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 23rd |
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| VBR | Pitcher | Team | Throws | % Rost | IP | K | BB | W | L | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 69 | Zac Gallen | ARI | R | 50% | 49.0 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 5.33 | 1.45 | COL | 0.3071 | M. Lorenzen |
| 87 | Bailey Ober | MIN | R | 40% | 57.0 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3.63 | 1.07 | @BOS | 0.2986 | B. Bello |
| 149 | Slade Cecconi | CLE | R | 4% | 52.1 | 42 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 5.16 | 1.49 | @PHI | 0.3019 | Z. Wheeler |
| 162 | Christian Scott | NYM | R | 9% | 19.2 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4.12 | 1.47 | @MIA | 0.3102 | M. Meyer |
| 164 | J.T. Ginn | ATH | R | 29% | 51.1 | 44 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2.98 | 1.07 | @SD | 0.2906 | L. Giolito |
| 168 | Roki Sasaki | LAD | R | 29% | 40.2 | 39 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5.09 | 1.45 | @MIL | 0.3099 | R. Gasser |
| 176 | Grant Holmes | ATL | R | 18% | 47.1 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 3.80 | 1.27 | WSH | 0.3214 | J. Irvin |
| 182 | Colin Rea | CHC | R | 10% | 47.0 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4.98 | 1.43 | HOU | 0.3187 | K. Teng |
| 183 | Lucas Giolito | SD | R | 11% | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 0.80 | ATH | 0.3191 | J.T. Ginn |
| 206 | Brady Singer | CIN | R | 10% | 46.0 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6.26 | 1.70 | STL | 0.3117 | A. Pallante |
| 207 | Brayan Bello | BOS | R | 7% | 44.0 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7.16 | 1.80 | MIN | 0.3122 | B. Ober |
| 214 | Andre Pallante | STL | R | 6% | 49.0 | 40 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4.22 | 1.37 | @CIN | 0.3066 | B. Singer |
| 228 | Robert Gasser | MIL | L | 1% | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.25 | LAD | 0.3416 | R. Sasaki |
| 286 | Jake Irvin | WSH | R | 2% | 46.2 | 51 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5.59 | 1.46 | @ATL | 0.3313 | G. Holmes |
| 290 | Stephen Kolek | KC | R | 4% | 17.0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.24 | 1.00 | SEA | 0.3045 | G. Kirby |
| 297 | Kai-Wei Teng | HOU | R | 3% | 31.0 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2.61 | 1.10 | @CHC | 0.3246 | C. Rea |
| 339 | Adrian Houser | SF | R | 2% | 48.0 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 5.25 | 1.50 | CWS | 0.3170 | E. Fedde |
| 356 | Brandon Young | BAL | R | 3% | 29.2 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 5.16 | 1.52 | DET | 0.3080 | F. Valdez |
| 462 | Patrick Corbin | TOR | L | 2% | 38.1 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4.23 | 1.49 | PIT | 0.3176 | P. Skenes |
| 777 | Erick Fedde | CWS | R | 2% | 46.0 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4.30 | 1.30 | @SF | 0.2892 | A. Houser |
| 797 | Michael Lorenzen | COL | R | 1% | 48.2 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 7.03 | 1.89 | @ARI | 0.3114 | Z. Gallen |
| 806 | Walbert Urena | LAA | R | 7% | 33.1 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 2.70 | 1.35 | TEX | 0.3029 | N. Eovaldi |
More Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers
Sunday, May 24th |
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| VBR | Pitcher | Team | Throws | % Rost | IP | K | BB | W | L | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 62 | Reid Detmers | LAA | L | 26% | 55.0 | 61 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 5.24 | 1.31 | TEX | 0.3029 | M. Gore |
| 96 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | R | 36% | 52.0 | 46 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5.19 | 1.19 | COL | 0.3071 | J. Quintana |
| 100 | Trevor Rogers | BAL | L | 45% | 38.0 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6.87 | 1.66 | DET | 0.3080 | K. Montero |
| 105 | Mitch Keller | PIT | R | 50% | 58.1 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3.86 | 1.06 | @TOR | 0.2961 | D. Cease |
| 118 | Seth Lugo | KC | R | 39% | 58.2 | 51 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3.68 | 1.38 | SEA | 0.3045 | B. Woo |
| 119 | Foster Griffin | WSH | L | 40% | 56.0 | 54 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 4.02 | 1.18 | @ATL | 0.3313 | M. Perez |
| 158 | Braxton Garrett | MIA | L | 2% | 4.1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14.54 | 3.46 | NYM | 0.2892 | N. McLean |
| 170 | Matthew Liberatore | STL | L | 7% | 51.2 | 43 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4.70 | 1.55 | @CIN | 0.3066 | N. Lodolo |
| 195 | Brandon Sproat | MIL | R | 5% | 40.2 | 41 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 5.75 | 1.50 | LAD | 0.3416 | Y. Yamamoto |
| 246 | Andrew Painter | PHI | R | 13% | 43.2 | 37 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5.77 | 1.49 | CLE | 0.3118 | P. Messick |
| 285 | Peter Lambert | HOU | R | 21% | 35.1 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3.57 | 1.08 | @CHC | 0.3246 | S. Imanaga |
| 294 | Keider Montero | DET | R | 9% | 49.1 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3.83 | 1.01 | @BAL | 0.3078 | T. Rogers |
| 301 | Noah Schultz | CWS | L | 17% | 34.2 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 4.93 | 1.30 | @SF | 0.2892 | R. Ray |
