5 Sunday Fantasy Baseball Streamers Ranked: Bubba Chandler Leads Way
As the climate will get higher, it is necessary to recollect the poor souls who stay in northern climates. Just yesterday, May 9, there was a snowstorm in my hometown of Soldotna, Alaska. That’s insane. While many people are already having fun with summer time climate, there are nonetheless these coping with actual winter (there is a cause I moved south).
With hope of continued sunshine, let’s transfer to fantasy baseball and have a look at 5 beginning pitchers in motion on Sunday who’re broadly accessible in fantasy leagues and have good matchups. Most stats are from MLB.comso they’re the probable starters. The full streamer rankings are listed on the backside.
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Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Francisco Giants
Chandler was owned in most fantasy leagues just lately however has fallen to about 50% possession, placing him on the perimeter of our streaming standing. After putting out 31 and strolling simply 4 in 31 1/3 innings final season, Chandler has once more struck out 31 in 34 innings this yr however has walked 26 batters!
He continues to be doing nicely limiting hits, however Chandler has given up 5 house runs after simply two final yr. At 23 years outdated, Chandler is probably going to enhance, however he hasn’t been as stellar as some anticipated at first of the season.
San Francisco is as unimposing as any workforce within the league, rating final in runs, house runs, and walks whereas topping out within the center in any offensive space. They simply traded their starting catcher, to Cleveland, which might assist the offense, as Bailey is hitting underneath .150 this season, however it can take greater than fixing one spot to assist this change into even a mean offense.
Chandler is a mid-level streamer. It’s simple to be scared off by the unhealthy numbers, however I nonetheless like his high-level strikeout potential and count on him to enhance just by luck if nothing else.
St. Louis Cardinals @ San Diego Padres
San Diego is nearer to middling than the underside in lots of areas, however they do not scare anybody. The Padres rank within the backside 10 in all 4 slash classes, displaying poor fee stats together with lagging counting stats. This early within the season, the worst offensive groups have not had an opportunity to completely separate themselves from the pack (within the fallacious means). Time will inform if this workforce falls towards the underside or can maintain not less than common work and keep within the playoff race.
Leahy labored virtually solely out of the bullpen the previous three seasons however has began in all seven of his appearances in 2026. He was good with walks however usually beneath common with strikeouts, though he reached a mean degree final season. Every pitcher strikes out fewer batters when beginning, and Leahy’s Ok fee is much beneath common this yr whereas his BB fee has stayed high-quality. Leahy has additionally been hit onerous, permitting 44 hits, 19 runs, and 6 homers in 34 2/3 innings.
Leahy is a low-level streamer. He hasn’t been adequate, and the matchup is extra good than nice, leaving him with out a lot of a ceiling right here.
Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox
Martinez has been good with walks however beneath common with strikeouts in his profession, time cut up between the bullpen and rotation. Although his Ok fee is means beneath common this yr (matching his profession work), Martinez has gotten off to an excellent begin, permitting simply 33 hits, eight runs, and three house runs in 42 innings. He will not sustain that degree of labor as a result of nobody does, but when he can keep even common with limiting hitters, Martinez can have some streaming worth.
Boston peppers the underside 10 in lots of offensive stats, battling hits, walks, and energy. What’s left? Their bottom-three rankings in slugging proportion and OPS give a superb have a look at how the Red Sox are battling impactful at-bats, leaving them laboring on the subject of scoring runs and profitable video games.
Martinez is a low-to-mid-level streamer. Although the matchup is correct, and his numbers up to now present a top-line pitcher, Martinez is prone to have worse luck shifting ahead and regress towards the imply. Without Ks to buoy him, Martinez might be extra of a middling fantasy choice.
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. New York Mets
Rodriguez has usually been common or higher with walks and strikeouts all through his profession, however each numbers are far on the fallacious aspect of issues early in 2026. He has carried out nicely limiting hitters, permitting 32 hits, 12 runs, and 4 house runs in 39 2/3 innings, so there’s some worth right here. His charges are prone to creep again towards common with extra work, so if he can maintain holding down hitters after they make contact, he would maintain loads of fantasy worth.
The Mets are pretty much as good a goal as any workforce proper now. They rank within the backside 5 in most offensive classes and are lacking three starters on the IL, together with backup shortstop, who would seemingly be enjoying in’s stead. Things may worsen earlier than they get higher for New York.
Rodriguez is a low-to-mid-level streamer. You might argue for him to be one other half-level increased because the matchup is so good, however together with his charges on the fallacious aspect of the center, there’s draw back to go together with the upside.
Chicago Cubs @ Texas Rangers
The Rangers completed with a bottom-10 offense every of the previous two seasons, and they’re again in that doubtful group early this yr. They rank within the backside 10 in basically each offensive field stat, and Texas can also be putting out at a top-10 fee, setting a pleasant ceiling for opposing pitchers. This recreation additionally takes place within the Rangers’ house park, which favors pitchers.
Taillon retains taking the ball each fifth day, a significant profit for a workforce that’s dropping pitchers for the week. He has been common in most areas, together with walks and strikeouts, giving him respectable streaming worth when the matchup is correct. The massive draw back is the longball, as Taillon has allowed 11 house runs in simply 40 1/3 innings. That fee of 1 each 3.7 innings is far worse than his profession fee of 1 homer each 7.1 innings, which is correct about common.
Taillon is a mid-level streamer as we speak. The matchup is correct, and enjoying in Texas, he may be much less vulnerable to house runs than he can be at Wrigley Field (though his away numbers are literally worse than his house numbers).
Sunday’s Streamer Rankings
- Bubba Chandler, P.I.T.
- Jameson Taillon, CHC
- Nick Martinez, TB
- Eduardo Rodriguez, ARI
- Kyle Leahy, STL
