Saturday's Fantasy Baseball Streamer Rankings: Cade Horton, Kumar Rocker and More

Let's look at six 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 starters. The full streamer rankings are listed at the bottom.

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Note - This first section on Michael Wacha and Gavin Williams originally appeared in yesterday's article, as the pitchers were set to start on Friday before the game was postponed and moved to today.

Michael Wacha, Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Guardians

Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals

This bottom-10 offensive matchup features the second- and third-place teams in the AL Central, two units less than five games back in the wild card. They are clear teams who should upgrade at the trade deadline, but their low-budget ways might mean that they will actually sell pieces off given how far they seem from actual contention. Weak offensive performances are likely to keep these teams away from October success no matter what happens.

Wacha is pitching right about to his career numbers: a little better than average with walks, a little worse than average with strikeouts, and an ERA under 4.00. That's a valuable pitcher. He's not a fantasy star, but Wacha is more than capable of having big games and should be considered whenever the matchup is right.

Williams is an above-average strikeout pitcher, but he also walks too many guys. That's a profile with which a pitcher can find success. It has gone well in 2025, as Williams has given up just 86 hits in 104 1/3 innings (already the most of any season in his three-year career). His ERA is near 3.50, and he's giving up a home run every 7.5 innings, a good rate. There's not a lot of downside other than the walks, which can sink him at times when the control leaves.

Wacha and Williams are both mid-level streamers. Williams is better with strikeouts, but Wacha has a little more control, and both guys have done well limiting hits and runs this season, setting them up to have success against weak offensive teams.

Cade Horton, Chicago Cubs @ Chicago White Sox

Horton is in his rookie season, just 62 1/3 innings into his career. He has been OK, sitting near average with walks but well below average with strikeouts. He was much better with Ks in the minor leagues (190 in 151 2/3 innings), so there's hope that number will improve as he gets a little more time under his belt. Horton was the seventh overall pick in 2022, so there are hopes he can get to an ace level, but we can't expect that quite yet.

The White Sox are really causing consternation in this column. Their season-long numbers paint them as a bottom-five offensive team, but the Sox can't stop hitting since returning from the All-Star break. Over the past seven days, Chicago ranks first in runs, slugging percentage, and OPS; they are in the top five in hits, doubles, home runs, batting average, and on-base percentage. I still want to target them, but I'm getting less certain by the day.

Horton is a low-to-mid-level streamer. He has upside, but it will take some time for him to really hit his stride, and while this matchup seems like a good one, the White Sox's recent outburst makes it a little less appealing.

Kumar Rocker, Texas Rangers vs. Atlanta Braves

Atlanta is closer to an average offensive team than most of our streaming targets that end up here. They are in the bottom 10 (or very close to it) in runs, hits, doubles, batting average, slugging percentage, and OPS. We expect more because of some of the names in the lineup (Ronald Acuna Jr., Matt Olson), but the Braves have proven themselves as a below-average offense in 2025.

Rocker has been a below-average pitcher in his 67 1/3 innings. He has both a walk rate and strikeout rate near average, but he has gotten hit a little hard, allowing 72 base hits and 40 earned runs (5.35 ERA). There is upside with the pitcher who was twice a top-10 draft pick, but it looks like he needs to get more experience to fine-tune his arsenal before he can reach that level as a pro.

Rocker is a low-to-mid-level streamer. He's decent with strikeouts, something that keeps him from the basement, but Rocker hasn't shown a lot of positives, and the matchup here is good but not great.

Trevor Rogers, Baltimore Orioles vs. Colorado Rockies

Antonio Senzatela, Colorado Rockies @ Baltimore Orioles

We'll finish up with a double-dipping of weak offensive teams, as the Rockies and Orioles continue their series in Baltimore. We had both teams' starters on this list yesterday, and they both had rough outings, giving up at least four runs and six hits apiece. Season-long numbers are in the favor of the pitchers, though, as Baltimore is a bottom-10 offense and Colorado a bottom-five group.

Rogers is owned in about half of leagues, more than most of our streamers, but he's still available enough to be worth mentioning, and the matchup couldn't be much better. Rogers is an above-average strikeout pitcher who walks just a few too many guys. He also does well limiting hitters: he has given up less than one hit per inning over 451 2/3 innings and a home run less often than once every 10 innings, a great rate.

Senzatela is decent with walks, but he is far, far below average with strikeouts and gets hit hard (though part of that could be chalked up to pitching his entire career with the Rockies). The Ks are the thing I worry about most, as Senzatela owns a career strikeout rate of 14.7% against the league average around 22%; his 2025 number is only about half of that average at 11.2%.

Rogers is a mid-level streamer and Senzatela a low-level streamer. The former is the better pitcher and has the better matchup, while I can't trust the latter against any team given his questionable performance.

Saturday's Streamer Rankings

1. Trevor Rogers, BAL
2. Gavin Williams, CLE
3. Michael Wacha, KC
4. Cade Horton, CHC
5. Kumar Rocker, TEX
6. Antonio Senzatela, COL