Welington Castillo (C, BAL) – Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 56% of Yahoo! Leagues   ANALYSIS: Welington Castillo isn’t a flashy catcher but he posts consistent numbers, which is something to note for a position as thin as catcher. Much of Castillo’s profile has remained the same this season compared to seasons past, including his HR/FB rate, ISO, […]

Andrelton Simmons (SS, LAA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 35% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Andrelton Simmons, in addition to providing elite defense for the Angels, has been having his best offensive season since 2013. He has hit seven home runs (tied for the second most of his career) and has stolen 10 bases, tied for the most he […]

Logan Morrison (1B, TB) – Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 42% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Like many others throughout the league, Logan Morrison has increased his flyball rate and is on pace for a career-best home run mark. However, Morrison has made other improvements to his game, most notably his plate approach. Specifically, he has been more patient at […]

Jimmy Nelson - (SP, MIL) – Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 54% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Jimmy Nelson is on track to post a career best season across nearly every fantasy category, yet has not received much attention from the fantasy community. According to the ESPN Player Rater, he is the 48th best starting pitcher this season, held back […]

Carlos Beltran (OF, HOU) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 42% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS:  The ageless wonder Carlos Beltran has finally started to slow down in his age-40 season, causing many fantasy owners to assume he is at the end of his line and drop him for a newer, younger prospect. While Beltran's numbers this season […]

Pat Neshek (RP, PHI) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10- and 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 21% Yahoo! ANALYSIS: Pat Neshek locked down his first save of the season — and eighth of his career — on June 6 against the Braves. He has spun two scoreless innings since, and now owns a 0.75 ERA on the year to go a […]

Santiago Casilla (RP, OAK) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 52% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Santiago Casilla has managed to put a tough month of May behind him, having thrown three scoreless innings since the calendar switched over to June. He has given up just one hit and one walk and struck out six, earning two saves […]

Alex Avila (C/1B, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 50% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: It is getting harder and harder to ignore Alex Avila. He has finally crept up to being owned in 50% of fantasy leagues, with his .322/.439/.635 slash line on the year absolutely meriting that kind of ownership, even if it is supported […]

Andrelton Simmons (SS, LAA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 19% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Andrelton Simmons has long been considered a better real life baseball player than a fantasy asset. Indeed, his value to the Angels is primarily with his glove and not his bat. Outside of his 17 home run season in 2013, Simmons has […]

Bradley Zimmer (OF, CLE) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 19% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Bradley Zimmer hasn't taken long to adjust to the majors. Zimmer has jacked four homers, stolen three bases, and driven in 14 runs over his first 21 games. Zimmer isn't a power hitter, never hitting more than 15 HR in a minor league […]

Hunter Renfroe (OF, SD) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 32% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Rookie Hunter Renfroe is living up to his billing as a masher. Renfroe has gone deep four times in the last two weeks, giving him 13 HR and 30 RBI on the season. While he's nowhere near Aaron Judge territory, he is making a case […]

Brad Peacock (RP/SP, HOU) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 58% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Brad Peacock continues to impress in his return to the rotation this season. What was supposed to be a temporary stay could turn into a permanent one if he keeps up his current ratios. Peacock is posting a 3.15 ERA, supported by a 3.38 SIERA. He's […]

Jed Lowrie (2B, OAK) – Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 20% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Jed Lowrie has had a lot of things working for him in 2017, including finally being healthy enough to stay on the field. Lowrie has flashed enough skill in the past, but over the past few seasons he has failed to log enough […]

Nicholas Castellanos (3B, DET) – Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 34% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Nicholas Castellanos looks prepared to take another step forward in his power and counting stats production, though his ratios have lagged behind to this point in the season. Although Castellanos has already posted eight home runs this season, his batted ball profile suggests there […]

Felipe Rivero (RP, PIT) – Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 45% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: After blowing four straight save opportunities and allowing eight earned runs in the process, Tony Watson is finally out as the closer of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates announced on Friday that Felipe Rivero and Juan Nicasio will now share the closer role. […]

