Must-starts Jake Peavy at MIN, LAA Anibal Sanchez vs. HOU, at TEX Doug Fister vs. HOU, at TEX CC Sabathia vs. SEA, TOR Matt Moore vs. BOS, at BAL Derek Holland at OAK, vs. DET Wade Miley vs. ATL, at MIA Mike Minor at ARZ, vs. LAD Homer Bailey at

Edwar Cabrera, LHP Colorado | Placed on the 60-day disabled list in mid-February with shoulder impingement, Cabrera is now targeting an early June return to action (missed his original eligibility date). The 25-year old had a legit opportunity to earn a rotation spot out of spring training prior to the

Must-starts Madison Bumgarner – vs. PHI, ATL Clay Buchholz – vs. MIN, TOR Cliff Lee – at SF, ARI Jake Peavy – at KC, vs. LAA Hiroki Kuroda – at COL, KC James Shields – vs. CWS, NYY Kris Medlen – at CIN, SF Trevor Cahill – at LAD, vs.

In contrast to last week, Week 4 sees quite a few aces/studs doubling up on their starts. To make it easier for you to decide whom to start and sit from now on I’ll divide the two-start pitchers into tiers instead of just ranking them one through whatever. Must-starts Clayton

There are very few top pitchers throwing twice in week 3, so I only ranked 19 pitchers below while listing the other two-starters just in case you’re in a deep mixed or NL- and AL-only leagues. Cliff Lee: 4/15 @ Cincinnati | 4/20 vs. St. Louis Jordan Zimmermann: 4/15 @

The following list is my ranking of Week 2’s two-start starting pitchers. Since it’s so early in the season most of the decisions were made by previous years’ performance with an impressive first 2013 start and upcoming matchups being tiebreakers. Madison Bumgarner: 4/8 Colorado | 4/13 @ Chicago Cubs Matt

One group of pitchers that seemingly goes unnoticed by many is the group that hasn’t been elite but has produced several years of solid performances. Those pitchers fall in the rankings anywhere from 40 to 60 and provide a good back-end to your rotation whether you drafted a couple of

Those that have been following my index series will notice how I treat starting pitchers differently. We should note this before we move onto the “grand table” as I am want to call it. Pitching is the most difficult position to get a handle on in fantasy baseball and in

Trevor Cahill and Jon Lester are coming off opposite 2012 seasons. Cahill, who’ll be 25 when the 2013 season begins, had the best year of his four-year career so far in ’12, while Lester, 29, had the worst season of his career. Both players represent solid values so far in