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 12th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
79	Tanner Houck	BOS	47%	41.1	32	6.1	1.5	@DET	0.3287	J. Jobe
88	Michael Wacha	KC	43%	45.1	34	2.98	1.15	@HOU	0.2981	H. Wesneski
99	Justin Verlander	SF	31%	42	35	4.71	1.33	ARI	0.3292	M. Kelly
100	Merrill Kelly	ARI	39%	44	33	4.09	1.05	@SF	0.3076	J. Verlander
104	David Peterson	NYM	34%	38.1	36	3.52	1.38	PIT	0.2795	P. Skenes
148	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	20%	32	29	4.5	1.09	KC	0.2909	M. Wacha
152	Grant Holmes	ATL	41%	39.1	40	4.58	1.25	WSH	0.3076	J. Irvin
187	Colin Rea	CHC	29%	29.2	25	2.43	1.21	MIA	0.3024	C. Quantrill
197	Jake Irvin	WSH	26%	48	33	3.94	1.15	@ATL	0.3083	G. Holmes
349	Ben Lively	CLE	7%	41.2	28	3.46	1.2	MIL	0.2975	C. Patrick
351	Chad Patrick	MIL	6%	38	32	3.08	1.18	@CLE	0.3045	B. Lively
369	Jackson Jobe	DET	47%	27.2	20	4.88	1.48	BOS	0.3256	T. Houck
415	Emerson Hancock	SEA	4%	23.2	17	5.7	1.56	NYY	0.3474	M. Fried
595	Chase Dollander	COL	6%	28	25	7.71	1.64	@TEX	0.287	T. Mahle
883	Cal Quantrill	MIA	1%	31.2	22	7.11	1.67	@CHC	0.3379	C. Rea
Tuesday, May 13th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
78	Ben Brown	CHC	15%	36.1	44	4.95	1.65	MIA	0.3024	V. Bellozo
106	Mitch Keller	PIT	32%	45	35	4.4	1.4	@NYM	0.326	K. Senga
109	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	25%	39.1	32	4.81	1.42	@LAD	0.3584	TBD
116	Brayan Bello	BOS	34%	17.2	12	2.55	1.19	@DET	0.3287	C. Mize
117	Jose Soriano	LAA	24%	40	31	3.83	1.43	@SD	0.3092	D. Cease
206	Quinn Priester	MIL	3%	28.1	20	5.08	1.66	@CLE	0.3045	L. Allen
265	Michael Soroka	WSH	4%	10	11	7.2	1.3	@ATL	0.3083	S. Schwellenbach
291	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	5%	33.2	31	4.01	1.43	@BAL	0.2989	TBD
300	Jack Leiter	TEX	36%	17.2	15	4.58	1.3	COL	0.2779	K. Freeland
355	Logan Allen	CLE	8%	35.1	25	4.33	1.67	MIL	0.2975	Q. Priester
550	Kyle Freeland	COL	3%	36.1	28	5.7	1.46	@TEX	0.287	J. Leiter
809	Valente Bellozo	MIA	0%	18	14	3.5	1.33	@CHC	0.3379	B. Brown
Wednesday, May 14th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
71	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	14%	38	45	5.92	1.47	@SF	0.3076	J. Hicks
76	Jameson Taillon	CHC	30%	39.2	31	3.86	1.01	MIA	0.3024	M. Meyer
85	Gavin Williams	CLE	32%	32	37	5.06	1.75	MIL	0.2975	J. Quintana
160	Jordan Hicks	SF	12%	37.1	34	6.03	1.45	ARI	0.3292	E. Rodriguez
171	Erick Fedde	STL	15%	37.2	21	4.78	1.46	@PHI	0.3255	A. Nola
189	Dean Kremer	BAL	5%	37.2	22	5.73	1.38	MIN	0.3	J. Ryan
226	Jose Quintana	MIL	41%	28.2	21	2.83	1.22	@CLE	0.3045	G. Williams
