Must-Add Waiver Wire Pickups: Mid-Week Fantasy Baseball Adds for Week 11

June 10, 2026

Dan analyzes 7 must-add fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups, mid-week adds for Week 11 of the 2026 MLB season. Grab these players asap off the waiver wire.

Hello again, RotoBallers! Now that we have reached the halfway point of the week, it is time to start shopping the fantasy baseball waiver wire. Whether you play in a league that allows daily transactions, or you want a sneak preview for the weekend waiver run, the mid-week edition of Must-Add Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 11 is here to help.

Leading off this week’s group is a hitter who has been so hot for so long, I’m a bit embarrassed at not already having brought him up before today. There are also a couple more hitters with advantageous schedules, another big call-up, a relief pitcher worth rostering despite not being a closer, and a former ace who is regaining his form.

This week’s list will cater to a larger set of fantasy baseball managers. The players below are rostered in no more than 40% of Yahoo leagues. I’ll also highlight some players rostered in fewer than 10% of Yahoo fantasy baseball leagues for the deep league managers out there. With that said, let’s dive in and see my Must-Add Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 11 of fantasy baseball.

2026 Fantasy Baseball: Mid-Week Waiver Wire Adds

Jung Hoo Lee, OF, San Francisco Giants

Jung Hoo Lee wears number 51 as a nod to his childhood hero, Ichiro Suzuki. Lately, Lee has been looking more and more like his idol. After starting 6-for-42 (.143) in the first two weeks of the season, Lee has been on an upward trajectory. Since May 1, he has hit .368 and is 27-for-46 with 12 runs scored in 11 games since returning from a brief stay on the injured list on May 29.

As of this writing, Lee is riding a 17-game hit streak (and has hit safely in 23 of his last 25 games played), during which time he has enjoyed four four-hit games (with a total of five on the season). He has pulled his batting average all the way up to .333, matching Brandon Marsh of the Phillies for second-best in the National League.

Hitting over .500 is not sustainable in the long term, but this is the sort of thing that Lee was brought to San Francisco to do. While it lasts, he will give fantasy teams a healthy boost in the runs and batting average categories. Lee isn’t much of a base stealer, but with series against the Braves and Marlins next week, he should add one or two more to his total.

Daily update …

29+ hits in a 12-game span, Giants since at least 1900:

2026 Jung Hoo Lee
1932 Bill Terry
1930 Bill Terry
1929 Edd Roush https://t.co/Db0hHJLH1y

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) June 10, 2026

Nick Gonzales, 2B/3B/SS, Pittsburgh Pirates

Say you have a logjam in your outfield already, and don’t have the space to add Lee, but you like what he offers. If you need help in the infield, consider Nick Gonzales of the Pirates. The 27-year-old has been one of the most consistent contact hitters in MLB this year, and he is eligible at three different infield positions.

Like Lee, Gonzales swings a light bat, but his emphasis on soft contact and using all fields has kept his batting average at or above .300 for most of the season. A mid-April swoon dropped his average to a low of .242 on April 18, but he has hit .335 and reached base safely in 32 of 42 games since then. In his last 10 games, he is 14-for-48 with 11 runs scored and nine RBI.

Gonzales is a right-handed batter, but is protected from being platooned by strong reverse splits. In his career, he has hit .276 against same-handed pitchers (versus .256 against southpaws), and this year he has been especially strong against righties, having hit .333 against them.

Gonzales has hit his way into the top half of a surprisingly dynamic Pirates offense and should continue to be a good source of average, runs, and RBI. While he sits at just three stolen bases in 2026, the Pirates’ upcoming weekend series against the lackadaisical Marlins defense will give him a good opportunity to put his 87th percentile sprint speed to use. Next week should be good for his overall numbers, with trips to Sacramento and Colorado on tap.

Aaron Ashby, RP, Milwaukee Brewers (40%)

Christopher Sanchez recently went 50 2/3 innings without allowing a run, Shohei Ohtani is rocking a minuscule 0.76 ERA, and Jacob Misiorowski leads the majors with 116 strikeouts, but it is a relief pitcher who has the most wins in the National League. Milwaukee’s Aaron Ashby is actually tied (with Guardians starter Gavin Williams) for the most wins in all of MLB with nine.

Wins are a fluky stat in general, even more so for a reliever, but Ashby’s unexpected production is certainly worthy of attention. With 29 appearances in Milwaukee’s 64 games, Ashby is one of the most frequently used relief pitchers in 2026, rarely pitching on more than two days’ rest. Frequent use has given him ample opportunities to be in the right place at the right time and be credited with a win as a result.

We can’t count on the Brewers’ offense to always power Ashby to a win, but we can relish in his 32.6% strikeout rate. His 11.0% walk rate isn't great, but his 1.38 WHIP isn’t doing the damage to team ratios that a starter with double his innings would. Primarily a sinkerballer, Ashby's secondary pitches (a curveball to righties and a slider to lefties) have been very effective. Both pitches absolutely disappear against batters, each resulting in whiff rates over 56%.

