For Thursday, Mayer suggested streaming Chad Patrick strictly as a matchup play. Patrick has a 3.60 ERA through his first three turns with Milwaukee and features a sinker/slider mix that generates 55 percent ground balls. The real draw is Chicago’s lineup: the White Sox rank bottom three in runs, HRs, and OPS, and have the league’s lowest OBP (.278). Even if Patrick’s rotation spot is temporary, Mayer believes the soft matchup makes him a one-and-done option for ratios and perhaps a cheap win in deeper season-long leagues.

Calling Wednesday his favorite play, Mayer advised grabbing Tobias Myers fresh off the IL because he draws the White Sox, a team with the worst wRC+ (76) and ISO (.121) against right-handed pitching. Myers posted a 3.14 ERA and 1.02 WHIP last season and carried those skills through rehab, logging 14 strikeouts in 10 innings. Mayer likes the combination of a pitcher with above-average command (6 percent BB-rate) and a terrible opponent, predicting 5–6 innings, 5+ Ks, and good odds at a win for stream-hungry managers.

Mayer recommended streaming Andrew Heaney because he is lined up for two starts—at Wrigley Field versus the Cubs and later against the Padres. Heaney’s surface stats (2.82 ERA, 26 percent K-rate) have impressed, and Mayer wants fantasy managers to "get the truth test" on whether the veteran’s early success is real. He noted Chicago’s hot start may regress (23 percent team K-rate, .340 BABIP) while San Diego’s strike-zone aggression gives Heaney a chance to rack up whiffs with his slider/changeup combo. Even with the tough matchups, Mayer thinks the two-start volume plus Heaney’s 14 percent swinging-strike rate make him worth deploying in weekly leagues.

Mike Mayer said JP Sears is a viable Monday streamer because the Rangers are without Corey Seager and have been a bottom-five offense over the last two weeks per the FantasyPros Streaming Tool. Sears owns a 3.21 ERA, a WHIP under 1.10, and is rostered in only 14 percent of leagues, giving fantasy managers an easy waiver add. Mayer expects diminished run-support for Texas and likes Sears’ 28 percent CSW against a lineup that has struck out 25 percent of the time since Seeger hit the IL. He labeled Sears a low-risk play for ratio help and a decent shot at a win in deeper season-long formats.

Mike Mayer aggressively backed Garrett Crochet following his brilliant performance against the White Sox, where Crochet flirted with a no-hitter and recorded 11 strikeouts over 7.1 innings. Mayer specifically contested earlier critiques by Welsh questioning Crochet's velocity and effectiveness, noting Crochet's exceptional ERA (1.45) so far and emphasizing pitching dominance in recent outings as proof that Welsh was wrong in doubting Crochet's effectiveness.