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, September 15th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
82	Tyler Wells	BAL	12%	11.2	10	2.31	0.6	@CWS	0.3012	S. Burke
150	Matthew Liberatore	STL	17%	140.2	110	4.22	1.32	CIN	0.3104	Z. Littell
160	Jack Leiter	TEX	33%	132.1	130	3.81	1.31	@HOU	0.3133	J. Alexander
176	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	3%	94.1	84	4.58	1.38	NYY	0.338	C. Rodon
208	Zack Littell	CIN	32%	171.1	120	3.78	1.12	@STL	0.3042	M. Liberatore
228	Jason Alexander	HOU	11%	66.2	55	4.19	1.31	TEX	0.3029	J. Leiter
265	Sean Burke	CWS	3%	122	115	4.35	1.47	BAL	0.3099	T. Wells
271	Mitchell Parker	WSH	5%	153.1	100	5.75	1.44	ATL	0.3114	S. Strider
Tuesday, September 16th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
54	Sean Manaea	NYM	26%	50	64	5.76	1.24	SD	0.31	M. King
57	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	27%	59.2	69	3.32	1.09	PHI	0.3303	C. Sanchez
58	Eury Perez	MIA	30%	81	79	4.67	1.11	@COL	0.2988	K. Freeland
73	Zebby Matthews	MIN	9%	69.1	80	5.06	1.46	NYY	0.338	C. Schlittler
88	Cam Schlittler	NYY	41%	56	63	3.05	1.32	@MIN	0.3115	Z. Matthews
93	Michael McGreevy	STL	9%	79	47	4.56	1.24	CIN	0.3104	A. Abbott
96	Ian Seymour	TB	20%	42.2	52	3.16	1.13	TOR	0.3339	K. Gausman
104	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	10%	137.1	130	4.98	1.55	SF	0.3097	C. Seymour
107	Jameson Taillon	CHC	23%	110.2	83	4.15	1.09	@PIT	0.2903	J. Oviedo
114	Michael Wacha	KC	34%	159	117	3.45	1.18	SEA	0.3198	L. Gilbert
129	Cade Povich	BAL	5%	101.2	109	5.31	1.46	@CWS	0.3012	S. Smith
147	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	25%	162	132	4.39	1.2	@BOS	0.326	D. May
148	Cristian Javier	HOU	13%	26.1	26	4.78	1.29	TEX	0.3029	M. Kelly
155	Johan Oviedo	PIT	9%	25.2	29	2.81	1.17	CHC	0.3236	J. Taillon
164	Shane Smith	CWS	19%	131	122	3.78	1.18	BAL	0.3099	C. Povich
200	Joey Cantillo	CLE	8%	80.1	92	3.36	1.31	@DET	0.3232	J. Flaherty
209	Carson Seymour	SF	1%	31	21	5.23	1.48	@ARI	0.3279	E. Rodriguez
222	Jose Quintana	MIL	26%	127.2	87	3.88	1.28	LAA	0.3073	K. Hendricks
294	Jake Irvin	WSH	9%	162.2	108	5.7	1.43	ATL	0.3114	C. Sale
355	Kyle Freeland	COL	2%	145	112	4.97	1.46	MIA	0.31	E. Perez
567	Dustin May	BOS	17%	132.1	123	4.96	1.42	ATH	0.3265	J. Springs
