Here is a complete look at the fantasy baseball two-start pitchers for week 8. 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 8: 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:
Jon Lester (BOS) – @TB (Shields), KC (Meche)
Clay Buchholz (BOS) – @TB (Davis), KC (Greinke)
John Danks (CHW) – @CLE (Masterson), @TB (Davis)
Dallas Braden (OAK) – @BAL (Guthrie), @DET (Porcello)
James Shields (TB) – BOS (Lester), CHW (Peavy)
Wade Davis (TB) – BOS (Buchholz), CHW (Danks)
Roll the Dice:
Jeremy Guthrie (BAL) – OAK (Braden), @TOR (Cecil)
Jake Peavy (CHW) – @CLE (Talbot), @TB (Shields)
Justin Masterson (CLE) – CHW (Danks), @NYY (Burnett)
Joe Saunders (LAA) – TOR (Cecil), SEA (Hernandez)
Scott Baker (MIN) – NYY (Burnett), TEX (Wilson)
A.J. Burnett (NYY) – @MIN (Baker), CLE (Masterson)
Brett Cecil (TOR) – @ANA (Saunders), BAL (Guthrie)
Peavy has already thrown twice against Cleveland this year, allowing five runs in 12 1/3 innings. He struggled in his lone start against Tampa Bay, giving up six runs in six innings and five walks. Guthrie has won two of his last three starts while allowing five runs in 20 2/3 innings. Saunders overall numbers don’t look great, but he has allowed only two runs in his last 22 1/3 innings and pitched well against Seattle and Toronto in his two starts earlier this season.
Sit Them:
Gil Meche (KC) – TEX (Harden), @BOS (Lester)
National League:
Start them:
Ian Kennedy (AZ) – @COL (Chacin), @SF (Wellemeyer)
Mike Leake (CIN) – PIT (Maholm), HOU (Paulino)
Jon Garland (SD) – STL (Garcia), WAS (Hernandez)
Jaime Garcia (STL) – @SD (Garland), @CHC (Gorzelanny)
Livan Hernandez (WAS) – @SF (Wellemeyer), @SD (Garland)
Roll the Dice:
Tom Gorzelanny (CHC) – LAD (Ortiz), STL (Garcia)
Aaron Harang (CIN) – PIT (Burres), HOU (Norris)
Jhoulys Chacin (COL) – ARI (Kennedy), LAD (Ortiz)
Anibal Sanchez (FLA) – ATL (Kawakami), PHI (Moyer)
Randy Wolf (MIL) – HOU (Paulino), NYM (Dickey)
Jamie Moyer (PHI) – @NYM (Dickey), @FLA (Sanchez)
Sanchez has quietly been on a roll since mid April, running off six starts with two runs allowed or less in each of them. Moyer is on pace to give up 40 home runs this season, but his Maddux-like control has kept his WHIP ratio close to one. He allowed five runs in starts against New York and Florida earlier this season, although those were both at home.
Sit Them:
Kenshin Kawakami (ATL) – @FLA (Sanchez), PIT (Maholm)
Felipe Paulino (HOU) – @MIL (Wolf), @CIN (Leake)
Ramon Ortiz (LAD) – @CHC (Gorzelanny), @COL (Chacin)
R.A. Dickey (NYM) – PHI (Moyer), @MIL (Wolf)
Brian Burres (PIT) – @CIN (Harang), @ATL (Medlen)
Paul Maholm (PIT) – @CIN (Leake), @ATL (Kawakami)
Todd Wellemeyer (SF) – WAS (Hernandez), ARI (Kennedy)
Wellemeyer may be pulled from the rotation in favor of either Madison Bumgarner or Eric Hacker so his two-start week is in jeopardy.
