Here are my favorite sleeper pitchers for Week 26 (Sept. 20-26), all rostered in less than 80 percent of CBS Sports leagues.
Week 26: Sleeper hitters | Two-start pitchers
Sleeper pitchers for Week 26 (Sept. 20-26)
The guy still boasts a 1.50 ERA and has barely been touched in nine turns through the rotation. The matchups are clearly fantastic, but at this point, he should be starting regardless.
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He hasn't been quite as impressive as Ranger Suarez but is similarly being overlooked despite a long string of success. His underlying numbers are worrisome, but he breaks all convention with the way he mixes up his delivery.
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The top one-start pitcher on this list earned his spot with a brilliant outing against the Red Sox early in Week 25 and will face a similarly slumping offense in Week 26. His follow-up against the Royals over the weekend was just icing on the cake.
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He has failed us in more recent turns but was looking like a quality start machine earlier this season and couldn't ask for much better matchups than these two. He's probably worth it in points leagues.
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He'll have gotten a little extra rest since taking a liner off the wrist in his last start and has so far proven as difficult to hit in the majors as he was in the minors.
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The overachieving lefty has rebounded from his worst start of the season with back-to-back quality starts against suspect lineups. He'll face another one of those this week.
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Amazingly, he has a 1.83 ERA over his past 13 appearances. He's not enough of a bat-misser or ground-ball guy to sustain anywhere close to that, but it may not matter with him in line to face the Mets this week.
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His last outing didn't deliver the desired result, but he's been trending in the right direction, making better use of his off-speed pitches. And, well, two matchups are better than one.
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His latest outing was disastrous, but he seemed like he was on the right track in the previous four and has two excellent matchups this week.
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Leaning more on his curveball has led to a spike in whiffs for Erick Fedde, but the overall results are still inconsistent. He's a bit of a desperation play given the bipolar matchups, but you have to like how available he is.
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