SP Streamers for today's, tomorrow's and the day after tomorrow's games for fantasy baseball.
Every day of the 2025 baseball season, I'll be looking at today's and tomorrow's slate of scheduled starting pitchers and ranking their matchups for your fantasy baseball streams.
There's a lot that goes into this and you can hang out with me on Playback.tv/pitcherlist to talk about the specific ranks as I make them every weekday morning from 10am - 12pm ET. If you have questions about these ranks, please ask during the morning Playback AMA. Those are my office hours as I generally don't answer comments on the site.
There are four tiers to these rankings with 12-teamers in mind:
Auto-Start - Just do it. Don't overthink this, start the man. This includes "if I have them rostered, I'm starting them" pitchers.
Probably Start - I'm likely starting these arms, though I recognize there is more risk than we'd like there to be. Either it's a tough matchup for a good-not-elite pitcher or a weak lineup for a volatile arm. These pitchers have a 50% or greater chance of performing well in my view and I'm starting them in the majority of situations.
Questionable Start - Think of this tier as "I don't want to start these pitchers in a vacuum, but you could do worse." Streamers found in this tier are not pitchers I'm targeting and are only if you are in dire need of one. To play it safe with streaming, just start the Probably Start streamers.
Do Not Start - The reward is not worth the risk. Don't do it. Seriously, these pitchers have a very slim chance of success or sometimes none at all.
Obviously, there will be circumstances where pitchers should move between teams for your situation specifically and these new tiers should act as a little more help than the straight table from last year.
Please keep in mind that streaming is far from a perfect play. In fact, if they work out over half the time, I'd consider it a success. These matchup rankings & streamer picks are going to be wildly different than the actual results throughout the year, so please, have sympathy before the scathing comments and tweets. I'm only trying to help!
Make sure to read the notes if you're wondering why I'm favoring certain pitchers over others - I won't get to everyone and hopefully I answer what questions you will have.
There is a second table for tomorrow's starting pitcher matchups as well, helping everyone get a jump on their nightly pickups. Please note that these matchups are subject to change, though, and there will be times when I have the incorrect pitcher going. I thank you for your future understanding.
Finally, there are my streaming picks of the day, and please keep in mind that I am forced to pick a streamer every day. Those highlighted in Green are that day's streaming pick in the second tier and I'd roll with them everywhere. Those in Yellow are in the third tier and should be okay if you're searching for something on a given day, but I don't recommend streaming unless you're in need. Finally, those are Red are those I really don't want to start (they are labeled as "Do Not Start", after all) but have no other choice. Don't stream these guys until you are truly desperate. A streaming pick is defined as "rostered in 20% or fewer leagues according to Fantasy Pros. This really emphasizes the point that I'd be happy if over 50% of these worked. I could do the whole sub 30/40% rostered, but there's no fun in that. You can use the rankings to realize who those picks would be instead.
(Opener) - Outlines that a pitcher is being opened for that day & the pitcher listed will follow the opener.
As I do my rankings, I thought it would be helpful to showcase a table of how we're ranking offenses, granted by our PLV powered Projections (in alphabetical order by tier):
I'm sure it'll change through the year + there are differences to be made about teams vs. LHP or RHP, but it works as a general table that y'all should keep in mind.
To spice up these streaming recommendations, I've included our new daily fantasy baseball projections powered by PLV, and I'll be competing against PL Bot to pick the best streaming option each day.
These projections are different from your typical projections as they incorporate our pitch quantifier, assessing pitcher and hitter skills at a much more granular level than your standard box score.
To get access to PL Bot's picks each day, sign up for PL Pro here.
The streaming record is determined by "Was this a productive game for 12-teamers if I started them?" Roughly a "PQS" with a Win and a strikeout per inning with a sub 1.20 WHIP, with a minimum of 5 IP. Close calls are decided by Playback chat.
Nick's 2025 Streamer Record: 0-0
My Pick yesterday: IT'S OPENING DAY
My Pick today: Sean Burke vs. LAA
PL Bot's 2025 Streamer Record: 0-0
PL Bot's Pick yesterday: IT'S OPENING DAY
PL Bot's Pick today: Get our Daily & Weekly PLV Projections with PL Bot via PL Pro here.
Thursday 3/27 Starting Pitcher Streamer Rankings
Auto-Starts
Zack Wheeler @ WSN - Aces gonna ace.
Paul Skenes @ MIA- Aces gonna ace.
Garrett Crochet @ TEX - Aces gonna ace.
Tarik Skubal @ LAD - Aces gonna ace.
Logan Gilbert vs. ATH - Aces gonna ace.
Cole Ragans vs. CLE - Aces gonna ace.
Chris Sale @ SDP - Aces gonna ace.
Blake Snell vs. DET - Aces gonna ace.
Pablo López @ STL - He moved closer to the
Michael King vs. ATL - Aces gonna ace.
