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Fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 2 of the 2023 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 2 of the fantasy baseball season. Today is the first article of the weekly waiver wire rankings series as of April 2nd. Week 2 features players such as Jake Fraley, A.J. Puk, Adam Duvall, Oscar Colas, and Dany Jimenez. Read more to see where these players rank in the waiver wire rankings for Week 2.
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 week and will do our best to help guide you through the entire MLB season. With Opening Day behind us, check out the waiver wire round-up to help prepare you for Sunday night's waiver wire runs for leagues with weekly transactions.
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Week 2 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.
First up is our two-start pitcher streamers article by Justin Raffone, the top hitter streamers and starts article by Brad Camara, 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.
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 2?
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 | % Owned | Baller Move |
| 1 | Yandy Diaz | 1B, 3B | 38 | Add in All Leagues |
| 2 | Jake Fraley | OF | 31 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 3 | Trayce Thompson | OF | 14 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 4 | Adam Duvall | OF | 29 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 5 | Gabriel Moreno | C | 35 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 6 | Jorge Mateo | SS | 35 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 7 | Michael Fulmer | RP | 37 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 8 | Zach Eflin | SP | 37 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 9 | Yoan Moncada | 3B | 30 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 10 | A.J. Puk | RP | 25 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 11 | Austin Meadows | OF | 32 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 12 | Austin Hays | OF | 27 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 13 | Oswaldo Cabrera | MI, OF | 22 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 14 | Garrett Cooper | 1B | 7 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 15 | CJ Abrams | 2B, SS | 35 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 16 | Darick Hall | UT | 25 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 17 | Oscar Colas | OF | 24 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 18 | Rafael Montero | RP | 27 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 19 | Carlos Estevez | RP | 17 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 20 | Ha-Seong Kim | 3B, SS | 21 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 21 | Pierce Johnson | RP | 17 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 22 | Jonah Heim | C | 14 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 23 | Jorge Soler | OF | 12 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 24 | Jose Siri | OF | 4 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 25 | Tylor Megill | SP, RP | 11 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 26 | Ji Hwan Bae | OF | 23 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 27 | Elehuris Montero | 1B, 3B | 20 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 28 | Logan O'Hoppe | C | 10 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 29 | Trevor Larnach | OF | 6 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 30 | Spencer Steer | 1B, 3B | 8 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 31 | Jurickson Profar | OF | 22 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 32 | Dany Jimenez | RP | 26 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 33 | Andrew Chafin | RP | 13 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 34 | Michael Massey | 2B | 19 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 35 | Orlando Arcia | 2B, OF | 5 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 36 | Mitch Garver | C | 6 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 37 | Robbie Grossman | OF | 6 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 38 | Joey Wiemer | OF | 9 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 39 | Gavin Stone | SP | 5 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 40 | Aroldis Chapman | RP | 24 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
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