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Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings list for Week 6 -- April 28 through May 5 -- to help you stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. Top prospects such as Joey Loperfido, Tyler Black, Jordan Beck, Christian Scott, and Pete Crow-Armstrong have recently been promoted to the majors. Other top prospects, such as Junior Caminero, Paul Skenes, Jackson Holliday, Coby Mayo, and Kyle Manzardo, patiently await the call to the big leagues.
Some notable recent performances and injury notes include Los Angeles Angels outfielder Jo Adell, who is slashing is slashing .357/.438/.786 with three home runs and five runs over his last eight games. Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Jason Adam collected his first save of the season on Monday and should handle closing duties for the Rays while Pete Fairbanks is sidelined. Detroit Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty racked up a career-high 14 strikeouts over 6.2 scoreless innings in Tuesday's win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Injuries continue to pile up as fantasy managers will need to replace Mike Trout, Grayson Rodriguez, Masataka Yoshida, and Nolan Jones, who were all recently placed on the injured list.
This edition features players such as Joey Loperfido, Jo Adell, Tyler Black, Jason Beck, Jason Adam, Connor Wong, Jack Flaherty, Slade Cecconi, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Vaughn Grissom, Mike Tauchman, Josh Smith, and Mickey Moniak. 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.
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. I will be pinch-hitting for Nick over the next few weeks.
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 | Wilyer Abreu | OF | 50 | Add in All Leagues |
| 2 | Jo Adell | OF | 37 | Add in All Leagues |
| 3 | Joey Loperfido | OF | 35 | Add in All Leagues |
| 4 | Andy Pages | OF | 30 | Add in All Leagues |
| 5 | Jordan Beck | OF | 10 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
| 6 | Tyler Black | 2B, 3B | 11 | Add in 10+ Team Leagues |
| 7 | Junior Caminero | 3B | 35 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 8 | Hector Neris | RP | 55 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 9 | Jack Flaherty | SP | 49 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 10 | MacKenzie Gore | SP | 55 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 11 | Christian Scott | SP | 9 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 12 | Joel Payamps | RP | 48 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 13 | Jacob Young | OF | 40 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 14 | Jason Adam | RP | 46 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 15 | Erick Fedde | SP | 41 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 16 | Mark Canha | 1B, OF | 53 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 17 | TJ Friedl | OF | 42 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 18 | Brenton Doyle | OF | 44 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 19 | Reed Garrett | RP | 48 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 20 | Jurickson Profar | OF | 47 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 21 | Pete Crow-Armstrong | OF | 12 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 22 | James Wood | OF | 16 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 23 | Keaton Winn | SP | 32 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 24 | Slade Cecconi | SP | 7 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 25 | Bryce Elder | SP | 36 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 26 | Jameson Taillon | SP | 32 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 27 | Brandon Marsh | OF | 47 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 28 | Jon Gray | SP | 40 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 29 | Bryan De La Cruz | OF | 45 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 30 | Ceddanne Rafaela | SS, OF | 21 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 31 | Mitchell Parker | SP | 46 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 32 | Brendan Donovan | 1B, 2B, OF | 38 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 33 | Tyler Nevin | 1B, 3B, OF | 10 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 34 | Jesse Winker | OF | 26 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 35 | Blaze Alexander | 2B, SS | 29 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 36 | Lars Nootbaar | OF | 35 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 37 | Vaughn Grissom | SS | 28 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 38 | Bailey Falter | SP | 21 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 39 | Orlando Arcia | SS | 26 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 40 | Taj Bradley | SP | 21 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 41 | Yennier Cano | RP | 30 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 42 | Willi Castro | 2B, 3B, SS, OF | 24 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 43 | Tyler Freeman | 2B, 3B, SS, OF | 24 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 44 | Luis Garcia (2B) | 2B | 14 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 45 | Clarke Schmidt | SP | 37 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 46 | Tyler Anderson | SP | 40 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 47 | Reese Olson | SP | 18 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 48 | Alek Manoah | SP | 17 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 49 | Josh Smith | 3B, SS, OF | 20 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 50 | Nick Senzel | 3B, OF | 10 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 51 | Mike Tauchman | OF | 18 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 52 | Elias Diaz | C | 35 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 53 | Connor Wong | C | 20 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 54 | Dean Kremer | SP | 20 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 55 | Lance Lynn | SP | 38 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 56 | Zack Littell | SP,RP | 37 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 57 | Heston Kjerstad | OF | 29 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 58 | Kyle Manzardo | 1B | 7 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 59 | Orelvis Martinez | 2B, 3B, SS | 20 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 60 | Simeon Woods Richardson | SP, RP | 11 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 61 | Casey Mize | SP | 26 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 62 | Patrick Bailey | C | 11 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 63 | Max Kepler | OF | 15 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 64 | LaMonte Wade Jr. | 1B, OF | 8 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 65 | Adam Ottavino | RP | 10 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 66 | Ty France | 1B | 12 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 67 | DJ LeMahieu | 1B, 2B, 3B | 13 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 68 | Masyn Wynn | SS | 10 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 69 | Quinn Priester | SP | 13 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 70 | Trevor Rogers | SP | 8 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 71 | Carlos Santana | 1B | 7 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 72 | Ben Lively | SP | 7 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 73 | Cade Horton | SP | 5 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 74 | Blake Perkins | OF | 11 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 75 | Mickey Moniak | OF | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 76 | Richie Palacios | OF | 3 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 77 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | 3 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 78 | Wenceel Perez | 2B, OF | 4 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 79 | Joey Ortiz | 2B, 3B | 4 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 80 | Vidal Brujan | 2B, 3B, SS | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
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