237	Will Warren	NYY	7%	28.2	34	5.65	1.53	@SEA	0.3307	L. Castillo
250	Mitchell Parker	WSH	25%	41.1	21	3.48	1.21	@ATL	0.3083	B. Elder
288	Bryce Elder	ATL	4%	32	22	5.06	1.38	WSH	0.3076	M. Parker
321	Gunnar Hoglund	ATH	34%	11.1	10	2.38	1.06	@LAD	0.3584	Y. Yamamoto
327	Bailey Falter	PIT	1%	37.1	28	5.06	1.21	@NYM	0.326	C. Holmes
402	Michael Lorenzen	KC	13%	38.1	33	4.23	1.41	@HOU	0.2981	R. Gusto
423	Ryan Gusto	HOU	10%	27.2	29	2.93	1.27	KC	0.2909	M. Lorenzen
459	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	4%	44	33	4.09	1.45	@CIN	0.3103	N. Lodolo
695	Randy Vasquez	SD	3%	32.1	13	3.9	1.67	LAA	0.2868	K. Hendricks
802	Patrick Corbin	TEX	4%	24.2	17	3.28	1.5	COL	0.2779	A. Senzatela
879	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	2%	30.2	16	5.28	1.17	@SD	0.3092	R. Vasquez
894	Antonio Senzatela	COL	0%	34.1	17	5.5	1.86	@TEX	0.287	P. Corbin
Thursday, May 15th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
110	Nick Martinez	CIN	21%	38.2	32	4.19	1.24	CWS	0.2759	B. Wilson
182	Zack Littell	TB	7%	41	25	4.61	1.1	@TOR	0.294	K. Gausman
223	AJ Smith-Shawver	ATL	22%	27	27	3	1.37	WSH	0.3076	T. Williams
305	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	21%	39	21	3	1.13	MIN	0.3	B. Ober
337	Trevor Williams	WSH	2%	35.1	30	5.86	1.61	@ATL	0.3083	AJ Smith-Shawver
463	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	5%	36.1	21	4.71	1.46	@LAD	0.3584	R. Sasaki
791	Bryse Wilson	CWS	0%	22.2	15	5.56	1.9	@CIN	0.3103	N. Martinez
Friday, May 16th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
53	Ranger Suarez	PHI	40%	3.2	6	17.18	2.45	PIT	0.2795	A. Heaney
126	Bowden Francis	TOR	37%	35	25	6.17	1.4	DET	0.3287	J. Flaherty
144	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	23%	3.2	4	0	1.64	@TEX	0.287	N. Eovaldi
176	Tobias Myers	MIL	7%	12.1	8	3.65	1.54	MIN	0.3	C. Paddack
181	Edward Cabrera	MIA	4%	24.1	24	6.29	1.68	TB	0.2954	T. Bradley
190	Andrew Heaney	PIT	37%	39.2	34	3.18	1.11	@PHI	0.3255	R. Suarez
247	Chris Paddack	MIN	3%	32.1	24	5.57	1.48	@MIL	0.2975	T. Myers
312	Andre Pallante	STL	5%	36	21	4.75	1.53	@KC	0.2909	C. Ragans
401	Stephen Kolek	SD	2%	5.1	4	0	1.13	SEA	0.3307	L. Evans
506	Logan Evans	SEA	3%	10	8	7.2	1.8	@SD	0.3092	S. Kolek
510	Ryan Feltner	COL	1%	30.1	25	4.75	1.48	@ARI	0.3292	C. Burnes
648	Chris Flexen	CHC	0%	5	5	0	1	CWS	0.2759	B. Wilson
791	Bryse Wilson	CWS	0%	22.2	15	5.56	1.9	@CHC	0.3379	C. Flexen
889	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	1%	37.1	20	5.79	1.47	@LAD	0.3584	D. May
