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, September 1st
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
45	Sean Manaea	NYM	L	33%	41.1	53	5.01	1.14	@DET	0.3226	C. Morton
52	Kyle Bradish	BAL	R	20%	6	10	3	0.67	@SD	0.3104	D. Cease
80	Shane Baz	TB	R	35%	144	150	5.19	1.35	SEA	0.318	L. Castillo
82	Ryne Nelson	ARI	R	29%	125	108	3.53	1.06	TEX	0.3027	P. Corbin
113	Charlie Morton	DET	R	23%	128.2	137	5.25	1.48	NYM	0.3261	S. Manaea
158	Colin Rea	CHC	R	18%	132	95	4.23	1.3	ATL	0.3147	S. Strider
188	Parker Messick	CLE	L	13%	13.2	12	0.66	0.88	@BOS	0.3257	B. Bello
303	Carson Whisenhunt	SF	L	1%	23.1	16	5.01	1.46	@COL	0.2994	C. Dollander
308	Aaron Civale	CWS	R	4%	89	74	5.26	1.37	@MIN	0.3106	J. Ryan
362	Patrick Corbin	TEX	L	8%	131	109	4.33	1.36	@ARI	0.3306	R. Nelson
366	Ryan Gusto	MIA	R	2%	101.2	97	5.67	1.47	@WSH	0.3055	M. Gore
491	Taijuan Walker	PHI	R	9%	101.2	73	3.63	1.33	@MIL	0.3239	J. Misiorowski
773	Joey Estes	ATH	R	0%	11	6	9.82	2	@STL	0.3073	S. Gray
790	Chase Dollander	COL	R	1%	88	75	6.55	1.6	SF	0.3032	C. Whisenhunt
Tuesday, September 2nd
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
70	Yu Darvish	SD	R	29%	47.2	42	5.66	1.11	BAL	0.3095	T. Wells
137	Miles Mikolas	STL	R	5%	130.1	86	5.04	1.35	ATH	0.3261	L. Morales
138	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	R	20%	48	54	3.56	1.13	@PIT	0.2911	M. Burrows
172	Mike Burrows	PIT	R	5%	76.2	78	4.23	1.23	LAD	0.3485	E. Sheehan
197	Cade Cavalli	WSH	R	5%	24.2	22	5.11	1.58	MIA	0.309	J. Junk
200	Joey Wentz	ATL	L	4%	78.2	67	4.92	1.42	@CHC	0.3237	S. Imanaga
217	Tyler Wells	BAL	R	1%	0	0	0	0	@SD	0.3104	Yu Darvish
218	Slade Cecconi	CLE	R	9%	102	83	4.41	1.26	@BOS	0.3257	G. Crochet
239	Janson Junk	MIA	R	5%	88	61	4.09	1.13	@WSH	0.3055	C. Cavalli
279	Michael Lorenzen	KC	R	6%	113	100	4.62	1.35	LAA	0.3082	J. Kochanowicz
318	Davis Martin	CWS	R	4%	116	85	4.03	1.28	@MIN	0.3106	B. Ober
328	Luis Morales	ATH	R	9%	22.2	22	1.19	0.97	@STL	0.3073	M. Mikolas
422	Nabil Crismatt	ARI	R	3%	14.2	11	1.84	1.36	TEX	0.3027	N. Eovaldi
718	Kyle Freeland	COL	L	2%	131.1	97	5.28	1.5	SF	0.3032	L. Webb
729	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	R	1%	111	72	6.73	1.73	@KC	0.3069	M. Lorenzen
Wednesday, September 3rd
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
51	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SD	L	19%	29	25	4.66	1.34	BAL	0.3095	C. Povich
83	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	L	49%	88.1	58	3.06	1.15	@PIT	0.2911	C. Mlodzinski
