FantasyPros Staff | Sat, May 20th 2023, 8:16am EDT

Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitcher Rankings & Waiver Wire Targets: Week 8

Streaming pitchers. It’s an incredibly important tactic 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 weekly lineup decisions and waiver wire bids. Below we take a look at the top streaming pitcher options 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 Pitcher Rankings

MONDAY, MAY 22ND
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
89	Bailey Ober	MIN	R	49%	30.1	28	7	3	0	1.78	0.96	SF	0.3239	A. Cobb
96	Tanner Houck	BOS	R	9%	42.2	38	15	3	3	5.48	1.31	@LAA	0.3282	C. Silseth
104	Edward Cabrera	MIA	R	30%	40.1	55	30	3	3	5.13	1.59	@COL	0.3130	C. Anderson
117	Brady Singer	KC	R	46%	45.2	40	16	3	4	7.09	1.53	DET	0.2851	M. Lorenzen
140	Dane Dunning	TEX	R	33%	37.1	23	7	4	0	1.69	0.88	@PIT	0.3170	L. Ortiz
144	Michael Lorenzen	DET	R	2%	34.0	26	9	2	2	3.44	1.21	@KC	0.2997	B. Singer
149	Drew Rucinski	OAK	R	1%	18.0	6	14	0	4	9.00	2.28	@SEA	0.3033	L. Castillo
165	Mike Clevinger	CWS	R	16%	47.1	40	22	3	3	4.56	1.46	@CLE	0.2823	TBD
173	Gavin Stone	LAD	R	6%	4.0	1	2	0	0	9.00	2.50	@ATL	0.3480	C. Morton
191	Josh Fleming	TB	L	1%	36.2	19	15	0	0	3.68	1.36	TOR	0.3230	C. Bassitt
220	Chase Silseth	LAA	R	1%	11.2	10	6	0	1	5.40	1.46	BOS	0.3452	T. Houck
231	Colin Rea	MIL	R	1%	31.0	25	13	0	3	5.52	1.29	HOU	0.3037	C. Javier
258	Tommy Henry	ARI	L	2%	27.0	13	12	1	1	5.00	1.48	@PHI	0.3238	Z. Wheeler
295	Brandon Williamson	CIN	L	1%	5.2	6	2	0	0	1.59	0.71	STL	0.3389	J. Montgomery
319	Luis Ortiz	PIT	R	3%	8.0	4	5	0	2	5.63	2.38	TEX	0.3393	D. Dunning
332	Chase Anderson	COL	R	1%	10.0	5	2	0	0	0.00	0.50	MIA	0.3033	E. Cabrera

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Monday, May 22nd
TUESDAY, MAY 23RD
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
76	Taijuan Walker	PHI	R	14%	41.1	39	19	3	2	6.53	1.50	ARI	0.3360	R. Nelson
111	Brayan Bello	BOS	R	11%	28.1	31	12	3	1	4.45	1.59	@LAA	0.3282	G. Canning
114	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	L	40%	46.1	58	23	3	3	3.69	1.45	SD	0.3084	R. Weathers
119	Kyle Bradish	BAL	R	7%	32.1	29	10	2	1	3.90	1.30	@NYY	0.3164	G. Cole
125	Rich Hill	PIT	L	9%	47.1	43	15	4	3	3.99	1.35	TEX	0.3393	N. Eovaldi
133	Marco Gonzales	SEA	L	9%	38.1	26	14	3	1	6.10	1.59	OAK	0.3062	L. Medina
139	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	R	30%	48.1	36	21	2	2	4.84	1.43	STL	0.3389	M. Liberatore
148	Ryne Nelson	ARI	R	2%	46.0	32	15	1	2	5.48	1.48	@PHI	0.3238	T. Walker
194	Griffin Canning	LAA	R	1%	29.1	25	11	2	2	6.14	1.50	BOS	0.3452	B. Bello
201	Eury Perez	MIA	R	50%	9.2	13	3	1	0	2.79	1.03	@COL	0.3130	A. Gomber
204	Taj Bradley	TB	R	40%	20.1	27	4	3	0	3.54	0.93	TOR	0.3230	J. Berrios
205	Matthew Liberatore	STL	L	22%	5.0	6	3	1	0	0.00	1.20	@CIN	0.3126	G. Ashcraft
234	J.P. France	HOU	R	20%	15.1	10	4	1	0	4.11	1.24	@MIL	0.3109	C. Burnes
243	Ryan Weathers	SD	L	1%	23.2	14	9	1	2	3.42	1.14	@WSH	0.3075	M. Gore
252	Logan Allen	CLE	L	24%	26.2	29	8	1	1	3.04	1.46	CWS	0.3061	D. Cease
275	Daniel Lynch	KC	L	1%	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	DET	0.2851	E. Rodriguez
282	Austin Gomber	COL	L	3%	44.1	29	18	3	4	6.70	1.53	MIA	0.3033	E. Perez
288	Luis Medina	OAK	R	1%	17.0	15	5	0	2	6.88	1.24	@SEA	0.3033	M. Gonzales

