If you're into streaming pitchers or simply have a hole to fill in your lineup, Scott White has 10 recommendations for the upcoming scoring period, all rostered in less than 80 percent of CBS Sports leagues. They're no substitute for some of the universally rostered pitchers, of course, but they're the best you'll be able to do off the waiver wire.
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- Week 5: Sleeper hitters | Two-start pitchers
All information is up to date as of Sunday evening.
Sleeper pitchers for Week 5 (May 2-8)
He's allowed a combined three hits and no runs in his past two starts. His strikeout-to-walk ratio during that time is 1-to-1, but the ground-ball specialist is a proven run suppressor who gets two cracks at it this week.
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The numbers underlying his strong start this year don't look so different from the past two years, but the same is true for his impressive 2019. Even if it's smoke and mirrors, the matchups this week make it worth it.
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The converted reliever is still figuring out the best way to deploy all six of his pitches, but the results have been decent enough so far, with three quality starts already. You can tell I'm already straining for recommendations, though.
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Yeah, he's been mostly terrible so far, but it's totally his MO to vacillate between brilliant and bad, making him still a worthy two-start gamble in points leagues. We're eight names into this list at this point, so what do you want?
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