128	Will Warren	NYY	R	36%	136	149	4.3	1.4	@HOU	0.315	J. Alexander
131	Dustin May	BOS	R	23%	124	117	4.79	1.38	CLE	0.2897	L. Allen
152	Cade Povich	BAL	L	4%	91	100	5.34	1.44	@SD	0.3104	N. Cortes Jr.
168	Matthew Liberatore	STL	L	18%	126.1	98	4.13	1.28	ATH	0.3261	J. Springs
176	Chris Paddack	DET	R	10%	137.1	97	4.98	1.26	NYM	0.3261	C. Holmes
187	Jose Quintana	MIL	L	34%	114.2	77	3.69	1.29	PHI	0.3283	A. Nola
192	Logan Allen	CLE	L	9%	128.1	100	4.42	1.43	@BOS	0.3257	D. May
196	Cade Horton	CHC	R	48%	93.2	77	3.07	1.17	ATL	0.3147	C. Quantrill
225	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	L	29%	145.1	117	4.27	1.18	@STL	0.3073	M. Liberatore
231	Eric Lauer	TOR	L	30%	92.2	91	3.21	1.13	@CIN	0.3092	Z. Littell
247	Jack Leiter	TEX	R	27%	115.2	111	3.81	1.31	@ARI	0.3306	Z. Gallen
249	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	R	1%	84	74	3.86	1.32	LAD	0.3485	C. Kershaw
287	Zack Littell	CIN	R	37%	154	106	3.62	1.14	TOR	0.3343	E. Lauer
306	Jason Alexander	HOU	R	23%	54.2	46	4.61	1.37	NYY	0.3399	W. Warren
326	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	R	3%	84.1	71	4.59	1.41	CWS	0.2979	Y. Gomez
354	Mitchell Parker	WSH	L	4%	134.2	87	6.08	1.49	MIA	0.309	E. Perez
364	Cal Quantrill	ATL	R	1%	117.2	85	6.04	1.45	@CHC	0.3237	C. Horton
377	Adrian Houser	TB	R	20%	90.2	62	2.88	1.29	SEA	0.318	G. Kirby
401	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	6%	131.1	103	4.73	1.4	@KC	0.3069	R. Bergert
456	Ryan Bergert	KC	R	19%	64	59	2.67	1.11	LAA	0.3082	T. Anderson
458	Yoendrys Gomez	CWS	R	4%	32.1	29	4.73	1.48	@MIN	0.3106	S. Woods Richardson
594	German Marquez	COL	R	1%	98.1	73	5.67	1.64	SF	0.3032	R. Ray
Thursday, September 4th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
1	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	R	50%	32.1	44	4.18	1.21	@PIT	0.2911	B. Ashcraft
76	Gavin Williams	CLE	R	48%	136.2	135	3.36	1.32	@TB	0.3131	R. Pepiot
99	Zebby Matthews	MIN	R	9%	52.2	67	5.3	1.52	CWS	0.2979	S. Smith
143	Cristian Javier	HOU	R	13%	10	10	5.4	1.5	NYY	0.3399	C. Rodon
151	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	R	15%	52.1	48	2.58	1.15	LAD	0.3485	S. Ohtani
262	Shane Smith	CWS	R	9%	114	105	3.87	1.23	@MIN	0.3106	Z. Matthews
526	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	R	3%	130.1	87	5.04	1.32	@KC	0.3069	S. Lugo
Friday, September 5th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
71	Michael McGreevy	STL	R	11%	63	40	4.57	1.21	SF	0.3032	TBD
73	Jose Soriano	LAA	R	27%	154.1	136	3.85	1.36	ATH	0.3261	J. Estes
100	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	L	7%	119	116	5.67	1.64	BOS	0.3257	K. Harrison
101	Dean Kremer	BAL	R	21%	152.1	127	4.19	1.23	LAD	0.3485	B. Snell
107	Edward Cabrera	MIA	R	50%	124.2	136	3.32	1.18	PHI	0.3283	C. Sanchez
120	Ian Seymour	TB	L	3%	28.1	34	3.18	1.02	CLE	0.2897	T. Bibee
155	Cam Schlittler	NYY	R	41%	42.1	46	2.76	1.3	TOR	0.3343	S. Bieber
163	Noah Cameron	KC	L	44%	108	83	2.92	1.09	MIN	0.3106	TBD
185	Bryce Elder	ATL	R	4%	117.2	96	6.12	1.52	SEA	0.318	L. Gilbert
215	Jameson Taillon	CHC	R	24%	106.1	81	4.15	1.06	WSH	0.3055	J. Irvin
244	Kyle Harrison	BOS	L	3%	23.2	25	4.56	1.27	@ARI	0.3306	E. Rodriguez
302	Jake Irvin	WSH	R	9%	148.1	99	5.4	1.43	@CHC	0.3237	J. Taillon
