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

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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, July 28th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
67	Zach Eflin	BAL	35%	67	47	5.78	1.37	TOR	0.3219	C. Bassitt
72	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	8%	86.2	93	5.5	1.65	@DET	0.3218	C. Mize
109	Edward Cabrera	MIA	29%	88	92	3.48	1.24	@STL	0.3128	A. Pallante
111	Landen Roupp	SF	24%	101.1	95	3.2	1.44	PIT	0.2841	M. Keller
134	Slade Cecconi	CLE	16%	69.1	60	3.76	1.23	COL	0.2958	B. Blalock
157	Chase Burns	CIN	44%	21.2	35	6.65	1.62	LAD	0.3478	Y. Yamamoto
161	Frankie Montas	NYM	11%	25.1	23	4.62	1.3	@SD	0.3022	D. Cease
167	Andre Pallante	STL	6%	110	72	4.91	1.36	MIA	0.3086	E. Cabrera
197	JP Sears	ATH	12%	106.2	91	4.98	1.25	SEA	0.321	L. Castillo
252	Cam Schlittler	NYY	14%	10.1	10	4.35	1.55	TB	0.3162	D. Rasmussen
284	Brad Lord	WSH	0%	69	57	3.39	1.26	@HOU	0.319	F. Valdez
291	Davis Daniel	ATL	1%	10	9	5.4	1.6	@KC	0.2955	R. Hill
311	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	9%	76	64	4.14	1.36	BOS	0.3252	R. Fitts
341	Davis Martin	CWS	2%	85.2	56	3.89	1.24	PHI	0.3202	C. Sanchez
376	Richard Fitts	BOS	2%	37	32	4.86	1.27	@MIN	0.3127	S. Woods Richardson
674	Carson Fulmer	LAA	0%	8.1	6	5.4	1.32	TEX	0.2948	J. deGrom
810	Rich Hill	KC	0%	5	1	1.8	1.6	ATL	0.3094	D. Daniel
843	Bradley Blalock	COL	0%	27	9	8.67	1.78	@CLE	0.293	S. Cecconi
Tuesday, July 29th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
61	Sean Manaea	NYM	48%	12.1	18	2.19	0.97	@SD	0.3022	Yu Darvish
62	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	45%	104	77	6.66	1.43	@STL	0.3128	S. Gray
64	Reese Olson	DET	46%	63	61	2.71	1.19	ARI	0.3343	B. Pfaadt
80	Yu Darvish	SD	31%	13.1	8	6.08	1.5	NYM	0.3178	S. Manaea
85	Quinn Priester	MIL	49%	101.2	86	3.28	1.2	CHC	0.3323	C. Rea
99	Brandon Walter	HOU	20%	53.2	52	3.35	0.93	WSH	0.3078	M. Soroka
115	Michael Soroka	WSH	8%	78	83	4.85	1.13	@HOU	0.319	B. Walter
120	Justin Verlander	SF	10%	84.1	70	4.8	1.51	PIT	0.2841	B. Falter
133	Eric Lauer	TOR	25%	61	65	2.8	0.97	@BAL	0.3051	C. Morton
166	Chris Paddack	MIN	4%	111	83	4.95	1.28	BOS	0.3252	L. Giolito
186	Charlie Morton	BAL	14%	88.2	92	5.58	1.56	TOR	0.3219	E. Lauer
191	Colin Rea	CHC	24%	102	73	4.06	1.26	@MIL	0.3101	Q. Priester
193	Luis Severino	ATH	15%	118.1	84	5.1	1.39	SEA	0.321	L. Evans
240	Logan Allen	CLE	13%	95.1	74	4.06	1.38	COL	0.2958	T. Gordon
314	Bailey Falter	PIT	7%	108.1	69	3.82	1.18	@SF	0.3005	J. Verlander
324	Patrick Corbin	TEX	14%	104.2	87	3.78	1.27	@LAA	0.311	Y. Kikuchi
393	Robinson Pina	TOR	0%	2.1	1	7.71	2.57	@BAL	0.3051	TBD
414	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	2%	88.1	72	4.48	1.4	PHI	0.3202	J. Luzardo
