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 8th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
62	Sean Manaea	NYM	29%	45	59	5.6	1.24	@PHI	0.327	A. Nola
75	Yu Darvish	SD	28%	51.2	48	5.75	1.18	CIN	0.3119	N. Lodolo
141	Slade Cecconi	CLE	8%	107.1	91	4.78	1.3	KC	0.3055	R. Bergert
151	Cade Cavalli	WSH	5%	29.2	28	4.85	1.48	@MIA	0.3091	A. Mazur
188	Luis Severino	ATH	21%	141.1	107	4.65	1.32	BOS	0.3268	G. Crochet
190	Miles Mikolas	STL	4%	136.1	86	4.89	1.34	@SEA	0.3177	B. Woo
203	Jacob Latz	TEX	1%	68.2	62	3.15	1.28	MIL	0.3244	J. Quintana
210	Joey Wentz	ATL	4%	82.2	75	5.12	1.45	CHC	0.3241	S. Imanaga
224	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	3%	89.1	78	4.53	1.39	@LAA	0.3064	T. Anderson
238	Jose Quintana	MIL	24%	121	83	3.72	1.31	@TEX	0.304	J. Latz
251	Adam Mazur	MIA	0%	15.2	12	5.74	1.53	WSH	0.3048	C. Cavalli
282	Ryan Bergert	KC	23%	69	65	2.61	1.09	@CLE	0.2899	S. Cecconi
426	Nabil Crismatt	ARI	3%	21	14	2.14	1.33	@SF	0.3085	L. Webb
768	Chase Dollander	COL	1%	93	77	6.77	1.6	@LAD	0.3466	S. Ohtani
–	Tyler Anderson	LAA	5%	136.1	104	4.56	1.41	MIN	0.3117	S. Woods Richardson
Tuesday, September 9th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
54	Kyle Bradish	BAL	25%	10	15	3.6	1	PIT	0.2929	C. Mlodzinski
69	Zebby Matthews	MIN	12%	64.2	75	4.73	1.42	@LAA	0.3064	K. Hendricks
72	Eury Perez	MIA	36%	75.1	72	4.66	1.1	WSH	0.3048	M. Parker
86	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	18%	52.2	60	3.59	1.16	COL	0.3015	G. Marquez
96	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SD	15%	34.1	29	6.29	1.63	CIN	0.3119	Z. Littell
125	Will Warren	NYY	30%	141	153	4.28	1.39	DET	0.3229	S. Gipson-Long
135	Noah Cameron	KC	40%	113	88	3.03	1.13	@CLE	0.2899	L. Allen
143	Matthew Liberatore	STL	17%	136.2	109	4.02	1.3	@SEA	0.3177	G. Kirby
153	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET	1%	29	23	5.59	1.14	@NYY	0.34	W. Warren
163	Jack Leiter	TEX	34%	127.2	126	3.74	1.29	MIL	0.3244	F. Peralta
172	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	28%	157	126	4.24	1.19	BOS	0.3268	D. May
187	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	1%	86	75	3.87	1.33	@BAL	0.3123	K. Bradish
