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Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Wednesday (4/29)

Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Wednesday (4/29)

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 day.

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.

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Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Rankings

Wednesday, April 29th

VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
89 Yusei Kikuchi LAA L 20% 29.0 32 13 0 3 6.21 1.59 @CWS 0.3077 E. Fedde
113 Jameson Taillon CHC R 12% 27.2 25 11 1 1 4.55 1.30 @SD 0.3004 M. Waldron
138 David Peterson NYM L 9% 26.2 24 11 0 3 5.06 1.65 WSH 0.3186 C. Cavalli
152 Cade Cavalli WSH R 6% 24.2 28 12 0 1 4.01 1.66 @NYM 0.2815 D. Peterson
174 Max Scherzer TOR R 7% 18.2 10 8 1 3 9.64 1.61 BOS 0.2963 B. Bello
177 Chris Bassitt BAL R 8% 21.1 10 13 1 2 6.75 2.06 HOU 0.3374 P. Lambert
190 Eduardo Rodriguez ARI L 18% 28.0 18 12 2 0 2.89 1.32 @MIL 0.3016 B. Sproat
191 Brayan Bello BOS R 9% 22.0 15 13 1 3 9.00 2.27 @TOR 0.3073 M. Scherzer
241 Aaron Civale ATH R 7% 25.2 21 6 2 1 3.86 1.32 KC 0.3017 M. Wacha
278 Brandon Sproat MIL R 4% 22.1 20 13 0 1 6.45 1.57 ARI 0.3122 E. Rodriguez
300 Andre Pallante STL R 2% 25.1 20 14 2 2 4.62 1.46 @PIT 0.3130 P. Skenes
370 Peter Lambert HOU R 3% 11.0 16 4 1 1 3.27 1.27 @BAL 0.3182 C. Bassitt
599 Martin Perez ATL L 2% 23.1 14 6 1 1 2.70 0.94 DET 0.3231 T. Skubal
625 Matt Waldron SD R 1% 8.2 7 4 0 1 12.46 2.31 CHC 0.3437 J. Taillon
664 Erick Fedde CWS R 1% 26.1 16 11 0 3 3.42 1.14 LAA 0.3161 Y. Kikuchi
707 Brandon Williamson CIN L 1% 25.0 15 16 2 2 5.40 1.52 COL 0.3126 R. Feltner
798 Ryan Feltner COL R 0% 20.0 17 8 1 1 6.30 1.50 @CIN 0.3013 B. Williamson

Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Week 5

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Wednesday, April 29th

Thursday, April 30th

VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
80 Bailey Ober MIN R 24% 32.0 27 11 2 1 3.94 1.16 TOR 0.3073 K. Gausman
98 Andrew Abbott CIN L 49% 28.2 19 13 0 2 6.59 1.78 COL 0.3126 M. Lorenzen
112 Mitch Keller PIT R 43% 34.0 25 11 2 1 3.18 1.15 STL 0.3108 M. Liberatore
134 Grant Holmes ATL R 21% 32.1 25 14 2 1 3.62 1.21 DET 0.3231 F. Valdez
154 Noah Cameron KC L 20% 26.1 23 9 2 1 5.13 1.52 @ATH 0.3084 L. Severino
157 Dean Kremer BAL R 5% 11.0 16 2 0 1 4.09 0.91 HOU 0.3374 L. McCullers Jr.
169 Matthew Liberatore STL L 8% 30.1 19 11 0 1 4.75 1.55 @PIT 0.3130 M. Keller
183 Luis Severino ATH R 8% 31.1 32 21 1 2 5.17 1.56 KC 0.3017 N. Cameron
218 Andrew Painter PHI R 25% 24.0 21 6 1 2 5.25 1.50 SF 0.2866 A. Houser
264 Adrian Houser SF R 1% 25.2 14 8 0 3 7.36 1.83 @PHI 0.2940 A. Painter
271 Lance McCullers Jr. HOU R 9% 25.1 24 13 1 2 6.75 1.46 @BAL 0.3182 D. Kremer
421 Miles Mikolas WSH R 1% 23.1 16 10 0 3 8.49 1.84 @NYM 0.2815 F. Peralta
808 Michael Lorenzen COL R 1% 28.2 19 6 2 2 5.97 1.81 @CIN 0.3013 A. Abbott
Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Thursday, April 30th

Friday, May 1st

VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
87 Joey Cantillo CLE L 34% 30.1 34 13 1 1 3.26 1.32 @ATH 0.3084 J. Springs
91 Ryan Weathers NYY L 39% 33.2 40 8 1 2 3.21 1.22 BAL 0.3182 T. Rogers
95 Carmen Mlodzinski PIT R 12% 28.1 30 11 1 2 4.13 1.45 CIN 0.3013 B. Singer
122 Mike Burrows HOU R 11% 31.2 33 12 1 3 6.25 1.67 @BOS 0.2963 G. Crochet
126 Kodai Senga NYM R 24% 20.0 23 13 0 4 9.00 1.95 @LAA 0.3161 W. Urena
132 Michael McGreevy STL R 12% 33.1 21 5 1 2 2.97 0.90 LAD 0.3538 E. Sheehan
145 Brady Singer CIN R 15% 29.0 19 7 2 1 4.97 1.62 @PIT 0.3130 C. Mlodzinski
171 Colin Rea CHC R 12% 27.1 24 9 3 1 4.61 1.28 ARI 0.3122 Z. Gallen
275 Simeon Woods Richardson MIN R 1% 30.0 15 13 0 4 6.30 1.70 TOR 0.3073 P. Corbin
297 Noah Schultz CWS L 31% 15.1 18 9 1 1 3.52 1.11 @SD 0.3004 G. Marquez
343 Jake Irvin WSH R 2% 29.2 34 11 1 3 4.85 1.18 MIL 0.3016 J. Misiorowski
508 Patrick Corbin TOR L 4% 19.1 16 6 0 0 3.72 1.24 @MIN 0.3119 S. Woods Richardson
511 German Marquez SD R 3% 24.2 17 7 3 1 4.38 1.34 CWS 0.3077 N. Schultz
802 Walbert Urena LAA R 3% 11.1 13 9 0 3 4.76 2.21 NYM 0.2815 K. Senga
812 Jose Quintana COL L 1% 18.1 9 11 1 2 4.91 1.53 ATL 0.3413 B. Elder
Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Friday, May 1st

