Friday's Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Streamers: Tyler Anderson, Cade Horton and More

The trade deadline has passed, and we have entered the final third of the MLB season. There's a bit of a new landscape, both in terms of teams with a chance to excel (like the Padres and Mariners) and those who are probably about to tank (like the Twins and Orioles).

Let's look at five starting pitchers in action on Friday 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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Tyler Anderson, Los Angeles Angels vs. Chicago White Sox

The Sox had more players who were rumored to be on the move, but they chose to hold onto Luis Robert Jr., Andrew Benintendi, and others. Robert is the guy who has been in about every trade rumor for several years now, but he has frankly been terrible offensively in that time, and the team probably isn't looking to sell low when Robert is on a reasonable contract and about to turn 28 years old.

Anderson defied the odds last season by holding a worse-than-average walk rate and strikeout rate yet continuing to succeed throughout the year. He did well limiting hits and home runs, keeping him successful. This season, he has allowed more hits than innings pitched, and after giving up a home run every 7.5 innings in 2024, that rate is once every 5.6 innings this year.

Anderson is a low-level streamer. The White Sox have looked downright competent offensively since the All-Star break, and while they're still a below-average offensive team, Anderson's performance doesn't necessitate his spot in a fantasy lineup.

Andrew Heaney, Pittsburgh Pirates @ Colorado Rockies

Heaney was one of the names rumored to be on the move who ended up surprisingly sticking with his team. The Pirates aren't going anywhere, and they have plenty of young pitching, so what do they need with a 34-year-old pending free agent? Sometimes, teams just don't get any realistic offers, and that could have been what happened. Heaney is also about five percentage points worse than his career strikeout rate this season and has an ERA near 5.00, so maybe teams weren't clamoring to add him to their roster.

The Rockies traded away a few players, but they didn't go scorched Earth the way some thought they would (or hoped they would). The few subtractions, particularly third baseman Ryan McMahon, make a difference, but either way, this is still the same old Colorado roster that might be the worst team to ever take the field by the time it's all said and done. Even with the game at Coors Field, it's worth targeting the Rockies pretty much every day.

Heaney is another low-level streamer. He would bump up a notch if this game was in Pittsburgh, but we'll dock him a bit because of the Coors Field effect, and he just hasn't been his old self this season.

Cade Horton, Chicago Cubs vs. Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore is one of those teams that did a bit of tearing down before the trade deadline (we'll get to the main culprit soon). Cedric Mullins, Ryan O'Hearn, Ramon Laureano, Ramon Urias; those are just some of the names who found new homes at the end of July. That leaves the roster counting on young guys, struggling stalwarts, and underwhelming backups, a prime target for fantasy pitchers.

Horton was on this list before his previous start against the White Sox, and he threw 6 1/3 scoreless innings to pick up the win. In his four July starts, Horton combined for 23 2/3 innings, 17 hits, four runs, eight walks, and 17 strikeouts. Three of those outings went at least 5 2/3 innings with no runs allowed. That looks more like the former top-10 pick that we have been expecting.

Horton is a low-to-mid-level streamer. We still must temper expectations given his lack of track record, and Horton was hit hard prior to his previous stretch of success, but the matchup is right, and we might be seeing Horton hit his groove just at the right time. I want to see him pitching out of the bullpen in the postseason when he can really crank it up and see what he can do.

Brady Singer, Cincinnati Reds vs. Atlanta Braves

Atlanta could have torn it down a bit at the deadline since this is a lost season. They will be expected to jump back into playoff contention next year, though, so not giving up on guys signed past 2025 was probably the right move. Ronald Acuna Jr. went on the IL recently, and it wouldn't be a surprise if they just shut him down given their status 13.5 games out of the wild card. The Braves might limp to the finish line rather than run.

Singer is an average strikeout pitcher who has walked a few too many guys this year. His BB rate mixed with a little bad luck has jumped his ERA 0.80 runs, turning him from an above-average pitcher to slightly below average in 2025. Singer is still a guy to count on in the right situations, like this matchup against the Braves.

Singer is a mid-level streamer. He still strikes guys out, which is a positive no matter what else is going on, and the matchup here is a good one, which is a surprise when you look at the names despite the season-long proof that they are a bottom-10 unit.

Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians vs. Minnesota Twins

I'm just going to go ahead and say Minnesota is one of our top targets for the rest of the season. They traded at least 10 players from the big-league roster this week, and while a number of them were pitchers, Minnesota was a below-average offensive team before the moves and now lost Harrison Bader, Carlos Correa, Willi Castro, and others. The Twins could be close to a league-worst team the rest of the way.

Williams is an above-average strikeout pitcher who has struggled with his control, walking close to 13% of the batters he has faced this season (versus league average around 8%). It's OK for a pitcher to walk some guys if he also has big strikeout numbers, but that number is too high and won't cut it. Limiting hits (91 in 110 1/3 innings) and home runs (one every 7.4 innings) helps but luck won't always be on his side if he keep putting runners on base.

Williams is a mid-level streamer. Until we see what the Twins actually look like, it's dangerous to assume they will bottom out, but it's easy to envision some ugly games over the next two months, and Williams' strikeout work gives him a decent ceiling.

Friday's Streamer Rankings

1. Gavin Williams, CLE
2. Brady Singer, CIN
3. Cade Horton, CHC
4. Andrew Heaney, PIT
5. Tyler Anderson, LAA