Fantasy Baseball Planner: Streamers, Two-Start Pitchers, Hitter Rankings (Week 17)

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Fantasy Baseball Planner: Week 17

Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitcher Rankings: Week 17

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, JULY 22ND
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
73	Zack Littell	TB	R	16%	101.1	94	4	1.36	@NYY	0.3272	C. Rodon
133	Kyle Gibson	STL	R	30%	101.2	96	4.16	1.36	@PIT	0.2931	L. L. Ortiz
161	Kyle Harrison	SF	L	33%	86	73	4.08	1.36	@LAD	0.35	TBD
168	David Peterson	NYM	L	8%	43.2	32	3.09	1.42	@MIA	0.2773	R. Munoz
199	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	R	4%	80	93	5.63	1.6	@OAK	0.2981	M. Spence
201	Colin Rea	MIL	R	29%	105	76	3.77	1.21	@CHC	0.3036	J. Assad
227	Javier Assad	CHC	R	31%	85.1	79	3.27	1.35	MIL	0.321	C. Rea
231	Mitch Spence	OAK	R	3%	83.1	72	4.75	1.32	HOU	0.3201	S. Arrighetti
264	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	R	17%	92	65	3.52	1.21	CWS	0.2758	E. Fedde
298	Ryne Nelson	ARI	R	5%	86.2	59	4.98	1.42	@KC	0.3056	C. Ragans
317	Luis L. Ortiz	PIT	R	15%	66.2	57	2.84	1.17	STL	0.3023	K. Gibson
438	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	R	4%	86	68	5.02	1.36	DET	0.2988	T. Skubal
685	Carson Fulmer	LAA	R	1%	47	49	3.45	1.21	@SEA	0.2942	B. Miller
783	Kyle Freeland	COL	L	5%	42	30	6	1.62	BOS	0.3224	T. Houck
788	Roddery Munoz	MIA	R	1%	51	42	5.47	1.41	NYM	0.3217	D. Peterson
TUESDAY, JULY 23RD
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
46	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	L	46%	106	117	4.42	1.3	TB	0.3002	R. Pepiot
103	Andrew Heaney	TEX	L	18%	95	97	3.79	1.25	CWS	0.2758	G. Crochet
150	Robbie Ray	SF	L	22%	0	0	0	0	@LAD	0.35	L. Knack
151	Christian Scott	NYM	R	16%	43.1	35	4.36	1.11	@NYY	0.3272	L. Gil
174	Tobias Myers	MIL	R	31%	72	62	3.13	1.13	@CHC	0.3036	K. Hendricks
178	Nick Martinez	CIN	R	2%	72	56	3.88	1.13	@ATL	0.3075	TBD
193	Albert Suarez	BAL	R	18%	70.1	55	2.82	1.24	@MIA	0.2773	M. Meyer
204	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	R	14%	82	71	3.51	1.15	PHI	0.3261	R. Suarez
206	Randy Vasquez	SD	R	3%	63	43	4.57	1.56	@WSH	0.2976	P. Corbin
213	Max Meyer	MIA	R	16%	17	14	2.12	0.82	BAL	0.3262	A. Suarez
251	Andre Pallante	STL	R	5%	51.1	41	4.21	1.38	@PIT	0.2931	P. Skenes
255	Matt Manning	DET	R	1%	27.2	23	4.88	1.55	@CLE	0.3111	S. Howard
283	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	R	2%	70.1	50	6.78	1.51	MIL	0.321	T. Myers
309	Cooper Criswell	BOS	R	1%	58	50	3.88	1.24	@COL	0.3043	R. Feltner
