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Week 17 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Grayson Rodriguez, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, more

Grayson Rodriguez - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB DFS Picks, Injury News

Fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 17 of the 2023 MLB season. These are free agent options to add off waivers, and our rankings will help you prioritize.

Welcome back RotoBallers to another edition of the fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 17 -- July 17 through July 23. The All-Star break is over, and it's officially the start of the second half of the season. More top prospects are being called up to the big leagues, and some are producing for fantasy managers immediately. Tyler Soderstrom and Zack Gelof were recently promoted, while Quinn Priester will make his MLB debut in Week 17. Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez will be recalled from the minor leagues and start Monday against the Dodgers. The Reds will call up top prospect Christian Encarnacion-Strand on Monday.

Notable injury notes include Fernando Tatis Jr. (ankle), Framber Valdez (calf), Jeremy Pena (hamstring), Cedric Mullins (quad), Eddie Rosario (hamstring), and Kevin Gausman (back) being considered day-to-day. 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.

This week's waiver wire rankings feature players such as Tarik Skubal, CJ Abrams, Colton Cowser, Jose Siri, Tyler Soderstrom, Joey Votto, Zack Gelof, Grayson Rodriguez, Triston Casas, Corey Julks, Gavin Williams, Hunter Harvey, Griffin Canning, Logan Allen, Luke Raley, Jack Suwinski, Michael Soroka, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Grayson Rodriguez, and where they rank, among others. Read more to see where these players rank in the waiver wire rankings for Week 17.

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Week 17 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 17?

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 640 wire this week!

Rank Player Name Pos. % Ros. Baller Move
1 Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B 27 Add in All Leagues
2 Anthony Volpe SS 62 Add in All Leagues
3 Francisco Alvarez C 61 Add in All Leagues
4 Jarren Duran OF 65 Add in All Leagues
5 Tarik Skubal SP 54 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
6 Grayson Rodriguez SP 45 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
7 CJ Abrams 2B, SS 42 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
8 Luke Raley 1B, OF 60 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Colton Cowser OF 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 Maikel Garcia 3B, SS 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Aroldis Chapman RP 51 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Scott McGough RP 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Oswald Peraza 3B, SS 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
14 Jake McCarthy OF 51 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Bryan Woo SP 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Jose Siri OF 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Gavin Williams SP 38 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Jordan Westburg 2B, SS 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Tyler Soderstrom C, 1B 27 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Jack Flaherty SP 43 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 Will Benson OF 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
22 Triston Casas 1B 18 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
23 Adbert Alzolay RP 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 Lars Nootbaar OF 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
25 Ezequiel Tovar SS 44 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
26 Hunter Harvey RP 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
27 Mickey Moniak OF 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
28 Kenta Maeda SP 51 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
29 Joey Votto 1B 39 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
30 Matt Manning SP 10 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
31 Yainer Diaz C 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
32 Corey Julks OF 19 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
33 Jeimer Candelario 3B 40 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
34 Bo Naylor C 6 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
35 Dane Myers OF 4 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
36 Jake Burger 3B 20 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
37 Zack Gelof 2B 7 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
38 Dean Kremer SP 37 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
39 Jack Suwinski OF 58 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
40 J.P. France SP 38 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
41 Michael Soroka SP 32 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
42 James Outman OF 34 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
43 Spencer Torkelson 1B 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
44 Cristopher Sanchez SP, RP 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
45 Mike Ford 1B 7 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
46 Jonathan Aranda 1B, 2B, 3B 2 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
47 Seth Lugo SP 35 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
48 Zach Neto SS 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
49 Wade Miley SP 40 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
50 Tony Kemp 2B, OF 9 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
51 Mauricio Dubon 2B, SS, OF 26 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
52 Endy Rodriguez C 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
53 Griffin Canning SP 24 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
54 Brent Rooker OF 22 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
55 Nick Gonzales 2B, SS 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
56 JP Sears SP 26 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
57 Logan Allen SP 15 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
58 Zach McKinstry 2B, 3B, SS, OF 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
59 Patrick Bailey C 20 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
60 Nick Pivetta SP, RP 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
61 Kyle Hendricks SP 46 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
62 Johan Rojas OF 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
63 Hyun Jin Ryu SP 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
64 Alex Call OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
65 Quinn Priester SP 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
66 Trevor May RP 11 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
67 Erik Swanson RP 24 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
68 Paul DeJong SS 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
69 Ji-Man Choi 1B 0 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
70 David Peralta OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
71 Brusdar Graterol RP 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
72 Daniel Bard RP 34 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
73 Tanner Scott RP 18 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
74 Jose Quintana SP 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
75 Travis Jankowski OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
76 Kyle Higashioka C 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
77 Trent Grisham OF 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
78 Blake Sabol C, OF 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
79 Zach Remillard 2B, SS 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
80 Joel Payamps RP 25 Add in 15+ Team Leagues



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