Fantasy Baseball Planner: Streamers, Two-Start Pitchers, Hitter Rankings (2025)

Let us help you get ready for the upcoming week of fantasy baseball. Check out all of our fantasy baseball tools and advice. You can check out our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Advice and our Fantasy Baseball Trade Advice. You can use that in coordination with our Streaming Pitcher Planner and Two-Start Pitcher Projections to plan your fantasy baseball rotation.

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Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitcher Rankings

Streaming pitchers is an incredibly important strategy for fantasy baseball managers, especially those in daily leagues. Even in weekly leagues it’s important to know the upcoming matchups for starting pitchers as you make your start/sit lineup decisions and place waiver wire bids. Below we take a look at the top fantasy baseball streaming pitchers of the week.

What are pitching streamers?
Streaming pitchers is a strategy where fantasy owners target short-term rentals on the waiver wire that will provide the a boost in production for a given week. By targeting matchups and pitchers who have more than one start in a week, fantasy owners can improve their weekly or daily output from the starting pitcher position.

Monday, April 14th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
95	Jameson Taillon	CHC	13%	6.06	1.35	@SD	0.3236	D. Cease
113	Landen Roupp	SF	11%	3.6	1.5	@PHI	0.3253	T. Walker
321	Tyler Alexander	MIL	2%	2.84	1.18	DET	0.2989	T. Skubal
658	Taijuan Walker	PHI	7%	0	1.13	SF	0.3052	L. Roupp
742	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	2%	7.71	1.63	KC	0.3074	S. Lugo
914	Antonio Senzatela	COL	1%	5.14	2.14	@LAD	0.3547	TBD
Tuesday, April 15th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
74	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	36%	4.2	1.47	@CWS	0.2723	S. Burke
91	Michael Wacha	KC	23%	4.66	1.55	@NYY	0.3306	M. Fried
105	Justin Verlander	SF	24%	6.92	1.69	@PHI	0.3253	J. Luzardo
119	Erick Fedde	STL	17%	4.2	1	HOU	0.3209	H. Brown
127	Zack Littell	TB	8%	4.15	0.92	BOS	0.3207	W. Buehler
133	Merrill Kelly	ARI	21%	7.2	1.6	@MIA	0.2958	M. Meyer
136	Charlie Morton	BAL	12%	8.78	1.88	CLE	0.3058	L. Allen
145	Tylor Megill	NYM	41%	0.63	1.26	@MIN	0.3159	B. Ober
162	Max Meyer	MIA	20%	2	1.11	ARI	0.3366	M. Kelly
180	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	11%	5.19	2.19	@TOR	0.3074	C. Bassitt
182	Jake Irvin	WSH	3%	5.63	1.5	@PIT	0.295	M. Keller
201	Walker Buehler	BOS	37%	8.68	1.61	@TB	0.2943	Z. Littell
344	Logan Allen	CLE	2%	3.6	1.8	@BAL	0.3244	C. Morton
