Not everybody playing Fantasy Baseball will actually partake of Week 17 (July 15-21). Many leagues have opted to combine it with the four days immediately after the All-Star break to create an extra long Week 16 (thereby putting them a week behind for the rest of the season and throwing my weekly numbering system into a state of confusion, but that's neither here nor there).
For those who play in leagues that treat this upcoming Monday like the start of any other scoring period, though, I got your back.
And boy, do you have some options.
Break time is over, huh? Few teams get an off day in the first full week back, which means there's no shortage of two-start options. Many of them don't require a great deal of consideration, of course -- whether because you'd never sit them or never start them -- but then there are sleepers like Michael Pineda, Griffin Canning, Andrew Heaney and rookie Dylan Cease, who are all available in at least 20 percent of CBS Sports leagues.
You could go even deeper with that list of sleepers in points leagues, which don't penalize as much for a bad start, and I've denoted where that tier begins and ends below. The point, though, is that there are far more two-start sleepers than usual, and if you have the roster space to spare, you'd be wise to take advantage.
1 |
C. Kershaw
SP
LAD
Clayton Kershaw
SP
LAD
| @ | vs |
2 |
W. Buehler
SP
BOS
Walker Buehler
SP
BOS
| @ | vs |
3 |
B. Snell
SP
LAD
Blake Snell
SP
LAD
| @ | vs |
4 |
B. Woodruff
SP
MIL
Brandon Woodruff
SP
MIL
| vs | @ |
5 |
L. Lynn
SP
STL
Lance Lynn
SP
STL
| vs | @ |
6 |
L. Castillo
SP
SEA
Luis Castillo
SP
SEA
| @ | vs |
7 |
L. Giolito
SP
BOS
Lucas Giolito
SP
BOS
| @ | @ |
8 |
Z. Wheeler
SP
PHI
Zack Wheeler
SP
PHI
| @ | @ |
9 |
G. Marquez
SP
COL
German Marquez
SP
COL
| vs | @ |
10 |
J. Paxton
SP
BOS
James Paxton
SP
BOS
| vs | vs |
11 |
K. Hendricks
SP
LAA
Kyle Hendricks
SP
LAA
| vs | vs |
12 |
J. Flaherty
SP
LAD
Jack Flaherty
SP
LAD
| vs | @ |
13 |
M. Pineda
SP
DET
Michael Pineda
SP
DET
| vs | vs |
14 |
G. Canning
SP
NYM
Griffin Canning
SP
NYM
| vs | @ |
15 |
J. Musgrove
SP
SD
Joe Musgrove
SP
SD
| @ | vs |
16 |
M. Mikolas
SP
STL
Miles Mikolas
SP
STL
| vs | @ |
17 |
D. Cease
SP
SD
Dylan Cease
SP
SD
| @ | @ |
18 |
A. Heaney
SP
TEX
Andrew Heaney
SP
TEX
| vs | @ |
19 | @ | vs | |
20 |
J. Yamamoto
RP
LAD
Jordan Yamamoto
RP
LAD
| vs | @ |
21 |
R. Porcello
SP
NYM
Rick Porcello
SP
NYM
| vs | @ |
22 |
Z. Eflin
SP
BAL
Zach Eflin
SP
BAL
| vs | @ |
23 |
C. Sabathia
SP
NYY
CC Sabathia
SP
NYY
| vs | vs |
24 |
A. DeSclafani
SP
MIN
Anthony DeSclafani
SP
MIN
| @ | vs |
25 |
Z. Plesac
SP
LAA
Zach Plesac
SP
LAA
| vs | vs |
26 |
A. Cashner
SP
BOS
Andrew Cashner
SP
BOS
| vs | @ |
27 |
T. Thornton
RP
SEA
Trent Thornton
RP
SEA
| @ | @ |
28 |
J. Junis
RP
CIN
Jake Junis
RP
CIN
| vs | @ |
29 |
D. Norris
RP
CLE
Daniel Norris
RP
CLE
| @ | vs |
30 |
F. Valdez
SP
HOU
Framber Valdez
SP
HOU
| @ | vs |
31 |
J. Samardzija
SP
SF
Jeff Samardzija
SP
SF
| @ | vs |
32 |
D. Pomeranz
RP
SEA
Drew Pomeranz
RP
SEA
| @ | vs |
33 |
B. Wilson
RP
CHW
Bryse Wilson
RP
CHW
| @ | vs |
34 |
V. Velasquez
SP
PIT
Vince Velasquez
SP
PIT
| vs | @ |
35 |
A. Young
RP
NYM
Alex Young
RP
NYM
| @ | vs |
36 |
D. Mengden
RP
KC
Daniel Mengden
RP
KC
| vs | @ |
37 |
G. Sparkman
RP
MIN
Glenn Sparkman
RP
MIN
| vs | @ |
38 |
A. Plutko
RP
BAL
Adam Plutko
RP
BAL
| vs | vs |
39 |
A. Houser
SP
TEX
Adrian Houser
SP
TEX
| vs | @ |