FanHouse Josh Geer

There are a plethora of two-start pitchers hurling in week five (Monday, May 4th - Sunday May 10th) of the fantasy baseball season. There are 58 total this week and you late sleepers are luck that all of the Monday games are night games. You won't need to set you lineups until 7:05 PM ET.

[Update: 7:48 AM ET] : Two games were rained out yesterday. The Mets and Phillies did not play and the Angels and Yankees were rained out as well. Here is the fallout from those two postponed games as it relates to two-start pitchers.

Forty-four pitchers are throwing twice this week (Monday, April 27th - Sunday, May 3rd). All the games are night games on Monday, so no need to rush. Get your lineups set by 7:00 PM ET for the St. Louis at Atlanta game.

Must Start
Dan Haren, Diamondbacks - Tuesday vs CHC (C. Zambrano) and Sunday at MLW (D. Bush)
Chad Billingsley, Dodgers - Tuesday at SF (B. Zito) and Sunday vs SD (J. Geer)
James Shields, Rays - Tuesday at MIN (F. Liriano) and Sunday vs BOS (B. Penny)
Gil Meche, Royals - Tuesday vs TOR (S. Richmond) and Sunday at MIN (S. Baker)
Kyle Lohse, Cardinals - Tuesday at ATL (J. Reyes) and Sunday at WAS (J. Lannan)
Ted Lilly, Cubs - Monday at ARZ (Y. Petit) and Saturday vs FLA (A. Sanchez)

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Cole Hamels, Brandon Webb, Tim Lincecum and CC Sabathia owners eat your heart out. Relative unknowns -- and likely undrafted in nearly all mixed fantasy leagues -- Ricky Romero and Glen Perkins are straight dealing right now. And after three outings each, it's time to start wondering if the quick starts are not flukey.

It is somewhat important that you read yesterday's introductory NL West Spring Training Dugout preview for the San Francisco Giants, because it sets up a joke for today's strip about the Padres. Asking you to read about the Giants and then read about the Padres might be asking too much of you, but if you can do it without your brain melting and leaking out of your ear it will improve your reading comprehension.

The other thing you need to read is about how Padres pitcher Heath Bell lost 25 pounds thanks to his Nintendo Wii. The video game told him he was obese, and then made his virtual Mii character obsese to match, and that made Bell feel bad. Bell had lived his entire life without mirrors, video tape, photography, or the thoughts and opinions of others. I can't wait until he picks up Wii Sports and discovers what you're supposed to do in a game of baseball.

Tonight's Spring Dugout is after the jump.