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

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, May 5th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
74	Matthew Boyd	CHC	L	29%	33.1	2.7	1.44	SF	0.3008	L. Roupp
93	David Peterson	NYM	L	25%	32.1	3.06	1.36	@ARI	0.3313	C. Burnes
113	Landen Roupp	SF	R	15%	30	5.1	1.63	@CHC	0.3424	M. Boyd
117	Ronel Blanco	HOU	R	36%	28.1	5.08	1.27	@MIL	0.3094	T. Myers
127	Luis Severino	ATH	R	37%	43.2	3.3	1.17	SEA	0.3304	B. Miller
140	Jake Irvin	WSH	R	33%	42.2	4.01	1.13	CLE	0.2978	L. L. Ortiz
153	Tobias Myers	MIL	R	10%	6	6	2.17	HOU	0.2935	R. Blanco
155	Miles Mikolas	STL	R	2%	29	4.66	1.34	PIT	0.2862	C. Mlodzinski
179	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	R	4%	19	4.26	1.68	CIN	0.3159	B. Singer
182	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	R	8%	32	4.78	1.41	@WSH	0.3043	J. Irvin
231	Shane Smith	CWS	R	14%	32.1	2.23	1.08	@KC	0.2738	TBD
366	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	R	1%	26	6.58	1.81	@STL	0.3209	M. Mikolas
Tuesday, May 6th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
98	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	L	15%	28.1	6.04	1.62	SEA	0.3304	E. Hancock
100	Justin Verlander	SF	R	24%	30.2	4.99	1.4	@CHC	0.3424	C. Rea
152	Colin Rea	CHC	R	12%	18.2	0.96	1.07	SF	0.3008	J. Verlander
166	Steven Matz	STL	L	4%	24	1.5	0.96	PIT	0.2862	P. Skenes
199	Andrew Abbott	CIN	L	28%	15	3.6	1.13	@ATL	0.3148	C. Sale
206	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	R	22%	6	4.5	1	@MIA	0.308	C. Quantrill
243	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	21%	33.2	2.67	1.04	TOR	0.2911	TBD
256	Cade Povich	BAL	L	2%	29.2	6.07	1.69	@MIN	0.2973	P. Lopez
303	Ryan Gusto	HOU	R	12%	27	3	1.15	@MIL	0.3094	C. Patrick
315	Jackson Jobe	DET	R	37%	24	3.38	1.33	@COL	0.2778	C. Dollander
316	Ben Lively	CLE	R	4%	30.2	4.4	1.34	@WSH	0.3043	B. Lord
362	Chad Patrick	MIL	R	6%	25.2	2.45	1.32	HOU	0.2935	R. Gusto
438	Emerson Hancock	SEA	R	4%	17.2	6.62	1.75	@ATH	0.3198	J. Springs
467	Stephen Kolek	SD	R	0%	0	0	0	@NYY	0.3567	C. Carrasco
537	Sean Burke	CWS	R	3%	27	6	1.48	@KC	0.2738	S. Lugo
557	Brad Lord	WSH	R	0%	17.1	4.67	1.73	CLE	0.2978	B. Lively
594	Chase Dollander	COL	R	4%	25	6.48	1.52	DET	0.3166	J. Jobe
781	Carlos Carrasco	NYY	R	1%	29	5.9	1.48	SD	0.3132	S. Kolek
914	Cal Quantrill	MIA	R	1%	26.2	8.1	1.8	LAD	0.3532	T. Gonsolin
Wednesday, May 7th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
81	Michael Wacha	KC	R	18%	32	3.38	1.25	CWS	0.2743	J. Cannon
84	Ben Brown	CHC	R	5%	25.1	6.04	1.89	SF	0.3008	R. Ray
86	Tanner Houck	BOS	R	39%	29.2	7.58	1.69	TEX	0.2904	T. Mahle
95	Merrill Kelly	ARI	R	28%	32.2	4.41	1.1	NYM	0.3209	C. Holmes
105	Mitch Keller	PIT	R	43%	34	3.97	1.29	@STL	0.3209	M. Liberatore
135	Matthew Liberatore	STL	L	26%	31	3.19	0.97	PIT	0.2862	M. Keller
