Fantasy Baseball Planner: Streamers, Two-Start Pitchers, Hitter Rankings (Week 20)

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Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitcher Rankings: Week 20

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, August 12th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
88	Tyler Mahle	TEX	R	11%	5	2	1.8	1.2	@BOS	0.3324	B. Bello
97	Brayan Bello	BOS	R	36%	111.2	109	5.16	1.45	TEX	0.2993	T. Mahle
135	Andrew Abbott	CIN	L	42%	126.1	104	3.7	1.31	STL	0.3026	S. Gray
151	Ben Lively	CLE	R	47%	110.1	92	3.59	1.17	CHC	0.3015	K. Hendricks
183	Bowden Francis	TOR	R	1%	49.2	43	5.44	1.39	@LAA	0.2978	D. Daniel
257	Davis Daniel	LAA	R	1%	25.1	23	6.04	1.38	TOR	0.3038	B. Francis
295	Marco Gonzales	PIT	L	1%	33.2	23	4.54	1.6	@SD	0.3199	M. King
320	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	R	3%	91.1	65	6.6	1.45	@CLE	0.3083	B. Lively
558	Ryan Feltner	COL	R	4%	122.1	107	5.15	1.42	@ARI	0.3261	B. Pfaadt
642	Ky Bush	CWS	L	0%	4	3	6.75	1.75	NYY	0.3339	L. Gil
Tuesday, August 13th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
35	Yusei Kikuchi	HOU	L	46%	126.2	149	4.62	1.33	@TB	0.3027	S. Baz
72	Shane Baz	TB	R	33%	25	24	3.6	1.4	HOU	0.3159	Y. Kikuchi
75	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	L	42%	5.2	1	4.76	1.06	COL	0.3042	A. Gomber
91	Frankie Montas	MIL	R	11%	98.1	83	5.03	1.45	LAD	0.3473	G. Stone
120	Kyle Harrison	SF	L	42%	101.1	94	4.09	1.3	ATL	0.3066	C. Morton
122	Gavin Stone	LAD	R	47%	116.1	89	3.4	1.29	@MIL	0.3208	F. Montas
129	Paul Blackburn	NYM	R	15%	63	50	3.86	1.17	OAK	0.3029	R. Stripling
137	Trevor Rogers	BAL	L	5%	114.2	90	4.71	1.56	WSH	0.3014	J. Irvin
204	Ross Stripling	OAK	R	2%	72.1	40	5.72	1.49	@NYM	0.3205	P. Blackburn
306	Randy Vasquez	SD	R	3%	76	50	4.62	1.51	PIT	0.2938	L. L. Ortiz
378	Luis L. Ortiz	PIT	R	15%	84	65	3.21	1.19	@SD	0.3199	R. Vasquez
438	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	R	2%	103.2	89	5.64	1.4	CHC	0.3015	S. Imanaga
