Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitcher Rankings & Waiver Wire Targets: Week 21

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 21

MONDAY, AUGUST 28TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
46	Kenta Maeda	MIN	R	40%	74.2	88	20	3	7	4.22	1.17	CLE	0.3009	X. Curry
50	Bobby Miller	LAD	R	50%	81.2	75	23	7	3	3.86	1.16	ARI	0.3241	Z. Gallen
69	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	R	42%	87.0	91	34	3	3	5.38	1.41	CWS	0.2982	M. Kopech
70	Bryan Woo	SEA	R	14%	59.0	63	17	1	3	4.58	1.22	OAK	0.2952	K. Muller
90	Reese Olson	DET	R	2%	68.0	68	20	2	5	5.29	1.25	NYY	0.3092	L. Severino
91	Luis Severino	NYY	R	40%	74.1	63	31	3	8	7.26	1.75	@DET	0.2998	R. Olson
94	Jameson Taillon	CHC	R	25%	115.2	100	33	7	8	5.60	1.34	MIL	0.3069	W. Miley
100	Wade Miley	MIL	L	24%	87.2	59	27	6	3	3.18	1.17	@CHC	0.3280	J. Taillon
123	Taijuan Walker	PHI	R	48%	136.2	113	57	13	5	4.08	1.30	LAA	0.3288	L. Giolito
124	Zack Greinke	KC	R	3%	114.2	78	15	1	12	5.34	1.24	PIT	0.3099	J. Oviedo
125	Tylor Megill	NYM	R	4%	91.0	74	46	7	7	5.54	1.73	TEX	0.3452	J. Gray
130	Johan Oviedo	PIT	R	17%	145.1	129	61	7	13	4.46	1.33	@KC	0.3024	Z. Greinke
144	Kyle Harrison	SF	L	10%	3.1	5	1	0	0	5.40	1.80	CIN	0.3249	A. Abbott
156	Xzavion Curry	CLE	R	3%	77.0	53	20	3	2	3.51	1.22	@MIN	0.3223	K. Maeda
166	Michael Kopech	CWS	R	18%	120.0	122	80	5	11	4.95	1.49	@BAL	0.3236	G. Rodriguez
171	Josiah Gray	WSH	R	20%	135.2	118	66	7	10	3.85	1.44	@TOR	0.3249	K. Gausman
210	Adam Wainwright	STL	R	6%	77.1	44	30	3	9	8.61	1.99	SD	0.3219	B. Snell
237	Kyle Muller	OAK	L	0%	59.1	43	29	1	4	7.28	1.89	@SEA	0.3221	B. Woo
361	Austin Gomber	COL	L	4%	136.1	86	40	9	9	5.48	1.47	ATL	0.3624	B. Elder

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Monday, August 28th
TUESDAY, AUGUST 29TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
31	Tarik Skubal	DET	L	32%	44.1	50	8	3	2	4.06	1.08	NYY	0.3092	J. Brito
44	Seth Lugo	SD	R	32%	109.1	107	25	5	6	3.70	1.23	@STL	0.3333	Z. Thompson
64	Andrew Heaney	TEX	L	46%	122.1	127	49	9	6	4.34	1.36	@NYM	0.3170	J. Quintana
65	Jose Quintana	NYM	L	12%	41.0	30	17	1	5	3.73	1.39	TEX	0.3452	A. Heaney
73	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	21%	117.2	100	52	5	5	5.35	1.53	@PHI	0.3290	M. Lorenzen
81	Jose Urquidy	HOU	R	21%	42.2	35	16	2	3	5.48	1.52	@BOS	0.3342	B. Bello
85	Gavin Williams	CLE	R	33%	64.0	68	26	1	5	3.52	1.28	@MIN	0.3223	P. Lopez
92	Dean Kremer	BAL	R	33%	144.0	129	43	12	5	4.31	1.29	CWS	0.2982	J. Scholtens
106	Zack Thompson	STL	L	3%	35.0	44	14	3	5	3.86	1.46	SD	0.3219	S. Lugo
115	Brayan Bello	BOS	R	40%	126.1	104	34	10	7	3.56	1.28	HOU	0.3267	J. Urquidy
120	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	L	22%	127.1	145	53	6	10	4.38	1.37	@TOR	0.3249	J. Berrios
142	Jhony Brito	NYY	R	2%	67.0	50	23	4	6	5.37	1.34	@DET	0.2998	T. Skubal
147	Cole Ragans	KC	L	27%	59.0	71	23	5	4	3.81	1.29	PIT	0.3099	L. L. Ortiz
152	Ken Waldichuk	OAK	L	3%	110.0	111	58	2	7	6.05	1.67	@SEA	0.3221	G. Kirby
191	Jesse Scholtens	CWS	R	4%	65.0	46	21	1	6	4.15	1.32	@BAL	0.3236	D. Kremer
260	Brandon Williamson	CIN	L	14%	92.2	82	33	4	3	4.18	1.25	@SF	0.3101	A. Cobb
354	Luis L. Ortiz	PIT	R	1%	57.0	39	31	2	4	5.37	1.84	@KC	0.3024	C. Ragans
373	Peter Lambert	COL	R	1%	71.1	62	25	3	4	4.92	1.33	ATL	0.3624	C. Morton