412	Sean Burke	CWS	10%	6.08	1.28	ATH	0.303	J. Springs
458	Ryan Feltner	COL	1%	3.6	1.4	@LAD	0.3547	Y. Yamamoto
459	Randy Vasquez	SD	2%	1.72	1.21	CHC	0.3108	S. Imanaga
701	Patrick Corbin	TEX	1%	6.75	1.75	LAA	0.2957	Y. Kikuchi
Wednesday, April 16th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
80	Reese Olson	DET	20%	5.06	1.5	@MIL	0.3186	J. Quintana
84	Gavin Williams	CLE	34%	4.5	1.63	@BAL	0.3244	D. Kremer
85	Matthew Boyd	CHC	16%	0	1.18	@SD	0.3236	N. Pivetta
106	Brayan Bello	BOS	11%	0	0	@TB	0.2943	T. Bradley
107	Jose Soriano	LAA	25%	3.65	0.97	@TEX	0.3003	T. Mahle
108	Nick Martinez	CIN	26%	6.06	1.22	SEA	0.3034	G. Kirby
123	Tyler Mahle	TEX	4%	1.32	0.88	LAA	0.2957	J. Soriano
130	Dean Kremer	BAL	3%	8.16	1.67	CLE	0.3058	G. Williams
165	Steven Matz	STL	1%	1.93	0.75	HOU	0.3209	R. Gusto
183	Chris Paddack	MIN	1%	14.73	2.59	NYM	0.3201	G. Canning
197	Mitchell Parker	WSH	13%	0.73	1.22	@PIT	0.295	B. Falter
222	Jose Quintana	MIL	1%	0	0	DET	0.2989	R. Olson
224	Griffin Canning	NYM	4%	2.79	1.34	@MIN	0.3159	C. Paddack
244	Marcus Stroman	NYY	5%	7.27	1.38	KC	0.3074	K. Bubic
267	Bailey Falter	PIT	1%	8.1	1.5	WSH	0.3002	M. Parker
271	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	4%	3	1.6	@CWS	0.2723	J. Cannon
293	Landon Knack	LAD	5%	10.38	2.08	COL	0.3056	G. Marquez
401	German Marquez	COL	2%	2.45	1.36	@LAD	0.3547	L. Knack
409	Ryan Gusto	HOU	0%	1.13	0.88	@STL	0.3074	S. Matz
512	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	1%	3.12	1.5	ATH	0.303	O. Bido
Thursday, April 17th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
52	Drew Rasmussen	TB	45%	0.9	0.6	NYY	0.3306	W. Warren
81	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	10%	6.1	1.16	@MIA	0.2958	C. Quantrill
104	David Peterson	NYM	23%	2.53	1.5	STL	0.3074	A. Pallante
146	Jordan Hicks	SF	31%	2.38	0.88	@PHI	0.3253	C. Sanchez
169	JP Sears	ATH	9%	3.46	1	@CWS	0.2723	D. Martin
179	Andrew Heaney	PIT	7%	1.5	0.92	WSH	0.3002	TBD
200	Andre Pallante	STL	4%	3.86	1.39	@NYM	0.3201	D. Peterson
243	Will Warren	NYY	8%	6	1.33	@TB	0.2943	D. Rasmussen
272	Jack Leiter	TEX	40%	0.9	0.7	LAA	0.2957	J. Kochanowicz
282	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	9%	2.89	1.29	CLE	0.3058	T. Bibee
363	Michael Lorenzen	KC	6%	3.18	1.15	@DET	0.2989	J. Jobe
414	Jackson Jobe	DET	36%	5	1.56	KC	0.3074	M. Lorenzen
451	Davis Martin	CWS	1%	5.73	1.55	ATH	0.303	JP Sears
684	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	2%	3.27	1	@TEX	0.3003	J. Leiter
736	Cal Quantrill	MIA	1%	6	1.44	ARI	0.3366	E. Rodriguez
Friday, April 18th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
99	Ben Brown	CHC	6%	7.71	2.23	ARI	0.3366	C. Burnes
109	Ronel Blanco	HOU	47%	9.45	2.1	SD	0.3236	K. Hart