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Tuesday, May 23rd
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
55	Martin Perez	TEX	L	42%	42.1	31	14	4	1	4.25	1.61	@PIT	0.3170	J. Oviedo
67	Ranger Suarez	PHI	L	23%	4.0	4	1	0	0	6.75	2.00	ARI	0.3360	Z. Gallen
78	Tylor Megill	NYM	R	16%	46.1	35	23	5	2	3.88	1.42	@CHC	0.3369	M. Stroman
81	Cal Quantrill	CLE	R	26%	45.1	23	15	2	2	3.97	1.35	CWS	0.3061	M. Kopech
82	Adam Wainwright	STL	R	19%	15.2	8	5	1	0	5.74	1.60	@CIN	0.3126	B. Lively
84	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	L	48%	41.2	40	8	5	0	3.89	1.30	@TB	0.3670	S. McClanahan
98	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	29%	42.2	27	21	1	0	5.27	1.62	BOS	0.3452	J. Paxton
103	Matthew Boyd	DET	L	4%	32.0	29	15	2	3	6.47	1.56	@KC	0.2997	Z. Greinke
110	James Paxton	BOS	L	22%	5.0	9	1	0	0	3.60	1.00	@LAA	0.3282	T. Anderson
118	Trevor Williams	WSH	R	3%	44.1	32	10	1	2	4.26	1.26	SD	0.3084	Yu Darvish
141	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	L	1%	41.0	36	23	1	2	7.02	1.83	@SEA	0.3033	B. Miller
147	Michael Kopech	CWS	R	20%	42.1	41	28	1	4	5.74	1.56	@CLE	0.2823	C. Quantrill
152	Zack Greinke	KC	R	8%	46.2	32	7	1	4	5.01	1.22	DET	0.2851	M. Boyd
183	Johan Oviedo	PIT	R	12%	42.0	36	19	2	3	5.14	1.64	TEX	0.3393	M. Perez
226	Adrian Houser	MIL	R	2%	8.2	7	2	0	0	5.19	1.96	HOU	0.3037	B. Bielak
343	Ben Lively	CIN	R	1%	5.1	2	0	1	1	1.69	0.94	STL	0.3389	A. Wainwright
355	Karl Kauffmann	COL	R	0%	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	MIA	0.3033	S. Alcantara
–	Brandon Bielak	HOU	R	9%	13.2	10	5	0	1	3.29	1.83	@MIL	0.3109	A. Houser

