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    FantasyPros Staff | Fri, May 15th 2026, 7:02am EDT

Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Rankings & Waiver Wire Pickups

Fantasy baseball 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 Streaming Pitchers: Rankings

Monday, May 18th
VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
89 Max Meyer MIA R 49% 47.2 54 17 3 0 3.21 1.15 ATL 0.3394 JR Ritchie
137 Seth Lugo KC R 48% 52.2 46 19 1 3 3.76 1.41 BOS 0.2950 B. Bello
167 Slade Cecconi CLE R 2% 45.0 38 17 2 4 5.60 1.58 @DET 0.3145 F. Valdez
171 Christian Scott NYM R 11% 15.2 20 9 0 0 3.45 1.40 @WSH 0.3197 J. Irvin
191 Brayan Bello BOS R 6% 39.0 29 17 2 4 6.46 1.74 @KC 0.3102 S. Lugo
196 J.T. Ginn ATH R 8% 43.1 34 16 2 1 3.12 1.20 @LAA 0.3114 W. Urena
242 Andrew Painter PHI R 13% 37.2 34 12 1 4 6.21 1.59 CIN 0.3005 N. Lodolo
263 Lance McCullers Jr. HOU R 6% 39.1 43 22 2 3 6.86 1.50 @MIN 0.3114 S. Woods Richardson
278 Jake Irvin WSH R 3% 42.2 45 20 1 4 5.91 1.45 NYM 0.2800 C. Scott
318 Noah Schultz CWS L 24% 29.1 26 21 2 2 4.91 1.36 @SEA 0.3087 B. Woo
425 Simeon Woods Richardson MIN R 1% 42.0 20 20 0 6 7.71 1.86 HOU 0.3259 L. McCullers Jr.
453 JR Ritchie ATL R 13% 21.2 17 15 1 0 3.32 1.43 @MIA 0.3064 M. Meyer
459 Patrick Corbin TOR L 3% 34.1 22 10 1 1 3.93 1.40 @NYY 0.3324 W. Warren
806 Walbert Urena LAA R 4% 27.1 26 16 1 4 3.29 1.43 ATH 0.3154 J.T. Ginn
808 Jose Quintana COL L 2% 34.0 16 16 1 2 3.97 1.41 TEX 0.3012 M. Gore
Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Monday, May 18th

Tuesday, May 19th
VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
53 Griffin Jax TB R 28% 23.0 18 13 1 2 3.91 1.48 BAL 0.3052 K. Bradish
71 Reid Detmers LAA L 29% 49.1 53 17 1 4 4.38 1.26 ATH 0.3154 J. Lopez
85 Ben Brown CHC R 9% 29.2 27 9 1 1 1.82 0.91 MIL 0.3065 K. Harrison
95 Bryce Miller SEA R 28% 5.1 3 0 0 0 3.38 1.69 CWS 0.3129 A. Kay
102 Kyle Harrison MIL L 46% 33.2 41 13 3 1 2.41 1.19 @CHC 0.3296 B. Brown
108 Ryne Nelson ARI R 30% 45.0 43 13 1 3 5.40 1.16 SF 0.2858 L. Roupp
129 Mike Burrows HOU R 13% 44.2 42 14 2 4 5.04 1.48 @MIN 0.3114 C. Prielipp
132 Kumar Rocker TEX R 3% 37.1 30 17 1 4 4.34 1.47 @COL 0.3113 C. Dollander
159 Connor Prielipp MIN L 9% 19.0 21 7 1 1 3.32 1.00 HOU 0.3259 M. Burrows
161 Braxton Garrett MIA L 7% 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ATL 0.3394 C. Sale
178 Matthew Liberatore STL L 10% 47.0 34 18 2 2 4.40 1.51 PIT 0.3206 M. Keller
186 Griffin Canning SD R 6% 9.1 12 5 0 1 6.75 1.61 LAD 0.3365 S. Ohtani
276 Jacob Lopez ATH L 2% 35.1 28 24 3 2 6.11 1.73 @LAA 0.3114 R. Detmers
281 Keider Montero DET R 13% 39.2 29 8 2 2 3.18 0.96 CLE 0.3044 P. Messick
398 Anthony Kay CWS L 1% 35.0 25 17 2 1 4.89 1.57 @SEA 0.3087 B. Miller
542 Chase Dollander COL R 33% 43.0 47 17 3 2 3.35 1.19 TEX 0.3012 K. Rocker
Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Tuesday, May 19th

