Fantasy Baseball Planner: Streamers, Two-Start Pitchers, Hitter Rankings (Week 18)

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Fantasy Baseball Planner: Week 18

Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitcher Rankings: Week 18

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 29TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
79	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	L	48%	70.2	47	5.48	1.57	WSH	0.2971	M. Parker
96	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	R	12%	39	42	3.69	1.26	@BAL	0.3264	TBD
114	Jameson Taillon	CHC	R	46%	100.1	78	2.96	1.15	@CIN	0.305	TBD
165	Colin Rea	MIL	R	29%	110	84	3.6	1.21	ATL	0.3063	TBD
173	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	R	13%	88	76	3.27	1.11	@NYM	0.3233	J. Quintana
198	Jose Quintana	NYM	L	19%	107.1	85	4.02	1.28	MIN	0.3248	S. Woods Richardson
225	Bowden Francis	TOR	R	0%	38.2	34	5.82	1.47	@BAL	0.3264	C. McDermott
259	Cooper Criswell	BOS	R	1%	65	54	3.46	1.2	SEA	0.2913	L. Gilbert
280	Mitchell Parker	WSH	L	18%	95.1	81	4.34	1.21	@ARI	0.3185	J. Montgomery
305	Alec Marsh	KC	R	10%	96.2	90	4.75	1.24	@CWS	0.2725	C. Flexen
326	Andre Pallante	STL	R	6%	57.1	44	3.92	1.33	TEX	0.302	N. Eovaldi
406	Chayce McDermott	BAL	R	6%	4	3	6.75	1.75	TOR	0.301	B. Francis
565	Jake Bloss	HOU	R	1%	11.2	11	6.94	1.63	PIT	0.2932	P. Skenes
675	Chris Flexen	CWS	R	1%	106.1	78	5.25	1.42	KC	0.3081	A. Marsh
TUESDAY, JULY 30TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
73	Sean Manaea	NYM	L	36%	106	101	3.74	1.25	MIN	0.3248	D. Festa
77	Robbie Ray	SF	L	34%	5	8	1.8	0.4	OAK	0.3034	JP Sears
80	Gavin Williams	CLE	R	35%	24	23	4.5	1.5	@DET	0.298	K. Maeda
87	Lance Lynn	STL	R	30%	101.1	94	4.17	1.39	TEX	0.302	M. Scherzer
95	Michael Wacha	KC	R	41%	101	86	3.65	1.22	@CWS	0.2725	J. Cannon
121	Matt Waldron	SD	R	41%	118.2	103	3.64	1.15	LAD	0.3491	TBD
135	JP Sears	OAK	L	10%	112.1	83	4.81	1.28	@SF	0.3059	R. Ray
144	Edward Cabrera	MIA	R	8%	38.1	49	7.04	1.62	@TB	0.2997	Z. Eflin
151	Kenta Maeda	DET	R	13%	71.1	56	7.07	1.51	CLE	0.3083	G. Williams
169	Frankie Montas	CIN	R	12%	93.1	78	5.01	1.44	CHC	0.3001	J. Steele
227	Griffin Canning	LAA	R	7%	110.2	79	5.12	1.42	COL	0.308	Ty Blach
261	Bryse Wilson	MIL	R	3%	88	70	3.99	1.22	ATL	0.3063	C. Sale
265	Ryne Nelson	ARI	R	12%	98.1	70	4.85	1.41	WSH	0.2971	P. Corbin
299	David Festa	MIN	R	1%	14.1	15	8.16	1.6	@NYM	0.3233	S. Manaea
397	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	R	3%	63	44	4.43	1.35	KC	0.3081	M. Wacha
461	Martin Perez	PIT	L	4%	83	63	5.1	1.64	@HOU	0.3191	H. Brown
761	Patrick Corbin	WSH	L	2%	118	86	5.26	1.46	@ARI	0.3185	R. Nelson
768	Ty Blach	COL	L	0%	61.2	33	6.13	1.65	@LAA	0.2974	G. Canning