309	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	R	15%	29	23	6.21	1.52	@TEX	0.3027	M. Kelly
341	Martin Perez	CWS	L	5%	35.2	32	2.02	0.95	@DET	0.3226	J. Flaherty
738	McCade Brown	COL	R	0%	3.2	2	9.82	2.18	SD	0.3104	N. Pivetta
773	Joey Estes	ATH	R	0%	11	6	9.82	2	@LAA	0.3082	J. Soriano
Saturday, September 6th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
79	Michael Wacha	KC	R	39%	148.2	108	3.39	1.18	MIN	0.3106	TBD
80	Shane Baz	TB	R	35%	144	150	5.19	1.35	CLE	0.2897	P. Messick
96	Luis Gil	NYY	R	41%	24	22	3.75	1.71	TOR	0.3343	K. Gausman
130	Andre Pallante	STL	R	5%	139	95	5.44	1.42	SF	0.3032	TBD
135	Lucas Giolito	BOS	R	43%	119.1	99	3.47	1.22	@ARI	0.3306	B. Pfaadt
188	Parker Messick	CLE	L	13%	13.2	12	0.66	0.88	@TB	0.3131	S. Baz
267	Johan Oviedo	PIT	R	1%	10	14	3.6	1.2	MIL	0.3239	B. Woodruff
273	Brad Lord	WSH	R	1%	100.2	82	3.84	1.29	@CHC	0.3237	M. Boyd
308	Aaron Civale	CWS	R	4%	89	74	5.26	1.37	@DET	0.3226	T. Skubal
309	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	R	15%	29	23	6.21	1.52	@TEX	0.3027	J. deGrom
390	Osvaldo Bido	ATH	R	1%	68.1	54	5.66	1.58	@LAA	0.3082	Y. Kikuchi
784	Tanner Gordon	COL	R	0%	50.1	32	6.44	1.65	SD	0.3104	TBD
Sunday, September 7th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
82	Ryne Nelson	ARI	R	29%	125	108	3.53	1.06	BOS	0.3257	B. Bello
113	Charlie Morton	DET	R	23%	128.2	137	5.25	1.48	CWS	0.2979	D. Martin
158	Colin Rea	CHC	R	18%	132	95	4.23	1.3	WSH	0.3055	M. Gore
172	Mike Burrows	PIT	R	5%	76.2	78	4.23	1.23	MIL	0.3239	J. Misiorowski
218	Slade Cecconi	CLE	R	9%	102	83	4.41	1.26	@TB	0.3131	D. Rasmussen
279	Michael Lorenzen	KC	R	6%	113	100	4.62	1.35	MIN	0.3106	TBD
318	Davis Martin	CWS	R	4%	116	85	4.03	1.28	@DET	0.3226	C. Morton
328	Luis Morales	ATH	R	9%	22.2	22	1.19	0.97	@LAA	0.3082	TBD
349	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	R	18%	137.1	91	4.06	1.27	LAD	0.3485	Y. Yamamoto
362	Patrick Corbin	TEX	L	8%	131	109	4.33	1.36	HOU	0.315	TBD
366	Ryan Gusto	MIA	R	2%	101.2	97	5.67	1.47	PHI	0.3283	T. Walker
491	Taijuan Walker	PHI	R	9%	101.2	73	3.63	1.33	@MIA	0.309	R. Gusto
790	Chase Dollander	COL	R	1%	88	75	6.55	1.6	SD	0.3104	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.

Two Start Pitcher Rankings \| Fantasy Baseball Week 22 \| FantasyPros
			Game 1 Opponent				Game 2 Opponent
VBR	Two Start Pitcher	Throws	Date	Pitcher	Opp.	wOBA	Date	Pitcher	Opp.	wOBA
7	Max Fried (NYY) (14-5) 3.11 ERA	L	Tue 9/2	F. Valdez (12-7) 3.18 ERA	@HOU	0.3146	Sun 9/7	M. Scherzer (5-2) 3.82 ERA	TOR	0.3343
16	Sonny Gray (STL) (12-7) 4.19 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	J. Estes (0-2) 9.82 ERA	ATH	0.3261	Sun 9/7	TBD	SF	0.3031
20	Hunter Greene (CIN) (5-4) 2.81 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	C. Bassitt (11-7) 4.14 ERA	TOR	0.3343	Sun 9/7	K. Senga (7-5) 2.82 ERA	NYM	0.3264
22	Brandon Woodruff (MIL) (5-1) 3.10 ERA	R	Fri 9/5	P. Skenes (8-9) 2.07 ERA	@PIT	0.2912	Sat 9/6	J. Oviedo (1-0) 3.60 ERA	@PIT	0.2912
24	Drew Rasmussen (TB) (10-5) 2.64 ERA	R	Tue 9/2	B. Woo (12-7) 2.84 ERA	SEA	0.318	Sun 9/7	S. Cecconi (5-6) 4.41 ERA	CLE	0.2897
30	Luis Castillo (SEA) (8-7) 3.75 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	S. Baz (8-11) 5.19 ERA	@TB	0.3131	Sun 9/7	H. Waldrep (4-0) 0.90 ERA	@ATL	0.3152
