Fantasy Baseball Week 23 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Braxton Ashcraft, Walbert Urena

August 21, 2026 No Comments

Every 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 require a certain amount of forecasting and are, therefore, subject to change.

Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 23 (Aug. 24-30). Be sure to check back Sunday for the recent updates.Must-start, all formats1

C. Burns

CIN

Chase Burns

CIN

San Francisco

CHC

Chi. Cubs

D. Rasmussen

Drew Rasmussen

DET

Detroit

San Diego

P. Messick

CLE

Parker Messick

CLE

LAA

L.A. Angels

Kansas City

C. Cavalli

WAS

Cade Cavalli

WAS

COL

Colorado

MIA

Miami

Z. Wheeler

PHI

Zack Wheeler

PHI

SEA

Seattle

LAA

L.A. Angels

B. Ashcraft

PIT

Braxton Ashcraft

PIT

San Diego

STL

St. Louis

L. Gilbert

SEA

Logan Gilbert

SEA

PHI

Philadelphia

TOR

Toronto

8	R. Ray SP SD Robbie Ray SP SD	vs PIT Pittsburgh	@ TB Tampa Bay
9	W. Urena SP LAA Walbert Urena SP LAA	vs CLE Cleveland	vs PHI Philadelphia
10	K. Gausman SP CHC Kevin Gausman SP CHC	@ ARI Arizona	vs CIN Cincinnati
11	R. Suarez SP BOS Ranger Suarez SP BOS	@ MIA Miami	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees

15	M. Liberatore SP STL Matthew Liberatore SP STL	vs BAL Baltimore	vs PIT Pittsburgh
16	Z. Thornton SP NYM Zach Thornton SP NYM	vs MIL Milwaukee	vs HOU Houston
17	E. Lauer SP LAD Eric Lauer SP LAD	@ ATL Atlanta	@ DET Detroit
18	M. Kelly SP ARI Merrill Kelly SP ARI	vs CHC Chi. Cubs	@ SF San Francisco
19	K. Rocker SP TEX Kumar Rocker SP TEX	@ CHW Chi. White Sox	@ MIL Milwaukee
20	Z. Matthews SP MIN Zebby Matthews SP MIN	@ ATH Athletics	vs CHW Chi. White Sox
21	K. Montero SP DET Keider Montero SP DET	vs TB Tampa Bay	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers
22	W. Warren SP NYY Will Warren SP NYY	vs HOU Houston	vs BOS Boston
23	A. Smith-Shawver SP ATL A.J. Smith-Shawver SP ATL	vs LAD L.A. Dodgers	vs COL Colorado
24	C. Bassitt SP BAL Chris Bassitt SP BAL	@ STL St. Louis	@ ATH Athletics
25	T. Phillips RP MIA Tyler Phillips RP MIA	vs BOS Boston	@ WAS Washington
26	J. Urquidy RP CHW Jose Urquidy RP CHW	vs TEX Texas	@ MIN Minnesota
27	M. Wilkinson SP SF Matt Wilkinson SP SF	vs CIN Cincinnati	vs ARI Arizona
28	E. Pecko SP HOU Ethan Pecko SP HOU	@ NYY N.Y. Yankees	@ NYM N.Y. Mets
29	K. Freeland SP COL Kyle Freeland SP COL	@ WAS Washington	@ ATL Atlanta
30	J. Springs SP ATH Jeffrey Springs SP ATH	vs MIN Minnesota	vs BAL Baltimore
31	R. Feltner SP COL Ryan Feltner SP COL	@ WAS Washington	@ ATL Atlanta

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