Wednesday, May 20th
VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
87 Jack Leiter TEX R 23% 42.2 49 18 1 3 4.85 1.41 @COL 0.3113 K. Freeland
101 Shane Baz BAL R 31% 44.1 38 18 1 4 5.28 1.53 @TB 0.3120 J. Scholtens
111 Michael McGreevy STL R 39% 45.1 33 10 3 2 2.18 0.86 PIT 0.3206 C. Mlodzinski
112 Andrew Abbott CIN L 50% 46.1 33 20 2 2 4.47 1.51 @PHI 0.3029 A. Nola
114 Merrill Kelly ARI R 30% 26.0 20 16 2 3 7.62 1.92 SF 0.2858 T. Mahle
115 Tyler Mahle SF R 7% 41.2 42 20 1 4 5.18 1.49 @ARI 0.2985 M. Kelly
122 Connelly Early BOS L 33% 42.2 39 18 3 2 3.16 1.22 @KC 0.3102 M. Wacha
138 Carmen Mlodzinski PIT R 9% 40.0 41 13 2 3 4.50 1.45 @STL 0.3087 M. McGreevy
150 Chad Patrick MIL R 9% 35.1 26 16 2 2 3.06 1.36 @CHC 0.3296 E. Cabrera
158 Janson Junk MIA R 13% 44.1 33 10 2 3 3.25 1.11 ATL 0.3394 S. Strider
218 Sean Burke CWS R 18% 44.0 36 10 2 3 3.68 1.09 @SEA 0.3087 L. Castillo
235 Aaron Civale ATH R 15% 41.2 33 12 4 1 2.59 1.39 @LAA 0.3114 J. Kochanowicz
256 Randy Vasquez SD R 47% 44.1 42 13 4 1 3.05 1.17 LAD 0.3365 E. Sheehan
280 Zack Littell WSH R 2% 36.1 17 13 1 4 6.94 1.60 NYM 0.2800 C. Holmes
448 Jesse Scholtens TB R 2% 27.1 21 9 3 2 3.29 1.13 BAL 0.3052 S. Baz
469 Ty Madden DET R 2% 11.0 12 2 0 0 2.45 0.73 CLE 0.3044 T. Bibee
608 Kyle Freeland COL L 2% 30.0 28 8 1 4 6.00 1.47 TEX 0.3012 J. Leiter
802 Jack Kochanowicz LAA R 10% 45.1 30 23 2 2 3.97 1.35 ATH 0.3154 A. Civale
Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Wednesday, May 20th

Thursday, May 21st
VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
81 Casey Mize DET R 32% 31.0 35 11 2 2 2.90 1.19 CLE 0.3044 G. Williams
117 Dustin May STL R 10% 42.2 32 11 3 4 4.85 1.43 PIT 0.3206 B. Ashcraft
125 David Peterson NYM L 7% 39.1 38 14 1 4 5.49 1.50 @WSH 0.3197 C. Cavalli
154 Cade Cavalli WSH R 10% 40.1 44 18 1 2 4.02 1.59 NYM 0.2800 D. Peterson
169 Eduardo Rodriguez ARI L 37% 48.0 33 22 4 0 2.25 1.21 COL 0.3113 T. Sugano
176 Luis Severino ATH R 17% 48.2 47 29 2 4 4.07 1.52 @LAA 0.3114 J. Soriano
291 Spencer Miles TOR R 0% 21.0 18 5 1 0 3.00 1.10 @NYY 0.3324 G. Cole
807 Tomoyuki Sugano COL R 5% 42.0 24 12 3 3 4.07 1.19 @ARI 0.2985 E. Rodriguez
Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Thursday, May 21st

Friday, May 22nd
VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
73 Jack Flaherty DET R 48% 37.2 44 29 0 4 5.73 1.73 @BAL 0.3052 C. Bassitt
83 Michael Soroka ARI R 47% 43.1 47 12 5 2 3.53 1.32 COL 0.3113 M. Lorenzen
88 Grayson Rodriguez LAA R 11% 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 TEX 0.3012 J. deGrom
92 Logan Henderson MIL R 23% 13.0 16 2 0 1 4.15 0.92 LAD 0.3365 B. Snell
106 Joey Cantillo CLE L 32% 45.1 41 20 3 1 3.18 1.32 @PHI 0.3029 C. Sanchez
118 Jameson Taillon CHC R 22% 45.2 40 15 2 2 3.94 1.14 HOU 0.3259 S. Arrighetti
119 Payton Tolle BOS L 43% 22.2 27 6 1 2 2.78 0.88 MIN 0.3114 Z. Matthews
139 Jeffrey Springs ATH L 31% 49.0 44 15 3 3 4.22 1.22 @SD 0.2924 L. Giolito
151 Zebby Matthews MIN R 1% 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 @BOS 0.2950 P. Tolle
152 Noah Cameron KC L 14% 35.2 32 14 2 2 5.55 1.63 SEA 0.3087 L. Gilbert
172 Chris Bassitt BAL R 9% 38.0 26 18 3 2 5.21 1.74 DET 0.3145 J. Flaherty
177 Spencer Arrighetti HOU R 41% 28.2 30 17 4 1 1.88 1.29 @CHC 0.3296 J. Taillon
187 Bubba Chandler PIT R 49% 39.0 34 27 1 4 4.62 1.46 @TOR 0.2991 K. Gausman
197 Grant Holmes ATL R 12% 41.1 34 21 2 1 4.35 1.31 WSH 0.3197 M. Mikolas
240 Kyle Leahy STL R 4% 39.2 32 17 4 3 4.31 1.59 @CIN 0.3005 C. Paddack
245 Lucas Giolito SD R 4% 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ATH 0.3154 J. Springs
327 Trevor McDonald SF R 10% 12.1 12 2 1 0 2.92 1.05 CWS 0.3129 D. Martin
443 Miles Mikolas WSH R 1% 36.0 24 13 1 3 7.00 1.53 @ATL 0.3394 G. Holmes
476 Chris Paddack CIN R 1% 30.2 27 10 0 5 7.63 1.66 STL 0.3087 K. Leahy
805 Michael Lorenzen COL R 1% 44.0 31 14 2 5 6.55 1.82 @ARI 0.2985 M. Soroka
Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Friday, May 22nd