Saturday, May 17th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
68	Matthew Boyd	CHC	42%	39.1	37	2.75	1.35	CWS	0.2759	S. Smith
82	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	44%	20.2	19	4.79	1.4	NYM	0.326	G. Canning
132	Ronel Blanco	HOU	41%	34.1	32	4.98	1.31	@TEX	0.287	T. Mahle
134	Luis Severino	ATH	42%	49.2	38	3.62	1.21	@SF	0.3076	L. Roupp
152	Grant Holmes	ATL	41%	39.1	40	4.58	1.25	@BOS	0.3256	L. Giolito
158	Landen Roupp	SF	14%	35	39	4.89	1.54	ATH	0.3212	L. Severino
186	Miles Mikolas	STL	6%	34	18	4.76	1.35	@KC	0.2909	S. Lugo
197	Jake Irvin	WSH	26%	48	33	3.94	1.15	@BAL	0.2989	K. Gibson
215	Lucas Giolito	BOS	20%	9.2	9	8.38	1.86	ATL	0.3083	G. Holmes
221	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	19%	37.1	40	5.3	1.42	@CIN	0.3103	A. Abbott
245	Andrew Abbott	CIN	32%	24	31	2.25	1.17	CLE	0.3045	L. L. Ortiz
279	Shane Smith	CWS	20%	37.1	31	2.41	1.15	@CHC	0.3379	M. Boyd
309	Kyle Gibson	BAL	1%	7.2	5	14.09	2.48	WSH	0.3076	J. Irvin
320	Tyler Anderson	LAA	29%	40.1	34	2.68	1.04	@LAD	0.3584	B. Casparius
381	Ben Casparius	LAD	26%	25.2	28	2.81	1.05	LAA	0.2868	T. Anderson
466	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	1%	30.2	24	6.16	1.66	@PHI	0.3255	Z. Wheeler
704	German Marquez	COL	1%	30	18	9.9	1.97	@ARI	0.3292	Z. Gallen
728	Jose Urena	TOR	0%	7.1	5	8.59	1.77	DET	0.3287	R. Olson
Sunday, May 18th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
79	Tanner Houck	BOS	47%	41.1	32	6.1	1.5	ATL	0.3083	S. Schwellenbach
88	Michael Wacha	KC	43%	45.1	34	2.98	1.15	STL	0.3209	M. Liberatore
99	Justin Verlander	SF	31%	42	35	4.71	1.33	ATH	0.3212	J. Springs
100	Merrill Kelly	ARI	39%	44	33	4.09	1.05	COL	0.2779	C. Dollander
104	David Peterson	NYM	34%	38.1	36	3.52	1.38	@NYY	0.3474	M. Fried
109	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	25%	39.1	32	4.81	1.42	@SF	0.3076	J. Verlander
148	Hayden Wesneski	HOU	20%	32	29	4.5	1.09	@TEX	0.287	J. Leiter
187	Colin Rea	CHC	29%	29.2	25	2.43	1.21	CWS	0.2759	S. Burke
262	Cade Povich	BAL	3%	35.2	29	6.31	1.57	WSH	0.3076	M. Soroka
265	Michael Soroka	WSH	4%	10	11	7.2	1.3	@BAL	0.2989	C. Povich
291	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	5%	33.2	31	4.01	1.43	@MIL	0.2975	C. Patrick
300	Jack Leiter	TEX	36%	17.2	15	4.58	1.3	HOU	0.2981	H. Wesneski
349	Ben Lively	CLE	7%	41.2	28	3.46	1.2	@CIN	0.3103	H. Greene
351	Chad Patrick	MIL	6%	38	32	3.08	1.18	MIN	0.3	S. Woods Richardson
369	Jackson Jobe	DET	47%	27.2	20	4.88	1.48	@TOR	0.294	J. Berrios
415	Emerson Hancock	SEA	4%	23.2	17	5.7	1.56	@SD	0.3092	M. King
595	Chase Dollander	COL	6%	28	25	7.71	1.64	@ARI	0.3292	M. Kelly