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Tuesday, August 29th
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
39	Miles Mikolas	STL	R	34%	158.1	110	31	6	10	4.66	1.30	SD	0.3219	Yu Darvish
63	Reid Detmers	LAA	L	31%	120.0	139	48	3	10	5.03	1.38	@PHI	0.3290	C. Sanchez
86	Kyle Gibson	BAL	R	39%	158.1	135	46	13	7	4.89	1.32	CWS	0.2982	D. Cease
95	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	R	10%	67.0	60	20	1	6	5.91	1.36	@LAD	0.3431	L. Lynn
97	Matt Manning	DET	R	6%	71.0	45	18	5	4	3.93	1.06	NYY	0.3092	G. Cole
104	Kutter Crawford	BOS	R	17%	101.0	101	25	6	6	3.65	1.08	HOU	0.3267	J.P. France
114	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	R	28%	104.1	68	18	5	7	3.97	1.15	MIL	0.3069	B. Woodruff
134	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	L	24%	70.1	64	12	2	3	3.33	1.01	LAA	0.3288	R. Detmers
139	J.P. France	HOU	R	49%	110.1	83	33	9	5	3.51	1.31	@BOS	0.3342	K. Crawford
212	Patrick Corbin	WSH	L	7%	149.1	104	47	9	11	4.76	1.47	@TOR	0.3249	C. Bassitt
305	Zach Neal	OAK	R	0%	17.0	11	7	1	0	6.88	1.82	@SEA	0.3221	B. Miller
370	Kyle Freeland	COL	L	8%	135.0	86	37	5	13	5.00	1.47	ATL	0.3624	S. Strider

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Wednesday, August 30th
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31ST
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
55	Braxton Garrett	MIA	L	45%	134.0	135	21	7	5	3.96	1.17	@WSH	0.3162	J. Adon
80	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	R	18%	123.0	121	35	8	7	4.68	1.34	@DET	0.2998	E. Rodriguez
135	Jakob Junis	SF	R	1%	70.2	83	17	4	3	3.95	1.36	@SD	0.3219	P. Avila
362	Joan Adon	WSH	R	1%	24.0	20	6	2	0	5.25	0.92	MIA	0.3122	B. Garrett
–	Pedro Avila	SD	R	1%	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	SF	0.3101	J. Junis

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Thursday, August 31st
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
49	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	L	37%	19.0	15	5	2	1	1.89	1.05	@COL	0.3127	C. Flexen
59	James Paxton	BOS	L	49%	90.1	97	26	7	4	3.79	1.22	@KC	0.3024	J. Lyles
60	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	L	36%	123.0	109	57	7	10	4.17	1.45	@OAK	0.2952	JP Sears
84	JP Sears	OAK	L	11%	134.2	127	35	2	10	4.54	1.20	LAA	0.3288	P. Sandoval
88	Sean Manaea	SF	L	13%	83.2	102	33	4	4	5.06	1.28	@SD	0.3219	M. Wacha
108	Alex Faedo	DET	R	2%	51.1	45	13	2	4	4.91	0.97	@CWS	0.2982	T. Toussaint
116	Logan Allen	CLE	L	33%	103.1	100	40	6	6	3.31	1.34	TB	0.3405	Z. Eflin
141	Carlos Carrasco	NYM	R	9%	88.1	65	38	3	7	6.42	1.65	SEA	0.3221	L. Gilbert
159	Cole Irvin	BAL	L	12%	64.0	58	20	1	3	4.78	1.36	@ARI	0.3241	Z. Davies
174	Dakota Hudson	STL	R	12%	43.1	32	14	5	0	3.95	1.32	PIT	0.3099	O. Bido
188	Jared Shuster	ATL	L	2%	45.0	25	22	4	2	5.00	1.42	@LAD	0.3431	TBD
192	Jordan Wicks	CHC	L	1%	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	@CIN	0.3249	B. Kennedy
198	Jordan Lyles	KC	R	2%	139.1	93	37	3	14	6.07	1.26	BOS	0.3342	J. Paxton
227	Jake Irvin	WSH	R	5%	96.2	81	38	3	5	4.47	1.40	MIA	0.3122	E. Perez
234	Javier Assad	CHC	R	16%	72.0	53	29	2	2	3.13	1.25	@CIN	0.3249	B. Kennedy
240	Osvaldo Bido	PIT	R	1%	44.1	43	15	2	4	5.08	1.40	@STL	0.3333	D. Hudson
286	Zach Davies	ARI	R	1%	57.1	46	27	1	5	7.38	1.62	BAL	0.3236	C. Irvin
316	Brett Kennedy	CIN	R	1%	16.0	8	6	1	0	4.50	1.25	CHC	0.3280	J. Wicks
316	Brett Kennedy	CIN	R	1%	16.0	8	6	1	0	4.50	1.25	CHC	0.3280	J. Wicks
363	Touki Toussaint	CWS	R	2%	54.1	54	41	1	6	5.30	1.55	DET	0.2998	A. Faedo
377	Chris Flexen	COL	R	1%	67.2	50	28	1	5	7.18	1.79	TOR	0.3249	H. Jin Ryu

