
Waiver Wire Pickups of the Week (Week of April 18, 2022): Best Players Available Under 50%, 40%, 30%, 20%, and 10% on Yahoo
by Mickey Bell
*Stats and Roster % as of the morning of April 19
GRADUATED
- Batters
- Connor Joe, 1B/OF, COL (11% to 75%)
- Steven Kwan, OF, CLE (11% to 74%)
- Jeff McNeil, 2B/OF, NYM (45% to 63%)
- Jesus Sanchez, OF, MIA (21% to 63%)
- Starters
- Tylor Megill, SP, NYM (47% to 88%)
- Jesus Luzardo, SP, MIA (33% to 77%)
- Kyle Wright, SP, ATL (16% to 74%)
- Hunter Greene, SP, CIN (50% to 69%)
- Corey Kluber, SP, TBR (50% to 56%)
- Relievers
- Daniel Bard, RP, COL (20% to 70%)
- Tanner Rainey, RP, WAS (4% to 53%)
- Anthony Bender, RP, MIA (49% to 51%)
50% OR UNDER
Randal Grichuk, OF, COL (50%: new)
Honorable Mentions:
- Batters
- Eddie Rosario, OF, ATL (50%: new)
- Robbie Grossman, OF, DET (49%: new): 117th overall player in 2021
- Kolten Wong, 2B, MIL (48%: new)
- Jonathan Schoop, 1B/2B, DET (45%: new): 97th overall player in 2021
- Jeremy Pena, SS, HOU (32% to 44%)
- Josh Lowe, OF, TBR (43%: new)
- Nathaniel Lowe, 1B, TEX (40% to 42%)
- Starters
- Jordan Montgomery, SP, NYY (50%: new)
- Matt Brash, SP, SEA (38% to 48%)
- Merrill Kelly, SP, ARI (46%: new)
- Bailey Ober, SP, MIN (42% to 41%)
40% OR UNDER
Hector Neris, RP, HOU (40%: new)
Honorable Mentions:
- Batters
- Kike Hernandez, 2B/OF, BOS (39% to 40%)
- Patrick Wisdom, 1B/3B/OF, CHC (47% to 37%)
- Alejandro Kirk, C, TOR (34%: new): One of the best hitting prospects in the game is getting regular starts with Danny Jansen on the IL.
- Starters
- Josiah Gray, SP, WAS (35%: new)
- Relievers
- Paul Sewald, RP, SEA (49% to 40%)
- Chad Green, RP, NYY (39% to 38%)
30% OR UNDER
Ji-Man Choi, 1B, TBR (29%: new)
Honorable Mentions:
- Batters
- Akil Baddoo, OF, DET (44% to 30%)
- Tommy Pham, OF, CIN (43% to 29%)
- Andrew McCutchen, OF, MIL (23%: new)
- Harrison Bader, OF, STL (25% to 22%)
- Starters
- Zach Eflin, SP, PHI (31% to 26%)
- Relievers
- Jonathan Loaisiga, RP, NYY (31% to 27%)
- Diego Castillo, RP, SEA (25% to 26%)
- Lucas Sims, RP, CIN (23% to 25%): Currently on the IL, Sims should be the Reds closer when he returns. He had 7 SV and a scorching 39.0% K rate last year.
- Collin McHugh, SP/RP, ATL (22%: new)
20% OR UNDER
Taylor Ward, OF, LAA (11%: new)
Honorable Mentions:
- Batters
- Diego Castillo, 2B/3B, PIT (23% to 18%)
- Nicky Lopez, SS, KCR (20% to 17%)
- Jorge Mateo, 2B/SS/OF, BAL (15%: new)
- Starters
- Eric Lauer, SP, MIL (17%: new): 3.19 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, and a 8.9 K/9 last year, and he has started well this year.
- Relievers
- Spencer Strider, RP, ATL (14% to 15%)
10% OR UNDER
Rowdy Tellez, 1B, MIL (4% to 5%)
Honorable Mentions:
- Batters
- Seth Beer, Util, ARI (11% to 10%)
- Paul DeJong, SS, STL (7%).
- Manuel Margot, OF, TBR (5%: new)
- Ha-seong Kim, 2B/3B/SS, SDP (4%: no change)
- Starters
- Nick Martinez, SP, SDP (4% to 7%)
- Relievers
- Jorge Lopez, SP/RP, BAL (8%: new)
- Hansel Robles, RP, BOS (6%: new)
- Dany Jimenez, RP, OAK (5%: new)