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Week 2 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include: Yandy Diaz, A.J. Puk, Adam Duvall, Austin Meadows, Dany Jimenez

Dany Jimenez - Fantasy Baseball Closers, Saves Waiver Wire Pickups

Fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 2 of the 2023 MLB season. These are free agent options to add off waivers, and our rankings will help you prioritize.

Welcome fellow RotoBallers, as we enter Week 2 of the fantasy baseball season. Today is the first article of the weekly waiver wire rankings series as of April 2nd. Week 2 features players such as Jake Fraley, A.J. Puk, Adam Duvall, Oscar Colas, and Dany Jimenez. Read more to see where these players rank in the waiver wire rankings for Week 2.

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.

We are with you every week and will do our best to help guide you through the entire MLB season. With Opening Day behind us, check out the waiver wire round-up to help prepare you for Sunday night's waiver wire runs for leagues with weekly transactions.

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Week 2 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.

First up is our two-start pitcher streamers article by Justin Raffone, the top hitter streamers and starts article by Brad Camara, and closers and saves waiver wire report by David Marcillo, 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.

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.

 

Who To Pickup for Fantasy Baseball Week 2?

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 % Owned Baller Move
1 Yandy Diaz 1B, 3B 38 Add in All Leagues
2 Jake Fraley OF 31 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
3 Trayce Thompson OF 14 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
4 Adam Duvall OF 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
5 Gabriel Moreno C 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 Jorge Mateo SS 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Michael Fulmer RP 37 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Zach Eflin SP 37 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Yoan Moncada 3B 30 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 A.J. Puk RP 25 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Austin Meadows OF 32 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Austin Hays OF 27 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Oswaldo Cabrera MI, OF 22 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Garrett Cooper 1B 7 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 CJ Abrams 2B, SS 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Darick Hall UT 25 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Oscar Colas OF 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Rafael Montero RP 27 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Carlos Estevez RP 17 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Ha-Seong Kim 3B, SS 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 Pierce Johnson RP 17 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
22 Jonah Heim C 14 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
23 Jorge Soler OF 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 Jose Siri OF 4 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
25 Tylor Megill SP, RP 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
26 Ji Hwan Bae OF 23 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
27 Elehuris Montero 1B, 3B 20 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
28 Logan O'Hoppe C 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
29 Trevor Larnach OF 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
30 Spencer Steer 1B, 3B 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
31 Jurickson Profar OF 22 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
32 Dany Jimenez RP 26 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
33 Andrew Chafin RP 13 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
34 Michael Massey 2B 19 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
35 Orlando Arcia 2B, OF 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
36 Mitch Garver C 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
37 Robbie Grossman OF 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
38 Joey Wiemer OF 9 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
39 Gavin Stone SP 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
40 Aroldis Chapman RP 24 Add in 15+ Team Leagues



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