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Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups: David Festa, Jhonkensy Noel, Joc Pederson, Aroldis Chapman, Shane Baz, Colt Keith

Joc Pederson - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Hey, RotoBallers! June will end on Sunday, and we are a few weeks away from the regular season's halfway point. It's Thursday, and we are back again with another mid-week waiver wire rankings article for Week 14- June 24 through June 30- to help you stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. Hayden Birdsong, Noelvi Marte, Jhonkensy Noel, Heston Kjerstad, Spencer Horwitz, Ben Rice, Addison Barger, and David Festa were called up to the show. Other top prospects, such as Shane Baz, James Wood, Kyle Manzardo, Jose Tena, and Brooks Lee, patiently await the call to the big leagues.

Some notable recent performances and injury notes include Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Joc Pederson. The 32-year-old has been on fire, slashing .333/.425/.636 with three home runs, 11 RBI, nine runs, and a stolen base over his last 11 games. On Wednesday, the Guardians called up top first base prospect Jhonkensy Noel from Triple-A Columbus. Noel has legit power and blasted a solo home run in his first big league at-bat. San Francisco Giants right-hander Hayden Birdsong made his MLB debut on Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs with mixed results. Hayden allowed three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Cubs. Injuries continue to pile up as Joey Ortiz, Spencer Turnbull, Daulton Varsho, and Jeimer Candelario are day-to-day with injuries.

This edition features players such as Jackson Chourio, Jhonkensy Noel, David Festa, Joc Pederson, Harrison Bader, Chad Green, Aroldis Chapman, Heston Kjerstad, Shane Baz, Colt Keith, Spencer Horwitz, Ben Rice, Hunter Goodman, and Addison Barger. 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 that are making impacts continue to be called up, 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 pick up.

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Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups List

For anyone unfamiliar, we release all sorts of fantasy baseball waiver wire articles every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 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, 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.

This article will guide you with our weekly ranking for the relevant waiver-wire pickup options, including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size). Roster % is from Yahoo leagues.

Rank Player Name Position % Ros.
Baller Move
1 Jackson Chourio OF 59 Add in All Leagues
2 Jarred Kelenic OF 44 Add in All Leagues
3 David Festa SP 7 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
4 Jhonkensy Noel 1B, 3B, OF 4 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
5 Zach Neto SS 26 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
6 Aroldis Chapman RP 41 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
7 Chad Green RP 30 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
8 Joc Pederson OF 44 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Wilyer Abreu OF 31 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 Taj Bradley SP 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Jesse Winker OF 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Jeff Hoffman RP 44 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Colt Keith 2B, 3B 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Mark Vientos 1B, 3B 34 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Joey Ortiz 2B, 3B 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 James Wood OF 23 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Jose Siri OF 20 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Erick Fedde SP 62 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 James McArthur RP 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Zack Gelof 2B 42 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 Noelvi Marte 3B 25 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
22 Gavin Williams SP 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
23 Jake McCarthy OF 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 Masyn Winn SS 38 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
25 Heston Kjerstad OF 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
26 Connor Wong C 56 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
27 Eloy Jimenez OF 30 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
28 Ben Rice C, 1B 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
29 Andy Pages OF 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
30 Chas McCormick OF 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
31 Tyler Soderstrom C, 1B 48 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
32 Shane Baz SP 58 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
33 Jake Irvin SP 58 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
34 Andrew McCutchen OF 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
35 Tommy Pham OF 6 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
36 Cade Povich SP 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
37 Dylan Crews OF 9 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
38 Jose Miranda 3B 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
39 JJ Bleday OF 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
40 MJ Melendez C, OF 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
41 Carlos Santana 1B 34 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
42 Tobias Myers SP 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
43 Davis Schneider 2B, OF 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
44 Spencer Horwitz 1B, 2B 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
45 Joey Loperfido OF 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
46 J.P. Crawford SS 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
47 Ryan O'Hearn 1B, OF 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
48 Brandon Lowe 2B 23 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
49 DJ Herz SP 13 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
50 Tylor Megill SP 13 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
51 Michael Busch 1B, 3B 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
52 Andrew Vaughn 1B 48 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
53 Justin Turner 1B, 2B, 3B 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
54 Ben Brown SP, RP 16 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
55 Kyle Gibson SP 42 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
56 Paul DeJong SS 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
57 Nolan Schanuel 1B 5 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
58 Enmanuel Valdez 2B 2 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
59 Bryan De La Cruz OF 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
60 Hayden Birdsong SP 9 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
61 Spencer Schwellenbach SP 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
62 Brendan Rodgers 2B 6 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
63 Drew Thorpe SP 13 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
64 Reed Garrett RP 36 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
65 Max Meyer SP 25 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
66 Patrick Bailey C 31 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
67 Hunter Goodman 1B, OF 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
68 Spencer Arrighetti SP 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
69 Landon Knack SP 15 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
70 Tyler Black 2B, 3B 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
71 Jameson Taillon SP 33 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
72 Trent Grisham OF 0 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
73 Simeon Woods Richardson SP, RP 22 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
74 Freddy Fermin C 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
75 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B, 3B, SS, OF 29 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
76 Ryne Stanek RP 31 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
77 Jason Adam RP 39 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
78 Alex Vesia RP 14 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
79 Robbie Ray SP 23 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
80 Harrison Bader OF 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
81 Jonathan Cannon SP 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
82 Bo Naylor C 19 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
83 Keegan Thompson RP 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
84 Dylan Moore 2B, 3B, SS, OF 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
85 Coby Mayo 3B 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
86 Tyson Miller RP 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
87 Michael Toglia 1B, OF 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
88 Cade Smith RP 14 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
89 Kyle Higashioka C 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
90 Deyvison De Los Santos 1B, 3B 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
91 Carson Spiers SP, RP 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
92 Nate Pearson RP 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
93 Ben Rortvedt C 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
94 Mauricio Dubon 2B, SS, OF 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
95 Addison Barger 3B, SS, OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
96 Will Brennan OF 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
97 Miles Mikolas SP 35 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
98 Ryan Walker SP, RP 17 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
99 Jeffrey Springs SP 19 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
100 Miguel Vargas 2B, OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues



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