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31ST
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
40	Yusei Kikuchi	TOR	L	41%	111	125	4.54	1.31	@BAL	0.3264	G. Rodriguez
68	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	L	33%	100.2	118	4.47	1.47	@ARI	0.3185	Z. Gallen
92	Brayan Bello	BOS	R	36%	95.2	92	5.27	1.44	SEA	0.2913	G. Kirby
110	Andrew Heaney	TEX	L	20%	100	101	3.6	1.24	@STL	0.3026	S. Gray
141	Luis Severino	NYM	R	40%	120.2	94	3.8	1.21	MIN	0.3248	P. Lopez
195	Ross Stripling	OAK	R	1%	61.1	38	6.02	1.58	@SF	0.3059	L. Webb
210	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	R	3%	75.1	52	6.69	1.49	@CIN	0.305	N. Lodolo
220	Drew Thorpe	CWS	R	24%	38.2	24	3.03	1.01	KC	0.3081	B. Singer
336	Luis L. Ortiz	PIT	R	21%	73.2	59	2.57	1.13	@HOU	0.3191	F. Valdez
412	Kenny Rosenberg	LAA	L	0%	13.1	8	8.78	1.73	COL	0.308	C. Quantrill
766	Cal Quantrill	COL	R	9%	114.1	86	4.09	1.34	@LAA	0.2974	K. Rosenberg
772	Roddery Munoz	MIA	R	1%	61	50	5.61	1.41	@TB	0.2997	T. Bradley
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
101	Dean Kremer	BAL	R	20%	69	66	4.43	1.22	@CLE	0.3083	B. Lively
126	Spencer Schwellenbach	ATL	R	20%	50.2	49	4.62	1.16	MIA	0.2808	M. Meyer
131	Kyle Gibson	STL	R	28%	108.1	102	3.99	1.32	@CHC	0.3001	S. Imanaga
192	Ben Lively	CLE	R	35%	93.1	80	3.57	1.19	BAL	0.3264	D. Kremer
196	Max Meyer	MIA	R	19%	17	14	2.12	0.82	@ATL	0.3063	S. Schwellenbach
284	Keider Montero	DET	R	1%	31.2	26	5.97	1.39	KC	0.3081	S. Lugo
748	Kyle Freeland	COL	L	8%	48	34	5.63	1.54	@LAA	0.2974	C. Fulmer
767	Carson Fulmer	LAA	R	2%	51.2	52	3.66	1.24	COL	0.308	K. Freeland
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
91	Shane Baz	TB	R	32%	13.2	12	3.95	1.76	@HOU	0.3191	TBD
97	Aaron Civale	MIL	R	24%	102.2	102	5.17	1.4	@WSH	0.2971	J. Irvin
99	Miles Mikolas	STL	R	17%	118.1	80	5.02	1.23	@CHC	0.3001	J. Assad
127	David Peterson	NYM	L	14%	48.2	36	3.14	1.48	@LAA	0.2974	T. Anderson
145	Andrew Abbott	CIN	L	49%	113	87	3.19	1.22	SF	0.3059	TBD
183	Albert Suarez	BAL	R	17%	72.1	58	3.48	1.33	@CLE	0.3083	C. Carrasco
205	Trevor Rogers	MIA	L	3%	100	84	4.59	1.55	@ATL	0.3063	R. Lopez
224	Marco Gonzales	PIT	L	2%	26.2	19	2.7	1.28	ARI	0.3185	B. Pfaadt
230	Mitch Spence	OAK	R	3%	88.2	75	4.67	1.33	LAD	0.3491	G. Stone
235	Javier Assad	CHC	R	27%	88.2	81	3.15	1.38	STL	0.3026	M. Mikolas
237	Michael Lorenzen	TEX	R	19%	97	73	3.53	1.23	BOS	0.3247	K. Crawford
269	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	48%	123.2	89	2.91	1.15	NYM	0.3233	D. Peterson
433	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	R	3%	91.1	74	5.32	1.38	BAL	0.3264	A. Suarez
520	Taijuan Walker	PHI	R	4%	53	43	5.6	1.49	@SEA	0.2913	B. Woo
