Fantasy Baseball Planner: Streamers, Two-Start Pitchers, Hitter Rankings (Week 8)

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Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitcher Rankings: Week 8

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 13TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
80	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	L	35%	36.1	34	2.97	1.43	@NYM	0.3034	S. Manaea
91	Sean Manaea	NYM	L	22%	35.1	31	3.31	1.39	PHI	0.3274	C. Sanchez
107	JP Sears	OAK	L	12%	45	33	4.2	1.11	@HOU	0.3166	S. Arrighetti
133	Kenta Maeda	DET	R	21%	30.2	23	6.75	1.4	MIA	0.2735	TBD
199	Jose Soriano	LAA	R	5%	33.1	32	4.32	1.35	STL	0.2798	M. Liberatore
220	Matthew Liberatore	STL	L	1%	20	15	2.7	1.05	@LAA	0.3032	J. Soriano
243	Colin Rea	MIL	R	13%	38.1	25	3.29	1.28	PIT	0.2821	Q. Priester
255	Randy Vasquez	SD	R	1%	12	11	4.5	1.58	COL	0.2851	P. Lambert
280	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	R	14%	39.2	32	3.86	1.34	@ARI	0.3117	J. Montgomery
357	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	R	1%	21.1	25	8.44	2.02	OAK	0.291	JP Sears
423	Quinn Priester	PIT	R	3%	21	12	3.86	1.43	@MIL	0.3252	C. Rea
589	Trevor Williams	WSH	R	13%	36.2	30	1.96	1.06	@CWS	0.2604	C. Flexen
626	Jack Leiter	TEX	R	9%	7.2	6	12.91	2.35	CLE	0.3069	T. Bibee
806	Chris Flexen	CWS	R	1%	35.2	25	4.29	1.21	WSH	0.2986	T. Williams
810	Peter Lambert	COL	R	1%	23.2	20	7.61	1.69	@SD	0.3172	R. Vasquez
TUESDAY, MAY 14TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
54	Aaron Civale	TB	R	43%	41.1	43	5.88	1.35	@BOS	0.3168	N. Pivetta
101	Chris Paddack	MIN	R	10%	37.1	37	4.34	1.5	NYY	0.3241	C. Rodon
119	Michael Wacha	KC	R	20%	37.2	31	5.5	1.46	@SEA	0.2943	L. Gilbert
127	Reese Olson	DET	R	16%	39.1	35	2.52	1.12	MIA	0.2735	R. Weathers
154	Keaton Winn	SF	R	15%	34.2	28	4.41	1.13	LAD	0.3716	G. Stone
188	Joe Ross	MIL	R	2%	36	29	4.75	1.47	PIT	0.2821	M. Perez
202	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	R	15%	29	23	4.66	1.34	CLE	0.3069	B. Lively
205	Erick Fedde	CWS	R	30%	39	41	3.46	1.18	WSH	0.2986	M. Parker
221	Ben Lively	CLE	R	16%	21.2	24	2.08	1.02	@TEX	0.3154	M. Lorenzen
235	Gavin Stone	LAD	R	30%	38	27	2.61	1.21	@SF	0.2938	K. Winn
242	Hayden Wesneski	CHC	R	14%	22.2	17	1.59	0.88	@ATL	0.3225	C. Sale
286	Martin Perez	PIT	L	19%	45	36	3.6	1.4	@MIL	0.3252	J. Ross
318	Slade Cecconi	ARI	R	5%	16.1	15	4.96	0.8	CIN	0.282	H. Greene
402	Jose Butto	NYM	R	19%	33	34	3	1.15	PHI	0.3274	A. Nola
441	Mitchell Parker	WSH	L	19%	27	22	2.67	1.07	@CWS	0.2604	E. Fedde
446	Ryan Weathers	MIA	L	5%	41.2	34	4.54	1.32	@DET	0.293	R. Olson
572	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	R	1%	2.2	4	13.5	1.88	@HOU	0.3166	R. Blanco
