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Week 21 Waiver Wire Rankings: TJ Friedl, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Zack Gelof, Brady Singer, Gavin Williams, Cole Ragans, and more

Gavin Williams - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 21 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 21 -- August 14 through August 20. There are just over 45 days left of the regular season to be played as fantasy managers scout the waiver wire to help them add pieces for a championship run.

More top prospects are being called up to the big leagues, and some are producing for fantasy managers immediately. The Mariners called up top pitching prospect Emerson Hancock earlier in the week, who made his MLB debut on Wednesday. Top prospects such as Masyn Winn, Colt Keith, Matt Mervis, Ceddanne Rafaela, and Pete Crow-Armstrong patiently await the call to the big leagues.

Notable injury notes include Shane McClanahan, who was placed on the 60-day injured list Saturday, officially ending his season. Christian Encarnacion-Strand (hand), Mookie Betts (illness), Luis Robert Jr. (finger), and Francisco Lindor (side) are considered day-to-day. Reinforcements are coming as Michael Wacha (shoulder) and Charlie Blackmon (hand) are close to returning to action. 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 Cole Ragans, Davis Schneider, Steven Matz, Mike Tauchman, Zack Gelof, Ke'Bryan Hayes, TJ Friedl, Gavin Williams, Brady Singer, Clarke Schmidt, Gregory Santos, Emerson Hancock, Matt Brash, Kerry Carpenter, Sal Frelick, Jake Bauers, and where they rank, among others. Read more to see where these players rank in the waiver wire rankings for Week 21.

 

Week 21 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 21?

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 wire this week!

Rank Player Name Pos. % Ros. Baller Move
1 Trevor Story 2B 57 Add in All Leagues
2 TJ Friedl OF 59 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
3 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 42 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
4 Mike Tauchman OF 44 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
5 Grayson Rodriguez SP 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 Zack Gelof 2B 23 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Nick Pivetta SP, RP 50 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Jack Flaherty SP 56 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Tarik Skubal SP 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 Wilmer Flores 1B, 2B, 3B 56 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Cole Ragans SP, RP 38 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Joey Votto 1B 23 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Matt Brash SP, RP 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Ezequiel Tovar SS 32 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Brady Singer SP 50 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Harrison Bader OF 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Marcell Ozuna OF 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Matthew Liberatore SP 3 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Gavin Williams SP 43 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Maikel Garcia 3B, SS 36 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 Max Kepler OF 17 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
22 Davis Schneider 2B 27 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
23 Jose Siri OF 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 Clarke Schmidt SP 31 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
25 Steven Matz SP 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
26 Sal Frelick OF 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
27 Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
28 Tyler O'Neill OF 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
29 Jordan Westburg 2B, 3B, SS 22 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
30 Kutter Crawford SP, RP 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
31 Brice Turang 2B, SS 13 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
32 Will Benson OF 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
33 Luis Rengifo 2B, 3B, SS, OF 38 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
34 Emerson Hancock SP 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
35 Trent Grisham OF 7 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
36 Gregory Santos RP 19 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
37 Randal Grichuk OF 25 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
38 Willi Castro 2B, 3B, SS, OF 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
39 Gary Sanchez C 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
40 Jon Berti 2B, 3B, SS, OF 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
41 Mike Moustakas 1B, 3B 16 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
42 Jake Bauers 1B, OF 4 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
43 Trevor May RP 30 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
44 Kerry Carpenter OF 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
45 Royce Lewis 3B, SS 27 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
46 Seth Lugo SP 39 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
47 Jorge Polanco 2B 31 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
48 Zack Littell SP, RP 12 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
49 Spencer Torkelson 1B 25 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
50 Josh Bell 1B 39 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
51 Justin Lawrence RP 27 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
52 Nolan Jones 1B, OF 29 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
53 Giovanny Gallegos RP 50 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
54 Carlos Hernandez SP, RP 12 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
55 Matt Wallner OF 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
56 Drew Waters OF 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
57 Tommy Pham OF 11 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
58 Yainer Diaz C 26 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
59 Elvis Andrus 2B, SS 9 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
60 Oscar Colas OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
61 Reynaldo Lopez RP 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
62 Cade Marlowe OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
63 Yan Gomes C 17 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
64 Logan Allen SP 28 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
65 Graham Ashcraft SP 41 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
66 Mitch Garver C 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
67 Johan Rojas OF 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
68 Mike Clevinger SP 23 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
69 Lawrence Butler OF 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
70 Ildemaro Vargas 3B, SS, OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
71 Nick Allen 2B, SS 0 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
72 Andruw Monasterio 2B, 3B, SS 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
73 Brandon Pfaadt SP 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
74 Freddy Fermin C 15 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
75 David Peterson SP 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
76 Hyun Jin Ryu SP 20 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
77 Joel Payamps RP 39 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
78 Jon Singleton 1B 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
79 Everson Pereira OF 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
80 Jason Foley RP 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues



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