Fantasy Baseball Week 2 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Cristopher Sanchez, Bowden Francis

It's mostly back-of-the-rotation options lining up for two starts in the first full week

By Scott White

Mar 30, 2025 at 5:14 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.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 2 (March 31-April 6). All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.

Must-start, all formats

1	C. Burnes SP ARI Corbin Burnes SP ARI	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ WAS Washington
2	T. Glasnow SP LAD Tyler Glasnow SP LAD	vs ATL Atlanta	@ PHI Philadelphia
3	C. Sanchez SP PHI Cristopher Sanchez SP PHI	vs COL Colorado	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
4	S. Alcantara SP MIA Sandy Alcantara SP MIA	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ ATL Atlanta
5	R. Blanco SP HOU Ronel Blanco SP HOU	vs SF San Francisco	@ MIN Minnesota

Advisable in most cases

6	J. Jobe SP DET Jackson Jobe SP DET	@ SEA Seattle	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
7	D. Rasmussen SP TB Drew Rasmussen SP TB	vs PIT Pittsburgh	@ TEX Texas
8	G. Holmes SP ATL Grant Holmes SP ATL	@ LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs MIA Miami
9	B. Francis SP TOR Bowden Francis SP TOR	vs WAS Washington	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
10	K. Bubic SP KC Kris Bubic SP KC	@ MIL Milwaukee	vs BAL Baltimore
11	C. Paddack SP MIN Chris Paddack SP MIN	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	vs HOU Houston
12	K. Rocker SP TEX Kumar Rocker SP TEX	@ CIN Cincinnati	vs TB Tampa Bay

Better left for points leagues

13	D. Peterson SP NYM David Peterson SP NYM	@ MIA Miami	vs TOR Toronto
14	C. Povich SP BAL Cade Povich SP BAL	vs BOS Boston	@ KC Kansas City
15	B. Singer SP CIN Brady Singer SP CIN	vs TEX Texas	@ MIL Milwaukee

No thanks

16	E. Hancock SP SEA Emerson Hancock SP SEA	vs DET Detroit	@ SF San Francisco
17	W. Warren SP NYY Will Warren SP NYY	vs ARI Arizona	@ PIT Pittsburgh
18	B. Brown SP CHC Ben Brown SP CHC	@ ATH Athletics	vs SD San Diego
19	J. Hicks SP SF Jordan Hicks SP SF	@ HOU Houston	vs SEA Seattle
20	G. Marquez SP COL German Marquez SP COL	@ PHI Philadelphia	vs ATH Athletics
21	M. Perez SP CHW Martin Perez SP CHW	vs MIN Minnesota	@ DET Detroit
22	T. Anderson SP LAA Tyler Anderson SP LAA	@ STL St. Louis	vs CLE Cleveland
23	M. Mikolas SP STL Miles Mikolas SP STL	vs LAA L.A. Angels	@ BOS Boston
24	T. Williams SP WAS Trevor Williams SP WAS	@ TOR Toronto	vs ARI Arizona
25	S. Newcomb RP BOS Sean Newcomb RP BOS	@ BAL Baltimore	vs STL St. Louis
26	L. Ortiz SP CLE Luis Ortiz SP CLE	@ SD San Diego	@ LAA L.A. Angels
27	K. Hart SP SD Kyle Hart SP SD	vs CLE Cleveland	@ CHC Chi. Cubs
28	C. Spiers SP CIN Carson Spiers SP CIN	vs TEX Texas	@ MIL Milwaukee
29	J. Estes SP ATH Joey Estes SP ATH	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	@ COL Colorado
30	C. Quantrill SP MIA Cal Quantrill SP MIA	vs NYM N.Y. Mets	@ ATL Atlanta
31	E. Rodriguez SP MIL Elvin Rodriguez SP MIL	vs KC Kansas City	vs CIN Cincinnati
32	C. Mlodzinski SP PIT Carmen Mlodzinski SP PIT	@ TB Tampa Bay	vs NYY N.Y. Yankees