Fantasy Baseball Planner: Streamers, Two-Start Pitchers, Hitter Rankings (Week 9)

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Fantasy Baseball Planner: Week 9

Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitcher Rankings: Week 9

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 20TH
VBR PITCHER TEAM THROWS % ROST IP K ERA WHIP OPP. WOBA OPP. SP
62 Taj Bradley TB R 29% 11 13 2.45 1 BOS 0.3085 T. Houck
115 Reese Olson DET R 26% 47.1 41 2.09 0.99 @KC 0.3 M. Wacha
122 Michael Wacha KC R 19% 49.2 44 4.71 1.37 DET 0.2895 R. Olson
153 Joe Ross MIL R 1% 41 35 4.61 1.37 @MIA 0.2739 R. Weathers
194 Erick Fedde CWS R 37% 52 50 2.6 1.06 @TOR 0.2961 J. Berrios
226 Gavin Stone LAD R 33% 44 29 2.45 1.23 ARI 0.3129 S. Cecconi
294 Slade Cecconi ARI R 4% 27.1 20 5.27 0.99 @LAD 0.3629 G. Stone
297 Ben Lively CLE R 11% 32.1 31 3.06 1.27 NYM 0.2957 J. Butto
410 Ryan Weathers MIA L 4% 49.2 38 3.81 1.17 MIL 0.3291 J. Ross
412 Jose Butto NYM R 12% 38 38 3.08 1.13 @CLE 0.3031 B. Lively
571 Mitchell Parker WSH L 17% 32 25 3.09 1.13 MIN 0.3123 P. Lopez
TUESDAY, MAY 21ST
VBR PITCHER TEAM THROWS % ROST IP K ERA WHIP OPP. WOBA OPP. SP
63 Brandon Pfaadt ARI R 42% 54 51 4.17 1.11 @LAD 0.3629 T. Glasnow
72 Zack Littell TB R 27% 44.2 45 3.02 1.28 BOS 0.3085 C. Criswell
73 Clarke Schmidt NYY R 37% 42.2 47 2.95 1.27 SEA 0.2961 B. Woo
75 Bryan Woo SEA R 47% 9.2 8 0.93 0.62 @NYY 0.3281 C. Schmidt
91 Lance Lynn STL R 32% 45.1 43 4.17 1.48 BAL 0.3169 K. Bradish
137 Griffin Canning LAA R 9% 46.2 34 5.21 1.35 @HOU 0.3218 C. Javier
144 Andrew Abbott CIN L 30% 50 41 3.06 1.14 SD 0.3143 M. King
164 Robert Gasser MIL L 16% 11 6 0.82 0.82 @MIA 0.2739 T. Rogers
182 Casey Mize DET R 17% 43.2 32 3.5 1.19 @KC 0.3 A. Marsh
193 Michael Lorenzen TEX R 2% 36 27 3.75 1.22 @PHI 0.3265 R. Suarez
195 Keaton Winn SF R 5% 42.1 33 6.17 1.3 @PIT 0.2879 M. Perez
197 Trevor Rogers MIA L 2% 42 37 5.79 1.76 MIL 0.3291 R. Gasser
206 Jose Quintana NYM L 5% 41.1 28 5.44 1.55 @CLE 0.3031 C. Carrasco
288 Martin Perez PIT L 13% 50 40 4.86 1.5 SF 0.2941 K. Winn
420 Cooper Criswell BOS R 9% 25.2 25 2.1 1.01 @TB 0.301 Z. Littell
496 Alec Marsh KC R 15% 37 31 2.43 1.05 DET 0.2895 C. Mize
663 Aaron Brooks OAK R 0% 7 5 3.86 1.14 COL 0.2968 C. Quantrill
688 Carlos Carrasco CLE R 2% 45.1 34 5.16 1.46 NYM 0.2957 J. Quintana