39	MacKenzie Gore (WSH) (5-13) 4.15 ERA	L	Mon 9/1	R. Gusto (7-7) 5.67 ERA	MIA	0.3095	Sun 9/7	C. Rea (10-6) 4.23 ERA	@CHC	0.3236
52	Yusei Kikuchi (LAA) (6-9) 3.68 ERA	L	Mon 9/1	TBD	@HOU	0.3146	Sat 9/6	O. Bido (2-4) 5.66 ERA	ATH	0.3261
62	Shane Baz (TB) (8-11) 5.19 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	L. Castillo (8-7) 3.75 ERA	SEA	0.318	Sat 9/6	P. Messick (1-0) 0.66 ERA	CLE	0.2897
75	Ryne Nelson (ARI) (7-3) 3.53 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	P. Corbin (7-9) 4.33 ERA	TEX	0.3027	Sun 9/7	B. Bello (10-6) 2.99 ERA	BOS	0.3259
79	Jacob Misiorowski (MIL) (4-2) 4.33 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	T. Walker (4-7) 3.63 ERA	PHI	0.3254	Sun 9/7	M. Burrows (1-4) 4.23 ERA	@PIT	0.2912
80	Brayan Bello (BOS) (10-6) 2.99 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	P. Messick (1-0) 0.66 ERA	CLE	0.2897	Sun 9/7	R. Nelson (7-3) 3.53 ERA	@ARI	0.3305
90	Mike Burrows (PIT) (1-4) 4.23 ERA	R	Tue 9/2	E. Sheehan (5-2) 3.56 ERA	LAD	0.3485	Sun 9/7	J. Misiorowski (4-2) 4.33 ERA	MIL	0.3239
96	Parker Messick (CLE) (1-0) 0.66 ERA	L	Mon 9/1	B. Bello (10-6) 2.99 ERA	@BOS	0.3259	Sat 9/6	S. Baz (8-11) 5.19 ERA	@TB	0.3131
104	Charlie Morton (DET) (9-10) 5.25 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	S. Manaea (1-2) 5.01 ERA	NYM	0.3264	Sun 9/7	D. Martin (5-9) 4.03 ERA	CWS	0.2986
107	Slade Cecconi (CLE) (5-6) 4.41 ERA	R	Tue 9/2	G. Crochet (14-5) 2.35 ERA	@BOS	0.3259	Sun 9/7	D. Rasmussen (10-5) 2.64 ERA	@TB	0.3131
133	Colin Rea (CHC) (10-6) 4.23 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	S. Strider (5-12) 4.95 ERA	ATL	0.3152	Sun 9/7	M. Gore (5-13) 4.15 ERA	WSH	0.3055
137	Michael Lorenzen (KC) (5-8) 4.62 ERA	R	Tue 9/2	J. Kochanowicz (3-11) 6.73 ERA	LAA	0.3082	Sun 9/7	TBD	MIN	0.3106
157	Spencer Arrighetti (HOU) (1-5) 6.21 ERA	R	Fri 9/5	M. Kelly (10-7) 3.20 ERA	@TEX	0.3027	Sat 9/6	J. deGrom (10-6) 2.79 ERA	@TEX	0.3027
160	Aaron Civale (CWS) (3-9) 5.26 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	J. Ryan (12-7) 3.04 ERA	@MIN	0.3106	Sat 9/6	T. Skubal (11-4) 2.28 ERA	@DET	0.3226
169	Davis Martin (CWS) (5-9) 4.03 ERA	R	Tue 9/2	B. Ober (4-7) 5.14 ERA	@MIN	0.3106	Sun 9/7	C. Morton (9-10) 5.25 ERA	@DET	0.3226
174	Luis Morales (ATH) (2-0) 1.19 ERA	R	Tue 9/2	M. Mikolas (6-10) 5.04 ERA	@STL	0.3072	Sun 9/7	TBD	@LAA	0.3082
207	Patrick Corbin (TEX) (7-9) 4.33 ERA	L	Mon 9/1	R. Nelson (7-3) 3.53 ERA	@ARI	0.3305	Sun 9/7	TBD	HOU	0.3146
284	Ryan Gusto (MIA) (7-7) 5.67 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	M. Gore (5-13) 4.15 ERA	@WSH	0.3055	Sun 9/7	T. Walker (4-7) 3.63 ERA	PHI	0.3254
289	Taijuan Walker (PHI) (4-7) 3.63 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	J. Misiorowski (4-2) 4.33 ERA	@MIL	0.3239	Sun 9/7	R. Gusto (7-7) 5.67 ERA	@MIA	0.3095
361	Joey Estes (ATH) (0-2) 9.82 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	S. Gray (12-7) 4.19 ERA	@STL	0.3072	Fri 9/5	J. Soriano (9-9) 3.85 ERA	@LAA	0.3082
371	Chase Dollander (COL) (2-11) 6.55 ERA	R	Mon 9/1	C. Whisenhunt (2-1) 5.01 ERA	SF	0.3031	Sun 9/7	TBD	SD	0.3104

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.