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Week 5 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include: Mason Miller, Joey Gallo, Drey Jameson, Matt Strahm, Connor Joe

Drey Jameson - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Waiver Wire Pickups, MLB News

Fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 5 of the 2023 MLB season. These are free agent options to add off waivers, and our rankings will help you prioritize.

RotoBallers, we are almost through the end of April, and it's already Week 5 of the fantasy baseball season. Offenses and the weather are heating up, and we are back with our latest waiver wire rankings article. Today is the fourth article of the weekly waiver wire rankings series as of April 23rd. Week 5 features players such as Mason Miller, Joey Gallo, Wil Myers, Kyle Finnegan, Matt Strahm, Connor Joe, Drey Jameson, and Spencer Steer. Read more to see where these players rank in the waiver wire rankings for Week 5.

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. Check out the waiver wire round-up to help prepare you for Sunday night's waiver wire runs for leagues with weekly transactions.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources:

 

Week 5 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 Rephael Negnewitzky, and the 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 pickups for hitters.

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 5?

Are you looking for a more direct and structured list of prioritized players to add off the waiver wire?

This article is the 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 Mason Miller SP 34 Add in All Leagues
2 Joey Gallo 1B, OF 37 Add in All Leagues
3 Harold Ramirez 1B, OF 27 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
4 Drey Jameson SP 34 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
5 Jorge Soler OF 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 Jake Burger 3B 10 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Zach Neto SS 9 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Brad Boxberger RP 25 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Wil Myers 1B, OF 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 Brice Turang 2B, SS 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Jose Siri OF 16 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Kike Hernandez 2B, SS, OF 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Kyle Finnegan RP 31 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Kerry Carpenter OF 3 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Jack Suwinski OF 8 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Garrett Cooper 1B, OF 18 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Jake Meyers OF 0 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Matt Strahm SP, RP 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Spencer Torkelson 1B 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Brayan Bello SP 14 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
21 Michael Soroka SP 23 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
22 Brandon Pfaadt SP 20 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
23 Drew Smyly SP 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
24 Jarren Duran OF 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
25 Gavin Stone SP 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
26 Kyle Bradish SP 13 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
27 Spencer Steer 1B, 3B 13 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
28 Alec Burleson OF 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
29 Connor Joe 1B, OF 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
30 Oswald Peraza SS 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
31 Logan Allen SP 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
32 Mauricio Dubon 2B, SS, OF 22 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
33 Gabriel Moreno C 22 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
34 Rodolfo Castro 2B, 3B, SS 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
35 Jordan Diaz 2B 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
36 Joey Wiemer OF 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
37 William Smith RP 27 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
38 Pavin Smith 1B, OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
39 Jeurys Familia RP 0 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
40 Jeremiah Estrada RP 0 Add in 15+ Team Leagues

 



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