480	Logan Evans	SEA	3%	54.1	40	4.64	1.44	@ATH	0.3183	L. Severino
725	Tanner Gordon	COL	0%	23	13	3.13	1.3	@CLE	0.293	L. Allen
Wednesday, July 30th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
1	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	50%	12	13	1.5	1	@CIN	0.3125	N. Martinez
78	Jose Soriano	LAA	28%	120	103	3.83	1.43	TEX	0.2948	N. Eovaldi
79	Michael Wacha	KC	29%	112	85	3.62	1.24	ATL	0.3094	J. Wentz
93	Zebby Matthews	MIN	10%	23	31	6.26	1.61	BOS	0.3252	B. Bello
94	Gavin Williams	CLE	35%	104.1	106	3.54	1.38	COL	0.2958	K. Freeland
98	Dean Kremer	BAL	24%	115.1	94	4.06	1.25	TOR	0.3219	J. Berrios
100	Will Warren	NYY	26%	99	117	4.91	1.44	TB	0.3162	Z. Littell
117	Brayan Bello	BOS	36%	97.2	74	3.23	1.27	@MIN	0.3127	Z. Matthews
129	Ryne Nelson	ARI	31%	84.1	69	3.52	1.06	@DET	0.3218	K. Montero
130	Zack Littell	TB	46%	122.1	83	3.53	1.09	@NYY	0.3385	W. Warren
144	Nick Martinez	CIN	26%	116	81	4.73	1.22	LAD	0.3478	S. Ohtani
149	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	25%	114	90	4.34	1.23	SEA	0.321	B. Woo
152	Miles Mikolas	STL	4%	97	69	5.2	1.3	MIA	0.3086	C. Quantrill
220	Mike Burrows	PIT	2%	46	48	4.7	1.39	@SF	0.3005	L. Webb
290	Joey Wentz	ATL	0%	41	36	5.71	1.61	@KC	0.2955	M. Wacha
323	Keider Montero	DET	1%	69.1	50	4.28	1.38	ARI	0.3343	R. Nelson
430	Taijuan Walker	PHI	3%	62.1	53	3.75	1.38	@CWS	0.2876	A. Houser
541	Kyle Freeland	COL	2%	95.1	70	5.19	1.52	@CLE	0.293	G. Williams
579	Cal Quantrill	MIA	1%	87.2	70	5.24	1.37	@STL	0.3128	M. Mikolas
608	Adrian Houser	CWS	28%	62	44	1.89	1.23	PHI	0.3202	T. Walker
Thursday, July 31st
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
75	Grant Holmes	ATL	49%	111	121	3.81	1.31	@CIN	0.3125	A. Abbott
137	Kumar Rocker	TEX	9%	55.2	48	5.66	1.4	@SEA	0.321	G. Kirby
298	Marcus Stroman	NYY	4%	30.1	19	5.64	1.48	TB	0.3162	R. Pepiot
Friday, August 1st
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
131	Jon Gray	TEX	1%	2	0	0	0.5	@SEA	0.321	L. Gilbert
147	Jacob Lopez	ATH	13%	60.2	75	4.6	1.34	ARI	0.3343	M. Kelly
162	Colton Gordon	HOU	3%	57.2	48	4.53	1.44	@BOS	0.3252	G. Crochet
175	Brady Singer	CIN	36%	102.1	93	4.75	1.38	ATL	0.3094	B. Elder
209	Trevor Rogers	BAL	45%	41.1	35	1.74	0.87	@CHC	0.3323	C. Horton
212	Cade Horton	CHC	10%	62.1	47	4.33	1.38	BAL	0.3051	T. Rogers
236	Bryce Elder	ATL	4%	84.2	70	5.63	1.55	@CIN	0.3125	B. Singer
248	Janson Junk	MIA	15%	55.1	39	3.09	1.03	NYY	0.3385	C. Rodon
267	Andrew Heaney	PIT	13%	102	74	5.03	1.31	@COL	0.2958	A. Senzatela
268	Mitchell Parker	WSH	6%	108	70	5.08	1.4	MIL	0.3101	TBD
312	Michael Lorenzen	KC	6%	99.2	85	4.61	1.3	@TOR	0.3219	K. Gausman
370	Tyler Anderson	LAA	8%	107.2	86	4.43	1.41	CWS	0.2876	A. Civale
488	Aaron Civale	CWS	3%	58.2	42	4.76	1.4	@LAA	0.311	T. Anderson
688	Randy Vasquez	SD	4%	99	50	3.73	1.41	STL	0.3128	TBD
