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Welcome RotoBallers to our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings list for Week 18 - July 17 through July 23 to help you stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. The Reds called up top prospect Christian Encarnacion-Strand on Monday. He went 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in Tuesday's 11-10 loss to the Giants. Baltimore Orioles' top pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez was recalled on Monday. The 23-year-old allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings. Pittsburgh recently called up starting pitcher Quinn Priester and catcher Endy Rodriguez, both of who made their MLB debuts earlier in the week. Seattle calls up outfielder Cade Marlowe from Triple-A Tacoma Thursday. Top prospects such as Landon Knack, Ceddanne Rafaela, Colt Keith, Matt Mervis, Ronny Mauricio, and Connor Norby patiently await the call to the big leagues.
Some notable recent performances include Houston Astros outfielder Chas McCormick, who has homered four times over his last four games. The 28-year-old is hitting .550 (11-for-20) with four homers, eight RBI, and nine runs across his last 26 plate appearances. Since the calendar flipped to July 1, Washington Nationals infielder CJ Abrams is slashing .364/.417/.545 with a home run, three RBI, 13 runs, and nine stolen bases over 14 games. In his last two starts, Detroit Tigers right-hander Matt Manning owns a 0.73 ERA, 0.57 WHIP, and an 8:3 K: BB across 12 1/3 innings.
This week's waiver wire rankings feature players such as Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Grayson Rodrguez, CJ Abrams, Aroldis Chapman, Tyler Soderstrom, Chas McCormick, Zack Gelof, Adbert Alzolay, Lars Nootbaar, James Outman, Nick Pivetta, Kerry Carpenter, Cade Marlowe, Matt Manning, rank among others. We're here, as always, to help you stay on top of the latest waiver wire options, especially in leagues that allow for daily moves. Prospects continue to be called up that are making impacts, so you'll need to be informed. Be sure to stay on top of our weekly waiver wire rankings and turn on MLB news alerts to stay ahead of the curve. Once you're done here, check out our fantasy baseball prospects articles for the latest names to stash and pick up.
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Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups List
For anyone who isn't familiar, every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, we release all sorts of fantasy baseball waiver wire articles. As part of that, Nick Mariano releases our waiver wire rankings list on Sundays to help you prioritize which players to target as free agent adds off waivers.
In addition to that, we are also putting out a second waiver wire rankings list mid-week. Since many fantasy baseball leagues have daily waiver wire moves or multiple waiver wire runs per week for adding players, this mid-week rankings list should help you keep track of players emerging in the middle of the week before we reach Sunday.
Below you will see our list of waiver wire pickups in our prioritized order. There should be waiver wire recommendations here for all sorts of league sizes, along with the position(s) for the player and the rostered percentages.
| Rank | Player Name | Pos. | % Ros. | Baller Move |
| 1 | Christian Encarnacion-Strand | 1B | 62 | Add in All Leagues |
| 2 | Anthony Volpe | SS | 57 | Add in All Leagues |
| 3 | Francisco Alvarez | C | 61 | Add in All Leagues |
| 4 | Grayson Rodriguez | SP | 50 | Add in All Leagues |
| 5 | Seiya Suzuki | OF | 50 | Add in All Leagues |
| 6 | CJ Abrams | 2B, SS | 45 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 7 | Aroldis Chapman | RP | 63 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 8 | Luke Raley | 1B, OF | 62 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 9 | Tarik Skubal | SP | 51 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 10 | Edouard Julien | 2B | 21 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 11 | Mickey Moniak | OF | 43 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 12 | Cade Marlowe | OF | 0 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 13 | Maikel Garcia | 3B, SS | 36 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 14 | Jose Siri | OF | 12 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 15 | Will Benson | OF | 11 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 16 | Chas McCormick | OF | 45 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 17 | Colton Cowser | OF | 17 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 18 | Oswald Peraza | 3B, SS | 7 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 19 | Bryan Woo | SP | 45 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 20 | Adbert Alzolay | RP | 48 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 21 | Joey Votto | 1B | 36 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 22 | Lars Nootbaar | OF | 47 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 23 | Ezequiel Tovar | SS | 41 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 24 | Triston Casas | 1B | 23 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 25 | Jordan Westburg | 2B, SS | 34 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 26 | Wilmer Flores | 1B, 2B, 3B | 17 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 27 | Kenta Maeda | SP | 47 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 28 | Gavin Williams | SP | 33 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 29 | Matt Manning | SP | 21 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 30 | Yainer Diaz | C | 24 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 31 | Corey Julks | OF | 15 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 32 | Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 39 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 33 | Bo Naylor | C | 6 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 34 | Dane Myers | OF | 6 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 35 | Jake Burger | 3B | 24 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 36 | Zack Gelof | 2B | 9 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 37 | J.P. France | SP | 40 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 38 | Alex Kirilloff | 1B, OF | 11 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 39 | Mike Ford | 1B | 6 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 40 | Tyler Soderstrom | C, 1B | 25 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 41 | Dean Kremer | SP | 45 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 42 | Kevin Ginkel | RP | 7 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 43 | Spencer Torkelson | 1B | 29 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 44 | James Outman | OF | 35 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 45 | Keibert Ruiz | C | 36 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 46 | Cristopher Sanchez | SP, RP | 16 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 47 | Seth Lugo | SP | 33 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 48 | Zach Neto | SS | 7 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 49 | Tanner Scott | RP | 20 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 50 | Griffin Canning | SP | 24 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 51 | Michael Conforto | OF | 38 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 52 | Logan Allen | SP | 25 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 53 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | 37 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 54 | Erik Swanson | RP | 24 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 55 | Jose Quintana | SP | 14 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 56 | Endy Rodriguez | C | 6 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 57 | Brent Rooker | OF | 20 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 58 | Nick Gonzales | 2B, SS | 10 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 59 | JP Sears | SP | 26 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 60 | Zach McKinstry | 2B, 3B, SS, OF | 9 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 61 | Hyun Jin Ryu | SP | 14 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 62 | Patrick Bailey | C | 18 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 63 | Nick Pivetta | SP, RP | 16 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 64 | Joel Payamps | RP | 34 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 65 | Kyle Hendricks | SP | 41 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 66 | Alex Call | OF | 2 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 67 | Quinn Priester | SP | 7 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 68 | Trevor May | RP | 10 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 69 | Paul DeJong | SS | 4 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 70 | Ji-Man Choi | 1B | 0 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 71 | Tony Kemp | 2B, OF | 8 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 72 | David Peralta | OF | 3 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 73 | Brusdar Graterol | RP | 16 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 74 | Daniel Bard | RP | 33 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 75 | Johan Rojas | OF | 2 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 76 | Travis Jankowski | OF | 4 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 77 | Shintaro Fujinami | SP, RP | 2 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 78 | Trent Grisham | OF | 8 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 79 | Blake Sabol | C, OF | 7 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 80 | Max Kepler | OF | 3 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
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