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
Wednesday, May 20th |
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| VBR | Pitcher | Team | Throws | % Rost | IP | K | BB | W | L | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 95 | Jack Leiter | TEX | R | 25% | 49.2 | 55 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 4.35 | 1.33 | @COL | 0.3105 | K. Freeland |
| 102 | Shane Baz | BAL | R | 30% | 51.1 | 42 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 5.08 | 1.50 | @TB | 0.3128 | J. Scholtens |
| 107 | Tyler Mahle | SF | R | 5% | 46.2 | 48 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 5.59 | 1.56 | @ARI | 0.3030 | M. Kelly |
| 110 | Michael McGreevy | STL | R | 45% | 51.1 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2.10 | 0.88 | PIT | 0.3199 | M. Montgomery |
| 112 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | R | 34% | 35.0 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5.91 | 1.54 | SF | 0.2868 | T. Mahle |
| 135 | Connelly Early | BOS | L | 35% | 47.2 | 45 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3.21 | 1.20 | @KC | 0.3071 | M. Wacha |
| 158 | Chad Patrick | MIL | R | 8% | 39.1 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2.75 | 1.25 | @CHC | 0.3264 | E. Cabrera |
| 159 | Janson Junk | MIA | R | 9% | 50.0 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4.14 | 1.24 | ATL | 0.3322 | S. Strider |
| 162 | Clay Holmes | NYM | R | 41% | 52.2 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 2.39 | 1.10 | @WSH | 0.3205 | Z. Littell |
| 208 | Sean Burke | CWS | R | 14% | 48.1 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4.10 | 1.18 | @SEA | 0.3099 | E. Hancock |
| 230 | Aaron Civale | ATH | R | 20% | 46.2 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2.70 | 1.39 | @LAA | 0.3062 | J. Kochanowicz |
| 232 | Mason Montgomery | PIT | L | 1% | 18.0 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 1.22 | @STL | 0.3115 | M. McGreevy |
| 281 | Zack Littell | WSH | R | 2% | 41.1 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6.10 | 1.50 | NYM | 0.2826 | C. Holmes |
| 462 | Jesse Scholtens | TB | R | 2% | 32.1 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3.06 | 1.11 | BAL | 0.3058 | S. Baz |
| 566 | Ty Madden | DET | R | 2% | 11.1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.38 | 0.79 | CLE | 0.3064 | T. Bibee |
| 598 | Kyle Freeland | COL | L | 1% | 33.2 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 7.22 | 1.66 | TEX | 0.2970 | J. Leiter |
| 796 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | R | 7% | 51.1 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 4.56 | 1.36 | ATH | 0.3192 | A. Civale |
More Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers
Thursday, May 21st |
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| VBR | Pitcher | Team | Throws | % Rost | IP | K | BB | W | L | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 66 | Casey Mize | DET | R | 43% | 37.0 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2.43 | 1.05 | CLE | 0.3064 | G. Williams |
| 109 | David Peterson | NYM | L | 7% | 43.1 | 46 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5.40 | 1.57 | @WSH | 0.3205 | C. Cavalli |
| 123 | Dustin May | STL | R | 12% | 48.2 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4.81 | 1.42 | PIT | 0.3199 | B. Ashcraft |
| 150 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | R | 11% | 46.2 | 52 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4.05 | 1.54 | NYM | 0.2826 | D. Peterson |
| 166 | Luis Severino | ATH | R | 16% | 54.2 | 54 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 4.45 | 1.57 | @LAA | 0.3062 | J. Soriano |
| 183 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | L | 41% | 53.1 | 39 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2.53 | 1.26 | COL | 0.3105 | T. Sugano |
| 293 | Spencer Miles | TOR | R | 1% | 24.2 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.55 | 1.09 | @NYY | 0.3287 | C. Rodon |
| 804 | Tomoyuki Sugano | COL | R | 5% | 47.0 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4.02 | 1.26 | @ARI | 0.3030 | E. Rodriguez |
Friday, May 22nd |
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| VBR | Pitcher | Team | Throws | % Rost | IP | K | BB | W | L | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 71 | Jack Flaherty | DET | R | 47% | 43.2 | 48 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 5.77 | 1.60 | @BAL | 0.3058 | C. Bassitt |
| 89 | Grayson Rodriguez | LAA | R | 17% | 3.2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17.18 | 3.00 | TEX | 0.2970 | J. deGrom |
| 91 | Logan Henderson | MIL | R | 29% | 18.0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.50 | 1.06 | LAD | 0.3406 | B. Snell |
| 105 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | L | 32% | 50.1 | 45 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3.58 | 1.35 | @PHI | 0.3028 | C. Sanchez |
| 114 | Jameson Taillon | CHC | R | 21% | 50.2 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4.97 | 1.20 | HOU | 0.3237 | K. Teng |
| 118 | Payton Tolle | BOS | L | 46% | 30.2 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2.64 | 0.82 | MIN | 0.3111 | C. Prielipp |
| 130 | Jeffrey Springs | ATH | L | 33% | 55.0 | 47 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3.93 | 1.20 | @SD | 0.2900 | W. Buehler |