820	Cal Quantrill	COL	R	2%	39.2	26	4.31	1.29	@SD	0.3172	D. Cease
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
57	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	R	45%	41	42	4.61	1.2	CIN	0.282	A. Abbott
64	Garrett Crochet	CWS	L	45%	40.2	53	5.31	1.01	WSH	0.2986	P. Corbin
66	Taj Bradley	TB	R	19%	0	0	0	0	@BOS	0.3168	T. Houck
85	Lance Lynn	STL	R	36%	35.2	33	3.28	1.4	@LAA	0.3032	G. Canning
132	Jameson Taillon	CHC	R	37%	24	16	1.13	0.88	@ATL	0.3225	C. Morton
135	Andrew Abbott	CIN	L	31%	38	35	3.32	1.16	@ARI	0.3117	B. Pfaadt
140	Griffin Canning	LAA	R	8%	35	26	6.69	1.43	STL	0.2798	L. Lynn
157	Casey Mize	DET	R	13%	31.2	24	3.98	1.33	MIA	0.2735	T. Rogers
160	Trevor Rogers	MIA	L	2%	33.2	28	6.15	1.72	@DET	0.293	C. Mize
166	Jose Quintana	NYM	L	7%	36.1	25	5.2	1.54	@PHI	0.3274	R. Suarez
198	Paul Blackburn	OAK	R	35%	42	31	3	1.02	@HOU	0.3166	F. Valdez
211	Cole Irvin	BAL	L	16%	34.2	22	2.86	1.07	TOR	0.2949	Y. Kikuchi
457	Tobias Myers	MIL	R	1%	13	11	6.23	1.31	PIT	0.2821	J. Jones
580	Alec Marsh	KC	R	7%	26.2	17	2.7	1.01	@SEA	0.2943	B. Miller
667	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	R	2%	33.1	26	5.67	1.62	@TEX	0.3154	TBD
811	Patrick Corbin	WSH	L	1%	37.2	25	6.45	1.81	@CWS	0.2604	G. Crochet
818	Austin Gomber	COL	L	1%	38	25	3.79	1.29	@SD	0.3172	M. King
THURSDAY, MAY 16TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
61	Zack Littell	TB	R	27%	39	42	3	1.31	@BOS	0.3168	TBD
75	Clarke Schmidt	NYY	R	28%	36	41	3.5	1.31	@MIN	0.312	J. Ryan
123	Christian Scott	NYM	R	7%	6.2	6	1.35	0.9	@PHI	0.3274	T. Walker
258	James Paxton	LAD	L	20%	32.1	18	3.06	1.55	CIN	0.282	N. Lodolo
315	Alex Wood	OAK	L	1%	37.1	32	5.3	1.74	@HOU	0.3166	C. Javier
329	Taijuan Walker	PHI	R	10%	12.2	11	6.39	1.26	NYM	0.3034	C. Scott
FRIDAY, MAY 17TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
77	John Means	BAL	L	42%	7	8	0	0.43	SEA	0.2943	TBD
86	Hunter Brown	HOU	R	39%	27.1	29	8.89	2.2	MIL	0.3252	F. Peralta
95	Triston McKenzie	CLE	R	45%	34	30	3.97	1.44	MIN	0.312	S. Woods Richardson
106	Brayan Bello	BOS	R	50%	26.2	26	3.04	1.05	@STL	0.2798	K. Gibson
112	Luis Severino	NYM	R	45%	40	37	3.6	1.2	@MIA	0.2735	J. Luzardo
147	Ross Stripling	OAK	R	2%	42	29	5.14	1.57	@KC	0.3012	C. Ragans
156	Andrew Heaney	TEX	L	12%	36	31	4.5	1.11	LAA	0.3032	T. Anderson
163	Frankie Montas	CIN	R	17%	25.1	21	3.55	1.3	@LAD	0.3716	W. Buehler
164	Kyle Gibson	STL	R	27%	44	33	3.68	1.18	BOS	0.3168	B. Bello
259	Ryne Nelson	ARI	R	2%	20.2	16	5.23	1.6	DET	0.293	T. Skubal
266	Bailey Falter	PIT	L	7%	37.1	26	4.34	1.02	@CHC	0.3087	J. Steele
267	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	R	8%	20.2	21	1.74	1.06	@CLE	0.3069	T. McKenzie
281	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	29%	42.2	32	2.74	1.13	@TEX	0.3154	A. Heaney
