2026 MLB Season
Reading the slate
2026 MLB Season
Reading the slate
Two-start pitchers and form risers for the fantasy week. Streamer pickups are flagged where lineups are soft.
Streaming means adding a widely available starter for a short window instead of holding him all season. The goal is to catch extra starts, strikeouts, and ratios when form and matchup line up.
WEEK OF SEP 14 - SEP 20
Fantasy coach
Use the board as the data, but treat this as the weekly call sheet.
MUST START
soft lineup plus hot form
soft lineup plus hot form
soft lineup plus hot form
SOLID STREAMER
score and form are playable
score and form are playable
extra volume with playable context
score and form are playable
MATCHUP DEPENDENT / RISKY
hitter park context raises risk
a tough lineup is attached
hitter park context raises risk
a tough lineup is attached
FADE DESPITE THE RANK
a tough lineup is attached
The trap
Fade Ryan Johnson: a tough lineup is attached.
The sleeper
Grab Parker Messick: soft lineup plus hot form.
Weekly plan
Fantasy week
Two starts in one fantasy week doubles the counting stats.
Ryan Johnson recent form GS+: 33, 70, 52, 60, 51
Jacob deGrom recent form GS+: 44, 56, 65, 58, 73
Michael Wacha recent form GS+: 46, 58, 63, 53, 59
Hunter Brown recent form GS+: 59, 48, 52, 57, 49
Griffin Jax recent form GS+: 54, 59, 50, 31, 56
Lake Bachar recent form GS+: 56, 57, 49, 52, 50
Kyle Freeland recent form GS+: 44, 33, 63, 35, 56
Walker Buehler recent form GS+: 61, 58, 21, 59, 45
Jackson Kent recent form GS+: 47, 30
Jack Perkins recent form GS+: 50, 53, 30, 42, 41
Patrick Sandoval recent form GS+: 39, 43
Rhett Lowder recent form GS+: 45, 49, 36, 31, 28
Pickup lens
Trending arms drawing a weak lineup in their next start.
Sonny Gray recent form GS+: 51, 68, 75, 64, 49
Cade Cavalli recent form GS+: 37, 60, 80, 62, 58
Parker Messick recent form GS+: 58, 68, 47, 57, 57
Andrew Alvarez recent form GS+: 53, 55, 49, 49, 64
Jonah Tong recent form GS+: 47, 62
Jake Bennett recent form GS+: 69, 58, 59, 55, 27
Yusei Kikuchi recent form GS+: 67, 39, 47, 62, 53
Nolan McLean recent form GS+: 70, 45, 62, 50, 38
Ian Seymour recent form GS+: 58, 45, 62, 37, 62
Mason Adams recent form GS+: 49, 55