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, August 4th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
101	Justin Verlander	SF	13%	89.1	77	4.63	1.5	@PIT	0.2842	B. Falter
110	Zack Littell	CIN	42%	133.1	89	3.58	1.12	@LAA	0.3096	Y. Kikuchi
142	Dustin May	LAD	25%	104	97	4.85	1.35	STL	0.3115	S. Gray
145	Eric Lauer	TOR	44%	74	75	2.68	0.95	@COL	0.2968	T. Gordon
156	Slade Cecconi	CLE	22%	76.1	63	3.77	1.22	@NYM	0.3177	S. Manaea
178	Colin Rea	CHC	16%	106	75	4.25	1.3	CIN	0.312	N. Lodolo
270	Charlie Morton	BAL	13%	101.1	101	5.42	1.56	@PHI	0.3228	J. Luzardo
283	Erick Fedde	ATL	7%	106.1	66	5.33	1.5	MIL	0.3124	Q. Priester
401	Bailey Falter	PIT	9%	113.1	70	3.73	1.18	SF	0.3014	J. Verlander
540	Ryan Bergert	SD	1%	35.2	34	2.78	1.18	@ARI	0.3287	B. Pfaadt
551	Jason Alexander	HOU	1%	25.2	20	7.36	1.83	@MIA	0.309	S. Alcantara
811	Tanner Gordon	COL	0%	26	15	4.85	1.54	TOR	0.326	E. Lauer
Tuesday, August 5th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
50	Zebby Matthews	MIN	16%	33.1	42	5.67	1.41	@DET	0.3207	C. Paddack
85	Yu Darvish	SD	23%	23.2	18	6.46	1.35	@ARI	0.3287	R. Nelson
89	Will Warren	NYY	29%	110.2	128	4.64	1.43	@TEX	0.2965	K. Rocker
94	Jose Soriano	LAA	32%	133	115	3.65	1.38	TB	0.3157	R. Pepiot
99	Michael Soroka	CHC	7%	81.1	87	4.87	1.13	ATH	0.3208	L. Severino
109	Ryne Nelson	ARI	40%	95.2	81	3.2	1.02	SD	0.3053	Yu Darvish
116	Nick Martinez	CIN	27%	127	93	4.61	1.21	@CHC	0.3313	S. Imanaga
117	Dean Kremer	BAL	25%	126.1	104	4.27	1.27	@PHI	0.3228	T. Walker
121	Brayan Bello	BOS	39%	110	83	3.19	1.28	KC	0.2989	A. Zerpa
126	Kumar Rocker	TEX	13%	59.2	53	5.73	1.44	NYY	0.3361	W. Warren
139	Miles Mikolas	STL	6%	108	75	4.83	1.28	@LAD	0.3475	T. Glasnow
154	Luis Severino	ATH	18%	130.1	98	4.83	1.35	@WSH	0.3059	M. Soroka
158	Chris Paddack	DET	14%	117	88	4.77	1.24	MIN	0.3119	Z. Matthews
197	Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	5%	44.1	50	6.9	1.74	@MIA	0.309	C. Quantrill
