Starting Pitcher Streamer Ranks Fantasy Baseball: 4/6 & 4/7 & 4/8

Rankings of the SP Streamers for today’s, tomorrow’s, and the day after tomorrow’s games for fantasy baseball.

Every day of the 2026 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 twitch.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 Twitch 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!

There is a second table (and now third for PL Pro members) 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.

And of course, there are my streaming picks of the day. Please keep in mind that for my streaming record, I am forced to pick a streamer every day even if they are in the bottom tier. 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 Do Not Start pitchers unless 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, and it applies to a smaller audience.

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):

Remember, these offensive rankings are based on each offense’s Process+ so far this year and how we project their lineups moving forward. It means you’re going to see a little different offensive rankings than you may see elsewhere, and there will always be some surprises. This is based on skills, not purely results! If you have questions about these offense rankings, reach out to Kyle Bland (@blandalytics).

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 PLV, 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 Twitch chat.

Note: If no pitcher under 20% rostered would have qualified for a “Streaming Win,” no loss is granted.

(Opener) – Outlines that a pitcher is being opened for that day & the pitcher listed will follow the opener.

Nick’s 2026 Streamer Record: 6-5

My Pick yesterday: Win – Kyle Harrison @KCR

My Pick today: Janson Junk vs. CIN

My Pick tomorrow: Cade Cavalli vs. STL

PL Pro Members have access to my 14-Day Sit/Start SP Grid, which ranks all expected starters into four tiers over the next 14 days. Here is an example from last season.

PL Bot’s 2026 Streamer Record: 7-4

PL Bot’s Pick yesterday: Loss – Jacob Lopez vs. HOU

Monday 4/6 Starting Pitcher Streamer Rankings

Auto-Starts

Chris Sale @ LAA – Aces gonna ace.

Jacob deGrom vs. SEA – Aces gonna ace.

Logan Gilbert @ TEX – Aces gonna ace.

Joe Ryan vs. DET – As long as it’s not super cold still, Aces gonna ace.

Bubba Chandler vs. SDP – He’ll throw more strikes, I promise.

Probably Starts

Shane McClanahan vs. CHC – I know it’s the Cubs, but McShane is looking great.

Andrew Painter @ SFG – It was a solid debut of what looks to be a Holly at best, Toby at worst.

Brandon Woodruff @ BOS – Woodruff’s season debut was exactly like his performance last fall. Wish it weren’t Fenway.

Tanner Bibee vs. KCR – He’s healthy and is still flirting with 18″ of four-seamer vert.

José Soriano vs. ATL – So far so good this year. Kinda hard to say no.

Janson Junk vs. CIN – Junk got an A+ grade for stuff in his first start and now it’s the Reds Carpet. Oh my.

Michael Wacha @ CLE – He was pushed back due to illness and the Guardians are sure to get a ton of his changeups.

Questionable Starts

Brayan Bello vs. MIL – Bello is fine.

Casey Mize @ MIN – It’s the Twins, even if I’m not super encouraged by Mize.

Brandon Williamson @ MIA – It was a rough first outing, though I think he’s better than the line we saw + the Marlins.

Jameson Taillon @ TBR – Taillon is looking better after the spring disasters. The Rays are far from scary.

Do Not Starts

Zack Littell vs. STL – Is he stretched out? With the velocity back? I’m not interested.

Albert Suárez @ CHW – It’s the White Sox, sure, but Suárez is just so blegh.

Andre Pallante @ WSN – Maybe the sinker/slider to RHB is killer, but he’ll get all the LHB here.

Max Scherzer vs. LAD – I know it’s Mad Max, but the Dodgers scare me.

Justin Wrobleski @ TOR – I’m stoked he’s slotting into the rotation, but his first appearance of the year was unimpressive and it’s the Jays.

Adrian Houser vs. PHI – Houser is meant for streams against poor teams, not the Phillies.

Erick Fedde vs. BAL – Don’t trust the Feddes.

Germán Márquez @ PIT – Germán ain’t it.

Ryan Feltner vs. HOU – It’s Coors.

Cody Bolton @ COL – He’s stepping in for a moment. In Coors.

Tuesday 4/7 Starting Pitcher Streamer Rankings

Auto-Starts

Tarik Skubal @ MIN – Aces gonna ace.

Garrett Crochet vs. MIL – Aces gonna ace.

Paul Skenes vs. SDP – Aces gonna ace.

Cristopher Sánchez @ SFG – Aces gonna ace.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto @ TOR – Aces gonna ace.

Cam Schlittler vs. ATH – He’s going to get AGA soon, isn’t he.

Sandy Alcantara vs. CIN – It was a Maddux “CGSHO” and now he gets the Reds Carpet. Wow.

Freddy Peralta vs. ARI – Aces gonna ace, but not as much of ZOMG as the others above.

George Kirby @ TEX – Aces gonna ace.

Jacob Misiorowski @ BOS – This is a good test to see if he’s on the AGA path.

Trevor Rogers @ CHW – What a lovely matchup.

Nick Pivetta @ PIT – PNC Park is a great place for Pivetta.

Matthew Boyd @ TBR – Boyd has returned twenty whiffs in each of his first two starts. Hot DANG.

Nathan Eovaldi vs. SEA – It hasn’t been smooth so far. It’s not going to last, don’t worry.

Probably Starts

Andrew Abbott @ MIA – What a lovely matchup.

Drew Rasmussen vs. CHC – Rasmussen is a ratio beast, even if it’s the Cubs. I’m not confident we’ll see those strikeouts from last year, though.

Gavin Williams vs. KCR – He was brilliant in his last outing. Does it stick? If so, he could get an AGA tag in time. That’s the ceiling, but he’s never been consistent over a long enough time to earn it.

Robbie Ray vs. PHI – Ray has been Ray. Maybe a little higher WHIP than ideal, but generally productive, regardless of matchup.

Noah Cameron @ CLE – He looks like Cameron from last year, though does he have what he needs for LHB? He does, right?

Kevin Gausman vs. LAD – I’ve dug Gausman’s feel thus far and wish it weren’t the Dodgers.

Questionable Starts

Cade Cavalli vs. STL – I do not call myself the biggest Cavalli fan, though a start against the Cardinals is safer than others here.

Reynaldo López @ LAA – López is doing what he did in 2024 at a lower velocity. We knew regression was coming then, and now it’s bound to be worse. 

Taj Bradley vs. DET – Bradley has gotten the results, and I’m still worried about the overall command. We’ve seen him have blips of success in the past, is this truly different?

Matthew Liberatore @ WSN – Liberatore is a decent Toby against a mid offense away from Cincy. Alright.

Zac Gallen @ NYM – Gallen’s slider/cutter is better this year and I love that he’ll get a good leash. I hate the floor without a giant ceiling.

Mike Burrows @ COL – It’s Coors. It’s also a better Burrows than we saw his first start and maybe the Rockies aren’t used to Coors yet.

Yusei Kikuchi vs. ATL – Kikuchi is throwing a different heater and maybe there’s something to that…this is borderline Tier 4.

Do Not Starts

Shane Smith vs. BAL – Smith was terrible against the Marlins.

Aaron Civale @ NYY – Absolutely not.

Kyle Freeland vs. HOU – Definitely not.

Wednesday 4/8 Starting Pitcher Streamer Rankings

PL Pro members get an extra day of full SP Streaming rankings for the day after tomorrow.

PL Pro Members have access to my 14-Day Sit/Start SP Grid, which ranks all expected starters into four tiers over the next 14 days. Here is an example from last season.

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