459	Tyler Phillips	PHI	R	18%	31.2	23	4.83	1.07	MIA	0.2849	V. Bellozo
460	Jonathan Cannon	CWS	R	5%	76	51	3.91	1.28	NYY	0.3339	N. Cortes Jr.
583	Jose Urena	TEX	R	1%	84.1	55	3.74	1.32	@BOS	0.3324	K. Crawford
628	Valente Bellozo	MIA	R	0%	20.2	19	3.05	1.02	@PHI	0.3226	T. Phillips
722	Austin Gomber	COL	L	2%	116	84	4.66	1.29	@ARI	0.3261	E. Rodriguez
736	Carson Fulmer	LAA	R	3%	67.1	64	3.74	1.2	TOR	0.3038	K. Gausman
Wednesday, August 14th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
60	Zack Littell	TB	R	16%	119.2	108	3.84	1.32	HOU	0.3159	R. Blanco
83	Aaron Civale	MIL	R	21%	112	108	5.3	1.42	LAD	0.3473	J. Flaherty
90	Alex Cobb	CLE	R	6%	0	0	0	0	CHC	0.3015	J. Assad
105	David Peterson	NYM	L	13%	59.2	47	3.47	1.42	OAK	0.3029	J. Estes
107	Jordan Montgomery	ARI	L	46%	77.2	51	5.79	1.62	COL	0.3042	T. Gordon
124	Dean Kremer	BAL	R	17%	80	75	4.39	1.25	WSH	0.3014	DJ Herz
143	Kenta Maeda	DET	R	12%	80	64	6.75	1.5	SEA	0.2959	B. Woo
148	Kyle Gibson	STL	R	28%	120.1	109	4.04	1.31	@CIN	0.3047	C. Spiers
186	Martin Perez	SD	L	7%	89	70	4.85	1.56	PIT	0.2938	M. Keller
199	Tyler Anderson	LAA	L	50%	135.2	102	3.05	1.17	TOR	0.3038	J. Berrios
228	Cody Bradford	TEX	L	13%	25	24	3.96	0.92	@BOS	0.3324	T. Houck
279	Javier Assad	CHC	R	26%	102.2	90	3.24	1.36	@CLE	0.3083	A. Cobb
296	Joey Estes	OAK	R	12%	82.1	63	4.7	1.2	@NYM	0.3205	D. Peterson
339	DJ Herz	WSH	L	9%	46.1	59	4.27	1.25	@BAL	0.3297	D. Kremer
381	Davis Martin	CWS	R	0%	12.1	12	3.65	1.46	NYY	0.3339	C. Rodon
448	Carson Spiers	CIN	R	9%	57.2	50	3.59	1.16	STL	0.3026	K. Gibson
739	Kyle Tyler	MIA	R	0%	27.1	22	5.27	1.76	@PHI	0.3226	TBD
743	Tanner Gordon	COL	R	0%	21.1	16	6.75	1.36	@ARI	0.3261	J. Montgomery
Thursday, August 15th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
160	Tobias Myers	MIL	R	34%	86.1	75	3.02	1.14	LAD	0.3473	J. Flaherty
171	Jose Quintana	NYM	L	24%	118.1	94	3.95	1.27	OAK	0.3029	M. Spence
178	Mitch Spence	OAK	R	3%	100.1	84	4.4	1.31	@NYM	0.3205	J. Quintana
239	Simeon Woods Richardson	MIN	R	14%	95.1	84	3.87	1.23	@TEX	0.2993	N. Eovaldi
242	Mitchell Parker	WSH	L	13%	106.1	87	4.06	1.19	@PHI	0.3226	Z. Wheeler
345	Brant Hurter	DET	L	0%	3	3	0	0.67	SEA	0.2959	B. Miller
Friday, August 16th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
54	Gavin Williams	CLE	R	35%	33	39	4.91	1.48	@MIL	0.3208	C. Rea
89	Andrew Heaney	TEX	L	15%	115.1	111	3.98	1.22	MIN	0.3261	D. Festa
