Fantasy Baseball Week 10: Advice on two-start SPs, seven-game teams, more

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Ian Anderson (L), Alex Wood (M), Cedric Mullins (R)

You know the drill -- as one fantasy baseball week ends, another is set to begin, and whether you're in a daily roto league or a weekly head-to-head, now is the perfect time to prepare for the next seven days. Let's take a look at the auto-starts and upside streams among two-start SPs for Week 10 before checking a few hitters with seven-game schedules you might want to target.

As always, these lists are subject to change, especially if inclement weather rears its ugly head.

Fantasy Baseball Week 10: Two-start SPs (must-starts)

Sandy Alcantara, Miami @Philadelphia @NY Mets
Alek Manoah, Toronto v. Baltimore v. NY Yankees
Aaron Nola, Philadelphia v. Miami @Washington
Logan Gilbert, Seattle v. Minnesota v. LA Angels
Logan Webb, San Francisco v. Kansas City @Pittsburgh
Chris Bassitt, NY Mets v. Milwaukee v. Miami
Alex Wood, San Francisco  v. Kansas City @Pittsburgh
Nestor Cortes, NY Yankees v. Tampa Bay @Toronto
Shane Bieber, Cleveland @Colorado @LA Dodgers

The aces speak for themselves, but some fringe aces creep into the picture next week. Logan Webb and Alex Wood have a double-shot of juicy matchups. Nestor Cortes just got lit up by the Twins in a rare clunker, so we'll see how he recovers from adversity. In daily leagues, you might consider sitting him in Toronto if he struggles in Tampa, but he's a must-start in weekly leagues. Shane Bieber would normally be much higher on this list, but traveling to Coors Field and Dodger Stadium knocks him down a few pegs.

Fantasy Baseball Week 10: Two-start SPs (sleepers & streamers)

Zach Eflin, Philadelphia v. Miami @Washington
Merrill Kelly, Arizona v. Cincinnati @Minnesota
Josiah Gray, Washington v. Atlanta v. Philadelphia
Ian Anderson, Atlanta @Washington @Chi. Cubs
Cristian Javier, Houston @Texas v. Chi. Sox
Alex Faedo, Detroit v. Chi. Sox v. Texas
Corey Kluber, Tampa Bay @NY Yankees @Baltimore
Chris Flexen, Seattle v. Minnesota v. LA Angels

Zach Eflin has been a bit of a WHIP rollercoaster: Sometimes sharp and sometimes out of control. However, he should post some solid numbers against Miami and Washington, and he's only rostered in 26 percent of Yahoo leagues. In Merrill Kelly's last start against the Reds, he looked like the early-season version of himself, pitching six innings of one-hit ball with five strikeouts. Now he gets another chance at Cincinnati on Monday. My favorite sleepers for this week: Josiah Gray, Alex Faedo, and Chris Flexen. They might play for crap teams, but each has been solid as of late. You can @ me if they let you down  my Twitter could use some fresh activity!

Fantasy Baseball Week 10: Two-start SPs (waiver wire/bench)

Yusei Kikuchi, Toronto v. Baltimore v. NY Yankees
Blake Snell, San Diego @Chi. Cubs @Colorado
Stephen Strasburg, Washington v. Atlanta v. Philadelphia
Mitch Keller, Pittsburgh @ St. Louis v. San Francisco
Reid Detmers, LA Angels @LA Dodgers @Seattle
Johnny Cueto, Chi. Sox @Detroit @Houston
Adrian Houser, Milwaukee @NY Mets @Cincinnati
Zach Davies, Arizona v. Cincinnati v. Minnesota
Dane Dunning, Texas v. Houston @Detroit
Brady Singer, Kansas City @San Francisco @Oakland
Justin Steele, Chi. Cubs v. San Diego v. Atlanta
Taylor Hearn, Texas v. Houston @Detroit
Jordan Lyles, Baltimore @Toronto v. Tampa Bay
Jared Koenig, Oakland @Boston v. Kansas City
Antonio Senzatela, Colorado v. Cleveland v. San Diego
Mike Minor, Cincinnati  @Arizona v. Milwaukee
Kyle Bradish, Baltimore @Toronto v. Tampa Bay
Packy Naughton, St. Louis @LA Dodgers @Seattle
Rony Garcia, Detroit v. Chi. Sox v. Texas 

Talk about a table full of misfit fantasy toys and over-the-hill veterans. I'd cherry-pick some of these guys for single streams, but I wouldn't trust anyfor weekly lineup locks or anything lower than 12-team leagues. Yusei Kikuchi should be fine against Baltimore, and Reid Detmers can probably get a quality start in Seattle if we see the good version of him. The same goes for Adrian Houser at Cincinnati and Zach Davies vs. Cincinnati (hey, Cincy stinks, OK?).

Fantasy Baseball Week 10: 8-game teams

Team Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun
Seattle MIN MIN MIN LAA LAA LAA (2) LAA
Washington ATL ATL ATL PHI PHI (2) PHI PHI
Philadelphia MIA MIA MIA @WSH @WSH (2) @WSH @WSH

Fantasy Baseball Week 10: 7-game teams

Team Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun
Toronto BAL BAL BAL BAL NYY NYY NYY
San Diego @CHC @CHC @CHC @CHC @COL @COL @COL
St. Louis PIT PIT PIT OFF @BOS @BOS @BOS
LA Angels OFF @LAD @LAD @SEA @SEA @SEA(2) @SEA
Texas HOU HOU HOU @DET @DET @DET @DET
Chi. Cubs SD SD SD SD ATL ATL ATL
Detroit CHW CHW CHW TEX TEX TEX TEX
Baltimore @TOR @TOR @TOR @TOR TB TB TB
Pittsburgh @STL @STL @STL  OFF SF SF SF

Fantasy Baseball Week 10: 5-game teams

Team Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun
LA Dodgers OFF LAA LAA OFF CLE CLE CLE

All other teams (17) scheduled to play six games in Week 10 

Fantasy Baseball Week 10: Hitting sleepers/streamers

Cedric Mullins and Anthony Santander, OF, Baltimore

Mullins and Santander have not been great the past few weeks, but they have a full seven-game slate in Week 10 and they'll face multiple pitchers who struggle against lefties and switch-hitters. Mullins should be viewed as a buy-low in the trade market, and Santander might be worth grabbing off the wire (34-percent rostered).

Santiago Espinal, 2B/3B, Toronto

We'll talk more about Espinal next week in our waivers column, but don't be surprised if he's up over 50 percent rostered by then (he's currently at 46 percent). The 27-year-old infielder entered Saturday batting .421 with three homers and 10 RBIs in June.

Nathaniel Lowe, 1B, Texas

Lowe has been quietly raking since the calendar turned to June, entering Saturday with a .353 average and four HRs. He strikes out a lot and he doesn't offer much in the form of RBIs since he plays for the Rangers, but he might be worth snatching for his upcoming seven-game week.

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Sloan Piva is a content producer for The Sporting News, primarily focused on betting, fantasy sports, and poker. A lifelong New Englander, Sloan earned his BA and MA in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts and now lives in coastal Rhode Island with his wife and two kids.