Look for our fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings, hitter upgrades and downgrades daily to help you make smart fantasy baseball lineup decisions and for MLB betting tips. MLB game odds are provided by ESPN BET, and fantasy advice is geared toward ESPN 10-team leagues with standard scoring.

Note: This file will be updated with any overnight pitching changes or weather-related game postponements, along with the addition of the latest MLB game odds as of the indicated time of publication.

Sundays streams

Sunday presents the standard 15-game slate with nine contests starting between 1:35 and 1:40 p.m. It's not a good day to be making up points in pitching with 12 of the top 13 ranked starting pitchers rostered in at least 83% of ESPN leagues. Not only does this thin the inventory, but it also means your opponent in head-to-head leagues likely has a top pitcher or two likely to pad their lead.

The top-ranked spot starter is Jose Butto (0.9% rostered in ESPN leagues). Butto came close to breaking camp in the New York Mets' rotation, but he lost out to Tylor Megill and Adrian Houser. With Megill on the IL with a sore shoulder, Butto is being summoned to make his second start of the season. He was previously called up to handle the second game of a doubleheader on April 4 where he limited the Detroit Tigers to one run over fix frames, striking out six along the way. Even though Megill was returned to Triple-A Syracuse after the game, he hasn't pitched since the effort against the Tigers.

Sunday's matchup pits Butto against a Kansas City Royals offense averaging the 12th-most runs per game through Friday's action. Even so, if you need to make up ground in the last day of the head-to-head week, Butto stands out amongst a scant inventory of streaming options.

Everything else you need to know for Sunday

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Starting pitcher rankings for Sunday

Pitchers are ranked in order of their Forecaster/Daily Notes projected fantasy points (FPTS), using ESPN's standard scoring system (2 points per win, minus-2 per loss, 3 per inning, 1 per K, minus-1 apiece per hit or walk allowed, minus-2 per earned run allowed).

T: The pitcher's handedness. OPP: Opposing team. RST%: The pitcher's roster percentage in ESPN leagues. W% is the team's win probability using ESPN projections, IP is innings pitched, ER is earned runs allowed and K is strikeouts.

If a team is planning on using an "opener" to start their game, but will rely on a "bulk pitcher" to follow him on the mound after 1-2 innings, the bulk pitcher is listed and indicated with an asterisk.

FPTS	Pitcher	T	Opp	Rst%	W%	IP	ER	K
14.4	Zack Wheeler	R	PIT	99.8%	58%	6.1	2.2	6.8
13.6	Luis Castillo	R	CHC	96.9%	56%	6.1	2.2	6.8
12.4	Cristian Javier	R	TEX	89.4%	55%	5.6	2.1	6.0
12.3	Corbin Burnes	R	MIL	99.7%	57%	5.9	2.5	6.3
11.8	Yu Darvish	R	@LAD	86.7%	57%	5.8	2.4	6.1
11.6	Charlie Morton	R	@MIA	79.6%	55%	5.8	2.3	6.3
11.3	Cole Ragans	L	@NYM	93.8%	47%	5.5	2.1	5.6
11.3	Jesus Luzardo	L	ATL	91.0%	45%	5.5	2.3	6.3
11.2	Zac Gallen	R	STL	99.7%	50%	5.7	2.5	6.1
11.2	Jose Butto	R	KC	0.9%	53%	5.8	2.2	5.0
11.0	Blake Snell	L	@TB	95.2%	54%	4.8	1.7	6.2
10.1	Mitch Keller	R	@PHI	83.0%	42%	5.8	2.7	5.9
9.5	Jose Berrios	R	COL	91.2%	54%	5.7	2.9	5.6
9.5	Michael Soroka	R	CIN	1.8%	48%	5.3	2.3	4.5
9.3	Alex Wood	L	WSH	1.0%	55%	5.0	2.0	4.4
9.2	Javier Assad	R	@SEA	8.9%	44%	5.2	2.2	4.9
9.1	Nathan Eovaldi	R	@HOU	90.7%	45%	5.4	2.6	5.4
9.0	Graham Ashcraft	R	@CWS	4.6%	52%	5.6	2.6	4.7
8.8	Bailey Ober	R	@DET	64.4%	50%	5.1	2.7	5.1
8.5	Logan Allen	L	NYY	15.4%	54%	5.3	2.8	5.3
8.1	Miles Mikolas	R	@ARI	8.2%	50%	5.7	3.0	4.8
8.1	James Paxton	L	SD	14.8%	43%	5.1	2.5	5.0
7.5	Jack Flaherty	R	MIN	16.9%	50%	5.3	3.1	5.4
7.3	Trevor Williams	R	@OAK	2.2%	45%	5.0	2.6	4.4
7.2	Tyler Alexander	L	SF	0.1%	46%	4.7	2.4	4.2
7.1	Colin Rea	R	@BAL	3.7%	43%	5.1	2.9	4.4
6.9	Brayan Bello	R	LAA	29.5%	53%	5.2	3.2	5.2
6.7	Tyler Anderson	L	@BOS	19.3%	47%	5.2	3.0	4.9
6.1	Luis Gil	R	@CLE	10.2%	46%	4.6	2.7	4.5
5.4	Kyle Freeland	L	@TOR	0.4%	46%	5.4	3.3	3.9

Reliever report

To get the latest information on each team's bullpen hierarchy, as well as which pitchers might be facing a bit of fatigue and who might be the most likely suspects to vulture a save or pick up a surprise hold in their stead, check out the latest Closer Chart, which will be updated every morning.

Best Sub-50% rostered hitters for Sunday

Best and worst hitters from the day are generated by THE BAT X, a projection system created by Derek Carty using advanced methods like those used in MLB front offices, accounting for a variety of factors including player talent, ballparks, bullpens, weather, umpires, defense, catcher pitch-framing, and lots more.

Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Sunday's MLB games