214	Logan Allen	CLE	14%	108.2	81	4.06	1.36	@NYM	0.3177	C. Holmes
217	Mike Burrows	PIT	5%	58	60	3.88	1.24	SF	0.3014	L. Webb
279	Angel Zerpa	KC	0%	44.1	42	4.06	1.35	@BOS	0.3251	B. Bello
298	Joey Wentz	ATL	1%	52	49	5.02	1.44	MIL	0.3124	F. Peralta
324	Davis Martin	CWS	2%	91.1	63	3.84	1.26	@SEA	0.3181	B. Woo
520	Taijuan Walker	PHI	7%	73	56	3.82	1.36	BAL	0.3139	D. Kremer
529	Cal Quantrill	MIA	3%	97.2	77	4.79	1.31	HOU	0.3158	L. McCullers Jr.
572	Kyle Freeland	COL	2%	104.1	74	5.26	1.5	TOR	0.326	J. Berrios
Wednesday, August 6th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
62	Michael Wacha	KC	31%	117.1	90	3.53	1.22	@BOS	0.3251	G. Crochet
92	Gavin Williams	CLE	40%	110.1	109	3.51	1.37	@NYM	0.3177	D. Peterson
97	Matthew Liberatore	STL	25%	104.2	83	3.87	1.26	@LAD	0.3475	S. Ohtani
125	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	28%	126	102	4.14	1.17	@WSH	0.3059	M. Gore
207	Janson Junk	MIA	12%	60.1	44	3.28	1.08	HOU	0.3158	H. Brown
211	Cade Horton	CHC	16%	68.2	50	3.93	1.33	CIN	0.312	A. Abbott
216	Jose Quintana	MIL	18%	82.1	55	3.5	1.34	@ATL	0.3116	H. Waldrep
258	Jack Leiter	TEX	29%	92.1	83	4.09	1.32	NYY	0.3361	M. Stroman
287	Marcus Stroman	NYY	5%	34	23	6.09	1.59	@TEX	0.2965	J. Leiter
300	Tyler Anderson	LAA	8%	112.1	87	4.41	1.41	TB	0.3157	S. Baz
345	Andrew Heaney	PIT	12%	107	78	4.79	1.27	SF	0.3014	R. Ray
501	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	1%	94.1	75	4.77	1.41	@SEA	0.3181	G. Kirby
543	Hurston Waldrep	ATL	1%	0	0	0	0	MIL	0.3124	J. Quintana
836	Antonio Senzatela	COL	1%	102.1	55	6.68	1.84	TOR	0.326	K. Gausman
Thursday, August 7th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
149	Brady Singer	CIN	36%	109.2	101	4.51	1.32	@PIT	0.2842	P. Skenes
185	Jacob Lopez	ATH	9%	65	79	4.29	1.34	@WSH	0.3059	M. Parker
227	Mitchell Parker	WSH	6%	113.2	74	4.99	1.41	ATH	0.3208	J. Lopez
238	Bryce Elder	ATL	3%	87.1	73	6.29	1.61	MIA	0.309	E. Perez
244	Shane Smith	CWS	7%	86.2	81	4.26	1.3	@SEA	0.3181	L. Gilbert
Friday, August 8th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
43	Max Scherzer	TOR	35%	35	39	4.89	1.09	@LAD	0.3475	C. Kershaw
76	Michael McGreevy	STL	6%	33	19	4.91	1.21	CHC	0.3313	B. Brown
77	Shane Bieber	CLE	30%	0	0	0	0	@CWS	0.2902	S. Smith
104	Ben Brown	CHC	8%	88.1	99	6.22	1.48	@STL	0.3115	M. McGreevy
107	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	37%	59.2	39	3.62	1.29	TOR	0.326	M. Scherzer
108	Nestor Cortes Jr.	MIL	14%	8	8	9	1.75	NYM	0.3177	K. Senga
115	Edward Cabrera	MIA	40%	94	96	3.35	1.23	@ATL	0.3116	S. Strider
133	Chase Burns	CIN	42%	27.1	45	6.26	1.54	@PIT	0.2842	M. Keller
174	J.T. Ginn	ATH	3%	44	47	3.89	1.16	@BAL	0.3139	T. Sugano
191	Jake Irvin	WSH	14%	126.2	86	4.69	1.29	@SF	0.3014	S. Bivens
244	Shane Smith	CWS	7%	86.2	81	4.26	1.3	CLE	0.2954	S. Bieber
273	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	14%	109	71	4.38	1.33	ATH	0.3208	J.T. Ginn
309	Walker Buehler	BOS	19%	89.2	71	5.72	1.54	@SD	0.3053	R. Vasquez
395	Spencer Bivens	SF	0%	53.1	43	4.56	1.31	WSH	0.3059	J. Irvin
