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Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings: Michael King, Junior Caminero, Willi Castro, J.P. Crawford, Evan Carter, Kris Bryant, more

Michael King - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News

Mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 27 (2023). Free agent hitters and pitchers to add include Michael King, Junior Caminero, Kris Bryant, Evan Carter, and J.P. Crawford.

 Welcome back, RotoBallers, to the final edition of our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings list for Week 27 - September 25 through October 1  to help you stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. The Rays promoted top prospect Junior Caminero on Thursday. At the same time, other top prospects such as Jackson Holliday, Colt Keith, Coby Mayo, Matt Mervis, and Robert Gasser patiently await the call to the big leagues.

Some notable recent performances include New York Yankees right-hander Michael King. The 28-year-old allowed one run on five hits and no walks while striking out 13 batters over seven innings in Wednesday's start against the Blue Jays. King owns a 1.62 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, and a 30:2 K: BB over his last three starts.

Injuries are piling up as the St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras (wrist) was placed on the 10-day injured list and is out for the rest of the season. Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Green (elbow) underwent Tommy John surgery but is expected to be ready for the start of next season.

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This week's waiver wire rankings feature players such as Michael King, Willi Castro, Anthony Volpe, Julian Merryweather, Zack Gelof, J.P. Crawford, Heston Kjerstad, Ryan O'Hearn, Ryan Pepiot, and Kris Bryant 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 that are making impacts continue to be called up, 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.

 

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 Position % Ros. Baller Move
1 Junior Caminero 3B 5 Add in All Leagues
2 Michael King SP, RP 56 Add in All Leagues
3 Willi Castro 2B, 3B, SS, OF 36 Add in All Leagues
4 Ronny Mauricio 2B, SS 27 Add in All Leagues
5 Evan Carter OF 10 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 Ryan Pepiot SP 61 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Christopher Morel 2B, 3B, SS, OF 62 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Kris Bryant OF 55 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Ryan O'Hearn 1B, OF 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 J.P. Crawford SS 40 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Anthony Volpe SS 50 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Ezequiel Tovar SS 41 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Julian Merryweather RP 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 62 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Davis Schneider 2B 42 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Yainer Diaz C, 1B 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Wilmer Flores 1B, 2B, 3B 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Jordan Wicks SP 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Tommy Pham OF 50 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Mitch Garver C 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 Sawyer Gipson-Long SP 32 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
22 Zack Gelof 2B 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
23 C.J. Cron 1B 41 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 Jake Burger 3B 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
25 Heston Kjerstad OF 6 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
26 Mason Miller SP 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
27 Kyle Hendricks SP 51 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
28 TJ Friedl OF 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
29 Austin Hays OF 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
30 Taj Bradley SP 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
31 Jorge Polanco 2B, 3B 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
32 Gabriel Moreno C 20 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
33 Robbie Grossman OF 8 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
34 Kyle Wright SP 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
35 DJ LeMahieu 1B, 2B, 3B 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
36 Jarred Kelenic OF 31 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
37 Javier Assad SP, RP 40 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
38 Kenta Maeda SP 50 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
39 Mike Yastrzemski OF 16 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
40 Yoan Moncada 3B 17 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
41 J.D. Davis 1B, 3B 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
42 Alex Kirilloff 1B, OF 10 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
43 Logan O'Hoppe C 17 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
44 Edward Cabrera SP 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
45 Mark Canha 1B, OF 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
46 Mike Clevinger SP 58 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
47 Carlos Santana 1B 18 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
48 Amed Rosario 2B, SS, OF 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
49 Trevor May RP 49 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
50 Michael Massey 2B 4 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
51 Noelvi Marte 3B, SS 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
52 Alejandro Kirk C 36 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
53 Griffin Canning SP 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
54 Jack Suwinski OF 27 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
55 DJ Stewart OF 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
56 Matt Vierling 3B, OF 10 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
57 Robert Stephenson RP 14 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
58 Johan Rojas OF 7 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
59 Chris Taylor 2B, SS, OF 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
60 LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B, OF 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
61 Jake Rogers C 18 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
62 Mark Vientos 3B 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
63 Elehuris Montero 1B, 3B 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
64 Wilyer Abreu OF 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
65 Brendan Rodgers 2B 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
66 Brandon Marsh OF 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
67 Ceddanne Rafaela OF 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
68 Nelson Velazquez OF 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
69 Ryan Noda 1B, OF 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
70 Edward Olivares OF 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
71 Tyrone Taylor OF 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
72 Brandon Pfaadt SP 11 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
73 Connor Phillips SP 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
74 Everson Pereira OF 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
75 Shea Langeliers C 14 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
76 Bobby Dalbec 1B, 3B 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
77 Drew Waters OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
78 Aaron Hicks OF 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
79 Miguel Rojas 1B, SS 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
80 Garrett Hampson 2B, 3B, SS, OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues

 



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