Hello and welcome to the 13th installment of our weekly two-start pitcher article for the 2025 MLB season.
I’ll be here every Friday to highlight some of the best two-start pitcher options in fantasy baseball leagues for the upcoming week, as well as some streaming options to keep in mind.
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Thinking ahead with your weekly strategy can give you an advantage on the waiver wire and hopefully be a difference-maker in the standings at the end of the season.
This is a living document, so we’ll update the options below as the weekend moves along.
Before we get into it, we’ll start with a couple of notes on situations that may be unresolved or teams that may not have a two-start pitcher lined up for the upcoming week:
Someone on the Dodgers is likely to make two starts, or two bulk appearances next week, but as of now your guess is as good as mine as to who that is going to be. That two-start week would be at the Rockies and at the Royals, so if we had word on who it is we would most definitely want to be looking their way for fantasy purposes. The expectation had been that Emmet Sheehan would stick around in the club’s starting rotation to make that start on Tuesday, that was before he was optioned back to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday. It’s possible there’s a random injured list move between now and then that will give the Dodgers the option to bring him back, but that’s difficult to count on. Ben Casparius would also look nice in that role, though I expect that he’ll follow Shohei Ohtani on Sunday instead. We’ll track this one through the weekend and let you know how we think it will ultimately play out. In the meantime, I’d grab Sheehan in deeper leagues and hope that he gets the call.
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Thanks to the rain out and doubleheader against the Tigers this week, it doesn’t look like anyone on the Pirates will line up for two starts next week. They’ll need to promote someone to take the ball on Monday against the Brewers in Milwaukee – perhaps Bubba Chandler finally – though it would just be a spot start with the rest of the five hurlers currently in the rotation finishing out the week.
Without further ado, let’s dig into the options for the week of June 23.
Going Twice…
Note: Probable pitchers as of Friday, June 20, and are subject to change.
American League
Strong Plays
Tarik Skubal, Tigers, LHP (vs. Athletics, vs. Twins)
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