Here is a complete look at the fantasy baseball two-start pitchers for week 7. 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 7: 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. Unlike in week 6, there are a ton of two-start pitcher options in week 7.

American League:

Start them:

John Danks (CHW) – @ DET (Bonderman),  FLA (Johnson)
Zack Greinke (KC) – @ BAL (Millwood),  COL (Chacin)
Jered Weaver (LAA) – @ TEX (Wilson), @ STL (Carpenter)
Phil Hughes (NYY) -  BOS (Matsuzaka), @ NYM (Santana)
Felix Hernandez (SEA) – @ OAK (Sheets),  SD (Latos)
David Price (TB) -  CLE (Huff), @ HOU (Norris)
Jeff Niemann (TB) -  CLE (Carmona), @ HOU (Rodriguez)
C.J. Wilson (TEX) -  ANA (Weaver),  CHC (Silva)
Derek Holland (TEX) -  ANA (Kazmir),  CHC (Wells)
Shaun Marcum (TOR) – vs. MIN (Pavano), @ ARI (Valdez)

Roll the Dice:

Brad Bergesen (BAL) -  KC (Davies), @ WAS (Stammen)
Fausto Carmona (CLE) – @ TB (Niemann),  CIN (Cueto)
Rick Porcello (DET) -  CHW (Garcia), @ LAD (Ely)
Carl Pavano (MIN) – @ TOR (Marcum),  MIL (Gallardo)
Kevin Slowey (MIN) – @ TOR (Eveland),  MIL (Bush)
Gio Gonzalez (OAK) -  SEA (Rowland-Smith),  SF (Cain)
Ben Sheets (OAK) -  SEA (Hernandez),  SF (Sanchez)

Bergesen’s overall stats do not look pretty, but he has been solid in his last two starts with one run allowed in 14 1/3 innings and will be facing two of the weaker teams in the major leagues. Even with two starts though he is not likely to rack up a lot of strikeouts, with just 10 in 29 2/3 innings on the year. Sheets has turned it around in his last two starts, striking out eight in each of them with three runs allowed in 12 1/3 innings.

Sit Them:

Kevin Millwood (BAL) -  KC (Greinke), @ WAS (Lannan)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (BOS) – @ NYY (Hughes), @ PHI (Halladay)
Josh Beckett (BOS) – @ NYY (Vazquez), @ PHI (Kendrick)
Freddy Garcia (CHW) – @ DET (Porcello),  FLA (Volstad)
David Huff (CLE) – @ TB (Price),  CIN (Bailey)
Jeremy Bonderman (DET) -  CHW (Danks), @ LAD (Kuroda)
Kyle Davies (KC) – @ BAL (Bergesen),  COL (Cook)
Scott Kazmir (LAA) – @ TEX (Holland), @ STL (Lohse)
Javier Vazquez (NYY) -  BOS (Beckett), @ NYM (Pelfrey)
Ryan Rowland-Smith (SEA) – @ OAK (Gonzalez),  SD (Richard)
Dana Eveland (TOR) – vs. MIN (Slowey), @ ARI (Jackson)

Matsuzaka had a good start in his last outing with seven innings of one-run ball with nine strikeouts, but faces the red-hot Phil Hughes and gets Halladay, so he not only faces two of the games top pitchers right now, but two heavy offenses as well. Beckett has been battered this season as he has battled through back problems. In his two starts against New York this season, Beckett has allowed 14 runs in 10 innings.

National League:

Start them:

Johnny Cueto (CIN) -  MIL (Bush), @ CLE (Carmona)
Josh Johnson (FLA) -  ARI (Valdez), @ CHW (Danks)
Hiroki Kuroda (LAD) -  HOU (Norris),  DET (Bonderman)
Yovani Gallardo (MIL) – @ CIN (Bailey), @ MIN (Pavano)
Johan Santana (NYM) – @ ATL (Medlen),  NYY (Hughes)
Roy Halladay (PHI) -  PIT (Duke),  BOS (Matsuzaka)
Mat Latos (SD) -  SF (Sanchez), @ SEA (Hernandez)
Jonathan Sanchez (SF) – @ SD (Latos), @ OAK (Sheets)
Matt Cain (SF) – @ SD (Richard), @ OAK (Gonzalez)
Chris Carpenter (STL) -  WAS (Lannan),  ANA (Weaver)

Roll the Dice:

Derek Lowe (ATL) -  NYM (Pelfrey), @ PIT (Morton)
Randy Wells (CHC) -  COL (Cook), @ TEX (Holland)
Carlos Silva (CHC) -  COL (Chacin), @ TEX (Wilson)
Aaron Cook (COL) – @ CHC (Wells), @ KC (Davies)
Jhoulys Chacin (COL) – @ CHC (Silva), @ KC (Greinke)
Chris Volstad (FLA) -  ARI (Jackson), @ CHW (Garcia)
Wandy Rodriguez (HOU) – @ LAD (Ely),  TB (Niemann)
John Ely (LAD) -  HOU (Rodriguez),  DET (Porcello)
Dave Bush (MIL) – @ CIN (Cueto), @ MIN (Slowey)
Mike Pelfrey (NYM) – @ ATL (Lowe),  NYY (Vazquez)
Clayton Richard (SD) -  SF (Cain), @ SEA (Rowland-Smith)

Wandy Rodriguez has seen his overall ERA rise a full run in the month of May, allowing 11 earned runs in 14 2/3 innings. It goes to show you how hard he has been getting hit to allow that many runs with only four walks and one home run allowed in that time period. Chacin looks to bounce back from his bad start at home by getting two road starts, although one of them is against top American League pitcher Zack Greinke.

Sit Them:

Kris Medlen (ATL) -  NYM (Santana), @ PIT (Duke)
Cesar Valdez (AZ) – @ FLA (Johnson), TOR (Marcum)
Edwin Jackson (AZ) – @ FLA (Volstad),  TOR (Eveland)
Homer Bailey (CIN) -  MIL (Gallardo), @ CLE (Huff)
Bud Norris (HOU) – @ LAD (Kuroda),  TB (Price)
Kyle Kendrick (PHI) -  PIT (Morton),  BOS (Beckett)
Charlie Morton (PIT) – @ PHI (Kendrick),  ATL (Lowe)
Zach Duke (PIT) – @ PHI (Halladay),  ATL (Medlen)
Kyle Lohse (STL) -  WAS (Stammen),  ANA (Kazmir)
Craig Stammen (WAS) – @ STL (Lohse),  BAL (Bergesen)
John Lannan (WAS) – @ STL (Carpenter),  BAL (Millwood)

It is tempting to roll with Medlen and his two starts if you own him since you are only going to get three to four weeks of starts out of him before Jair Jurrjens is back. Facing Santana in his first start does not help, plus his numbers were much better last season as a reliever than a starter, although he did post great numbers in Triple-A last season in the rotation.

When it comes to two-start pitchers, you are usually going to plug in an average or lower average pitcher for two reasons, to either pick up extra wins or strikeouts. The majority on the pitchers above are soft-tossers that even in two starts will rack up k’s equivalent to a one-start pitcher. The only exception to that is Bud Norris or Homer Bailey. If you want to take a chance on two extremely inconsistent pitchers and are desperate for strikeouts, then you may be forced to try Norris or Bailey depending on the rest of your rotation and hope for the best.