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.
You can also check out our full probable pitchers report for the next two weeks. You can use that in coordination with our Streaming Pitcher Planner and Two-Start Pitcher Projections to plan your fantasy baseball rotation.
- Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Advice
- Fantasy Baseball Trade Advice
- Fantasy Baseball Start/Sit Lineup Advice
- MLB Prop Bet Cheat Sheet
Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitcher Rankings
| Monday, August 18th | ||||||||||
| VBR | Pitcher | Team | % Rost | IP | K | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 75 | Michael Wacha | KC | 42% | 137 | 101 | 3.35 | 1.15 | TEX | 0.2956 | J. Leiter |
| 76 | Nestor Cortes Jr. | SD | 18% | 17.1 | 17 | 5.71 | 1.56 | SF | 0.3006 | R. Ray |
| 126 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | 21% | 117 | 88 | 3.92 | 1.28 | @MIA | 0.3119 | E. Perez |
| 150 | Brady Singer | CIN | 38% | 125.1 | 119 | 4.24 | 1.3 | @LAA | 0.3107 | V. Mederos |
| 153 | Cade Horton | CHC | 37% | 85 | 67 | 3.28 | 1.19 | MIL | 0.3235 | F. Peralta |
| 159 | Dustin May | BOS | 21% | 113.2 | 109 | 4.67 | 1.35 | BAL | 0.3091 | T. Rogers |
| 194 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | 18% | 18.1 | 16 | 6.38 | 1.47 | @DET | 0.3217 | J. Flaherty |
| 225 | Jack Leiter | TEX | 25% | 105 | 96 | 3.94 | 1.34 | @KC | 0.3024 | M. Wacha |
| 407 | Tyler Alexander | CWS | 0% | 78 | 67 | 4.27 | 1.24 | @ATL | 0.3125 | S. Strider |
| 801 | Victor Mederos | LAA | 0% | 8 | 7 | 5.63 | 1.5 | CIN | 0.3117 | B. Singer |
| 803 | Austin Gomber | COL | 1% | 54.2 | 32 | 6.75 | 1.61 | LAD | 0.3508 | Y. Yamamoto |
| Tuesday, August 19th | ||||||||||
| VBR | Pitcher | Team | % Rost | IP | K | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 46 | Max Scherzer | TOR | 45% | 54 | 52 | 3.83 | 1.07 | @PIT | 0.2883 | M. Keller |
| 84 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | 12% | 110 | 111 | 5.4 | 1.64 | CLE | 0.2966 | T. Bibee |
| 85 | Mitch Keller | PIT | 49% | 141.2 | 112 | 4.13 | 1.27 | TOR | 0.3333 | M. Scherzer |
| 88 | Shane Baz | TB | 43% | 135 | 140 | 4.93 | 1.33 | NYY | 0.334 | C. Rodon |
| 92 | Michael McGreevy | STL | 10% | 51 | 28 | 4.41 | 1.22 | @MIA | 0.3119 | E. Cabrera |
| 108 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | 37% | 84.2 | 103 | 3.3 | 1.19 | @MIN | 0.3104 | J. Ryan |
| 174 | Emmet Sheehan | LAD | 15% | 35 | 37 | 3.86 | 1.23 | @COL | 0.3005 | B. Blalock |
| 204 | Shane Smith | CWS | 7% | 101 | 98 | 4.01 | 1.28 | @ATL | 0.3125 | B. Elder |
| 272 | Bryce Elder | ATL | 3% | 107 | 87 | 5.89 | 1.52 | CWS | 0.2945 | S. Smith |
| 283 | Jake Irvin | WSH | 11% | 140 | 94 | 5.14 | 1.38 | NYM | 0.319 | D. Peterson |
| 332 | Tomoyuki Sugano | BAL | 18% | 126.1 | 82 | 4.13 | 1.28 | @BOS | 0.328 | W. Buehler |
