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Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Tuesday 5/25

Top daily fantasy baseball streamers and waiver wire adds for 5/25/21. Mike Marteny identifies MLB hitters and starting pitchers to stream based on matchups.

Welcome to another edition of our daily fantasy baseball streamers! Are you playing in leagues with daily moves and looking to beef up those rosters? We here at RotoBaller are there for you and all of your streaming needs. Whether you are just trying to get that elusive category win or you are trying to give your pitching staff a lift because Snellzilla got smoked last night, we can help. Each day, RotoBaller will provide you with some of the best streaming options to consider in both shallow and deep fantasy baseball daily leagues. Streaming hitters and pitchers to exploit matchups are important to help you win your league.

It is important to know your league if you're going to stream. I'm not just talking about which teams your leaguemates root for. I'm talking about whether strikeouts count against you for hitters or if fielding stats are included. Most importantly, you need to know how many transactions you have per week. You don't want to blow your allotment within a couple of days. You can also use these recommendations to help build your DFS lineups. This article will use rostered percentages and position eligibility from ESPN leagues.

Jacob deGrom makes his return today and we have a dozen more pitchers besides him that are more than 93% owned. Three more top the 50% threshold leaving us with just 13 pitchers to choose from on this slate. I've still got my eye on a couple and you should too. I'll let you know which ones.

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Hitter Streamers for 5/25 - Shallow Leagues

Sean Murphy (C, RHB, OAK) - 39.7% Rostered

Matchup: vs. SEA RHP Logan Gilbert

I know a lot of people have this stigma about using a catcher in a UTIL slot, but I've never really understood it. Sometimes both of your catchers just have a really good matchup and it just makes sense to use him over a struggling player at another position. I'm also not opposed to swiping a catcher riding a heater off of waivers until he cools off. In the case of Murphy, he's been running warm for a while now. He is hitting .353 over the last week, but by some miracle has not scored a run. Logan Gilbert has struggled mightily in his first two major league starts. I'm going to go after him until he proves he can handle major league hitters.

Alex Kirilloff (OF, LHB, MIN) - 38.8% Rostered

Matchup: vs. BAL RHP Dean Kremer

He's back! Kiriloff is 4-16 with three runs scored and three RBI since his return from a wrist injury that kept him out almost three weeks. Kiriloff doesn't look rusty at all. Kremer has pitched pretty well lately, but I'll side with the rookie who seems to have it going after a rough first couple of weeks in the majors. I like this more if the Twins gets Cruz and/or Polanco back, but still. Kiriloff should be owned in a lot more leagues than he is and not just for today.

Nico Hoerner (2B/SS, RHB, CHC) - 36.6% Rostered

Matchup: at PIT RHP Cody Ponce

Hoerner already has the reputation of being just an empty batting average, but is that so bad? Hoerner is hitting .321 over the last week with only one RBI to show for it, but he has scored six runs. Being near the bottom of the Cubs order does hurt his bottom line a little, but I can find room for a guy hitting for average and scoring runs, especially at shallow positions. Ponce notched a 3.18 ERA last year in three starts, but the 6.66 FIP is likely closer to what kind of pitcher he really is. Hoerner gets on base enough that I think he'll at least give us a run or two tonight.

Brian Anderson (3B, RHB, MIA) - 29% Rostered

Matchup: vs. PHI RHP Vince Velasquez

This is assuming that Anderson can take the field tonight after leaving last night with shoulder soreness. Anderson is hitting everything right now with a robust .476 average, a homer, a steal, and five runs scored in the last week. Velasquez gives up a lot of fly balls, and therefore, a lot of runs. Stacking Marlins isn't the worst idea I've heard, but I definitely like everyone in the lineup more if Anderson is planted in the middle of it.

 

Hitter Streamers for 5/25 - Deep Leagues

Corey Dickerson (OF, LHB, MIA) - 19.7% Rostered

Matchup: vs. PHI RHP Vince Velasquez

Dickerson is hitting .280 with three runs, three RBI, and a steal in the last week. Velasquez has had a better run of late, but Dickerson has always hit righties well and he might find himself batting cleanup if Anderson is forced to miss this game. Velasquez's numbers look good on the surface, but at 15.1% barrel percentage, 46.6% hard hit percentage, and 14.4% walk rate are all the worst marks in his career by a large margin. Velasquez is at the age when he is supposed to be in his prime, not regressing. I'll keep taking shots at him as long as the metrics support it.

Freddy Galvis (2B/SS, SHB, BAL) - 19.2% Rostered

Matchup: at MIN RHP Jose Berrios

Galvis has two homers and four RBI in the last five games. Jose Berrios has looked a little off this year. The strikeout rate is the highest of his career right now, but a barrel percentage that is more than double last year's and that is worse than his career mark by nearly 5% shows that he can be had. Galvis has six hits in the last four games and is hitting righties better this year than at any other point in his career. I'll take my chances.

Garrett Cooper (1B/OF, RHB, MIA) - 14.8% Rostered

Matchup: vs. PHI RHP Vince Velasquez

Cooper is on an absolute tear lately, hitting .455 with three homers, ten RBI, and eight runs scored during his nine-game hitting streak. In fact, Cooper has scored at least one run in six straight and has at least two hits in four of those six. We've seen Cooper run hot before. Get in on this streak before he cools off. I doubt it happens tonight against Velasquez.

Amed Rosario (SS/OF, RHB, CLE) - 7.7% Rostered

Matchup: at DET LHP Tarik Skubal

Rosario has taken the everyday shortstop job for the Tribe on the heels of a .316 average with four runs, four RBI, and three steals in the last 11 games. Rosario hits lefties 52 points higher in his career even when he isn't running hot. Skubal has been a serviceable pitcher of late after a rough start, but Rosario's hot streak has lasted for most of May at this point. I'll side with Rosario.

 

Pitcher Streamers for 5/25 - Shallow Leagues

Rich Hill (LHP, TB) - 47.3% rostered

Matchup: vs. Kansas City

Four starts into the season it looked like Father Time had finally caught up to Rich Hill. He gave up four runs in each of his first four starts and the strikeouts were way down. IN his last five starts, Hill has allowed just three runs combined in 27.2 innings with 31 strikeouts. The Royals are a free-swinging bunch, so Hill has great strikeout potential here as well. The Royals have hit lefties a little better because of all of the good right-handed bats in that lineup and Hill is no exception. The current Royals lineup is hitting .346 off of him, but they have just a .115 ISO. They aren't hitting him hard. I'll still side with Hill here.

Cole Irvin (LHP, OAK) - 37.7% rostered

Matchup: vs. Seattle

The Mariners are hitting a pathetic .188 against left-handed pitching on the season and are hitting just .184 as a team so far in May. This is a lineup we want to go after right now. Irvin has had a couple of rough outings in a row, but they were against the Astros and Twins, two teams that pound lefties. The Mariners strike out in a full third of their at bats against lefties. Irvin looks to be in line for a very nice outing here.

 

Pitcher Streamer for 5/25 - Deep Leagues

Kyle Freeland (LHP, COL) - 2% Rostered

Matchup: at New York Mets

All you have to do is look at what his fellow lefty Austin Gomber did to the Mets last night to realize Freeland is worth the risk. In all honesty, he has been solid away from Coors Field in most of his career anyway. The Mets are batting a whole rash of injuries and lost another last night. They barely resemble a AA team right now. Freeland went six innings for AAA Albuquerque last week, so he should be good for 5-6 innings here. He likely wont get the win against deGrom, but Freeland should be able to rack you up some strikeouts and help your ratios a bit.



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