687	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	4%	149.1	95	4.58	1.27	@MIL	0.3247	J. Quintana
Wednesday, September 17th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
65	Shane Baz	TB	40%	155	164	4.94	1.34	TOR	0.3339	C. Bassitt
75	Taj Bradley	MIN	28%	132.2	114	4.88	1.3	NYY	0.338	L. Gil
83	Justin Verlander	SF	26%	127.2	120	4.23	1.4	@ARI	0.3279	B. Pfaadt
85	Jose Soriano	LAA	35%	167.2	152	4.13	1.38	@MIL	0.3247	F. Peralta
102	Mitch Keller	PIT	45%	162.1	136	4.16	1.26	CHC	0.3236	M. Boyd
105	Sawyer Gipson-Long	DET	1%	31.1	26	7.18	1.28	CLE	0.2914	L. Allen
116	Payton Tolle	BOS	13%	10.1	12	7.84	1.65	ATH	0.3265	M. Barnett
120	Ryan Weathers	MIA	8%	29.2	27	2.73	1.04	@COL	0.2988	M. Brown
127	Luis Gil	NYY	43%	35.1	30	3.31	1.53	@MIN	0.3115	T. Bradley
132	Dean Kremer	BAL	12%	158.1	132	4.43	1.26	@CWS	0.3012	M. Perez
163	Andre Pallante	STL	5%	150	104	5.28	1.42	CIN	0.3104	B. Singer
181	Brad Lord	WSH	1%	109.1	92	4.2	1.31	ATL	0.3114	H. Waldrep
217	Logan Allen	CLE	8%	144.1	111	4.49	1.43	@DET	0.3232	S. Gipson-Long
267	Martin Perez	CWS	8%	45.2	39	3.15	1.07	BAL	0.3099	D. Kremer
272	Mason Barnett	ATH	0%	12.2	13	8.53	1.89	@BOS	0.326	P. Tolle
383	Stephen Kolek	KC	10%	99.1	67	3.71	1.2	SEA	0.3198	B. Miller
709	McCade Brown	COL	0%	13.2	10	9.88	2.12	MIA	0.31	R. Weathers
Thursday, September 18th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
48	Max Scherzer	TOR	40%	74.1	70	4.36	1.16	@TB	0.3136	D. Rasmussen
167	Lucas Giolito	BOS	50%	130.1	107	3.38	1.26	ATH	0.3265	J.T. Ginn
169	J.T. Ginn	ATH	4%	76.1	86	4.95	1.32	@BOS	0.326	L. Giolito
206	Colin Rea	CHC	15%	141.1	104	4.2	1.29	@CIN	0.3104	H. Greene
215	Michael Lorenzen	KC	9%	124.1	110	4.63	1.33	SEA	0.3198	L. Castillo
245	Kai-Wei Teng	SF	3%	22.2	28	7.54	1.76	@LAD	0.3475	Y. Yamamoto
396	Randy Vasquez	SD	7%	123.1	71	3.72	1.35	@NYM	0.3281	D. Peterson
443	Tanner Gordon	COL	1%	60	46	6.6	1.6	MIA	0.31	S. Alcantara
Friday, September 19th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
50	Yu Darvish	SD	29%	57.1	55	5.65	1.17	@CWS	0.3012	D. Martin
84	Jonah Tong	NYM	34%	11	12	4.09	1.18	WSH	0.306	A. Alvarez
94	Ryne Nelson	ARI	36%	137	118	3.48	1.05	PHI	0.3303	W. Buehler
101	Will Warren	NYY	30%	147	158	4.22	1.35	@BAL	0.3099	TBD
134	Charlie Morton	DET	19%	135.1	142	5.59	1.53	ATL	0.3114	J. Wentz
145	Janson Junk	MIA	5%	92.1	64	4.48	1.18	@TEX	0.3029	TBD
