Today's Daily Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Best starting pitchers, streamers for Wednesday, June 19

Matt Lutovsky

Today's Daily Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Best starting pitchers, streamers for Wednesday, June 19 image

Wednesday's MLB DFS slate features five games in the afternoon and 10 in the evening (plus a Royals-Mariners game only available in all-day FanDuel contests), and the pitching options are solid for both sets of contests. It's one of those days where there are a handful of legit aces mixed with a bunch of decent-but-not-great SPs in favorable matchups, creating ample sleepers.

Among the top matchup-based values, Chris Bassitt (vs. Orioles) and Zach Davies (@ Padres) are solid afternoon plays (with Bassitt standing out as especially reasonably priced on FanDuel), while Trevor Williams (vs. Tigers)Andrew Heaney (@ Blue Jays), and Daniel Ponce De Leon (vs. Marlins) are good SP2s on DK and GPP plays on FanDuel if you want to save money for hitters.

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Kyle Gibson (vs. Red Sox) is in an interesting spot, as Boston's bats could be a little tired after last night's marathon game. He's still best suited for GPPs, but he's certainly not an auto-fade.

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Today's Daily Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Rankings: Wednesday, June 19

Updated wRC+ stats coming soon

Rank Pitcher Team Opponent Opp. wRC+ vs. LHP (rank) Opp. wRC+ vs. RHP (rank) FD DK
1 Gerrit Cole Astros @ Reds N/A   $12,000 $11,400
2 Max Scherzer (G2) Nationals vs. Phillies N/A   $11,700 $12,000
3 Blake Snell Rays @ Yankees   N/A $9,800 $9,500
4 Zack Greinke D-backs vs. Rockies N/A   $9,400 $9,000
5 Rich Hill Dodgers vs. Giants   N/A $9,600 $10,300
6 Lucas Giolito White Sox @ Cubs N/A   $11,200 $11,300
7 Jake Arrieta (G2) Phillies @ Nationals N/A   $7,900 $7,300
8 Chris Bassitt A's vs. Orioles N/A   $6,900 $8,000
9 Jon Lester Cubs vs. White Sox   N/A $7,500 $7,400
10 Zach Davies Brewers @ Padres N/A   $6,800 $7,100
11 Kyle Gibson Twins vs. Red Sox N/A   $8,000 $8,800
12 Matt Strahm Padres vs. Brewers   N/A $7,600 $6,900
13 Trevor Williams Pirates vs. Tigers N/A   $7,700 $7,300
14 Andrew Heaney Angels @ Blue Jays   N/A $8,600 $8,500
15 Marco Gonzales Mariners vs. Royals   N/A $7,300 N/A
16 Patrick Corbin (G1) Nationals vs. Phillies   N/A $9,400 $8,200
17 Trevor Richards Marlins @ Cardinals N/A   $7,900 $7,100
18 Zach Eflin (G1) Phillies @ Nationals N/A   $8,800 $9,100
19 Steven Matz Mets @ Braves   N/A $7,800 $6,900
20 Max Fried Braves vs. Mets   N/A $6,800 $6,100
21 Daniel Ponce De Leon Cardinals vs. Marlins N/A   $6,500 $7,800
22 CC Sabathia Yankees vs. Rays   N/A $6,300 $6,300
23 Brad Keller Royals @ Mariners N/A   $8,100 N/A
24 Jon Gray Rockies @ D-backs N/A   $8,200 $8,000
25 Adam Plutko Indians @ Rangers N/A   $8,300 $5,900
26 Tyler Mahle Reds vs. Astros N/A   $6,200 $6,500
27 Eduardo Rodriguez Red Sox @ Twins   N/A $8,400 $7,500
28 Anibal Sanchez Blue Jays vs. Angels N/A   $5,800 $5,000
29 Jordan Zimmermann Tigers @ Pirates N/A   $5,900 $7,000
30 Joe Palumbo Rangers vs. Indians   N/A $6,000 $5,500
31 Drew Pomeranz Giants @ Dodgers   N/A $7,000 $6,200
32 Jimmy Yacabonis Orioles @ A's N/A   $5,500 N/A
33 Josh Rogers Orioles @ A's N/A   N/A $4,300

wRC+ is defined by Fangraphs as "[measuring] how a player’s wRC compares with league average after controlling for park effects. League average for position players is 100, and every point above 100 is a percentage point above league average. For example, a 125 wRC+ means a player created 25% more runs than a league average hitter would have in the same number of plate appearances. Similarly, every point below 100 is a percentage point below league average, so a 80 wRC+ means a player created 20% fewer runs than league average." For more on the stat, click here.

Matt Lutovsky

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Matt Lutovsky has been a writer and editor for The Sporting News since 2007, primarily writing about fantasy sports, betting, and gaming.