Logan Webb @ CIN - Webb should have on of the longer leashes on Opening Day.
Tanner Bibee @ KCR - Bibee's cutter is legit and he should be set for 90+ pitches. Update: Bibee has food poisoning and has been scratched. Whoever replaces him shouldn't be started.
Framber Valdez vs. NYM - The curveball is totally going to be good, right? It hasn't all spring, but who knows.
Yusei Kikuchi @ CHW - The White Sox are not a good offense, y'all. Kikuchi has gone FF/SL all spring and that's a good thing.
Hunter Greene vs. SFG - Greene is now at 99 mph with the same vert +throwing sliders for strikes. Love it.
Justin Steele @ ARI - I love Steele for the year ahead and I'd still not question this, even against Arizona.
Sandy Alcantara vs. PIT - HE'S BACK. I hope they'll let him go five. PLEASE.
Carlos Rodón vs. MIL - This should be fine.
Sonny Gray vs. MIN - I'm a little scared of Gray after showcasing depressed velocity this spring, but that's spring. That's always weird.
Freddy Peralta @ NYY - Peralta was demolished in his last start, but again, spring.
Zac Gallen vs. CHC - Gallen had a rough year and still worries me a touch with four-seamer/curve being the foundation - that fastball gets hit awfully hard.
Nathan Eovaldi vs. BOS - It's not in Fenway and Eovaldi is a solid pitcher. Not a stud, but solid. Good ole "Holly".
Probably Starts
Zach Eflin @ TOR - Eflin is kinda meh and Toronto's offense is dangerous. You're still doing it, but it's a clear decline from the other options.
Luis Severino @ SEA - Seattle is still a super friendly pitcher park, right? He may be available in your leagues if you need a streamer.
Clay Holmes @ HOU - Holmes is more chaotic than I'd like and pitching in Houston isn't the most favorable.
Questionable Starts
José Berríos vs. BAL - I don't know who we're gonna get and the Orioles are not a team I like facing.
Sean Burke vs. LAA - The Angels are a decent...maybe...offense. Burke is fun n all, but the majority of the time, I'm sitting.
MacKenzie Gore vs. PHI - Gore is a "HIPSTER" against a strong offense. I think the risk is too high here.
Do Not Starts
NONE - Opening day gifted us with quality pitchers across the board for the full day. WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY.
Friday 3/28 Starting Pitcher Streamer Rankings
Auto-Starts
Yoshinobu Yamamoto vs. DET - Aces gonna ace.
Dylan Cease vs. ATL - Aces gonna ace.
Ryan Pepiot vs. COL - It's not quite "Rocky Road" yet since Colorado players haven't experienced Coors yet to be thrown off outside of it. But it's Pepiot and I love Pepiot + the lineup isn't great in neutral park, either.
Luis Castillo vs. ATH - The Athletics are kinda good, but Seattle should still be heavily favorable. Castillo's velocity is lower than we'd like from spring, though...
Hunter Brown vs. NYM - The Mets are a legit offense, but if we have Brown, we're gonna roll with it. For now.
Jack Flaherty @ LAD - Are the Dodgers as scary with Betts recovering from losing 20 pounds and Freeman's injuries questions?
Probably Starts
Jeffrey Springs @ SEA - It's in Seattle and Springs was far better in his final tune up.
Kevin Gausman vs. BAL - I don't love Gausman, but he should be good enough here.
Questionable Starts
Reynaldo López @ SDP - I'm terrified about his 93 mph heaters in the spring + I heavily question if his slider and curve can earn strikes.
Mitch Keller @ MIA - It's the Marlins. It's also Keller.
Merrill Kelly vs. CHC - Kelly's command and velocity are normal with a great defense behind him. He could be this year's "Spider-Man".
Tanner Houck @ TEX - Houck was an atrocity in his final spring start and the Texas lineup isn't friendly.
Jack Leiter vs. BOS - I so want this to go well. Leiter hasn't given us that dominant start yet and I get a sense he'll need a handful of starts before he comes into his arsenal properly.
Charlie Morton @ TOR - Ehhhhh, there's a decent Win chance here?
Jameson Taillon @ ARI - Taillon will throw strikes and lean into the sweeper to RHB with a good defense behind him, but Arizona isn't a fun matchup.
Do Not Starts
Tylor Megill @ HOU - I don't like the matchup and I don't trust Megill's command at all. It has looked a touch better in the spring, but I'm not risking it here.
Kyle Freeland @ TBR - Freeland has had moments and it's not in Coors. But it's George Steinbrenner Field. Fair. Let's not.
Connor Gillispie vs. PIT - WHO?! The Marlins needed a starter. Yikes.
Saturday 3/29 Starting Pitcher Streamer Rankings
New this year for PL Pro members - I am making the streaming table for an extra day out. I wanted to add a bonus for those who support us without taking anything away to everyone else and I thought this was a good compromise.
