Fantasy baseball 2019 week 21 weekend waiver wire adds

With the fantasy baseball playoffs upon us, improving your roster is key for a championship team.

The fantasy baseball season is in its final month. With many people either dropping out due to not being in playoff contention or shifting focus to fantasy football, the committed owners have the whole waiver wire at their disposal.

There are many players heating up at the right time that are worth adding off the waiver wire. Plus, with the rosters expanding to 40 players on Sept. 1, the pool of players gets deeper. Then again, there’s only so much playing time to go around for the final month.

With some teams still making a push for the Wild Card, their starters will see the field more often. Those are the players you want to add to your team. The consistent playing time will help with the counting stats on offense. Depending on your pitching stats, you may not multiple pitchers starting every day.

As usual, I will list three hitters, two starting pitchers and a reliever. They will have ownership percentages under 40 percent based on ESPN leagues.

Mark Canha, OF

The A’s are in the American League Wild Card hunt, currently holding a one-game lead over Tampa Bay. If they want to make the playoffs this season, they’ll have to play all of their stars. The A’s are currently dealing with a couple of outfield injuries in Ramon Laureano and Stephen Piscotty.

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As a result, Canha is at no risk of losing his starting job. Over the last week, he is hitting .393 with four home runs, seven RBI and seven runs. The A’s are hitting .267 this month, eighth in the league. If you’re looking for power and contact, Canha is your guy.

Kevin Newman, SS

I’ve mentioned Newman as an add earlier in the season. He’s had a quiet summer but is heating back up. Newman’s been making good contact with the ball, hitting .448 with two homers, eight RBI and nine runs over the last week.

Looking at the Pirates batting order, Newman is either hitting first or seventh. Over the last couple of weeks, he’s spent the majority of time as the leadoff hitter. That leads to more at-bats and opportunities to get on base.

Victor Caratini, C

Caratini has made some appearances for the Cubs over the last two seasons but has been getting more playing time this year. With the injuries to Willson Contreras, Caratini has been splitting time with veteran Jonathan Lucroy.

As a starter, he is hitting .270 with seven home runs and 20 RBI. Over the last week, with five starts, Caratini has three homers, five RBI and a .429 average. If you need a backup catcher or a second starter, Caratini is a good option because of the offense he plays on.

Anthony DeSclafani, SP

After a six-run outing against the Nationals, DeSclafani has put on three great starts. In that span, he has a 1.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 16 strikeouts, six walks and 2-0 record. He’s faced the Cardinals, Pirates and Marlins in those games so that helps.

DeSclafani faces the Phillies in his next start. They’ve been up and down this month. Currently, they are up with a .297 average and 44 runs scored over the last seven days. Pitching at home against that team may not be the best start but I’d still add him for future starts.

Jordan Lyles, SP

Lyles has been pitching well since joining the Brewers. Before that, he had a 5.36 ERA and a 1.470 WHIP in 17 starts. With Milwaukee, Lyles has a 2.51 ERA and 1.082 WHIP in six starts. He had one bad start against Washington with a 4-1 record and two quality starts.

His walk rate is about the same with a 0.9 drop in his strikeout rate. His H/9 has dropped significantly. Maybe leaving Pittsburgh helped. He makes his next start on Sept. 3 against the Astros. That’d be a start I’d leave Lyles on my bench for.

Sam Dyson, RP

Finding a relief pitcher worth adding was harder than I thought. Not many teams are recording saves that don’t have a top-20 reliever and are already owned. So, I went with a middle reliever racking up the holds.

Dyson recorded his 22nd hold on Aug. 27. He struggled in his first two appearances after being traded to the Twins. Since then, he has a 1.17 ERA, 6:1 K:BB ratio, five holds and a blown save. Taylor Rogers is the Twins closer. If anything happens to him, Dyson and Sergio Romo will compete for saves.

At this point in the season fantasy baseball owners are digging for scraps on the waiver wire. Some of them can turn out to be valuable, you just have to lower your expectations. Thanks for stopping by FanSided Fantasy!