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Wednesday, May 24th
THURSDAY, MAY 25TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
75	Eric Lauer	MIL	L	11%	39.2	39	18	4	4	4.54	1.44	SF	0.3239	L. Webb
79	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	R	14%	13.2	8	8	0	2	8.56	1.61	@CHC	0.3369	J. Taillon
80	Jameson Taillon	CHC	R	21%	24.1	26	7	0	2	6.66	1.52	NYM	0.3131	C. Carrasco
87	Steven Matz	STL	L	3%	41.2	37	16	0	4	5.62	1.61	@CIN	0.3126	L. Weaver
100	Kyle Gibson	BAL	R	23%	52.0	36	16	4	3	4.67	1.40	@NYY	0.3164	C. Schmidt
120	JP Sears	OAK	L	3%	42.2	44	9	0	3	5.27	1.17	@SEA	0.3033	L. Gilbert
128	Braxton Garrett	MIA	L	6%	36.2	36	7	1	2	5.40	1.53	@COL	0.3130	K. Freeland
130	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	R	11%	40.0	48	14	1	4	6.30	1.65	BAL	0.3294	K. Gibson
172	Kyle Freeland	COL	L	32%	51.1	38	12	4	4	3.16	1.11	MIA	0.3033	B. Garrett
247	Luke Weaver	CIN	R	1%	27.1	27	8	1	2	6.26	1.46	STL	0.3389	S. Matz
255	Jake Irvin	WSH	R	6%	15.1	14	8	1	1	4.11	1.30	SD	0.3084	B. Snell
256	Alex Faedo	DET	R	2%	10.2	8	1	0	1	4.22	0.75	CWS	0.3061	L. Giolito

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Thursday, May 25th
FRIDAY, MAY 26TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
65	Reid Detmers	LAA	L	35%	35.0	41	14	0	3	4.89	1.51	MIA	0.3033	J. Luzardo
68	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	R	38%	37.0	44	17	2	1	6.57	1.73	TEX	0.3393	J. Gray
73	Miles Mikolas	STL	R	41%	47.2	41	14	2	1	4.91	1.57	@CLE	0.2823	T. Bibee
90	Alex Wood	SF	L	7%	15.2	16	8	0	0	2.87	1.47	@MIL	0.3109	F. Peralta
106	Jhony Brito	NYY	R	5%	36.1	24	14	3	3	5.20	1.43	SD	0.3084	J. Musgrove
121	Noah Syndergaard	LAD	R	17%	36.1	26	5	1	3	5.95	1.38	@TB	0.3670	T. Glasnow
145	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	R	12%	14.2	11	6	0	1	8.59	1.57	BOS	0.3452	C. Sale
149	Drew Rucinski	OAK	R	1%	18.0	6	14	0	4	9.00	2.28	HOU	0.3037	H. Brown
167	Louie Varland	MIN	R	20%	23.0	27	6	1	0	4.30	1.22	TOR	0.3230	K. Gausman
178	Patrick Corbin	WSH	L	6%	50.1	31	10	2	5	4.65	1.43	@KC	0.2997	J. Lyles
185	Joey Wentz	DET	L	1%	36.2	30	14	1	3	6.38	1.45	CWS	0.3061	L. Lynn
198	Jordan Lyles	KC	R	2%	51.2	38	17	0	7	6.79	1.32	WSH	0.3075	P. Corbin
236	Tanner Bibee	CLE	R	33%	22.1	22	4	1	1	3.22	1.03	STL	0.3389	M. Mikolas
272	Connor Seabold	COL	R	1%	28.0	20	8	1	0	5.14	1.61	NYM	0.3131	M. Scherzer