811 Patrick Corbin WSH L 2% 48.1 29 5.59 1.74 MIN 0.3123 J. Ryan
820 Cal Quantrill COL R 6% 51.2 36 3.66 1.32 @OAK 0.298 A. Brooks
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND
VBR PITCHER TEAM THROWS % ROST IP K ERA WHIP OPP. WOBA OPP. SP
92 Hunter Brown HOU R 36% 32.1 36 7.79 2.01 LAA 0.3022 T. Anderson
99 Triston McKenzie CLE R 44% 40.2 35 3.54 1.38 NYM 0.2957 C. Scott
113 Christian Scott NYM R 8% 12.2 14 2.84 1.11 @CLE 0.3031 T. McKenzie
152 Cole Irvin BAL L 32% 40.1 28 2.9 1.07 @STL 0.2864 K. Gibson
176 Kyle Gibson STL R 23% 49 40 3.67 1.2 BAL 0.3169 C. Irvin
229 James Paxton LAD L 25% 38.1 22 2.58 1.41 ARI 0.3129 R. Nelson
231 Nick Martinez CIN R 2% 33.1 25 4.86 1.35 SD 0.3143 M. Waldron
246 Ryne Nelson ARI R 1% 25.1 19 5.33 1.7 @LAD 0.3629 J. Paxton
252 Matt Waldron SD R 1% 39.1 35 5.49 1.45 @CIN 0.2916 N. Martinez
268 Tyler Anderson LAA L 25% 49.1 36 2.92 1.14 @HOU 0.3218 H. Brown
286 Mike Clevinger CWS R 2% 6.2 5 5.4 2.1 @TOR 0.2961 C. Bassitt
313 Simeon Woods Richardson MIN R 7% 25 23 3.24 1.24 @WSH 0.2934 J. Irvin
321 Taijuan Walker PHI R 15% 18.2 15 4.82 1.34 TEX 0.3112 J. Gray
334 Jake Irvin WSH R 5% 45.2 36 3.55 1.09 MIN 0.3123 S. Woods Richardson
365 Joey Estes OAK R 2% 5 5 1.8 0.4 COL 0.2968 A. Gomber
818 Austin Gomber COL L 2% 50.2 35 3.02 1.18 @OAK 0.298 J. Estes
THURSDAY, MAY 23RD
VBR PITCHER TEAM THROWS % ROST IP K ERA WHIP OPP. WOBA OPP. SP
89 John Means BAL L 42% 11.2 11 3.09 0.77 @CWS 0.2683 B. Keller
126 Frankie Montas CIN R 16% 30 24 4.2 1.37 SD 0.3143 Yu Darvish
135 Andrew Heaney TEX L 11% 41 39 4.39 1.17 @PHI 0.3265 Z. Wheeler
210 Bryce Elder ATL R 11% 20.2 16 4.79 1.65 @CHC 0.3051 K. Hendricks
307 Kyle Hendricks CHC R 2% 26 21 10.04 1.92 ATL 0.324 B. Elder
497 Kyle Muller OAK L 1% 27.2 23 3.9 1.16 COL 0.2968 R. Feltner
580 Ryan Feltner COL R 1% 45 40 5.2 1.42 @OAK 0.298 K. Muller
817 Brad Keller CWS R 0% 12.2 9 2.84 1.18 BAL 0.3169 J. Means
FRIDAY, MAY 24TH
VBR PITCHER TEAM THROWS % ROST IP K ERA WHIP OPP. WOBA OPP. SP
57 MacKenzie Gore WSH L 31% 40 51 3.38 1.45 SEA 0.2961 G. Kirby
80 Patrick Sandoval LAA L 6% 45 48 5.2 1.56 CLE 0.3031 L. Allen
86 Cristopher Sanchez PHI L 36% 42 39 3.21 1.48 @COL 0.2968 Ty Blach
88 Dean Kremer BAL R 38% 46 47 3.72 1.02 @CWS 0.2683 C. Flexen
100 Braxton Garrett MIA L 46% 5.1 8 8.44 1.31 @ARI 0.3129 Z. Gallen
111 Miles Mikolas STL R 6% 48 35 6.19 1.48 CHC 0.3051 S. Imanaga
