{"id":717944,"date":"2026-06-05T11:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/717944\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:48:16","slug":"fantasy-baseball-week-12-hitters-sleepers-waiver-targets-and-best-matchups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/717944\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy baseball Week 12 hitters: Sleepers, waiver targets and best matchups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best hitter matchups for this week include the Mariners, Athletics and Giants<\/p>\n

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Jun 5, 2026<\/p>\n

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7:32 am ET<\/p>\n

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1 min read<\/p>\n

Whether you’re in need of an injury fill-in or just a hot-hand play, Scott White has you covered with 10 sleeper hitters for the upcoming scoring period, all rostered in less than 80 percent of CBS Sports leagues. They’re not must-starts by any estimation, but they’re often the best you’ll find off the waiver wire. <\/p>\n

Be sure to check back Sunday for the latest updates.<\/p>\n

Sleeper hitters for Week 12 (June 8-14)<\/p>\n

\t \t \t \t \tBest hitter matchups for Week 12<\/p>\n

1. Mariners<\/a> @BAL4, @WAS3
2. Athletics<\/a> MIL3, COL3
3. Giants<\/a> WAS3, CHC3
4. Cubs<\/a> @COL3, @SF3
5. Astros<\/a> @LAA3, @KC3<\/p>\n

\t \t \t \t \tWorst hitter matchups for Week 12<\/p>\n

1. Blue Jays<\/a> PHI3, NYY3
2. Phillies<\/a> @TOR3, @MIL3
3. Red Sox<\/a> @TB3, TEX3
4. Rangers<\/a> @KC3, @BOS3
5. White Sox<\/a> ATL3, LAD3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Best hitter matchups for this week include the Mariners, Athletics and Giants Jun 5, 2026 at 7:32 am…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[3883,1181,43881,5,796,4720,710,5805,82,22897,21670,126,4914,28,89848,89846,55398,893,4364,5173,375,4396,585,1505,123,89847,14174,115,86,5170],"class_list":["post-717944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-a-j-ewing","tag-andre-pallante","tag-andrew-alvarez","tag-baseball","tag-brandon-young","tag-bryce-elder","tag-bryce-eldridge","tag-carson-benge","tag-chris-bassitt","tag-colt-emerson","tag-dominic-canzone","tag-dustin-may","tag-edward-cabrera","tag-fantasy-baseball","tag-fantasy-baseball-pickups-week-12-hitters","tag-fantasy-baseball-sleeper-hitters-week-12","tag-foster-griffin","tag-isaac-paredes","tag-jake-bauers","tag-jameson-taillon","tag-jung-hoo-lee","tag-kyle-leahy","tag-lucas-giolito","tag-luke-raley","tag-miles-mikolas","tag-mlb-waiver-wire-hitters-week-12","tag-nate-lowe","tag-walker-buehler","tag-zac-gallen","tag-zack-littell"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}