162	Bubba Chandler	PIT	20%	14.2	12	7.36	1.5	ATH	0.3265	L. Severino
187	Luis Severino	ATH	24%	146.1	114	4.67	1.31	@PIT	0.2903	B. Chandler
227	Joey Wentz	ATL	3%	85	77	5.82	1.52	@DET	0.3232	C. Morton
261	Adrian Houser	TB	22%	107	83	3.11	1.26	BOS	0.326	B. Bello
284	Davis Martin	CWS	4%	127.1	92	4.03	1.28	SD	0.31	Yu Darvish
361	Ryan Bergert	KC	18%	72.1	68	3.48	1.23	TOR	0.3339	S. Bieber
394	Caden Dana	LAA	1%	15.2	19	6.32	1.6	@COL	0.2988	C. Dollander
685	Chase Dollander	COL	1%	98	82	6.52	1.55	LAA	0.3073	C. Dana
699	Walker Buehler	PHI	13%	112.1	84	5.45	1.56	@ARI	0.3279	R. Nelson
732	Andrew Alvarez	WSH	2%	9.2	6	1.86	0.93	@NYM	0.3281	J. Tong
Saturday, September 20th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
113	Mike Burrows	PIT	4%	85.2	88	3.99	1.23	ATH	0.3265	L. Morales
124	Noah Cameron	KC	35%	120	96	3	1.12	TOR	0.3339	J. Berrios
142	Brandon Sproat	NYM	14%	6	7	4.5	1.17	WSH	0.306	M. Parker
143	Miles Mikolas	STL	4%	141.1	88	4.84	1.32	MIL	0.3247	J. Misiorowski
166	AJ Blubaugh	HOU	0%	21	25	2.57	0.9	SEA	0.3198	G. Kirby
171	Anthony DeSclafani	ARI	0%	36	33	5	1.25	PHI	0.3303	T. Walker
177	Luis Morales	ATH	32%	33	32	2.73	1.09	@PIT	0.2903	M. Burrows
208	Zack Littell	CIN	32%	171.1	120	3.78	1.12	CHC	0.3236	C. Horton
227	Joey Wentz	ATL	3%	85	77	5.82	1.52	@DET	0.3232	C. Mize
241	Tomoyuki Sugano	BAL	12%	143.2	96	4.51	1.34	NYY	0.338	C. Rodon
271	Mitchell Parker	WSH	5%	153.1	100	5.75	1.44	@NYM	0.3281	B. Sproat
276	Adam Mazur	MIA	0%	20	13	6.3	1.75	@TEX	0.3029	TBD
339	Yoendrys Gomez	CWS	3%	46.1	45	5.05	1.51	SD	0.31	M. King
394	Caden Dana	LAA	1%	15.2	19	6.32	1.6	@COL	0.2988	G. Marquez
473	German Marquez	COL	1%	112.2	77	6.31	1.7	LAA	0.3073	C. Dana
508	Taijuan Walker	PHI	8%	111.2	76	4.03	1.38	@ARI	0.3279	A. DeSclafani
Sunday, September 21st
VBR	Pitcher	Team	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
40	Kyle Bradish	BAL	30%	17	21	2.65	0.94	NYY	0.338	C. Schlittler
58	Eury Perez	MIA	30%	81	79	4.67	1.11	@TEX	0.3029	J. Leiter
88	Cam Schlittler	NYY	41%	56	63	3.05	1.32	@BAL	0.3099	K. Bradish
96	Ian Seymour	TB	20%	42.2	52	3.16	1.13	BOS	0.326	C. Early
107	Jameson Taillon	CHC	23%	110.2	83	4.15	1.09	@CIN	0.3104	A. Abbott
136	Connelly Early	BOS	5%	5	11	0	1.2	@TB	0.3136	I. Seymour
141	Slade Cecconi	CLE	10%	115.1	94	4.45	1.25	@MIN	0.3115	S. Woods Richardson