124 Logan Allen CLE L 12% 45.1 36 5.56 1.5 @LAA 0.3022 P. Sandoval
163 Ross Stripling OAK R 2% 47 30 4.98 1.53 HOU 0.3218 J. Verlander
225 Alek Manoah TOR R 12% 11 12 4.91 1.36 @DET 0.2895 M. Manning
236 Matt Manning DET R 5% 22.2 22 4.37 1.32 TOR 0.2961 A. Manoah
271 Bryse Wilson MIL R 9% 34 28 2.65 1.12 @BOS 0.3085 K. Crawford
282 Bailey Falter PIT L 5% 43.1 27 4.15 1.04 ATL 0.324 R. Lopez
330 Graham Ashcraft CIN R 10% 43.2 35 4.12 1.44 LAD 0.3629 TBD
632 Chris Flexen CWS R 4% 40.1 30 4.46 1.26 BAL 0.3169 D. Kremer
691 Jose Urena TEX R 1% 32.1 21 3.62 1.24 @MIN 0.3123 B. Ober
815 Ty Blach COL L 0% 18 7 3 1.22 PHI 0.3265 C. Sanchez
SATURDAY, MAY 25TH
VBR PITCHER TEAM THROWS % ROST IP K ERA WHIP OPP. WOBA OPP. SP
53 Aaron Civale TB R 32% 46.1 49 5.83 1.32 KC 0.3 B. Singer
101 Chris Paddack MIN R 13% 42.1 41 4.89 1.65 TEX 0.3112 TBD
115 Reese Olson DET R 26% 47.1 41 2.09 0.99 TOR 0.2961 J. Berrios
123 Luis Severino NYM R 40% 45 41 3.6 1.22 SF 0.2941 TBD
132 JP Sears OAK L 9% 50 35 3.96 1.12 HOU 0.3218 J. Urquidy
140 Jameson Taillon CHC R 36% 28 18 1.61 1.11 @STL 0.2864 M. Liberatore
151 Jose Soriano LAA R 4% 38.2 38 3.72 1.29 CLE 0.3031 T. Bibee
194 Erick Fedde CWS R 37% 52 50 2.6 1.06 BAL 0.3169 C. Burnes
212 Colin Rea MIL R 11% 44.1 30 3.45 1.26 @BOS 0.3085 N. Pivetta
233 Matthew Liberatore STL L 1% 23.2 17 4.56 1.31 CHC 0.3051 J. Taillon
264 Jose Urquidy HOU R 1% 0 0 0 0 @OAK 0.298 JP Sears
360 Sixto Sanchez MIA R 1% 22.2 13 5.96 1.63 @ARI 0.3129 J. Montgomery
560 Trevor Williams WSH R 38% 41.2 32 1.94 1.06 SEA 0.2961 L. Gilbert
822 Dakota Hudson COL R 0% 39.2 23 6.13 1.69 PHI 0.3265 A. Nola
SUNDAY, MAY 26TH
VBR PITCHER TEAM THROWS % ROST IP K ERA WHIP OPP. WOBA OPP. SP
62 Taj Bradley TB R 29% 11 13 2.45 1 KC 0.3 M. Wacha
73 Clarke Schmidt NYY R 37% 42.2 47 2.95 1.27 @SD 0.3143 M. King
75 Bryan Woo SEA R 47% 9.2 8 0.93 0.62 @WSH 0.2934 M. Parker
93 Sean Manaea NYM L 21% 41.1 37 3.05 1.31 SF 0.2941 TBD
122 Michael Wacha KC R 19% 49.2 44 4.71 1.37 @TB 0.301 T. Bradley
144 Andrew Abbott CIN L 30% 50 41 3.06 1.14 LAD 0.3629 Y. Yamamoto
153 Joe Ross MIL R 1% 41 35 4.61 1.37 @BOS 0.3085 T. Houck
182 Casey Mize DET R 17% 43.2 32 3.5 1.19 TOR 0.2961 Y. Kikuchi
203 Dane Dunning TEX R 16% 37.1 43 4.1 1.15 @MIN 0.3123 P. Lopez
288 Martin Perez PIT L 13% 50 40 4.86 1.5 ATL 0.324 C. Morton