149	Grant Holmes	ATL	R	19%	28	4.5	1.25	CIN	0.3159	H. Greene
160	Quinn Priester	MIL	R	3%	19	3.79	1.63	HOU	0.2935	F. Valdez
162	Dean Kremer	BAL	R	3%	30.2	7.04	1.57	@MIN	0.2973	S. Woods Richardson
211	Ryan Weathers	MIA	L	6%	0	0	0	LAD	0.3532	Y. Yamamoto
214	Mitchell Parker	WSH	L	35%	37.1	2.65	1.13	CLE	0.2978	L. Allen
272	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	R	3%	24.1	4.07	1.44	BAL	0.2993	D. Kremer
288	Logan Allen	CLE	L	8%	25.2	4.21	1.56	@WSH	0.3043	M. Parker
374	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	R	5%	31.1	4.31	1.53	SEA	0.3304	B. Woo
456	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	R	1%	32	4.5	1.44	@KC	0.2738	M. Wacha
516	Kyle Freeland	COL	L	3%	30.1	5.93	1.45	DET	0.3166	C. Mize
Thursday, May 8th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
69	Ryan Pepiot	TB	R	47%	34	4.24	1.38	PHI	0.3177	J. Luzardo
112	Nick Martinez	CIN	R	19%	32.2	4.68	1.35	@ATL	0.3148	S. Schwellenbach
173	Walker Buehler	BOS	R	50%	33.2	4.28	1.22	TEX	0.2904	J. Leiter
197	Charlie Morton	BAL	R	4%	26.2	9.45	2.18	@MIN	0.2973	J. Ryan
237	Jack Leiter	TEX	R	41%	13.1	2.03	0.98	@BOS	0.3283	W. Buehler
368	Davis Martin	CWS	R	2%	33.1	3.24	1.32	@KC	0.2738	K. Bubic
919	Antonio Senzatela	COL	R	0%	29.1	5.22	1.88	DET	0.3166	T. Skubal
Friday, May 9th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
70	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	L	13%	32.2	6.06	1.44	LAD	0.3532	R. Sasaki
79	Jameson Taillon	CHC	R	17%	33.2	4.01	1.07	@NYM	0.3209	TBD
88	Gavin Williams	CLE	R	27%	28	5.14	1.57	PHI	0.3177	A. Nola
91	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	R	30%	14.2	5.52	1.43	@ATH	0.3198	JP Sears
118	Brayan Bello	BOS	R	18%	11	3.27	1.45	@KC	0.2738	C. Ragans
124	JP Sears	ATH	L	24%	33.2	2.94	1.07	NYY	0.3567	C. Schmidt
126	Jose Soriano	LAA	R	18%	34	4.5	1.47	BAL	0.2993	TBD
163	Zack Littell	TB	R	5%	34	5.03	1.24	MIL	0.3094	J. Quintana
188	Jose Quintana	MIL	L	35%	23.2	1.14	1.14	@TB	0.3074	Z. Littell
201	Jordan Hicks	SF	R	9%	32.1	6.12	1.52	@MIN	0.2973	B. Ober
245	Bryce Elder	ATL	R	1%	27	5.33	1.41	@PIT	0.2862	B. Falter
289	Bailey Falter	PIT	L	1%	30.1	5.93	1.35	ATL	0.3148	B. Elder
469	Ryan Feltner	COL	R	2%	30.1	4.75	1.48	SD	0.3132	R. Vasquez
533	Randy Vasquez	SD	R	2%	27.1	4.28	1.57	@COL	0.2778	R. Feltner
550	Patrick Corbin	TEX	L	3%	19	3.79	1.58	@DET	0.3166	J. Flaherty
604	Bryse Wilson	CWS	R	0%	18	5	1.78	MIA	0.308	M. Meyer
Saturday, May 10th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
57	Ranger Suarez	PHI	L	32%	0	0	0	@CLE	0.2978	T. Bibee
75	Reese Olson	DET	R	32%	33	3.55	1.24	TEX	0.2904	J. deGrom
132	Erick Fedde	STL	R	14%	32.2	4.68	1.35	@WSH	0.3043	T. Williams
158	Edward Cabrera	MIA	R	2%	18.2	7.23	1.77	@CWS	0.2743	S. Smith
177	Chris Paddack	MIN	R	3%	27.1	5.6	1.5	SF	0.3008	L. Webb
