FantasyPros Staff | Fri, May 3rd 2024, 9:07am EDT

Fantasy Baseball Planner: Streamers, Two-Start Pitchers, Hitter Rankings (Week 7)

Let us help you get ready for the upcoming week of fantasy baseball. Check out all of our fantasy baseball tools and advice. You can check out our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Advice and our Fantasy Baseball Trade Advice. You can use that in coordination with our Streaming Pitcher Planner and Two-Start Pitcher Projections to plan your fantasy baseball rotation. Let’s dive into our fantasy baseball planner to get you ready for the week ahead.

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Here’s a look at our fantasy baseball planner for streaming pitchers, two-start pitchers, and fantasy baseball hitters as you prepare for the week.

Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitcher Rankings: Week 7

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 week.

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.

MONDAY, MAY 6TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
74	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	L	37%	29.1	29	3.38	1.5	SF	0.2961	D. Jefferies
100	Jack Flaherty	DET	R	38%	36	50	4	1.03	@CLE	0.3108	T. McKenzie
105	Braxton Garrett	MIA	L	47%	0	0	0	0	@LAD	0.3584	W. Buehler
115	Triston McKenzie	CLE	R	39%	29	24	4.34	1.48	DET	0.2918	J. Flaherty
173	Andrew Heaney	TEX	L	9%	30	26	5.1	1.1	@OAK	0.2796	A. Wood
175	Kyle Gibson	STL	R	16%	38	29	3.79	1.13	NYM	0.3018	J. Butto
269	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	31%	36.1	27	2.23	1.07	@PIT	0.288	M. Keller
320	Alex Wood	OAK	L	1%	31.1	29	6.32	1.98	TEX	0.3128	A. Heaney
341	Tyler Alexander	TB	L	1%	28.2	23	5.02	1.4	CWS	0.2673	M. Soroka
355	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	R	6%	14.2	13	2.45	1.36	SEA	0.2876	L. Castillo
406	Jose Butto	NYM	R	19%	28	31	2.57	1.07	@STL	0.2807	K. Gibson
430	Daulton Jefferies	SF	R	0%	4.2	4	17.36	3.43	@PHI	0.321	C. Sanchez
573	Michael Soroka	CWS	R	2%	33.1	16	6.48	1.62	@TB	0.2885	T. Alexander
TUESDAY, MAY 7TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
85	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	L	3%	32	38	6.19	1.72	@PIT	0.288	Q. Priester
108	Kenta Maeda	DET	R	23%	28.2	22	5.02	1.22	@CLE	0.3108	L. Allen
117	Miles Mikolas	STL	R	7%	38	29	5.68	1.39	NYM	0.3018	A. Houser
120	Logan Allen	CLE	L	18%	37	31	5.11	1.41	DET	0.2918	K. Maeda
121	Edward Cabrera	MIA	R	36%	19.1	30	6.05	1.5	@LAD	0.3584	Y. Yamamoto
127	Luis Gil	NYY	R	23%	31	40	3.19	1.16	HOU	0.323	J. Verlander
133	Ross Stripling	OAK	R	2%	40.1	27	4.24	1.34	TEX	0.3128	N. Eovaldi
223	Colin Rea	MIL	R	10%	33.2	23	2.67	1.22	@KC	0.2996	S. Lugo
227	Ben Brown	CHC	R	5%	27.2	27	4.23	1.27	SD	0.3091	J. Musgrove
233	Nick Martinez	CIN	R	3%	28	20	5.46	1.39	ARI	0.3149	Z. Gallen
302	Emerson Hancock	SEA	R	5%	30.1	23	4.75	1.29	@MIN	0.3149	B. Ober
358	Adrian Houser	NYM	R	1%	28.2	16	8.16	1.85	@STL	0.2807	M. Mikolas
385	Quinn Priester	PIT	R	6%	16.1	11	3.31	1.29	LAA	0.3041	P. Sandoval
693	Trevor Williams	WSH	R	11%	31.2	22	2.27	1.17	BAL	0.3211	C. Burnes