294 Slade Cecconi ARI R 4% 27.1 20 5.27 0.99 MIA 0.2739 R. Weathers
297 Ben Lively CLE R 11% 32.1 31 3.06 1.27 @LAA 0.3022 R. Detmers
410 Ryan Weathers MIA L 4% 49.2 38 3.81 1.17 @ARI 0.3129 S. Cecconi
571 Mitchell Parker WSH L 17% 32 25 3.09 1.13 SEA 0.2961 B. Woo
663 Aaron Brooks OAK R 0% 7 5 3.86 1.14 HOU 0.3218 F. Valdez

Two-Start Starting Pitcher Rankings: Week 9

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
Pablo Lopez (MIN)
(4-3) 3.93 ERA
Mon 5/20 M. Parker
(2-2) 3.09 ERA
@WSH 0.2934 Sun 5/26 D. Dunning
(3-2) 4.10 ERA
TEX 0.3112
Corbin Burnes (BAL)
(3-2) 2.68 ERA
Mon 5/20 S. Gray
(5-2) 3.05 ERA
@STL 0.2864 Sat 5/25 E. Fedde
(4-0) 2.60 ERA
@CWS 0.2683
Logan Gilbert (SEA)
(3-2) 3.07 ERA
Mon 5/20 M. Stroman
(3-2) 3.33 ERA
@NYY 0.3281 Sat 5/25 T. Williams
(4-0) 1.94 ERA
@WSH 0.2934
Chris Sale (ATL)
(6-1) 2.54 ERA
Mon 5/20 D. Cease
(5-3) 2.45 ERA
SD 0.3143 Sat 5/25 M. Keller
(4-3) 3.93 ERA
@PIT 0.2879
Dylan Cease (SD)
(5-3) 2.45 ERA
Mon 5/20 C. Sale
(6-1) 2.54 ERA
@ATL 0.324 Sat 5/25 M. Stroman
(3-2) 3.33 ERA
NYY 0.3281
Framber Valdez (HOU)
(3-1) 2.95 ERA
Mon 5/20 R. Detmers
(3-4) 5.19 ERA
LAA 0.3022 Sun 5/26 A. Brooks
(0-1) 3.86 ERA
@OAK 0.298
Sonny Gray (STL)
(5-2) 3.05 ERA
Mon 5/20 C. Burnes
(3-2) 2.68 ERA
BAL 0.3169 Sun 5/26 J. Assad
(4-0) 1.49 ERA
CHC 0.3051
Michael King (SD)
(3-4) 4.31 ERA
Tue 5/21 A. Abbott
(2-4) 3.06 ERA
@CIN 0.2916 Sun 5/26 C. Schmidt
(4-1) 2.95 ERA
NYY 0.3281
Garrett Crochet (CWS)
(4-4) 4.18 ERA
Tue 5/21 Y. Kikuchi
(2-3) 2.60 ERA
@TOR 0.2961 Sun 5/26 K. Bradish
(0-0) 2.63 ERA
BAL 0.3169
Kyle Bradish (BAL)
(0-0) 2.63 ERA
Tue 5/21 L. Lynn
(1-2) 4.17 ERA
@STL 0.2864 Sun 5/26 G. Crochet
(4-4) 4.18 ERA
@CWS 0.2683
Yusei Kikuchi (TOR)
(2-3) 2.60 ERA
Tue 5/21 G. Crochet
(4-4) 4.18 ERA
CWS 0.2683 Sun 5/26 C. Mize
(1-2) 3.50 ERA
@DET 0.2895
Ranger Suarez (PHI)
(8-0) 1.37 ERA
Tue 5/21 M. Lorenzen
(2-2) 3.75 ERA
TEX 0.3112 Sun 5/26 TBD @COL 0.2968
Jose Berrios (TOR)
(4-3) 2.82 ERA
Mon 5/20 E. Fedde
(4-0) 2.60 ERA
CWS 0.2683 Sat 5/25 R. Olson
(0-4) 2.09 ERA
@DET 0.2895
Reid Detmers (LAA)
(3-4) 5.19 ERA
Mon 5/20 F. Valdez
(3-1) 2.95 ERA
@HOU 0.3218 Sun 5/26 B. Lively
(2-2) 3.06 ERA
CLE 0.3031
Taj Bradley (TB)
(1-1) 2.45 ERA
Mon 5/20 T. Houck
(3-5) 2.17 ERA
BOS 0.3085 Sun 5/26 M. Wacha
(3-4) 4.71 ERA
KC 0.3
Charlie Morton (ATL)
(3-1) 3.52 ERA
