Saturday's Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Streamers: Who has the Best Outlook When Michael Wacha and Adrian Houser Square Off?

Saturday baseball is some of the easiest to watch for MLB fans. Those who work Monday-Friday often have to balance life and work and miss most games, but they have time on Saturday to sit down and watch a game. There are almost always games on FOX also, so a national audience gets a chance to see baseball. Both the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup are off today, so baseball gets center stage.

Shifting to fantasy baseball, let's look at five starting pitchers in action on Saturday who are widely available in fantasy leagues and have good matchups. Most stats are from MLB.com, as are the probable pitchers. The full streamer rankings are listed at the bottom.

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Adrian Houser, Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals

Michael Wacha, Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

Let's start with two impotent offenses in the AL Central, as Chicago and KC are matched up for a weekend series of futility. Kansas City has stayed above .500 by virtue of a top-10 pitching staff (and they do OK hitting the ball, just not with any power), but the White Sox are back at the bottom of the American League this season.

Houser has made just three starts and accumulated 18.1 innings. He has had great results in that time, allowing just three runs with 14 strikeouts and five walks. He won't be that good all season; Houser has both a walk rate and strikeout rate a little lower than average in his career. For the time being, though, Houser has fantasy appeal (and probably real-life trade value).

Wacha is good with walks but also below average with strikeouts. His K rate is especially low this season, but Wacha has also been excellent with run prevention, allowing just 22 runs in 68.2 innings (2.88 ERA). Like Houser, Wacha will probably give up more runs moving forward, but he is a reliable mid-tier guy.

Both Houser and Wacha are mid-level streamers. The matchups are right, and each pitcher has been good in 2025.

Mitchell Parker, Washington Nationals vs. Texas Rangers

In 216 innings between 2024-25, Parker has been good with walks but well below average with strikeouts. He has been a little bit worse than average overall but close enough to the middle that expected improvement can make him a more notable fantasy pitcher. For now, he's only worth considering in the best matchups.

This is one of those matchups. Texas ranks in the bottom five in runs, hits, doubles, walks, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS. They are in the middle with both home runs and strikeouts, but the Rangers are among the worst offenses in the league.

Parker is a low- to mid-level streamer. The matchup is right, but his performance hasn't been enough to expect a big game here. He has a bit of a capped ceiling.

Luis Severino, Athletics vs. Baltimore Orioles

I keep waiting for Baltimore to break through their team-wide slump, but it hasn't been happening. The Orioles are another team that hits some home runs but otherwise ranks in the bottom 10 in pretty much every offensive stat. They also rank eighth in most batter strikeouts, offering a high ceiling for opposing pitchers.

Severino is good with walks, and in his career, he has been an above-average strikeout pitcher. That K number has been way down in 2025, though, where his 16.5% strikeout rate is much lower than league average (22%) and his career rate (24.4%). Severino has been worse overall this year, making him a lower-level pitcher than he has been previously.

Severino is a low- to mid-level streamer. The matchup is right, and he has success in his past, but Severino has been down this year.

Ryan Weathers, Miami Marlins @ Tampa Bay Rays

Weathers has a below-average strikeout rate in his career, but he has been good in that area in 2025, and he was average last season. He's average with walks, and he has allowed only eight runs (six earned) in 21.2 innings (2.49 ERA). His career numbers are those of a guy who is a little below average, but he has been good in 2025.

The Rays are the epitome of an average team, ranking right near the middle in essentially every offensive box stat. They rank 11th in most batter strikeouts, just 10 Ks from eighth place. Tampa is a middling matchup at best, but they make the cut today with a lack of streaming options otherwise.

Weathers is a low-level streamer. This isn't a matchup I want to target often, and Weathers has been good but has a short track record of success. There is hope Weathers can evolve into something better, but he's a riskier play right now.

Saturday's Streamer Rankings

1. Michael Wacha, KC
2. Adrian Houser, CWS
3. Luis Severino, ATH
4. Mitchell Parker, WSH
5. Ryan Weathers, MIA