205	Dustin May	BOS	20%	132.1	123	4.96	1.42	@ATH	0.3253	J. Springs
223	Zack Littell	CIN	35%	165.1	116	3.81	1.14	@SD	0.3106	N. Cortes Jr.
233	Bryce Elder	ATL	5%	131.2	105	5.54	1.43	CHC	0.3241	C. Horton
236	Logan Allen	CLE	9%	139.1	109	4.52	1.44	KC	0.3055	N. Cameron
285	Mitchell Parker	WSH	5%	145.2	98	5.93	1.48	@MIA	0.3091	E. Perez
331	Adrian Houser	TB	18%	101.2	74	3.01	1.29	@CWS	0.3006	Y. Gomez
344	Yoendrys Gomez	CWS	2%	41.1	40	4.79	1.55	TB	0.314	A. Houser
600	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	4%	142.1	89	4.81	1.3	MIN	0.3117	Z. Matthews
686	German Marquez	COL	1%	107.2	75	6.19	1.71	@LAD	0.3466	E. Sheehan
Wednesday, September 10th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
52	Jose Soriano	LAA	35%	161.1	144	3.68	1.33	MIN	0.3117	T. Bradley
63	Michael Wacha	KC	36%	153.1	112	3.52	1.19	@CLE	0.2899	G. Williams
78	Michael McGreevy	STL	12%	69	40	4.3	1.2	@SEA	0.3177	L. Gilbert
107	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	11%	55.1	52	2.44	1.19	@BAL	0.3123	T. Wells
113	Taj Bradley	MIN	35%	126.1	109	4.92	1.31	@LAA	0.3064	J. Soriano
122	Casey Mize	DET	49%	125.2	110	3.87	1.3	@NYY	0.34	C. Rodon
130	Payton Tolle	BOS	26%	5.1	8	3.38	0.94	@ATH	0.3253	M. Barnett
131	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	7%	125	120	5.4	1.62	@SF	0.3085	C. Seymour
154	Tyler Wells	BAL	2%	5	4	3.6	1	PIT	0.2929	B. Ashcraft
164	Ryan Weathers	MIA	4%	24.2	23	3.28	1.05	WSH	0.3048	J. Irvin
201	Javier Assad	CHC	7%	20	10	4.05	1.35	@ATL	0.3139	C. Sale
219	Carson Seymour	SF	1%	24.2	18	4.74	1.5	ARI	0.3284	E. Rodriguez
257	Jake Irvin	WSH	9%	154.1	102	5.42	1.41	@MIA	0.3091	R. Weathers
264	Jason Alexander	HOU	14%	59.2	52	4.68	1.39	@TOR	0.3359	S. Bieber
325	Mason Barnett	ATH	0%	4	1	11.25	2	BOS	0.3268	P. Tolle
674	Kyle Freeland	COL	2%	131.1	97	5.41	1.52	@LAD	0.3466	B. Snell
713	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	1%	98.1	78	5.67	1.49	TB	0.314	R. Pepiot
Thursday, September 11th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
110	Ian Seymour	TB	22%	33.1	42	2.97	1.02	@CWS	0.3006	S. Smith
149	Cade Povich	BAL	3%	96	103	5.44	1.47	PIT	0.2929	P. Skenes
168	Shane Smith	CWS	18%	120.1	112	3.81	1.21	TB	0.314	I. Seymour
212	Cristian Javier	HOU	20%	20.1	20	4.43	1.33	@TOR	0.3359	K. Gausman
227	Brad Lord	WSH	1%	103.2	85	4.34	1.32	@MIA	0.3091	S. Alcantara
707	Stephen Kolek	KC	2%	85.2	59	3.99	1.26	@CLE	0.2899	T. Bibee
726	McCade Brown	COL	0%	7.2	5	8.22	2.09	@SD	0.3106	M. King
Friday, September 12th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
58	Max Scherzer	TOR	41%	70	62	4.11	1.13	BAL	0.3123	D. Kremer
74	Justin Verlander	SF	18%	121.2	114	4.44	1.45	LAD	0.3466	TBD
76	Shane Baz	TB	37%	150	156	4.98	1.34	@CHC	0.3241	M. Boyd
102	Luis Gil	NYY	42%	29.1	29	3.68	1.6	@BOS	0.3268	L. Giolito
114	Jonah Tong	NYM	39%	5	6	1.8	1.2	TEX	0.304	J. deGrom
128	Dean Kremer	BAL	15%	155.1	128	4.52	1.27	@TOR	0.3359	M. Scherzer
129	Mitch Keller	PIT	42%	156	132	4.21	1.28	@WSH	0.3048	A. Alvarez
178	J.T. Ginn	ATH	3%	71.1	81	5.17	1.35	CIN	0.3119	B. Singer
