Here is a complete look at the fantasy baseball two-start pitchers for week 17. 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 17: 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:

Clay Buchholz (BOS) ~ @LAA (Pineiro), DET (Verlander)
John Danks (CHW) ~ SEA (Hernandez), OAK (Anderson)
Gavin Floyd (CHW) ~ SEA (Rowland-Smith), OAK (Braden)
Justin Verlander (DET) ~ @TB (Shields), @BOS (Buchholz)
Zack Greinke (KC) ~ MIN (Liriano), BAL (Bergesen)
Francisco Liriano (MIN) ~ @KC (Greinke), SEA (Rowland-Smith)
CC Sabathia (NYY) ~ @CLE (TBD), @TB (Shields)
Felix Hernandez (SEA) ~ @CWS (Danks), @MIN (Slowey)
Colby Lewis (TEX) ~ OAK (Braden), @LAA (Pineiro)

Roll the Dice:

Max Scherzer (DET) ~ @TB (Garza), @BOS (Matsuzaka)
Joel Pineiro (LAA) ~ BOS (Buchholz), TEX (Lewis)
Javier Vazquez (NYY) ~ @CLE (Westbrook), @TB (Garza)
Matt Garza (TB) ~ DET (Scherzer), NYY (Vazquez)
James Shields (TB) ~ DET (Verlander), NYY (Sabathia)
Brandon Morrow (TOR) ~ BAL (Bergesen), CLE (Westbrook)

Although he has two tough match ups, Scherzer is 5-1 in his last seven starts and has a 2.00 ERA with a 1.11 WHIP through four starts in July. Pineiro had won seven starts without loss before getting hit hard in last start against the New York Yankees. He allowed two runs in six innings against Boston earlier this year and three runs in six innings versus Texas. Vazquez has had an inflated ERA thanks to 17 home runs through 100 innings this year compared to only 20 allowed on 219 1/3 innings in Atlanta last season. He had a 3.23 ERA with a .97 WHIP in June and is 2.84, 1.00 so far in July. Shields has been sliding after starting the season with two goods months. His ERA was 7.67 in June and is 5.47 so far in July. In three starts against New York this year, he has a 3.86 ERA and has yet to face Detroit this season. Morrow has regressed in July after dominating in June. In July he has a 5.82 ERA with a 1.59 WHIP. If you own him, I think there has to be concern for him the rest of the season. He is at 107 innings on the year which is already close to his career high of 124 2/3 between Triple-A and the major leagues last season.

Sit Them:

Kevin Millwood (BAL) ~ @TOR (Romero), @KC (Chen)
Brad Bergesen (BAL) ~ @TOR (Morrow), @KC (Greinke)
Jake Westbrook (CLE) ~ NYY (Vazquez), @TOR (Morrow)
Bruce Chen (KC) ~ MIN (Pavano), BAL (Millwood)
Dallas Braden (OAK) ~ @TEX (Lewis), @CWS (Floyd)
Ryan Rowland-Smith (SEA) ~ @CWS (Floyd), @MIN (Liriano)

Braden has not won since his perfect game back on May 9th and has allowed 20 hits in his last 10 2/3 innings. Rowland-Smith’s last win came back on June 20th. Since that time, he has allowed five runs in his three of his last seven starts. Chen was decent in June but has since come back down to earth in July with a 5.24 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP ratio. Westbrook has gone six innings in four of his last five starts with a 2-2 record during that time. He has a 3.72 ERA against Toronto in his two starts this season. One thing to keep in mind is that he has been mentioned in trade rumors and with the deadline next Saturday, there is a slight chance he could miss the second start of the week.

National League:

Start them:

Ryan Dempster (CHC) ~ @HOU (Wright), @COL (De La Rosa)
Josh Johnson (FLA) ~ @SF (Cain), @SD (Garland)
Jon Niese (NYM) ~ STL (Garcia), ATL (Haren)
Cole Hamels (PHI) ~ ARI (Haren), @WAS (Strasburg)
Barry Zito (SF) ~ FLA (Nolasco), LAD (Kershaw)
Matt Cain (SF) ~ FLA (Johnson), LAD (Billingsley)
Jaime Garcia (STL) ~ @NYM (Niese), PIT (Duke)
Stephen Strasburg (WAS) ~ ATL (Hanson), PHI (Hamels)

Roll the Dice:

Dan Haren (AZ) ~ @PHI (Hamels), @NYM (Niese)
Tommy Hanson (ATL) ~ @WAS (Strasburg), @CIN (Arroyo)
Bronson Arroyo (CIN) ~ @MIL (Wolf), ATL (Hanson)
Jason Hammel (COL) ~ @PHI (Blanton), CHC (Silva)
Ricky Nolasco (FLA) ~ @SF (Zito), @SD (LeBlanc)
Chad Billingsley (LAD) ~ @SD (Garland), @SF (Cain)
Jon Garland (SD) ~ LAD (Billingsley), FLA (Johnson)

Haren is a risky play this week with the possibility of being traded and missing a start in addition to him not winning a start since June 12th. He is still racking up strikeouts, but his batting average against is 61 points higher than it was last season. Throw out Hanson’s two interleague bombings and he has not given up more than two runs in a start since back on May 20th when he gave up eight against Cincinnati. Hammel had not lost since May 21st before dropping his last two decisions although he was not too bad in them. He has yet to face either team he pitches against next week this season. Nolasco has won five of his last six starts with four runs allowed or less in all of them. He owns a 3.29 ERA in July with a 1.10 WHIP.  Garland’s ERA has risen a run and a half since May 30th when he had a 2.15 ERA. He has a tough second start against Josh Johnson and Florida.

Sit Them:

Jorge De La Rosa (COL) ~ PIT (Duke), CHC (Dempster)
Wesley Wright (HOU) ~ CHC (Dempster), MIL (Wolf)
Randy Wolf (MIL) ~ CIN (Arroyo), @HOU (Wright)
Joe Blanton (PHI) ~ COL (Hammel), @WAS (Lannan)
Zach Duke (PIT) ~ @COL (De La Rosa), @STL (Garcia)

Wolf has had an ERA over 5.50 each of the last three months and a WHIP over 1.52. I don’t need to remind you how brutal his last start was. De La Rosa has been bad in two of his three starts since returning to action with his last start much better, allowing two runs in six innings against Florida. Duke had lost five straight starts before breaking into the win column in his last game against Milwaukee. Blanton has allowed exactly three runs in five of his last seven starts while surrendering five runs each in the other two.