589	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	3%	106.2	70	4.73	1.25	@DET	0.3207	T. Skubal
767	Randy Vasquez	SD	3%	103.2	52	3.65	1.37	BOS	0.3251	W. Buehler
833	Austin Gomber	COL	1%	38.2	22	6.28	1.66	@ARI	0.3287	Z. Gallen
Saturday, August 9th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
75	Zach Eflin	BAL	34%	71.1	50	5.93	1.42	ATH	0.3208	JP Sears
88	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	9%	92.2	98	5.63	1.65	COL	0.2968	B. Blalock
130	Andre Pallante	STL	6%	117	76	4.62	1.3	CHC	0.3313	M. Boyd
155	Frankie Montas	NYM	10%	29.2	26	5.46	1.45	@MIL	0.3124	TBD
159	JP Sears	ATH	14%	111	97	4.95	1.27	@BAL	0.3139	Z. Eflin
162	Colton Gordon	HOU	4%	62.2	54	4.74	1.42	@NYY	0.3361	C. Schlittler
201	Joe Boyle	TB	16%	22.1	24	2.82	0.85	@SEA	0.3181	L. Evans
225	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	4%	5	3	7.2	1.4	WSH	0.3059	B. Lord
248	Patrick Corbin	TEX	22%	109.2	93	3.78	1.27	PHI	0.3228	C. Sanchez
253	Cam Schlittler	NYY	12%	14.2	15	4.91	1.84	HOU	0.3158	C. Gordon
274	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	6%	80.2	69	4.24	1.39	KC	0.2989	T. Hatch
283	Erick Fedde	ATL	7%	106.1	66	5.33	1.5	MIA	0.309	E. Perez
306	Troy Melton	DET	4%	12	12	4.5	1.17	LAA	0.3096	J. Kochanowicz
389	Aaron Civale	CWS	4%	63.2	48	4.38	1.34	CLE	0.2954	TBD
401	Bailey Falter	PIT	9%	113.1	70	3.73	1.18	CIN	0.312	N. Lodolo
423	Brad Lord	WSH	0%	74.1	59	3.27	1.2	@SF	0.3014	C. Whisenhunt
462	Cooper Criswell	BOS	0%	10.2	5	4.22	1.69	@SD	0.3053	D. Cease
466	Logan Evans	SEA	3%	64	50	4.92	1.45	TB	0.3157	J. Boyle
608	Thomas Hatch	KC	0%	0	0	0	0	@MIN	0.3119	S. Woods Richardson
801	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	1%	98.2	68	5.66	1.6	@DET	0.3207	T. Melton
832	Bradley Blalock	COL	0%	33	16	7.09	1.64	@ARI	0.3287	E. Rodriguez
Sunday, August 10th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
99	Michael Soroka	CHC	7%	81.1	87	4.87	1.13	@SF	0.3014	J. Verlander
101	Justin Verlander	SF	13%	89.1	77	4.63	1.5	WSH	0.3059	M. Soroka
110	Zack Littell	CIN	42%	133.1	89	3.58	1.12	@SEA	0.3181	B. Woo
115	Edward Cabrera	MIA	40%	94	96	3.35	1.23	@ATL	0.3116	J. Wentz
116	Nick Martinez	CIN	27%	127	93	4.61	1.21	@PIT	0.2842	M. Burrows
127	Luis Gil	NYY	44%	0	0	0	0	HOU	0.3158	F. Valdez
145	Eric Lauer	TOR	44%	74	75	2.68	0.95	@LAD	0.3475	Y. Yamamoto
146	Lucas Giolito	BOS	41%	87.2	77	3.8	1.25	@SD	0.3053	R. Bergert
154	Luis Severino	ATH	18%	130.1	98	4.83	1.35	@BAL	0.3139	TBD
178	Colin Rea	CHC	16%	106	75	4.25	1.3	@STL	0.3115	S. Gray
217	Mike Burrows	PIT	5%	58	60	3.88	1.24	CIN	0.312	N. Martinez
230	Joey Cantillo	CLE	7%	50	63	4.14	1.44	@CWS	0.2902	S. Burke
298	Joey Wentz	ATL	1%	52	49	5.02	1.44	MIA	0.309	E. Cabrera
397	Pierson Ohl	MIN	0%	3	4	12	2	KC	0.2989	S. Lugo
540	Ryan Bergert	SD	1%	35.2	34	2.78	1.18	BOS	0.3251	L. Giolito
558	Sean Burke	CWS	5%	105.2	93	4.17	1.41	CLE	0.2954	J. Cantillo
811	Tanner Gordon	COL	0%	26	15	4.85	1.54	@ARI	0.3287	B. Pfaadt

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
16	Sonny Gray (STL) (10-5) 4.38 ERA	R	Mon 8/4	D. May (6-7) 4.85 ERA	@LAD	0.3475	Sun 8/10	C. Rea (8-5) 4.25 ERA	CHC	0.3313