| 347 | Logan Evans | SEA | 6% | 78.1 | 58 | 4.94 | 1.42 | @PHI | 0.3224 | C. Sanchez |
| 458 | Kyle Hendricks | LAA | 3% | 120 | 82 | 4.88 | 1.28 | CIN | 0.3117 | H. Greene |
| 468 | Walker Buehler | BOS | 18% | 106 | 78 | 5.43 | 1.55 | BAL | 0.3091 | T. Sugano |
| 488 | Kai-Wei Teng | SF | 1% | 10 | 8 | 9.9 | 1.9 | @SD | 0.3101 | N. Pivetta |
| 807 | Bradley Blalock | COL | 1% | 47 | 22 | 8.62 | 1.79 | LAD | 0.3508 | E. Sheehan |
| Wednesday, August 20th | ||||||||||
| VBR | Pitcher | Team | % Rost | IP | K | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 87 | Sandy Alcantara | MIA | 46% | 121 | 90 | 6.55 | 1.45 | STL | 0.3092 | A. Pallante |
| 104 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | 8% | 61.1 | 75 | 4.11 | 1.4 | @ARI | 0.3322 | B. Pfaadt |
| 105 | Landen Roupp | SF | 20% | 101.1 | 95 | 3.2 | 1.44 | @SD | 0.3101 | M. King |
| 172 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | 4% | 55.1 | 61 | 5.04 | 1.3 | @MIN | 0.3104 | B. Ober |
| 175 | Cam Schlittler | NYY | 10% | 29.2 | 30 | 3.94 | 1.52 | @TB | 0.3132 | D. Rasmussen |
| 180 | Charlie Morton | DET | 19% | 111.2 | 117 | 5.48 | 1.53 | HOU | 0.319 | F. Valdez |
| 181 | Andre Pallante | STL | 5% | 123.2 | 80 | 4.95 | 1.36 | @MIA | 0.3119 | S. Alcantara |
| 202 | Braxton Ashcraft | PIT | 1% | 36.2 | 33 | 3.19 | 1.36 | TOR | 0.3333 | C. Bassitt |
| 212 | Colin Rea | CHC | 20% | 116.2 | 85 | 4.09 | 1.28 | MIL | 0.3235 | J. Misiorowski |
| 256 | Brad Lord | WSH | 1% | 91 | 73 | 3.26 | 1.22 | NYM | 0.319 | K. Senga |
| 268 | Nick Martinez | CIN | 28% | 136.1 | 97 | 4.49 | 1.19 | @LAA | 0.3107 | Y. Kikuchi |
| 286 | Aaron Civale | CWS | 8% | 73.1 | 62 | 4.91 | 1.34 | @ATL | 0.3125 | H. Waldrep |
| 476 | Hurston Waldrep | ATL | 17% | 11.2 | 10 | 1.54 | 0.86 | CWS | 0.2945 | A. Civale |
| 783 | Tanner Gordon | COL | 0% | 33.1 | 22 | 8.37 | 1.89 | LAD | 0.3508 | S. Ohtani |
| Thursday, August 21st | ||||||||||
| VBR | Pitcher | Team | % Rost | IP | K | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 49 | Sean Manaea | NYM | 44% | 27 | 30 | 4.33 | 1.11 | @WSH | 0.3062 | M. Gore |
| 64 | Luis Gil | NYY | 43% | 8.2 | 10 | 7.27 | 1.85 | BOS | 0.328 | L. Giolito |
| 115 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | 40% | 71.2 | 46 | 3.14 | 1.26 | @COL | 0.3005 | C. Dollander |
| 117 | Justin Verlander | SF | 15% | 99.1 | 87 | 4.62 | 1.51 | @SD | 0.3101 | D. Cease |
| 193 | Lucas Giolito | BOS | 46% | 100.1 | 82 | 3.77 | 1.25 | @NYY | 0.334 | L. Gil |
| 210 | Joe Boyle | TB | 9% | 30.2 | 31 | 3.82 | 1.08 | STL | 0.3092 | S. Gray |
| 224 | Michael Lorenzen | KC | 5% | 99.2 | 85 | 4.61 | 1.3 | TEX | 0.2956 | P. Corbin |
| 309 | Brandon Young | BAL | 1% | 44.1 | 40 | 6.7 | 1.74 | HOU | 0.319 | J. Alexander |