789	Chris Flexen	CWS	R	1%	29.2	17	4.85	1.31	@TB	0.2885	Z. Eflin
822	Dakota Hudson	COL	R	1%	30.1	18	5.93	1.68	SF	0.2961	K. Harrison
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
107	JP Sears	OAK	L	9%	33	24	4.64	1.12	TEX	0.3128	M. Lorenzen
122	Chris Paddack	MIN	R	5%	26	21	5.88	1.69	SEA	0.2876	G. Kirby
123	Reese Olson	DET	R	12%	28.1	26	3.18	1.31	@CLE	0.3108	T. Bibee
177	Joe Ross	MIL	R	1%	25	23	5.4	1.68	@KC	0.2996	B. Singer
192	Jose Quintana	NYM	L	9%	33.2	23	3.48	1.34	@STL	0.2807	S. Gray
202	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	R	12%	17	14	4.24	1.24	@OAK	0.2796	JP Sears
207	Jose Soriano	LAA	R	3%	22.2	23	4.76	1.37	@PIT	0.288	M. Perez
230	Gavin Stone	LAD	R	16%	25	18	3.24	1.36	MIA	0.2678	R. Weathers
250	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	R	3%	10.1	6	0.87	0.68	SD	0.3091	D. Cease
280	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	R	12%	34.2	30	3.63	1.27	ARI	0.3149	J. Montgomery
317	Josh Winckowski	BOS	R	2%	22.1	19	3.22	1.52	@ATL	0.3326	C. Sale
319	Martin Perez	PIT	L	21%	34.2	27	2.86	1.36	LAA	0.3041	J. Soriano
437	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	R	1%	16.1	21	8.27	1.96	@NYY	0.3206	C. Rodon
467	Ryan Weathers	MIA	L	7%	29.2	26	4.55	1.48	@LAD	0.3584	G. Stone
566	Mitchell Parker	WSH	L	30%	21.1	19	2.53	1.08	BAL	0.3211	K. Bradish
807	Peter Lambert	COL	R	1%	20.2	18	5.66	1.5	SF	0.2961	J. Hicks
817	Brad Keller	CWS	R	0%	1.2	1	0	1.2	@TB	0.2885	A. Civale
THURSDAY, MAY 9TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
90	Lance Lynn	STL	R	41%	30.2	29	2.64	1.4	@MIL	0.3325	T. Myers
128	Michael Wacha	KC	R	27%	34	28	4.24	1.32	@LAA	0.3041	R. Detmers
135	Keaton Winn	SF	R	24%	34	28	3.18	0.97	@COL	0.2934	C. Quantrill
176	Erick Fedde	CWS	R	39%	34.2	39	2.6	1.07	CLE	0.3108	B. Lively
237	Ben Lively	CLE	R	5%	15.2	19	2.3	0.96	@CWS	0.2673	E. Fedde
313	Slade Cecconi	ARI	R	8%	12	11	2.25	0.5	@CIN	0.2947	H. Greene
388	Tobias Myers	MIL	R	1%	10	9	4.5	1	STL	0.2807	L. Lynn
821	Cal Quantrill	COL	R	1%	32	17	5.34	1.5	SF	0.2961	K. Winn
FRIDAY, MAY 10TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
59	Garrett Crochet	CWS	L	43%	34.2	47	5.97	1.1	CLE	0.3108	C. Carrasco
63	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	R	47%	35	38	4.63	1.11	@BAL	0.3211	C. Irvin
76	Zack Littell	TB	R	28%	33	35	3.27	1.36	NYY	0.3206	C. Schmidt
77	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	R	26%	31	34	3.19	1.39	@TB	0.2885	Z. Littell
106	Luis Severino	NYM	R	45%	35	31	3.09	1.09	ATL	0.3326	C. Morton
129	Trevor Rogers	MIA	L	5%	31.1	27	4.31	1.5	PHI	0.321	R. Suarez
138	Andrew Abbott	CIN	L	33%	33	27	3.27	1.12	@SF	0.2961	L. Webb
145	Jameson Taillon	CHC	R	24%	18	9	1.5	0.94	@PIT	0.288	J. Jones
165	Dane Dunning	TEX	R	22%	32.2	39	4.13	1.16	@COL	0.2934	A. Gomber
166	Casey Mize	DET	R	17%	26.1	18	3.08	1.22	HOU	0.323	F. Valdez
171	Paul Blackburn	OAK	R	36%	35	28	3.34	1.09	@SEA	0.2876	B. Miller
175	Kyle Gibson	STL	R	16%	38	29	3.79	1.13	@MIL	0.3325	F. Peralta
226	Cole Irvin	BAL	L	6%	28.1	18	3.49	1.24	ARI	0.3149	B. Pfaadt
