Each week during the fantasy baseball season, I’ll take a look at two-start pitchers for the week ahead. This week, we’ll focus on pitchers tentatively lined up to make multiple starts in Week 15 (July 6-July 12).
Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers Lookahead: Week 15
Scheduling Notes
- Teams With Six Games: BAL, BOS, TOR, CWS, CLE, DET, MIN, ATH, HOU, LAA, SEA, TEX, MIA, WSH, CHC, CIN, PIT, LAD
- Teams With Seven Games: NYY, TBR, KCR, ATL, NYM, PHI, MIL, STL, ARI, COL, SDP, SFG
Targeting pitchers who face teams with high strikeout rates and who don’t generate a lot of quality contact can be valuable. Here are the current bottom-five teams in strikeout rate against right- and left-handed pitchers.
| Bottom 5 | K% vs. RHP |
| Angels | 25.1% |
| Reds | 24.8% |
| White Sox | 23.7% |
| Orioles | 23.7% |
| Tigers | 23.4% |
| Padres | 23.4% |
| Bottom 5 | K% vs. LHP |
| Rockies | 26.9% |
| Pirates | 26.5% |
| Rangers | 26.0% |
| White Sox | 25.2% |
| Orioles | 25.1% |
The current bottom-five teams in wOBA against right- and left-handed pitchers.
| Bottom 5 | wOBA vs. RHP |
| Padres | .294 |
| Mets | .296 |
| Diamondbacks | .297 |
| Red Sox | .300 |
| Reds | .305 |
| Bottom 5 | wOBA vs. LHP |
| Mariners | .277 |
| Padres | .286 |
| Blue Jays | .289 |
| Guardians | .296 |
| Orioles | .299 |
Rostered Two-Start Pitchers
These are the pitchers lined up for two starts who are universally rostered (80%).
Two-Start Pitcher Notes
- Jacob Misiorowski has been otherworldly this season. He has a 1.45 ERA, 0.77 WHIP, 13.3 K/9 and a 9-3 record through 16 starts spanning 99 innings. He gets two divisional matchups against the Cardinals and Pirates, both of whom he’s already faced. In his two games against these same opponents, Misiorowski completed 13 innings, allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out 21 batters.
- Jose Soriano hasn’t been the same pitcher he was through the first two months of the season. Through his first nine starts, he had a 1.66 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 10.1 K/9 and 3.3 BB/9. In the eight starts since then, he’s pitched to a 5.75 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, 9.1 K/9 and 6.2 BB/9. The strikeouts haven’t gone away completely, but the walks are hurting him.
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