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Welcome to Week 5 of the fantasy baseball season. Just like any other week, we have put together a full assortment of fantasy baseball waiver wire articles. We are with you every single week, and are going to do our best to help guide you through the entire MLB season and bring home that fantasy trophy.
For those who are not familiar, our team's fantasy baseball waiver wire articles get published on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays each week. First up is our two-start pitcher streamers article by lead editor Pierre Camus, and the top hitter streamers and starts article by Justin Dunbar, released late each week to give you a head start on the week ahead. For you premium subscribers, you get our overall waiver wire article, compliments of Nick Mariano. These will give you a solid overview of the waiver wire options.
RotoBaller's resident points league guru Nick Gaut brings you his weekly points league pitcher pickups and points league hitter pickups. KC Bubba then brings your his deeper waiver wire pickups for all positions, with a slant for NFBC leagues. In addition to these articles, we also dig deeper for each position with individual waiver wire articles: starting pitcher pickups, outfield pickups, 2B and SS pickups, 1B and 3B pickups, and players to consider dropping. Last but not least, Anthony Aniano gives you two videos a week for his waiver wire hitters video and waiver wire pitchers video.
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Who To Pickup for Fantasy Baseball Week 5?
Are you looking for a more direct and structured list of prioritized players to add off the waiver wire? This article is final piece of the weekly waiver wire pickups series, and its goal is to show you our weekly ranking for the relevant waiver wire pickup options including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size). So below you will find the overall rankings list, and below that each individual position in priority order. Hopefully this helps you win your waiver wire this week! Let's get to it.
| Rank | Player Name | Pos | % Ros | Baller Move |
| 1 | Ramon Laureano | OF | 37 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
| 2 | George Kirby | SP | 26 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
| 3 | Spencer Strider | RP | 8 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 4 | Tommy Pham | OF | 41 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 5 | Jesus Aguilar | 1B | 30 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 6 | Josh Winder | SP | 22 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 7 | Jose Miranda | 3B | 12 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 8 | Juan Yepez | 1B, 3B | 12 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 9 | Ryan Helsley | RP | 46 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 10 | Jhoan Duran | SP, RP | 30 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 11 | MJ Melendez | C | 20 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 12 | Ha-Seong Kim | 2B, 3B, SS | 32 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 13 | Aaron Ashby | SP, RP | 17 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 14 | Manuel Margot | OF | 11 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 15 | Brandon Nimmo | OF | 30 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 16 | Jorge Mateo | 2B, SS, OF | 24 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 17 | Kolten Wong | 2B | 38 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 18 | Royce Lewis | SS | 25 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 19 | Christian Walker | 1B | 5 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 20 | Alex Kirilloff | 1B, OF | 31 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 21 | Harrison Bader | OF | 31 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 22 | Tyler Anderson | SP | 30 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 23 | Andres Gimenez | 2B, SS | 7 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 24 | LaMonte Wade Jr. | 1B, OF | 5 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 25 | Wilmer Flores | 1B, 2B, 3B | 35 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 26 | Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 13 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 27 | Mike Zunino | C | 18 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 28 | Yadiel Hernandez | OF | 30 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 29 | Brendan Rodgers | 2B, SS | 36 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 30 | Rafael Montero | RP | 17 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 31 | Bruce Zimmermann | SP | 22 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 32 | Clay Holmes | RP | 25 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 33 | Grayson Rodriguez | SP | 18 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 34 | Alejandro Kirk | C | 27 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 35 | Pavin Smith | 1B, OF | 8 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 36 | Brad Keller | SP | 31 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 37 | Brandon Drury | 2B, 3B, OF | 5 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 38 | Penn Murfee | RP | 0 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 39 | Humberto Castellanos | SP, RP | 1 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
| 40 | Ben Gamel | OF | 3 | Add in 14+ Team Leagues |
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