Fantasy Baseball Week 23 Preview: Two-start pitcher rankings highlight Braxton Ashcraft, Walbert Urena

Here's how this week's two-start slate stacks up Aug 21, 2026 at 8:11 am ET • 1 min read Every weekend, Scott White ranks the two-start pitchers for the upcoming scoring period and then categorizes them by how usable they are. The names depicted here require a certain amount of forecasting and are, therefore, subject to change. Below are the two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 23 (Aug. 24-30). Be sure to check back Sunday for the latest updates.Must-start, all formats1 C. Burns SP CIN Chase Burns SP CIN @ SFSan Francisco @ CHCChi. Cubs 2 D. Rasmussen SP TB Drew Rasmussen SP TB @ DETDetroit vs SDSan Diego 3 P. Messick SP CLE Parker Messick SP CLE @ LAAL.A. Angels vs KCKansas City 4 C. Cavalli SP WAS Cade Cavalli SP WAS vs COLColorado vs MIAMiami 5 Z. Wheeler SP PHI Zack Wheeler SP PHI @ SEA