Daily Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Pitchers for Wednesday, April 5

Matt Lutovsky

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Even with the Tigers-White Sox game already postponed (Update: And the Cubs-Cardinals), Wednesday features the most pitching options we've seen all season to choose from when putting together daily fantasy baseball lineups. With only a handful of "aces" on the hill, the best DFS strategy might be to pay up for a stud, but either way, we're here to help by ranking all 28 26 SPs.

There are two is one afternoon games (Royals-Twins, Cubs-Cardinals) and three late games (Giants-Diamondbacks, Angels-A's, Padres-Dodgers), so keep that in mind when looking at the rankings. The pitcher you want might not be the best pick for the specific contest you want to enter.

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If you're playing in a standard fantasy league and can make same-day pickups, there are plenty of interesting streaming options available today, including Charlie Morton, who is coming off a dominant spring (1.04/0.92, 17 Ks in 17.1 innings) and Jharel Cotton, who struck out 21 batters in 20.2 spring innings. The "streaming line" probably cuts off with No. 21 Tyler Chatwood, with the possible exception of Brandon Finnegan. We're not as high on him in standard leagues or DFS because he often runs up high pitch counts and struggled in the spring (7.63/2.09), but his matchup is good and he'll certainly be a differentiator in big contests.

Daily Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Wednesday, April 5

RankPitcherTeamOpp.
1Chris Sale, LHPBOSvs. PIT
2Jacob deGrom, RHPNYMvs. ATL
3Rich Hill, LHPLADvs. SD
4Cole Hamels, LHPTEXvs. CLE
5John Lackey, RHPCHCat STL
6Tanner Roark, RHPWASvs. MIA
7Ian Kennedy, RHPKCat MIN
8Garrett Richards, RHPLAAat OAK
9Danny Salazar, RHPCLEat TEX
10James Paxton, LHPSEAat HOU
11Jharel Cotton, RHPOAKvs. LAA
12Matt Moore, LHPSFat ARI
13Michael Pineda, RHPNYYat TB
14Jerad Eickhoff, RHPPHIat CIN
15Jameson Taillon, RHPPITat BOS
16Charlie Morton, RHPHOUvs. SEA
17Bartolo Colon, RHPATLat NYM
18J.A. Happ, LHPTORat BAL
19Alex Cobb, RHPTBvs. NYY
20Tyler Chatwood, RHPCOLat MIL
21Taijuan Walker, RHPARIvs. SF
22Dan Straily, RHPMIAat WAS
23Lance Lynn, RHPSTLvs. CHC
24Hector Santiago, LHPMINvs. KC
25Brandon Finnegan, LHPCINvs. PHI
26Dylan Bundy, RHPBALvs. TOR
27Wily Peralta, RHPMILvs. COL
28Trevor Cahill, RHPSDat LAD

Matt Lutovsky

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