288	Matt Waldron	SD	R	2%	34	29	5.82	1.56	@ATL	0.3225	M. Fried
300	Tyler Alexander	TB	L	1%	32.2	30	4.96	1.38	@TOR	0.2949	K. Gausman
310	Mike Clevinger	CWS	R	2%	2	0	13.5	5	@NYY	0.3241	N. Cortes Jr.
337	Jake Irvin	WSH	R	4%	38.2	30	3.72	1.19	@PHI	0.3274	Z. Wheeler
347	Mason Black	SF	R	2%	4.1	4	10.38	2.54	COL	0.2851	R. Feltner
617	Ryan Feltner	COL	R	2%	39	36	5.54	1.46	@SF	0.2938	M. Black
SATURDAY, MAY 18TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
67	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	L	33%	34	42	3.44	1.47	@PHI	0.3274	C. Sanchez
72	Patrick Sandoval	LAA	L	5%	39	45	5.08	1.51	@TEX	0.3154	J. Urena
80	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	L	35%	36.1	34	2.97	1.43	WSH	0.2986	M. Gore
83	Dean Kremer	BAL	R	31%	40.1	37	3.57	0.97	SEA	0.2943	L. Castillo
98	Braxton Garrett	MIA	L	48%	0	0	0	0	NYM	0.3034	T. Megill
105	Miles Mikolas	STL	R	7%	42	32	6.43	1.48	BOS	0.3168	K. Crawford
124	Logan Allen	CLE	L	14%	39.1	33	6.41	1.55	MIN	0.312	B. Ober
144	Luis Gil	NYY	R	34%	37	45	2.92	1.11	CWS	0.2604	M. Soroka
208	Alek Manoah	TOR	R	11%	4	6	13.5	2.5	TB	0.3018	Z. Eflin
252	Bryce Elder	ATL	R	13%	15.1	10	5.28	1.76	SD	0.3172	Yu Darvish
280	Graham Ashcraft	CIN	R	14%	39.2	32	3.86	1.34	@LAD	0.3716	L. Knack
282	Bryse Wilson	MIL	R	6%	30	27	2.4	0.93	@HOU	0.3166	J. Verlander
301	Tylor Megill	NYM	R	1%	4	4	2.25	1.5	@MIA	0.2735	B. Garrett
344	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	R	1%	21	16	12	2.1	PIT	0.2821	M. Keller
525	Landon Knack	LAD	R	2%	16	11	2.81	1	CIN	0.282	G. Ashcraft
578	Michael Soroka	CWS	R	1%	38.1	20	6.34	1.59	@NYY	0.3241	L. Gil
673	Jose Urena	TEX	R	0%	25.2	18	3.86	1.29	LAA	0.3032	P. Sandoval
821	Dakota Hudson	COL	R	1%	34	20	6.35	1.79	@SF	0.2938	K. Harrison
SUNDAY, MAY 19TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
54	Aaron Civale	TB	R	43%	41.1	43	5.88	1.35	@TOR	0.2949	J. Berrios
91	Sean Manaea	NYM	L	22%	35.1	31	3.31	1.39	@MIA	0.2735	S. Sanchez
101	Chris Paddack	MIN	R	10%	37.1	37	4.34	1.5	@CLE	0.3069	T. Bibee
133	Kenta Maeda	DET	R	21%	30.2	23	6.75	1.4	@ARI	0.3117	J. Montgomery
199	Jose Soriano	LAA	R	5%	33.1	32	4.32	1.35	@TEX	0.3154	TBD
220	Matthew Liberatore	STL	L	1%	20	15	2.7	1.05	BOS	0.3168	N. Pivetta
243	Colin Rea	MIL	R	13%	38.1	25	3.29	1.28	@HOU	0.3166	TBD
255	Randy Vasquez	SD	R	1%	12	11	4.5	1.58	@ATL	0.3225	R. Lopez
