Here is a complete look at the fantasy baseball two-start pitchers for week 13. Obviously the top tier pitchers are going to be left in your line up, but here is a look at some of the more border line pitchers for mixed league starts and who they face in those starts.
Two-start pitchers week 13: remember again that the list below is more focused on mixed leagues since in AL or NL only leagues in most cases you do not have the option to rotate too many starting pitchers with the smaller player pool. The pitchers below are listed in alphabetical order by team name per category.
American League:
Start them:
Fausto Carmona (CLE) ~ TOR (Morrow), OAK (Braden)
Jeremy Bonderman (DET) ~ @MIN (Liriano), SEA (Lee)
Francisco Liriano (MIN) ~ DET (Bonderman), TB (Davis)
Cliff Lee (SEA) ~ @NYY (Hughes), @DET (Bonderman)
James Shields (TB) ~ @BOS (Lackey), @MIN (Blackburn)
Ricky Romero (TOR) ~ @CLE (Westbrook), @NYY (Pettitte)
Roll the Dice:
Brian Matusz (BAL) ~ OAK (Braden), @BOS (Lester)
Joel Pineiro (LAA) ~ TEX (Feldman), KC (Lerew)
Dallas Braden (OAK) ~ @BAL (Matusz), @CLE (Carmona)
Brandon Morrow (TOR) ~ @CLE (Carmona), @NYY (Hughes)
Matusz had been on a good roll until his last in which he allowed six runs in 6 1/3 innings. In his previous four starts to that outing, he had allowed seven runs in 26 1/3 innings with 20 strikeouts. He has faced both Boston and
Oakland twice already this season, with a 3.86 ERA versus Boston and a 7.15 ERA against Oakland. Pineiro has ripped off four straight wins, posting a 2.08 ERA with 22 strikeouts in 30 1/3 innings. He has yet to face Texas this season and allowed six runs in eight innings against Kansas City earlier in the year. Morrow has been one of the hotter pitchers in baseball since mid-May, with a 1.85 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 40 innings. He has shaved a full two runs off of his ERA during that time.
Sit Them:
Mark Buehrle (CHW) ~ @KC (Lerew), @TEX (Nippert)
Jake Westbrook (CLE) ~ TOR (Romero), OAK (Gonzalez)
Anthony Lerew (KC) ~ CWS (Buehrle), @LAA (Pineiro)
Nick Blackburn (MIN) ~ DET (Galarraga), TB (Shields)
Scott Feldman (TEX) ~ @LAA (Pineiro), CWS (Floyd)
Buehrle has been better in his last three starts with a 1.80 ERA and a surprising 17 strikeouts in 20 innings. He has been hammered in two starts against Texas with a 7.30 ERA and a 1.70 WHIP and allowed five runs in six innings in his lone start against Kansas City this season. After winning all five of his starts in his May, Blackburn has lost four of his five starts in June, while seeing his ERA rise almost a full two runs. In two of his starts this month, he failed to register any strikeouts. Feldman becomes a two-start pitcher in week 13 with Texas bypassing the fifth-starter spot. Feldman has pitched better in two of his last three starts, chalking up two wins and 19 strikeouts in 19 innings so he could be someone you roll the dice on depending on the makeup of your staff.
National League:
Start them:
Dan Haren (AZ) ~ @STL (Carpenter), LAD (Ely)
Tim Hudson (ATL) ~ WAS (Atilano), FLA (Nolasco)
Ubaldo Jimenez (COL) ~ @SD (Correia), SF (Zito)
Yovani Gallardo (MIL) ~ HOU (Rodriguez), @STL (Wainwright)
Barry Zito (SF) ~ LAD (Ely), @COL (Jimenez)
Matt Cain (SF) ~ LAD (Haeger), @COL (Hammel)
Chris Carpenter (STL) ~ ARI (Haren), MIL (Parra)
Adam Wainwright (STL) ~ ARI (Willis), MIL (Gallardo)
Stephen Strasburg (WAS) ~ @ATL (Lowe), NYM (Takahashi)
Roll the Dice:
Bronson Arroyo (CIN) ~ PHI (Kendrick), @CHC (Wells)
Johnny Cueto (CIN) ~ PHI (Blanton), @CHC (Lilly)
Jason Hammel (COL) ~ @SD (LeBlanc), SF (Cain)
Ricky Nolasco (FLA) ~ NYM (Dickey), @ATL (Hudson)
John Ely (LAD) ~ @SF (Zito), @ARI (Haren)
Manny Parra (MIL) ~ HOU (Norris), @STL (Carpenter)
R.A. Dickey (NYM) ~ @FLA (Nolasco), @WAS (Atilano)
Hisanori Takahashi (NYM) ~ @FLA (Robertson), @WAS (Strasburg)
Paul Maholm (PIT) ~ @CHC (Wells), PHI (Kendrick)
Kevin Correia (SD) ~ COL (Jimenez), HOU (Norris)
Wade LeBlanc (SD) ~ COL (Hammel), HOU (Rodriguez)
LeBlanc has been solid in his last five starts with a 2.37 ERA while picking up two wins. He allowed two runs in six innings against Colorado earlier this season and has yet to battle Houston this year. From an ERA standpoint, Parra has been decent and will rack up some strikeouts. If your team can afford to carry his 1.57 WHIP for two starts, then he is worth starting, although he will have a tough second start in St. Louis against Carpenter. Dickey has helped solidify a New York Mets rotation that was in shambles, winning six consecutive starts while allowing only two home runs in 46 1/3 innings so far this season. Maholm had been rolling until he ran into the Texas offense in his last start. Prior to that, he had a 3.00 ERA in his last seven starts, while giving up two runs or less in five of the. Hammel has not lost since May 21st, picking up four wins thanks to a 1.39 ERA that included three straight scoreless starts.
Sit Them:
Randy Wells (CHC) ~ PIT (Maholm), CIN (Arroyo)
Wandy Rodriguez (HOU) ~ @MIL (Gallardo), @SD (LeBlanc)
Bud Norris (HOU) ~ @MIL (Parra), @SD (Correia)
Kyle Kendrick (PHI) ~ @CIN (Arroyo), @PIT (Maholm)
Joe Blanton (PHI) ~ @CIN (Leake), @PIT (Karstens)
Jeff Karstens (PIT) ~ @CHC (Lilly), PHI (Blanton)
Luis Atilano (WAS) ~ @ATL (Hudson), NYM (Dickey)
Wells has given up five or more runs in three of his last five starts and has not won since April 30th. Rodriguez has been too inconsistent this season, always following a win with two or three consecutive losses. Since he just
won on June 24th, the pattern would seem to be he will get shelled next week. Norris is just coming off of a stint on the disabled list and should be kept on reserve until he has several good starts in a row.
