Fantasy Baseball: Don't believe everything you see from these six pitchers, Spencer Arrighetti included

They've come through for you to this point, but you may want to offload these pitchers before it's too late

Jun 22, 2026 at 11:28 am ET • 1 min read

As we near the season's halfway point, much of the early noise has faded, and outlandish performances have largely come back down to earth.

But there are still a handful of fakeouts, the most detectable of which are on the pitching side. Here, I've singled out what I consider to be the six biggest.

As for what you could get in a trade, your mileage will vary. If it's nothing substantial, then the better approach may be to ride out the pitcher for as long as his good fortune lasts. Some of us have made bank on fakeouts before. If nothing else, though, you'll want to be prepared to pivot when the likely course correction comes.