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Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include C.J. Cron, Jordan Westburg, Scott McGough, more

CJ Cron - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Welcome RotoBallers to our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings list for Week 15 - June 26 through July 2 to help you stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. Baltimore Orioles top prospect Jordan Westburg's contract was purchased from Triple-A Norfolk earlier this week, and he made his MLB debut on Tuesday. Since the promotion, the 24-year-old is hitting .417 (5-for-12) with a double, two RBI, and two runs scored over three games. While Westburg made it to the show, top prospects such as Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Colton Cowser, Landon Knack, Kyle Manzardo, Dominic Canzone, Colt Keith, Grayson Rodriguez, and Ronny Mauricio patiently wait their turn for the call to the big leagues.

The Colorado Rockies reinstated first baseman C.J. Cron (back) from the injured list Monday after missing six weeks due to back spasms. The 33-year-old will hit in the heart of Colorado's lineup after mashing 29 homers and driving 102 runs last season. He is slashing .231/.277/.420 over 155 plate appearances in 2023. Scott McGough has taken over the closer's role in Arizona by racking up four saves over his last five appearances. However, he took the loss and was charged with a blown save Wednesday. The 33-year-old surrendered three runs on four hits while striking out one over an inning. Despite the implosion on Wednesday, McGough is the preferred late-inning option for Arizona after posting a 3.00 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, and a 50: 14 K: BB across 42 innings in 2023.

This week's waiver wire rankings feature players such as C.J. Cron, Jordan Westburg, Anthony Volpe, Scott McGough, Henry Davis, Reid Detmers, Michael Soroka, Nick Pratto, Tarik Skubal, Dylan Carlson, Jordan Hicks, David Hamilton, Max Kepler, Trevor May, Gavin Williams, rank among others. We're here, as always, to help you stay on top of the latest waiver wire options, especially in leagues that allow for daily moves. Prospects continue to be called up that are making impacts, so you'll need to be informed. Be sure to stay on top of our weekly waiver wire rankings and turn on MLB news alerts to stay ahead of the curve. Once you're done here, check out our fantasy baseball prospects articles for the latest names to stash and pickup.

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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 Pos. % Ros. Baller Move
1 C.J. Cron 1B 64 Add in All Leagues
2 Dane Dunning SP 61 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
3 Jake McCarthy OF 56 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
4 Jordan Hicks RP 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
5 Anthony Volpe SS 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 Luis Matos OF 30 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Jordan Westburg SS 41 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Leody Taveras OF 49 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Emmet Sheehan SP 39 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 Gavin Williams SP 40 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Scott McGough RP 55 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Jose Siri OF 17 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Henry Davis C, OF 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 TJ Friedl OF 38 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Brayan Bello SP 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Reid Detmers SP 59 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Eddie Rosario OF 59 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Harrison Bader OF 37 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Triston Casas 1B 20 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Ezequiel Tovar SS 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 Ha-Seong Kim 2B, 3B, SS 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
22 Tommy Pham OF 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
23 Maikel Garcia 3B, SS 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 Jake Burger 3B 25 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
25 Joey Votto 1B 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
26 LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B, OF 40 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
27 Francisco Alvarez C 41 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
28 Kendall Graveman RP 39 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
29 Michael Soroka SP 31 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
30 Marcell Ozuna OF 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
31 Garrett Whitlock SP 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
32 Royce Lewis SS 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
33 Adbert Alzolay RP 36 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
34 Ranger Suarez SP 50 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
35 Jared Young UT 1 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
36 Hunter Harvey RP 14 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
37 Bryan Woo SP 31 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
38 Nick Pratto 1B, OF 6 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
39 Corey Julks OF 2 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
40 Kenta Maeda SP 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
41 Clarke Schmidt SP 22 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
42 Griffin Canning SP 32 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
43 Tarik Skubal SP 29 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
44 Wade Miley SP 42 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
45 Bo Naylor C 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
46 Brandon Pfaadt SP 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
47 Kolby Allard SP 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
48 Bryan De La Cruz OF 42 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
49 J.D. Davis 1B, 3B 49 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
50 Jeimer Candelario 3B 18 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
51 JP Sears SP 20 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
52 Trevor May RP 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
53 Luis Garcia (2B) 2B/SS 22 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
54 Aaron Hicks OF 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
55 Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B 30 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
56 Kutter Crawford SP 9 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
57 Geraldo Perdomo 3B, SS 48 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
58 Samad Taylor 2B, OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
59 Joey Wiemer OF 9 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
60 Tommy Kahnle RP 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
61 Aaron Civale SP 33 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
62 Nick Madrigal 2B, 3B 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
63 Max Kepler OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
64 Trevor Richards RP 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
65 Brandon Marsh OF 20 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
66 Dylan Carlson OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
67 Mike Tauchman OF 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
68 Ryan O'Hearn 1B, OF 14 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
69 Justin Lawrence RP 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
70 Patrick Bailey C 19 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
71 Kyle Hendricks SP 29 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
72 Daniel Hudson RP 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
73 Jason Foley RP 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
74 Chas McCormick OF 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
75 Josh Sborz RP 13 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
76 Matt Vierling 3B, OF 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
77 Hogan Harris SP 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
78 Julio Teheran SP 48 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
79 David Hamilton 2B, SS 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
80 Connor Wong C 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues



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