Fantasy baseball doesn’t pause for holidays, bad luck or busy schedules. The managers who show up in the rain, sleet and snow, without exception, are the ones still tracking meaningful baseball in September. Let everyone else react while we anticipate. Around here, being proactive is the name of the game. The waiver wire doesn’t care what our rosters looked like in March, and the gap between preparation and complacency never closes on its own. Enough posturing from me, let’s find your adds for this week.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: Logan O’Hoppe, LAAOwner of the fifth-most homers by any catcher between the 2024-2025 seasons (39), Logan O’Hoppe finally appears to have regained full strength after a Carter Jensen foul tip fractured his left wrist in late April. After a multi-day rest in late May, few backstops have produced stronger power metrics since — .314 BA, .235 ISO, 41.5% Hard Hit, 17.1% Barrel, 14.6% Air-Pull. O’Hoppe is playing about five times a week right now, which should project as a backend C1 going forward (as long as it holds up).First base: Bryce Eldridge, SFSan Francisco's 21-year-old rookie phenom made his sixth start at first base this past Sunday, finally triggering 1B-eligibility in many leagues. It's about time. After a dismal 2-for-27 start to his career at the dish, Eldridge rode the pine for a weekend in mid-May to clear his head. Once again, the rest apparently worked because the young man has been on an absolute tear since — 94 PA; .388 BA, 1.118 OPS, 56.9% Hard Hit, 15.4% Barrel, .504 xwOBAcon. Not only is he playing every day, but having been recently promoted to the No. 2 spot in the lineup versus righties delivers a nice projection boost to his counting stats. Suddenly, the Giants' order is making noise in the Bay Area, with Eldridge playing a big part as a potential rest-of-season needle-mover.Second base: Cole Young, SEAAlways a sucker for a first-rounder, I've been cycling on and off Young's services since he tore up spring training earlier this year. The Mariners' 21st-overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft followed a very strong start to 2026 with an 8-for-58 skid, resulting in a benching on May 21. Since the short reset, Young's hit safely in 19 of 22 games on the back of a .302 xBA, chock-full of elevated pulled batted balls (13.6% Air-Pull). Now Seattle's dealing with another slew of injuries, forcing Young into the top half of the order, where plate appearances add up. Second base has been incredibly hard to fill at points this year, and at least we're dealing with some ceiling at a low cost of entry.Shortstop: Willi Castro, COLWhat was old is new again. The 29-year-old Castro finished 2024 as fantasy's No. 10 second baseman, eventually cracking the top-200 ADP the following season. Unfortunately, a combination of hand, knee and wrist injuries derailed what wound up being his worst season as a pro between the Twins and Cubs in 2025. Then, in a bit of a surprise move, the Rockies signed Castro to a two-year, $12.8 million contract to add some depth and versatility to the infield. Again, injuries hampered Castro early in 2026, but he's been locked in for 88 PA since his latest return — .342 BA, .945 OPS, 3 HR, 2 SB. Notice the power spike due to an elevated 21.0% Air-Pull rate, plus it never hurts playing in Coors Field. Mix in nearly universal position-eligibility and it's hard to think of a better roster fit in any league with bi-weekly or daily lineup moves.Third base: Royce Lewis, MINAs one of the most popular sleeper picks this season, Lewis took fantasy gamers on a predictably wild ride. However, now it's a matter of intestinal fortitude and depth of conviction. We know what Lewis can be — a first-round-type talent who can carry a fantasy team. Think back to just last September when Lewis went nuclear for the entire final month of the season, delivering 5 HR and 9 SB. Well, every rose has its thorn, and injuries are Lewis'. With that, when he's healthy, I'm always willing to buy into a potential ceiling outcome, which would boast underpinning stats looking exactly like what we've seen in his most recent return — 42 PA, .324 BA, 1.003 OPS, 3 HR, 1 SB, 42% Hard Hit, 13% Barrel, 26% Air-Pull.Outfield: Cole Carrigg, COLI can't say I whiffed on anything in fantasy this season more than the Rockies' outfield situation. Granted, I wasn't necessarily beating a drum for Brenton Doyle or Jordan Beck, but they both lost their respective jobs before landing on the IL. Luckily, fantasy pencils have erasers, and Coors Field remains the top BABIP park in MLB by a mile. I honestly hadn't pegged Carrigg for the big club in 2026, having never played in Triple A before this season. Clearly a power/speed asset coming up, he's averaged at least 15 HR per season, plus a stolen base every 9.6 plate appearances going back to 2024. Whoa! Again, the promotion caught me by surprise, but it did little to interrupt the rookie's blistering fantasy campaign at the highest level. Since his call-up, Carrigg has started all nine games — against right- and left-handed pitchers — and has already chipped in three long balls with a steal on a really nice combination of zone contact (+92%) and barrels (12.5%).Hitter stash candidatesTop waiver wire pitcher optionsStarting Pitcher: Noah Cameron, KCThe lefty Cameron burst on the MLB scene in 2025 as a late-blooming rookie with an outstanding 2.99 ERA, 1.10 WHIP campaign across 138.1 IP. Despite the success, it's fair to say the skill set showed warts between the 4.20 xERA, 25.9% CSW, and +80% strand rate, which was baked into his No. 260 ADP this past draft season. Any analyst calling for negative regression for Cameron saw it delivered in spades, as his surface stats ballooned to 5.55 ERA, 1.63 WHIP through seven starts. Yikes! Abandon ship ... or maybe not.It's always darkest before the dawn and, while some degree of regression was certainly called for, the pendulum once again swung a little too far. I'm not making excuses, but this time around, there was no way a .345 BABIP and 65% strand rate would hold either. Not really a power pitcher, Cameron uses his 93-mph four-seamer up in the zone to set up a trio of rather nasty secondaries, all of which drop off the table (cutter, changeup, curveball). Amidst the early struggles, Kansas City throttled back his fastball usage for more breaking stuff and a new sinker in mid-May. The subsequent domination of late tracks with the arsenal change, and one thing's for certain, any pitcher with Cameron's stats these past 30 days won't be on the waiver wire for long — 28.1 IP, 2.22 ERA, 2.41 xERA, 0.78 WHIP, 23.1% K-BB. The truth's probably somewhere in the middle, but right now, who among us can say they couldn't use that?