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.
- Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Advice
- Fantasy Baseball Trade Advice
- Fantasy Baseball Start/Sit Lineup Advice
- MLB Prop Bet Cheat Sheet
Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Rankings
Saturday, May 16th |
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| 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 | TOR | 0.2991 | E. Lauer |
| 92 | Logan Henderson | MIL | R | 23% | 13.0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.15 | 0.92 | @MIN | 0.3114 | T. Bradley |
| 118 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | R | 22% | 45.2 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 3.94 | 1.14 | @CWS | 0.3129 | D. Martin |
| 119 | Payton Tolle | BOS | L | 43% | 22.2 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2.78 | 0.88 | @ATL | 0.3394 | B. Elder |
| 125 | David Peterson | NYM | L | 7% | 39.1 | 38 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5.49 | 1.50 | NYY | 0.3324 | C. Rodon |
| 152 | Noah Cameron | KC | L | 14% | 35.2 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5.55 | 1.63 | @STL | 0.3087 | K. Leahy |
| 154 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | R | 10% | 40.1 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4.02 | 1.59 | BAL | 0.3052 | C. Bassitt |
| 169 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | L | 37% | 48.0 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2.25 | 1.21 | @COL | 0.3113 | T. Sugano |
| 172 | Chris Bassitt | BAL | R | 9% | 38.0 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5.21 | 1.74 | @WSH | 0.3197 | C. Cavalli |
| 176 | Luis Severino | ATH | R | 17% | 48.2 | 47 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 4.07 | 1.52 | SF | 0.2858 | T. McDonald |
| 187 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | R | 49% | 39.0 | 34 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 4.62 | 1.46 | PHI | 0.3029 | C. Sanchez |
| 240 | Kyle Leahy | STL | R | 4% | 39.2 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 4.31 | 1.59 | KC | 0.3102 | N. Cameron |
| 314 | Kai-Wei Teng | HOU | R | 2% | 26.0 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3.12 | 1.08 | TEX | 0.3012 | J. deGrom |
| 327 | Trevor McDonald | SF | R | 10% | 12.1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.92 | 1.05 | @ATH | 0.3154 | L. Severino |
| 351 | Walker Buehler | SD | R | 4% | 36.1 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 5.20 | 1.35 | @SEA | 0.3087 | L. Gilbert |
| 476 | Chris Paddack | CIN | R | 1% | 30.2 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 7.63 | 1.66 | @CLE | 0.3044 | G. Williams |
| 578 | Eric Lauer | TOR | L | 2% | 36.1 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6.69 | 1.49 | @DET | 0.3145 | C. Mize |
| 807 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | R | 5% | 42.0 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4.07 | 1.19 | ARI | 0.2985 | E. Rodriguez |
More Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers
Sunday, May 17th |
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| 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 | TOR | 0.2991 | K. Gausman |
| 78 | Bailey Ober | MIN | R | 30% | 52.0 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3.46 | 1.02 | MIL | 0.3065 | B. Sproat |
| 83 | Michael Soroka | ARI | R | 47% | 43.1 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3.53 | 1.32 | @COL | 0.3113 | M. Lorenzen |
| 106 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | L | 32% | 45.1 | 41 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3.18 | 1.32 | CIN | 0.3005 | B. Singer |
| 139 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | L | 31% | 49.0 | 44 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 4.22 | 1.22 | SF | 0.2858 | A. Houser |
| 170 | Colin Rea | CHC | R | 14% | 42.1 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 4.68 | 1.42 | @CWS | 0.3129 | E. Fedde |
| 180 | Brady Singer | CIN | R | 12% | 42.0 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5.79 | 1.67 | @CLE | 0.3044 | J. Cantillo |
| 197 | Grant Holmes | ATL | R | 12% | 41.1 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4.35 | 1.31 | BOS | 0.2950 | TBD |
| 208 | Tatsuya Imai | HOU | R | 31% | 12.2 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 9.24 | 2.05 | TEX | 0.3012 | N. Eovaldi |
| 222 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | R | 4% | 36.0 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 5.75 | 1.53 | @MIN | 0.3114 | B. Ober |
| 231 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | R | 23% | 33.2 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 5.88 | 1.63 | @LAA | 0.3114 | C. Dana |
| 245 | Lucas Giolito | SD | R | 4% | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | @SEA | 0.3087 | G. Kirby |
| 250 | Andre Pallante | STL | R | 4% | 42.1 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4.68 | 1.39 | KC | 0.3102 | S. Kolek |
| 340 | Adrian Houser | SF | R | 1% | 42.0 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5.79 | 1.50 | @ATH | 0.3154 | J. Springs |
| 357 | Brandon Young | BAL | R | 2% | 26.0 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5.19 | 1.42 | @WSH | 0.3197 | M. Mikolas |
| 388 | Stephen Kolek | KC | R | 6% | 10.2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 1.13 | @STL | 0.3087 | A. Pallante |
| 443 | Miles Mikolas | WSH | R | 1% | 36.0 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7.00 | 1.53 | BAL | 0.3052 | B. Young |
| 665 | Caden Dana | LAA | R | 0% | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | LAD | 0.3365 | R. Sasaki |
| 792 | Erick Fedde | CWS | R | 2% | 43.0 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3.77 | 1.16 | CHC | 0.3296 | C. Rea |
| 805 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | R | 1% | 44.0 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 6.55 | 1.82 | ARI | 0.2985 | M. Soroka |
Monday, May 18th |
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| 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 |
Tuesday, May 19th |
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| 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 |
| 144 | Robby Snelling | MIA | L | 13% | 5.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 1.80 | ATL | 0.3394 | C. Sale |
| 159 | Connor Prielipp | MIN | L | 9% | 19.0 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3.32 | 1.00 | HOU | 0.3259 | M. Burrows |
| 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 |
What are fantasy baseball streaming pitchers?
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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