Here are today and tomorrow’s daily SP Streamer rankings for fantasy baseball.
Every day of the 2024 baseball season, I’ll be looking at today 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 (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.
Alright, let’s get to it.
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.
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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 2024 Streamer Record: 66-56
My pick yesterday: Andrew Heaney @ STL – L
PL Bot’s 2024 Streamer Record: 70-52
PL Bot’s Pick yesterday: Ross Stripling @ SFG – W
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My streaming pick of the day is Underlined and Italicized.
Today’s Starting Pitcher Rankings
Auto Starts
Shota Imanaga vs. STL – Aces gonna ace.
Seth Lugo @ DET – It’s Lugo. It’s Detroit. Let’s go.
Sonny Gray @ CHC – He’s been rough lately and let’s be happy he skips the Rangers to get an easier time with the Cubs.
Probably Starts
Charlie Morton vs. MIA – Miami just got rid of everyone.
Questionable Starts
Carson Fulmer vs. COL – The Rockies are not a strong crew and Fulmer should be fine here.
Ben Lively vs. BAL – He’s a Vargas Rule after handling the Phillies, but this is HR-heavy Cleveland + the Orioles lineup.
Do Not Starts
UPDATE: Max Meyer @ ATL – He’s making his second start since the return and I don’t love the matchup, nor Meyer’s emphasis on four-seamers last time out.
Ryan Feltner @ LAA – There’s a chance Feltner’s breakers are up for it against the Angels, but I’d rather not risk it.
Keider Montero vs. KCR – Montero ain’t the guy you want here.
Trevor Rogers @ CLE – He’s debuting for the Orioles and I’m curious if we’ll get more velocity in an adrenaline-fueled game. It’ll likely take a few starts to find something new to latch onto.
Shaun Anderson @ ATL – This feels like a bullpen game and that’s not what you want.
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Tomorrow’s Starting Pitcher Rankings
Auto Starts
Tarik Skubal vs. KCR – Aces gonna ace.
Joe Ryan vs. CHW – Aces gonna ace.
Cole Ragans @ DET – Aces gonna ace.
Jake Irvin vs. MIL – He looks back in his groove.
Spencer Schwellenbach vs. MIA – Eleven strikeouts and now gets the Marlins?!
Yusei Kikuchi vs. TBR – Kikuchi has the Astros defense + their offense + the Rays lineup. He’s ready.
Probably Starts
Kutter Crawford @ TEX – He just allowed eight home runs in two games. Surely that comes back to normal.
Gavin Stone @ OAK – A solid play for a Toby.
Brandon Pfaadt @ PIT – He’s been a bit of a Cherry Bomb, but the matchup makes it worthwhile.
Andrew Abbott vs. SFG – Ditto for Abbott.
Marcus Stroman vs. TOR – He’s a solid Win chance without the same ceilings as Pfaadt or Abbott.
Shane Baz @ HOU – I LOVE his recent curveball emphasis and am willing to wager it’ll work again here.
Tyler Anderson vs. NYM – His changeup has been too good to pass on against the Mets.
Erick Fedde @ CHC – Fedde may have a bit of extra adrenaline as he makes his first start for the Cardinals, allowing him to focus on his precision more than usual.
Questionable Starts
Luis L. Ortiz vs. ARI – Ortiz has performed well and arguably deserves to be in the second tier. Rostered just over 20%, sadly.
Kevin Gausman @ NYY – Gausman has a real test here against the Yankees – can he return a 20%+ SwStr on his splitter once again?
Bryan Woo vs. PHI – How long will they let him go? Will it be anything we want?
Tyler Phillips @ SEA – He just went a full nine innings and it’s the Mariners. I have to preach some caution as Phillips does not carry an electric arsenal. Already at 32% rostered is kinda wild – we normally don’t see such fast adds in fantasy for guys without massive strikeout upside, but 15 scoreless frames across two games on a popular and winning team will do that.
Kyle Harrison @ CIN – He just fanned a ton of batters against the Rockies, but this is a tougher scenario.
Randy Vasquez vs. COL – It’s Rockie Road and Vásquez has made it to the sixth plenty.
Javier Assad vs. STL – I don’t believe he’s back, but he may have enough movement and precision to produce once again.
Do Not Starts
Paul Blackburn @ LAA – It’s a good matchup, just not a good ceiling. Hopefully he comes through in his debut start for the Mets.
Dean Kremer @ CLE – I just can’t trust him and he’ll be heading to the HR haven in Cleveland.
Frankie Montas @ WSN – Solid matchup, highly questionable skills.
Joey Estes vs. LAD – It’s getting rough now. The Dodgers, y’all.
Jose Urena vs. BOS – If you roster José, Ureña boatload of trouble. He has had some rare moments of magic with the sinker/change at least…?
Austin Gomber @ SDP – Maybe it works outside of Coors…?
Carlos Carrasco vs. BAL – Against the Orioles? Naaaah.
Davis Martin @ MIN – Oh hey! I wonder how long they let him go for.
Shaun Anderson @ ATL – Is it really going to be Shaun? Who else? Great question.
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