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Every Monday, this column will break down the most popular waiver wire and free agent acquisitions of the weekend. I dig into the top adds on the ever-popular Fantrax and in the NFBC Online Championship (OC), a national mid-stakes contest with 240 total leagues of 12 and a six-figure grand prize. Reviewing player adds between the two should provide us with a well-rounded perspective and barometer of the fantasy baseball marketplace.

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• Daily SP Chart archive
• 2-Start podcast episode ranking
• SP Rankings (last update: 7/24 | next: September)

Welcome to the Daily SP Chart, click here if you’re new to get an idea of what I’m doing with these rankings.

• I just rebuilt the board since Cole was switched out for Fried in addition to the Chandler/Keller switch.
• Thornton has been strong in 4 starts with at least 6 IP in the last 3. The Mets stink hasn’t infected him yet.
• It’s been a rollercoaster, but if you just held your way through Bradish’s ups and downs, you’ve gotten 20 starts of 3.49 ERA/1.32 WHIP with 110 Ks and 7 Ws. I won’t pretend that WHIP isn’t painful and he’s still not paying off the Top 25 SP price tag he had at the draft table but he’s certainly not sinking your season.
• Montero returned to the rotation with a gem in Wrigley (5.3 IP/1 ER/8 Ks!) and his .229 BABIP seemingly has some regression coming, but we’ve been saying that all year and he just keeps plugging along. His weekend trip to ATH could be a major regression start so let’s be careful with that one.
• Ureña, like Montero, is running super hot with skills that don’t really support his tiny ERA (10% K-BB, 2.78 ERA) but we have seen more consistent bat-missing lately with 42 Ks in his last 43 IP. Similar to Montero, he also has a tougher matchup on the weekend (v. MIL) that make the weekly play a bit of a tougher choice.
• Chandler’s lack of control makes him risky regardless of matchup, but I do like that he’s facing an ARI team that has struggled vR all year. It’s Keller, not Chandler… and I’m probably a bit less interested in Keller, but I can still see against this ARI offense. Y’all know I’m not the biggest Keller fan, though.
• Rocker and Sproat have been maddeningly inconsistent and likely will remain so this year. Rocker has weirdly been better on the road despite TEX being a great spot to pitch. Sproat, meanwhile, gets a trip to SFG which is always a nice spot but he brings a measure of risk every time out.
• Peterson & Perez are mostly full week plays for me as I’d take on their 2-steps in medium or deeper leagues. Neither inspire a ton of confidence, especially for a one-off start, but getting the pair in a weekly setup increases my interest in them.
• Schultz gets an NYY team that is 30th vL in the last month, so don’t let that Judge-infused full season 9th ranking mislead you here. They can still clip a guy even without Judge, but this is exactly the kind of spot where you can stream a Schultz type.
• Imai’s Duds have consistently erased his good starts every time he strings a couple together. I still think we run him in a decent number of spots against this LAA offense, but we’ve seen clearly this year that matchup doesn’t matter for him. When he’s on, he can get anyone and when he’s off, he’s susceptible against any team.
• Scherzer and Kelly head on the road for remarkably difficult matchups while Perkins is just unusable in his home park (7.41 ERA/1.56 WHIP). I can’t find spots for any of ’em.

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First degree robbery here:

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7:31	Jeff Zimmerman:

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7/26/26

The latest episode of “The Sleeper and the Bust” is live.

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In this article, I cover the players using CBS’s and Yahoo’s ADD/DROP rates. Both sites have the option for daily and weekly waiver wire adds. CBS uses a weekly change while Yahoo looks at the last 24 hours. Yahoo is a great snapshot of right now, while CBS ensures hot targets from early in the week aren’t missed. I start players being added at CBS who started the week on less than 40% of rosters.

