Fantasy Baseball Today - Week 16 Sleepers & Two-Start Pitchers! Must Add Ian Seymour! (07/03 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: July 4, 2026

Frank Stampfl and Scott White are previewing Week 16 of the Fantasy Baseball season! It's time to use Ian Seymour and Joey Cantillo with two starts. Don't sleep on Troy Melton with one start. Dansby Swanson and Luis Garcia Jr. lead the sleeper hitters this upcoming week.Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up for the newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters

Let's get those lineups set for Week 16. Up next on Fantasy Baseball Today Express. Welcome in to FBT Express and a happy 4th of July to all. Please stay safe out there. I am Frank Stample joined by Scott White. And let's start things off with the Week 16 schedule. We have 18 teams, 18 teams with six games, 10 teams with seven games next week. The D-BACs, Braves, Rockies, Royals, Mets, Yankees, Phillies, Padre,

Giants and Rays. Two teams with eight games. How about that? Brewers and Cardinals. As for the Rockies, this past week, we were spoiled seven games at home. This upcoming week,

seven games all on the road. Womp, wamp, wamp. Starters sit these two start pitchers. We have Freddie Peralta, who is really going through it right now. He's at the Braves and home against the Red Sox. Yeah, he is going through it. I still think with matchups that favorable, though.

I think you'd have to start him in most every situation. All right. What about Shane McClanahan? He is home for the Yankees and the Mariners. Coming off two really good starts. The Yankees matchup is kind of tough, particularly against the left-hand, though, have struggled recently.

Mariners, though, is favorable. I think Shane McClanahan, you start him. Jose Soriano. Does pass start a little bit better? but overall over the past month and a half, two months hasn't looked as good. He's at the Rangers and at the Twins.

I think I would have to leave, well, now I'm looking at my rankings again. I do have him as advisable in most cases. His previous start was good, was a little more under control. Rangers matchup is favorable.

Twins matchup. They've been a good offense this year, but I don't find them to be a particularly intimidating offense. I think I'd lean yes on Soriano, but that's a tougher case. Much easier to say in points leagues. Will Warren is coming off a bounce back start. He's at the race and at the nationals.

That one I just leave for points leagues. Though we did see an encouraging side with him in his start Wednesday, making better use of the changeup. Hopefully that'll get Will Warren back on track. What about Seth Lugo, who's at the Mets and at? at the Orioles. Fine for points leagues, but that's it. And last name on this list is Shane Drohan, who is widely available and actually has been doing some interesting things.

He's at the Cardinals and at the Pirates. Yeah, I like him for points leagues where volume is most important. In theory, his skill set would work for categories leagues too because he misses a lot of bats with the fastball especially, but I just don't trust him to be used like a conventional starter, going deep into games, throwing enough pitches. I think better left for points leagues. All right, Scott, lots of games on the schedule this upcoming week.

That means lots of two-star pitchers. Who are your favorite to stream for this week? Joey Cantello, coming off three starts in a row where he's thrown his curveball a lot more and a lot harder, and it's gotten great results. most recent start, the walks got up there for Kintillo, so it wasn't quite as dominant. But overall, I like the

trend he's on. He gets the Twins at Marlins this week. Landon Roup got knocked around a bit in his latest start Tuesday, coming off of two quality starts.

So he seemed like he was trending the right direction. Big step back, though, at the diamond backs. The characteristics of his pitches were a little off. Everything was harder. and straighter and he walked a bunch of guys. And it just seemed like an outing that was weird in so many ways. And his underlying numbers are still very impressive.

Like the matchups this week for Landon Rup against the Blue Jays and Rockies, outside of course field. So I think you go ahead and run him out there again. Cade Cavali, he's coming off a dominant start where his fastball played way up. Don't really understand why. But then he lines up for two starts next time.

Tough matchups, Astros. Yankees, but I think you've got to get well, the Gittin's good. Dustin May. Brewers is his first matchup, that's tough. Braves is his second matchup, and that's actually not so tough anymore. Their offense fell apart

in June, basically, and they're now middle of the pack and run scored. I think you can trust May against them at least, and with two starts that makes them worthwhile. Ian Seymour, we'll see how his he showed good signs.