| 330 | Patrick Corbin | TEX | 13% | 117 | 97 | 4 | 1.32 | @KC | 0.3024 | M. Lorenzen |
| 467 | Jason Alexander | HOU | 5% | 37.2 | 29 | 5.02 | 1.46 | @BAL | 0.3091 | B. Young |
| 785 | Jose Urena | MIN | 0% | 25.1 | 14 | 4.97 | 1.62 | ATH | 0.3245 | J. Perkins |
| 806 | Chase Dollander | COL | 1% | 73.2 | 57 | 6.35 | 1.56 | LAD | 0.3508 | C. Kershaw |
| – | Jack Perkins | ATH | 0% | 28.2 | 28 | 4.08 | 1.05 | @MIN | 0.3104 | J. Urena |
| Friday, August 22nd | ||||||||||
| VBR | Pitcher | Team | % Rost | IP | K | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 54 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | 13% | 44 | 57 | 5.11 | 1.36 | @CWS | 0.2945 | S. Burke |
| 59 | Yu Darvish | SD | 28% | 33.2 | 29 | 5.61 | 1.22 | LAD | 0.3508 | B. Snell |
| 61 | Shane Bieber | TOR | 39% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | @MIA | 0.3119 | C. Quantrill |
| 106 | Brayan Bello | BOS | 44% | 121.2 | 95 | 3.25 | 1.29 | @NYY | 0.334 | M. Fried |
| 111 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | 38% | 106.2 | 95 | 3.46 | 1.06 | CIN | 0.3117 | TBD |
| 141 | Mike Burrows | PIT | 4% | 67.2 | 69 | 4.66 | 1.24 | COL | 0.3005 | K. Freeland |
| 151 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | 16% | 85.1 | 73 | 4.11 | 1.25 | @TEX | 0.2956 | N. Eovaldi |
| 152 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | 6% | 9.1 | 9 | 3.86 | 1.5 | @PHI | 0.3224 | Z. Wheeler |
| 156 | Cade Povich | BAL | 4% | 76.1 | 80 | 5.31 | 1.44 | HOU | 0.319 | C. Javier |
| 166 | Jose Quintana | MIL | 28% | 99.1 | 69 | 3.44 | 1.3 | SF | 0.3006 | L. Webb |
| 167 | Miles Mikolas | STL | 5% | 117.2 | 79 | 4.97 | 1.28 | @TB | 0.3132 | A. Houser |
| 176 | Cristian Javier | HOU | 18% | 5 | 5 | 3.6 | 1 | @BAL | 0.3091 | C. Povich |
| 351 | Nolan McLean | NYM | 10% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | @ATL | 0.3125 | TBD |
| 357 | Sean Burke | CWS | 7% | 114 | 107 | 4.26 | 1.44 | MIN | 0.3104 | Z. Matthews |
| 359 | Javier Assad | CHC | 1% | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2.25 | @LAA | 0.3107 | T. Anderson |
| 398 | Tyler Anderson | LAA | 7% | 122.1 | 97 | 4.63 | 1.4 | CHC | 0.3282 | J. Assad |
| 409 | Adrian Houser | TB | 21% | 79.1 | 54 | 2.84 | 1.32 | STL | 0.3092 | M. Mikolas |
| 448 | Bailey Falter | KC | 7% | 121.1 | 77 | 4.15 | 1.24 | @DET | 0.3217 | C. Mize |
| 460 | Cal Quantrill | MIA | 2% | 106 | 80 | 5.09 | 1.35 | TOR | 0.3333 | S. Bieber |
| 663 | Luis Morales | ATH | 1% | 4.2 | 4 | 1.93 | 1.93 | @SEA | 0.3179 | B. Woo |
| 773 | Kyle Freeland | COL | 2% | 116.1 | 80 | 5.18 | 1.48 | @PIT | 0.2883 | M. Burrows |
| Saturday, August 23rd | ||||||||||
| VBR | Pitcher | Team | % Rost | IP | K | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 68 | Jose Soriano | LAA | 28% | 143 | 125 | 3.84 | 1.37 | CHC | 0.3282 | J. Taillon |
