Sleeper hitters for Week 11 (June 1-7)
While we're still waiting for Ryan Waldschmidt's first home run, he's had a real impact otherwise and is on one of just six teams with seven games this week. Better yet, four of the opposing pitchers are left-handed, and he's 7 for 16 (.438) against lefties so far.
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Josh Jung has been sneaky good at a weak position this year thanks to a sharp reduction in strikeout rate, his .316 batting average being backed up by a .309 xBA. The Rangers just missed placing among the five best hitter matchups, with some of the opposing pitches being Michael McGreevy, Dustin May, Andre Pallante and Joey Cantillo.
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Some Fantasy Baseballers seemed eager to pull the plug on J.J. Bleday at the first sign of trouble, but he's had a second surge that has brought his OPS back up to 1.040 with three home runs in his past six games. The Reds have the third-best hitter slate this week, with matchups including Luinder Avila, Noah Cameron, Stephen Kolek, Kyle Leahy, Matthew Liberatore and Michael McGreevy.
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Even with Christian Yelich and Andrew Vaughn back in the mix, Jake Bauers looks to be a regular play whenever a righty is on the schedule, which is true for six of the Brewers' seven games this week. They also have the third-best hitter matchups thanks largely to their scheduled visit to Coors Field.
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Spencer Horwitz has been on a heater lately, batting .352 (25 for 71) with four homers in his past 21 games, and has to contend with only one lefty on the schedule this week. The batted-ball data leaves much to be desired, but he's hit righties to the tune of a .286 batting average and .846 OPS in his career.
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Brandon Marsh's finger was feeling good enough for him to start every game this weekend, which makes him a great choice to take advantage of the Phillies' second-ranked hitter schedule this week. That's largely because it includes five righties, against whom he's batting .331 with an .861 OPS.
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Carlos Cortes still boasts a sparkling .328/.415/.518 slash line, and he's actually done the majority of his damage on the road, slashing .359/.433/.628 with all five of his home runs. That's where the Athletics will play all six of their games this week, and with only one lefty on the schedule, Cortes should be able to make the most of it.
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We need some Twins who can take advantage of the team's top-ranked hitter matchups, and Brooks Lee seems like a reasonable choice given that he qualifies at three positions, is on a 21-homer and 92-RBI pace, and has been productive of late, most notably with a two-homer game Sunday.
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Alec Bohm has cooled off a bit over the past week, but the larger trend is still positive, seeing him hit .297 (22 for 74) with five homers in his past 20 games. He seems like a good choice to take advantage of an extremely favorable hitter slate in which the toughest matchups are Randy Vasquez and Sean Burke.
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Consider this one a deep league special. So far this year, Trevor Larnach has been the same middling platoon bat as always, but he's capable of taking advantage of a hitter slate as favorable as the one the Twins have this week, particularly with just one lefty on the schedule.
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