Fantasy Baseball: 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, June 9th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
99	Eury Perez	MIA	28%	0	0	0	0	@PIT	0.2852	M. Burrows
121	Shane Baz	TB	37%	65.1	60	4.96	1.36	@BOS	0.3219	B. Bello
134	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	10%	65	71	4.02	1.4	CIN	0.3113	H. Greene
137	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	21%	15.2	8	5.17	1.66	@SD	0.3046	N. Pivetta
138	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	20%	67.2	56	4.66	1.34	@LAA	0.2993	Y. Kikuchi
149	Brayan Bello	BOS	12%	46	33	3.91	1.59	TB	0.308	S. Baz
203	Andre Pallante	STL	6%	66	44	4.91	1.38	TOR	0.3139	J. Berrios
385	Mike Burrows	PIT	1%	13.2	11	5.27	1.32	MIA	0.3032	E. Perez
499	Emerson Hancock	SEA	3%	50.1	38	5.19	1.47	@ARI	0.3355	M. Kelly
526	Mick Abel	PHI	36%	11.1	11	0.79	0.71	CHC	0.3357	M. Boyd
Tuesday, June 10th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
74	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	39%	49	50	4.04	1.29	@KC	0.2905	M. Lorenzen
85	Zebby Matthews	MIN	15%	19	25	5.21	1.47	TEX	0.2809	K. Rocker
97	Mitch Keller	PIT	44%	70	56	3.73	1.26	MIA	0.3032	C. Quantrill
115	Grant Holmes	ATL	34%	64.1	64	3.78	1.17	@MIL	0.3012	TBD
118	Kumar Rocker	TEX	9%	23.1	21	8.87	1.84	@MIN	0.3064	Z. Matthews
122	Jose Soriano	LAA	17%	72.1	52	4.11	1.59	ATH	0.3189	G. Hoglund
140	Miles Mikolas	STL	12%	55.1	34	3.9	1.25	TOR	0.3139	C. Bassitt
151	Kyle Harrison	SF	8%	18.2	19	4.34	1.29	@COL	0.2784	C. Dollander
174	Colin Rea	CHC	12%	52.1	43	3.96	1.38	@PHI	0.3225	J. Luzardo
188	Lucas Giolito	BOS	10%	33.2	27	6.42	1.63	TB	0.308	R. Pepiot
194	Slade Cecconi	CLE	4%	15.1	17	5.28	1.43	CIN	0.3113	A. Abbott
205	Cade Povich	BAL	3%	56.1	58	5.59	1.49	DET	0.32	S. Gipson-Long
211	Griffin Canning	NYM	31%	59	57	2.9	1.32	WSH	0.3083	M. Gore
216	Tony Gonsolin	LAD	19%	36	38	5	1.42	@SD	0.3046	D. Cease
266	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET	10%	3.2	3	7.36	1.64	@BAL	0.3022	C. Povich
279	Ryan Gusto	HOU	3%	43.1	45	4.78	1.64	CWS	0.2826	TBD
326	Michael Lorenzen	KC	7%	65	54	5.12	1.46	NYY	0.3456	C. Schmidt
523	Gunnar Hoglund	ATH	2%	32.1	23	6.4	1.52	@LAA	0.2993	J. Soriano
665	Cal Quantrill	MIA	5%	54.1	40	5.63	1.49	@PIT	0.2852	M. Keller
706	Chase Dollander	COL	3%	41.2	39	6.26	1.44	SF	0.2997	K. Harrison
Wednesday, June 11th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
65	Ben Brown	CHC	10%	56.2	71	5.72	1.46	@PHI	0.3225	Z. Wheeler
