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, July 21st
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
116	Edward Cabrera	MIA	27%	82.1	86	3.61	1.26	SD	0.302	R. Vasquez
119	Landen Roupp	SF	20%	96.1	89	3.36	1.46	@ATL	0.3079	D. Daniel
121	Matthew Liberatore	STL	33%	100.1	80	3.95	1.24	@COL	0.2919	A. Gomber
127	Zebby Matthews	MIN	11%	19	25	5.21	1.47	@LAD	0.3481	Y. Yamamoto
138	Brady Singer	CIN	41%	100	92	4.23	1.34	@WSH	0.3062	TBD
139	Jacob Lopez	ATH	15%	55.2	69	4.2	1.33	@TEX	0.2958	TBD
219	Cade Horton	CHC	10%	56.2	43	4.76	1.43	KC	0.2945	M. Lorenzen
240	Michael Lorenzen	KC	8%	99.2	85	4.61	1.3	@CHC	0.3326	C. Horton
276	Davis Daniel	ATL	1%	5	6	1.8	1	SF	0.2985	L. Roupp
297	Marcus Stroman	NYY	4%	24.1	15	6.66	1.64	@TOR	0.3197	K. Gausman
355	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	10%	99.1	59	4.44	1.3	@CLE	0.2884	TBD
445	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	3%	96	65	4.88	1.29	@NYM	0.32	K. Senga
478	Richard Fitts	BOS	2%	33.2	28	4.28	1.22	@PHI	0.3203	Z. Wheeler
676	Randy Vasquez	SD	4%	94.2	50	3.8	1.39	@MIA	0.3084	E. Cabrera
842	Austin Gomber	COL	1%	28.2	14	5.65	1.6	STL	0.3122	M. Liberatore
Tuesday, July 22nd
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
52	Max Scherzer	TOR	29%	23	24	4.7	1.26	NYY	0.3399	C. Schlittler
76	Zach Eflin	BAL	33%	62	42	5.95	1.44	@CLE	0.2884	L. L. Ortiz
105	David Festa	MIN	3%	48	48	5.25	1.31	@LAD	0.3481	S. Ohtani
109	Noah Cameron	KC	42%	70	58	2.31	1	@CHC	0.3326	C. Flexen
162	Luis L. Ortiz	CLE	5%	88.2	96	4.36	1.38	BAL	0.3066	Z. Eflin
172	Hayden Birdsong	SF	10%	65.2	68	4.11	1.42	@ATL	0.3079	H. Waldrep
175	Chase Burns	CIN	44%	16	25	6.19	1.63	@WSH	0.3062	B. Lord
177	Frankie Montas	NYM	6%	19.2	17	5.03	1.17	LAA	0.3074	C. Fulmer
192	Shane Smith	CWS	10%	86.2	81	4.26	1.3	@TB	0.3163	D. Rasmussen
234	Cam Schlittler	NYY	14%	5.1	7	5.06	1.13	@TOR	0.3197	M. Scherzer
261	Ryan Gusto	HOU	4%	74.2	76	4.58	1.45	@ARI	0.3331	TBD
313	Keider Montero	DET	1%	65	45	4.02	1.37	@PIT	0.2835	TBD
320	Stephen Kolek	SD	4%	68	49	4.24	1.29	@MIA	0.3084	TBD
327	Walker Buehler	BOS	19%	78	63	6.12	1.56	@PHI	0.3203	C. Sanchez
351	Brad Lord	WSH	0%	65	56	3.46	1.25	CIN	0.3122	C. Burns
385	Chris Flexen	CHC	2%	36.2	19	1.47	0.93	KC	0.2945	N. Cameron
512	Hurston Waldrep	ATL	1%	0	0	0	0	SF	0.2985	H. Birdsong
642	Carson Fulmer	LAA	0%	5.1	5	5.06	1.5	@NYM	0.32	F. Montas
844	Bradley Blalock	COL	0%	21.2	9	9.97	1.8	STL	0.3122	TBD
–	Jack Perkins	ATH	0%	9.2	11	3.72	1.03	@TEX	0.2958	TBD
Wednesday, July 23rd
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
58	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	45%	91	71	7.22	1.48	SD	0.302	D. Cease
59	Sean Manaea	NYM	38%	3.1	7	2.7	1.5	LAA	0.3074	J. Soriano
68	Reese Olson	DET	41%	58	55	2.95	1.24	@PIT	0.2835	B. Falter