189	Andre Pallante	STL	5%	144	101	5.38	1.44	@MIL	0.3244	B. Woodruff
221	Michael Lorenzen	KC	7%	119	105	4.54	1.33	@PHI	0.327	W. Buehler
251	Adam Mazur	MIA	0%	15.2	12	5.74	1.53	DET	0.3229	T. Skubal
259	Martin Perez	CWS	10%	41.2	39	2.16	0.98	@CLE	0.2899	TBD
279	Andrew Alvarez	WSH	0%	5	4	0	0.6	PIT	0.2929	M. Keller
333	Walker Buehler	PHI	13%	112.1	84	5.45	1.56	KC	0.3055	M. Lorenzen
648	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	14%	35.1	31	5.35	1.42	@ATL	0.3139	H. Waldrep
668	Tanner Gordon	COL	0%	56.1	41	6.07	1.58	@SD	0.3106	D. Cease
742	Mitch Farris	LAA	0%	5	3	1.8	1	@SEA	0.3177	L. Castillo
Saturday, September 13th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
75	Yu Darvish	SD	28%	51.2	48	5.75	1.18	COL	0.3015	C. Dollander
105	Ryne Nelson	ARI	33%	131	115	3.57	1.05	@MIN	0.3117	TBD
146	Tylor Megill	NYM	21%	68.1	89	3.95	1.36	TEX	0.304	P. Corbin
151	Cade Cavalli	WSH	5%	29.2	28	4.85	1.48	PIT	0.2929	TBD
159	Parker Messick	CLE	16%	17.1	14	2.08	1.33	CWS	0.3006	D. Martin
174	Charlie Morton	DET	19%	132.1	140	5.51	1.51	@MIA	0.3091	J. Junk
188	Luis Severino	ATH	21%	141.1	107	4.65	1.32	CIN	0.3119	H. Greene
194	Janson Junk	MIA	4%	88	61	4.09	1.13	DET	0.3229	C. Morton
213	Colin Rea	CHC	16%	136	98	4.3	1.32	TB	0.314	D. Rasmussen
260	Patrick Corbin	TEX	9%	136.2	114	4.48	1.35	@NYM	0.3305	T. Megill
265	Davis Martin	CWS	4%	122	89	4.06	1.3	@CLE	0.2899	P. Messick
282	Ryan Bergert	KC	23%	69	65	2.61	1.09	@PHI	0.327	T. Walker
411	Caden Dana	LAA	1%	11	10	4.91	1.36	@SEA	0.3177	B. Woo
478	Taijuan Walker	PHI	8%	105.2	75	3.92	1.36	KC	0.3055	R. Bergert
768	Chase Dollander	COL	1%	93	77	6.77	1.6	@SD	0.3106	Yu Darvish
Sunday, September 14th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
62	Sean Manaea	NYM	29%	45	59	5.6	1.24	TEX	0.304	J. Latz
72	Eury Perez	MIA	36%	75.1	72	4.66	1.1	DET	0.3229	S. Gipson-Long
96	Nestor Cortes Jr.	SD	15%	34.1	29	6.29	1.63	COL	0.3015	G. Marquez
125	Will Warren	NYY	30%	141	153	4.28	1.39	@BOS	0.3268	G. Crochet
135	Noah Cameron	KC	40%	113	88	3.03	1.13	@PHI	0.327	A. Nola
141	Slade Cecconi	CLE	8%	107.1	91	4.78	1.3	CWS	0.3006	Y. Gomez
153	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET	1%	29	23	5.59	1.14	@MIA	0.3091	E. Perez
190	Miles Mikolas	STL	4%	136.1	86	4.89	1.34	@MIL	0.3244	J. Quintana
203	Jacob Latz	TEX	1%	68.2	62	3.15	1.28	@NYM	0.3305	S. Manaea
210	Joey Wentz	ATL	4%	82.2	75	5.12	1.45	HOU	0.3148	TBD
217	Luis Morales	ATH	33%	28.1	30	1.59	0.99	CIN	0.3119	N. Lodolo
238	Jose Quintana	MIL	24%	121	83	3.72	1.31	STL	0.3069	M. Mikolas
276	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	15%	140.2	95	4.41	1.32	@TOR	0.3359	J. Berrios
285	Mitchell Parker	WSH	5%	145.2	98	5.93	1.48	PIT	0.2929	TBD
331	Adrian Houser	TB	18%	101.2	74	3.01	1.29	@CHC	0.3241	S. Imanaga
344	Yoendrys Gomez	CWS	2%	41.1	40	4.79	1.55	@CLE	0.2899	S. Cecconi
426	Nabil Crismatt	ARI	3%	21	14	2.14	1.33	@MIN	0.3117	TBD
600	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	4%	142.1	89	4.81	1.3	@SEA	0.3177	G. Kirby
