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Sleeper hitters for Week 13 (June 16-22)
Addison Barger's Baseball Savant page is drenched in red, and recently, his top-line production has begun to catch up with it, seeing him hit .291 (34 for 117) with seven homers and an OPS over .900 in his past 33 games. The Blue Jays have pretty good matchups this week, including a three-game series against the White Sox, and best of all, there's only one lefty on the schedule, ensuring Barger remains in the lineup.
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My top sleeper hitter for Week 12, Josh Lowe ranks high on the Week 13 list for the same reason: The Rays are scheduled to face nothing but righties in their seven games this week, eliminating the platoon concern that normally exists. Granted, Lowe didn't provide much in Week 12, but he's an established power/speed threat who surely wouldn't be available enough to mention here if not for the platoon concern.
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One of the hottest hitters over the past week -- or longer, really, seeing as he's batting .369 (52 for 141) since April 25 -- Alejandro Kirk has the misfortune of being a catcher, which means there isn't much point in adding him if you already have a catcher you like. But a week like this one -- with the Blue Jays facing mashables like Brandon Pfaadt, Ryne Nelson, Davis Martin and Aaron Civale -- makes for a good opportunity to reexamine your satisfaction with your current starter.
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In eight games since he returned from a strained quad, Evan Carter's average exit velocity has spiked to 94 mph, which is obviously too good to sustain but nonetheless notable for a player who has always struggled with contact quality. Perhaps more to the point, he's 11 for 22 with three homers and two steals in his past seven games. If not for the two left-handers on the Rangers' schedule this week, Carter would rank even higher.
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After homering 12 times in his first 34 games, Trent Grisham has homered just once in his past 27, but he still plays regularly for the Yankees and still has some of the underlying indicators that signaled a breakthrough in the first place, such as career-best strikeout and pull air rates. The Yankees also happen to have the best hitter matchups this week, with all seven of their games coming at their homer-friendly home.
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Lourdes Gurriel is one of those stable but unspectacular hitters who's always on the fringes of being must-roster, making him an easy recommendation whenever the Diamondbacks have favorable matchups, which they do with their three games at Coors Field this week. It helps that he's batting .321 (35 for 109) with an OPS around .875 over his past 29 games.
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The Rockies have only three games at home this week, but their road games are against the most mashable four in the Nationals rotation -- i.e., Jake Irvin, Mike Soroka, Mitchell Parker, and Trevor Williams. Jordan Beck is one of their easier hitters to recommend, especially since the majority of his home runs and stolen bases (five of each) have come on the road.
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Wilmer Flores is on a career-high home run pace and ranks among the league leaders in RBI, so it really isn't a stretch to recommend him for a six-game week in which only one of the opposing pitchers (Gavin Williams) is rostered in even half of CBS Sports leagues. It doesn't hurt that all six of the games are at home, where Flores is batting .321 with an .887 OPS.
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A breakout performer with a combined 40 home runs and stolen bases last year, Luis Garcia has taken his time finding his footing this year but is now batting .343 (24 for 70) with five doubles in his past 19 games. His .309 xBA, which ranks in the 96th percentile, suggests even better days are ahead, and those better days may begin this week with the Nationals boasting the second-best hitter matchups.
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The Cardinals have three games against the White Sox pitching staff and are then scheduled to face Brady Singer and Wade Miley in the first two games of the Reds series. The totals are a bit lacking for Masyn Winn, but he's been a steady contributor all season long.
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