277	Sixto Sanchez	MIA	R	1%	18	11	7.5	1.67	NYM	0.3034	S. Manaea
423	Quinn Priester	PIT	R	3%	21	12	3.86	1.43	@CHC	0.3087	S. Imanaga
572	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	R	1%	2.2	4	13.5	1.88	@KC	0.3012	B. Singer
589	Trevor Williams	WSH	R	13%	36.2	30	1.96	1.06	@PHI	0.3274	A. Nola
806	Chris Flexen	CWS	R	1%	35.2	25	4.29	1.21	@NYY	0.3241	C. Rodon
810	Peter Lambert	COL	R	1%	23.2	20	7.61	1.69	@SF	0.2938	J. Hicks

Two-Start Starting Pitcher Rankings: Week 8

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	OPP. SP
George Kirby (SEA) (3-3) 3.74 ERA	Mon 5/13	B. Singer (3-1) 2.37 ERA	KC	0.3012	Sun 5/19	C. Burnes (3-2) 2.83 ERA	@BAL	0.3206	S. Manaea
Corbin Burnes (BAL) (3-2) 2.83 ERA	Mon 5/13	J. Berrios (4-3) 2.85 ERA	TOR	0.2949	Sun 5/19	G. Kirby (3-3) 3.74 ERA	SEA	0.2943	C. Sanchez
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (LAD) (4-1) 2.79 ERA	Mon 5/13	J. Hicks (3-1) 2.30 ERA	@SF	0.2938	Sun 5/19	TBD	CIN	0.282	S. Arrighetti
Zach Eflin (TB) (2-4) 3.75 ERA	Mon 5/13	K. Crawford (2-1) 1.75 ERA	@BOS	0.3168	Sat 5/18	A. Manoah (0-0) 13.50 ERA	@TOR	0.2949	TBD
Aaron Nola (PHI) (4-2) 3.86 ERA	Tue 5/14	J. Butto (1-2) 3.00 ERA	@NYM	0.3034	Sun 5/19	T. Williams (4-0) 1.96 ERA	WSH	0.2986	M. Liberatore
Shota Imanaga (CHC) (5-0) 1.08 ERA	Mon 5/13	R. Lopez (2-1) 1.53 ERA	@ATL	0.3225	Sun 5/19	Q. Priester (0-3) 3.86 ERA	PIT	0.2821	J. Soriano
Carlos Rodon (NYY) (3-2) 3.14 ERA	Tue 5/14	C. Paddack (4-1) 4.34 ERA	@MIN	0.312	Sun 5/19	C. Flexen (2-3) 4.29 ERA	CWS	0.2604	Q. Priester
Tanner Bibee (CLE) (2-1) 4.91 ERA	Mon 5/13	J. Leiter (0-0) 12.91 ERA	@TEX	0.3154	Sun 5/19	C. Paddack (4-1) 4.34 ERA	MIN	0.312	P. Lambert
Jordan Montgomery (ARI) (2-2) 4.70 ERA	Mon 5/13	G. Ashcraft (3-2) 3.86 ERA	CIN	0.282	Sun 5/19	K. Maeda (1-1) 6.75 ERA	DET	0.293	J. Montgomery
Jose Berrios (TOR) (4-3) 2.85 ERA	Mon 5/13	C. Burnes (3-2) 2.83 ERA	@BAL	0.3206	Sun 5/19	A. Civale (2-3) 5.88 ERA	TB	0.3018	JP Sears
Aaron Civale (TB) (2-3) 5.88 ERA	Tue 5/14	N. Pivetta (1-2) 3.60 ERA	@BOS	0.3168	Sun 5/19	J. Berrios (4-3) 2.85 ERA	@TOR	0.2949	C. Rea
Reynaldo Lopez (ATL) (2-1) 1.53 ERA	Mon 5/13	S. Imanaga (5-0) 1.08 ERA	CHC	0.3087	Sun 5/19	R. Vasquez (0-1) 4.50 ERA	SD	0.3172	C. Flexen
Nick Pivetta (BOS) (1-2) 3.60 ERA	Tue 5/14	A. Civale (2-3) 5.88 ERA	TB	0.3018	Sun 5/19	M. Liberatore (1-1) 2.70 ERA	@STL	0.2798	T. Bibee
