Fantasy Baseball: Two-start pitcher rankings for Week 4 peg Trevor Richards, Matt Shoemaker as sleepers

There are a number of interesting two-start options for Week 4, according to Scott White — and some of them might still be available in your league.

By Scott White

Apr 14, 2019 at 4:36 pm ET • 2 min read

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Here I thought Week 4 (April 15-21) was presenting us with a super slate of two-start sleeper streamers, but it turns out CBS Sports users are so on the ball that they've rendered two of the best not-even-sleepers anymore. Matthew Boyd, with his surprising swing-and-miss arsenal, is set for two favorable matchups against the Pirates and White Sox, while Matt Shoemaker will unfurl his masterful splitter against the Twins and Athletics.

But guess what? Both are more than 80 percent owned all of a sudden. Hard to call them sleepers if that's the case.

So fine. I'll settle for Trevor Richards, who doesn't have the best matchups, but is riding a three-start quality start streak to open the season, making heavy use of arguably the game's best changeup. Brandon Woodruff, meanwhile, hasn't actually had a quality start yet but has had little trouble missing bats and may be about to break through.

I'd draw the line just before Woodruff in a categories league, such as standard Rotisserie, considering the 17 more or less must-starts in that format. The Head-to-Head points cutoff is just a little bit lower, 20th overall, though those willing to gamble with a surplus of roster spots might consider pushing it a little bit further, to Kyle Gibson and his two excellent matchups.

Note: Shane Bieber's two-start status assumes the Indians don't add a fifth starter for this turn through the rotation. Also, Jon Gray could end up making two starts if the Rockies decide to skip Jeff Hoffman the second time through.

Rank	Pitcher	Start 1	Start 2
1	Trevor Bauer, CLE	at SEA	vs. ATL
2	Patrick Corbin, WAS	vs. SF	at MIA
3	Stephen Strasburg, WAS	vs. SF	at MIA
4	Noah Syndergaard, NYM	at PHI	at STL
5	Tyler Glasnow, TB*	vs. BAL	vs. BOS
6	Luis Castillo, CIN	at LAD	at SD
7	Aaron Nola, PHI	vs. NYM	at COL
8	Matthew Boyd, DET	vs. PIT	vs. CHW
9	Collin McHugh, HOU*	at OAK	at TEX
10	Shane Bieber, CLE	at SEA	vs. ATL
11	Clayton Kershaw, LAD	vs. CIN	at MIL
12	Joey Lucchesi, SD	vs. COL	vs. CIN
13	James Paxton, NYY	vs. BOS	vs. KC
14	Matt Shoemaker, TOR	at MIN	at OAK
15	Trevor Richards, MIA	vs. CHC	vs. WAS
16	Max Fried, ATL	vs. ARI	at CLE
17	Yusei Kikuchi, SEA	vs. CLE	at LAA
18	Brandon Woodruff, MIL*	vs. STL	vs. LAD
19	Robbie Ray, ARI	at ATL	at CHC
20	Kenta Maeda, LAD*	vs. CIN	at MIL
21	Yu Darvish, CHC	at MIA	vs. ARI
22	Freddy Peralta, MIL	vs. STL	vs. LAD
23	Kyle Gibson, MIN	vs. TOR	at BAL
24	Aaron Sanchez, TOR	at MIN	at OAK
25	Nick Pivetta, PHI	vs. NYM	at COL
26	Tyler Mahle, CIN	at LAD	at SD
27	Dereck Rodriguez, SF	at WAS	at PIT
28	Mike Leake, SEA	vs. CLE	at LAA
29	Trevor Cahill, LAA	at TEX	vs. SEA
30	Dylan Bundy, BAL	at TB	vs. MIN
31	Reynaldo Lopez, CHW	vs. KC	at DET
32	Jorge Lopez, KC*	at CHW	at NYY
33	Martin Perez, MIN	vs. TOR	at BAL
34	Ervin Santana, CHW	vs. KC	at DET
35	Matt Harvey, LAA	at TEX	vs. SEA
36	Dakota Hudson, STL*	at MIL	vs. NYM
37	Heath Fillmyer, KC	at CHW	at NYY
38	Dan Straily, BAL	at BOS	vs. MIN
39	Shelby Miller, TEX	vs. LAA	vs. HOU
40	Jeff Hoffman, COL*	at SD	vs. PHI
*RP-eligible \| ^expected to follow opener