551	Ryan Feltner	COL	R	1%	109.1	97	5.35	1.43	@SD	0.3175	M. King
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
85	Zack Littell	TB	R	15%	107	100	4.21	1.39	@HOU	0.3191	R. Blanco
90	Jon Gray	TEX	R	29%	94	78	3.64	1.26	BOS	0.3247	T. Houck
114	Jameson Taillon	CHC	R	46%	100.1	78	2.96	1.15	STL	0.3026	A. Pallante
150	Kyle Harrison	SF	L	33%	91	79	3.86	1.34	@CIN	0.305	H. Greene
153	Jose Soriano	LAA	R	15%	95	77	3.51	1.17	NYM	0.3233	J. Quintana
154	Tobias Myers	MIL	R	35%	77.1	68	3.14	1.15	@WSH	0.2971	DJ Herz
198	Jose Quintana	NYM	L	19%	107.1	85	4.02	1.28	@LAA	0.2974	J. Soriano
201	Randy Vasquez	SD	R	3%	69	44	4.17	1.48	COL	0.308	A. Gomber
296	Joey Estes	OAK	R	5%	68.2	53	5.11	1.24	LAD	0.3491	J. Wrobleski
326	Andre Pallante	STL	R	6%	57.1	44	3.92	1.33	@CHC	0.3001	J. Taillon
363	DJ Herz	WSH	L	2%	36.1	45	4.95	1.4	MIL	0.3198	T. Myers
364	Joey Wentz	DET	L	0%	41.2	47	5.62	1.73	KC	0.3081	TBD
406	Chayce McDermott	BAL	R	6%	4	3	6.75	1.75	@CLE	0.3083	X. Curry
441	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	L	2%	14.1	13	4.4	1.33	@OAK	0.3034	J. Estes
477	Xzavion Curry	CLE	R	0%	21.2	13	4.98	1.25	BAL	0.3264	C. McDermott
581	Yilber Diaz	ARI	R	7%	15	7	5.4	1.4	@PIT	0.2932	M. Keller
737	Kyle Tyler	MIA	R	0%	20.2	15	3.92	1.45	@ATL	0.3063	TBD
764	Austin Gomber	COL	L	2%	105.1	72	4.7	1.3	@SD	0.3175	R. Vasquez
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4TH
VBR	PITCHER	TEAM	THROWS	% ROST	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	OPP.	WOBA	OPP. SP
73	Sean Manaea	NYM	L	36%	106	101	3.74	1.25	@LAA	0.2974	TBD
79	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	L	48%	70.2	47	5.48	1.57	@PIT	0.2932	P. Skenes
87	Lance Lynn	STL	R	30%	101.1	94	4.17	1.39	@CHC	0.3001	J. Steele
96	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	R	12%	39	42	3.69	1.26	@NYY	0.3285	L. Gil
144	Edward Cabrera	MIA	R	8%	38.1	49	7.04	1.62	@ATL	0.3063	TBD
165	Colin Rea	MIL	R	29%	110	84	3.6	1.21	@WSH	0.2971	M. Parker
169	Frankie Montas	CIN	R	12%	93.1	78	5.01	1.44	SF	0.3059	B. Snell
173	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	R	13%	88	76	3.27	1.11	CWS	0.2725	C. Flexen
203	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	R	5%	86	96	5.65	1.58	TB	0.2997	T. Alexander
259	Cooper Criswell	BOS	R	1%	65	54	3.46	1.2	@TEX	0.302	N. Eovaldi
280	Mitchell Parker	WSH	L	18%	95.1	81	4.34	1.21	MIL	0.3198	C. Rea
358	Tyler Alexander	TB	L	0%	59.2	52	5.88	1.32	@HOU	0.3191	S. Arrighetti
508	River Ryan	LAD	R	6%	5.1	2	0	1.31	@OAK	0.3034	H. Harris
548	Hogan Harris	OAK	L	2%	54.1	42	2.98	1.44	LAD	0.3491	R. Ryan
675	Chris Flexen	CWS	R	1%	106.1	78	5.25	1.42	@MIN	0.3248	S. Woods Richardson