657	Sean Burke	CWS	6%	39.1	27	4.35	1.32	@CHC	0.3379	C. Rea
883	Cal Quantrill	MIA	1%	31.2	22	7.11	1.67	TB	0.2954	S. Baz

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	Throws	Date	Pitcher	Opp.	wOBA	Date	Pitcher	Opp.	wOBA
3	Paul Skenes (PIT) (3-4) 2.77 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	D. Peterson (2-2) 3.52 ERA	@NYM	0.326	Sun 5/18	C. Sanchez (4-1) 2.89 ERA	@PHI	0.3255
14	Max Fried (NYY) (6-0) 1.22 ERA	L	Mon 5/12	E. Hancock (1-1) 5.70 ERA	@SEA	0.3307	Sun 5/18	D. Peterson (2-2) 3.52 ERA	NYM	0.326
15	Hunter Greene (CIN) (4-2) 2.37 ERA	R	Tue 5/13	TBD	CWS	0.2759	Sun 5/18	B. Lively (2-2) 3.46 ERA	CLE	0.3045
18	Michael King (SD) (4-1) 2.22 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	Y. Kikuchi (0-4) 3.83 ERA	LAA	0.2868	Sun 5/18	E. Hancock (1-1) 5.70 ERA	SEA	0.3307
21	Spencer Schwellenbach (ATL) (1-3) 3.92 ERA	R	Tue 5/13	M. Soroka (0-2) 7.20 ERA	WSH	0.3076	Sun 5/18	T. Houck (0-2) 6.10 ERA	@BOS	0.3256
34	Cristopher Sanchez (PHI) (4-1) 2.89 ERA	L	Mon 5/12	M. Liberatore (3-3) 3.07 ERA	STL	0.3209	Sun 5/18	P. Skenes (3-4) 2.77 ERA	PIT	0.2795
51	Yusei Kikuchi (LAA) (0-4) 3.83 ERA	L	Mon 5/12	M. King (4-1) 2.22 ERA	@SD	0.3092	Sun 5/18	T. Gonsolin (1-0) 4.09 ERA	@LAD	0.3584
65	Tanner Houck (BOS) (0-2) 6.10 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	J. Jobe (2-0) 4.88 ERA	@DET	0.3287	Sun 5/18	S. Schwellenbach (1-3) 3.92 ERA	ATL	0.3083
66	Jose Berrios (TOR) (1-1) 3.86 ERA	R	Tue 5/13	S. Baz (3-2) 4.93 ERA	TB	0.2954	Sun 5/18	J. Jobe (2-0) 4.88 ERA	DET	0.3287
71	Michael Wacha (KC) (2-4) 2.98 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	H. Wesneski (1-3) 4.50 ERA	@HOU	0.2981	Sun 5/18	M. Liberatore (3-3) 3.07 ERA	STL	0.3209
73	Shane Baz (TB) (3-2) 4.93 ERA	R	Tue 5/13	J. Berrios (1-1) 3.86 ERA	@TOR	0.294	Sun 5/18	C. Quantrill (2-3) 7.11 ERA	@MIA	0.3024
74	Tyler Mahle (TEX) (3-1) 1.48 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	C. Dollander (2-3) 7.71 ERA	COL	0.2779	Sat 5/17	R. Blanco (2-3) 4.98 ERA	HOU	0.2981
75	Justin Verlander (SF) (0-2) 4.71 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	M. Kelly (3-2) 4.09 ERA	ARI	0.3292	Sun 5/18	J. Springs (4-3) 4.81 ERA	ATH	0.3212
76	Merrill Kelly (ARI) (3-2) 4.09 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	J. Verlander (0-2) 4.71 ERA	@SF	0.3076	Sun 5/18	C. Dollander (2-3) 7.71 ERA	COL	0.2779
78	David Peterson (NYM) (2-2) 3.52 ERA	L	Mon 5/12	P. Skenes (3-4) 2.77 ERA	PIT	0.2795	Sun 5/18	M. Fried (6-0) 1.22 ERA	@NYY	0.3474