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Friday, May 26th
SATURDAY, MAY 27TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
49	Andrew Heaney	TEX	L	48%	42.0	47	18	2	3	4.71	1.19	@BAL	0.3294	D. Kremer
74	Michael Wacha	SD	R	33%	44.1	41	13	4	1	4.06	1.17	@NYY	0.3164	L. Severino
94	Josiah Gray	WSH	R	38%	52.2	45	21	3	5	2.73	1.35	@KC	0.2997	B. Keller
99	Roansy Contreras	PIT	R	15%	45.0	32	19	3	4	4.40	1.44	@SEA	0.3033	L. Castillo
104	Edward Cabrera	MIA	R	30%	40.1	55	30	3	3	5.13	1.59	@LAA	0.3282	P. Sandoval
109	Jack Flaherty	STL	R	28%	46.1	49	29	3	4	5.24	1.58	@CLE	0.2823	S. Bieber
129	Dean Kremer	BAL	R	12%	47.1	36	13	5	1	4.94	1.42	TEX	0.3393	A. Heaney
142	Corey Kluber	BOS	R	7%	39.1	33	15	2	5	6.41	1.47	@ARI	0.3360	M. Kelly
144	Michael Lorenzen	DET	R	2%	34.0	26	9	2	2	3.44	1.21	CWS	0.3061	M. Clevinger
149	Drew Rucinski	OAK	R	1%	18.0	6	14	0	4	9.00	2.28	HOU	0.3037	F. Valdez
165	Mike Clevinger	CWS	R	16%	47.1	40	22	3	3	4.56	1.46	@DET	0.2851	M. Lorenzen
191	Josh Fleming	TB	L	1%	36.2	19	15	0	0	3.68	1.36	LAD	0.3352	C. Kershaw
208	Brad Keller	KC	R	6%	43.1	31	40	3	4	4.36	1.87	WSH	0.3075	J. Gray
295	Brandon Williamson	CIN	L	1%	5.2	6	2	0	0	1.59	0.71	@CHC	0.3369	D. Smyly
332	Chase Anderson	COL	R	1%	10.0	5	2	0	0	0.00	0.50	NYM	0.3131	J. Verlander

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Saturday, May 27th
SUNDAY, MAY 28TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
76	Taijuan Walker	PHI	R	14%	41.1	39	19	3	2	6.53	1.50	@ATL	0.3480	S. Strider
89	Bailey Ober	MIN	R	49%	30.1	28	7	3	0	1.78	0.96	TOR	0.3230	J. Berrios
93	Ross Stripling	SF	R	12%	32.1	26	10	0	2	7.24	1.58	@MIL	0.3109	C. Burnes
96	Tanner Houck	BOS	R	9%	42.2	38	15	3	3	5.48	1.31	@ARI	0.3360	T. Henry
114	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	L	40%	46.1	58	23	3	3	3.69	1.45	@KC	0.2997	B. Singer
117	Brady Singer	KC	R	46%	45.2	40	16	3	4	7.09	1.53	WSH	0.3075	M. Gore
119	Kyle Bradish	BAL	R	7%	32.1	29	10	2	1	3.90	1.30	TEX	0.3393	D. Dunning
127	Peyton Battenfield	CLE	R	2%	34.2	27	12	0	5	5.19	1.33	STL	0.3389	J. Montgomery
133	Marco Gonzales	SEA	L	9%	38.1	26	14	3	1	6.10	1.59	PIT	0.3170	L. Ortiz
139	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	R	30%	48.1	36	21	2	2	4.84	1.43	@CHC	0.3369	M. Stroman
140	Dane Dunning	TEX	R	33%	37.1	23	7	4	0	1.69	0.88	@BAL	0.3294	K. Bradish
173	Gavin Stone	LAD	R	6%	4.0	1	2	0	0	9.00	2.50	@TB	0.3670	T. Bradley
201	Eury Perez	MIA	R	50%	9.2	13	3	1	0	2.79	1.03	@LAA	0.3282	S. Ohtani
204	Taj Bradley	TB	R	40%	20.1	27	4	3	0	3.54	0.93	LAD	0.3352	G. Stone
258	Tommy Henry	ARI	L	2%	27.0	13	12	1	1	5.00	1.48	BOS	0.3452	T. Houck
282	Austin Gomber	COL	L	3%	44.1	29	18	3	4	6.70	1.53	NYM	0.3131	K. Senga
288	Luis Medina	OAK	R	1%	17.0	15	5	0	2	6.88	1.24	HOU	0.3037	C. Javier
319	Luis Ortiz	PIT	R	3%	8.0	4	5	0	2	5.63	2.38	@SEA	0.3033	M. Gonzales

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