328	Alec Marsh	KC	R	11%	90.2	83	4.57	1.22	ARI	0.3192	Y. Diaz
333	Spencer Howard	CLE	R	0%	27	25	6.33	2	DET	0.2988	M. Manning
421	Landon Knack	LAD	R	9%	39	36	3.23	1.05	SF	0.3074	R. Ray
460	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	R	0%	17.1	15	3.63	1.33	HOU	0.3201	J. Bloss
514	Jake Bloss	HOU	R	1%	7.2	6	4.7	1.57	@OAK	0.2981	O. Bido
552	Yilber Diaz	ARI	R	9%	12	7	1.5	0.92	@KC	0.3056	A. Marsh
579	Ryan Feltner	COL	R	1%	102.1	91	5.54	1.46	BOS	0.3224	C. Criswell
653	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	R	0%	3	1	12	2.33	@SEA	0.2942	B. Woo
691	Patrick Corbin	WSH	L	1%	105	73	5.57	1.54	SD	0.3161	R. Vasquez
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
88	Michael Wacha	KC	R	29%	89.1	78	3.83	1.24	ARI	0.3192	Z. Gallen
89	Sean Manaea	NYM	L	43%	96.1	96	3.46	1.21	@NYY	0.3272	G. Cole
97	Jon Gray	TEX	R	26%	85.1	73	3.9	1.32	CWS	0.2758	C. Flexen
106	Chris Paddack	MIN	R	9%	88.1	79	4.99	1.39	PHI	0.3261	A. Nola
116	Matt Waldron	SD	R	38%	106.2	94	3.71	1.17	@WSH	0.2976	DJ Herz
117	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	R	11%	33.1	36	3.78	1.38	TB	0.3002	Z. Eflin
140	JP Sears	OAK	L	7%	100.2	76	4.56	1.25	HOU	0.3201	TBD
141	Edward Cabrera	MIA	R	9%	28.1	42	8.26	1.59	BAL	0.3262	B. Zimmermann
219	Griffin Canning	LAA	R	7%	102.1	70	4.93	1.39	@SEA	0.2942	L. Castillo
263	Joe Ross	MIL	R	1%	42	35	4.5	1.38	@CHC	0.3036	J. Steele
408	Hayden Birdsong	SF	R	3%	19.1	18	3.72	1.4	@LAD	0.35	J. Wrobleski
411	Bruce Zimmermann	BAL	L	0%	0	0	0	0	@MIA	0.2773	E. Cabrera
494	DJ Herz	WSH	L	2%	31.1	41	5.17	1.4	SD	0.3161	M. Waldron
602	Chris Flexen	CWS	R	1%	97	71	4.82	1.37	@TEX	0.3025	J. Gray
717	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	L	2%	10	8	6.3	1.4	SF	0.3074	H. Birdsong
786	Cal Quantrill	COL	R	10%	102.1	78	4.13	1.35	BOS	0.3224	TBD
THURSDAY, JULY 25TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
51	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	L	38%	98.2	116	4.29	1.44	SD	0.3161	D. Cease
79	Reese Olson	DET	R	37%	101	92	3.3	1.18	@CLE	0.3111	G. Williams
87	Gavin Williams	CLE	R	38%	14.1	9	3.77	1.4	DET	0.2988	R. Olson
130	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	L	41%	0	0	0	0	SF	0.3074	L. Webb
215	Trevor Rogers	MIA	L	4%	95.1	79	4.72	1.55	BAL	0.3262	C. Burnes
225	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	47%	118	81	2.97	1.17	OAK	0.2981	J. Estes
313	Joey Estes	OAK	R	4%	63	49	5.29	1.19	@LAA	0.2986	T. Anderson
384	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	R	3%	51	39	4.41	1.31	@TEX	0.3025	N. Eovaldi
FRIDAY, JULY 26TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