Mallex Smith (OF, TB) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in AL-only, Deep Mixed Leagues OWNED IN: 12% Yahoo! ANALYSIS: After spending the better part of the last two months in Triple-A Durham, Mallex Smith rejoined the Rays on Friday, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs scored, two runs batted in and three stolen bases against the Athletics. The 24-year-old […]

Mike Zunino (C, SEA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 10% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Mariners catcher Mike Zunino has tantalized fantasy owners for years now with his power potential, but his inability to make contact have led to extraordinary high strikeout totals, murdering his batting average and keeping him on the bus between the Mariners and […]

Chase Anderson (SP, MIL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10- and 12-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 53% Yahoo! ANALYSIS: Chase Anderson has spun three consecutive gems, tossing 21.2 scoreless innings with 22 strikeouts over that span. He is inducing weaker contact than ever before, and has posted a 21.8 percent strikeout rate and a 6.4 HR/FB— both career highs. The 29-year-old […]

Neil Walker (2B, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 40% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Neil Walker is one of those players who bores fantasy owners to death, but his end of the year production always seems to peg him as a worthwhile middle infield option. He has finished between 14-23 home runs each of the last […]

Matt Davidson (3B, CHW) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 7% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Matt Davidson may put together one of the quietest, most unlikely 30-home run seasons in the majors. He's already up to 11 HR, 26 RBI in 143 at-bats. Davidson consistently put up 20+ homer seasons in the minors, so there's no real surprise […]

Tim Anderson (SS, CHW) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 38% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Tim Anderson is finally starting to produce as fantasy owners had hoped when he was called up last season. In May, Anderson hit .316 and slugged .490 by increasing his hard contact rate to 37.8%. He is also up to six home runs […]

Brandon Maurer (RP, SD) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 56% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: When Brad Hand picked up saves in back-to-back opportunities, many thought it spelled the end of Brandon Maurer's reign as closer of the San Diego Padres. Then, Maurer went on to pick up four saves in a week's time without allowing a hit. […]

Melky Cabrera (OF, CHW) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 43% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Melky Cabrera has been an underrated fantasy asset for a couple of years now. He continually hits for average; he's gone over .270 each of the last six seasons and over .300 in three of them (he was four points shy last year). He's also […]

Logan Morrison (1B, TB) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 37% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Logan Morrison is setting a career high with his home run production, as he is already up to 15 HR in 53 games. Morrison's previous career high of 24 HR took 123 games and that was back in […]

Josh Harrison (2B/3B, PIT) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 48% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Josh Harrison has been red-hot at the plate as of late, hitting .351/.413/.474 over his last 14 games, raising his season slash line to a very respectable .303/.366/.468 with seven home runs and five stolen bases. Harrison has the highest walk rate […]

J.C. Ramirez (SP, LAA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 47% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: J.C. Ramirez got roughed up in his most recent outing against the Twins, allowing seven earned runs over 4 1/3 innings. However, prior to that, he had a run of five straight outings in which he pitched six or more innings and allowed […]

Lucas Duda (1B, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 16% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Lucas Duda is surging, posting six home runs, 11 RBI, and seven runs scored in his past ten games. However, he still has not gotten much fantasy attention, as is indicated by being owned in just 16% of leagues. First base is a deep […]

Hunter Renfroe - (OF, SD) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 31% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: Renfroe has had a rocky start to the 2017 season, leaving may fantasy owners pondering his value moving forward. He posted a disappointing .623 OPS in April, but he was able to bump that up to .869 in May. This type of inconsistent […]

Ryon Healy (1B/3B, OAK) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 54% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Oakland 3B Ryon Healy was heavily targeted as a sleeper heading into 2017. His slow start has soured many impatient fantasy owners, but Healy has started to look more like that potential breakout candidate over the last few weeks. He has […]