Let me guess … someone on your roster got hurt this week. Probably more than one. Shocker! How did I know? It happens to all of us on a weekly basis, seemingly without fail. But you’re in luck, because as always, there’s an answer. Every week, I go position by position, ranking the very best additions in all formats — including hitter and pitcher stashes, and a full ranking of all available upcoming two-start SPs. Let’s get it.NOTE: Please prioritize positional lists over the featured player write-ups. I’m trying to avoid covering the same players more than once, and I don’t want any extra focus to be misconstrued as personal preference. Away we go!Top waiver wire hitter optionsCatcher: Endy Rodríguez, PIT I promised I wouldn’t double down on any write-ups, but this sort of irregularity makes mentioning Kansas City’s Carter Jensen worth it once more, since he’s led off for the Royals in each of their past four games versus righties. Assuming he’s rostered, or you play in a league with fellow readers, Endy Rodríguez (yes, the same one!) is another good option. Over the past week, he’s usurped the lion’s share of playing time from Henry Davis, displaying the best form of his career at the dish by a country mile. Rodríguez has always boasted an elite approach, but power is finally coming around — if the +22% barrel rate is any indication. As a bonus, Rodríguez has stolen two bags in just 11 games! Acquire now, ask questions later … just in case this mini-breakout is for real.First base: Paul Goldschmidt, NYYOver 2,100 games and nearly 9,000 plate appearances later, Goldschmidt finds fantasy relevance once again. Starting off the season as a purely short-side platoon hitter, the 2022 NL MVP and seven-time All-Star may actually be aging like a fine wine. A career .288 hitter, batting average was never the problem, but Goldy's proving he can still swing a big stick (78% Contact, 47.1% Hard Hit, 12.6% Barrel). Anchoring the top-third of the Yankees' order will provide surrounding counting stats and a perfectly reasonable replacement at the other hot corner, if you're in the market for one. Also, the news of Aaron Judge's injury (stress fracture of the rib) could mean a semi-permanent starting spot for Goldschmidt going forward.Second base: Edwin Arroyo, CINWhat is it about the Reds and extraordinarily talented infielders? As most fantasy heads already know, phenom Elly De La Cruz hit the shelf with a lower-body injury this week. What they may not know is that the move forced the struggling Matt McLain over to shortstop in order to create space for prospect Edwin Arroyo. Just 22 years old, the 2021 top-50 overall draft pick forced a promotion via five-category production and little left to prove in the minors. In just a few short years of professional ball, he's already greatly improved his contact profile, allowing that prodigious speed to flourish. If the career 600-PA minor-league pace is any indication — .279 BA/ 89 Runs/ 72 RBI/ 13 HR/ 25 SB — he could have a roster spot even after Elly returns.Shortstop: Jorge Mateo, ATLWhile we likely know how this movie ends, having lived through the Mateo experience before, you have to admit that it can be pretty exciting at times. And right now, the iron is burning white hot. Fantasy's No. 12 SS over the past two weeks, the 30-year-old speedster is putting it all together at the moment, and I want a piece of the action before this boat takes on water. Critics will cite an inflated BABIP this season, though I'd counter that much of his recent production these past 30 days (.324 BA/ 10 Runs/ 6 RBI/ 2 HR/ 3 SB) is actually well deserved — evidenced in the both underpinning power metrics (76.0% Contact, 47.1% Hard Hit, 12.85 Barrel) and expected batting average (.344 xBA). Ride the wave until incessant chases outside the zone eventually lead to the abundance of strikeouts which will consume him.Third base: Noelvi Marte, CINI'm finding myself torn between fantasy narratives in the curious case of Marte. On one hand, there's a player whose MLB career stats paint a picture of impatience, reaching outside the zone and showing a general lack of power. And despite those things being true, we're also discussing a 24-year-old with fewer than 760 MLB plate appearances. The future is hardly determined. Will the real Noelvi Marte please stand up? Unfortunately, most fantasy GMs won't have the luxury to wait and see what happens in this freshest go-around, so I'm siding with the pedigree and the optimal hitting environment (again). Hopefully Marte can pick up this year's torrid 600-PA Triple-A pace (.369 BA/ 105 Runs/ 92 RBI/ 27 HR/ 31 SB) with the big club to finally shake the dreaded "Quad-A player" narrative. He's one of the few potential league-winning hitters still floating around, and I don't want to miss out.Outfield: Cam Smith, HOUIt's just about that time of season to comb your local waiver wire for all the preseason sleeper picks gone wrong. In Smith, we're still talking about a 24-year-old who's roughly three years out of college and was drafted 14th overall in 2024. Never known to strike out much coming up through the minors, MLB pitching ate up the youngster in his first taste with the pros. So what? Smith has cut his K rate every two weeks this season, and the subsequent results are beginning to bubble. After an admittedly dismal start through 30 games or so, a couple of big hits on the Astros' road trip to Minnesota in mid-May sparked something deep within. Sure, it's only been a few weeks, but I'm still excited. Why? It's not just the power stats in that span garnering attention (.200 ISO, 15.6% Barrel, .402 xwOBA), but the strikeouts have all but disappeared, returning to historical norms. I believe the adjustment has been made, and it's wheels up rest-of-season for Smith.Hitter stash candidatesTop waiver wire pitcher optionsStarting Pitcher: Dustin May, STLTalent was never the issue for the former Dodger, who has dominated MLB hitters for months at a time in years past. It's the myriad of injuries, including a pair of throwing-arm surgeries that severely capped the 28-year-old righty's innings pitched over the years. Well, he finally eclipsed the 100-IP mark in 2025 for the first time since 2019, and maybe I should've been quicker on the upswing. The 2026 season couldn't have started out any poorer for May, surrendering 13 earned runs across two starts, totaling just 7.1 IP. Sigh. Immediately after those back-to-back thrashings, the Cardinals throttled his four-seam fastball use for more cutters and sweepers to generate more whiffs, and it worked spectacularly.In the nine starts since, May's posted seven quality starts, allowing four runs just once — to the red-hot Pirates, when he got BABIP'd to death. Leaning more heavily into secondary pitches paid off more and more, so the changes continued. In his latest start, May actually featured his sweeper over any other pitch, and it's his best offering by a mile (20% Use/ .274 xSLG/ 34.8% Whiff). The results? Since May 9, May struck out at least seven hitters in four of five starts, and his 35 Ks rank eighth among all SPs in that timeframe. I'm fine capping his ceiling at a mid-rotation stalwart, but who among us couldn't use that right about now?