54	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	R	44%	113.1	104	3.97	1.16	PIT	0.2931	M. Perez
100	Miles Mikolas	STL	R	21%	112.1	77	5.13	1.22	WSH	0.2976	J. Irvin
118	Jose Soriano	LAA	R	11%	87.1	72	3.71	1.2	OAK	0.2981	H. Harris
167	Frankie Montas	CIN	R	14%	84.1	69	4.38	1.33	@TB	0.3002	TBD
196	Jose Quintana	NYM	L	27%	102.1	79	4.13	1.26	ATL	0.3075	R. Lopez
198	Ben Lively	CLE	R	39%	88	78	3.58	1.17	@PHI	0.3261	C. Sanchez
261	James Paxton	LAD	L	24%	84.1	57	4.38	1.45	@HOU	0.3201	J. Verlander
268	Drew Thorpe	CWS	R	17%	32.2	19	3.58	1.04	SEA	0.2942	G. Kirby
271	Keider Montero	DET	R	1%	26.1	23	5.47	1.37	MIN	0.325	P. Lopez
304	Martin Perez	PIT	L	4%	73.1	57	5.03	1.61	@ARI	0.3192	B. Pfaadt
419	German Marquez	COL	R	2%	4	3	6.75	2.25	@SF	0.3074	B. Snell
566	Hogan Harris	OAK	L	2%	47.2	35	3.4	1.45	@LAA	0.2986	J. Soriano
693	Yonny Chirinos	MIA	R	1%	25	21	5.76	1.72	@MIL	0.321	F. Peralta
SATURDAY, JULY 27TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
91	Aaron Civale	MIL	R	24%	98.1	98	4.94	1.38	MIA	0.2773	R. Munoz
92	Lance Lynn	STL	R	28%	96.1	92	4.39	1.39	WSH	0.2976	M. Parker
96	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	L	47%	65.2	45	5.76	1.63	PIT	0.2931	M. Gonzales
108	Dean Kremer	BAL	R	24%	63.2	64	4.38	1.19	SD	0.3161	A. Mazur
113	Brayan Bello	BOS	R	37%	89.2	85	5.32	1.47	NYY	0.3272	M. Stroman
119	Jameson Taillon	CHC	R	44%	93	75	3.1	1.16	@KC	0.3056	S. Lugo
156	Luis Severino	NYM	R	36%	109.2	81	4.02	1.2	ATL	0.3075	S. Schwellenbach
158	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	R	16%	44.2	41	4.43	1.16	@NYM	0.3217	L. Severino
161	Kyle Harrison	SF	L	33%	86	73	4.08	1.36	COL	0.3043	T. Gordon
211	Mitchell Parker	WSH	L	21%	92.1	76	3.9	1.14	@STL	0.3023	L. Lynn
231	Mitch Spence	OAK	R	3%	83.1	72	4.75	1.32	@LAA	0.2986	C. Fulmer
249	Marco Gonzales	PIT	L	1%	22	15	2.45	1.23	@ARI	0.3192	J. Montgomery
264	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	R	17%	92	65	3.52	1.21	@TOR	0.3017	J. Berrios
435	Tyler Phillips	PHI	R	4%	10	12	4.5	0.9	CLE	0.3111	C. Carrasco
438	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	R	4%	86	68	5.02	1.36	@PHI	0.3261	T. Phillips
520	Adam Mazur	SD	R	1%	31	21	7.84	1.84	@BAL	0.3262	D. Kremer
685	Carson Fulmer	LAA	R	1%	47	49	3.45	1.21	OAK	0.2981	M. Spence
776	Tanner Gordon	COL	R	0%	9.1	7	10.61	1.93	@SF	0.3074	K. Harrison
788	Roddery Munoz	MIA	R	1%	51	42	5.47	1.41	@MIL	0.321	A. Civale
SUNDAY, JULY 28TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
46	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	L	46%	106	117	4.42	1.3	TEX	0.3025	A. Heaney
