Fantasy Baseball Week 13 Preview: Top 10 sleeper pitchers include Jose Soriano, Sandy Alcantara
The waiver wire is bursting with viable two-start options this week
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Scott White
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Not that you'd sit just any pitcher, of course, but if you have an opening or two and could use a streamer off the waiver wire, you've come to the right place. Scott White has 10 recommendations for the upcoming scoring period, all rostered in less than 80 percent of CBS Sports leagues.
All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.
Sleeper pitchers for Week 13 (June 16-22)
Grant Homes lost his two-start status over the weekend but moved up a spot in the sleeper pitcher rankingss with his 15-strikeout performance against the Rockies on Sunday. It was his fourth start with at least nine strikeouts over his past nine, giving him 11.6 K/9 during that stretch, and he'll again be facing one of the league's bottom-feeder lineups in Miami.
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With his 2.37 ERA, Shane Smith continues to be the brightest spot on a bad White Sox team, actually going the minimum required for a quality start in his latest outing at Houston. Wins have obviously been hard to come, but he gets two shots at one this week.
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Matthew Liberatore's past three starts haven't been pretty, and there was some talk of him being fatigued after the second one. The improved control that's allowed him to make a leap this year hasn't abated during this time, though, so you should probably hold your breath and keep him active for a two-start week, particularly with one being against the White Sox.
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The league's top ground-ball pitcher reached new levels of unhittability in his latest start against the Athletics, recording a career-high 12 strikeouts while allowing just two hits. Most of the whiffs came on the sinker itself, a feat unlikely to be repeated, but he was due for some sort of upturn given how well he limits damage on contact. A two-start week on the heels of his most dominant outing is fortuitous timing.
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Clarke Schmidt's swinging-strike rate would rank in the top 25 if he had the innings to qualify, and his average exit velocity is 81st percentile. His numbers are a little underwhelming considering, but he does have five quality starts in his past seven and is scheduled to face two of the most strikeout-prone lineups this week.
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Zack Littell is kind of the Walmart version of Jameson Taillon, making up for his lack of strikeouts with uncommon efficiency. This manifests mostly as a low WHIP and an abundance of quality starts, and that obviously goes double for this week.
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Two of Ben Brown's most recent three starts have been excellent, with the one misstep coming last time out against a tough Phillies lineup. There's some danger to recommending him in a two-start week, but with a couple of mid-tier lineups on the schedule, he may provide as many as 15 strikeouts.
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Sandy Alcantara's strike-throwing has taken a big step forward in his past two starts, yielding just two earned runs over 12 innings between them. He'd rank even higher on this list if the first of his two matchups wasn't against the Phillies.
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Slade Cecconi has only once gone the minimum required for a quality start, but he's twice notched eight strikeouts and has a 13 percent swinging-strike rate. The upside here is intriguing enough to make use of him with two starts, particularly since neither of his opponents ranks in the top 10 in runs scored.
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Will Warren rebounded from a couple ugly outings with 5 2/3 scoreless innings at the Royals last time out, and while he didn't collect many whiffs in that particular outing, his fastball and sweeper still show good bat-missing characteristics. His two opponents this week, the Angels and Orioles, are among the most strikeout-prone.
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