148	Edward Cabrera	MIA	2%	0	0	@PHI	0.3253	Z. Wheeler
149	Casey Mize	DET	35%	0.77	0.94	KC	0.3074	C. Ragans
154	Miles Mikolas	STL	3%	11.25	2	@NYM	0.3201	K. Senga
209	Andrew Abbott	CIN	3%	0	0	@BAL	0.3244	TBD
233	Mitch Spence	ATH	1%	8	1.67	@MIL	0.3186	C. Patrick
274	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	3%	8.44	1.88	@PIT	0.295	C. Mlodzinski
280	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	3%	5.59	1.86	@ATL	0.3148	C. Sale
308	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	1%	5.19	1.85	CLE	0.3058	L. L. Ortiz
337	Tyler Anderson	LAA	2%	4.5	1.3	SF	0.3052	L. Webb
399	Chad Patrick	MIL	2%	2.45	1.27	ATH	0.303	M. Spence
418	Kyle Hart	SD	1%	11.12	2.12	@HOU	0.3209	R. Blanco
472	Martin Perez	CWS	25%	0.73	0.73	@BOS	0.3207	R. Fitts
494	Richard Fitts	BOS	6%	4.5	1.33	CWS	0.2723	M. Perez
650	Chase Dollander	COL	12%	7.2	1.6	WSH	0.3002	M. Gore
Saturday, April 19th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
113	Landen Roupp	SF	11%	3.6	1.5	@LAA	0.2957	K. Hendricks
118	Kumar Rocker	TEX	22%	7.88	1.88	LAD	0.3547	R. Sasaki
141	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	12%	3.75	0.67	SD	0.3236	M. King
144	Luis Severino	ATH	36%	4.74	1.26	@MIL	0.3186	F. Peralta
153	Grant Holmes	ATL	18%	4	1.67	MIN	0.3159	P. Lopez
157	Matthew Liberatore	STL	5%	5.84	1.14	@NYM	0.3201	C. Holmes
299	Ben Lively	CLE	7%	4.4	1.26	@PIT	0.295	P. Skenes
328	Shane Smith	CWS	3%	1.54	0.77	@BOS	0.3207	G. Crochet
332	Colin Rea	CHC	1%	0	0.94	ARI	0.3366	Z. Gallen
394	Easton Lucas	TOR	4%	0	0.68	SEA	0.3034	L. Gilbert
562	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	3%	1.64	1	SF	0.3052	L. Roupp
565	Brad Lord	WSH	0%	1.8	1.8	@COL	0.3056	K. Freeland
571	Kyle Freeland	COL	12%	3.79	1	WSH	0.3002	B. Lord
658	Taijuan Walker	PHI	7%	0	1.13	MIA	0.2958	TBD
Sunday, April 20th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
74	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	36%	4.2	1.47	@MIL	0.3186	T. Alexander
83	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	35%	0	0	@TB	0.2943	Z. Littell
91	Michael Wacha	KC	23%	4.66	1.55	@DET	0.2989	J. Flaherty
95	Jameson Taillon	CHC	13%	6.06	1.35	ARI	0.3366	M. Kelly
105	Justin Verlander	SF	24%	6.92	1.69	@LAA	0.2957	Y. Kikuchi
127	Zack Littell	TB	8%	4.15	0.92	NYY	0.3306	C. Schmidt
133	Merrill Kelly	ARI	21%	7.2	1.6	@CHC	0.3108	J. Taillon
145	Tylor Megill	NYM	41%	0.63	1.26	STL	0.3074	S. Gray
182	Jake Irvin	WSH	3%	5.63	1.5	@COL	0.3056	A. Senzatela
321	Tyler Alexander	MIL	2%	2.84	1.18	ATH	0.303	J. Springs
344	Logan Allen	CLE	2%	3.6	1.8	@PIT	0.295	M. Keller
412	Sean Burke	CWS	10%	6.08	1.28	@BOS	0.3207	T. Houck
914	Antonio Senzatela	COL	1%	5.14	2.14	WSH	0.3002	J. Irvin

