Fantasy baseball's Week 2 is the first full, seven-day week of the 2023 season.
As most teams will begin said week playing their fourth or fifth games of the season, back-end starters are the ones most commonly aligned for two-start weeks. When you look at the starting pitcher rankings, bear in mind that a top two-start pitcher for this week projects for roughly four points less than would be the case in a typical week with many aces or No. 2 starters working twice.
Specifically, the top two-start pitchers in the rankings, Cristopher Sanchez and Triston McKenzie, are both projected for just shy of 24 points. By comparison, had Spencer Strider's first two starts of 2024 occurred within fantasy's Week 2, he'd have been projected for roughly 31 points. Additionally, nine of the top-10 projected two-start pitchers are both in line for Monday and Sunday assignments.
All nine also play for teams scheduled for at least one series in a city with early-season weather concerns, running the risk of postponements that could push those starters' projected second turn into fantasy's Week 3. Keep that in mind when making tough decisions between an elite single-start pitcher versus a middling two-start pitcher.