DOUBLE DIPPIN': April 17-23

More often than not, owners are going to plug their two-start pitchers into their lineup, or target ones that are available for the upcoming week in their free agent bidding. Last week, 22 of the 35 projected two-start hurlers fell into our Strong Start category. This week, there are several no-brainers near the top of the list, followed by several more who can probably comfortably be locked into lineups.

However, this is a week with a lot of question marks as well, so a much higher percentage of pitchers land in the Wildcard group. Whether it be soft-skilled pitchers with tasty matchups (Koehler), pitchers who look good with tough matchups (Nelson), or others who we just don't know how much to trust yet (Lynn, Garrett), owners will...

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