Logan Gilbert | SEA | NYY | 7 |
| 27 | George Kirby | SEA | NYY | 7 |
| 28 | Jacob deGrom | TEX | CIN | 7 |
| 29 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | TEX | 6 |
| 30 | Ranger Suarez | BOS | @HOU/ SD | 6 (both matchups) |
| 31 | Sonny Gray | BOS | SD | 6 |
| 32 | Cade Horton | CHC | @CLE | 6 |
| 33 | Kris Bubic | KC | MIN/ MIL | 6 (MIN=7 & MIL=5) |
| 34 | Jose Soriano | LAA | @CHC | 6 |
| 35 | Eury Perez | MIA | @NYY | 6 |
| 36 | Will Warren | NYY | MIA | 6 |
| 37 | Nick Pivetta | SD | SF | 6 |
| 38 | Michael King | SD | @BOS | 6 |
| 39 | Nathan Eovaldi | TEX | @BAL | 6 |
| 40 | Cody Ponce | TOR | COL/ @CWS | 6 (both matchups) |
| 41 | Zac Gallen | ARI | DET | 5 |
| 42 | Reynaldo Lopez | ATL | @ARI | 5 |
| 43 | Chris Bassitt | BAL | TEX/ @PIT | 5 (PIT=6 & @TEX=4) |
| 44 | Zach Eflin | BAL | TEX | 5 |
| 45 | Shane Baz | BAL | @PIT | 5 |
| 46 | Connelly Early | BOS | SD | 5 |
| 47 | Matthew Boyd | CHC | LAA | 5 |
| 48 | Shane Smith | CWS | @MIA | 5 |
| 49 | Chase Burns | CIN | PIT/ @TEX | 5 (PIT=6 & @TEX=4) |
| 50 | Andrew Abbott | CIN | PIT | 5 |
| 51 | Brady Singer | CIN | @TEX | 5 |
| 52 | Gavin Williams | CLE | @LAD | 5 |
| 53 | Cristian Javier | HOU | @ATH | 5 |
| 54 | Michael Wacha | KC | MIL | 5 |
| 55 | Seth Lugo | KC | MIL | 5 |
| 56 | Yusei Kikuchi | LAA | @CHC | 5 |
| 57 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | CLE/ @WSH | 5 (both matchups) |
| 58 | Brandon Woodruff | MIL | TB | 5 |
| 59 | Mick Abel | MIN | @KC/ TB | 5 (both matchups) |
| 60 | Bailey Ober | MIN | TB | 5 |
| 61 | Clay Holmes | NYM | @STL/ @SF | 5 (both matchups) |
| 62 | Kodai Senga | NYM | @STL/ @SF | 5 (both matchups) |
| 63 | David Peterson | NYM | @SF | 5 |
| 64 | Ryan Weathers | NYY | @SEA/ MIA | 5 (@SEA=4 & MIA=6) |
| 65 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | @SEA | 5 |
| 66 | Taijuan Walker | PHI | WSH/ @COL | 5 (both matchups) |
| 67 | Andrew Painter | PHI | WSH | 5 |
| 68 | Jesus Luzardo | PHI | @COL | 5 |
| 69 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | @CIN/ BAL | 5 (@CIN=4 & BAL=6) |
| 70 | Robbie Ray | SF | NYM | 5 |
| 71 | Luis Castillo | SEA | NYY/ @LAA | 5 (NYY=4 & @LAA=6) |
| 72 | Shane McClanahan | TBR | @MIL | 5 |
| 73 | Drew Rasmussen | TBR | @MIL | 5 |
| 74 | Joe Boyle | TBR | @MIN | 5 |
| 75 | MacKenzie Gore | TEX | CIN | 5 |
| 76 | Max Scherzer | TOR | COL | 5 |
| 77 | Eric Lauer | TOR | @CWS | 5 |
| 78 | Brandon Pfaadt | ARI | DET/ ATL | 4 (both matchups) |
| 79 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | ATL | 4 |
| 80 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | ATL | 4 |
| 81 | Edward Cabrera | CHC | LAA/ @CLE | 4 (both matchups) |
| 82 | Sean Burke | CWS | TOR | 4 |
| 83 | Brandon Williamson | CIN | PIT | 4 |
| 84 | Rhett Lowder | CIN | @TEX | 4 |
| 85 | Tanner Bibee | CLE | @LAD | 4 |
| 86 | Jack Flaherty | DET | STL | 4 |
| 87 | Mike Burrows | HOU | BOS | 4 |
| 88 | Noah Cameron | KC | MIN | 4 |
| 89 | Reid Detmers | LAA | SEA | 4 |
| 90 | Chris Paddack | MIA | CWS/ @NYY | 4 (CWS=5 & @NYY=3) |
| 91 | Max Meyer | MIA | @NYY | 4 |
| 92 | Chad Patrick | MIL | @KC | 4 |