737	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	R	1%	27.1	23	6.59	1.68	@CWS	0.2673	G. Crochet
812	Patrick Corbin	WSH	L	1%	31.2	22	6.82	1.89	@BOS	0.3223	TBD
819	Austin Gomber	COL	L	1%	32	22	4.5	1.34	TEX	0.3128	D. Dunning
SATURDAY, MAY 11TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
72	Jon Gray	TEX	R	36%	32.2	35	2.2	1.19	@COL	0.2934	R. Feltner
92	Sean Manaea	NYM	L	22%	29.1	30	3.07	1.43	ATL	0.3326	B. Elder
111	John Means	BAL	L	20%	0	0	0	0	ARI	0.3149	R. Nelson
113	Steven Matz	STL	L	3%	27.2	17	6.18	1.73	@MIL	0.3325	B. Wilson
115	Triston McKenzie	CLE	R	39%	29	24	4.34	1.48	@CWS	0.2673	M. Soroka
134	Griffin Canning	LAA	R	8%	29	21	7.45	1.55	KC	0.2996	C. Ragans
199	Bryce Elder	ATL	R	24%	12	6	1.5	1.33	@NYM	0.3018	S. Manaea
215	James Paxton	LAD	L	20%	25.2	15	3.51	1.68	@SD	0.3091	M. Waldron
248	Javier Assad	CHC	R	44%	32	27	1.97	1	@PIT	0.288	B. Falter
255	Bailey Falter	PIT	L	14%	32	23	4.22	0.94	CHC	0.3032	J. Assad
263	Bryse Wilson	MIL	R	1%	24	21	3	1	STL	0.2807	S. Matz
274	Sixto Sanchez	MIA	R	1%	14	9	8.36	1.71	PHI	0.321	T. Walker
275	Matt Waldron	SD	R	2%	31	27	4.35	1.35	LAD	0.3584	J. Paxton
298	Ryne Nelson	ARI	R	2%	15.2	13	4.6	1.53	@BAL	0.3211	J. Means
342	Taijuan Walker	PHI	R	8%	6.1	4	8.53	1.58	@MIA	0.2678	S. Sanchez
355	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	R	6%	14.2	13	2.45	1.36	@TOR	0.2962	K. Gausman
372	Jake Irvin	WSH	R	5%	33.2	26	4.28	1.19	@BOS	0.3223	T. Houck
430	Daulton Jefferies	SF	R	0%	4.2	4	17.36	3.43	CIN	0.2947	N. Lodolo
476	Joe Boyle	OAK	R	2%	26.2	28	6.08	1.65	@SEA	0.2876	L. Castillo
493	Ryan Feltner	COL	R	2%	33.1	33	5.13	1.47	TEX	0.3128	J. Gray
573	Michael Soroka	CWS	R	2%	33.1	16	6.48	1.62	CLE	0.3108	T. McKenzie
SUNDAY, MAY 12TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
58	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	L	36%	31	38	3.19	1.35	@BOS	0.3223	C. Criswell
74	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	L	37%	29.1	29	3.38	1.5	@MIA	0.2678	B. Garrett
78	Hunter Brown	HOU	R	43%	23	24	9.78	2.22	@DET	0.2918	J. Flaherty
88	Dean Kremer	BAL	R	19%	34.1	31	4.19	1.08	ARI	0.3149	TBD
96	Bryan Woo	SEA	R	42%	0	0	0	0	OAK	0.2796	A. Wood
100	Jack Flaherty	DET	R	38%	36	50	4	1.03	HOU	0.323	H. Brown
105	Braxton Garrett	MIA	L	47%	0	0	0	0	PHI	0.321	C. Sanchez
117	Miles Mikolas	STL	R	7%	38	29	5.68	1.39	@MIL	0.3325	C. Rea
120	Logan Allen	CLE	L	18%	37	31	5.11	1.41	@CWS	0.2673	M. Clevinger
127	Luis Gil	NYY	R	23%	31	40	3.19	1.16	@TB	0.2885	T. Alexander
173	Andrew Heaney	TEX	L	9%	30	26	5.1	1.1	@COL	0.2934	TBD
223	Colin Rea	MIL	R	10%	33.2	23	2.67	1.22	STL	0.2807	M. Mikolas
236	Frankie Montas	CIN	R	16%	19.1	14	4.19	1.45	@SF	0.2961	TBD
269	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	31%	36.1	27	2.23	1.07	KC	0.2996	S. Lugo
293	Mike Clevinger	CWS	R	2%	0	0	0	0	CLE	0.3108	L. Allen
320	Alex Wood	OAK	L	1%	31.1	29	6.32	1.98	@SEA	0.2876	B. Woo
341	Tyler Alexander	TB	L	1%	28.2	23	5.02	1.4	NYY	0.3206	L. Gil
366	Alek Manoah	TOR	R	16%	0	0	0	0	MIN	0.3149	B. Ober
406	Jose Butto	NYM	R	19%	28	31	2.57	1.07	ATL	0.3326	M. Fried
608	Cooper Criswell	BOS	R	2%	16.1	11	1.65	0.98	WSH	0.296	M. Gore