71	Taj Bradley	TB	42%	103.2	89	4.6	1.27	CWS	0.2831	J. Cannon
82	Jose Soriano	LAA	29%	113	98	3.9	1.45	@NYM	0.32	S. Manaea
96	Quinn Priester	MIL	30%	88.2	70	3.55	1.25	@SEA	0.3234	L. Castillo
112	Michael Soroka	WSH	7%	67.1	74	5.35	1.16	CIN	0.3122	N. Lodolo
120	Justin Verlander	SF	12%	76.2	67	4.81	1.43	@ATL	0.3079	S. Strider
128	Brandon Walter	HOU	12%	40.2	40	3.98	1.01	@ARI	0.3331	B. Pfaadt
132	Slade Cecconi	CLE	10%	55	56	3.44	1.27	BAL	0.3066	C. Morton
170	Chris Paddack	MIN	5%	100	70	4.95	1.28	@LAD	0.3481	T. Glasnow
181	Charlie Morton	BAL	15%	83.1	88	5.18	1.52	@CLE	0.2884	S. Cecconi
182	Andre Pallante	STL	7%	100.1	64	4.49	1.29	@COL	0.2919	K. Freeland
196	JP Sears	ATH	12%	97.2	79	4.79	1.25	@TEX	0.2958	P. Corbin
197	Colin Rea	CHC	14%	92	65	3.91	1.25	KC	0.2945	S. Lugo
316	Bailey Falter	PIT	8%	97.1	59	3.79	1.2	DET	0.325	R. Olson
345	Patrick Corbin	TEX	8%	93.1	74	4.15	1.32	ATH	0.3183	JP Sears
397	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	1%	77	61	4.44	1.44	@TB	0.3163	T. Bradley
560	Kyle Freeland	COL	2%	89.1	67	5.44	1.53	STL	0.3122	A. Pallante
Thursday, July 24th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
69	Yu Darvish	SD	34%	8.1	7	6.48	1.68	@STL	0.3122	S. Gray
101	Dean Kremer	BAL	17%	108.1	88	4.24	1.27	@CLE	0.2884	L. Allen
144	Eric Lauer	TOR	18%	55	58	2.78	1.04	@DET	0.325	C. Mize
145	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	9%	41.2	49	6.48	1.66	ATH	0.3183	L. Severino
156	Luis Severino	ATH	14%	113.1	81	5.16	1.41	@HOU	0.319	L. McCullers Jr.
244	Logan Allen	CLE	13%	90	70	4	1.37	BAL	0.3066	D. Kremer
245	Tyler Anderson	LAA	9%	101.2	82	4.34	1.41	SEA	0.3234	L. Evans
508	Logan Evans	SEA	2%	50.1	35	4.65	1.37	@LAA	0.3074	T. Anderson
Friday, July 25th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
78	Michael Wacha	KC	29%	106	84	3.74	1.27	CLE	0.2884	G. Williams
97	Will Warren	NYY	35%	95.1	112	4.63	1.42	PHI	0.3203	T. Walker
111	Nestor Cortes Jr.	MIL	12%	8	8	9	1.75	MIA	0.3084	C. Quantrill
113	Brayan Bello	BOS	41%	91.2	70	3.14	1.28	LAD	0.3481	D. May
114	Gavin Williams	CLE	32%	97.1	95	3.7	1.43	@KC	0.2945	M. Wacha
136	Zack Littell	TB	45%	116.1	80	3.56	1.08	@CIN	0.3122	N. Martinez
141	Nick Martinez	CIN	30%	111	76	4.78	1.21	TB	0.3163	Z. Littell
143	Dustin May	LAD	29%	94.1	88	4.96	1.35	@BOS	0.3286	B. Bello
153	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	26%	110	86	4.09	1.19	@HOU	0.319	TBD
169	Trevor Rogers	BAL	39%	35.1	32	1.53	0.82	COL	0.2919	A. Senzatela
251	Andrew Heaney	PIT	14%	98	73	4.59	1.26	ARI	0.3331	TBD
263	Erick Fedde	STL	9%	98.2	58	4.83	1.47	SD	0.302	TBD
287	Mitchell Parker	WSH	6%	102	66	5.21	1.42	@MIN	0.3093	S. Woods Richardson
324	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	18%	73	62	3.95	1.32	WSH	0.3062	M. Parker
