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Week 23 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Josh Jung, CJ Abrams, Hunter Brown, Yoan Moncada, Elvis Andrus

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Fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 23 of the MLB season. These are free agent options to add off waivers, and our rankings will help you prioritize.

Welcome fellow RotoBallers, as we enter Week 23 of the fantasy baseball season. Last week's list featured players like Nack Pratto, A.J. Puk, Bubba Thompson, Joey Meneses and Triston Casas off the waiver wire, and we're back at it for more.

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.

We are with you every single week, and are going to do our best to help guide you through the entire MLB season and bring home that fantasy trophy.

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Week 23 Waiver Wire Roundup for Fantasy Baseball

For those who are not familiar, our team's fantasy baseball waiver wire articles get published on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays each week.n

First up is our two-start pitcher streamers article by lead analyst Jon Anderson, the top hitter streamers and starts article by Jon Anderson, and closers and saves waiver wire report by David Marcillo, 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 pitcher pickups and points league hitter pickups. KC Bubba then brings your his deeper waiver wire pickups for all positions, with a slant for NFBC leagues.

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, and players to consider dropping.

 

Who To Pickup for Fantasy Baseball Week 23?

Are you looking for a more direct and structured list of prioritized players to add off the waiver wire?

This article is final piece of the weekly waiver wire pickups series, and 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, and below that each individual position in priority order. Hopefully this helps you win your waiver wire this week! Let's get to it.

Rank Player Name Position % Ros. Baller Move
1 Bubba Thompson OF 17 Add in All Leagues
2 Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 35 Add in All Leagues
3 Josh Jung 3B 18 Add in All Leagues
4 Hunter Brown SP 35 Add in All Leagues
5 Yoan Moncada 3B 39 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
6 Nick Lodolo SP 38 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
7 Luis Rengifo 2B, 3B, SS, OF 39 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Dylan Floro RP 5 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Seth Brown 1B, OF 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 CJ Abrams 2B, SS 10 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Triston Casas 3B 14 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Elvis Andrus SS 27 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Jake Fraley OF 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 A.J. Puk RP 18 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Cal Raleigh C 38 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Nick Pratto 1B, OF 7 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Spencer Torkelson 1B, 3B 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Garrett Cooper 1B, OF 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
19 Jimmy Herget RP 24 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
20 Brandon Hughes RP 15 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
21 Jose Leclerc RP 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
22 Brayan Bello SP 9 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
23 Luis Garcia 2B, SS 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
24 Bailey Falter SP, RP 22 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
25 Evan Longoria 3B 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
26 Bryson Stott 2B, SS 15 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
27 Roansy Contreras SP 23 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
28 Oscar Gonzalez OF 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
29 Mike Soroka SP 36 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
30 Jose Suarez SP 24 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
31 Dillon Tate RP 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
32 Eric Haase C, OF 13 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
33 Kyle Farmer 3B, SS 26 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
34 TJ Friedl OF 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
35 Drew Smyly SP, RP 18 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
36 Trayce Thompson OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
37 Rodolfo Castro 2B, 3B, SS 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
38 Michael Toglia 1B, OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
39 Luis Cessa SP, RP 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
40 Aristides Aquino OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues



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