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Fantasy Baseball: Week 12 Two-Start Pitchers
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Updated: June 20, 2016
Welcome to Week 12 where there is a clear distinction between usable two-start pitchers and guys that must be avoided. The top 8 is composed of a who’s who of aces including Clayton Kershaw, Madison Bumgarner, Jose Fernandez, Stephen Strasburg and more. The second tier is usable guys with some to a ton of risk. A few of whom are widely available options this week that are worth a look as well. Everyone after 24 are too risky to use because of skill or scary match-ups. Lets check out Week 12’s two-start options.
| PLAYER | START #1 | OPP | Opp Pitcher | START #2 | OPP | Opp Pitcher | Ranks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Kershaw LAD | (06/20) | vs. WAS | Stephen Strasburg | (06/26) | @ PIT | TBA | 1 |
| Madison Bumgarner SF | (06/20) | @ PIT | Jeff Locke | (06/25) | vs. PHI | Jeremy Hellickson | 2 |
| Noah Syndergaard NYM | (06/21) | vs. KC | Ian Kennedy | (06/26) | @ ATL | Bud Norris | 3 |
| Chris Sale CHW | (06/21) | @ BOS | Clay Buchholz | (06/26) | vs. TOR | Marcus Stroman | 4 |
| Stephen Strasburg WAS | (06/20) | @ LAD | Clayton Kershaw | (06/26) | @ MIL | Matt Garza | 5 |
| Jose Fernandez MIA | (06/21) | vs. ATL | Bud Norris | (06/26) | vs. CHC | Jason Hammel | 6 |
| Johnny Cueto SF | (06/21) | @ PIT | TBA | (06/26) | vs. PHI | Aaron Nola | 7 |
| Aaron Nola PHI | (06/21) | @ MIN | Tyler Duffey | (06/26) | @ SF | Johnny Cueto | 8 |
| James Paxton SEA | (06/21) | @ DET | Justin Verlander | (06/26) | vs. STL | Jaime Garcia | 9 |
| John Lackey CHC | (06/20) | vs. STL | Jaime Garcia | (06/25) | @ MIA | Justin Nicolino | 10 |
| Jason Hammel CHC | (06/21) | vs. STL | Adam Wainwright | (06/26) | @ MIA | Jose Fernandez | 11 |
| Sonny Gray OAK | (06/21) | vs. MIL | Jimmy Nelson | (06/26) | @ LAA | Hector Santiago | 12 |
| Steven Wright BOS | (06/20) | vs. CHW | Miguel Gonzalez | (06/25) | @ TEX | Martin Perez | 13 |
| Drew Smyly TB | (06/20) | @ CLE | Josh Tomlin | (06/25) | @ BAL | Kevin Gausman | 14 |
| Kevin Gausman BAL | (06/20) | @ TEX | Derek Holland | (06/25) | vs. TB | Drew Smyly | 15 |
| Jeremy Hellickson PHI | (06/20) | vs. ARI | Shelby Miller | (06/25) | @ SF | Madison Bumgarner | 16 |
| Justin Verlander DET | (06/21) | vs. SEA | James Paxton | (06/26) | vs. CLE | Josh Tomlin | 17 |
| Jhoulys Chacin LAA | (06/20) | @ HOU | Doug Fister | (06/25) | vs. OAK | Eric Surkamp | 18 |
| Blake Snell TB | (06/21) | @ CLE | Corey Kluber | (06/26) | @ BAL | Tyler Wilson | 19 |
| Doug Fister HOU | (06/20) | vs. LAA | Jhoulys Chacin | (06/26) | @ KC | Chris Young | 20 |
| Nathan Karns SEA | (06/20) | @ DET | Mike Pelfrey | (06/25) | vs. STL | Mike Leake | 21 |
| Hector Santiago LAA | (06/21) | @ HOU | Collin McHugh | (06/26) | vs. OAK | Sonny Gray | 22 |
| Jeff Locke PIT | (06/20) | vs. SF | Madison Bumgarner | (06/25) | vs. LAD | Kenta Maeda | 23 |
| Luis Perdomo SD | (06/21) | @ BAL | Tyler Wilson | (06/26) | @ CIN | Anthony DeSclafani | 24 |
| Josh Tomlin CLE | (06/20) | vs. TB | Drew Smyly | (06/26) | @ DET | Justin Verlander | 25 |
| Anthony DeSclafani CIN | (06/21) | @ TEX | Colby Lewis | (06/26) | vs. SD | Luis Perdomo | 26 |