362	Davis Martin	CWS	2%	80.2	53	3.79	1.23	CHC	0.3326	S. Imanaga
401	Taijuan Walker	PHI	3%	58.1	49	3.55	1.3	@NYY	0.3399	W. Warren
431	Cal Quantrill	MIA	1%	81.2	67	5.62	1.44	@MIL	0.3108	N. Cortes Jr.
845	Antonio Senzatela	COL	0%	91.1	49	6.6	1.89	@BAL	0.3066	T. Rogers
Saturday, July 26th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
62	Eury Perez	MIA	43%	34	35	3.18	0.91	@MIL	0.3108	TBD
73	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	10%	80.1	90	5.94	1.67	@PIT	0.2835	P. Skenes
121	Matthew Liberatore	STL	33%	100.1	80	3.95	1.24	SD	0.302	R. Vasquez
124	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	48%	50.2	35	3.38	1.24	@BOS	0.3286	G. Crochet
139	Jacob Lopez	ATH	15%	55.2	69	4.2	1.33	@HOU	0.319	H. Brown
173	Bryce Elder	ATL	4%	79.2	69	5.65	1.51	@TEX	0.2958	N. Eovaldi
355	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	10%	99.1	59	4.44	1.3	COL	0.2919	G. Marquez
445	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	3%	96	65	4.88	1.29	SEA	0.3234	B. Woo
553	Aaron Civale	CWS	3%	52.2	36	5.3	1.48	CHC	0.3326	M. Boyd
607	German Marquez	COL	1%	95.1	71	5.57	1.6	@BAL	0.3066	T. Sugano
676	Randy Vasquez	SD	4%	94.2	50	3.8	1.39	@STL	0.3122	M. Liberatore
Sunday, July 27th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
52	Max Scherzer	TOR	29%	23	24	4.7	1.26	@DET	0.325	K. Montero
76	Zach Eflin	BAL	33%	62	42	5.95	1.44	COL	0.2919	B. Blalock
100	Ryne Nelson	ARI	31%	78.1	65	3.68	1.07	@PIT	0.2835	B. Falter
109	Noah Cameron	KC	42%	70	58	2.31	1	CLE	0.2884	J. Cantillo
112	Michael Soroka	WSH	7%	67.1	74	5.35	1.16	@MIN	0.3093	Z. Matthews
116	Edward Cabrera	MIA	27%	82.1	86	3.61	1.26	@MIL	0.3108	B. Woodruff
119	Landen Roupp	SF	20%	96.1	89	3.36	1.46	NYM	0.32	K. Senga
127	Zebby Matthews	MIN	11%	19	25	5.21	1.47	WSH	0.3062	M. Soroka
138	Brady Singer	CIN	41%	100	92	4.23	1.34	TB	0.3163	S. Baz
192	Shane Smith	CWS	10%	86.2	81	4.26	1.3	CHC	0.3326	C. Horton
219	Cade Horton	CHC	10%	56.2	43	4.76	1.43	@CWS	0.2831	S. Smith
256	Joey Cantillo	CLE	8%	41	54	4.17	1.44	@KC	0.2945	N. Cameron
276	Davis Daniel	ATL	1%	5	6	1.8	1	@TEX	0.2958	TBD
297	Marcus Stroman	NYY	4%	24.1	15	6.66	1.64	PHI	0.3203	Z. Wheeler
313	Keider Montero	DET	1%	65	45	4.02	1.37	TOR	0.3197	M. Scherzer
