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Week 26 Waiver Wire Rankings: Willi Castro, Ryan Pepiot, Kris Bryant, Jordan Wicks, Jake Burger, Davis Schneider, more

Ryan Pepiot - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Prospects, Draft Sleepers

Fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 26 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 26 -- September 18 through September 24. There are two weeks left in the regular season, and now is time to research and add players off the waiver wire that can help secure a fantasy title.

More top prospects are being called up to the big leagues, and some are producing for fantasy managers immediately. Heston Kjerstad and Pete Crow-Armstrong were recently promoted to the big leagues. Top prospects such as Colt Keith, Justyn-Henry Malloy, Matt Mervis, Robert Gasser, Austin Shenton, and Jackson Holliday patiently await the call to the big leagues.

Notable injury notes include Shohei Ohtani (oblique), who was shut down for the season with an oblique strain. Tyler O'Neill (foot) landed on the 10-day injured list with a sprained right foot. Salvador Perez (head), Ryan Mountcastle (shoulder), Ronald Acuna Jr. (calf), and Christian Yelich (back) are 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 Nolan Jones, Willi Castro, Ryan Pepiot, Kris Bryant, Jake Burger, Davis Schneider, Michael King, Julian Merryweather, Taj Bradley, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Heston Kjerstad, and where they rank, among others. Read more to see where these players rank in the waiver wire rankings for Week 26.

 

Week 26 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 26?

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).

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 Position % Ros. Baller Move
1 Nolan Jones 1B, OF 63 Add in All Leagues
2 Ryan Pepiot SP 58 Add in All Leagues
3 Willi Castro 2B, 3B, SS, OF 38 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
4 Ronny Mauricio SS 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
5 Davis Schneider 2B 57 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 Christopher Morel 2B, 3B, SS, OF 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 J.P. Crawford SS 39 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Kris Bryant OF 57 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Anthony Volpe SS 50 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 Ezequiel Tovar SS 40 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Yainer Diaz C, 1B 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Evan Carter OF 10 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Julian Merryweather RP 30 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 58 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Wilmer Flores 1B, 2B, 3B 57 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Jordan Wicks SP 55 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Tommy Pham OF 48 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Mitch Garver C 49 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Sawyer Gipson-Long SP 9 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Jake Burger 3B 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 Heston Kjerstad OF 6 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
22 Mason Miller SP 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
23 Kyle Hendricks SP 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 TJ Friedl OF 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
25 Tyler Stephenson C 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
26 Taj Bradley SP 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
27 Jorge Polanco 2B, 3B 51 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
28 Gabriel Moreno C 19 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
29 Robbie Grossman OF 8 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
30 Kyle Wright SP 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
31 DJ LeMahieu 1B, 2B, 3B 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
32 Jarred Kelenic OF 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
33 Javier Assad SP, RP 38 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
34 Austin Hays OF 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
35 Kenta Maeda SP 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
36 Mike Yastrzemski OF 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
37 Yoan Moncada 3B 17 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
38 J.D. Davis 1B, 3B 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
39 Jose Abreu 1B 60 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
40 Alex Kirilloff 1B, OF 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
41 Logan O'Hoppe C 18 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
42 Edward Cabrera SP 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
43 Michael King SP, RP 49 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
44 Carlos Santana 1B 16 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
45 Charlie Blackmon OF 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
46 Tylor Megill SP, RP 16 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
47 Trevor May RP 49 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
48 Michael Massey 2B 3 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
49 Noelvi Marte 3B, SS 10 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
50 Alejandro Kirk C 36 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
51 Griffin Canning SP 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
52 Jack Suwinski OF 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
53 DJ Stewart OF 16 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
54 Matt Vierling 3B, OF 8 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
55 Robert Stephenson RP 13 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
56 Mauricio Dubon 2B, SS, OF 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
57 Chris Taylor 2B, SS, OF 32 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
58 Maikel Garcia 3B, SS 23 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
59 Elehuris Montero 1B, 3B 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
60 Wilyer Abreu OF 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
61 Mike Clevinger SP 49 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
62 Brandon Marsh OF 17 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
63 Ceddanne Rafaela OF 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
64 Will Benson OF 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
65 Nelson Velazquez OF 11 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
66 Tyler Kinley RP 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
67 Ryan Noda 1B, OF 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
68 Edward Olivares OF 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
69 Tyrone Taylor OF 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
70 Brandon Pfaadt SP 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
71 Mark Canha 1B, OF 20 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
72 Connor Phillips SP 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
73 Everson Pereira OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
74 Hunter Goodman C 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
75 Shea Langeliers C 14 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
76 Drew Waters OF 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
77 Connor Wong C 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
78 Liover Peguero 2B, SS 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
79 Luis Campusano C 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
80 Austin Wells C 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues



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