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

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.

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.


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