686	German Marquez	COL	1%	107.2	75	6.19	1.71	@SD	0.3106	N. Cortes Jr.

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
5	Garrett Crochet (BOS) (14-5) 2.62 ERA	Mon 9/8	L. Severino (6-11) 4.65 ERA	@ATH	0.3253	Sun 9/14	W. Warren (8-6) 4.28 ERA	NYY	0.3399
10	Logan Webb (SF) (13-9) 3.17 ERA	Mon 9/8	N. Crismatt (2-0) 2.14 ERA	ARI	0.3284	Sun 9/14	TBD	LAD	0.3473
12	George Kirby (SEA) (8-7) 4.47 ERA	Tue 9/9	M. Liberatore (7-11) 4.02 ERA	STL	0.3069	Sun 9/14	K. Hendricks (6-9) 4.81 ERA	LAA	0.3062
14	Bryan Woo (SEA) (12-7) 2.92 ERA	Mon 9/8	M. Mikolas (7-10) 4.89 ERA	STL	0.3069	Sat 9/13	C. Dana (0-0) 4.91 ERA	LAA	0.3062
15	Framber Valdez (HOU) (12-8) 3.40 ERA	Tue 9/9	J. Berrios (9-5) 4.02 ERA	@TOR	0.3359	Sat 9/13	S. Strider (5-12) 4.97 ERA	@ATL	0.3139
27	Shota Imanaga (CHC) (9-6) 2.93 ERA	Mon 9/8	J. Wentz (5-5) 5.12 ERA	@ATL	0.3139	Sun 9/14	A. Houser (8-4) 3.01 ERA	TB	0.3144
35	Aaron Nola (PHI) (3-8) 6.78 ERA	Mon 9/8	S. Manaea (1-2) 5.60 ERA	NYM	0.3305	Sun 9/14	N. Cameron (7-6) 3.03 ERA	KC	0.3051
48	Sean Manaea (NYM) (1-2) 5.60 ERA	Mon 9/8	A. Nola (3-8) 6.78 ERA	@PHI	0.3274	Sun 9/14	J. Latz (1-0) 3.15 ERA	TEX	0.304
53	Eury Perez (MIA) (6-5) 4.66 ERA	Tue 9/9	M. Parker (7-15) 5.93 ERA	WSH	0.3048	Sun 9/14	S. Gipson-Long (0-2) 5.59 ERA	DET	0.3229
55	Yu Darvish (SD) (3-5) 5.75 ERA	Mon 9/8	N. Lodolo (8-7) 3.22 ERA	CIN	0.3119	Sat 9/13	C. Dollander (2-12) 6.77 ERA	COL	0.3015
57	Nick Lodolo (CIN) (8-7) 3.22 ERA	Mon 9/8	Y. Darvish (3-5) 5.75 ERA	@SD	0.3106	Sun 9/14	L. Morales (3-0) 1.59 ERA	@ATH	0.3253
69	Nestor Cortes Jr. (SD) (2-4) 6.29 ERA	Tue 9/9	Z. Littell (9-8) 3.81 ERA	CIN	0.3119	Sun 9/14	G. Marquez (3-12) 6.19 ERA	COL	0.3015
86	Jose Berrios (TOR) (9-5) 4.02 ERA	Tue 9/9	F. Valdez (12-8) 3.40 ERA	HOU	0.3145	Sun 9/14	T. Sugano (10-7) 4.41 ERA	BAL	0.3123
87	Will Warren (NYY) (8-6) 4.28 ERA	Tue 9/9	S. Gipson-Long (0-2) 5.59 ERA	DET	0.3229	Sun 9/14	G. Crochet (14-5) 2.62 ERA	@BOS	0.3268
96	Noah Cameron (KC) (7-6) 3.03 ERA	Tue 9/9	L. Allen (7-11) 4.52 ERA	@CLE	0.2903	Sun 9/14	A. Nola (3-8) 6.78 ERA	@PHI	0.3274
101	Slade Cecconi (CLE) (5-6) 4.78 ERA	Mon 9/8	R. Bergert (2-1) 2.61 ERA	KC	0.3051	Sun 9/14	Y. Gomez (3-2) 4.79 ERA	CWS	0.2993