316	Bailey Falter	PIT	8%	97.1	59	3.79	1.2	ARI	0.3331	R. Nelson
320	Stephen Kolek	SD	4%	68	49	4.24	1.29	@STL	0.3122	TBD
478	Richard Fitts	BOS	2%	33.2	28	4.28	1.22	LAD	0.3481	Y. Yamamoto
642	Carson Fulmer	LAA	0%	5.1	5	5.06	1.5	SEA	0.3234	TBD
844	Bradley Blalock	COL	0%	21.2	9	9.97	1.8	@BAL	0.3066	Z. Eflin
–	Jack Perkins	ATH	0%	9.2	11	3.72	1.03	@HOU	0.319	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
3	Zack Wheeler (PHI) (9-3) 2.43 ERA	Mon 7/21	R. Fitts (1-3) 4.28 ERA	BOS	0.3286	Sun 7/27	M. Stroman (1-1) 6.66 ERA	@NYY	0.3399
13	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (LAD) (8-7) 2.59 ERA	Mon 7/21	Z. Matthews (1-1) 5.21 ERA	MIN	0.3093	Sun 7/27	R. Fitts (1-3) 4.28 ERA	@BOS	0.3286
20	Bryan Woo (SEA) (8-4) 2.59 ERA	Mon 7/21	B. Woodruff (1-0) 2.61 ERA	MIL	0.3108	Sat 7/26	K. Hendricks (5-6) 4.88 ERA	@LAA	0.3074
30	Brandon Woodruff (MIL) (1-0) 2.61 ERA	Mon 7/21	B. Woo (8-4) 2.59 ERA	@SEA	0.3234	Sun 7/27	E. Cabrera (3-4) 3.61 ERA	MIA	0.3084
34	Kevin Gausman (TOR) (6-7) 4.19 ERA	Mon 7/21	M. Stroman (1-1) 6.66 ERA	NYY	0.3399	Sat 7/26	J. Flaherty (5-9) 4.65 ERA	@DET	0.325
36	Jack Flaherty (DET) (5-9) 4.65 ERA	Mon 7/21	TBD	@PIT	0.2835	Sat 7/26	K. Gausman (6-7) 4.19 ERA	TOR	0.3197
39	Kodai Senga (NYM) (7-3) 1.51 ERA	Mon 7/21	K. Hendricks (5-6) 4.88 ERA	LAA	0.3074	Sun 7/27	L. Roupp (6-6) 3.36 ERA	@SF	0.2985
42	Max Scherzer (TOR) (1-0) 4.70 ERA	Tue 7/22	C. Schlittler (1-0) 5.06 ERA	NYY	0.3399	Sun 7/27	K. Montero (4-1) 4.02 ERA	@DET	0.325
62	Zach Eflin (BAL) (6-5) 5.95 ERA	Tue 7/22	L. Ortiz (4-9) 4.36 ERA	@CLE	0.2884	Sun 7/27	B. Blalock (0-2) 9.97 ERA	COL	0.2919
79	Shane Baz (TB) (8-5) 4.17 ERA	Mon 7/21	TBD	CWS	0.2831	Sun 7/27	B. Singer (7-7) 4.23 ERA	@CIN	0.3122
81	Noah Cameron (KC) (3-4) 2.31 ERA	Tue 7/22	C. Flexen (5-1) 1.47 ERA	@CHC	0.3326	Sun 7/27	J. Cantillo (1-0) 4.17 ERA	CLE	0.2884
83	Michael Soroka (WSH) (3-7) 5.35 ERA	Wed 7/23	N. Lodolo (6-6) 3.38 ERA	CIN	0.3122	Sun 7/27	Z. Matthews (1-1) 5.21 ERA	@MIN	0.3093
86	Edward Cabrera (MIA) (3-4) 3.61 ERA	Mon 7/21	R. Vasquez (3-4) 3.80 ERA	SD	0.302	Sun 7/27	B. Woodruff (1-0) 2.61 ERA	@MIL	0.3108