101	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	4%	44.2	52	7.05	1.7	SEA	0.3124	B. Miller
145	David Festa	MIN	4%	13	15	1.38	1.31	TEX	0.2809	J. Leiter
153	Zack Littell	TB	24%	74.2	48	3.86	1.1	@BOS	0.3219	W. Buehler
159	Edward Cabrera	MIA	14%	45.2	48	4.14	1.42	@PIT	0.2852	B. Falter
160	JP Sears	ATH	14%	62.1	46	5.05	1.28	@LAA	0.2993	K. Hendricks
168	Walker Buehler	BOS	38%	46.2	42	4.44	1.31	TB	0.308	Z. Littell
183	Jake Irvin	WSH	24%	73.1	47	3.93	1.17	@NYM	0.32	D. Peterson
189	Noah Cameron	KC	44%	25.2	16	1.05	0.82	NYY	0.3456	M. Fried
210	Chad Patrick	MIL	11%	63.2	57	2.97	1.21	ATL	0.3073	S. Schwellenbach
273	Logan Allen	CLE	3%	49	38	4.22	1.59	CIN	0.3113	N. Lodolo
290	Bailey Falter	PIT	13%	66	41	3.14	1.08	MIA	0.3032	E. Cabrera
316	Jack Leiter	TEX	27%	46.2	36	3.66	1.2	@MIN	0.3064	D. Festa
372	Landon Knack	LAD	6%	35.1	34	4.58	1.36	@SD	0.3046	R. Vasquez
488	Kyle Freeland	COL	2%	67.2	52	5.19	1.54	SF	0.2997	R. Ray
546	Randy Vasquez	SD	6%	58.2	35	3.99	1.47	LAD	0.3607	L. Knack
697	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	1%	59	39	5.34	1.29	ATH	0.3189	JP Sears
728	Sean Burke	CWS	4%	60	45	4.2	1.42	@HOU	0.3081	F. Valdez
Thursday, June 12th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
83	Jameson Taillon	CHC	48%	69.1	53	3.76	1	PIT	0.2852	A. Heaney
111	Will Warren	NYY	27%	52	69	5.19	1.42	@KC	0.2905	S. Lugo
130	Dean Kremer	BAL	9%	67	51	4.7	1.39	DET	0.32	T. Skubal
154	Hayden Birdsong	SF	23%	38	40	2.37	1.24	@COL	0.2784	A. Senzatela
162	Chris Paddack	MIN	18%	65.1	50	3.58	1.13	TEX	0.2809	J. deGrom
170	Michael Soroka	WSH	3%	31	28	5.81	1.23	@NYM	0.32	K. Senga
192	Colton Gordon	HOU	1%	19.2	20	5.95	1.37	CWS	0.2826	A. Houser
212	Andrew Heaney	PIT	21%	66.1	47	3.39	1.19	@CHC	0.3357	J. Taillon
803	Adrian Houser	CWS	10%	18.1	14	1.47	0.98	@HOU	0.3081	C. Gordon
872	Antonio Senzatela	COL	0%	58	31	7.14	1.98	SF	0.2997	H. Birdsong
Friday, June 13th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
73	Gavin Williams	CLE	33%	59.1	66	3.79	1.45	@SEA	0.3124	L. Castillo
84	Michael Wacha	KC	38%	68.2	50	2.88	1.17	ATH	0.3189	L. Severino
109	Nick Martinez	CIN	32%	69.1	47	3.89	1.17	@DET	0.32	K. Montero
110	Ryne Nelson	ARI	3%	42	35	3.43	1	SD	0.3046	S. Kolek
117	Luis Severino	ATH	26%	77.1	55	4.54	1.27	@KC	0.2905	M. Wacha
124	Bowden Francis	TOR	33%	57	48	6.16	1.49	@PHI	0.3225	R. Suarez
135	Erick Fedde	STL	15%	68.1	44	3.82	1.29	@MIL	0.3012	J. Quintana
196	Bryce Elder	ATL	5%	49.1	37	4.56	1.3	COL	0.2784	C. Palmquist