97	Brayan Bello	BOS	R	36%	111.2	109	5.16	1.45	@BAL	0.3297	C. Burnes
98	Jameson Taillon	CHC	R	42%	110.2	86	3.25	1.16	TOR	0.3038	Y. Rodriguez
114	Miles Mikolas	STL	R	15%	128.1	86	5.12	1.27	LAD	0.3473	TBD
127	Jose Soriano	LAA	R	16%	103.2	85	3.47	1.21	ATL	0.3066	G. Holmes
139	Yariel Rodriguez	TOR	R	5%	44.1	47	3.86	1.33	@CHC	0.3015	J. Taillon
142	Edward Cabrera	MIA	R	9%	48.1	64	5.96	1.49	@NYM	0.3205	S. Manaea
144	Nick Martinez	CIN	R	5%	84	68	3.43	1.11	KC	0.3106	M. Lorenzen
174	Colin Rea	MIL	R	33%	122.1	99	3.38	1.18	CLE	0.3083	G. Williams
186	Martin Perez	SD	L	7%	89	70	4.85	1.56	@COL	0.3042	C. Quantrill
214	Spencer Arrighetti	HOU	R	9%	98	116	5.33	1.52	CWS	0.2708	G. Crochet
234	Ryne Nelson	ARI	R	17%	110.1	86	4.65	1.37	@TB	0.3027	T. Alexander
263	David Festa	MIN	R	7%	24.1	30	5.55	1.27	@TEX	0.2993	A. Heaney
303	Tyler Alexander	TB	L	1%	66.1	60	5.43	1.25	ARI	0.3261	R. Nelson
356	Grant Holmes	ATL	R	5%	33	33	3	1	@LAA	0.2978	J. Soriano
478	Michael Lorenzen	KC	R	4%	107.1	80	3.69	1.27	@CIN	0.3047	N. Martinez
527	Patrick Corbin	WSH	L	3%	127	95	5.88	1.52	@PHI	0.3226	A. Nola
744	Cal Quantrill	COL	R	8%	122.1	92	4.56	1.41	SD	0.3199	M. Perez
Saturday, August 17th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
34	Jeffrey Springs	TB	L	25%	8.2	6	6.23	1.85	ARI	0.3261	Z. Gallen
70	MacKenzie Gore	WSH	L	26%	116	128	4.89	1.53	@PHI	0.3226	C. Sanchez
88	Tyler Mahle	TEX	R	11%	5	2	1.8	1.2	MIN	0.3261	P. Lopez
92	Michael Wacha	KC	R	42%	114	93	3.55	1.24	@CIN	0.3047	N. Lodolo
99	Matt Waldron	SD	R	38%	128.1	116	3.79	1.15	@COL	0.3042	K. Freeland
116	Marcus Stroman	NYY	R	49%	116.1	86	4.18	1.41	@DET	0.2945	K. Montero
119	Luis Severino	NYM	R	37%	128.2	101	4.27	1.26	MIA	0.2849	R. Munoz
201	Hayden Birdsong	SF	R	26%	32.1	39	4.73	1.39	@OAK	0.3029	O. Bido
209	Lance Lynn	STL	R	25%	106.1	97	4.06	1.36	LAD	0.3473	TBD
222	Bailey Falter	PIT	L	4%	97.2	65	3.87	1.19	SEA	0.2959	L. Castillo
261	Griffin Canning	LAA	R	8%	121.2	93	5.18	1.41	ATL	0.3066	C. Sale
354	Keider Montero	DET	R	1%	49.2	42	5.62	1.31	NYY	0.3339	M. Stroman
366	Osvaldo Bido	OAK	R	1%	33	34	4.64	1.39	SF	0.3098	H. Birdsong
414	Albert Suarez	BAL	R	7%	83.2	67	3.66	1.34	BOS	0.3324	K. Crawford
695	Chris Flexen	CWS	R	1%	114	83	5.53	1.49	@HOU	0.3159	H. Brown
730	Kyle Freeland	COL	L	7%	63.2	55	5.65	1.49	SD	0.3199	M. Waldron
745	Roddery Munoz	MIA	R	1%	69.2	59	5.68	1.45	@NYM	0.3205	L. Severino
Sunday, August 18th