846	Antonio Senzatela	COL	0%	98.1	52	6.41	1.83	PIT	0.2841	A. Heaney
Saturday, August 2nd
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
52	Max Scherzer	TOR	30%	28	28	5.14	1.25	KC	0.2955	K. Bubic
60	Eury Perez	MIA	50%	39	40	3.23	0.97	NYY	0.3385	L. Gil
88	Michael McGreevy	STL	6%	28.1	17	3.49	1.02	@SD	0.3022	S. Kolek
108	Luis Gil	NYY	38%	0	0	0	0	@MIA	0.3086	E. Perez
119	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	45%	55	37	3.27	1.25	@TB	0.3162	D. Rasmussen
126	Ben Brown	CHC	5%	83.1	95	6.48	1.54	BAL	0.3051	T. Sugano
157	Chase Burns	CIN	44%	21.2	35	6.65	1.62	ATL	0.3094	TBD
178	J.T. Ginn	ATH	1%	38	43	4.5	1.26	ARI	0.3343	Z. Gallen
205	Jose Quintana	MIL	16%	77.1	53	3.49	1.31	@WSH	0.3078	J. Irvin
235	Jake Irvin	WSH	14%	119.2	84	4.81	1.33	MIL	0.3101	J. Quintana
260	Joey Cantillo	CLE	6%	46	59	3.91	1.41	MIN	0.3127	J. Ryan
302	Walker Buehler	BOS	19%	85	67	5.72	1.52	HOU	0.319	F. Valdez
319	Stephen Kolek	SD	4%	73.2	54	4.28	1.32	STL	0.3128	M. McGreevy
381	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	10%	103	63	4.54	1.35	@CHC	0.3323	B. Brown
478	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	2%	100.2	67	4.92	1.29	CWS	0.2876	S. Burke
645	Sean Burke	CWS	5%	101	85	4.19	1.42	@LAA	0.311	K. Hendricks
779	German Marquez	COL	1%	98.1	73	5.67	1.64	PIT	0.2841	P. Skenes
Sunday, August 3rd
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
72	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	8%	86.2	93	5.5	1.65	@ATH	0.3183	JP Sears
97	Noah Cameron	KC	44%	76	65	2.61	1.01	@TOR	0.3219	C. Bassitt
99	Brandon Walter	HOU	20%	53.2	52	3.35	0.93	@BOS	0.3252	R. Fitts
109	Edward Cabrera	MIA	29%	88	92	3.48	1.24	NYY	0.3385	M. Fried
111	Landen Roupp	SF	24%	101.1	95	3.2	1.44	@NYM	0.3178	F. Montas
134	Slade Cecconi	CLE	16%	69.1	60	3.76	1.23	MIN	0.3127	D. Festa
141	David Festa	MIN	3%	53.1	53	5.4	1.28	@CLE	0.293	S. Cecconi
161	Frankie Montas	NYM	11%	25.1	23	4.62	1.3	SF	0.3005	L. Roupp
197	JP Sears	ATH	12%	106.2	91	4.98	1.25	ARI	0.3343	E. Rodriguez
239	Erick Fedde	STL	8%	101.2	63	5.22	1.5	@SD	0.3022	D. Cease
284	Brad Lord	WSH	0%	69	57	3.39	1.26	MIL	0.3101	B. Woodruff
321	Brandon Young	BAL	1%	30.2	28	7.34	1.76	@CHC	0.3323	M. Boyd
341	Davis Martin	CWS	2%	85.2	56	3.89	1.24	@LAA	0.311	C. Fulmer
355	Troy Melton	DET	5%	5	7	10.8	1.8	@PHI	0.3202	C. Sanchez
376	Richard Fitts	BOS	2%	37	32	4.86	1.27	HOU	0.319	B. Walter
480	Logan Evans	SEA	3%	54.1	40	4.64	1.44	TEX	0.2948	TBD
674	Carson Fulmer	LAA	0%	8.1	6	5.4	1.32	CWS	0.2876	D. Martin
841	Austin Gomber	COL	1%	34.1	20	6.03	1.66	PIT	0.2841	M. Keller

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
Two Start Pitcher	Date	Pitcher	Opp.	wOBA	Date	Pitcher	Opp.	wOBA
Max Fried (NYY) (11-4) 2.69 ERA	Tue 7/29	T. Bradley (6-6) 4.61 ERA	TB	0.3162	Sun 8/3	E. Cabrera (4-4) 3.48 ERA	@MIA	0.3086