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Friday, September 1st
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
50	Bobby Miller	LAD	R	50%	81.2	75	23	7	3	3.86	1.16	ATL	0.3624	B. Elder
67	Chase Silseth	LAA	R	20%	45.0	50	21	4	1	4.00	1.29	@OAK	0.2952	P. Blackburn
72	David Peterson	NYM	L	4%	77.1	83	38	3	7	5.59	1.67	SEA	0.3221	L. Castillo
89	Tanner Houck	BOS	R	6%	72.2	66	26	3	7	5.08	1.27	@KC	0.3024	A. Marsh
90	Reese Olson	DET	R	2%	68.0	68	20	2	5	5.29	1.25	@CWS	0.2982	M. Clevinger
91	Luis Severino	NYY	R	40%	74.1	63	31	3	8	7.26	1.75	@HOU	0.3267	H. Brown
96	Mike Clevinger	CWS	R	25%	90.2	75	36	5	6	3.47	1.29	DET	0.2998	R. Olson
111	Paul Blackburn	OAK	R	13%	78.2	80	27	3	3	4.00	1.45	LAA	0.3288	C. Silseth
136	Adrian Houser	MIL	R	6%	88.1	75	27	5	4	4.28	1.46	PHI	0.3290	A. Nola
138	Noah Syndergaard	CLE	R	8%	82.2	53	16	2	6	6.42	1.40	TB	0.3405	T. Glasnow
144	Kyle Harrison	SF	L	10%	3.1	5	1	0	0	5.40	1.80	@SD	0.3219	B. Snell
155	Drew Rom	STL	L	1%	3.2	4	4	0	1	14.73	3.27	PIT	0.3099	B. Falter
165	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	R	37%	134.0	100	50	7	8	4.84	1.38	CHC	0.3280	TBD
193	Bailey Falter	PIT	L	2%	59.2	46	14	1	7	4.53	1.42	@STL	0.3333	D. Rom
202	Slade Cecconi	ARI	R	0%	15.1	9	4	0	0	2.93	1.04	BAL	0.3236	K. Bradish
254	Alec Marsh	KC	R	1%	43.2	50	25	0	6	5.56	1.60	BOS	0.3342	T. Houck
298	Trevor Williams	WSH	R	3%	123.2	94	43	6	7	4.95	1.49	MIA	0.3122	TBD
376	Ty Blach	COL	L	1%	41.0	19	11	1	1	4.39	1.56	TOR	0.3249	Y. Kikuchi

Streaming Pitcher Rankings for Saturday, September 2nd
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	BB	W	L	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
31	Tarik Skubal	DET	L	32%	44.1	50	8	3	2	4.06	1.08	@CWS	0.2982	M. Kopech
44	Seth Lugo	SD	R	32%	109.1	107	25	5	6	3.70	1.23	SF	0.3101	TBD
69	Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	R	42%	87.0	91	34	3	3	5.38	1.41	@ARI	0.3241	Z. Gallen
70	Bryan Woo	SEA	R	14%	59.0	63	17	1	3	4.58	1.22	@NYM	0.3170	T. Megill
100	Wade Miley	MIL	L	24%	87.2	59	27	6	3	3.18	1.17	PHI	0.3290	T. Walker
123	Taijuan Walker	PHI	R	48%	136.2	113	57	13	5	4.08	1.30	@MIL	0.3069	W. Miley
124	Zack Greinke	KC	R	3%	114.2	78	15	1	12	5.34	1.24	BOS	0.3342	C. Sale
125	Tylor Megill	NYM	R	4%	91.0	74	46	7	7	5.54	1.73	SEA	0.3221	B. Woo
142	Jhony Brito	NYY	R	2%	67.0	50	23	4	6	5.37	1.34	@HOU	0.3267	J. Verlander
143	Cal Quantrill	CLE	R	8%	67.0	38	22	2	6	6.45	1.57	TB	0.3405	A. Civale
166	Michael Kopech	CWS	R	18%	120.0	122	80	5	11	4.95	1.49	DET	0.2998	T. Skubal
171	Josiah Gray	WSH	R	20%	135.2	118	66	7	10	3.85	1.44	MIA	0.3122	TBD
210	Adam Wainwright	STL	R	6%	77.1	44	30	3	9	8.61	1.99	PIT	0.3099	TBD
237	Kyle Muller	OAK	L	0%	59.1	43	29	1	4	7.28	1.89	LAA	0.3288	L. Giolito
361	Austin Gomber	COL	L	4%	136.1	86	40	9	9	5.48	1.47	TOR	0.3249	K. Gausman