Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitcher Rankings & Waiver Wire Targets: Week 20

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: Week 20

MONDAY, AUGUST 21ST
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
73	Reese Olson	DET	R	3%	63.1	61	17	2	5	4.83	1.23	CHC	0.3292	J. Assad
79	Jose Urquidy	HOU	R	24%	36.0	31	13	2	3	5.50	1.44	BOS	0.3302	J. Paxton
83	David Peterson	NYM	L	4%	72.2	79	36	3	7	5.45	1.65	@ATL	0.3631	B. Elder
137	Johnny Cueto	MIA	R	3%	32.1	26	9	0	3	5.57	1.11	@SD	0.3233	B. Snell
149	Matthew Liberatore	STL	L	8%	50.0	35	21	2	5	6.12	1.64	@PIT	0.3091	B. Falter
154	Bailey Falter	PIT	L	1%	53.2	38	12	0	7	4.86	1.49	STL	0.3345	M. Liberatore
164	Jakob Junis	SF	R	1%	68.0	81	17	3	3	4.10	1.37	@PHI	0.3245	TBD
190	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	R	34%	127.0	90	48	6	8	4.89	1.40	@LAA	0.3299	L. Giolito
225	Slade Cecconi	ARI	R	0%	10.1	7	4	0	0	3.48	1.26	TEX	0.3478	J. Montgomery
246	Javier Assad	CHC	R	7%	66.2	49	27	2	2	3.11	1.25	@DET	0.2983	R. Olson
270	Touki Toussaint	CWS	R	1%	50.1	51	37	1	5	4.47	1.45	SEA	0.3177	L. Castillo
284	Alec Marsh	KC	R	1%	38.0	41	24	0	6	5.68	1.68	@OAK	0.2947	TBD

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Monday, August 21st
TUESDAY, AUGUST 22ND
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
71	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	R	40%	81.0	86	32	3	3	5.44	1.40	TOR	0.3266	Y. Kikuchi
72	Reid Detmers	LAA	L	32%	115.0	136	46	3	9	4.93	1.37	CIN	0.3267	A. Abbott
84	Rich Hill	SD	L	8%	130.1	115	50	7	13	5.25	1.47	MIA	0.3137	J. Luzardo
85	Zack Littell	TB	R	9%	47.1	41	5	2	4	3.99	1.23	COL	0.3100	Ty Blach
87	Paul Blackburn	OAK	R	5%	72.2	74	26	3	3	4.09	1.50	KC	0.3042	A. Zerpa
90	Ross Stripling	SF	R	10%	78.1	61	11	0	5	5.29	1.30	@PHI	0.3245	A. Nola
104	Noah Syndergaard	CLE	R	9%	76.2	49	15	2	6	6.57	1.45	LAD	0.3435	C. Kershaw
108	Wade Miley	MIL	L	27%	82.2	55	26	6	3	3.05	1.17	MIN	0.3208	B. Ober
110	Mike Clevinger	CWS	R	19%	85.2	71	32	5	5	3.26	1.25	SEA	0.3177	G. Kirby
128	Tylor Megill	NYM	R	4%	86.1	69	44	7	6	5.53	1.70	@ATL	0.3631	C. Morton
135	Johan Oviedo	PIT	R	21%	140.1	124	60	6	13	4.55	1.34	STL	0.3345	A. Wainwright
144	Drew Smyly	CHC	L	16%	119.2	111	40	9	8	5.19	1.38	@DET	0.2983	TBD
161	Adam Wainwright	STL	R	7%	72.2	41	29	3	8	8.42	2.01	@PIT	0.3091	J. Oviedo
180	Josiah Gray	WSH	R	22%	129.2	114	61	7	10	3.96	1.47	@NYY	0.3085	C. Rodon
198	Angel Zerpa	KC	L	0%	13.1	9	3	1	1	6.08	1.50	@OAK	0.2947	P. Blackburn
380	Ty Blach	COL	L	1%	37.0	15	8	1	1	4.14	1.46	@TB	0.3360	Z. Littell