| 324 | Martin Perez | ATL | L | 9% | 41.0 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2.85 | 1.00 | WSH | 0.3214 | F. Griffin |
| 326 | Kendry Rojas | MIN | L | 1% | 11.1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 | 1.68 | @BOS | 0.2986 | S. Gray |
| 345 | Jacob Lopez | ATH | L | 2% | 44.0 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 6.14 | 1.77 | @SD | 0.2906 | M. King |
| 808 | Jose Quintana | COL | L | 1% | 39.2 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4.08 | 1.41 | @ARI | 0.3114 | R. Nelson |
Monday, May 25th |
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| VBR | Pitcher | Team | Throws | % Rost | IP | K | BB | W | L | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 54 | Griffin Jax | TB | R | 30% | 28.0 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3.54 | 1.36 | @BAL | 0.3078 | K. Bradish |
| 64 | Ben Brown | CHC | R | 24% | 38.2 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2.09 | 0.98 | @PIT | 0.3176 | C. Mlodzinski |
| 76 | Bryce Miller | SEA | R | 30% | 11.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | 1.00 | @ATH | 0.3191 | A. Civale |
| 107 | Merrill Kelly | ARI | R | 42% | 41.0 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5.71 | 1.51 | @SF | 0.2892 | L. Roupp |
| 111 | Zebby Matthews | MIN | R | 20% | 13.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.38 | 0.77 | @CWS | 0.3170 | A. Kay |
| 128 | Carmen Mlodzinski | PIT | R | 8% | 50.0 | 44 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3.96 | 1.40 | CHC | 0.3246 | B. Brown |
| 129 | Kumar Rocker | TEX | R | 3% | 45.0 | 37 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 3.60 | 1.36 | HOU | 0.3187 | T. Imai |
| 152 | Janson Junk | MIA | R | 7% | 55.0 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5.07 | 1.27 | @TOR | 0.2961 | T. Yesavage |
| 181 | Tatsuya Imai | HOU | R | 26% | 17.1 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8.31 | 1.79 | @TEX | 0.3029 | K. Rocker |
| 200 | Griffin Canning | SD | R | 2% | 16.0 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 1.81 | PHI | 0.3019 | J. Luzardo |
| 239 | Tobias Myers | NYM | R | 1% | 29.0 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3.41 | 1.03 | CIN | 0.3066 | C. Burns |
| 250 | Aaron Civale | ATH | R | 24% | 51.2 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3.31 | 1.39 | SEA | 0.3045 | B. Miller |
| 261 | Zack Littell | WSH | R | 2% | 46.1 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5.83 | 1.45 | @CLE | 0.3118 | T. Bibee |
| 340 | Anthony Kay | CWS | L | 3% | 46.1 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4.27 | 1.45 | MIN | 0.3122 | Z. Matthews |
| 436 | Eric Lauer | LAD | L | 2% | 36.1 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6.69 | 1.49 | COL | 0.3071 | K. Freeland |
| 501 | Kyle Freeland | COL | L | 1% | 38.1 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 7.04 | 1.70 | @LAD | 0.3416 | E. Lauer |
Tuesday, May 26th |
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| VBR | Pitcher | Team | Throws | % Rost | IP | K | BB | W | L | ERA | WHIP | Opp. | wOBA | Opp. SP |
| 49 | Aaron Nola | PHI | R | 50% | 50.2 | 51 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6.04 | 1.56 | @SD | 0.2906 | R. Vasquez |
| 93 | Jack Leiter | TEX | R | 29% | 54.2 | 60 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 4.61 | 1.37 | HOU | 0.3187 | L. McCullers Jr. |
| 99 | David Peterson | NYM | L | 8% | 43.1 | 46 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 5.40 | 1.57 | CIN | 0.3066 | A. Abbott |
| 103 | Shane Baz | BAL | R | 31% | 57.1 | 48 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 4.71 | 1.43 | TB | 0.3200 | S. Matz |
| 110 | Steven Matz | TB | L | 16% | 41.1 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3.70 | 1.11 | @BAL | 0.3078 | S. Baz |
| 112 | Joey Cantillo | CLE | L | 32% | 50.1 | 45 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3.58 | 1.35 | WSH | 0.3214 | C. Cavalli |
| 124 | Tyler Mahle | SF | R | 5% | 51.2 | 54 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 6.10 | 1.57 | ARI | 0.3114 | E. Rodriguez |
| 132 | Dustin May | STL | R | 13% | 48.2 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4.81 | 1.42 | @MIL | 0.3099 | K. Harrison |
| 138 | Cade Cavalli | WSH | R | 14% | 46.2 | 52 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4.05 | 1.54 | @CLE | 0.3118 | J. Cantillo |
| 155 | Luis Severino | ATH | R | 16% | 54.2 | 54 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 4.45 | 1.57 | SEA | 0.3045 | E. Hancock |
| 159 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ARI | L | 44% | 53.1 | 39 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2.53 | 1.26 | @SF | 0.2892 | T. Mahle |
| 179 | Sean Burke | CWS | R | 14% | 53.0 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4.08 | 1.21 | MIN | 0.3122 | J. Ryan |
| 270 | Spencer Miles | TOR | R | 1% | 24.2 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.55 | 1.09 | MIA | 0.3102 | S. Alcantara |
| 299 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU | R | 5% | 39.1 | 43 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 6.86 | 1.50 | @TEX | 0.3029 | J. Leiter |
| 715 | Jack Kochanowicz | LAA | R | 7% | 57.1 | 41 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 4.55 | 1.34 | @DET | 0.3080 | TBD |
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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