103	Andrew Heaney	TEX	L	18%	95	97	3.79	1.25	@TOR	0.3017	Y. Kikuchi
133	Kyle Gibson	STL	R	30%	101.2	96	4.16	1.36	WSH	0.2976	P. Corbin
150	Robbie Ray	SF	L	22%	0	0	0	0	COL	0.3043	K. Freeland
168	David Peterson	NYM	L	8%	43.2	32	3.09	1.42	ATL	0.3075	C. Morton
193	Albert Suarez	BAL	R	18%	70.1	55	2.82	1.24	SD	0.3161	TBD
201	Colin Rea	MIL	R	29%	105	76	3.77	1.21	MIA	0.2773	M. Meyer
213	Max Meyer	MIA	R	16%	17	14	2.12	0.82	@MIL	0.321	C. Rea
227	Javier Assad	CHC	R	31%	85.1	79	3.27	1.35	@KC	0.3056	C. Ragans
255	Matt Manning	DET	R	1%	27.2	23	4.88	1.55	MIN	0.325	B. Ober
298	Ryne Nelson	ARI	R	5%	86.2	59	4.98	1.42	PIT	0.2931	L. L. Ortiz
317	Luis L. Ortiz	PIT	R	15%	66.2	57	2.84	1.17	@ARI	0.3192	R. Nelson
333	Spencer Howard	CLE	R	0%	27	25	6.33	2	@PHI	0.3261	Z. Wheeler
460	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	R	0%	17.1	15	3.63	1.33	@LAA	0.2986	J. Kochanowicz
653	Jack Kochanowicz	LAA	R	0%	3	1	12	2.33	OAK	0.2981	O. Bido
691	Patrick Corbin	WSH	L	1%	105	73	5.57	1.54	@STL	0.3023	K. Gibson
783	Kyle Freeland	COL	L	5%	42	30	6	1.62	@SF	0.3074	R. Ray

Two-Start Starting Pitcher Rankings: Week 17

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
Tarik Skubal (DET) (10-3) 2.41 ERA	Mon 7/22	C. Carrasco (3-7) 5.02 ERA	@CLE	0.3111	Sat 7/27	J. Ryan (6-6) 3.61 ERA	MIN	0.325
Zack Wheeler (PHI) (10-4) 2.70 ERA	Mon 7/22	B. Ober (8-5) 4.14 ERA	@MIN	0.325	Sun 7/28	S. Howard (1-2) 6.33 ERA	CLE	0.3111
Cole Ragans (KC) (6-6) 3.24 ERA	Mon 7/22	R. Nelson (6-6) 4.98 ERA	ARI	0.3192	Sun 7/28	J. Assad (4-3) 3.27 ERA	CHC	0.3036
Carlos Rodon (NYY) (9-7) 4.46 ERA	Mon 7/22	Z. Littell (3-6) 4.00 ERA	TB	0.3002	Sun 7/28	T. Houck (8-6) 2.54 ERA	@BOS	0.3224
Bailey Ober (MIN) (8-5) 4.14 ERA	Mon 7/22	Z. Wheeler (10-4) 2.70 ERA	PHI	0.3261	Sun 7/28	M. Manning (0-1) 4.88 ERA	@DET	0.2988
Bryce Miller (SEA) (7-7) 3.63 ERA	Mon 7/22	C. Fulmer (0-2) 3.45 ERA	LAA	0.2986	Sun 7/28	TBD	@CWS	0.2758
Yusei Kikuchi (TOR) (4-8) 4.42 ERA	Tue 7/23	R. Pepiot (6-5) 3.92 ERA	TB	0.3002	Sun 7/28	A. Heaney (3-10) 3.79 ERA	TEX	0.3025
Tanner Houck (BOS) (8-6) 2.54 ERA	Mon 7/22	K. Freeland (1-3) 6.00 ERA	@COL	0.3043	Sun 7/28	C. Rodon (9-7) 4.46 ERA	NYY	0.3272
Andrew Heaney (TEX) (3-10) 3.79 ERA	Tue 7/23	G. Crochet (6-6) 3.02 ERA	CWS	0.2758	Sun 7/28	Y. Kikuchi (4-8) 4.42 ERA	@TOR	0.3017
Kyle Gibson (STL) (7-3) 4.16 ERA	Mon 7/22	L. Ortiz (4-2) 2.84 ERA	@PIT	0.2931	Sun 7/28	P. Corbin (1-9) 5.57 ERA	WSH	0.2976
Andrew Abbott (CIN) (9-6) 3.39 ERA	Mon 7/22	TBD	@ATL	0.3075	Sun 7/28	TBD	@TB	0.3002