147	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	25%	162	132	4.39	1.2	@PIT	0.2903	P. Skenes
150	Matthew Liberatore	STL	17%	140.2	110	4.22	1.32	MIL	0.3247	J. Quintana
160	Jack Leiter	TEX	33%	132.1	130	3.81	1.31	MIA	0.31	E. Perez
176	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	3%	94.1	84	4.58	1.38	CLE	0.2914	S. Cecconi
209	Carson Seymour	SF	1%	31	21	5.23	1.48	@LAD	0.3475	S. Ohtani
222	Jose Quintana	MIL	26%	127.2	87	3.88	1.28	@STL	0.3042	M. Liberatore
228	Jason Alexander	HOU	11%	66.2	55	4.19	1.31	SEA	0.3198	L. Gilbert
265	Sean Burke	CWS	3%	122	115	4.35	1.47	SD	0.31	M. King
271	Mitchell Parker	WSH	5%	153.1	100	5.75	1.44	@NYM	0.3281	N. McLean
355	Kyle Freeland	COL	2%	145	112	4.97	1.46	LAA	0.3073	K. Hendricks
687	Kyle Hendricks	LAA	4%	149.1	95	4.58	1.27	@COL	0.2988	K. Freeland

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
1	Shohei Ohtani (LAD) (1-1) 3.75 ERA	Mon 9/15	R. Suarez (12-6) 2.64 ERA	PHI	0.3298	Sun 9/21	C. Seymour (1-3) 5.23 ERA	SF	0.3097
3	Logan Gilbert (SEA) (4-6) 3.62 ERA	Tue 9/16	M. Wacha (9-11) 3.45 ERA	@KC	0.3041	Sun 9/21	J. Alexander (4-1) 4.19 ERA	@HOU	0.3145
4	Paul Skenes (PIT) (10-9) 1.92 ERA	Mon 9/15	C. Horton (10-4) 2.86 ERA	CHC	0.3236	Sun 9/21	J. Springs (10-11) 4.39 ERA	ATH	0.3265
23	Spencer Strider (ATL) (5-13) 4.86 ERA	Mon 9/15	M. Parker (8-15) 5.75 ERA	@WSH	0.3067	Sun 9/21	TBD	@DET	0.3232
27	Kevin Gausman (TOR) (10-10) 3.44 ERA	Tue 9/16	I. Seymour (3-2) 3.16 ERA	@TB	0.3142	Sun 9/21	TBD	@KC	0.3041
35	Carlos Rodon (NYY) (16-8) 3.11 ERA	Mon 9/15	S. Richardson (6-4) 4.58 ERA	@MIN	0.3115	Sat 9/20	T. Sugano (10-8) 4.51 ERA	@BAL	0.3102
49	Eury Perez (MIA) (6-5) 4.67 ERA	Tue 9/16	K. Freeland (4-15) 4.97 ERA	@COL	0.2998	Sun 9/21	J. Leiter (9-8) 3.81 ERA	@TEX	0.3029
53	Ryan Pepiot (TB) (11-10) 3.64 ERA	Mon 9/15	J. Berrios (9-5) 3.99 ERA	TOR	0.334	Sat 9/20	TBD	BOS	0.326
63	Zac Gallen (ARI) (11-14) 4.84 ERA	Mon 9/15	TBD	SF	0.3097	Sun 9/21	A. Nola (4-8) 6.24 ERA	PHI	0.3298
71	Cam Schlittler (NYY) (3-3) 3.05 ERA	Tue 9/16	Z. Matthews (4-5) 5.06 ERA	@MIN	0.3115	Sun 9/21	K. Bradish (0-1) 2.65 ERA	@BAL	0.3102
78	Ian Seymour (TB) (3-2) 3.16 ERA	Tue 9/16	K. Gausman (10-10) 3.44 ERA	TOR	0.334	Sun 9/21	C. Early (1-0) 0.00 ERA	BOS	0.326