21	Nathan Eovaldi (TEX) (9-3) 1.49 ERA	R	Mon 8/4	M. Fried (12-4) 2.69 ERA	NYY	0.3361	Sun 8/10	J. Luzardo (9-5) 4.31 ERA	PHI	0.3228
22	Bryan Woo (SEA) (8-6) 2.98 ERA	R	Tue 8/5	D. Martin (3-8) 3.84 ERA	CWS	0.2902	Sun 8/10	Z. Littell (8-8) 3.58 ERA	TB	0.3157
29	Jesus Luzardo (PHI) (9-5) 4.31 ERA	L	Mon 8/4	C. Morton (7-8) 5.42 ERA	BAL	0.3139	Sun 8/10	N. Eovaldi (9-3) 1.49 ERA	@TEX	0.2965
42	Eury Perez (MIA) (3-3) 3.07 ERA	R	Thu 8/7	B. Elder (4-7) 6.29 ERA	@ATL	0.3116	Sat 8/9	E. Fedde (3-11) 5.33 ERA	@ATL	0.3116
50	Yusei Kikuchi (LAA) (4-7) 3.30 ERA	L	Mon 8/4	Z. Littell (8-8) 3.58 ERA	TB	0.3157	Sun 8/10	C. Mize (9-4) 3.43 ERA	@DET	0.3207
52	Sean Manaea (NYM) (1-1) 2.08 ERA	L	Mon 8/4	S. Cecconi (5-4) 3.77 ERA	CLE	0.2954	Sun 8/10	B. Woodruff (2-0) 2.01 ERA	@MIL	0.3124
55	Brandon Pfaadt (ARI) (10-7) 5.03 ERA	R	Mon 8/4	R. Bergert (1-0) 2.78 ERA	SD	0.3053	Sun 8/10	T. Gordon (2-3) 4.85 ERA	COL	0.2968
56	Nick Lodolo (CIN) (8-6) 3.09 ERA	L	Mon 8/4	C. Rea (8-5) 4.25 ERA	@CHC	0.3313	Sat 8/9	B. Falter (7-5) 3.73 ERA	@PIT	0.2842
65	Casey Mize (DET) (9-4) 3.43 ERA	R	Mon 8/4	TBD	MIN	0.3119	Sun 8/10	Y. Kikuchi (4-7) 3.30 ERA	LAA	0.3096
76	Michael Soroka (CHC) (3-8) 4.87 ERA	R	Tue 8/5	L. Severino (5-11) 4.83 ERA	ATH	0.3208	Sun 8/10	J. Verlander (1-8) 4.63 ERA	@SF	0.3014
78	Justin Verlander (SF) (1-8) 4.63 ERA	R	Mon 8/4	B. Falter (7-5) 3.73 ERA	@PIT	0.2842	Sun 8/10	M. Soroka (3-8) 4.87 ERA	WSH	0.3059
84	Zack Littell (CIN) (8-8) 3.58 ERA	R	Mon 8/4	Y. Kikuchi (4-7) 3.30 ERA	@LAA	0.3096	Sun 8/10	B. Woo (8-6) 2.98 ERA	@SEA	0.3181
85	Edward Cabrera (MIA) (4-5) 3.35 ERA	R	Fri 8/8	S. Strider (5-8) 3.71 ERA	@ATL	0.3116	Sun 8/10	J. Wentz (2-2) 5.02 ERA	@ATL	0.3116
86	Nick Martinez (CIN) (9-9) 4.61 ERA	R	Tue 8/5	S. Imanaga (8-4) 2.93 ERA	@CHC	0.3313	Sun 8/10	M. Burrows (1-3) 3.88 ERA	@PIT	0.2842
103	Eric Lauer (TOR) (6-2) 2.68 ERA	L	Mon 8/4	T. Gordon (2-3) 4.85 ERA	@COL	0.2968	Sun 8/10	Y. Yamamoto (9-7) 2.48 ERA	@LAD	0.3475
111	Luis Severino (ATH) (5-11) 4.83 ERA	R	Tue 8/5	M. Soroka (3-8) 4.87 ERA	@WSH	0.3059	Sun 8/10	TBD	@BAL	0.3139
123	Colin Rea (CHC) (8-5) 4.25 ERA	R	Mon 8/4	N. Lodolo (8-6) 3.09 ERA	CIN	0.312	Sun 8/10	S. Gray (10-5) 4.38 ERA	@STL	0.3115
144	Mike Burrows (PIT) (1-3) 3.88 ERA	R	Tue 8/5	L. Webb (9-8) 3.31 ERA	SF	0.3014	Sun 8/10	N. Martinez (9-9) 4.61 ERA	CIN	0.312
158	Shane Smith (CWS) (3-7) 4.26 ERA	R	Thu 8/7	L. Gilbert (3-4) 3.48 ERA	@SEA	0.3181	Fri 8/8	S. Bieber (0-0) 0.00 ERA	CLE	0.2954
175	Erick Fedde (ATL) (3-11) 5.33 ERA	R	Mon 8/4	Q. Priester (10-2) 3.27 ERA	MIL	0.3124	Sat 8/9	E. Perez (3-3) 3.07 ERA	MIA	0.309
225	Bailey Falter (PIT) (7-5) 3.73 ERA	L	Mon 8/4	J. Verlander (1-8) 4.63 ERA	SF	0.3014	Sat 8/9	N. Lodolo (8-6) 3.09 ERA	CIN	0.312
291	Ryan Bergert (SD) (1-0) 2.78 ERA	R	Mon 8/4	B. Pfaadt (10-7) 5.03 ERA	@ARI	0.3287	Sun 8/10	L. Giolito (7-2) 3.80 ERA	BOS	0.3251
431	Tanner Gordon (COL) (2-3) 4.85 ERA	R	Mon 8/4	E. Lauer (6-2) 2.68 ERA	TOR	0.326	Sun 8/10	B. Pfaadt (10-7) 5.03 ERA	@ARI	0.3287

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.