Fantasy Baseball: Two-Start Pitchers for the Week of May 22

It’s that time of the week when we look to give you some fantasy baseball advice!

Last week I went over the top two-start pitchers to target with certain caveats, those being that each player mentioned was owned in no more than 50% of ESPN fantasy baseball leagues. That’s it. That’s the stipulation. This week I look to help out once more.

In that post I drew attention to a number of names, from Wade Miley and Eduardo Rodriguez as options in a few leagues, to Chase Anderson and Zack Godley as the main two to target under our criteria. Well, Anderson was a bit of a bust after lasting just 5 1/3 against San Diego, allowing four runs on six hits and striking out five.

Godley on the other hand was superb at home against the Mets. He went 6 2/3 innings, struck out seven, and allowed just a single earned run on one hit. The one downside was that he also walked five batters, bringing his WHIP up a bit for the outing, but keeping it just below one. He is scheduled for his second start today, and he is now owned in 28.8% of fantasy baseball leagues–up 26.4% from this time last week.

Another starter that was mentioned in last week’s post was Ty Blach, who is also slated to start on Sunday. In his first outing of the week against the Dodgers at home, Blach went seven innings, had a WHIP of 1.00, allowed one run and struck out four. Blach isn’t a strikeout pitcher by any means, but he could help lower your ERA to close out the week and earn you a couple of victories in two different categories. That said, this is Blach’s second road start of the season and the first one did not go so well against a then red-hot Reds team, when he gave up eight earned in three innings. If you’re willing to take a chance on him, he’s going to be available in your league.

As for this week, here are some names that caught my eye.