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Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Matthew Liberatore, Mark Vientos, Taj Bradley, Gavin Stone, more

Matthew Liberatore - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Prospects News

Mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 9 (2023). Free agent hitters and pitchers to add include Matthew Liberatore, Mark Vientos, Taj Bradley.

RotoBallers, welcome to our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 9 - May 22nd through May 28th - to help you get a stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. We are already halfway through May and are seeing more top prospects being called up to the big leagues. Matt McLain, Matthew Liberatore, and Mark Vientos were all called up recently. Taj Bradley will get another shot in the majors with all the injuries to Tampa Bay's starting rotation. We will see if Eury Perez can build on his strong debut in Thursday's matchup against the Nationals.

Fantasy managers might have some injured stars return soon, such as Chicago White Sox outfielder Eloy Jimenez (shoulder), who could return next weekend, while Cleveland Guardians Triston McKenzie (shoulder) has a rehab start on Saturday. Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow (oblique) will also make at least one more rehab start before making his long-awaited season debut. Notable injury notes include Los Angeles Ddgers pitcher Dustin May (elbow), out 4-to-6 weeks with a right flexor pronator strain, while San Diego Padres star third baseman Manny Machado has a fracture in his hand and is expected to be placed on the injured list. 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 Matt McLain, Matthew Liberatore, Mark Vientos, Triston Casas, Taj Bradley, Nick Pratto, Louie Varland, Michael King, Wandy Peralta, Alex Kirilloff, Jake Burger, rank early, among others. We have also expanded our waiver wire list from the top 60 to 80 players for the week. Read more to see where these players rank in the early waiver wire rankings for Week 9.

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Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups List

For anyone who isn't familiar, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday we release all sorts of fantasy baseball waiver wire articles. As part of that, Nick Mariano releases our waiver wire rankings list on Sundays to help you prioritize which players to target as free agent adds off waivers.

In addition to that, we are also putting out a second waiver wire rankings list mid-week. Since many fantasy baseball leagues have daily waiver wire moves, or multiple waiver wire runs per week for adding players, this mid-week rankings list should help you keep track of players emerging in the middle of the week before we reach Sunday.

Below you will see our list of waiver wire pickups, in our prioritized order. There should be waiver wire recommendations here for all sorts of league sizes, along with the position(s) for the player and the rostered percentages.

Rank Player Name Position % Owned Baller Move
1 Eury Perez SP 64 Add in All Leagues
2 Harrison Bader OF 60 Add in All Leagues
3 Matt McLain SS 44 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
4 Tanner Bibee SP 44 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
5 Alex Kirilloff 1B, OF 31 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 Jorge Soler OF 30 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Jarren Duran OF 57 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Matt Mervis 1B 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Isaac Paredes 1B, 2B, 3B 57 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 Jake Fraley OF 37 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Miguel Vargas 1B, 2B 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Ezequiel Tovar SS 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Triston Casas 1B 23 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Matthew Liberatore SP 27 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Josh Naylor 1B, OF 36 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Taj Bradley SP 40 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Jose Siri OF 5 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Nick Pratto 1B, OF 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Nick Senzel 3B, OF 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Louie Varland SP 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 Spencer Steer 1B, 3B 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
22 Logan Allen SP 34 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
23 Gavin Stone SP 8 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 James Paxton SP 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
25 Francisco Alvarez C 16 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
26 Dylan Floro RP 32 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
27 Leody Taveras OF 7 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
28 Spencer Torkelson 1B 10 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
29 Pierce Johnson RP 37 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
30 Michael King RP 43 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
31 CJ Abrams 2B, SS 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
32 Dominic Fletcher OF 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
33 Mark Vientos UT 11 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
34 Maikel Garcia SS 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
35 Jake Burger 3B 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
36 Connor Joe 1B, OF 17 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
37 Casey Schmitt 3B, SS 47 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
38 LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B, OF 28 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
39 Michael Conforto OF 33 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
40 Dane Dunning SP 43 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
41 Luis Garcia (2B) 2B/SS 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
42 Mickey Moniak OF 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
43 Edward Cabrera SP 49 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
44 Robbie Grossman OF 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
45 Connor Wong C 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
46 Enmanuel Valdez 2B 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
47 Bryan De La Cruz OF 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
48 Mark Leiter Jr. RP 30 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
49 Randal Grichuk OF 9 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
50 Zach Jackson RP 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
51 Jurickson Profar OF 11 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
52 Brice Turang 2B, SS 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
53 Brayan Bello SP 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
54 Wandy Peralta RP 22 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
55 Miguel Castro RP 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
56 Trevor Larnach OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
57 Michael Massey 2B 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
58 Hunter Harvey RP 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
59 Paul DeJong SS 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
60 Kyle Bradish SP 11 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
61 Brandon Bielak RP 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
62 Jared Shuster SP 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
63 Edouard Julien 2B 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
64 Royce Lewis SS 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
65 Michael Wacha SP 38 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
66 Joey Wiemer OF 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
67 Gavin Sheets 1B, OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
68 Chase Silseth SP 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
69 Lane Thomas OF 27 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
70 Gregory Soto RP 24 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
71 Yasmani Grandal C 17 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
72 Michael Lorenzen SP 11 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
73 Brenton Doyle OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
74 Owen Miller 1B, 2B, 3B 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
75 Kevin Kiermaier OF 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
76 Brandon Belt 1B 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
77 Tanner Scott RP 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
78 Jeimer Candelario 3B 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
79 Michael Toglia 1B, OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
80 Pablo Reyes UT 0 Add in 15+ Team Leagues



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