Two-Start Starting Pitcher Rankings

Two start starting pitchers can help win fantasy baseball championships. It’s an incredibly important strategy for fantasy baseball managers, especially those in weekly leagues as you make your start/sit lineup decisions and place waiver wire bids. Even in daily leagues it’s important to be able to grab the most useful arms that can start for you twice in a week, especially if you are dealing with transaction limits. Here’s a look at our two start starting pitcher rankings for the week.

What are two start pitchers?
Two Start Pitchers are starters scheduled to pitch twice during a given week. Top options can provide an edge by boosting counting stats (K, W, etc). Streaming pitchers is a popular fantasy strategy that often consists of targeting inexpensive two start pitchers that have favorable matchups for the upcoming week.

		Game 1 Opponent				Game 2 Opponent
VBR	Two Start Pitcher	Date	Pitcher	Opp.	wOBA	Date	Pitcher	Opp.	wOBA
2	Tarik Skubal (DET) (1-2) 3.78 ERA	Mon 4/14	T. Alexander (1-0) 2.84 ERA	@MIL	0.3186	Sat 4/19	S. Lugo (1-1) 3.24 ERA	KC	0.3074
3	Paul Skenes (PIT) (1-1) 3.44 ERA	Mon 4/14	M. Gore (1-1) 2.65 ERA	WSH	0.3002	Sat 4/19	B. Lively (0-1) 4.40 ERA	CLE	0.3058
9	Dylan Cease (SD) (1-1) 7.98 ERA	Mon 4/14	J. Taillon (1-1) 6.06 ERA	CHC	0.3108	Sun 4/20	F. Valdez (1-1) 2.50 ERA	@HOU	0.3209
15	Framber Valdez (HOU) (1-1) 2.50 ERA	Mon 4/14	S. Gray (2-0) 4.50 ERA	@STL	0.3074	Sun 4/20	D. Cease (1-1) 7.98 ERA	SD	0.3236
17	Sonny Gray (STL) (2-0) 4.50 ERA	Mon 4/14	F. Valdez (1-1) 2.50 ERA	HOU	0.3209	Sun 4/20	T. Megill (2-1) 0.63 ERA	@NYM	0.3201
22	Joe Ryan (MIN) (1-1) 2.65 ERA	Mon 4/14	C. Holmes (1-1) 4.30 ERA	NYM	0.3201	Sun 4/20	S. Schwellenbach (1-0) 0.00 ERA	@ATL	0.3148
24	Luis Castillo (SEA) (1-1) 2.12 ERA	Tue 4/15	N. Lodolo (2-1) 0.96 ERA	@CIN	0.3035	Sun 4/20	K. Gausman (1-1) 2.33 ERA	@TOR	0.3074
36	Kevin Gausman (TOR) (1-1) 2.33 ERA	Mon 4/14	TBD	ATL	0.3148	Sun 4/20	L. Castillo (1-1) 2.12 ERA	SEA	0.3034
45	Jack Flaherty (DET) (1-0) 1.62 ERA	Tue 4/15	TBD	@MIL	0.3186	Sun 4/20	M. Wacha (0-2) 4.66 ERA	KC	0.3074
46	MacKenzie Gore (WSH) (1-1) 2.65 ERA	Mon 4/14	P. Skenes (1-1) 3.44 ERA	@PIT	0.295	Fri 4/18	C. Dollander (1-0) 7.20 ERA	@COL	0.3056
48	Yusei Kikuchi (LAA) (0-2) 5.00 ERA	Tue 4/15	P. Corbin (0-0) 6.75 ERA	@TEX	0.3003	Sun 4/20	J. Verlander (0-0) 6.92 ERA	SF	0.3052
49	Jesus Luzardo (PHI) (2-0) 1.50 ERA	Tue 4/15	J. Verlander (0-0) 6.92 ERA	SF	0.3052	Sun 4/20	S. Alcantara (1-0) 3.72 ERA	MIA	0.2958
54	Clay Holmes (NYM) (1-1) 4.30 ERA	Mon 4/14	J. Ryan (1-1) 2.65 ERA	@MIN	0.3159	Sat 4/19	M. Liberatore (0-1) 5.84 ERA	STL	0.3074