He showed good signs last time out. And, you know, hopefully, hopefully it's something he can build off of, I know he's actually moving into the rotation now, not going to be following an opener. His first match against the Yankees could be tough, but the second one against the Mariters is very favorable. Shane Boz against the Cubs,

they've been really hot lately. The Royals, though, not so much. And it's two starts from a pitcher who's generally trending up, fading his sinker and getting better results doing that. And finally, Connor Prelip, who had a dominant outing last time out. It looks like the twins are giving him a little extra rest. That's why he's lining up for two starts. Very favorable matchup, Guardians and Angels. Not sure.

He's totally trustworthy just because he had such a good start last time out. but with those matchups, I'd be willing to roll the dice on Connor pre-lit. All right, let's take a quick break. We'll be back right after this. Welcome back, FBT Express. We are here previewing Week 16. And let's talk about some one-star streamer. Scott, who do you have in this list?

Got three for you, J.T. Genn. Honestly, I'm surprised he still qualifies for this list. He's been so reliable lately. Lots of weak contact on the ground. Missing bats at a pretty good rate. He gets the Tigers in Detroit, and that's a favorable matchup. So he just pitched well against the Dodgers, too. So like J.T. Ginn for this week,

Troy Melton back-to-back starts where he's been missing bats more like he did in the minors. And he was already pretty effective before then. He gets the athletics in Detroit, again, not in Sacramento. And finally, Griffin Jacks gets the Mariners. He has been very reliable since joining the rotation, typically limited to five innings. He did make it six. last time out, but on very few pitches.

So it's going to be a short outing for Jacks, but I think you'll get good results in it. All right, let's slide over to the hitters. The best matchups for next week. We have the Padres, Giants, Brewers, Orioles, and Dodgers, the worst hitter matchups, Marlins, Angels, rays, athletics, and Reds. Scott, who are your favorite sleeper hitters for Week 16?

The top two are less about the matchups than just the way they've been performing of late. they were two of the best hitters in June, particularly at the end of June. Danzby Swanson, maybe by the time you're listening to this, he's not even eligible anymore because he's been so hot lately. But as of this recording, he is rosters in less than 80% of leagues. And yeah, you see the numbers lately. You've got to start him.

Luis Garcia, same thing, how hot he's been, what really is. really puts them over the top here for week 16 is just one lefty on the schedule for the nationals. I anticipate they're going to start playing them against lefties more because of the impact he's had recently, but there's no doubt this week with the only one on the schedule. Eldridge, Bryce Eldridge, it seems like right at the point we noticed he had turned the corner, cut way down on the strikeouts, was hitting the ball incredibly hard. He cooled off. And so That dropped his roster rate back to where he qualifies for this list again. Strikeout rates only gotten better during that time.

And the Giants have the second best hitter matchups this week, as you pointed out. Only one lefty on the schedule, which should help Eldridge. The Rockies, as you mentioned, are on the road this week, which generally isn't favorable for their hitters. But they do have a few that are just fine on the road. And Brandon, I'm sorry, not Brandon, Jacob McCarrow. Brandon's a different McCarthy. Jake McCarthy is one of them. Splitzer about as good on the road as at home.

And also about as good against lefties as righties, which is important because there are three lefties on the schedule. TJ, uh, T.J. Um, Rumfield. Yeah, Rumpfield. Thank you. I was blanking on, Blanking on McCarthy's first name,

blanking on T.J. Rumfield's last name. T.J. Rumfield actually has good road stats as well, but he struggles against lefties, which is why I didn't want to put him on this list. Another giant hitters on here, L.A. Ramos. He's looked good since returning from the I.L. Cardinals are one of two teams playing eight games,

and so we're going to put Lars Nupar on this list again. The data still looks very strong for him. Even if the performance has only been so-so, I think it's just a matter of time. AJ Ewing picking things up at the plate again. Only one lefty on the schedule for the Mets. That's going to work to his. favor as Merlin Valdez.

Just a hot hand play here. Nothing wrong with the Pirates matchups. So I think we got to give him some love. Tommy Edmund's been very hot and the Dodgers have the fifth best hitter matchups. And finally, Chase Midroth, the White Sox just missed being among the teams with the five best hitter matchups. They're facing the Red Sox and Athletics pitching staffs this week, which is obviously very favorable. and for my drought specifically,

four lefties on the schedule, he is batting 32 with an 862 OPS against lefties. All right. For more extensive fantasy baseball coverage, listen to our full lane podcast, Fantasy Baseball today on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere else podcasts are found. Thanks for listening to Fantasy Baseball Today Express.

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