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Tuesday, August 22nd
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23RD
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
1	Shohei Ohtani	LAA	R	50%	130.2	165	54	10	5	3.24	1.07	CIN	0.3267	B. Kennedy
34	Tarik Skubal	DET	L	32%	32.1	36	6	2	2	4.18	1.14	CHC	0.3292	J. Taillon
46	Kenta Maeda	MIN	R	48%	69.2	82	18	3	7	4.13	1.16	@MIL	0.3036	C. Burnes
48	Seth Lugo	SD	R	28%	97.1	94	21	4	6	4.16	1.25	MIA	0.3137	S. Alcantara
74	Jose Quintana	NYM	L	19%	35.2	25	14	1	4	3.03	1.26	@ATL	0.3631	S. Strider
92	Brayan Bello	BOS	R	39%	113.1	96	30	8	7	3.81	1.26	@HOU	0.3254	J. Verlander
97	Gavin Williams	CLE	R	41%	54.2	59	22	1	3	2.80	1.17	LAD	0.3435	L. Lynn
100	Luis Severino	NYY	R	40%	67.2	61	29	2	8	7.98	1.88	WSH	0.3173	M. Gore
102	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	L	22%	123.1	141	52	6	9	4.38	1.38	@NYY	0.3085	L. Severino
106	Jameson Taillon	CHC	R	28%	104.0	91	32	7	7	5.71	1.38	@DET	0.2983	T. Skubal
112	Jack Flaherty	BAL	R	37%	123.2	125	61	8	8	4.73	1.55	TOR	0.3266	K. Gausman
160	Cole Ragans	KC	L	14%	47.0	51	21	3	4	4.21	1.36	@OAK	0.2947	TBD
170	Michael Kopech	CWS	R	21%	112.0	116	72	5	10	4.58	1.46	SEA	0.3177	B. Miller
319	Brett Kennedy	CIN	R	0%	7.0	4	2	1	0	5.14	1.14	@LAA	0.3299	S. Ohtani
370	Austin Gomber	COL	L	6%	130.1	82	38	9	9	5.52	1.47	@TB	0.3360	A. Civale
–	Zack Thompson	STL	L	3%	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	@PIT	0.3091	A. Jackson
–	Andre Jackson	PIT	R	1%	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	STL	0.3345	Z. Thompson

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Wednesday, August 23rd
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
65	Andrew Heaney	TEX	L	50%	114.1	119	47	9	6	4.17	1.31	@MIN	0.3208	P. Lopez
78	J.P. France	HOU	R	50%	102.0	73	30	9	3	2.74	1.21	BOS	0.3302	K. Crawford
91	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	R	6%	54.2	50	16	0	6	6.91	1.52	CIN	0.3267	B. Williamson
101	Dean Kremer	BAL	R	35%	138.0	124	43	11	5	4.50	1.31	TOR	0.3266	J. Berrios
103	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	L	2%	99.1	100	55	2	7	6.07	1.70	@CWS	0.2971	J. Scholtens
113	Kutter Crawford	BOS	R	16%	90.0	89	22	5	6	3.80	1.12	@HOU	0.3254	J.P. France
131	Jesse Scholtens	CWS	R	5%	56.1	40	16	1	5	3.20	1.24	OAK	0.2947	K. Waldichuk
134	Jhony Brito	NYY	R	2%	62.1	47	23	4	5	4.76	1.28	WSH	0.3173	P. Corbin
189	Xzavion Curry	CLE	R	6%	69.0	46	18	3	1	3.39	1.19	LAD	0.3435	T. Gonsolin
245	Patrick Corbin	WSH	L	6%	143.1	97	44	8	11	4.77	1.47	@NYY	0.3085	J. Brito
302	Brandon Williamson	CIN	L	15%	81.0	70	31	4	2	4.33	1.22	@ARI	0.3247	B. Pfaadt
376	Peter Lambert	COL	R	1%	59.1	51	23	2	4	5.46	1.43	@TB	0.3360	E. Ramirez
–	Erasmo Ramirez	TB	R	0%	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	COL	0.3100	P. Lambert

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Thursday, August 24th
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
41	Miles Mikolas	STL	R	39%	147.2	103	29	6	8	4.27	1.28	@PHI	0.3245	M. Lorenzen
58	JP Sears	OAK	L	12%	130.2	123	33	2	9	4.20	1.15	@CWS	0.2971	D. Cease
61	Eury Perez	MIA	R	47%	62.0	73	21	5	4	3.19	1.15	WSH	0.3173	J. Adon
86	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	23%	109.0	92	47	5	4	5.28	1.52	@NYM	0.3163	K. Senga
94	Kyle Gibson	BAL	R	40%	145.1	121	45	11	7	4.89	1.33	COL	0.3100	K. Freeland
116	Matt Manning	DET	R	5%	58.2	40	17	4	4	4.60	1.16	HOU	0.3254	F. Valdez
119	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	R	21%	92.1	61	16	4	6	4.19	1.16	@PIT	0.3091	O. Bido
202	Yonny Chirinos	ATL	R	3%	81.0	49	26	5	5	5.22	1.36	@SF	0.3095	L. Webb
249	Osvaldo Bido	PIT	R	0%	41.0	37	15	2	3	5.05	1.41	CHC	0.3292	K. Hendricks
372	Joan Adon	WSH	R	1%	14.0	14	4	1	0	5.14	0.86	@MIA	0.3137	E. Perez
377	Kyle Freeland	COL	L	8%	124.0	77	36	4	13	4.94	1.46	@BAL	0.3208	K. Gibson