109	Cade Cavalli (WSH) (2-1) 4.85 ERA	Mon 9/8	A. Mazur (0-2) 5.74 ERA	@MIA	0.3091	Sat 9/13	TBD	PIT	0.2929
110	Sawyer Gipson-Long (DET) (0-2) 5.59 ERA	Tue 9/9	W. Warren (8-6) 4.28 ERA	@NYY	0.3399	Sun 9/14	E. Perez (6-5) 4.66 ERA	@MIA	0.3091
131	Luis Severino (ATH) (6-11) 4.65 ERA	Mon 9/8	G. Crochet (14-5) 2.62 ERA	BOS	0.3268	Sat 9/13	H. Greene (5-4) 2.70 ERA	CIN	0.3119
133	Miles Mikolas (STL) (7-10) 4.89 ERA	Mon 9/8	B. Woo (12-7) 2.92 ERA	@SEA	0.3177	Sun 9/14	J. Quintana (11-5) 3.72 ERA	@MIL	0.325
139	Jacob Latz (TEX) (1-0) 3.15 ERA	Mon 9/8	J. Quintana (11-5) 3.72 ERA	MIL	0.325	Sun 9/14	S. Manaea (1-2) 5.60 ERA	@NYM	0.3305
143	Joey Wentz (ATL) (5-5) 5.12 ERA	Mon 9/8	S. Imanaga (9-6) 2.93 ERA	CHC	0.3241	Sun 9/14	TBD	HOU	0.3145
158	Jose Quintana (MIL) (11-5) 3.72 ERA	Mon 9/8	J. Latz (1-0) 3.15 ERA	@TEX	0.304	Sun 9/14	M. Mikolas (7-10) 4.89 ERA	STL	0.3069
162	Adam Mazur (MIA) (0-2) 5.74 ERA	Mon 9/8	C. Cavalli (2-1) 4.85 ERA	WSH	0.3048	Fri 9/12	T. Skubal (12-4) 2.19 ERA	DET	0.3229
180	Ryan Bergert (KC) (2-1) 2.61 ERA	Mon 9/8	S. Cecconi (5-6) 4.78 ERA	@CLE	0.2903	Sat 9/13	T. Walker (4-7) 3.92 ERA	@PHI	0.3274
182	Mitchell Parker (WSH) (7-15) 5.93 ERA	Tue 9/9	E. Perez (6-5) 4.66 ERA	@MIA	0.3091	Sun 9/14	TBD	PIT	0.2929
200	Adrian Houser (TB) (8-4) 3.01 ERA	Tue 9/9	Y. Gomez (3-2) 4.79 ERA	@CWS	0.2993	Sun 9/14	S. Imanaga (9-6) 2.93 ERA	@CHC	0.3241
207	Yoendrys Gomez (CWS) (3-2) 4.79 ERA	Tue 9/9	A. Houser (8-4) 3.01 ERA	TB	0.3144	Sun 9/14	S. Cecconi (5-6) 4.78 ERA	@CLE	0.2903
242	Nabil Crismatt (ARI) (2-0) 2.14 ERA	Mon 9/8	L. Webb (13-9) 3.17 ERA	@SF	0.3085	Sun 9/14	TBD	@MIN	0.3108
323	Kyle Hendricks (LAA) (6-9) 4.81 ERA	Tue 9/9	Z. Matthews (4-4) 4.73 ERA	MIN	0.3108	Sun 9/14	G. Kirby (8-7) 4.47 ERA	@SEA	0.3177
371	German Marquez (COL) (3-12) 6.19 ERA	Tue 9/9	E. Sheehan (5-3) 3.59 ERA	@LAD	0.3473	Sun 9/14	N. Jr. (2-4) 6.29 ERA	@SD	0.3106
402	Chase Dollander (COL) (2-12) 6.77 ERA	Mon 9/8	S. Ohtani (1-1) 4.18 ERA	@LAD	0.3473	Sat 9/13	Y. Darvish (3-5) 5.75 ERA	@SD	0.3106

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.