Two-Start Starting Pitcher Rankings: Week 7

Two start starting pitchers can help win fantasy baseball championships. It’s an incredibly important strategy for fantasy baseball managers, especially those in weekly leagues as you make your start/sit lineup decisions and place waiver wire bids. Even in daily leagues it’s important to be able to grab the most useful arms that can start for you twice in a week, especially if you are dealing with transaction limits. Here’s a look at our two start starting pitcher rankings for the week.

What are two start pitchers?
Two Start Pitchers are starters scheduled to pitch twice during a given week. Top options can provide an edge by boosting counting stats (K, W, etc). Streaming pitchers is a popular fantasy strategy that often consists of targeting inexpensive two start pitchers that have favorable matchups for the upcoming week.

	GAME 1 OPPONENT				GAME 2 OPPONENT
TWO START PITCHER	DATE	PITCHER	OPP.	WOBA	DATE	PITCHER	OPP.	WOBA
Luis Castillo (SEA) (3-4) 3.46 ERA	Mon 5/6	S. Richardson (1-0) 2.45 ERA	@MIN	0.3149	Sat 5/11	J. Boyle (2-4) 6.08 ERA	OAK	0.2796
Freddy Peralta (MIL) (3-0) 3.21 ERA	Mon 5/6	C. Ragans (2-2) 3.44 ERA	@KC	0.2996	Fri 5/10	K. Gibson (2-2) 3.79 ERA	STL	0.2807
Cole Ragans (KC) (2-2) 3.44 ERA	Mon 5/6	F. Peralta (3-0) 3.21 ERA	MIL	0.3325	Sat 5/11	G. Canning (1-3) 7.45 ERA	@LAA	0.3041
Bailey Ober (MIN) (3-1) 4.55 ERA	Tue 5/7	E. Hancock (3-3) 4.75 ERA	SEA	0.2876	Sun 5/12	A. Manoah (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@TOR	0.2962
Yu Darvish (SD) (1-1) 3.45 ERA	Mon 5/6	S. Imanaga (5-0) 0.78 ERA	@CHC	0.3032	Sun 5/12	W. Buehler (0-0) 0.00 ERA	LAD	0.3584
Walker Buehler (LAD) (0-0) 0.00 ERA	Mon 5/6	B. Garrett (0-0) 0.00 ERA	MIA	0.2678	Sun 5/12	Y. Darvish (1-1) 3.45 ERA	@SD	0.3091
Cristopher Sanchez (PHI) (1-3) 3.38 ERA	Mon 5/6	D. Jefferies (0-2) 17.36 ERA	SF	0.2961	Sun 5/12	B. Garrett (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@MIA	0.2678
Mitch Keller (PIT) (2-3) 5.18 ERA	Mon 5/6	T. Anderson (2-3) 2.23 ERA	LAA	0.3041	Sun 5/12	J. Steele (0-0) 1.93 ERA	CHC	0.3032
Jack Flaherty (DET) (0-1) 4.00 ERA	Mon 5/6	T. McKenzie (2-2) 4.34 ERA	@CLE	0.3108	Sun 5/12	H. Brown (0-4) 9.78 ERA	HOU	0.323
Braxton Garrett (MIA) (0-0) 0.00 ERA	Mon 5/6	W. Buehler (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@LAD	0.3584	Sun 5/12	C. Sanchez (1-3) 3.38 ERA	PHI	0.321