Saturday, May 2nd

VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
71 Reid Detmers LAA L 41% 33.2 36 9 1 2 4.28 1.10 NYM 0.2815 N. McLean
101 Ryne Nelson ARI R 31% 25.2 24 11 1 2 7.71 1.52 @CHC 0.3437 S. Imanaga
108 Kumar Rocker TEX R 11% 26.2 22 10 1 2 3.38 1.31 @DET 0.3231 K. Montero
110 Dustin May STL R 11% 24.2 20 5 3 2 5.84 1.54 LAD 0.3538 R. Sasaki
120 Max Meyer MIA R 19% 30.0 33 12 1 0 3.30 1.20 PHI 0.2940 A. Nola
133 Connelly Early BOS L 39% 31.2 28 14 2 1 2.84 1.20 HOU 0.3374 S. Arrighetti
142 Foster Griffin WSH L 23% 33.2 30 10 3 0 2.67 1.07 MIL 0.3016 K. Harrison
153 Slade Cecconi CLE R 3% 30.1 25 13 0 4 6.23 1.52 @ATH 0.3084 J.T. Ginn
155 Kyle Harrison MIL L 21% 23.2 30 8 2 1 2.28 1.01 @WSH 0.3186 F. Griffin
203 J.T. Ginn ATH R 3% 25.0 19 9 0 0 3.24 1.08 CLE 0.3094 S. Cecconi
212 Connor Prielipp MIN L 4% 4.0 6 0 0 0 4.50 1.00 TOR 0.3073 D. Cease
213 Spencer Arrighetti HOU R 26% 18.0 21 9 3 0 2.00 1.06 @BOS 0.2963 C. Early
222 Roki Sasaki LAD R 24% 22.2 22 13 1 2 6.35 1.81 @STL 0.3108 D. May
298 Sean Burke CWS R 4% 33.2 24 7 1 2 3.21 1.04 @SD 0.3004 M. King
320 Rhett Lowder CIN R 25% 34.0 25 10 3 1 3.18 1.18 @PIT 0.3130 B. Ashcraft
329 Jesse Scholtens TB R 3% 19.2 14 6 2 1 3.20 1.07 SF 0.2866 L. Roupp
337 Keider Montero DET R 8% 27.0 23 5 1 2 4.00 1.00 TEX 0.3061 K. Rocker
344 Luis Gil NYY R 11% 19.1 9 11 1 2 6.05 1.34 BAL 0.3182 K. Bradish
477 Chase Dollander COL R 20% 32.0 39 9 3 2 2.25 1.00 ATL 0.3413 C. Sale
Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Saturday, May 2nd

Sunday, May 3rd

VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
67 Casey Mize DET R 46% 28.2 32 10 2 1 2.51 1.15 TEX 0.3061 J. Leiter
76 Reynaldo Lopez ATL R 21% 21.2 20 11 1 1 3.74 1.43 @COL 0.3126 T. Sugano
81 Shane Baz BAL R 37% 28.1 23 10 0 2 4.76 1.52 @NYY 0.3298 M. Fried
88 Merrill Kelly ARI R 41% 9.2 8 7 1 1 9.31 2.28 @CHC 0.3437 M. Boyd
93 Jack Leiter TEX R 28% 25.1 29 11 1 1 4.97 1.46 @DET 0.3231 C. Mize
97 Steven Matz TB L 18% 24.1 25 10 3 1 4.81 1.23 SF 0.2866 T. Mahle
114 Tyler Mahle SF R 3% 25.2 26 14 1 3 5.26 1.60 @TB 0.3184 S. Matz
138 David Peterson NYM L 9% 26.2 24 11 0 3 5.06 1.65 @LAA 0.3161 J. Kochanowicz
164 Chad Patrick MIL R 12% 23.0 11 8 1 1 2.35 1.26 @WSH 0.3186 Z. Littell
214 Zack Littell WSH R 2% 25.0 15 8 0 3 7.56 1.68 MIL 0.3016 C. Patrick
216 Justin Wrobleski LAD L 46% 30.0 15 9 4 0 1.50 0.97 @STL 0.3108 TBD
221 Jacob Lopez ATH L 2% 24.2 18 21 2 1 5.84 1.91 CLE 0.3094 P. Messick
243 Chris Paddack MIA R 1% 24.0 25 6 0 4 6.38 1.54 PHI 0.2940 J. Luzardo
321 Eric Lauer TOR L 5% 22.2 19 12 1 3 6.75 1.54 @MIN 0.3119 J. Ryan
346 Ryan Weiss HOU R 0% 18.0 22 14 0 2 6.50 2.17 @BOS 0.2963 R. Suarez
357 Anthony Kay CWS L 1% 21.0 13 12 1 1 5.57 1.57 @SD 0.3004 R. Vasquez
809 Jack Kochanowicz LAA R 11% 29.0 19 17 2 0 3.10 1.24 NYM 0.2815 D. Peterson
810 Tomoyuki Sugano COL R 4% 26.1 19 6 2 1 3.42 1.14 ATL 0.3413 R. Lopez

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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