These pitchers should get two starts this week. For those of you in leagues who require you to set your lineup at the beginning of the week, these are guys you should strongly consider:
Rick's best bets amongst 2-start pitchers for Week 18
American League
| BAL | Chris Tillman, Brian Matusz |
| BOS | Brad Penny |
| CWS | Jose Contreras |
| CLE | David Huff |
| DET | Justin Verlander, Jarrod Washburn |
| KC | Zack Greinke, Luke Hochevar |
| LAA | John Lackey |
| MIN | Scott Baker |
| NYY | Andy Pettitte |
| OAK | Brett Anderson, Gio Gonzalez |
| SEA | Ryan Rowland-Smith |
| TB | Scott Kazmir |
| TEX | Dustin Nippert, Derek Holland |
| TOR | Roy Halladay (probably) |
National League
| ARI | Dan Haren, Yusmeiro Petit |
| ATL | Kenshin Kawakami, Javier Vazquez |
| CHC | Randy Wells |
| CIN | Aaron Harang |
| COL | Jason Hammel |
| FLA | Josh Johnson |
| HOU | Mike Hampton |
| LAD | Clayton Kershaw, Hiroki Kuroda |
| MIL | Manny Parra |
| NYM | Johan Santana |
| PHI | Jamie Moyer |
| PIT | Charlie Morton, Zach Duke |
| SD | Mat Latos, Tim Stauffer |
| SF | Matt Cain |
| STL | none |
| WAS | Garrett Mock, J.D. Martin |
Rick’s Picks (5 best bets for double-start pitchers this week):
1. Justin Verlander
2. Johan Santana
3. Matt Cain
4. Dan Haren
5. Zack Greinke
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