Triston McKenzie (CLE) (2-2) 4.34 ERA	Mon 5/6	J. Flaherty (0-1) 4.00 ERA	DET	0.2918	Sat 5/11	M. Soroka (0-3) 6.48 ERA	@CWS	0.2673
Miles Mikolas (STL) (2-4) 5.68 ERA	Tue 5/7	A. Houser (0-3) 8.16 ERA	NYM	0.3018	Sun 5/12	C. Rea (3-0) 2.67 ERA	@MIL	0.3325
Logan Allen (CLE) (3-2) 5.11 ERA	Tue 5/7	K. Maeda (1-1) 5.02 ERA	DET	0.2918	Sun 5/12	M. Clevinger (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@CWS	0.2673
Luis Gil (NYY) (2-1) 3.19 ERA	Tue 5/7	J. Verlander (1-0) 2.08 ERA	HOU	0.323	Sun 5/12	T. Alexander (1-1) 5.02 ERA	@TB	0.2885
Seth Lugo (KC) (5-1) 1.60 ERA	Tue 5/7	C. Rea (3-0) 2.67 ERA	MIL	0.3325	Sun 5/12	T. Anderson (2-3) 2.23 ERA	@LAA	0.3041
Andrew Heaney (TEX) (0-4) 5.10 ERA	Mon 5/6	A. Wood (1-2) 6.32 ERA	@OAK	0.2796	Sun 5/12	TBD	@COL	0.2934
Kyle Gibson (STL) (2-2) 3.79 ERA	Mon 5/6	J. Butto (0-2) 2.57 ERA	NYM	0.3018	Fri 5/10	F. Peralta (3-0) 3.21 ERA	@MIL	0.3325
Colin Rea (MIL) (3-0) 2.67 ERA	Tue 5/7	S. Lugo (5-1) 1.60 ERA	@KC	0.2996	Sun 5/12	M. Mikolas (2-4) 5.68 ERA	STL	0.2807
Tyler Anderson (LAA) (2-3) 2.23 ERA	Mon 5/6	M. Keller (2-3) 5.18 ERA	@PIT	0.288	Sun 5/12	S. Lugo (5-1) 1.60 ERA	KC	0.2996
Alex Wood (OAK) (1-2) 6.32 ERA	Mon 5/6	A. Heaney (0-4) 5.10 ERA	TEX	0.3128	Sun 5/12	B. Woo (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@SEA	0.2876
Tyler Alexander (TB) (1-1) 5.02 ERA	Mon 5/6	M. Soroka (0-3) 6.48 ERA	CWS	0.2673	Sun 5/12	L. Gil (2-1) 3.19 ERA	NYY	0.3206
Simeon Woods Richardson (MIN) (1-0) 2.45 ERA	Mon 5/6	L. Castillo (3-4) 3.46 ERA	SEA	0.2876	Sat 5/11	K. Gausman (1-3) 4.50 ERA	@TOR	0.2962
Jose Butto (NYM) (0-2) 2.57 ERA	Mon 5/6	K. Gibson (2-2) 3.79 ERA	@STL	0.2807	Sun 5/12	M. Fried (2-0) 4.02 ERA	ATL	0.3326
Daulton Jefferies (SF) (0-2) 17.36 ERA	Mon 5/6	C. Sanchez (1-3) 3.38 ERA	@PHI	0.321	Sat 5/11	N. Lodolo (3-0) 1.88 ERA	CIN	0.2947
Michael Soroka (CWS) (0-3) 6.48 ERA	Mon 5/6	T. Alexander (1-1) 5.02 ERA	@TB	0.2885	Sat 5/11	T. McKenzie (2-2) 4.34 ERA	CLE	0.3108

Fantasy Baseball Hitter Rankings: Week 7

A Hitter Planner identifies favorable and unfavorable matchups for a given week. Matchup rankings are calculated based on the difficulty of opposing starting pitchers and other schedule considerations such as ballpark factors. Additional pitcher matchup info is displayed to help with lineup decisions.

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Fantasy Baseball Planner: Streamers, Two-Start Pitchers, Hitter Rankings (Week 7)