Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Wednesday (5/20)

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 Streaming Pitchers: Rankings

Wednesday, May 20th
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
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

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
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

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
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.