The 2022 Fantasy Baseball Week 13 Waiver Wire features quite a few options to add to our offense. It is funny how cyclical the waiver wire is this year. From week to week it seems to fluctuate whether pitching or hitting is more prevalent. There are a few strong outfield adds, as well as some solid multi-positional infielders this week. Meanwhile, you won't get much bang for your pitching staff this week.
These are deeper options, as we use NFBC ownership in 15 team contests as our gauge.
2022 Fantasy Baseball Week 13 Waiver Wire
Isaac Paredes, 2B/3B, Tampa bay Rays (unowned)
With ten home runs in his last 25 games, Isaac Paredes is basically the hottest hitter on the planet. Although Wander Franco could return as soon as today, second baseman Brandon Lowe still seems quite far away. Paredes should continue to offer plenty of pop with a low average and two-position eligibility. I would ride the hot streak on the 23-year-old rookie, worth a 10% flier of your FAAB budget. It may not be enough to land his services, as he likely will go from 0% to 100% owned tonight.
Lenyn Sosa, 2B, Chicago White Sox (unowned)
With Danny Mendick out for the year and Josh Harrison nursing a triceps injury, the desperate White Sox turned to rookie Lenyn Sosa in an attempt to jump-start their anemic offense. The 22-year-old outfielder was hitting .331 with 14 home runs at AA. As I type this, the White Sox, heavy preseason favorites to win the American League Central and contend for the pennant, sit with a worse record than the Baltimore Orioles.
With a minus 52 run differential, the Pale Hose would be remiss if they didn't give Sosa an extended look to spark the offense.
Cavan Biggio, 1B/3B/2B, Toronto Blue Jays (21%)
Last year, Cavan Biggio was being drafted in the fifth round of NFBC Main Event contests. That went horribly wrong, and this year was relegated to the bench rounds if even drafted at all. The negative is a career .234 batting average, which happens to be league average this year. The positive is a 20/20 skillset and three-position eligibility. He has two home runs this week and should be playing almost every day as a super-utility player. Why not?
Edward Olivares, OF, Kansas City Royals (85%)
A FAAB darling earlier this season, Edward Olivares returned from a quad strain on Friday and yielded immediate results with two home runs. While he is highly owned in 15-team setups, the 26-year-old figures to be one of the better speed/power options available for the rest of the season in 12-team formats. Feel free to big aggressively.
Jarren Duran, OF, Boston Red Sox (85%)
Last night Jarren Duran had four hits and two stolen bases. His OPS is now up to .862 with four bags swiped, building on the .899 mark and 11 steals he had in the minors this year. With 52 stolen bases in 700 professional at-bats, the 25-year-old outfielder could be the consolation prize for teams that missed out on John Berti, in both 15 and 12-team formats.
Josh Lowe, OF, Tampa Bay Rays (75%)
Josh Lowe is back yet again with the big club on the heels of Manny Margot being placed on the 60-day IL. He has already struck out seven times in four games since his recall, despite getting a base hit and scoring a run in three straight games.
Lowe had been red hot in AAA with a .929 OPS through 36 games. The Rays are trying to build on that momentum, as he has been hitting in primary batting positions since his recall. The lack of results should make him fall behind Olivares and Duran as far as FAAB price tonight goes.
Jake Meyers, OF, Houston Astros (unowned)
With Chas McCormick failing to claim the center field job in Houston, the door has opened for Jake Meyers. He is another speed/power option for fantasy managers. If you can handle the lower average, he is a dollar or two option if you miss out on Lowe, Olivares, and Duran.
Devin Smeltzer, SP, Minnesota Twins (62%)
The streamer of the week is Devin Smeltzer. He lines up this week with starts at the Guardians and home versus the Orioles. While a 12.6% strikeout rate is the opposite of what we look for in fantasy baseball, it is somewhat negated by the two starts as 11 innings would still get you 5 plus strikeouts for the week.
He went six shutout innings in his last outing with three hits and no walks against the Guardians. The schedule is quite favorable moving forward, so he may be more than just a one-week streamer.
Mitch White, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers (23%)
With Andrew Heaney going immediately back on the shelf and Walker Buehler going to waiver wires, it looks like Mitch White should get some extended run in the rotation.
White has three plus pitches and should pitch to a sub-four ERA with close to a strikeout per inning. Add in the win equity of playing for the Dodgers, there is a lot of upside here.
Dylan Bundy, SP, Minnesota Twins (68%)
Dylan Bundy is an atomic bomb. His game log is basically two on, two off. When he uses the sinker less and focuses on the four-seamer, he tends to have success. In his last two outings, he has given up only two earned runs in 14 innings.
While he lines up against Cleveland this week, The Twins have a run of 15 out of 17 games against losing teams coming up thereafter. If you are toward the bottom of your league, this is a good risk to take. But I wouldn't recommend it if you are toward the top of the standings.
Brad Hand, RP, Philadelphia Phillies (78%)
Seranthony Dominguez is looking great, but Brad Hand figures to stay in the mix at the back of the game. He has two saves on the season and was given the opportunity on Saturday, only to cough it up. He was called upon mainly because Juan Soto was due up in the inning, and Dominguez ended up cleaning up after him.
I expect Rob Thompson to continue to play the matchups, so you could see Hand with 5-10 saves the rest of the way.
Lou Trivino, RP, Oakland Athletics (18%)
The injury to Dany Jimenez has opened up the ninth inning in Oakland. While there was wide speculation that lefty AJ Puk may take the ninth inning and never give it back, that has not yet been the case. It may behoove the Athletics to showcase Lou Trivino in the ninth inning, in hopes of improving his trade value later in the summer.
They did just that last night, allowing Trivino to pitch two perfect innings in securing his first save in over a month. I feel confident speculating on getting that same 5-10 saves from Trivino over the next eight weeks.
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