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Fantasy Baseball Waiver Pickups: Week 18

John presents this week’s fantasy baseball waiver wire article in Haiku format.

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Pickups: Week 18

Haiku Edition:

A slew of haiku for you

and your baseball crew

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1B/3B Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Cincinnati Reds (76%)

He had twenty bombs

at Triple-A this season-

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an exciting bat.

OF Chas McCormick, Houston Astros (70%)

This guy is on fire.

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With pop, speed and playing time,

he needs to be owned.

2B Edouard Julien, Minnesota Twins (62%)

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He has five home runs

through forty July at-bats-

is this a breakout?

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OF Sal Frelick, Milwaukee Brewers (61%)

His hot-hitting ways

carried into his debut.

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Grab him everywhere.

OF Mickey Moniak, Los Angeles Angels (61%)

He keeps producing

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with the time he’s been given.

He’s getting more now.

OF Trent Grisham, San Diego Padres (58%)

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His bat is waking

after three months of snoozing.

Stay awake now, please.

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3B Jake Burger, Chicago White Sox (54%)

Another homer.

Every time I think I’ll drop,

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he hits another.

2B/SS/OF Mauricio Dubon, Houston Astros (53%)

Still doing his thing:

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lots of contact and runs scored.

Good for BA leagues.

OF Eddie Rosario, Atlanta Braves (52%)

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Dropped by some owners

he’s still a good power source

on an elite team.

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SS Zach Neto, Los Angeles Angels (46%)

He’s playing full-time

with some power and some speed

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atop the lineup.

OF Randal Grichuk, Colorado Rockies (44%)

Three of his five bombs

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have come in his past six games.

Could be worth the scoop.

OF Kerry Carpenter, Detroit Tigers (42%)

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Kerry Carpenter:

he hits home runs in bunches

with a good BA.

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RHP Kutter Crawford, Boston Red Sox (38%)

He’s a decent arm

who is starting again now.

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There are worse options.

LHP Cristopher Sanchez, Philadelphia Phillies (33%)

An intriguing arm.

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He’s been good since his call-up

but has yet to win.

OF Drew Waters, Kansas City Royals (28%)

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He has playing time

and upside for pop and speed

but too many K’s.

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RHP Kevin Ginkel, Arizona Diamondbacks (26%)

With back-to-back saves

Ginkel is the arm to own.

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He’s got great stats too.

OF David Peralta, Los Angeles Dodgers (14%)

Fourteen percent owned

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yet he starts most days, hits well

and plays for LA.

LHP Jackson Wolf, San Diego Padres (14%)

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Dude with a cool name

who struggled his first time out.

He’s still worth watching.

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OF Mike Tauchman, Chicago Cubs (13%)

Great plate discipline,

frequent playing time and pop-

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a good recipe.

1B Mike Ford, Seattle Mariners (12%)

His high barrel rate

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makes him a deep-league option

despite all those K’s.

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