Fantasy Baseball Waiver Pickups: Week 18
Haiku Edition:
A slew of haiku for you
and your baseball crew
1B/3B Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Cincinnati Reds (76%)
He had twenty bombs
at Triple-A this season-
an exciting bat.
OF Chas McCormick, Houston Astros (70%)
This guy is on fire.
With pop, speed and playing time,
he needs to be owned.
2B Edouard Julien, Minnesota Twins (62%)
He has five home runs
through forty July at-bats-
is this a breakout?
OF Sal Frelick, Milwaukee Brewers (61%)
His hot-hitting ways
carried into his debut.
Grab him everywhere.
OF Mickey Moniak, Los Angeles Angels (61%)
He keeps producing
with the time he’s been given.
He’s getting more now.
OF Trent Grisham, San Diego Padres (58%)
His bat is waking
after three months of snoozing.
Stay awake now, please.
3B Jake Burger, Chicago White Sox (54%)
Another homer.
Every time I think I’ll drop,
he hits another.
2B/SS/OF Mauricio Dubon, Houston Astros (53%)
Still doing his thing:
lots of contact and runs scored.
Good for BA leagues.
OF Eddie Rosario, Atlanta Braves (52%)
Dropped by some owners
he’s still a good power source
on an elite team.
SS Zach Neto, Los Angeles Angels (46%)
He’s playing full-time
with some power and some speed
atop the lineup.
OF Randal Grichuk, Colorado Rockies (44%)
Three of his five bombs
have come in his past six games.
Could be worth the scoop.
OF Kerry Carpenter, Detroit Tigers (42%)
Kerry Carpenter:
he hits home runs in bunches
with a good BA.
RHP Kutter Crawford, Boston Red Sox (38%)
He’s a decent arm
who is starting again now.
There are worse options.
LHP Cristopher Sanchez, Philadelphia Phillies (33%)
An intriguing arm.
He’s been good since his call-up
but has yet to win.
OF Drew Waters, Kansas City Royals (28%)
He has playing time
and upside for pop and speed
but too many K’s.
RHP Kevin Ginkel, Arizona Diamondbacks (26%)
With back-to-back saves
Ginkel is the arm to own.
He’s got great stats too.
OF David Peralta, Los Angeles Dodgers (14%)
Fourteen percent owned
yet he starts most days, hits well
and plays for LA.
LHP Jackson Wolf, San Diego Padres (14%)
Dude with a cool name
who struggled his first time out.
He’s still worth watching.
OF Mike Tauchman, Chicago Cubs (13%)
Great plate discipline,
frequent playing time and pop-
a good recipe.
1B Mike Ford, Seattle Mariners (12%)
His high barrel rate
makes him a deep-league option
despite all those K’s.