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

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!

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