VBR	Pitcher	Team	Throws	% Rost	IP	K	ERA	WHIP	Opp.	wOBA	Opp. SP
91	Frankie Montas	MIL	R	11%	98.1	83	5.03	1.45	CLE	0.3083	B. Lively
100	JP Sears	OAK	L	25%	126.1	97	4.35	1.2	SF	0.3098	B. Snell
129	Paul Blackburn	NYM	R	15%	63	50	3.86	1.17	MIA	0.2849	M. Meyer
135	Andrew Abbott	CIN	L	42%	126.1	104	3.7	1.31	KC	0.3106	B. Singer
137	Trevor Rogers	BAL	L	5%	114.2	90	4.71	1.56	BOS	0.3324	N. Pivetta
151	Ben Lively	CLE	R	47%	110.1	92	3.59	1.17	@MIL	0.3208	F. Montas
164	Max Meyer	MIA	R	17%	30	26	5.1	1.3	@NYM	0.3205	P. Blackburn
183	Bowden Francis	TOR	R	1%	49.2	43	5.44	1.39	@CHC	0.3015	K. Hendricks
295	Marco Gonzales	PIT	L	1%	33.2	23	4.54	1.6	SEA	0.2959	G. Kirby
312	Andre Pallante	STL	R	5%	67	51	4.43	1.37	LAD	0.3473	TBD
320	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	R	3%	91.1	65	6.6	1.45	TOR	0.3038	B. Francis
406	Taijuan Walker	PHI	R	4%	53	43	5.6	1.49	WSH	0.3014	J. Irvin
583	Jose Urena	TEX	R	1%	84.1	55	3.74	1.32	MIN	0.3261	J. Ryan
642	Ky Bush	CWS	L	0%	4	3	6.75	1.75	@HOU	0.3159	F. Valdez
707	Johnny Cueto	LAA	R	2%	0	0	0	0	ATL	0.3066	C. Morton

Two-Start Starting Pitcher Rankings: Week 20

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) (13-4) 2.57 ERA	Tue 8/13	G. Kirby (8-8) 3.00 ERA	SEA	0.2959	Sun 8/18	L. Gil (12-5) 3.06 ERA	NYY	0.3339
Chris Sale (ATL) (13-3) 2.75 ERA	Mon 8/12	B. Snell (2-3) 4.31 ERA	@SF	0.3098	Sat 8/17	G. Canning (4-10) 5.18 ERA	@LAA	0.2978
George Kirby (SEA) (8-8) 3.00 ERA	Tue 8/13	T. Skubal (13-4) 2.57 ERA	@DET	0.2945	Sun 8/18	M. Gonzales (1-1) 4.54 ERA	@PIT	0.2938
Pablo Lopez (MIN) (10-8) 4.74 ERA	Mon 8/12	B. Singer (8-7) 3.03 ERA	KC	0.3106	Sat 8/17	T. Mahle (0-1) 1.80 ERA	@TEX	0.2993
Blake Snell (SF) (2-3) 4.31 ERA	Mon 8/12	C. Sale (13-3) 2.75 ERA	ATL	0.3066	Sun 8/18	J. Sears (9-8) 4.35 ERA	@OAK	0.3029
Freddy Peralta (MIL) (7-6) 4.02 ERA	Mon 8/12	C. Kershaw (0-2) 4.38 ERA	LAD	0.3473	Sat 8/17	T. Bibee (9-4) 3.48 ERA	CLE	0.3083
Framber Valdez (HOU) (11-5) 3.67 ERA	Mon 8/12	T. Bradley (6-6) 3.07 ERA	@TB	0.3027	Sun 8/18	K. Bush (0-1) 6.75 ERA	CWS	0.2708
Taj Bradley (TB) (6-6) 3.07 ERA	Mon 8/12	F. Valdez (11-5) 3.67 ERA	HOU	0.3159	Sun 8/18	M. Kelly (2-0) 2.19 ERA	ARI	0.3261
Jack Flaherty (LAD) (8-5) 2.80 ERA	Wed 8/14	A. Civale (2-8) 5.30 ERA	@MIL	0.3208	Thu 8/15	T. Myers (6-5) 3.02 ERA	@MIL	0.3208
Nick Pivetta (BOS) (5-7) 4.44 ERA	Thu 8/15	Z. Eflin (7-7) 4.05 ERA	@BAL	0.3297	Sun 8/18	T. Rogers (2-10) 4.71 ERA	@BAL	0.3297
