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Welcome back RotoBallers, to another edition of the fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 20 -- August 7 through August 13. Now that the dust is settled and the MLB trade deadline is over, it's time to see which players fantasy managers can add off the waive wire to help their teams for the championship run.
More top prospects are being called up to the big leagues, and some are producing for fantasy managers immediately. The Rays called up top prospect Curtis Mead on Friday, while the Guardians promoted Brayan Rocchio. Mead is 1-for-4 over two games for the Rays. Rocchio is hitting .182 (2-for-11) with a walk in his previous three games with Cleveland. Top pitching prospect Eury Perez will make his return to Miami's rotation on Monday. Top prospects such as Kyle Manzardo, Masyn Winn, Ricky Tiedemann , Colt Keith, Matt Mervis, Heston Kjerstad, and Ronny Mauricio patiently await the call to the big leagues.
Notable injury notes include Jazz Chisholm Jr. (hamstring), Brandon Marsh (knee), Danny Jansen (wrist), Max Muncy (wrist), and Eloy Jimenez (heel) being considered day-to-day. Jake Fraley (toe), Joe Musgrove (shoulder), and Zach Neto (back) were placed on the injured list. Reinforcements are coming as Trevor Story (elbow), Brandon Woodruff (shoulder), and Cedric Mullins (groin) 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.
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This week's waiver wire rankings feature players such as Eury Perez, Zack Gelof, Trevor Story, TJ Friedl, Tarik Skubal, Curtis Mead, Tyler O'Neill, Sal Frelick, Brady Singer, Luis Rengifo, Kyle Finnegan, Brice Turang, Giovanny Gallegos, Mitch Garver and where they rank, among others. Read more to see where these players rank in the waiver wire rankings for Week 20.
Week 20 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 20?
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 | Position | % Owned | Baller Move |
| 1 | Eury Perez | SP | 52 | Add in All Leagues |
| 2 | Trevor Story | 2B | 54 | Add in All Leagues |
| 3 | Anthony Volpe | SS | 50 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 4 | Grayson Rodriguez | SP | 53 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 5 | Zack Gelof | 2B | 14 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 6 | Kyle Finnegan | RP | 53 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 7 | Nick Pivetta | SP, RP | 58 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 8 | Tyler O'Neill | OF | 54 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 9 | Jack Flaherty | SP | 54 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 10 | Orlando Arcia | 2B, SS, OF | 60 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 11 | Tarik Skubal | SP | 45 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 12 | Mike Tauchman | OF | 28 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 13 | TJ Friedl | OF | 37 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 14 | Wilmer Flores | 1B, 2B, 3B | 54 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 15 | Joey Votto | 1B | 22 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 16 | Amed Rosario | SS, OF | 59 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 17 | Curtis Mead | 2B, 3B | 5 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 18 | Giovanny Gallegos | RP | 50 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 19 | Marcell Ozuna | OF | 49 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 20 | Randal Grichuk | OF | 36 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 21 | Maikel Garcia | 3B, SS | 31 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 22 | Sal Frelick | OF | 32 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 23 | Christian Encarnacion-Strand | 1B | 47 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 24 | Jordan Westburg | 2B, 3B, SS | 20 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 25 | Kutter Crawford | SP, RP | 26 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 26 | Brice Turang | 2B, SS | 5 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 27 | Will Benson | OF | 20 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 28 | Gregory Santos | RP | 20 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 29 | Brady Singer | SP | 45 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 30 | Trent Grisham | OF | 7 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 31 | Willi Castro | 2B, 3B, SS, OF | 22 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 32 | Jon Berti | 2B, 3B, SS, OF | 26 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 33 | Jose Siri | OF | 12 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 34 | Jorge Polanco | 2B | 33 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 35 | Cristopher Sanchez | SP, RP | 48 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 36 | Wade Miley | SP | 38 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 37 | Luis Rengifo | 2B, 3B, SS, OF | 35 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 38 | Gary Sanchez | C | 20 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 39 | James Outman | OF | 47 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 40 | Seth Lugo | SP | 46 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 41 | Spencer Torkelson | 1B | 30 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 42 | Gavin Williams | SP | 24 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 43 | Javier Baez | SS | 36 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 44 | Michael Conforto | OF | 32 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 45 | Steven Matz | SP | 44 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 46 | Ross Stripling | SP, RP | 26 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 47 | Justin Lawrence | RP | 26 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 48 | Luis Medina | SP | 9 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 49 | Cade Marlowe | OF | 3 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 50 | Yan Gomes | C | 26 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 51 | Logan Allen | SP | 32 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 52 | Cole Ragans | SP, RP | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 53 | Trevor May | RP | 24 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 54 | Yainer Diaz | C | 25 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 55 | Matt Wallner | OF | 4 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 56 | Jose Urquidy | SP | 40 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 57 | Zack Littell | RP | 6 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 58 | Erik Swanson | RP | 27 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 59 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | 38 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 60 | Brent Rooker | OF | 17 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 61 | Mike Moustakas | 1B, 3B | 6 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 62 | Josh Bell | 1B | 37 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 63 | Mike Clevinger | SP | 26 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 64 | Kyle Isbel | OF | 2 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 65 | Graham Ashcraft | SP | 39 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 66 | Mitch Garver | C | 10 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 67 | David Peterson | SP | 5 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 68 | Carlos Santana | 1B | 15 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 69 | Hyun Jin Ryu | SP | 19 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 70 | Alec Burleson | 1B, OF | 2 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 71 | Max Kepler | OF | 9 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 72 | Brandon Pfaadt | SP | 7 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 73 | Joel Payamps | RP | 39 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 74 | Liover Peguero | SS | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 75 | Jose Quintana | SP | 18 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 76 | Dylan Moore | 2B, SS, OF | 2 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 77 | Samad Taylor | 2B, OF | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 78 | Zack Short | 2B, 3B, SS | 0 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 79 | Jake Bauers | OF | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 80 | Freddy Fermin | C | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
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