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7/24/26

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2-START PITCHERS FOR WK15 (July 6th)

• AUTO-START: Zack Wheeler, Chris Sale, Max Fried, Chase Burns, Gerrit Cole, George Kirby, Payton Tolle, Justin Wrobleski
• Leaderboard
• Landen Roupp SF – vs MIL (3 wOBA Rk), @ SD (30) 15:55
• Christian Scott NYM – vs ATL (5), vs MIA (21) 21:15
• Sandy Alcantara MIA – vs PHI (26), @ NYM (29) 24:18
• Michael King SD – vs COL (8), vs SF (14)
• Kyle Bradish BAL – @ DET (17), vs PHI (26) 36:50
• Cade Cavalli WSH – vs TOR (18), @ ATL (5) 37:55
• Jake Bennett BOS – @ ATH (8), @ LAD (7) 42:35
• Walbert Ureña LAA – vs HOU (15), vs MIL (3) 46:40
• Brandon Sproat MIL – @ SF (14), @ LAA (22) 49:22
• Noah Schultz CWS – vs NYY (9), @ TB (19) 51:46
• Griffin Jax TB – vs TEX (20), vs CWS (11) 54:37
• Tatsuya Imai HOU – @ LAA (22), vs TEX (20) 58:40
• Bailey Ober MIN – vs KC (24), @ SEA (4) 1:01:00

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• I don’t rank longer term injury guys, but I did squeeze Ranger Suarez and Connor Prielipp back in as both are tracking to be back this weekend or very soon after.
• I’ll be adding comments to each tier over the rest of the weekend and happy to answer any questions or comments below!
• Zac Thornton added Saturday morning. Just accidentally left off, I like him.

Aces Commentary

• With Miz being managed, Skubal returns to the top spot, especially after Skubal put up 9 Ks in 4 of his L5 outings.
• I expanded the Ace tier and popped Greene back in there even after just three starts. He was bumpy in his season debut but then 2 gems since, including 12 Ks v. CHC.
• Same with Fried returning to the Ace tier really quick, but I don’t think he needs to earn his way back in. When healthy, he’s an Ace who never leaves the rotation.
• Much was made of a couple turbulent starts for Skenes. He looked a lot more like himself in the last couple with 15 Ks and 3 BB in 12.3 IP.

Must Start Commentary

• Cole’s had a few ill-timed HRs since his last two starts, but he looks completely dialed in with his stuff and I have all the confidence in him. That Cam-Cole-Fried top 3 is insane.
• I was scared about Pérez and actually cut him in my Main Event which definitely stings now that he’s back and dominating. The tough part of no IL spots is how long you want to block off that reserve spot and I was concerned this would be a multi-month absence. Since returning from his 27-day layoff: 1.24 ERA/0.79 WHIP/22% K-BB. Whoops.
• Wrobleski rode a skills tightrope for months, posting excellent results despite an outright terrible 15% K% through his first 12 outings. Everything has come together over his L5 with a 1.90 ERA/0.94 WHIP and most importantly a 23% K-BB. He has at least 7 Ks in each of his L3 including dialing up 11 in Sacramento!
• I love Brown in general and still have a hard time sitting him anywhere as he’s just 8 starts into his season, but I had to bring him way down in the rankings. The BB% explosion to 16% has saddled him with an untenable 1.45 WHIP. Impressively, his ERA is a palatable 4.05 despite the influx of free bases yielded. I’d like to get to ~12-14 starts before making any drastic moves. I’m at least sticking with him for the upcoming TEX and TOR starts.
• Is Ashcraft unraveling or just hitting a blip where the schedule gets the best of him (struggles at PHI, v. MIL, and at NYY aren’t exactly cause for concern even with PHI’s lagging offense and NYY being without Judge)? He still mixed in a gem at one of the hottest offenses in baseball during this run (5.7 IP/2 ER/7 Ks/2 BB at WAS). The HRs are concerning and a key driver behind these troubles. I’m willing to bet blip over fraud check and as such, I will stand by him as a rotation lock.

Full Rankings Without Tiers