198	Jose Quintana	MIL	18%	39	27	2.77	1.28	STL	0.3172	E. Fedde
220	Mitchell Parker	WSH	7%	65	42	4.71	1.31	MIA	0.3032	TBD
225	Charlie Morton	BAL	10%	53.2	52	6.21	1.58	LAA	0.2993	J. Kochanowicz
268	Stephen Kolek	SD	11%	36.1	27	3.47	1.24	@ARI	0.3355	R. Nelson
272	Cade Horton	CHC	19%	25.2	19	4.21	1.25	PIT	0.2852	P. Skenes
284	Ryan Yarbrough	NYY	25%	41.1	40	2.83	0.99	@BOS	0.3219	G. Crochet
331	Keider Montero	DET	1%	40.1	26	4.02	1.46	CIN	0.3113	N. Martinez
780	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	1%	64	44	5.2	1.53	@BAL	0.3022	C. Morton
803	Adrian Houser	CWS	10%	18.1	14	1.47	0.98	@TEX	0.2809	T. Mahle
866	Carson Palmquist	COL	0%	18	14	8.5	1.83	@ATL	0.3073	B. Elder
Saturday, June 14th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
94	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	31%	24.1	33	4.44	1.4	MIN	0.3064	P. Lopez
123	Dustin May	LAD	42%	61.2	63	4.09	1.25	SF	0.2997	J. Verlander
127	Justin Verlander	SF	12%	52	41	4.5	1.42	@LAD	0.3607	D. May
146	Brady Singer	CIN	38%	63.2	53	4.52	1.32	@DET	0.32	J. Flaherty
148	Tylor Megill	NYM	47%	59.2	79	3.77	1.31	TB	0.308	D. Rasmussen
186	Shane Smith	CWS	20%	62.1	60	2.45	1.14	@TEX	0.2809	TBD
203	Andre Pallante	STL	6%	66	44	4.91	1.38	@MIL	0.3012	L. Henderson
214	Logan Henderson	MIL	20%	21	29	1.71	0.95	STL	0.3172	A. Pallante
252	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	27%	71	40	3.04	1.04	LAA	0.2993	T. Anderson
308	Tyler Anderson	LAA	15%	65.1	51	3.86	1.27	@BAL	0.3022	T. Sugano
321	Trevor Williams	WSH	1%	59.2	47	6.03	1.44	MIA	0.3032	C. Gillispie
385	Mike Burrows	PIT	1%	13.2	11	5.27	1.32	@CHC	0.3357	M. Boyd
459	Hunter Dobbins	BOS	2%	44.1	37	4.06	1.33	NYY	0.3456	C. Rodon
572	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	1%	44	30	6.14	1.68	@KC	0.2905	K. Bubic
574	Ryan Bergert	SD	1%	9	4	2	1	@ARI	0.3355	Z. Gallen
637	German Marquez	COL	1%	58	38	6.98	1.69	@ATL	0.3073	S. Strider
740	Connor Gillispie	MIA	0%	26	23	8.65	1.65	@WSH	0.3083	T. Williams
Sunday, June 15th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
74	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	39%	49	50	4.04	1.29	@BOS	0.3219	B. Bello
85	Zebby Matthews	MIN	15%	19	25	5.21	1.47	@HOU	0.3081	R. Gusto
97	Mitch Keller	PIT	44%	70	56	3.73	1.26	@CHC	0.3357	C. Rea
99	Eury Perez	MIA	28%	0	0	0	0	@WSH	0.3083	M. Gore
119	Landen Roupp	SF	17%	62.1	61	3.32	1.4	@LAD	0.3607	C. Kershaw
121	Shane Baz	TB	37%	65.1	60	4.96	1.36	@NYM	0.32	G. Canning
