Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Logan Henderson worth adding, Spencer Steer heating up
Welcome to Waiver Wire Watch, our weekly fantasy baseball waiver wire guide. We’ll be doing things a little differently this season, with Eric Samulski publishing the initial waiver-wire article on Friday afternoon. Then James Schiano updates it every Sunday to make sure you get the most up-to-date information.
The premise of the article is pretty straightforward. We’ll give you some recommended adds each week based on recent production or role changes. When we list a player, we’ll list the category where we think he’ll be helpful or the quick reason he’s listed. We hope it helps you determine if the player fits what your team needs. Not every "trending" player will be a good addition for your specific roster.
To qualify for this list, a player needs to be UNDER 40% rostered in Yahoo! formats. We understand you may say, "These players aren’t available in my league," and we can’t help you there. These players are available in over 60% of leagues and some in 98% of leagues, so they’re available in many places, and that can hopefully satisfy readers who play in all league types.
In my opinion, the following players are worth adding to your fantasy baseball team:
Hitters:
- A.J. Ewing (2B/OF, NYM) - 38% rostered
- Recent call-up with stolen base upside
- Samuel Basallo (C, BAL) - 38% rostered
- Playing time opportunity with power upside
- Bryson Stott (2B/SS, PHI) - 37% rostered
- Regular playing time with batted ball quality
- Adolis Garcia (OF, PHI) - 34% rostered
- Regular playing time with power upside
- Ezequiel Duran (1B/2B/3B/SS/OF, TEX) - 30% rostered
- Regular playing time with batting order bump
- Austin Martin (2B/OF, MIN) - 5% rostered
- Settling into an everyday role with potential for speed
- JJ Bleday (OF, CIN) - 27% rostered
- Approach change with playing time opportunity
- Spencer Steer (1B/OF, CIN) - 21% rostered
- Regular playing time with past success
- Luke Raley (1B/OF, SEA) - 21% rostered
- Hot streak with power upside
- Henry Bolte (OF, ATH) - 17% rostered
- Recent call-up with power/speed upside
- Ryan Waldschmidt (OF, ARI) - 16% rostered
- Prospect pedigree with regular playing time
- Zack Gelof (2B/3B/OF, ATH) - 14% rostered
- Regular playing time with potential approach change
- Angel Martinez (2B/OF, CLE) - 21% rostered
- Hot streak with potential for speed
- Sam Antonacci (2B/3B/OF, CWS) - 14% rostered
- Hot streak with speed upside
- Carson Benge (OF, NYM) - 12% rostered
- Prospect pedigree with hot streak
- TJ Rumfield (1B, COL) - 10% rostered
- Home games with power upside
- Edwin Arroyo (SS, CIN) - 5% rostered
- Prospect stash with potential for impact
- Yohandy Morales (1B/3B, WAS) - 0% rostered
- Power upside with regular playing time
- Jesús Rodríguez (C, SFG) - 4% rostered
- Two-catcher target with offensive potential
- Braden Shewmake (2B/3B/SS, HOU) - 1% rostered
- Short-term option with starting job
Pitchers:
- Jared Jones (SP, PIT) - 36% rostered
- Stash now before next rehab start
- Troy Melton (SP, DET) - 2% rostered
- Stash now before next rehab start
- Rico Garcia (RP, BAL) - 36% rostered
- Closer opportunity with recent success
- Aaron Ashby (RP, MIL) - 36% rostered
- Elite reliever with high win total
- Bryce Miller (SP, SEA) - 35% rostered
- Season debut with electric stuff
- Logan Henderson (SP, MIL) - 34% rostered
- Good in two starts since call-up
- Jacob Latz (SP/RP, TEX) - 34% rostered
- Left-handed former starter with save chances
- Noah Schultz (SP, CWS) - 28% rostered
- Two-start week with potential for solid results
- Griffin Jax (SP/RP, TB) - 25% rostered
- Stretching out as a starter
- Ben Brown (SP/RP, CHC) - 16% rostered
- Well-pitched lately with limited pitch mix
- Peter Lambert (SP, HOU) - 14% rostered
- Consistent add with solid arsenal
- Connor Prielipp (SP, MIN) - 13% rostered
- Secure spot in rotation with decent arsenal
- Christian Scott (SP, NYM) - 13% rostered
- Two-start week with potential for success
- Trevor McDonald (SP, SF) - 12% rostered
- Sinker/sweeper pitcher with groundball potential
- Carmen Mlodzinski (SP, SF) - 11% rostered
- Matchup play with potential for whiff upside
- J.T. Ginn (SP, ATH) - 10% rostered
- Decent two-start week with risk
- Caleb Kilian (RP, SF) - 9% rostered
- Best arm in the bullpen with potential for wins
- Ryan Zeferjahn (RP, LAA) - 2% rostered
- Increased fastball velocity with command issues