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Friday, August 25th
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
40	Bobby Miller	LAD	R	47%	75.1	70	22	7	2	3.70	1.17	@BOS	0.3302	J. Paxton
45	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	L	17%	14.0	8	4	1	1	2.57	1.07	CLE	0.3024	L. Allen
57	Braxton Garrett	MIA	L	36%	122.0	126	21	7	3	3.91	1.19	WSH	0.3173	J. Irvin
70	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	R	18%	117.1	113	33	8	7	4.76	1.36	@TB	0.3360	T. Glasnow
115	Chase Silseth	LAA	R	29%	41.1	46	18	4	1	3.27	1.21	@NYM	0.3163	C. Carrasco
121	Logan Allen	CLE	L	23%	97.1	95	38	6	5	3.33	1.36	@TOR	0.3266	H. Jin Ryu
151	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	L	16%	58.1	53	12	1	3	3.39	1.01	STL	0.3345	D. Hudson
154	Bailey Falter	PIT	L	1%	53.2	38	12	0	7	4.86	1.49	CHC	0.3292	J. Assad
156	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	R	9%	84.1	62	38	3	6	6.40	1.62	LAA	0.3299	C. Silseth
175	Cole Irvin	BAL	L	2%	53.0	50	18	1	3	4.92	1.42	COL	0.3100	C. Flexen
190	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	R	34%	127.0	90	48	6	8	4.89	1.40	@ARI	0.3247	Z. Davies
194	Dakota Hudson	STL	R	7%	38.0	25	12	4	0	4.03	1.32	@PHI	0.3245	C. Sanchez
197	Zach Davies	ARI	R	1%	57.1	46	27	1	5	7.38	1.62	CIN	0.3267	G. Ashcraft
199	Emerson Hancock	SEA	R	10%	10.0	4	3	0	0	5.40	1.40	KC	0.3042	J. Lyles
213	Tristan Beck	SF	R	1%	62.1	49	14	3	2	3.61	1.19	ATL	0.3631	M. Fried
227	Jordan Lyles	KC	R	2%	131.1	91	36	3	13	6.17	1.29	@SEA	0.3177	E. Hancock
246	Javier Assad	CHC	R	7%	66.2	49	27	2	2	3.11	1.25	@PIT	0.3091	B. Falter
259	Jake Irvin	WSH	R	2%	90.2	74	36	3	5	4.76	1.41	@MIA	0.3137	B. Garrett
270	Touki Toussaint	CWS	R	1%	50.1	51	37	1	5	4.47	1.45	OAK	0.2947	TBD
373	Dallas Keuchel	MIN	L	1%	6.2	0	4	0	1	9.45	2.70	TEX	0.3478	M. Scherzer
381	Chris Flexen	COL	R	1%	61.2	45	28	1	5	7.74	1.85	@BAL	0.3208	C. Irvin

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Saturday, August 26th
SUNDAY, AUGUST 27TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
62	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	L	37%	112.1	98	50	6	9	4.33	1.44	@NYM	0.3163	D. Peterson
83	David Peterson	NYM	L	4%	72.2	79	36	3	7	5.45	1.65	LAA	0.3299	P. Sandoval
85	Zack Littell	TB	R	9%	47.1	41	5	2	4	3.99	1.23	NYY	0.3085	C. Rodon
88	Alex Faedo	DET	R	1%	45.1	41	11	2	4	5.16	0.99	HOU	0.3254	TBD
104	Noah Syndergaard	CLE	R	9%	76.2	49	15	2	6	6.57	1.45	@TOR	0.3266	Y. Kikuchi
135	Johan Oviedo	PIT	R	21%	140.1	124	60	6	13	4.55	1.34	CHC	0.3292	D. Smyly
137	Johnny Cueto	MIA	R	3%	32.1	26	9	0	3	5.57	1.11	WSH	0.3173	T. Williams
139	Adrian Houser	MIL	R	4%	83.1	68	26	4	4	4.43	1.46	SD	0.3233	B. Snell
144	Drew Smyly	CHC	L	16%	119.2	111	40	9	8	5.19	1.38	@PIT	0.3091	J. Oviedo
149	Matthew Liberatore	STL	L	8%	50.0	35	21	2	5	6.12	1.64	@PHI	0.3245	Z. Wheeler
164	Jakob Junis	SF	R	1%	68.0	81	17	3	3	4.10	1.37	ATL	0.3631	B. Elder
225	Slade Cecconi	ARI	R	0%	10.1	7	4	0	0	3.48	1.26	CIN	0.3267	TBD
284	Alec Marsh	KC	R	1%	38.0	41	24	0	6	5.68	1.68	@SEA	0.3177	TBD
312	Trevor Williams	WSH	R	2%	117.2	90	40	5	7	5.20	1.52	@MIA	0.3137	J. Cueto
380	Ty Blach	COL	L	1%	37.0	15	8	1	1	4.14	1.46	@BAL	0.3208	K. Bradish