Tue 5/21 J. Assad
(4-0) 1.49 ERA
@CHC 0.3051 Sun 5/26 M. Perez
(1-3) 4.86 ERA
@PIT 0.2879
Clarke Schmidt (NYY)
(4-1) 2.95 ERA
Tue 5/21 B. Woo
(1-0) 0.93 ERA
SEA 0.2961 Sun 5/26 M. King
(3-4) 4.31 ERA
@SD 0.3143
Bryan Woo (SEA)
(1-0) 0.93 ERA
Tue 5/21 C. Schmidt
(4-1) 2.95 ERA
@NYY 0.3281 Sun 5/26 M. Parker
(2-2) 3.09 ERA
@WSH 0.2934
Marcus Stroman (NYY)
(3-2) 3.33 ERA
Mon 5/20 L. Gilbert
(3-2) 3.07 ERA
SEA 0.2961 Sat 5/25 D. Cease
(5-3) 2.45 ERA
@SD 0.3143
Tanner Houck (BOS)
(3-5) 2.17 ERA
Mon 5/20 T. Bradley
(1-1) 2.45 ERA
@TB 0.301 Sun 5/26 J. Ross
(2-4) 4.61 ERA
MIL 0.3291
Reese Olson (DET)
(0-4) 2.09 ERA
Mon 5/20 M. Wacha
(3-4) 4.71 ERA
@KC 0.3 Sat 5/25 J. Berrios
(4-3) 2.82 ERA
TOR 0.2961
Michael Wacha (KC)
(3-4) 4.71 ERA
Mon 5/20 R. Olson
(0-4) 2.09 ERA
DET 0.2895 Sun 5/26 T. Bradley
(1-1) 2.45 ERA
@TB 0.301
Andrew Abbott (CIN)
(2-4) 3.06 ERA
Tue 5/21 M. King
(3-4) 4.31 ERA
SD 0.3143 Sun 5/26 Y. Yamamoto
(4-1) 3.21 ERA
LAD 0.3629
Joe Ross (MIL)
(2-4) 4.61 ERA
Mon 5/20 R. Weathers
(2-4) 3.81 ERA
@MIA 0.2739 Sun 5/26 T. Houck
(3-5) 2.17 ERA
@BOS 0.3085
Casey Mize (DET)
(1-2) 3.50 ERA
Tue 5/21 A. Marsh
(3-1) 2.43 ERA
@KC 0.3 Sun 5/26 Y. Kikuchi
(2-3) 2.60 ERA
TOR 0.2961
Erick Fedde (CWS)
(4-0) 2.60 ERA
Mon 5/20 J. Berrios
(4-3) 2.82 ERA
@TOR 0.2961 Sat 5/25 C. Burnes
(3-2) 2.68 ERA
BAL 0.3169
Javier Assad (CHC)
(4-0) 1.49 ERA
Tue 5/21 C. Morton
(3-1) 3.52 ERA
ATL 0.324 Sun 5/26 S. Gray
(5-2) 3.05 ERA
@STL 0.2864
Martin Perez (PIT)
(1-3) 4.86 ERA
Tue 5/21 K. Winn
(3-6) 6.17 ERA
SF 0.2941 Sun 5/26 C. Morton
(3-1) 3.52 ERA
ATL 0.324
Slade Cecconi (ARI)
(1-3) 5.27 ERA
Mon 5/20 G. Stone
(4-1) 2.45 ERA
@LAD 0.3629 Sun 5/26 R. Weathers
(2-4) 3.81 ERA
MIA 0.2739
Ben Lively (CLE)
(2-2) 3.06 ERA
Mon 5/20 J. Butto
(1-3) 3.08 ERA
NYM 0.2957 Sun 5/26 R. Detmers
(3-4) 5.19 ERA
@LAA 0.3022
Ryan Weathers (MIA)
(2-4) 3.81 ERA
Mon 5/20 J. Ross
(2-4) 4.61 ERA
MIL 0.3291 Sun 5/26 S. Cecconi
(1-3) 5.27 ERA
@ARI 0.3129
Mitchell Parker (WSH)
(2-2) 3.09 ERA
Mon 5/20 P. Lopez
(4-3) 3.93 ERA
MIN 0.3123 Sun 5/26 B. Woo
(1-0) 0.93 ERA
SEA 0.2961
Aaron Brooks (OAK)
(0-1) 3.86 ERA
Tue 5/21 C. Quantrill
(3-3) 3.66 ERA
COL 0.2968 Sun 5/26 F. Valdez
(3-1) 2.95 ERA
HOU 0.3218

Fantasy Baseball Hitter Rankings: Week 9

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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