Welcome fellow RotoBallers, as we enter Week 18 of the fantasy baseball season. Last week's list featured players like Luis Garcia, Brady Singer, Alex Cobb and Domingo German off the waiver wire, and we're back at it for more.
Just like any other week, we have put together a full assortment of fantasy baseball waiver wire articles. You can see that full roundup below.
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Week 18 Waiver Wire Roundup for Fantasy Baseball
For those who are not familiar, our team's fantasy baseball waiver wire articles get published on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays each week.n
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.
Who To Pickup for Fantasy Baseball Week 18?
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 | Position | % Ros. | Baller Move |
1 | Jean Segura | 2B | 47 | Add in All Leagues |
2 | Jesus Luzardo | SP | 47 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
3 | George Kirby | SP | 38 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
4 | Adam Frazier | 2B, OF | 29 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
5 | Rowan Wick | RP | 13 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
6 | Jonathan Hernandez | RP | 11 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
7 | Kyle Finnegan | RP | 34 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
8 | Trent Grisham | OF | 39 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
9 | Alex Cobb | SP | 36 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
10 | Braxton Garrett | SP | 40 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
11 | Dany Jimenez | RP | 37 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
12 | Edward Cabrera | SP | 36 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
13 | Miguel Vargas | 3B | 17 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
14 | Alexis Diaz | RP | 16 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
15 | Aaron Ashby | SP, RP | 39 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
16 | Jose Iglesias | 2B, SS | 22 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
17 | Wil Crowe | SP, RP | 18 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
18 | Kutter Crawford | SP, RP | 15 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
19 | Ian Kennedy | RP | 8 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
20 | Kyle Lewis | OF | 19 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
21 | Nick Lodolo | SP | 35 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
22 | Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 14 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
23 | William Contreras | C | 41 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
24 | Seth Brown | 1B, OF | 28 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
25 | Luis Rengifo | 2B, 3B, SS, OF | 23 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
26 | Randal Grichuk | OF | 36 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
27 | Pete Fairbanks | RP | 7 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
28 | Eddie Rosario | OF | 20 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
29 | Mitch Keller | SP | 14 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
30 | Ryan Tepera | RP | 9 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
31 | Luis Garcia | 2B, SS | 7 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
32 | Victor Robles | OF | 4 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
33 | Domingo German | SP | 25 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
34 | A.J. Puk | RP | 25 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
35 | Justin Steele | SP, RP | 13 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
36 | Nick Gordon | 2B, SS, OF | 2 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
37 | Alek Thomas | OF | 15 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
38 | Daniel Vogelbach | 1B | 6 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
39 | Tyrone Taylor | OF | 3 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
40 | Jose Trevino | C | 19 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
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