Luis Gil (NYY) (12-5) 3.06 ERA	Mon 8/12	K. Bush (0-1) 6.75 ERA	@CWS	0.2708	Sun 8/18	T. Skubal (13-4) 2.57 ERA	@DET	0.2945
Kutter Crawford (BOS) (7-9) 4.11 ERA	Tue 8/13	J. Urena (3-7) 3.74 ERA	TEX	0.2993	Sat 8/17	A. Suarez (5-4) 3.66 ERA	@BAL	0.3297
Tyler Mahle (TEX) (0-1) 1.80 ERA	Mon 8/12	B. Bello (10-5) 5.16 ERA	@BOS	0.3324	Sat 8/17	P. Lopez (10-8) 4.74 ERA	MIN	0.3261
Brady Singer (KC) (8-7) 3.03 ERA	Mon 8/12	P. Lopez (10-8) 4.74 ERA	@MIN	0.3261	Sun 8/18	A. Abbott (9-9) 3.70 ERA	@CIN	0.3047
Frankie Montas (MIL) (5-8) 5.03 ERA	Tue 8/13	G. Stone (9-5) 3.40 ERA	LAD	0.3473	Sun 8/18	B. Lively (10-7) 3.59 ERA	CLE	0.3083
Brayan Bello (BOS) (10-5) 5.16 ERA	Mon 8/12	T. Mahle (0-1) 1.80 ERA	TEX	0.2993	Fri 8/16	C. Burnes (12-4) 2.69 ERA	@BAL	0.3297
Charlie Morton (ATL) (6-6) 4.02 ERA	Tue 8/13	K. Harrison (6-5) 4.09 ERA	@SF	0.3098	Sun 8/18	J. Cueto (0-0) 0.00 ERA	@LAA	0.2978
Jake Irvin (WSH) (8-10) 3.76 ERA	Tue 8/13	T. Rogers (2-10) 4.71 ERA	@BAL	0.3297	Sun 8/18	T. Walker (3-3) 5.60 ERA	@PHI	0.3226
Paul Blackburn (NYM) (5-2) 3.86 ERA	Tue 8/13	R. Stripling (2-11) 5.72 ERA	OAK	0.3029	Sun 8/18	M. Meyer (2-2) 5.10 ERA	MIA	0.2849
Andrew Abbott (CIN) (9-9) 3.70 ERA	Mon 8/12	S. Gray (11-6) 3.65 ERA	STL	0.3026	Sun 8/18	B. Singer (8-7) 3.03 ERA	KC	0.3106
Ben Lively (CLE) (10-7) 3.59 ERA	Mon 8/12	K. Hendricks (3-10) 6.60 ERA	CHC	0.3015	Sun 8/18	F. Montas (5-8) 5.03 ERA	@MIL	0.3208
Trevor Rogers (BAL) (2-10) 4.71 ERA	Tue 8/13	J. Irvin (8-10) 3.76 ERA	WSH	0.3014	Sun 8/18	N. Pivetta (5-7) 4.44 ERA	BOS	0.3324
Martin Perez (SD) (2-5) 4.85 ERA	Wed 8/14	M. Keller (10-5) 3.20 ERA	PIT	0.2938	Fri 8/16	C. Quantrill (7-8) 4.56 ERA	@COL	0.3042
Bowden Francis (TOR) (4-3) 5.44 ERA	Mon 8/12	D. Daniel (1-3) 6.04 ERA	@LAA	0.2978	Sun 8/18	K. Hendricks (3-10) 6.60 ERA	@CHC	0.3015
Kyle Hendricks (CHC) (3-10) 6.60 ERA	Mon 8/12	B. Lively (10-7) 3.59 ERA	@CLE	0.3083	Sun 8/18	B. Francis (4-3) 5.44 ERA	TOR	0.3038
Marco Gonzales (PIT) (1-1) 4.54 ERA	Mon 8/12	M. King (9-6) 3.34 ERA	@SD	0.3199	Sun 8/18	G. Kirby (8-8) 3.00 ERA	SEA	0.2959
Jose Urena (TEX) (3-7) 3.74 ERA	Tue 8/13	K. Crawford (7-9) 4.11 ERA	@BOS	0.3324	Sun 8/18	J. Ryan (7-7) 3.73 ERA	MIN	0.3261
Ky Bush (CWS) (0-1) 6.75 ERA	Mon 8/12	L. Gil (12-5) 3.06 ERA	NYY	0.3339	Sun 8/18	F. Valdez (11-5) 3.67 ERA	@HOU	0.3159

Fantasy Baseball Hitter Rankings: Week 20

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.