| 75 | Michael Wacha | KC | 42% | 137 | 101 | 3.35 | 1.15 | @DET | 0.3217 | C. Paddack |
| 76 | Nestor Cortes Jr. | SD | 18% | 17.1 | 17 | 5.71 | 1.56 | LAD | 0.3508 | T. Glasnow |
| 83 | Dean Kremer | BAL | 16% | 140.1 | 116 | 4.17 | 1.25 | HOU | 0.319 | S. Arrighetti |
| 101 | Will Warren | NYY | 35% | 122.1 | 140 | 4.34 | 1.37 | BOS | 0.328 | G. Crochet |
| 118 | Chris Paddack | DET | 15% | 126.2 | 92 | 4.76 | 1.22 | KC | 0.3024 | M. Wacha |
| 135 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | 24% | 95.1 | 74 | 4.44 | 1.09 | @LAA | 0.3107 | J. Soriano |
| 139 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | 38% | 135.1 | 109 | 4.19 | 1.16 | @SEA | 0.3179 | G. Kirby |
| 194 | Spencer Arrighetti | HOU | 18% | 18.1 | 16 | 6.38 | 1.47 | @BAL | 0.3091 | D. Kremer |
| 195 | Janson Junk | MIA | 8% | 75.1 | 52 | 4.06 | 1.13 | TOR | 0.3333 | E. Lauer |
| 199 | Eric Lauer | TOR | 42% | 83 | 83 | 2.82 | 1.06 | @MIA | 0.3119 | J. Junk |
| 218 | Zack Littell | CIN | 43% | 145 | 100 | 3.6 | 1.12 | @ARI | 0.3322 | C. Kelly |
| 225 | Jack Leiter | TEX | 25% | 105 | 96 | 3.94 | 1.34 | CLE | 0.2966 | L. Allen |
| 238 | Logan Allen | CLE | 12% | 118.2 | 92 | 4.02 | 1.38 | @TEX | 0.2956 | J. Leiter |
| 312 | Mitchell Parker | WSH | 5% | 128 | 84 | 5.63 | 1.46 | @PHI | 0.3224 | A. Nola |
| 372 | Andrew Heaney | PIT | 10% | 119 | 83 | 4.99 | 1.32 | COL | 0.3005 | A. Gomber |
| 465 | Davis Martin | CWS | 2% | 101.1 | 70 | 4.17 | 1.3 | MIN | 0.3104 | TBD |
| 803 | Austin Gomber | COL | 1% | 54.2 | 32 | 6.75 | 1.61 | @PIT | 0.2883 | A. Heaney |
| 805 | Casey Kelly | ARI | 0% | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | CIN | 0.3117 | Z. Littell |
| Sunday, August 24th | ||||||||||
| VBR | Pitcher | Team | % Rost | IP | K | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 108 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | 37% | 84.2 | 103 | 3.3 | 1.19 | @SEA | 0.3179 | L. Gilbert |
| 126 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | 21% | 117 | 88 | 3.92 | 1.28 | @TB | 0.3132 | R. Pepiot |
| 153 | Cade Horton | CHC | 37% | 85 | 67 | 3.28 | 1.19 | @LAA | 0.3107 | V. Mederos |
| 159 | Dustin May | BOS | 21% | 113.2 | 109 | 4.67 | 1.35 | @NYY | 0.334 | C. Rodon |
| 283 | Jake Irvin | WSH | 11% | 140 | 94 | 5.14 | 1.38 | @PHI | 0.3224 | A. Nola |
| 488 | Kai-Wei Teng | SF | 1% | 10 | 8 | 9.9 | 1.9 | @MIL | 0.3235 | B. Woodruff |
| 550 | Yoendrys Gomez | CWS | 0% | 22.2 | 20 | 5.56 | 1.54 | MIN | 0.3104 | J. Ryan |
| 801 | Victor Mederos | LAA | 0% | 8 | 7 | 5.63 | 1.5 | CHC | 0.3282 | C. Horton |
| 807 | Bradley Blalock | COL | 1% | 47 | 22 | 8.62 | 1.79 | @PIT | 0.2883 | P. Skenes |
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.
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