Framber Valdez (HOU) (11-4) 2.67 ERA	Mon 7/28	B. Lord (2-5) 3.39 ERA	WSH	0.3078	Sat 8/2	W. Buehler (6-6) 5.72 ERA	@BOS	0.3252
Dylan Cease (SD) (3-10) 4.59 ERA	Mon 7/28	F. Montas (3-1) 4.62 ERA	NYM	0.3178	Sun 8/3	E. Fedde (3-10) 5.22 ERA	STL	0.3128
Cristopher Sanchez (PHI) (9-2) 2.32 ERA	Mon 7/28	D. Martin (2-8) 3.89 ERA	@CWS	0.2876	Sun 8/3	T. Melton (0-1) 10.80 ERA	DET	0.3218
Luis Castillo (SEA) (7-6) 3.30 ERA	Mon 7/28	J. Sears (7-8) 4.98 ERA	@ATH	0.3183	Sat 8/2	TBD	TEX	0.2948
Matthew Boyd (CHC) (11-3) 2.20 ERA	Mon 7/28	J. Misiorowski (4-1) 2.45 ERA	@MIL	0.3101	Sun 8/3	B. Young (0-5) 7.34 ERA	BAL	0.3051
Drew Rasmussen (TB) (7-5) 2.93 ERA	Mon 7/28	C. Schlittler (1-0) 4.35 ERA	@NYY	0.3385	Sat 8/2	C. Kershaw (4-1) 3.27 ERA	LAD	0.3478
Taj Bradley (TB) (6-6) 4.61 ERA	Tue 7/29	M. Fried (11-4) 2.69 ERA	@NYY	0.3385	Sun 8/3	TBD	LAD	0.3478
Chris Bassitt (TOR) (11-4) 3.88 ERA	Mon 7/28	Z. Eflin (6-5) 5.78 ERA	@BAL	0.3051	Sun 8/3	N. Cameron (4-4) 2.61 ERA	KC	0.2955
Eduardo Rodriguez (ARI) (3-6) 5.50 ERA	Mon 7/28	C. Mize (9-4) 3.40 ERA	@DET	0.3218	Sun 8/3	J. Sears (7-8) 4.98 ERA	@ATH	0.3183
Mitch Keller (PIT) (4-10) 3.53 ERA	Mon 7/28	L. Roupp (7-6) 3.20 ERA	@SF	0.3005	Sun 8/3	A. Gomber (0-4) 6.03 ERA	@COL	0.2958
Brandon Walter (HOU) (1-3) 3.35 ERA	Tue 7/29	M. Soroka (3-8) 4.85 ERA	WSH	0.3078	Sun 8/3	R. Fitts (1-4) 4.86 ERA	@BOS	0.3252
Edward Cabrera (MIA) (4-4) 3.48 ERA	Mon 7/28	A. Pallante (5-7) 4.91 ERA	@STL	0.3128	Sun 8/3	M. Fried (11-4) 2.69 ERA	NYY	0.3385
Landen Roupp (SF) (7-6) 3.20 ERA	Mon 7/28	M. Keller (4-10) 3.53 ERA	PIT	0.2841	Sun 8/3	F. Montas (3-1) 4.62 ERA	@NYM	0.3178
Slade Cecconi (CLE) (5-4) 3.76 ERA	Mon 7/28	B. Blalock (1-2) 8.67 ERA	COL	0.2958	Sun 8/3	D. Festa (3-4) 5.40 ERA	MIN	0.3127
Chase Burns (CIN) (0-2) 6.65 ERA	Mon 7/28	Y. Yamamoto (8-7) 2.55 ERA	LAD	0.3478	Sat 8/2	TBD	ATL	0.3094
Frankie Montas (NYM) (3-1) 4.62 ERA	Mon 7/28	D. Cease (3-10) 4.59 ERA	@SD	0.3022	Sun 8/3	L. Roupp (7-6) 3.20 ERA	SF	0.3005
JP Sears (ATH) (7-8) 4.98 ERA	Mon 7/28	L. Castillo (7-6) 3.30 ERA	SEA	0.321	Sun 8/3	E. Rodriguez (3-6) 5.50 ERA	ARI	0.3343
Brad Lord (WSH) (2-5) 3.39 ERA	Mon 7/28	F. Valdez (11-4) 2.67 ERA	@HOU	0.319	Sun 8/3	B. Woodruff (2-0) 1.65 ERA	MIL	0.3101
Davis Martin (CWS) (2-8) 3.89 ERA	Mon 7/28	C. Sanchez (9-2) 2.32 ERA	PHI	0.3202	Sun 8/3	C. Fulmer (0-0) 5.40 ERA	@LAA	0.311
Richard Fitts (BOS) (1-4) 4.86 ERA	Mon 7/28	S. Richardson (5-4) 4.14 ERA	@MIN	0.3127	Sun 8/3	B. Walter (1-3) 3.35 ERA	HOU	0.319
Logan Evans (SEA) (3-3) 4.64 ERA	Tue 7/29	L. Severino (3-11) 5.10 ERA	@ATH	0.3183	Sun 8/3	TBD	TEX	0.2948
Carson Fulmer (LAA) (0-0) 5.40 ERA	Mon 7/28	J. deGrom (10-2) 2.28 ERA	TEX	0.2948	Sun 8/3	D. Martin (2-8) 3.89 ERA	CWS	0.2876

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.