| 93 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | @KC | 4 |
| 94 | Taj Bradley | MIN | TB | 4 |
| 95 | Aaron Nola | PHI | @COL | 4 |
| 96 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | @CIN | 4 |
| 97 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | BAL | 4 |
| 98 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | NYM | 4 |
| 99 | Dustin May | STL | @DET | 4 |
| 100 | Randy Vasquez | SD | @BOS | 4 |
| 101 | Emerson Hancock | SEA | @LAA | 4 |
| 102 | Nick Martinez | TBR | @MIL/ @MIN | 4 (@MIL=3 & @MIN=5) |
| 103 | Steven Matz | TBR | @MIN | 4 |
| 104 | Jack Leiter | TEX | @BAL/ CIN | 4 (both matchups) |
| 105 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | @BAL | 4 |
| 106 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | @ATL | 3 |
| 107 | Luis Severino | ATH | @ATL | 3 |
| 108 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | HOU | 3 |
| 109 | Brayan Bello | BOS | @HOU | 3 |
| 110 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | LAA | 3 |
| 111 | Davis Martin | CWS | @MIA/ TOR | 3 (both matchups) |
| 112 | Erick Fedde | CWS | @MIA | 3 |
| 113 | Parker Messick | CLE | @LAD/ CHC | 3 (@LAD=2 & CHC=4) |
| 114 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | CHC | 3 |
| 115 | Ryan Feltner | COL | @TOR | 3 |
| 116 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | PHI | 3 |
| 117 | Justin Verlander | DET | @ARI/ STL | 3 (@ARI=3 & STL=5) |
| 118 | Casey Mize | DET | @ARI | 3 |
| 119 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | SEA | 3 |
| 120 | Kyle Harrison | MIL | TB/ @KC | 3 (both matchups) |
| 121 | Mitch Keller | PIT | BAL | 3 |
| 122 | Michael McGreevy | STL | @DET | 3 |
| 123 | Walker Buehler | SD | SF | 3 |
| 124 | Adrian Houser | SF | @SD/ NYM | 3 (both matchups) |
| 125 | Landen Roupp | SF | @SD/ NYM | 3 (both matchups) |
| 126 | Tyler Mahle | SF | NYM | 3 |
| 127 | Zack Littell | WSH | @PHI | 3 |
| 128 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | @PHI | 3 |
| 129 | Michael Soroka | ARI | DET/ ATL | 2 (both matchups) |
| 130 | Aaron Civale | ATH | @ATL/ HOU | 2 (both matchups) |
| 131 | Luis Morales | ATH | HOU | 2 |
| 132 | Bryce Elder | ATL | ATH/ @ARI | 2 (ATH=3 & @ARI=1) |
| 133 | Anthony Kay | CWS | TOR | 2 |
| 134 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | CHC | 2 |
| 135 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | @TOR | 2 (both matchups) |
| 136 | Kyle Freeland | COL | @TOR | 2 |
| 137 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU | BOS/ @ATH | 2 (BOS=1 & @ATH=3) |
| 138 | Janson Junk | MIA | CWS | 2 |
| 139 | Simeon Woods Richardson | MIN | @KC | 2 |
| 140 | Kyle Leahy | STL | NYM/ @DET | 2 (both matchups) |
| 141 | German Marquez | SD | SF/ @BOS | 2 (both matchups) |
| 142 | Miles Mikolas | WSH | LAD | 2 |
| 143 | Jose Suarez | ATL | ATH/ @ARI | 1 (both matchups) |
| 144 | Jose Quintana | COL | PHI | 1 |
| 145 | Ryan Johnson | LAA | @CHC/ SEA | 1 (both matchups) |
| 146 | Andre Pallante | STL | NYM | 1 |
| 147 | Foster Griffin | WSH | @PHI/ LAD | 1 (both matchups) |
| 148 | Jake Irvin | WSH | LAD | 1 |
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