Fantasy Baseball: Two-start pitcher rankings for Week 14 peg Felix Hernandez, Freddy Peralta as sleepers

No shortage of two-start sleepers in Week 14 (June 25-July 1), according to Scott White. He helps you prioritize with his weekly rankings.

By Scott White

Jun 24, 2018 at 5:19 pm ET • 2 min read

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With more off days built into the schedule this year, the selection of two-start pitchers is limited each week.

But Week 14 (June 25-July 1) offers a great one. Not only are there some of the usual suspects like Kevin Gausman and Vince Velasquez, who you're pretty much keeping around just for the two-start weeks, but there are also a number true sleepers, guys who could genuinely outperform expectations given their matchups.

I'm talking specifically about Felix Hernandez and Freddy Peralta, two pitchers who I almost certainly wouldn't have the guts to start in a one-start week. Coming off favorable outings, though, and with the benefit of two favorable matchups, they actually make sense if you can find the roster space for them.

That last part of the key. Part of what makes starting players like Gausman and Velasquez easier is that they're more rosterable to begin with. And unless you play in a league so shallow that you can stream pitchers of even their stature, which is basically top 50 at the position, you have to prioritize the long game over a one-week fix.

But if you play in a points leagues, where you can make more liberal use of this list, and don't have to concern yourself with roster space, I don't know that you'd be crazy to start any of the top 25 this week. Even Shelby Miller at 26, who'll be making his first two starts since having Tommy John surgery, isn't an outrageous choice, given the matchups. Not saying I'd do it, but if you're someone who streams the heck out of two-start pitchers, turning over the majority of your pitching staff just about every week, I imagine you've taken bigger risks already this year.

Two-start pitchers for Week 14
Rank	Pitcher	Start 1	Start 2
1	Justin Verlander, HOU	vs. TOR	at TB
2	James Paxton, SEA	at BAL	vs. KC
3	Charlie Morton, HOU	vs. TOR	at TB
4	Mike Clevinger, CLE	at STL	at OAK
5	Blake Snell, TB	vs. WAS	vs. HOU
6	Ross Stripling, LAD*	vs. CHC	vs. COL
7	J.A. Happ, TOR	at HOU	vs. DET
8	Tyler Skaggs, LAA	at KC	at BAL
9	Cole Hamels, TEX	vs. SD	vs. CHW
10	Zack Godley, ARI	at MIA	vs. SF
11	Jameson Taillon, PIT	at NYM	at SD
12	Gio Gonzalez, WAS	at TB	at PHI
13	Jon Lester, CHC	at LAD	vs. MIN
14	David Price, BOS	vs. LAA	at NYY
15	Mike Foltynewicz, ATL	vs. CIN	at STL
16	Jake Arrieta, PHI	vs. NYY	vs. WAS
17	Felix Hernandez, SEA	at BAL	vs. KC
18	Kevin Gausman, BAL	vs. SEA	vs. LAA
19	Vince Velasquez, PHI	vs. NYY	vs. WAS
20	Freddy Peralta, MIL	vs. KC	at CIN
21	Kenta Maeda, LAD	vs. CHC	vs. COL
22	Lance Lynn, MIN	at CHW	at CHC
23	Seth Lugo, NYM	vs. PIT	at MIA
24	Frankie Montas, OAK*	at DET	vs. CLE
25	Reynaldo Lopez, CHW	vs. MIN	at TEX
26	Shelby Miller, ARI	at MIA	vs. SF
27	Tyler Mahle, CIN	at ATL	vs. MIL
28	Joey Lucchesi, SD	at TEX	vs. PIT
29	Dan Straily, MIA	vs. ARI	vs. NYM
30	Derek Holland, SF	vs. COL	at ARI
31	Blaine Hardy, DET*	vs. OAK	at TOR
32	John Gant, STL*	vs. CLE	vs. ATL
33	Matt Harvey, CIN	at ATL	vs. MIL
34	Andrew Cashner, BAL	vs. SEA	vs. LAA
35	Chad Bettis, COL	at SF	at LAD
36	Brad Keller, KC*	vs. LAA	at SEA
37	Edwin Jackson, OAK	at DET	vs. CLE
38	Jordan Zimmermann, DET	vs. OAK	at TOR