Boston targets a four-game sweep of New York at Yankee Stadium with Dustin May opposing Carlos Rodon as both teams battle for playoff positioning in the AL wild-card chase. Boston has won eight in a row in the season series and sits 1.5 games ahead in the division’s second spot, while New York looks to avoid a sweep and stay in the mix.

In a separate MLB slate, Chicago visits Anaheim behind Jameson Taillon as the Cubs chase a series win and a tighter path to the NL Wild Card. The betting guide shows the Yankees favored in a high-scoring finale and the Cubs favored on the road in a tighter, later contest. On the WNBA side, Indiana visits Minnesota with Caitlin Clark sidelined; Minnesota holds the league’s best record and is a double-digit road favorite, while the Fever look to keep it close.

Across betting markets, the Fever-Lynx game carries Under 168, and the Over/Under for Sox-Yanks sits near a combined total that the model expects to push, underscoring a day of nuanced, matchup-specific fantasy and betting decisions for savvy players.

Week 22 of 2025 brings a tight, catcher-friendly waiver wire for starting pitchers. Rookie breakdowns and back-end rotation bets headline shallow leagues, while deeper rosters get a richer pool of options. Nolan McLean and Dean Kremer anchor the top-streamers, with Bubba Chandler, Dustin May, Cristian Javier, Cam Schlittler and Cade Cavalli among the more intriguing adds. Additional depth comes from Cade Cavalli, Mike Burrows, Cade Povich, Davis Martin and Luis Morales, plus a handful of under-15% rostered arms that could surprise in the pennant chase. Proactive FAAB and daily lineup discipline are urged as the weekend approaches.

rostering, matchup awareness, and role clarity drive the week’s decisions. The piece emphasizes evaluating early-season form, pitcher usage trends, and whether a bulking relief role can translate into meaningful starts. The message: add pitchers before they wake up in your league, monitor innings, and exploit favorable matchups as teams push toward playoffs.

Week 21 MLB two-start streaming targets showdown across 34 pitchers scheduled for two starts Aug 18–24, with a clear distinction between under-50% rostered sleepers and popular, rostered bets. Spencer Arrighetti leads theBest Available streamer group for his Houston slate, while Matthew Liberatore offers a steadier floor for WHIP and ERA thanks to favorable Miami and Tampa Bay matchups. The risk tier features Jack Leiter, Jameson Taillon, Dustin May, and Nestor Cortés, each with contrasting risk/reward dynamics against KC, LAA, SF/LAD, and SD/LAD. Post-deadline aftershocks tighten the streaming pool, making pace and pitch mix critiques essential for savvy fantasy managers.

Key names to monitor include Arrighetti, Liberatore, Leiter, Taillon, May, Cortés, and Taillon’s health return, alongside the Padres’ Cortés’ two-start set. The column emphasizes arsenal depth, matchup-driven rostering, and weekly waiver-wire discipline as the landscape shifts after the trade deadline. In weekly waiver-wire terms, these are the kinds of plays that can stabilize ratios while still contributing strikeouts and win potential.

Dump of four rising starters in a pitch-shift week, framed for fantasy managers who want actionable reads on who’s adjusting and who’s just hot, with a focus on changes in usage, timing, and pitch mix. Cease shifts to a deeper arsenal, leaning on curve and sinker to back off lefties and jam righties, signaling a real second-half buy window if command holds. Javier re-emerges post-TJ with a fastball that plays up, a sweeper addition, and a plan to deepen the map with a sinker, cutter, and changeup—yet command must follow the stuff. Cavalli shows a deliberate multi-pitch approach in two starts, using four-seam, sinker, curve, and changeup to set up two-strike sequences and keep hitters guessing. May’s swing toward a four-pitch mix in Boston, with a higher location fastball and a more-used cutter, plus a lighter sweeper load, signals a plausible reclamation arc, even if the lack of a true knockout pitch persists. Bergert’s Royals debut stretch features a rising fastball with elite iVB, a new sweeper to diversify looks, and a likely future as a rotation anchor with a potential changeup upgrade. The narrative threads through Judge’s top-season resurgence chatter, Wheeler’s shoulder guard, and Bregman’s frame of reference, all anchored by Roman Anthony’s Sox ascent as a reminder that big-name youth and veteran reclamations ride the same wave of attrition and adjustment.

In sum, recent results are tied not only to raw velocity or one-off changes but to curated tools, sequence work, and the placement of new offerings within two-strike plans. The takeaway for fantasy: prioritize Cease, Javier, Cavalli, May, and Bergert if you’re chasing trend-changes that could endure; monitor Arrighetti, Judge, Wheeler, and Bregman for ancillary impact and roster flexibility; and keep an eye on Roman Anthony as a late-blooming contextual lift for Sox stacks down the stretch.

Dodgers fans finally have the rotation they dreamed of in spring: Snell back from shoulder inflammation and razor-sharp through Toronto, Glasnow flashing 18 strikeouts in 10 innings since returning, and Yamamoto, Ohtani and Kershaw all healthy and performing. A six-man rhythm helps manage workloads as Emmet Sheehan steps in after Dustin May’s deadline move to Boston, giving Los Angeles nightly innings certainty and bullpen relief to boot. The offense followed suit, with Muncy and Betts delivering clutch hits and Ohtani launching his 40th homer as the Dodgers padded a 9-1 win. The club aims to ride this depth deep into October, with Glasnow facing another test against Toronto in a series that also featured a strong St. Louis/Cardinals backdrop and a reminder of Alex Call’s evolving at-bat.

Key to the plan is health: Snell’s continued form after a slow April, Glasnow’s sting-free return, and the veteran pair of Ohtani and Kershaw keeping their prior-career excellence intact. Yamamoto sits atop NL leaders with eight scoreless outings, a signal of the staff’s upside. Dustin May’s departure left a luxury bench for a rotation that can align every night, while the bullpen, banged up earlier, sees reinforcements on the way. It all points to a Dodgers frontline that can outlast rivals in a win-now postseason, provided the health holds and matchups break their way.