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 Pitcher Rankings
| THURSDAY, APRIL 18TH | |||||||||||
| VBR | PITCHER | TEAM | THROWS | % ROST | IP | K | ERA | WHIP | OPP. | WOBA | OPP. SP |
| 123 | Kenta Maeda | DET | R | 28% | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1.27 | TEX | 0.3422 | A. Heaney |
| 128 | Trevor Rogers | MIA | L | 3% | 15 | 14 | 4.8 | 1.87 | @CHC | 0.3284 | S. Imanaga |
| 129 | Griffin Canning | LAA | R | 11% | 13.2 | 12 | 9.88 | 1.83 | @TB | 0.3384 | R. Pepiot |
| 174 | Andrew Heaney | TEX | L | 9% | 12 | 10 | 6.75 | 1.58 | @DET | 0.3026 | K. Maeda |
| 263 | Ryne Nelson | ARI | R | 2% | 13.2 | 13 | 5.27 | 1.61 | @SF | 0.3069 | L. Webb |
| 619 | Cooper Criswell | BOS | R | 0% | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.5 | CLE | 0.3034 | C. Carrasco |
| 658 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | R | 1% | 12.2 | 11 | 3.55 | 1.66 | @BOS | 0.3265 | C. Criswell |
What are pitching streamers?
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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