179	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	R	4%	19	4.26	1.68	@PIT	0.2862	A. Heaney
231	Shane Smith	CWS	R	14%	32.1	2.23	1.08	MIA	0.308	E. Cabrera
252	Will Warren	NYY	R	5%	24	5.63	1.42	@ATH	0.3198	J. Lopez
284	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	R	9%	33	3	1.15	@LAA	0.2831	J. Kochanowicz
307	Michael Lorenzen	KC	R	8%	33.2	3.48	1.37	BOS	0.3283	G. Crochet
310	Trevor Williams	WSH	R	1%	30	5.7	1.53	STL	0.3209	E. Fedde
397	Jacob Lopez	ATH	L	0%	7	3.86	2.57	NYY	0.3567	W. Warren
443	Ben Casparius	LAD	R	6%	21.2	2.91	0.92	@ARI	0.3313	C. Burnes
560	German Marquez	COL	R	1%	25.2	9.82	2.06	SD	0.3132	N. Pivetta
639	Logan Evans	SEA	R	3%	5	3.6	1	TOR	0.2911	B. Francis
779	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	R	1%	32.1	5.29	1.42	BAL	0.2993	T. Sugano
Sunday, May 11th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
74	Matthew Boyd	CHC	L	29%	33.1	2.7	1.44	@NYM	0.3209	G. Canning
113	Landen Roupp	SF	R	15%	30	5.1	1.63	@MIN	0.2973	P. Lopez
117	Ronel Blanco	HOU	R	36%	28.1	5.08	1.27	CIN	0.3159	TBD
120	Dustin May	LAD	R	44%	27.1	3.95	1.24	@ARI	0.3313	Z. Gallen
127	Luis Severino	ATH	R	37%	43.2	3.3	1.17	NYY	0.3567	C. Rodon
153	Tobias Myers	MIL	R	10%	6	6	2.17	@TB	0.3074	D. Rasmussen
182	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	R	8%	32	4.78	1.41	PHI	0.3177	Z. Wheeler
187	Lucas Giolito	BOS	R	9%	6	4.5	1.17	@KC	0.2738	S. Lugo
198	Griffin Canning	NYM	R	26%	31	2.61	1.39	CHC	0.3424	M. Boyd
226	Andre Pallante	STL	R	6%	32.2	4.13	1.29	@WSH	0.3043	M. Gore
243	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	21%	33.2	2.67	1.04	BAL	0.2993	K. Gibson
294	Kyle Gibson	BAL	R	1%	3.2	22.09	3.55	@LAA	0.2831	T. Anderson
315	Jackson Jobe	DET	R	37%	24	3.38	1.33	TEX	0.2904	N. Eovaldi
366	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	R	1%	26	6.58	1.81	ATL	0.3148	C. Sale
537	Sean Burke	CWS	R	3%	27	6	1.48	MIA	0.308	S. Alcantara
594	Chase Dollander	COL	R	4%	25	6.48	1.52	SD	0.3132	M. King

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
3	Zack Wheeler (PHI) (2-1) 3.48 ERA	Tue 5/6	D. Rasmussen (1-2) 2.64 ERA	@TB	0.3074	Sun 5/11	L. Ortiz (2-3) 4.78 ERA	@CLE	0.2978
4	Chris Sale (ATL) (1-3) 4.84 ERA	Tue 5/6	A. Abbott (2-0) 3.60 ERA	CIN	0.3159	Sun 5/11	C. Mlodzinski (1-3) 6.58 ERA	@PIT	0.2862
6	Garrett Crochet (BOS) (3-2) 2.05 ERA	Tue 5/6	N. Eovaldi (2-2) 2.11 ERA	TEX	0.2904	Sat 5/10	M. Lorenzen (3-3) 3.48 ERA	@KC	0.2738
15	Michael King (SD) (4-1) 2.09 ERA	Mon 5/5	C. Rodon (4-3) 3.43 ERA	@NYY	0.3567	Sun 5/11	C. Dollander (2-3) 6.48 ERA	@COL	0.2778
16	Corbin Burnes (ARI) (1-1) 3.58 ERA	Mon 5/5	D. Peterson (2-1) 3.06 ERA	NYM	0.3209	Sat 5/10	B. Casparius (3-0) 2.91 ERA	LAD	0.3532
21	Pablo Lopez (MIN) (2-2) 2.25 ERA	Tue 5/6	C. Povich (1-2) 6.07 ERA	BAL	0.2993	Sun 5/11	L. Roupp (2-2) 5.10 ERA	SF	0.3008
