Video: MUST-START Pitchers & Waiver Wire Targets (2025 Fantasy Baseball)

MUST-START Pitchers & Waiver Wire Targets (2025 Fantasy Baseball)

Is your rotation sinking fast and needs to stay afloat? Link up with Mike Maher and Kelly Kirby in this edition of “The Cycle” for their must-start pitchers, including top fantasy baseball streamers to target on waivers and two-start pitchers!

Matthew Boyd vs. Giants? Steven Matz vs. Pirates? The Cycle crew dives into FantasyPros’ Pitching Streamer Tool to highlight top under-the-radar arms for every day this week. Streamer targets include Jose Quintana in Tampa, Michael Wacha vs. the White Sox, and Lucas Giolito’s return against Kansas City. Learn which matchups scream upside—and which should scare you off. Bonus: two-start battles between Shane Smith and Zack Wheeler.

The Pros keep throwing gas as the calendar turns to May!

Must-Start Pitchers Timestamps:

Introduction – 0:00:00
Monday Streamer (Shane Smith) – 0:02:15
Monday Option 2 (Matthew Boyd) – 0:04:08
Monday Option 3 (Tobias Myers) – 0:04:27
Monday Option 4 (AJ Smith-Shawver) – 0:04:46
Tuesday Streamer (Steven Matz) – 0:05:03
Wednesday Streamer (Michael Wacha) – 0:06:30
Thursday Streamer (Tomoyuki Sugano) – 0:08:41
Thursday Option 2 (Brayan Bello) – 0:10:31
Friday Streamer (Jose Quintana) – 0:11:12
Saturday Streamer (NOBODY) – 0:12:50
Sunday Streamer (Lucas Giolito) – 0:14:55
Two-Start Pitcher Competition – 0:17:48
Kelly’s Pick – 0:18:55
Maher’s Pick – 0:20:31
Weekend Excitement – 0:22:31
Closing – 0:25:53

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