Fantasy Baseball Week 14 Preview: Top 10 sleeper pitchers feature Tyler Anderson, Spencer Schwellenbach (2024)

Matt Waldron is beginning to look like one of those special knuckleballers who comes along every 10 years or so. With a 1.82 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and 8.6 K/9 over his past eight turns, he's basically a must with two starts.

Brandon Pfaadt's ERA has run a bit hot, but he generally works deep into games and has had some big strikeout efforts as well. He's definitely the sort of pitcher worth using with two starts, particularly when one is against the bottom-feeder Athletics lineup.

You don't want to be caught holding the bag when Tyler Anderson's 2.48 ERA catches up to his 4.49 xERA, 4.55 FIP and 5.09 xFIP, but if it happens this week, with matchups against the Athletics and Tigers, that's some extraordinarily bad timing.

Spencer Schwellenbach seems to have found his stride in the majors, riding a deep arsenal and pristine control to back-to-back quality starts. It's reasonable to hope for two more with the Cardinals and Pirates on the schedule this week.

Reese Olson had a bumpy start to June but bounced back nicely in his latest outing. If it continues in his start against the White Sox over the weekend, then he'll make for a fine play in Week 14 (June 24-30) against an Angels lineup that now ranks in the bottom third in runs scored.

A new splitter and improved control have elevated Mitchell Parker from being a space-filler at Triple-A to a genuine asset for the big-league club. He'll be taking on a Rays lineup this week that has the third-worst strikeout rate against left-handed pitchers.

Kyle Gibson missed his last start due to back tightness but says he's fine and now lines up for two turns in Week 14. The matchups could be better, but he's been such a steady innings-eater this year that you'll at least want to run him out there in points leagues.

Jonathan Cannon has been a menace since returning from Triple-A this month, delivering back-to-back gems of seven innings or more. The profile is more pitch-to-contact than I'd prefer, but with a home start against the Rockies this week, it's easy to see the glass half full.

Chris Paddack has been maddeningly inconsistent so far, but you can always count on the Mariners to strike out a lot. In fact, Paddack equaled a season high with 10 strikeouts when he faced them on May 8.

There haven't been a lot of positives for Brayan Bello this season, but the hope here is that he simply has the Blue Jays' number after a strong outing against them last time out. They do have a bottom-five offense, after all.