31	Drew Rasmussen (TB) (1-2) 2.64 ERA	Tue 5/6	Z. Wheeler (2-1) 3.48 ERA	PHI	0.3177	Sun 5/11	T. Myers (0-0) 6.00 ERA	MIL	0.3094
32	Bryce Miller (SEA) (2-3) 3.52 ERA	Mon 5/5	L. Severino (1-3) 3.30 ERA	@ATH	0.3198	Sun 5/11	TBD	TOR	0.2911
35	Nathan Eovaldi (TEX) (2-2) 2.11 ERA	Tue 5/6	G. Crochet (3-2) 2.05 ERA	@BOS	0.3283	Sun 5/11	J. Jobe (2-0) 3.38 ERA	@DET	0.3166
36	Kevin Gausman (TOR) (2-3) 4.50 ERA	Thu 5/8	TBD	@LAA	0.2831	Fri 5/9	L. Castillo (3-2) 3.62 ERA	@SEA	0.3304
37	Sandy Alcantara (MIA) (2-3) 8.31 ERA	Mon 5/5	TBD	LAD	0.3532	Sun 5/11	S. Burke (1-4) 6.00 ERA	@CWS	0.2743
40	Carlos Rodon (NYY) (4-3) 3.43 ERA	Mon 5/5	M. King (4-1) 2.09 ERA	SD	0.3132	Sun 5/11	L. Severino (1-3) 3.30 ERA	@ATH	0.3198
44	Zac Gallen (ARI) (1-4) 5.57 ERA	Tue 5/6	K. Senga (3-1) 1.26 ERA	NYM	0.3209	Sun 5/11	D. May (1-1) 3.95 ERA	LAD	0.3532
57	Seth Lugo (KC) (2-3) 3.08 ERA	Tue 5/6	S. Burke (1-4) 6.00 ERA	CWS	0.2743	Sun 5/11	L. Giolito (0-0) 4.50 ERA	BOS	0.3283
62	Matthew Boyd (CHC) (2-2) 2.70 ERA	Mon 5/5	L. Roupp (2-2) 5.10 ERA	SF	0.3008	Sun 5/11	G. Canning (4-1) 2.61 ERA	@NYM	0.3209
76	Landen Roupp (SF) (2-2) 5.10 ERA	Mon 5/5	M. Boyd (2-2) 2.70 ERA	@CHC	0.3424	Sun 5/11	P. Lopez (2-2) 2.25 ERA	@MIN	0.2973
88	Brady Singer (CIN) (4-1) 2.97 ERA	Mon 5/5	A. Smith-Shawver (1-2) 4.26 ERA	@ATL	0.3148	Sat 5/10	H. Brown (4-1) 1.22 ERA	@HOU	0.2935
95	Ronel Blanco (HOU) (2-2) 5.08 ERA	Mon 5/5	T. Myers (0-0) 6.00 ERA	@MIL	0.3094	Sun 5/11	TBD	CIN	0.3159
98	Luis Severino (ATH) (1-3) 3.30 ERA	Mon 5/5	B. Miller (2-3) 3.52 ERA	SEA	0.3304	Sun 5/11	C. Rodon (4-3) 3.43 ERA	NYY	0.3567
116	Tobias Myers (MIL) (0-0) 6.00 ERA	Mon 5/5	R. Blanco (2-2) 5.08 ERA	HOU	0.2935	Sun 5/11	D. Rasmussen (1-2) 2.64 ERA	@TB	0.3074
134	AJ Smith-Shawver (ATL) (1-2) 4.26 ERA	Mon 5/5	B. Singer (4-1) 2.97 ERA	CIN	0.3159	Sat 5/10	A. Heaney (2-2) 2.50 ERA	@PIT	0.2862
135	Luis L. Ortiz (CLE) (2-3) 4.78 ERA	Mon 5/5	J. Irvin (2-1) 4.01 ERA	@WSH	0.3043	Sun 5/11	Z. Wheeler (2-1) 3.48 ERA	PHI	0.3177
157	Shane Smith (CWS) (1-1) 2.23 ERA	Mon 5/5	TBD	@KC	0.2738	Sat 5/10	E. Cabrera (0-1) 7.23 ERA	MIA	0.308
173	Tyler Anderson (LAA) (2-0) 2.67 ERA	Tue 5/6	TBD	TOR	0.2911	Sun 5/11	K. Gibson (0-1) 22.09 ERA	BAL	0.2993
191	Jackson Jobe (DET) (2-0) 3.38 ERA	Tue 5/6	C. Dollander (2-3) 6.48 ERA	@COL	0.2778	Sun 5/11	N. Eovaldi (2-2) 2.11 ERA	TEX	0.2904
205	Carmen Mlodzinski (PIT) (1-3) 6.58 ERA	Mon 5/5	M. Mikolas (1-2) 4.66 ERA	@STL	0.3209	Sun 5/11	C. Sale (1-3) 4.84 ERA	ATL	0.3148
268	Chase Dollander (COL) (2-3) 6.48 ERA	Tue 5/6	J. Jobe (2-0) 3.38 ERA	DET	0.3166	Sun 5/11	M. King (4-1) 2.09 ERA	SD	0.3132
271	Sean Burke (CWS) (1-4) 6.00 ERA	Tue 5/6	S. Lugo (2-3) 3.08 ERA	@KC	0.2738	Sun 5/11	S. Alcantara (2-3) 8.31 ERA	MIA	0.308

Fantasy Baseball Hitter Rankings

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.