It is highly improbable that Ashby will keep racking up wins at his current pace, so let’s not add him with the expectation of a significant contribution there. Instead, let’s pick him up in leagues where the wire is thin on streamable starters. At the very least, Ashby will kick in a few strikeouts each week and help keep a team’s ERA in check.

Walker Buehler, SP, San Diego Padres

Walker Buehler was at one point the heir apparent to Clayton Kershaw. A catastrophic injury history derailed what was a promising future for the young hurler. Buehler parted ways with the Dodgers after 2024 and spent most of 2025 getting knocked around as part of the Boston Red Sox rotation.

Now calling pitcher-friendly Petco Park home, Buehler is seeing something close to a rebound year. He is still far from the level of his stellar run in the first years of his career, but he is faring much better than last season. Buehler is no stranger to hard contact, but his home run-to-flyball ratio has been cut in half, from 15.8% to 7.5%, one of the better figures in the league.

In his last six starts, Buehler has a respectable 3.09 ERA and 1.19 WHIP. This weekend, he is projected to face off against Baltimore’s Trevor Rogers, who has struggled in 2026, presenting Buehler with a chance to grab a win. Next week, he will have a good matchup against a Texas Rangers lineup that is in the bottom half of the league in wOBA and wRC+ against right-handed pitching.

Zack Gelof, 2B/3B/OF, Athletics

Going back now to hot hitters with favorable schedules, Zack Gelof of the Athletics is there for the taking in 80% of Yahoo leagues. Gelof is in the midst of a 14-game hit streak and has reached base safely in 17 straight.

The Athletics are playing at “home” in Las Vegas again this weekend against the Rockies. The thin, dry desert air contributed to a final score of 15-14 in a loss to the Brewers in the Athletics’ first game at Cashman Field on June 8. Gelof contributed a solo home run in that game and followed up with another on June 9, when the teams combined for another 12 runs. The slugfest should continue through the weekend.

Continuing into next week, the Athletics return to West Sacramento, where the ball should continue flying. The team will host the Pirates for three games and then the Angels for four, giving Gelof the always-welcome bonus seventh day of potential production. The power-speed threat has six stolen bases on the year and should find it easy to add to his total in the days ahead. The Rockies and the Angels are among the worst in the league at preventing steals.

Deep League Targets: Mid-Week Waiver Wire Adds

Nathaniel Lowe, 1B, Cincinnati Reds

At the end of April, Nathaniel Lowe got everyone’s attention by hitting five home runs in a six-game span, raising his early-season batting average from .233 to .288 and his OPS from .848 to 1.027. His bat has cooled, and his averages have come back to earth in the five or so weeks since, but he still represents a solid source for RBI.

Under the hood, Lowe’s 2026 looks promising. His xBA is a respectable .273, and his .517 xSLG ranks in the 91st percentile. Lowe is also sporting his highest barrel rate (14.1%) since the shortened 2020 season and is otherwise making great contact. His swinging strike rate (7.8%) is at a career low, his zone contact rate is at 87.6%, and even when swinging at pitches outside of the zone, Lowe is making contact 70.3% of the time.

Ahead on the schedule, the Reds play back-to-back three-game sets at Great American Ball Park. First, against the Diamondbacks this weekend, followed by the Mets. The Reds then hit the road for three games at Yankee Stadium, where Lowe has hit .281 with seven RBI in 17 career games. Lowe is rostered in only 5% of Yahoo leagues, so he should be an easy pickup for deep leaguers looking for help at first base.

Braden Montgomery, OF, Chicago White Sox

Full disclosure, Braden Montgomery was a late add to this week’s column, on the heels of his promotion to the White Sox. Then he went ahead and hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning of his MLB debut. This morning, he was rostered in just 5% of Yahoo leagues, making him one of my deep league targets, but I suspect he won’t be so widely available for long.

Montgomery was one of the players who came to Chicago in the deal that sent Garrett Crochet to the Boston Red Sox. The 23-year-old was the twelfth overall pick in the 2024 Draft and had risen to be MLB Pipeline’s No. 21-ranked prospect this year. Montgomery was hitting .314 with 10 home runs, 41 RBI, 52 runs, and five steals in 56 games across Double-A and Triple-A at the time of his call-up.

The up-and-coming star is a standout power prospect, but will be prone to strikeouts at the MLB level. He should see regular playing time in center or right field for the White Sox.

Other Waiver Wire Targets

• Sam Antonacci, CHW
• Christian Scott, NYM
• Adolis Garcia, PHI
• Alec Bohm, PHI
• Bryce Eldridge, SFG
• Dylan Lee ATL
• Dalton Rushing, LAD
• Spencer Jones, NYY
• Dominic Canzone, SEA

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