| Bud Norris ATL | (06/21) | @ MIA | Jose Fernandez | (06/26) | vs. NYM | Noah Syndergaard | 27 |
| Miguel Gonzalez CHW | (06/20) | @ BOS | Steven Wright | (06/25) | vs. TOR | R.A. Dickey | 28 |
| Chad Bettis COL | (06/21) | @ NYY | Ivan Nova | (06/26) | vs. ARI | Patrick Corbin | 29 |
| Patrick Corbin ARI | (06/21) | @ TOR | Marco Estrada | (06/26) | @ COL | Chad Bettis | 30 |
| Mike Pelfrey DET | (06/20) | vs. SEA | Nathan Karns | (06/25) | vs. CLE | Carlos Carrasco | 31 |
| Jaime Garcia STL | (06/20) | @ CHC | John Lackey | (06/26) | @ SEA | James Paxton | 32 |
| Shelby Miller ARI | (06/20) | @ PHI | Jeremy Hellickson | (06/25) | @ COL | Jorge De La Rosa | 33 |
| Tyler Duffey MIN | (06/21) | vs. PHI | Aaron Nola | (06/26) | @ NYY | Nathan Eovaldi | 34 |
| Tyler Wilson BAL | (06/21) | vs. SD | Luis Perdomo | (06/26) | vs. TB | Blake Snell | 35 |
| Jorge De La Rosa COL | (06/20) | @ MIA | Justin Nicolino | (06/25) | vs. ARI | Shelby Miller | 36 |
| Clay Buchholz BOS | (06/21) | vs. CHW | Chris Sale | (06/26) | @ TEX | Derek Holland | 37 |
| Derek Holland TEX | (06/20) | vs. BAL | Kevin Gausman | (06/26) | vs. BOS | Clay Buchholz | 38 |
| Justin Nicolino MIA | (06/20) | vs. COL | Jorge De La Rosa | (06/25) | vs. CHC | John Lackey | 39 |
Low Owned two-start options
Mark J. Terrill – Associated Press
Jhoulys Chacin – 3% Owned on Yahoo
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You can look at the last couple outing for Jhoulys Chacin and totally write him off but this week he intrigues me. His first start is against the Houston Astros who lead MLB in strikeouts. He has a double-digit strikeout performance in his recent history and could easily get close to it again. He then gets a home start against an Oakland A’s team that has been struggling at the plate. They are bottom five in runs and OPS in the month of June. There is risk using Chacin but he has too much potential to be ignored.
Jeff Locke – 3% Owned in Yahoo
Jeff Locke is another widely available pitcher and for good reason. He allowed 11 earned in his last two starts. However this week he has a golden opportunity to rebound. He faces two teams that struggle against left-handed pitching. The Giants are 19th in OPS versus lefties and have struck out the seventh most times. He then gets the Dodgers who are only behind the Phillies and Braves for worst OPS against lefties. The best part is both of these match-ups are home games. If you need two-start help this week, you could do much worse than Locke.
James Paxton – 40% Owned in Yahoo
James Paxton is my favorite two start option that is available in more the 50% of Yahoo leagues. Since joining the rotation he has been a much different pitcher. He has consistently displayed 100 mile an hour plus fastballs. He has 29 strikeouts and only 6 walks in his four outings. This week he is on the road in his first start against a Tigers team that can strikeout with the best of them including an impressive 10 times against another lefty, the aforementioned Chacin. Then he faces a Cardinal team at home that is in the bottom third of average and OPS against left-handed pitching.
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