81	Jeffrey Springs (ATH) (4-3) 4.81 ERA	L	Tue 5/13	TBD	@LAD	0.3584	Sun 5/18	J. Verlander (0-2) 4.71 ERA	@SF	0.3076
88	Matthew Liberatore (STL) (3-3) 3.07 ERA	L	Mon 5/12	C. Sanchez (4-1) 2.89 ERA	@PHI	0.3255	Sun 5/18	M. Wacha (2-4) 2.98 ERA	@KC	0.2909
104	Hayden Wesneski (HOU) (1-3) 4.50 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	M. Wacha (2-4) 2.98 ERA	KC	0.2909	Sun 5/18	J. Leiter (2-1) 4.58 ERA	@TEX	0.287
108	Grant Holmes (ATL) (2-3) 4.58 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	J. Irvin (2-1) 3.94 ERA	WSH	0.3076	Sat 5/17	L. Giolito (0-1) 8.38 ERA	@BOS	0.3256
121	Colin Rea (CHC) (2-0) 2.43 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	C. Quantrill (2-3) 7.11 ERA	MIA	0.3024	Sun 5/18	S. Burke (2-4) 4.35 ERA	CWS	0.2759
128	Jake Irvin (WSH) (2-1) 3.94 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	G. Holmes (2-3) 4.58 ERA	@ATL	0.3083	Sat 5/17	K. Gibson (0-1) 14.09 ERA	@BAL	0.2989
156	Michael Soroka (WSH) (0-2) 7.20 ERA	R	Tue 5/13	S. Schwellenbach (1-3) 3.92 ERA	@ATL	0.3083	Sun 5/18	C. Povich (1-3) 6.31 ERA	@BAL	0.2989
164	Simeon Woods Richardson (MIN) (2-2) 4.01 ERA	R	Tue 5/13	TBD	@BAL	0.2989	Sun 5/18	C. Patrick (2-3) 3.08 ERA	@MIL	0.2975
168	Jack Leiter (TEX) (2-1) 4.58 ERA	R	Tue 5/13	K. Freeland (0-4) 5.70 ERA	COL	0.2779	Sun 5/18	H. Wesneski (1-3) 4.50 ERA	HOU	0.2981
188	Ben Lively (CLE) (2-2) 3.46 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	C. Patrick (2-3) 3.08 ERA	MIL	0.2975	Sun 5/18	H. Greene (4-2) 2.37 ERA	@CIN	0.3103
190	Chad Patrick (MIL) (2-3) 3.08 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	B. Lively (2-2) 3.46 ERA	@CLE	0.3045	Sun 5/18	S. Richardson (2-2) 4.01 ERA	MIN	0.3
198	Jackson Jobe (DET) (2-0) 4.88 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	T. Houck (0-2) 6.10 ERA	BOS	0.3256	Sun 5/18	J. Berrios (1-1) 3.86 ERA	@TOR	0.294
212	Emerson Hancock (SEA) (1-1) 5.70 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	M. Fried (6-0) 1.22 ERA	NYY	0.3474	Sun 5/18	M. King (4-1) 2.22 ERA	@SD	0.3092
287	Chase Dollander (COL) (2-3) 7.71 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	T. Mahle (3-1) 1.48 ERA	@TEX	0.287	Sun 5/18	M. Kelly (3-2) 4.09 ERA	@ARI	0.3292
370	Bryse Wilson (CWS) (0-1) 5.56 ERA	R	Thu 5/15	N. Martinez (1-3) 4.19 ERA	@CIN	0.3103	Fri 5/16	C. Flexen (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@CHC	0.3379
409	Cal Quantrill (MIA) (2-3) 7.11 ERA	R	Mon 5/12	C. Rea (2-0) 2.43 ERA	@CHC	0.3379	Sun 5/18	S. Baz (3-2) 4.93 ERA	TB	0.2954

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.