Saturday, May 23rd
VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
78 Bailey Ober MIN R 30% 52.0 39 15 4 2 3.46 1.02 @BOS 0.2950 B. Bello
89 Max Meyer MIA R 49% 47.2 54 17 3 0 3.21 1.15 NYM 0.2800 C. Scott
167 Slade Cecconi CLE R 2% 45.0 38 17 2 4 5.60 1.58 @PHI 0.3029 Z. Wheeler
170 Colin Rea CHC R 14% 42.1 36 13 4 2 4.68 1.42 HOU 0.3259 P. Lambert
171 Christian Scott NYM R 11% 15.2 20 9 0 0 3.45 1.40 @MIA 0.3064 M. Meyer
180 Brady Singer CIN R 12% 42.0 28 11 2 3 5.79 1.67 STL 0.3087 A. Pallante
191 Brayan Bello BOS R 6% 39.0 29 17 2 4 6.46 1.74 MIN 0.3114 B. Ober
196 J.T. Ginn ATH R 8% 43.1 34 16 2 1 3.12 1.20 @SD 0.2924 W. Buehler
222 Brandon Sproat MIL R 4% 36.0 36 20 1 2 5.75 1.53 LAD 0.3365 J. Wrobleski
250 Andre Pallante STL R 4% 42.1 33 19 4 3 4.68 1.39 @CIN 0.3005 B. Singer
278 Jake Irvin WSH R 3% 42.2 45 20 1 4 5.91 1.45 @ATL 0.3394 JR Ritchie
336 Peter Lambert HOU R 21% 29.1 29 12 2 3 2.76 1.13 @CHC 0.3296 C. Rea
340 Adrian Houser SF R 1% 42.0 23 14 1 4 5.79 1.50 CWS 0.3129 E. Fedde
351 Walker Buehler SD R 4% 36.1 31 12 2 2 5.20 1.35 ATH 0.3154 J.T. Ginn
357 Brandon Young BAL R 2% 26.0 19 11 3 1 5.19 1.42 DET 0.3145 F. Valdez
453 JR Ritchie ATL R 13% 21.2 17 15 1 0 3.32 1.43 WSH 0.3197 J. Irvin
459 Patrick Corbin TOR L 3% 34.1 22 10 1 1 3.93 1.40 PIT 0.3206 P. Skenes
792 Erick Fedde CWS R 2% 43.0 26 14 0 4 3.77 1.16 @SF 0.2858 A. Houser
806 Walbert Urena LAA R 4% 27.1 26 16 1 4 3.29 1.43 TEX 0.3012 N. Eovaldi
808 Jose Quintana COL L 2% 34.0 16 16 1 2 3.97 1.41 @ARI 0.2985 Z. Gallen
Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Saturday, May 23rd

Sunday, May 24th
VBR Pitcher Team Throws % Rost IP K BB W L ERA WHIP Opp. wOBA Opp. SP
71 Reid Detmers LAA L 29% 49.1 53 17 1 4 4.38 1.26 TEX 0.3012 M. Gore
108 Ryne Nelson ARI R 30% 45.0 43 13 1 3 5.40 1.16 COL 0.3113 C. Dollander
137 Seth Lugo KC R 48% 52.2 46 19 1 3 3.76 1.41 SEA 0.3087 B. Woo
161 Braxton Garrett MIA L 7% 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 NYM 0.2800 N. McLean
178 Matthew Liberatore STL L 10% 47.0 34 18 2 2 4.40 1.51 @CIN 0.3005 N. Lodolo
242 Andrew Painter PHI R 13% 37.2 34 12 1 4 6.21 1.59 CLE 0.3044 P. Messick
263 Lance McCullers Jr. HOU R 6% 39.1 43 22 2 3 6.86 1.50 @CHC 0.3296 S. Imanaga
276 Jacob Lopez ATH L 2% 35.1 28 24 3 2 6.11 1.73 @SD 0.2924 M. King
281 Keider Montero DET R 13% 39.2 29 8 2 2 3.18 0.96 @BAL 0.3052 T. Rogers
318 Noah Schultz CWS L 24% 29.1 26 21 2 2 4.91 1.36 @SF 0.2858 R. Ray
425 Simeon Woods Richardson MIN R 1% 42.0 20 20 0 6 7.71 1.86 @BOS 0.2950 S. Gray
542 Chase Dollander COL R 33% 43.0 47 17 3 2 3.35 1.19 @ARI 0.2985 R. Nelson

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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