For those fantasy baseball owners that are into young rookie pitchers, there are a couple of options next week with Justin Grimm of the Texas Rangers and Chris Archer of Tampa Bay both getting two starts. I think if you are looking for strikeouts, they could rack up a decent amount with two starts, but the damage to the WHIP and ERA could take a couple of weeks to recover from if they get lit up. With so many different options for pitchers with 2-starts next week, I would be looking at more reliable alternatives where possible.
Here is a look at the pitchers with two starts for week thirteen of the fantasy baseball season. The pitchers below are listed alphabetically and not in any type of ranked order.
American League:
Start them:
C.J. Wilson ~ @BAL (Hunter), @TOR (Laffey)
Hiroki Kuroda ~ CLE (Tomlin), CWS (Peavy)
Jake Peavy ~ @MIN (Liriano), @NYY (Kuroda)
Yu Darvish ~ DET (Smiley), OAK (Blackley)
Roll the Dice:
Bruce Chen ~ TB (Moore), @MIN (Hendriks)
Chris Archer ~ @KC (Hochevar), DET (Porcello)
Felix Doubront ~ TOR (Alvarez), @SEA (Ramirez)
Francisco Liriano ~ CWS (Gloyd), KC (Hochevar)
Justin Grimm ~ DET (Porcello), OAK (Milone)
Justin Masterson ~ @NYY (Hughes), @BAL (Hunter)
Luke Hochevar ~ TB (Archer), @MIN (Liriano)
Matt Moore ~ @KC (Chen), DET (Smyly)
Phil Hughes ~ CLE (Masterson), CWS (Quintana)
Tommy Milone ~ @SEA (Ramirez), @TEX (Grimm)
Liriano in June, 3.33 ERA with a 0.95 WHIP, 26 strikeouts in 24 1/3 innings and a .157 batting average against. Hochevar has strung together two good starts in a row going 7+ innings in each of them. Masterson has allowed one earned run over his last 23 innings with 25 strikeouts.
Sit Them:
Aaron Laffey ~ @BOS (Matsuzaka), LAA (Wilson)
Daisuke Matsuzaka ~ TOR (Laffey), @SEA (Vargas)
Erasmo Ramirez ~ OAK (Milone), BOS (Doubront)
Gavin Floyd ~ @MIN (Hendriks), @NYY (Hughes)
Henderson Alvarez ~ @BOS (Doubront), LAA (Richards)
Drew Smyly ~ @TEX (Darvish), @TB (Moore)
Jason Vargas ~ OAK (Blackley), BOS (Matsuzaka)
Josh Tomlin ~ @NYY (Kuroda), @BAL (Arrieta)
Liam Hendriks ~ CWS (Peavy), KC (Chen)
Rick Porcello ~ @TEX (Grimm), @TB (Archer)
Tommy Hunter ~ LAA (Wilson), CLE (Masterson)
Travis Blackley ~ @SEA (Vargas), @TEX (Darvish)
Floyd was shelled when he faced Minnesota earlier this season, allowing nine runs in 3 2/3 innings.
National League:
Start them:
Clayton Kershaw ~ @SF (Vogelsong), NYM (Gee)
Gio Gonzalez ~ @COL (TBD), @ATL (Hudson)
Johan Santana ~ @CHC (Wood), @LAD (Eovaldi)
Nathan Eovaldi ~ @SF (Zito), NYM (Santana)
Ryan Vogelsong ~ LAD (Kershaw), CIN (Arroyo)
Stephen Strasburg ~ @COL (Francis), @ATL (Delgado)
Wandy Rodriguez ~ SD (Ohlendorf), @CHC (Garza)
Yovani Gallardo ~ @CIN (Latos), ARI (Miley)
Roll the Dice:
Bronson Arroyo ~ MIL (Estrada), @SF (Vogelsong)
Daniel Hudson ~ @ATL (Hudson), @MIL (Gallardo)
Dillon Gee ~ @CHC (Wells), @LAD (Kershaw)
Erik Bedard ~ @PHI (TBD), @STL (Lynn)
Jake Westbrook ~ @MIA (Nolasco), PIT (Karstens)
Mat Latos ~ MIL (Gallardo), @SF (Zito)
Ricky Nolasco ~ STL (Westbrook), PHI (Lee)
Tim Hudson ~ ARI (Hudson), WAS (Gonzalez)
Travis Wood ~ NYM (Santana), HOU (Lyles)
Sit Them:
Barry Zito ~ LAD (Eovaldi), CIN (Latos)
Jeff Francis ~ WAS (Strasburg), SD (Ohlendorf)
Joe Blanton ~ PIT (Karstens), @MIA (Buehrle)
Jordan Lyles ~ SD (TBD), @CHC (Wood)
Ross Ohlendorf ~ @HOU (Rodriguez), @COL (Francis)
Jeff Karstens ~ @PHI (Blanton), @STL (Westbrook)
