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This week's two-start pitchers report comes with a different presentation. The starters are still broken up into tiers, but not based on ownership percentage. Ranking players among their fantasy peers makes sense for those looking to score on the waiver wire, but the tiers themselves were less than ideal. I've tried to keep the same spirit alive. Most of the pitchers in the first tier are not going to be available except in the shallowest of leagues, for example, and I've still included ownership percentages from Yahoo! for a point of reference. When we've moved far enough into the season for statistics to be informative, I'll start listing those as well.
As always, please leave me your suggestions and feedback in the comments section. Follow the jump for this week's two-start pitcher rundown.
Start Without Reservations in All Leagues
| Pitcher | Team | This Week's Schedule | Owned (Yahoo!) |
| Roy Halladay | PHI | M, @SF (Lincecum); Sa, @SD (Luebke) | 99 |
| C.C. Sabathia | NYY | T, MIN (Liriano); Su, @BOS (Bard) | 99 |
| Justin Verlander | DET | M, @KC (Duffy); Sa, TEX (Feliz) | 99 |
| Dan Haren | LAA | T, OAK (Ross); Su, BAL (Chen) | 98 |
| Jered Weaver | LAA | M, OAK (McCarthy); Sa, BAL (Arrieta) | 99 |
| Stephen Strasburg | WAS | M, HOU (Weiland); Sa, MIA (Sanchez) | 98 |
| Yovani Gallardo | MIL | T, LAD (Billingsley); Su, COL (Guthrie) | 98 |
| James Shields | TB | M, @BOS (Bard); Sa, MIN (Pavano) | 98 |
| Ian Kennedy | ARI | T, PIT (Karstens); Su, ATL (Delgado) | 98 |
| Gio Gonzalez | WAS | T, HOU (Rodriguez); Su, MIA (Johnson) | 93 |
Stephen Strasburg and Gio Gonzalez are on fire, and they each get to face scuffling lineups at home.
Some Questions Remain
| Pitcher | Team | This Week's Schedule | Owned (Yahoo!) |
| Chad Billingsley | LAD | T, @MIL (Gallardo); Su, @HOU (Rodriguez) | 84 |
| Justin Masterson | CLE | T, @SEA (Millwood); Su, @OAK (Ross) | 78 |
| Tommy Hanson | ATL | M, NYM (Gee); Sa, @ARI (Saunders) | 95 |
| Ricky Romero | TOR | T, TB (Niemann); Su, @KC (Duffy) | 93 |
| Tim Lincecum | SF | M, PHI (Halladay); Su, @NYM (Gee) | 99 |
| Cory Luebke | SD | M, @COL (Guthrie); Sa, PHI (Halladay) | 87 |
| Johnny Cueto | CIN | T, @STL (Lohse); Su, @CHC (Dempster) | 84 |
| Ryan Dempster | CHC | T, @MIA (Johnson); Su, CIN (Cueto) | 79 |
| Josh Johnson | MIA | T, CHC (Dempster); Su, @WAS (Gonzalez) | 95 |
| Colby Lewis | TEX | T, @BOS (Lester); Su, @DET (Smyly) | 76 |
| Daniel Bard | BOS | M, TB (Shields); Su, NYY (Sabathia) | 37 |
Chad Billingsley's numbers are insane, but he's not going to keep a 100% strand rate forever. Daniel Bard has two tough matchups, but in his first start he induced 11 ground balls on 17 balls in play, but somehow exited with a .471 BABIP and a 9.00 ERA.
Don't Buy
| Pitcher | Team | This Week's Schedule | Owned (Yahoo!) |
| Kyle Lohse | STL | T, CIN (Cueto); Su, @PIT (Bedard) | 66 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | HOU | T, @WAS (Gonzalez); Su, LAD (Billingsley) | 64 |
| Jake Arrieta | BAL | M, @CWS (Humber); Sa, @LAA (Weaver) | 16 |
| Brandon McCarthy | OAK | M, @LAA (Weaver); Sa, CLE (Tomlin) | 64 |
| Erik Bedard | PIT | M, @ARI (Saunders); Su, STL (Lohse) | 47 |
| John Danks | CWS | T, BAL (Chen); Su, @SEA (Millwood) | 47 |
| Danny Duffy | KC | M, DET (Verlander); Su, TOR (Romero) | 9 |
| Jeff Niemann | TB | T, @TOR (Romero); Su, MIN (Liriano) | 9 |
| Dillon Gee | NYM | M, @ATL (Hanson); Su, SF (Lincecum) | 4 |
| Randall Delgado | ATL | T, NYM (Santana); Su, @ARI (Kennedy) | 3 |
| Philip Humber | CWS | M, BAL (Arrieta); Sa, @SEA (Beavan) | 6 |
| Wei-Yin Chen | BAL | T, @CWS (Danks); Su, @LAA (Haren) | 3 |
| Francisco Liriano | MIN | T, @NYY (Sabathia); Su, @TB (Niemann) | 50 |
Kyle Lohse's ERA-xFIP is -3.19, and it's not like he has strikeout upside.
Deep Leagues Only
| Pitcher | Team | This Week's Schedule | Owned (Yahoo!) |
| Kevin Millwood | SEA | T, CLE (Masterson); Su, CWS (Danks) | 1 |
| Joe Saunders | ARI | M, PIT (Bedard); Sa, ATL (Hanson) | 6 |
| Joe Blanton | PHI | T, @SF (Bumgarner); Su, @SD (Bass) | 2 |
| Freddy Garcia | NYY | M, MIN (Pavano); Sa, @BOS (Doubront) | 6 |
| Jeremy Guthrie | COL | M, SD (Luebke); Su, @MIL (Gallardo) | 4 |
| Anthony Bass | SD | T, @COL (Moyer); Su, PHI (Blanton) | 1 |
| Kyle Weiland | HOU | M, @WAS (Strasburg); Sa, LAD (Kershaw) | 0 |
| Carl Pavano | MIN | M, @NYY (Garcia); Sa, @TB (Shields) | 2 |
| Drew Smyly | DET | T, @KC (Chen); Su, TEX (Lewis) | 0 |
| Tyson Ross | OAK | T, @LAA (Haren); Su, CLE (Masterson) | 0 |
I like Anthony Bass, but at Colorado and against Philadelphia is a tough week. Kyle Weiland could be a nice piece sometime this season, but I'm worried about the hard contact he's given up in a small sample size.