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Welcome back RotoBallers to another edition of the fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 18 -- July 24 through July 30. We are a week away from August, leaving just over two months left of the regular season. More top prospects are being called up to the big leagues, and some are producing for fantasy managers immediately. The Reds called up top prospect Christian Encarnacion-Strand earlier in the week, while the Brewers promoted outfielder Sal Frelick.
Notable injury notes include Nolan Arenado (leg), Adolis Garcia (hand), Zach Neto (back), Willson Contreras (hip), Andrew Vaughn (foot), and C.J. Cron (back) being considered day-to-day. Corey Seager (thumb) and Cedric Mullins (groin) were placed on the injured list. Reinforcements are coming as Trevor Story (elbow), Brandon Woodruff (shoulder), and Jose Altuve (oblique) are close to returning to action. The ball is flying out of the yard as offenses are heating up. We are here to help sort it all out with our latest waiver wire rankings article.
This week's waiver wire rankings feature players such as Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Trevor Story, Will Benson, Triston Casas, Alex Kirilloff, Colton Cowser, Patrick Sandoval, Edouard Julien, Sal Frelick, Cade Marlowe, Matt Manning, Logan Allen, Endy Rodriguez, Brandon Pfaadt, and where they rank, among others. Read more to see where these players rank in the waiver wire rankings for Week 18.
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Week 18 Waiver Wire Roundup for Fantasy Baseball
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 to help prepare you for Sunday night's waiver wire runs for leagues with weekly transactions.
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 closers and saves waiver wire report by David Marcillo, followed by our two-start pitcher streamers article by Pranav Uppalapati, and then the top hitter streamers by Dawn Tepper, 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, deep fantasy hitter pickups, and players to consider dropping.
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 the final piece of the weekly waiver wire pickups series. 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. Below that, each individual position is in priority order. Hopefully, this helps you win your wire this week!
| Rank | Player Name | Pos. | % Ros. | Baller Move |
| 1 | Christian Encarnacion-Strand | 1B | 62 | Add in All Leagues |
| 2 | Anthony Volpe | SS | 55 | Add in All Leagues |
| 3 | Grayson Rodriguez | SP | 51 | Add in All Leagues |
| 4 | Trevor Story | 2B | 43 | Add in All Leagues |
| 5 | Seiya Suzuki | OF | 51 | Add in All Leagues |
| 6 | Will Benson | OF | 15 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 7 | Triston Casas | 1B | 23 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 8 | Edouard Julien | 2B | 38 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 9 | Luke Raley | 1B, OF | 62 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 10 | Tarik Skubal | SP | 51 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 11 | Jose Siri | OF | 12 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 12 | Chas McCormick | OF | 59 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 13 | Alex Kirilloff | 1B, OF | 23 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 14 | Javier Baez | SS | 38 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 15 | Mickey Moniak | OF | 50 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 16 | Maikel Garcia | 3B, SS | 34 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 17 | Colton Cowser | OF | 14 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 18 | Bryan Woo | SP | 43 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 19 | Adbert Alzolay | RP | 48 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 20 | Patrick Sandoval | SP | 39 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 21 | Joey Votto | 1B | 33 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 22 | Gavin Williams | SP | 31 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 23 | Ezequiel Tovar | SS | 40 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 24 | Jordan Westburg | 2B, SS | 31 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 25 | Wilmer Flores | 1B, 2B, 3B | 26 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 26 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | 39 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 27 | Kenta Maeda | SP | 47 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 28 | Kevin Ginkel | RP | 20 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 29 | Oswald Peraza | 3B, SS | 6 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 30 | Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 40 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 31 | Matt Manning | SP | 26 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 32 | Cade Marlowe | OF | 0 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 33 | Dane Myers | OF | 5 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 34 | Jake Burger | 3B | 24 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 35 | Zack Gelof | 2B | 7 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 36 | J.P. France | SP | 38 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 37 | Seth Lugo | SP | 35 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 38 | Zach Neto | SS | 7 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 39 | Michael Conforto | OF | 38 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 40 | Logan Allen | SP | 27 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 41 | Ross Stripling | SP, RP | 15 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 42 | Spencer Torkelson | 1B | 31 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 43 | James Outman | OF | 37 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 44 | Nick Pivetta | SP, RP | 20 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 45 | Trent Grisham | OF | 12 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 46 | Keibert Ruiz | C | 38 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 47 | Cristopher Sanchez | SP, RP | 16 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 48 | Sal Frelick | OF | 10 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 49 | Jose Quintana | SP | 14 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 50 | Tanner Scott | RP | 21 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 51 | Griffin Canning | SP | 24 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 52 | Mike Ford | 1B | 6 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 53 | Justin Lawrence | RP | 21 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 54 | Tyler Soderstrom | C, 1B | 21 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 55 | Yainer Diaz | C | 22 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 56 | Bo Naylor | C | 6 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 57 | Endy Rodriguez | C | 6 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 58 | Kerry Carpenter | OF | 12 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 59 | Zach McKinstry | 2B, 3B, SS, OF | 9 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 60 | Hyun Jin Ryu | SP | 15 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 61 | Patrick Bailey | C | 16 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 62 | Joel Payamps | RP | 36 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 63 | JP Sears | SP | 24 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 64 | Kyle Hendricks | SP | 40 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 65 | Michael Grove | SP | 2 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 66 | Brandon Pfaadt | SP | 4 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 67 | Trevor May | RP | 12 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 68 | Paul DeJong | SS | 4 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 69 | Steven Matz | SP | 7 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 70 | Tony Kemp | 2B, OF | 8 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 71 | Drew Waters | OF | 2 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 72 | Max Kepler | OF | 4 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 73 | Brusdar Graterol | RP | 16 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 74 | Chase Silseth | SP | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 75 | Jared Triolo | 3B, SS | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 76 | Jackson Wolf | SP | 3 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 77 | Travis Jankowski | OF | 4 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 78 | Trey Cabbage | OF | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 79 | Johnny Cueto | SP | 5 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 80 | Kyle Higashioka | C | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
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