126	Aaron Civale	MIL	3%	17.1	14	5.19	1.33	STL	0.3172	M. Mikolas
134	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	10%	65	71	4.02	1.4	@SEA	0.3124	L. Gilbert
137	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	21%	15.2	8	5.17	1.66	SF	0.2997	L. Roupp
140	Miles Mikolas	STL	12%	55.1	34	3.9	1.25	@MIL	0.3012	A. Civale
149	Brayan Bello	BOS	12%	46	33	3.91	1.59	NYY	0.3456	C. Schmidt
174	Colin Rea	CHC	12%	52.1	43	3.96	1.38	PIT	0.2852	M. Keller
205	Cade Povich	BAL	3%	56.1	58	5.59	1.49	LAA	0.2993	Y. Kikuchi
211	Griffin Canning	NYM	31%	59	57	2.9	1.32	TB	0.308	S. Baz
266	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET	10%	3.2	3	7.36	1.64	CIN	0.3113	H. Greene
279	Ryan Gusto	HOU	3%	43.1	45	4.78	1.64	MIN	0.3064	Z. Matthews
288	Jacob Lopez	ATH	1%	20	26	7.2	1.75	@KC	0.2905	M. Lorenzen
326	Michael Lorenzen	KC	7%	65	54	5.12	1.46	ATH	0.3189	J. Lopez
526	Mick Abel	PHI	36%	11.1	11	0.79	0.71	TOR	0.3139	C. Bassitt
706	Chase Dollander	COL	3%	41.2	39	6.26	1.44	@ATL	0.3073	C. Sale
839	Bryse Wilson	CWS	0%	42.1	26	6.8	1.91	@TEX	0.2809	TBD

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
5	Chris Sale (ATL) (3-4) 2.93 ERA	Mon 6/9	F. Peralta (5-4) 2.92 ERA	@MIL	0.2993	Sun 6/15	C. Dollander (2-5) 6.26 ERA	COL	0.2789
23	Nick Pivetta (SD) (6-2) 3.16 ERA	Mon 6/9	C. Kershaw (0-0) 5.17 ERA	LAD	0.362	Sun 6/15	M. Kelly (6-2) 3.43 ERA	@ARI	0.3367
27	MacKenzie Gore (WSH) (3-5) 2.87 ERA	Tue 6/10	G. Canning (6-2) 2.90 ERA	@NYM	0.3208	Sun 6/15	E. Perez (0-0) 0.00 ERA	MIA	0.3048
29	Hunter Greene (CIN) (4-3) 2.72 ERA	Mon 6/9	L. Ortiz (3-6) 4.02 ERA	@CLE	0.2992	Sun 6/15	S. Gipson-Long (0-0) 7.36 ERA	@DET	0.3199
47	Matthew Boyd (CHC) (5-3) 3.01 ERA	Mon 6/9	M. Abel (1-0) 0.79 ERA	@PHI	0.3241	Sat 6/14	M. Burrows (1-1) 5.27 ERA	PIT	0.285
50	Merrill Kelly (ARI) (6-2) 3.43 ERA	Mon 6/9	E. Hancock (2-2) 5.19 ERA	SEA	0.3137	Sun 6/15	N. Pivetta (6-2) 3.16 ERA	SD	0.3041
56	Chris Bassitt (TOR) (5-3) 3.80 ERA	Tue 6/10	M. Mikolas (4-2) 3.90 ERA	@STL	0.3172	Sun 6/15	M. Abel (1-0) 0.79 ERA	@PHI	0.3241
61	Clarke Schmidt (NYY) (2-3) 4.04 ERA	Tue 6/10	M. Lorenzen (3-6) 5.12 ERA	@KC	0.2905	Sun 6/15	B. Bello (2-1) 3.91 ERA	@BOS	0.3206
64	Yusei Kikuchi (LAA) (1-5) 3.23 ERA	Mon 6/9	J. Springs (5-4) 4.66 ERA	ATH	0.3203	Sun 6/15	C. Povich (1-4) 5.59 ERA	@BAL	0.3029
66	Jose Berrios (TOR) (2-2) 3.67 ERA	Mon 6/9	A. Pallante (4-3) 4.91 ERA	@STL	0.3172	Sat 6/14	C. Sanchez (5-1) 3.02 ERA	@PHI	0.3241
