Two-start pitchers and SP streamers: Week 3
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 @ Miami | 4/21 @ New York Mets
- Matt Moore: 4/16 @Baltimore | 4/21 vs. Oakland
- Lance Lynn: 4/15 @ Pittsburgh | 4/20 @ Philadelphia
- Kris Medlen: 4/16 vs. Kansas City | 4/21 @ Pittsburgh
- Homer Bailey: 4/16 vs. Philadelphia | 4/21 vs. Miami
- Tommy Milone: 4/15 vs. Houston | 4/21 @ Tampa Bay
- Andy Pettitte: 4/16 vs. Arizona | 4/21 @ Toronto
- Derek Holland: 4/16 @ Chicago Cubs | 4/21 vs. Seattle
- Ryan Dempster: 4/15 vs. Tampa Bay | 4/20 vs. Kansas City
- Josh Johnson: 4/16 vs. Chicago White Sox | 4/21 vs. New York Yankees
- Barry Zito: 4/16 @ Milwaukee | 4/21 vs. San Diego
- Bronson Arroyo: 4/15 vs Philadelphia | 4/20 vs. Miami
- Rick Porcello: 4/16 @ Seattle | 4/21 @ Los Angeles Angels
- Chad Billingsley: 4/15 vs. San Diego | 4/21 @ Baltimore
- Travis Wood: 4/16 vs. Texas | 4/21 @ Milwaukee
- Jake Westbrook: 4/16 @ Pittsburgh | 4/21 @ Philadelphia
- Brandon McCarthy: 4/16 @ New York Yankees | 4/21 @ Colorado
- Wily Peralta: 4/16 vs. San Francisco | 4/21 vs. San Diego
Other two-start pitchers: Mark Buehrle vs. CHW, NYY; James McDonald vs. STL, ATL; Ubaldo Jimenez vs. BOS, at HOU; Gavin Floyd at TOR, vs. MIN; Joe Blanton at MIN, vs. DET; Kyle Kendrick at CIN, vs. STL; Juan Nicasio vs. NYM, ARI; Jake Arrieta vs. TB, LAD; Jeremy Guthrie at ATL, BOS; Erik Bedard at OAK, vs. CLE; Jeff Francis vs. NYM, ARI; Roberto Hernandez at BOS, vs. OAK; Eric Stults at LAD, SF; Alfredo Aceves at CLE, vs. KC; Wade LeBlanc vs. WAS, at CIN; Blake Beavan vs. DET, at TEX; Mike Pelfrey vs. LAA, at CHW; Jeremy Hefner at COL, vs. WAS; Dylan Axelrod at TOR, vs. MIN; Aaron Laffey at COL, vs. WAS; Alex Sanabia vs. WAS, at CIN; Jonathan Sanchez vs. STL, ATL.
Top streaming options owned in less than 50 percent of ESPN leagues
Shelby Miller – Wednesday at Pittsburgh – OK, so Miller’s owned in 51 percent of leagues after his Friday-night gem, but I’m going to include him anyways because he needs to be owned in a lot more leagues. Miller shut down the seventh-ranked offense by OBP over seven innings, only allowing two base runners and striking out eight. He dominated in every facet of the game. Before Friday night’s game the Pirates’ .560 OPS versus righties was second worst in the majors.
A.J. Griffin – Tuesday vs. Houston – Griffin has two very good starts to begin the season, and he shut down the Angels Thursday night. The 25-year-old righty isn’t striking anyone out, but he’s also not walking anyone either. The ‘Stros are the fifth-most prone team to striking out against righties, and their seven walks against righties are easily the worst of any team.
Ross Detwiler – Wednesday vs. Miami – Detwiler shut down a very good Braves lineup Friday night, adding to his strong 2013 start. Just like Griffin he won’t strike out many batters, but he’s limiting hard contact and inducing ground balls at a high rate. Against such a weak lineup the Ks should come along with other solid stats.
Week 2 streamer stats – Griffin, Leake, Chacin: 3.78 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 7 K, 5 BB, 2 Wins, 1 Quality Start.
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