80	Andrew Abbott (CIN) (9-6) 2.79 ERA	Tue 9/16	M. McGreevy (6-3) 4.56 ERA	@STL	0.3042	Sun 9/21	J. Taillon (9-6) 4.15 ERA	CHC	0.3236
83	Cade Horton (CHC) (10-4) 2.86 ERA	Mon 9/15	P. Skenes (10-9) 1.92 ERA	@PIT	0.29	Sat 9/20	Z. Littell (9-8) 3.78 ERA	@CIN	0.3104
86	Jameson Taillon (CHC) (9-6) 4.15 ERA	Tue 9/16	J. Oviedo (2-0) 2.81 ERA	@PIT	0.29	Sun 9/21	A. Abbott (9-6) 2.79 ERA	@CIN	0.3104
87	Jose Berrios (TOR) (9-5) 3.99 ERA	Mon 9/15	R. Pepiot (11-10) 3.64 ERA	@TB	0.3142	Sat 9/20	N. Cameron (7-7) 3.00 ERA	@KC	0.3041
113	Jeffrey Springs (ATH) (10-11) 4.39 ERA	Tue 9/16	D. May (7-11) 4.96 ERA	@BOS	0.326	Sun 9/21	P. Skenes (10-9) 1.92 ERA	@PIT	0.29
115	Matthew Liberatore (STL) (7-12) 4.22 ERA	Mon 9/15	Z. Littell (9-8) 3.78 ERA	CIN	0.3104	Sun 9/21	J. Quintana (11-6) 3.88 ERA	MIL	0.3247
118	Jack Leiter (TEX) (9-8) 3.81 ERA	Mon 9/15	J. Alexander (4-1) 4.19 ERA	@HOU	0.3145	Sun 9/21	E. Perez (6-5) 4.67 ERA	MIA	0.3101
129	Simeon Woods Richardson (MIN) (6-4) 4.58 ERA	Mon 9/15	C. Rodon (16-8) 3.11 ERA	NYY	0.3368	Sun 9/21	S. Cecconi (6-6) 4.45 ERA	CLE	0.2917
143	Zack Littell (CIN) (9-8) 3.78 ERA	Mon 9/15	M. Liberatore (7-12) 4.22 ERA	@STL	0.3042	Sat 9/20	C. Horton (10-4) 2.86 ERA	CHC	0.3236
144	Carson Seymour (SF) (1-3) 5.23 ERA	Tue 9/16	E. Rodriguez (8-8) 4.98 ERA	@ARI	0.3279	Sun 9/21	S. Ohtani (1-1) 3.75 ERA	@LAD	0.3475
149	Jose Quintana (MIL) (11-6) 3.88 ERA	Tue 9/16	K. Hendricks (7-9) 4.58 ERA	LAA	0.3072	Sun 9/21	M. Liberatore (7-12) 4.22 ERA	@STL	0.3042
152	Joey Wentz (ATL) (5-6) 5.82 ERA	Fri 9/19	C. Morton (9-10) 5.59 ERA	@DET	0.3232	Sat 9/20	C. Mize (14-5) 3.83 ERA	@DET	0.3232
153	Jason Alexander (HOU) (4-1) 4.19 ERA	Mon 9/15	J. Leiter (9-8) 3.81 ERA	TEX	0.3029	Sun 9/21	L. Gilbert (4-6) 3.62 ERA	SEA	0.3203
165	Sean Burke (CWS) (4-10) 4.35 ERA	Mon 9/15	T. Wells (1-0) 2.31 ERA	BAL	0.3102	Sun 9/21	M. King (4-2) 2.87 ERA	SD	0.3104
208	Kyle Freeland (COL) (4-15) 4.97 ERA	Tue 9/16	E. Perez (6-5) 4.67 ERA	MIA	0.3101	Sun 9/21	K. Hendricks (7-9) 4.58 ERA	LAA	0.3072
226	Caden Dana (LAA) (0-1) 6.32 ERA	Fri 9/19	C. Dollander (2-12) 6.52 ERA	@COL	0.2998	Sat 9/20	G. Marquez (3-13) 6.31 ERA	@COL	0.2998
353	Kyle Hendricks (LAA) (7-9) 4.58 ERA	Tue 9/16	J. Quintana (11-6) 3.88 ERA	@MIL	0.3247	Sun 9/21	K. Freeland (4-15) 4.97 ERA	@COL	0.2998

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.