57	Ryan Pepiot (TB) (1-1) 3.38 ERA	Mon 4/14	TBD	BOS	0.3207	Sat 4/19	TBD	NYY	0.3306
59	Seth Lugo (KC) (1-1) 3.24 ERA	Mon 4/14	C. Carrasco (1-1) 7.71 ERA	@NYY	0.3306	Sat 4/19	T. Skubal (1-2) 3.78 ERA	@DET	0.2989
62	Jeffrey Springs (ATH) (2-1) 4.20 ERA	Tue 4/15	S. Burke (1-2) 6.08 ERA	@CWS	0.2723	Sun 4/20	T. Alexander (1-0) 2.84 ERA	@MIL	0.3186
74	Michael Wacha (KC) (0-2) 4.66 ERA	Tue 4/15	M. Fried (2-0) 1.56 ERA	@NYY	0.3306	Sun 4/20	J. Flaherty (1-0) 1.62 ERA	@DET	0.2989
77	Jameson Taillon (CHC) (1-1) 6.06 ERA	Mon 4/14	D. Cease (1-1) 7.98 ERA	@SD	0.3236	Sun 4/20	M. Kelly (2-1) 7.20 ERA	ARI	0.3366
79	Mitch Keller (PIT) (1-1) 4.24 ERA	Tue 4/15	J. Irvin (0-0) 5.63 ERA	WSH	0.3002	Sun 4/20	L. Allen (0-1) 3.60 ERA	CLE	0.3058
82	Justin Verlander (SF) (0-0) 6.92 ERA	Tue 4/15	J. Luzardo (2-0) 1.50 ERA	@PHI	0.3253	Sun 4/20	Y. Kikuchi (0-2) 5.00 ERA	@LAA	0.2957
89	Landen Roupp (SF) (0-1) 3.60 ERA	Mon 4/14	T. Walker (1-0) 0.00 ERA	@PHI	0.3253	Sat 4/19	K. Hendricks (0-0) 1.64 ERA	@LAA	0.2957
92	Nick Lodolo (CIN) (2-1) 0.96 ERA	Tue 4/15	L. Castillo (1-1) 2.12 ERA	SEA	0.3034	Sun 4/20	TBD	@BAL	0.3244
97	Zack Littell (TB) (0-2) 4.15 ERA	Tue 4/15	W. Buehler (1-1) 8.68 ERA	BOS	0.3207	Sun 4/20	C. Schmidt (0-0) 0.00 ERA	NYY	0.3306
100	Merrill Kelly (ARI) (2-1) 7.20 ERA	Tue 4/15	M. Meyer (1-1) 2.00 ERA	@MIA	0.2958	Sun 4/20	J. Taillon (1-1) 6.06 ERA	@CHC	0.3108
106	Tylor Megill (NYM) (2-1) 0.63 ERA	Tue 4/15	B. Ober (0-1) 12.15 ERA	@MIN	0.3159	Sun 4/20	S. Gray (2-0) 4.50 ERA	STL	0.3074
126	Jake Irvin (WSH) (0-0) 5.63 ERA	Tue 4/15	M. Keller (1-1) 4.24 ERA	@PIT	0.295	Sun 4/20	A. Senzatela (0-2) 5.14 ERA	@COL	0.3056
185	Tyler Alexander (MIL) (1-0) 2.84 ERA	Mon 4/14	T. Skubal (1-2) 3.78 ERA	DET	0.2989	Sun 4/20	J. Springs (2-1) 4.20 ERA	ATH
193	Logan Allen (CLE) (0-1) 3.60 ERA	Tue 4/15	C. Morton (0-3) 8.78 ERA	@BAL	0.3244	Sun 4/20	M. Keller (1-1) 4.24 ERA	@PIT	0.295
214	Sean Burke (CWS) (1-2) 6.08 ERA	Tue 4/15	J. Springs (2-1) 4.20 ERA	ATH		Sun 4/20	T. Houck (0-1) 4.41 ERA	@BOS	0.3207
322	Taijuan Walker (PHI) (1-0) 0.00 ERA	Mon 4/14	L. Roupp (0-1) 3.60 ERA	SF	0.3052	Sat 4/19	TBD	MIA	0.2958
452	Antonio Senzatela (COL) (0-2) 5.14 ERA	Mon 4/14	TBD	@LAD	0.3547	Sun 4/20	J. Irvin (0-0) 5.63 ERA	WSH	0.3002

Fantasy Baseball Hitter Rankings: Week X

A Hitter Planner identifies favorable and unfavorable matchups for a given week. Matchup rankings are calculated based on the difficulty of opposing starting pitchers and other schedule considerations such as ballpark factors. Additional pitcher matchup info is displayed to help with lineup decisions.