Rookies were among the talk of the past week, as three notables had significant breakthroughs in recent days. But on the other side of the fantasy baseball spectrum, several notable veterans had down weeks during Week 12 of 2026.

Risers

• INF/OF Sam Antonacci (White Sox)
• 2B Travis Bazzana (Guardians)
• SP Joey Cantillo (Guardians)
• OF Pete Crow-Armstrong (Cubs)
• SP Nolan McLean (Mets)
• OF Bryan Reynolds (Pirates)

Yet another instance of a player going from cold to hot in one week.

It shouldn’t be a surprise that Travis Bazzana did just that. Bazzana hit three home runs over the last week, including two on the 20th against the Astros. Sam Antonacci, another rookie infielder, did the same for the White Sox.

Bryan Reynolds hit three home runs and 10 total hits over the last week, which saw the Pirates go to two favorable hitting environments: Sacramento and Denver.

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit for the cycle as part of a brilliant week, one that saw him swat four home runs and tally three stolen bases. Slowly but surely, Crow-Armstrong is on pace for another 30-30 season.

As for the pitchers, both Joey Cantillo and Nolan McLean acted on the faith that some fantasy owners — myself included — had in both this season. Cantillo struck out nine over eight innings against the Giants, while McLean tossed seven nearly-spotless innings against the Reds in what was, arguably, his best outing of 2026.

Fallers

• C Drake Baldwin (Braves)
• 3B Matt Chapman (Giants)
• 2B Xavier Edwards (Marlins)
• OF Daylen Lile (Nationals)
• SP Davis Martin (White Sox)
• SP Freddy Peralta (Mets)

Drake Baldwin came storming off the IL and hit a home run in his first at-bat back, making it appear that the Braves catcher would just start right where he left off. However, Baldwin went 2-18 over his first four games back, including 10 strikeouts, tied for third-most in the league over the past week.

Give Baldwin some time, obviously.

As for others on cold streaks, Matt Chapman was one of baseball’s hottest hitters over the first half of June. But over the last week, Chapman is 1-20 with seven total strikeouts. Xavier Edwards and Daylen Lile, meanwhile, are two for their last 20.

Moving on to pitchers, Davis Martin was hit around in Yankee Stadium this past week. Nine earned runs over 3.1 IP in what was Martin’s second tough outing in three. Since the start of May, his ERA jumped from 2.00 to 3.31. We did tell you to think about trading high on him in May, if possible.

Lastly, Freddy Peralta was hit hard on June 20, this time against the Phillies. The Phillies hit him on the fastball & changeup, and this is yet another instance where A) Peralta couldn’t go deep and B) had trouble with baserunners.

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