70	Zebby Matthews (MIN) (1-1) 5.21 ERA	Tue 6/10	K. Rocker (1-4) 8.87 ERA	TEX	0.2812	Sun 6/15	R. Gusto (3-3) 4.78 ERA	@HOU	0.3094
75	Mitch Keller (PIT) (1-7) 3.73 ERA	Tue 6/10	C. Quantrill (3-6) 5.63 ERA	MIA	0.3048	Sun 6/15	C. Rea (3-2) 3.96 ERA	@CHC	0.3379
76	Eury Perez (MIA) (0-0) 0.00 ERA	Mon 6/9	M. Burrows (1-1) 5.27 ERA	@PIT	0.285	Sun 6/15	M. Gore (3-5) 2.87 ERA	@WSH	0.3096
89	Shane Baz (TB) (5-3) 4.96 ERA	Mon 6/9	B. Bello (2-1) 3.91 ERA	@BOS	0.3206	Sun 6/15	G. Canning (6-2) 2.90 ERA	@NYM	0.3208
100	Luis L. Ortiz (CLE) (3-6) 4.02 ERA	Mon 6/9	H. Greene (4-3) 2.72 ERA	CIN	0.3126	Sun 6/15	L. Gilbert (1-1) 2.37 ERA	@SEA	0.3137
103	Clayton Kershaw (LAD) (0-0) 5.17 ERA	Mon 6/9	N. Pivetta (6-2) 3.16 ERA	@SD	0.3041	Sun 6/15	L. Roupp (3-4) 3.32 ERA	SF	0.2993
106	Miles Mikolas (STL) (4-2) 3.90 ERA	Tue 6/10	C. Bassitt (5-3) 3.80 ERA	TOR	0.316	Sun 6/15	A. Civale (1-1) 5.19 ERA	@MIL	0.2993
114	Brayan Bello (BOS) (2-1) 3.91 ERA	Mon 6/9	S. Baz (5-3) 4.96 ERA	TB	0.3076	Sun 6/15	C. Schmidt (2-3) 4.04 ERA	NYY	0.3476
127	Colin Rea (CHC) (3-2) 3.96 ERA	Tue 6/10	J. Luzardo (5-1) 3.58 ERA	@PHI	0.3241	Sun 6/15	M. Keller (1-7) 3.73 ERA	PIT	0.285
142	Andre Pallante (STL) (4-3) 4.91 ERA	Mon 6/9	J. Berrios (2-2) 3.67 ERA	TOR	0.316	Sat 6/14	L. Henderson (3-0) 1.71 ERA	@MIL	0.2993
143	Cade Povich (BAL) (1-4) 5.59 ERA	Tue 6/10	S. Gipson-Long (0-0) 7.36 ERA	DET	0.3199	Sun 6/15	Y. Kikuchi (1-5) 3.23 ERA	LAA	0.2977
147	Griffin Canning (NYM) (6-2) 2.90 ERA	Tue 6/10	M. Gore (3-5) 2.87 ERA	WSH	0.3096	Sun 6/15	S. Baz (5-3) 4.96 ERA	TB	0.3076
168	Sawyer Gipson-Long (DET) (0-0) 7.36 ERA	Tue 6/10	C. Povich (1-4) 5.59 ERA	@BAL	0.3029	Sun 6/15	H. Greene (4-3) 2.72 ERA	CIN	0.3126
174	Ryan Gusto (HOU) (3-3) 4.78 ERA	Tue 6/10	TBD	CWS	0.2832	Sun 6/15	Z. Matthews (1-1) 5.21 ERA	MIN	0.3063
193	Michael Lorenzen (KC) (3-6) 5.12 ERA	Tue 6/10	C. Schmidt (2-3) 4.04 ERA	NYY	0.3476	Sun 6/15	J. Lopez (0-4) 7.20 ERA	ATH	0.3203
215	Mike Burrows (PIT) (1-1) 5.27 ERA	Mon 6/9	E. Perez (0-0) 0.00 ERA	MIA	0.3048	Sat 6/14	M. Boyd (5-3) 3.01 ERA	@CHC	0.3379
277	Mick Abel (PHI) (1-0) 0.79 ERA	Mon 6/9	M. Boyd (5-3) 3.01 ERA	CHC	0.3379	Sun 6/15	C. Bassitt (5-3) 3.80 ERA	TOR	0.316
370	Chase Dollander (COL) (2-5) 6.26 ERA	Tue 6/10	K. Harrison (1-1) 4.34 ERA	SF	0.2993	Sun 6/15	C. Sale (3-4) 2.93 ERA	@ATL	0.3094
421	Adrian Houser (CWS) (1-1) 1.47 ERA	Thu 6/12	C. Gordon (0-1) 5.95 ERA	@HOU	0.3094	Fri 6/13	T. Mahle (5-3) 2.02 ERA	@TEX	0.2812

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.