Cristopher Sanchez (PHI) (2-3) 2.97 ERA	Mon 5/13	S. Manaea (2-1) 3.31 ERA	@NYM	0.3034	Sat 5/18	M. Gore (2-3) 3.44 ERA	WSH	0.2986	T. Williams
Sean Manaea (NYM) (2-1) 3.31 ERA	Mon 5/13	C. Sanchez (2-3) 2.97 ERA	PHI	0.3274	Sun 5/19	S. Sanchez (0-1) 7.50 ERA	@MIA	0.2735	R. Vasquez
Kutter Crawford (BOS) (2-1) 1.75 ERA	Mon 5/13	Z. Eflin (2-4) 3.75 ERA	TB	0.3018	Sat 5/18	M. Mikolas (2-5) 6.43 ERA	@STL	0.2798
Chris Paddack (MIN) (4-1) 4.34 ERA	Tue 5/14	C. Rodon (3-2) 3.14 ERA	NYY	0.3241	Sun 5/19	T. Bibee (2-1) 4.91 ERA	@CLE	0.3069	OPP. SP
Brady Singer (KC) (3-1) 2.37 ERA	Mon 5/13	G. Kirby (3-3) 3.74 ERA	@SEA	0.2943	Sun 5/19	O. Bido (0-1) 13.50 ERA	OAK	0.291	N. Pivetta
Jordan Hicks (SF) (3-1) 2.30 ERA	Mon 5/13	Y. Yamamoto (4-1) 2.79 ERA	LAD	0.3716	Sun 5/19	P. Lambert (2-2) 7.61 ERA	COL	0.2851	C. Rodon
Kenta Maeda (DET) (1-1) 6.75 ERA	Mon 5/13	TBD	MIA	0.2735	Sun 5/19	J. Montgomery (2-2) 4.70 ERA	@ARI	0.3117	L. Gilbert
Jose Soriano (LAA) (1-4) 4.32 ERA	Mon 5/13	M. Liberatore (1-1) 2.70 ERA	STL	0.2798	Sun 5/19	TBD	@TEX	0.3154	R. Weathers
Matthew Liberatore (STL) (1-1) 2.70 ERA	Mon 5/13	J. Soriano (1-4) 4.32 ERA	@LAA	0.3032	Sun 5/19	N. Pivetta (1-2) 3.60 ERA	BOS	0.3168	G. Stone
Colin Rea (MIL) (3-0) 3.29 ERA	Mon 5/13	Q. Priester (0-3) 3.86 ERA	PIT	0.2821	Sun 5/19	TBD	@HOU	0.3166	M. Perez
Randy Vasquez (SD) (0-1) 4.50 ERA	Mon 5/13	P. Lambert (2-2) 7.61 ERA	COL	0.2851	Sun 5/19	R. Lopez (2-1) 1.53 ERA	@ATL	0.3225	B. Lively
Graham Ashcraft (CIN) (3-2) 3.86 ERA	Mon 5/13	J. Montgomery (2-2) 4.70 ERA	@ARI	0.3117	Sat 5/18	L. Knack (1-1) 2.81 ERA	@LAD	0.3716	M. Parker
Quinn Priester (PIT) (0-3) 3.86 ERA	Mon 5/13	C. Rea (3-0) 3.29 ERA	@MIL	0.3252	Sun 5/19	S. Imanaga (5-0) 1.08 ERA	@CHC	0.3087	M. Lorenzen
Osvaldo Bido (OAK) (0-1) 13.50 ERA	Tue 5/14	R. Blanco (3-0) 2.09 ERA	@HOU	0.3166	Sun 5/19	B. Singer (3-1) 2.37 ERA	@KC	0.3012	K. Winn
Trevor Williams (WSH) (4-0) 1.96 ERA	Mon 5/13	C. Flexen (2-3) 4.29 ERA	@CWS	0.2604	Sun 5/19	A. Nola (4-2) 3.86 ERA	@PHI	0.3274	C. Sale
Chris Flexen (CWS) (2-3) 4.29 ERA	Mon 5/13	T. Williams (4-0) 1.96 ERA	WSH	0.2986	Sun 5/19	C. Rodon (3-2) 3.14 ERA	@NYY	0.3241	J. Ross
Peter Lambert (COL) (2-2) 7.61 ERA	Mon 5/13	R. Vasquez (0-1) 4.50 ERA	@SD	0.3172	Sun 5/19	J. Hicks (3-1) 2.30 ERA	@SF	0.2938	H. Greene

Fantasy Baseball Hitter Rankings: Week 8

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.