| 152 | Connor Prielipp | MIN | L | 11% | 25.0 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2.88 | 0.96 | @BOS | 0.2952 | P. Tolle |
| 156 | Noah Cameron | KC | L | 13% | 41.2 | 36 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5.40 | 1.51 | SEA | 0.3099 | E. Hancock |
| 165 | Chris Bassitt | BAL | R | 10% | 43.0 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 5.44 | 1.70 | DET | 0.3112 | J. Flaherty |
| 174 | Bubba Chandler | PIT | R | 45% | 42.0 | 36 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 5.14 | 1.52 | @TOR | 0.2966 | K. Gausman |
| 196 | Grant Holmes | ATL | R | 20% | 47.1 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3.80 | 1.27 | WSH | 0.3205 | M. Mikolas |
| 235 | Kyle Leahy | STL | R | 6% | 45.2 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3.94 | 1.55 | @CIN | 0.3071 | C. Paddack |
| 341 | Kai-Wei Teng | HOU | R | 3% | 31.0 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2.61 | 1.10 | @CHC | 0.3264 | J. Taillon |
| 342 | Trevor McDonald | SF | R | 14% | 19.0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.37 | 1.00 | CWS | 0.3193 | D. Martin |
| 416 | Walker Buehler | SD | R | 5% | 41.1 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5.01 | 1.35 | ATH | 0.3192 | J. Springs |
| 424 | Miles Mikolas | WSH | R | 1% | 41.2 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 6.91 | 1.49 | @ATL | 0.3322 | G. Holmes |
| 545 | Elmer Rodriguez | NYY | R | 4% | 13.0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4.15 | 1.85 | TB | 0.3128 | N. Martinez |
| 602 | Chris Paddack | CIN | R | 1% | 35.2 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 7.07 | 1.63 | STL | 0.3115 | K. Leahy |
| 800 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | R | 1% | 48.2 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 7.03 | 1.89 | @ARI | 0.3030 | M. Soroka |
Saturday, May 23rd |
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| VBR | Pitcher | Team | Throws | % Rost | IP | K | BB | W | L | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 80 | Zac Gallen | ARI | R | 49% | 43.0 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5.65 | 1.53 | COL | 0.3105 | J. Quintana |
| 83 | Bailey Ober | MIN | R | 46% | 57.0 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3.63 | 1.07 | @BOS | 0.2952 | B. Bello |
| 84 | Max Meyer | MIA | R | 48% | 47.2 | 54 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3.21 | 1.15 | NYM | 0.2826 | C. Scott |
| 161 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | R | 3% | 45.0 | 38 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5.60 | 1.58 | @PHI | 0.3028 | Z. Wheeler |
| 167 | Christian Scott | NYM | R | 10% | 15.2 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3.45 | 1.40 | @MIA | 0.3071 | M. Meyer |
| 169 | Brayan Bello | BOS | R | 10% | 44.0 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7.16 | 1.80 | MIN | 0.3111 | B. Ober |
| 176 | Brady Singer | CIN | R | 12% | 46.0 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6.26 | 1.70 | STL | 0.3115 | A. Pallante |
| 192 | Colin Rea | CHC | R | 16% | 47.0 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4.98 | 1.43 | HOU | 0.3237 | P. Lambert |
| 202 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | R | 13% | 43.1 | 34 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3.12 | 1.20 | @SD | 0.2900 | L. Giolito |
| 216 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | R | 6% | 36.0 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 5.75 | 1.53 | LAD | 0.3406 | J. Wrobleski |
| 234 | Lucas Giolito | SD | R | 13% | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 0.80 | ATH | 0.3192 | J.T. Ginn |
| 248 | Andre Pallante | STL | R | 8% | 49.0 | 40 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4.22 | 1.37 | @CIN | 0.3071 | B. Singer |
| 320 | Peter Lambert | HOU | R | 33% | 35.1 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3.57 | 1.08 | @CHC | 0.3264 | C. Rea |
| 326 | Adrian Houser | SF | R | 2% | 48.0 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5.25 | 1.50 | CWS | 0.3193 | E. Fedde |
| 336 | Jake Irvin | WSH | R | 2% | 42.2 | 45 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5.91 | 1.45 | @ATL | 0.3322 | JR Ritchie |
| 340 | Brandon Young | BAL | R | 6% | 29.2 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5.16 | 1.52 | DET | 0.3112 | F. Valdez |
| 380 | Stephen Kolek | KC | R | 5% | 17.0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.24 | 1.00 | SEA | 0.3099 | L. Gilbert |
| 411 | JR Ritchie | ATL | R | 13% | 21.2 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3.32 | 1.43 | WSH | 0.3205 | J. Irvin |
| 465 | Patrick Corbin | TOR | L | 2% | 34.1 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3.93 | 1.40 | PIT | 0.3199 | P. Skenes |
| 792 | Erick Fedde | CWS | R | 2% | 46.0 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4.30 | 1.30 | @SF | 0.2868 | A. Houser |
| 803 | Walbert Urena | LAA | R | 5% | 27.1 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3.29 | 1.43 | TEX | 0.2970 | N. Eovaldi |
| 805 | Jose Quintana | COL | L | 1% | 34.0 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3.97 | 1.41 | @ARI | 0.3030 | Z. Gallen |
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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