Two-Start Starting Pitcher Rankings: Week 18

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
Zack Wheeler (PHI) (10-4) 2.55 ERA	Mon 7/29	L. Gil (10-5) 3.10 ERA	NYY	0.3285	Sun 8/4	L. Gilbert (6-6) 2.72 ERA	@SEA	0.2913
Paul Skenes (PIT) (6-1) 1.93 ERA	Mon 7/29	J. Bloss (0-1) 6.94 ERA	@HOU	0.3191	Sun 8/4	J. Montgomery (7-5) 5.48 ERA	ARI	0.3185
Logan Gilbert (SEA) (6-6) 2.72 ERA	Mon 7/29	C. Criswell (4-4) 3.46 ERA	@BOS	0.3247	Sun 8/4	Z. Wheeler (10-4) 2.55 ERA	PHI	0.3239
Tanner Bibee (CLE) (8-4) 3.50 ERA	Mon 7/29	J. Flaherty (7-5) 2.95 ERA	@DET	0.298	Sun 8/4	TBD	BAL	0.3264
Justin Steele (CHC) (2-4) 3.27 ERA	Tue 7/30	F. Montas (4-8) 5.01 ERA	@CIN	0.305	Sun 8/4	L. Lynn (5-4) 4.17 ERA	STL	0.3026
Nathan Eovaldi (TEX) (7-4) 3.31 ERA	Mon 7/29	A. Pallante (4-4) 3.92 ERA	@STL	0.3026	Sun 8/4	C. Criswell (4-4) 3.46 ERA	BOS	0.3247
Jack Flaherty (DET) (7-5) 2.95 ERA	Mon 7/29	T. Bibee (8-4) 3.50 ERA	CLE	0.3083	Sun 8/4	TBD	KC	0.3081
Sean Manaea (NYM) (6-4) 3.74 ERA	Tue 7/30	D. Festa (1-1) 8.16 ERA	MIN	0.3248	Sun 8/4	TBD	@LAA	0.2974
Luis Gil (NYY) (10-5) 3.10 ERA	Mon 7/29	Z. Wheeler (10-4) 2.55 ERA	@PHI	0.3239	Sun 8/4	Y. Rodriguez (1-3) 3.69 ERA	TOR	0.301
Jordan Montgomery (ARI) (7-5) 5.48 ERA	Mon 7/29	M. Parker (5-6) 4.34 ERA	WSH	0.2971	Sun 8/4	P. Skenes (6-1) 1.93 ERA	@PIT	0.2932
Lance Lynn (STL) (5-4) 4.17 ERA	Tue 7/30	M. Scherzer (2-3) 3.57 ERA	TEX	0.302	Sun 8/4	J. Steele (2-4) 3.27 ERA	@CHC	0.3001
Yariel Rodriguez (TOR) (1-3) 3.69 ERA	Mon 7/29	TBD	@BAL	0.3264	Sun 8/4	L. Gil (10-5) 3.10 ERA	@NYY	0.3285
Jameson Taillon (CHC) (7-5) 2.96 ERA	Mon 7/29	TBD	@CIN	0.305	Sat 8/3	A. Pallante (4-4) 3.92 ERA	STL	0.3026
Edward Cabrera (MIA) (1-3) 7.04 ERA	Tue 7/30	Z. Eflin (5-7) 4.09 ERA	@TB	0.2997	Sun 8/4	TBD	@ATL	0.3063
Colin Rea (MIL) (9-3) 3.60 ERA	Mon 7/29	TBD	ATL	0.3063	Sun 8/4	M. Parker (5-6) 4.34 ERA	@WSH	0.2971
Frankie Montas (CIN) (4-8) 5.01 ERA	Tue 7/30	J. Steele (2-4) 3.27 ERA	CHC	0.3001	Sun 8/4	B. Snell (0-3) 5.83 ERA	SF	0.3059
Simeon Woods Richardson (MIN) (3-1) 3.27 ERA	Mon 7/29	J. Quintana (5-6) 4.02 ERA	@NYM	0.3233	Sun 8/4	C. Flexen (2-10) 5.25 ERA	CWS	0.2725
Jose Quintana (NYM) (5-6) 4.02 ERA	Mon 7/29	S. Richardson (3-1) 3.27 ERA	MIN	0.3248	Sat 8/3	J. Soriano (6-7) 3.51 ERA	@LAA	0.2974
Cooper Criswell (BOS) (4-4) 3.46 ERA	Mon 7/29	L. Gilbert (6-6) 2.72 ERA	SEA	0.2913	Sun 8/4	N. Eovaldi (7-4) 3.31 ERA	@TEX	0.302
Mitchell Parker (WSH) (5-6) 4.34 ERA	Mon 7/29	J. Montgomery (7-5) 5.48 ERA	@ARI	0.3185	Sun 8/4	C. Rea (9-3) 3.60 ERA	MIL	0.3198
Andre Pallante (STL) (4-4) 3.92 ERA	Mon 7/29	N. Eovaldi (7-4) 3.31 ERA	TEX	0.302	Sat 8/3	J. Taillon (7-5) 2.96 ERA	@CHC	0.3001
Chayce McDermott (BAL) (0-0) 6.75 ERA	Mon 7/29	B. Francis (3-2) 5.82 ERA	TOR	0.301	Sat 8/3	X. Curry (0-2) 4.98 ERA	@CLE	0.3083
Chris Flexen (CWS) (2-10) 5.25 ERA	Mon 7/29	A. Marsh (7-7) 4.75 ERA	KC	0.3081	Sun 8/4	S. Richardson (3-1) 3.27 ERA	@MIN	0.3248

Fantasy Baseball Hitter Rankings: Week 18

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.