Are Mitchell Parker and Jose Quintana Fantasy Baseball Streamers Worth Keeping?

After looking at some fantasy baseball waiver wire hitters, and a spotlight story on Nick Kurtz, it's time to look at waiver wire pitching options.

We won't cover anyone who appeared in yesterday's article. We also won't include anyone that appeared in the daily streaming story.

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Should You Add Mitchell Parker?

Parker was added in 7.42% of fantasy leagues and is now owned in 55.66% of leagues overall.

He's pitched four games this season. Parker is 2-1 with a 1.85 earned run average, allowing six runs (five earned) on 18 hits and nine walks over 24 1/3 innings. He has 16 strikeouts as well.

Parker has faced the Phillies, Diamondbacks, Marlins and Pirates, so two good offenses and two bad ones. Arguably, and ironically, you could say his best two starts came against Philly and Arizona.

Parker is pitching again on Tuesday, and he has a tougher test again against the Orioles. With his results so far this season, he's a player you can trust a bit more despite the tougher test.

Parker should at least be a deep-league streaming option in this one, and I really think Parker can be kept in those leagues, at least for the time being.

Parker is also a standard league streaming option on Tuesday. It depends who else you have available in your league, but Parker could be one of the better streaming options. If you don't absolutely need to stream him, I'd still try to avoid this matchup, as we don't have a huge sample size with Parker to go off of.

If Parker pitches well on Tuesday though, you can expect his own percentage to keep rising. Then he'd for sure be a deep-league keeper, and probably even get some adds in standard leagues.

Should You Add Jose Quintana?

Quintana is another streaming option for Tuesday. He's up 7.33% at the time of publication, while being at 32.62% overall.

In his first two starts of the regular season, Quintana has been spectacular, allowing a run on eight hits and three walks over 12 2/3 innings. He has six strikeouts and has earned wins in both contests.

He faced Arizona and Detroit in his first two starts, and will be pitching against the Giants on Tuesday. That's a tougher matchup on paper, but given his results so far, I don't mind streaming Quintana, especially because he's a veteran who has delivered against tougher opponents in the past.

I think Quintana should be starting in most deeper leagues on Tuesday. The matchup isn't the best, but I want to see if he can keep things rolling after his opening two starts.

I also wouldn't mind rolling Quintana out in standard leagues. If he excels in this start, you should be adding Quintana in deeper leagues, and then he'll be a good streaming option in standard leagues for his upcoming starts.

Don't sleep on Quintana. He's delivered in the past and still has gas in the tank.

Should You Add Griffin Canning?

Canning is another streaming option, but also has pitched pretty well in the early going. He's up 3.7% and is now rostered in 16.55% of leagues overall.

Across his first four starts, Canning is 2-1 with a 3.43 ERA. He's allowed eight runs on 18 hits and 10 walks over 21 innings, while also striking out 21 batters.

The win-loss record, ERA and strikeouts are all pretty solid marks for Canning, but the 28 baserunners over 21 innings is alarming, and means regression is probably coming in those first three numbers.

Canning has a career 4.73 ERA and averages less than a strikeout per inning for his career.

His start on Tuesday is against the Phillies, who are not a favorable matchup. That matchup, plus Canning's WHIP and career marks are why he's owned in fewer leagues than our first two waiver wire pitching options.

I'm not even sure I'd want to stream Canning on Tuesday in a deeper league. There's no chance I'd stream him in a standard league.

Canning has faced the Astros, Blue Jays, Athletics and Cardinals this season, so not exactly the best lineups around. I think he's in for a rough start on Tuesday, and might actually deliver negative results.

I'd try to skip him if I could, while only considering streaming him in the deepest fantasy leagues out there. If he does turn in a strong start, you can bet his own percentage will grow going into his next start, but I'm not confident in him this time through the rotation.

Should You Add Jesus Tinoco?

The Marlins don't win a ton of games, so we really don't have a clue as to who the preferred closer is yet. Tinoco earned a save against Philly a couple days ago, so that's why he's on the rise as a fantasy asset.

Tinoco is only owned in 1% of fantasy leagues synced here at FantasySP.

Tinoco has been solid in limited action early this season. He's appeared in five contests, covering 4 2/3 innings so far. Tinoco has a win and that save, and has been the Marlins' final pitcher in three outings.

Tinoco has allowed two runs on four hits and three walks, while only having three strikeouts.

Tinoco has pitched in parts of six big league seasons. He has a 3.78 ERA across 112 innings, while striking out 96 batters along the way. Tinoco has five career saves.

He is a bit of a journeyman, having pitched for four teams already. Tinoco pitched for three teams in 2024.

I get why he's getting some waiver wire attention, but one save shouldn't affect your fantasy outlook on him all that much. It's also worth noting that his save came in an extra-inning game.

The Marlins aren't going to win much, so Tinoco won't earn a ton of saves if he is indeed the team's preferred closer. I get wanting to give him a chance in deep leagues, but those should be some of the deepest leagues out there if you want to add him.

If he's able to start earning a few more saves and solidify himself as the No. 1 closer in Miami, that is when he should get some more waiver wire attention. I'd look elsewhere for help at this point.

Should You Add Max Meyer?

Meyer made a start on Monday, so he's being added for his previous work instead of being a streaming option. Meyer is up 4.61% and is sitting at 74.17% overall now.

Meyer has made five starts, and has a 2-2 record and 2.10 ERA so far. He's allowed eight runs (seven earned) on 25 hits and seven walks, while punching out 14 batters.

He's made starts against the Pirates, Braves, Mets, Diamondbacks and Reds so far, so a mix of good and bad offenses. Meyer turned heads on Monday against Cincy, striking out 14 over six scoreless frames.

Meyer has at least seven punchouts in four of his starts, with four in the other outing. He's worked at least 5 2/3 innings in each start, while going over six frames in four straight. Meyer hasn't allowed more than three runs in any start, so his win-loss record is really suffering because of the weak offense backing him up.

Meyer has had stretches of brilliance in his still pretty young MLB career. He opened the 2024 season strong, only to be sent down and then struggle after coming back up. Meyer is in a groove again, and as long as he stays healthy and in the big leagues, there's no reason this couldn't continue all season.

His ERA is likely to dip over time, but a sub-4.00 ERA season is definitely possible. With big strikeout numbers now too, Meyer is really a good fantasy asset moving forward.

Meyer should be added and held in all deeper leagues, and he should get added and held in some standard leagues now too. Another good start or two should bring him very close to 100% rostered, so don't wait too long if you want to add Meyer. I'd personally add him now.