88	Landen Roupp (SF) (6-6) 3.36 ERA	Mon 7/21	D. Daniel (0-0) 1.80 ERA	@ATL	0.3079	Sun 7/27	K. Senga (7-3) 1.51 ERA	NYM	0.32
90	Matthew Liberatore (STL) (6-7) 3.95 ERA	Mon 7/21	A. Gomber (0-3) 5.65 ERA	@COL	0.2919	Sat 7/26	R. Vasquez (3-4) 3.80 ERA	SD	0.302
94	Zebby Matthews (MIN) (1-1) 5.21 ERA	Mon 7/21	Y. Yamamoto (8-7) 2.59 ERA	@LAD	0.3481	Sun 7/27	M. Soroka (3-7) 5.35 ERA	WSH	0.3062
101	Brady Singer (CIN) (7-7) 4.23 ERA	Mon 7/21	TBD	@WSH	0.3062	Sun 7/27	S. Baz (8-5) 4.17 ERA	TB	0.3163
102	Jacob Lopez (ATH) (3-5) 4.20 ERA	Mon 7/21	TBD	@TEX	0.2958	Sat 7/26	H. Brown (9-4) 2.43 ERA	@HOU	0.319
134	Shane Smith (CWS) (3-7) 4.26 ERA	Tue 7/22	D. Rasmussen (7-5) 2.86 ERA	@TB	0.3163	Sun 7/27	C. Horton (3-3) 4.76 ERA	CHC	0.3326
149	Cade Horton (CHC) (3-3) 4.76 ERA	Mon 7/21	M. Lorenzen (5-8) 4.61 ERA	KC	0.2945	Sun 7/27	S. Smith (3-7) 4.26 ERA	@CWS	0.2831
179	Davis Daniel (ATL) (0-0) 1.80 ERA	Mon 7/21	L. Roupp (6-6) 3.36 ERA	SF	0.2985	Sun 7/27	TBD	@TEX	0.2958
187	Marcus Stroman (NYY) (1-1) 6.66 ERA	Mon 7/21	K. Gausman (6-7) 4.19 ERA	@TOR	0.3197	Sun 7/27	Z. Wheeler (9-3) 2.43 ERA	PHI	0.3203
193	Keider Montero (DET) (4-1) 4.02 ERA	Tue 7/22	TBD	@PIT	0.2835	Sun 7/27	M. Scherzer (1-0) 4.70 ERA	TOR	0.3197
194	Bailey Falter (PIT) (6-4) 3.79 ERA	Wed 7/23	R. Olson (4-3) 2.95 ERA	DET	0.325	Sun 7/27	R. Nelson (5-2) 3.68 ERA	ARI	0.3331
197	Stephen Kolek (SD) (3-4) 4.24 ERA	Tue 7/22	TBD	@MIA	0.3084	Sun 7/27	TBD	@STL	0.3122
213	Tomoyuki Sugano (BAL) (7-5) 4.44 ERA	Mon 7/21	TBD	@CLE	0.2884	Sat 7/26	G. Marquez (3-10) 5.57 ERA	COL	0.2919
249	Kyle Hendricks (LAA) (5-6) 4.88 ERA	Mon 7/21	K. Senga (7-3) 1.51 ERA	@NYM	0.32	Sat 7/26	B. Woo (8-4) 2.59 ERA	SEA	0.3234
260	Richard Fitts (BOS) (1-3) 4.28 ERA	Mon 7/21	Z. Wheeler (9-3) 2.43 ERA	@PHI	0.3203	Sun 7/27	Y. Yamamoto (8-7) 2.59 ERA	LAD	0.3481
338	Carson Fulmer (LAA) (0-0) 5.06 ERA	Tue 7/22	F. Montas (2-1) 5.03 ERA	@NYM	0.32	Sun 7/27	TBD	SEA	0.3234
363	Randy Vasquez (SD) (3-4) 3.80 ERA	Mon 7/21	E. Cabrera (3-4) 3.61 ERA	@MIA	0.3084	Sat 7/26	M. Liberatore (6-7) 3.95 ERA	@STL	0.3122
441	Bradley Blalock (COL) (0-2) 9.97 ERA	Tue 7/22	TBD	STL	0.3122	Sun 7/27	Z. Eflin (6-5) 5.95 ERA	@BAL	0.3066

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.