Robbie Ray (SF) (0-0) 0.00 ERA	Tue 7/23	L. Knack (1-2) 3.23 ERA	@LAD	0.35	Sun 7/28	K. Freeland (1-3) 6.00 ERA	COL	0.3043
Kyle Harrison (SF) (5-4) 4.08 ERA	Mon 7/22	TBD	@LAD	0.35	Sat 7/27	T. Gordon (0-2) 10.61 ERA	COL	0.3043
David Peterson (NYM) (4-0) 3.09 ERA	Mon 7/22	R. Munoz (1-4) 5.47 ERA	@MIA	0.2773	Sun 7/28	C. Morton (5-5) 4.07 ERA	ATL	0.3075
Albert Suarez (BAL) (5-3) 2.82 ERA	Tue 7/23	M. Meyer (2-0) 2.12 ERA	@MIA	0.2773	Sun 7/28	TBD	SD	0.3161
Colin Rea (MIL) (9-3) 3.77 ERA	Mon 7/22	J. Assad (4-3) 3.27 ERA	@CHC	0.3036	Sun 7/28	M. Meyer (2-0) 2.12 ERA	MIA	0.2773
Max Meyer (MIA) (2-0) 2.12 ERA	Tue 7/23	A. Suarez (5-3) 2.82 ERA	BAL	0.3262	Sun 7/28	C. Rea (9-3) 3.77 ERA	@MIL	0.321
Javier Assad (CHC) (4-3) 3.27 ERA	Mon 7/22	C. Rea (9-3) 3.77 ERA	MIL	0.321	Sun 7/28	C. Ragans (6-6) 3.24 ERA	@KC	0.3056
Mitch Spence (OAK) (5-6) 4.75 ERA	Mon 7/22	S. Arrighetti (4-7) 5.63 ERA	HOU	0.3201	Sat 7/27	C. Fulmer (0-2) 3.45 ERA	@LAA	0.2986
Matt Manning (DET) (0-1) 4.88 ERA	Tue 7/23	S. Howard (1-2) 6.33 ERA	@CLE	0.3111	Sun 7/28	B. Ober (8-5) 4.14 ERA	MIN	0.325
Michael Lorenzen (TEX) (5-5) 3.52 ERA	Mon 7/22	E. Fedde (7-3) 2.99 ERA	CWS	0.2758	Sat 7/27	J. Berrios (8-7) 4.01 ERA	@TOR	0.3017
Ryne Nelson (ARI) (6-6) 4.98 ERA	Mon 7/22	C. Ragans (6-6) 3.24 ERA	@KC	0.3056	Sun 7/28	L. Ortiz (4-2) 2.84 ERA	PIT	0.2931
Luis L. Ortiz (PIT) (4-2) 2.84 ERA	Mon 7/22	K. Gibson (7-3) 4.16 ERA	STL	0.3023	Sun 7/28	R. Nelson (6-6) 4.98 ERA	@ARI	0.3192
Spencer Howard (CLE) (1-2) 6.33 ERA	Tue 7/23	M. Manning (0-1) 4.88 ERA	DET	0.2988	Sun 7/28	Z. Wheeler (10-4) 2.70 ERA	@PHI	0.3261
Carlos Carrasco (CLE) (3-7) 5.02 ERA	Mon 7/22	T. Skubal (10-3) 2.41 ERA	DET	0.2988	Sat 7/27	T. Phillips (1-0) 4.50 ERA	@PHI	0.3261
Osvaldo Bido (OAK) (1-1) 3.63 ERA	Tue 7/23	J. Bloss (0-0) 4.70 ERA	HOU	0.3201	Sun 7/28	J. Kochanowicz (0-1) 12.00 ERA	@LAA	0.2986
Jack Kochanowicz (LAA) (0-1) 12.00 ERA	Tue 7/23	B. Woo (3-1) 2.45 ERA	@SEA	0.2942	Sun 7/28	O. Bido (1-1) 3.63 ERA	OAK	0.2981
Carson Fulmer (LAA) (0-2) 3.45 ERA	Mon 7/22	B. Miller (7-7) 3.63 ERA	@SEA	0.2942	Sat 7/27	M. Spence (5-6) 4.75 ERA	OAK	0.2981
Patrick Corbin (WSH) (1-9) 5.57 ERA	Tue 7/23	R. Vasquez (2-5) 4.57 ERA	SD	0.3161	Sun 7/28	K. Gibson (7-3) 4.16 ERA	@STL	0.3023
Kyle Freeland (COL) (1-3) 6.00 ERA	Mon 7/22	T. Houck (8-6) 2.54 ERA	BOS	0.3224	Sun 7/28	R. Ray (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@SF	0.3074
Roddery Munoz (MIA) (1-4) 5.47 ERA	Mon 7/22	D. Peterson (4-0) 3.09 ERA	NYM	0.3217	Sat 7/27	A. Civale (2-7) 4.94 ERA	@MIL	0.321

Fantasy Baseball Hitter Rankings: Week 17

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.