Los Angeles Angels left-handed pitcher Reid Detmers has become a strong waiver-wire option for fantasy managers seeking strikeouts. The 26-year-old enters the week with a 2-5 record, 4.00 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, and 97 strikeouts over 81 innings. While his win-loss record and season-long ERA don't fully reflect his recent work, Detmers has posted a 1.73 ERA, 0.54 WHIP, and 36:5 K:BB across his last four starts. That stretch includes 14 strikeouts over eight innings against the Texas Rangers, six scoreless innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and seven innings of one-run ball with nine strikeouts against the Houston Astros. The Angels may limit his win upside, but the strikeout volume and recent ratio improvements are strong enough to matter in most formats. With his roster rate already up to 64% on Yahoo, Detmers may not be sitting on every waiver wire, but fantasy managers should move quickly in any league where he remains available.

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New York Mets RHP prospect Jack Wenninger could be moving closer to his first major-league opportunity as the Mets search for rotation help, according to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. The 24-year-old is the club's No. 5 prospect (according to MLB.com) and has posted a 2.93 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, and 54 strikeouts over 55 1/3 innings at Triple-A Syracuse. Wenninger had a dominant start to the season, and although his ratios have backed up from his early run, he remains one of the most logical internal options for New York. The Mets' rotation depth has taken several hits, with Clay Holmes (fibula) and Kodai Senga (arm) already sidelined and Christian Scott (hip) slated to join them on the injured list. Wenninger's command remains the key caveat, as he has walked 30 batters over 55 1/3 innings. Still, with a 1% Yahoo roster rate, he is worth stashing in deeper 15+ team redraft leagues as he appears to have a clear path to join the MLB roster.

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Colorado Rockies shortstop Ezequiel Tovar is showing signs of life after a rough start and can provide upside for fantasy managers at the middle-infield position. The 24-year-old enters Monday hitting just .218/.265/.340 with five home runs, 24 RBI, 21 runs, and four stolen bases over 238 at-bats. However, he has been better lately, batting .224 with four homers, eight RBI, seven runs, one steal, and a .431 slugging percentage over his last 15 games. Tovar also went 3-for-6 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored in Sunday's 23-9 win over the Athletics. The average and on-base percentage remain concerns, but his 26-homer, 78-RBI season in 2024 gives the rebound some credibility. At 39% rostered on Yahoo, Tovar should be picked up in 12-team formats or deeper by fantasy managers looking for shortstop help with some power upside.

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Pittsburgh Pirates left-handed pitcher Gregory Soto remains a priority waiver-wire target for fantasy managers chasing saves. Soto has emerged as the favorite for ninth-inning work in Pittsburgh and enters Monday with 10 saves, a 3.26 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, and 35 strikeouts over 30 1/3 innings. He has converted three saves in June, including Saturday, June 13's 3-2 win over the Miami Marlins. However, Soto has begun to struggle, allowing five earned runs over 2 2/3 innings this month, including a blown save against the Houston Astros on June 3. Mason Montgomery and Dennis Santana still give Pittsburgh other late-inning options, but Soto has the clearest path to saves given his typical usage. With a 47% Yahoo roster rate, he should be added in most formats where saves are a need, despite his inconsistent start to the month.

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Atlanta Braves rookie right-hander JR Ritchie will make the start on Wednesday against the San Francisco Giants at Truist Park, according to Chad Bishop of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ritchie, the team's No. 2 prospect per MLB Pipeline, allowed 15 runs (13 earned) on 21 hits (four homers) while walking 16 and striking out 21 in 25 2/3 innings over five starts earlier in the year for Atlanta before being sent to Triple-A Gwinnett. The 22-year-old former 35th overall pick in 2022 recently returned to the big-league roster in a relief role, and he pitched five scoreless innings of relief with two walks and a strikeout on June 12 against the division-rival New York Mets. Despite Ritchie's rough greeting in MLB as a starter earlier this year, he'll be worth considering for rotation depth in deeper leagues now that he's set to take the starting spot of injured right-hander Spencer Strider (elbow), at least in the short term. The 6-foot-2, 185-pounder is a ground-ball pitcher with a deep arsenal, but he can also generate plenty of swings and misses while attacking the strike zone. Right now, he's rostered in only 5% of Yahoo leagues.

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Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (back) felt better on Sunday, according to manager John Schneider, although he still sat out a second straight game due to back tightness, according to Mitch Bannon of The Athletic. Guerrero seems likely to return to the starting lineup for Tuesday's series opener against the division-rival Boston Red Sox after another scheduled day off on Monday. The 27-year-old Canadian was gearing up to pinch hit in the ninth inning on Sunday against the New York Yankees, but he never appeared in the game. The five-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger winner has only three home runs on the year through 68 games and has gone 7-for-38 (.184) with three doubles, three RBI, four runs scored, four walks, and five strikeouts in 10 games so far in June. Despite the recent cold stretch, Vladdy is hitting .280 (69-for-246) on the year with a .372 on-base percentage. Guerrero's buy-low window is firmly open right now, but it could close quickly once he returns from his back injury.

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New York Mets right-hander Christian Scott (undisclosed) is set to land on the 15-day injured list this week with an undisclosed injury, league sources told Will Sammon of The Athletic. The good news for the Mets and their banged-up starting rotation is that early indications are that Scott's injury is minor. But with Scott now set to miss at least two weeks, the Mets only have left-hander Sean Manaea and right-handers Nolan McLean and Freddy Peralta as firm starters. Scott's injury could mean more starting opportunities for lefty David Peterson, who currently has a 5.75 ERA (3.51 FIP). In his first season back from Tommy John surgery this year, Scott has shown plenty of promise with a 3.10 ERA in nine starts across 40 2/3 innings. Right-hander Tobias Myers is set to start on Monday for the Mets against the Cincinnati Reds on the road, but he's not stretched out as a starter. To fill Scott's spot in the rotation, the Mets could turn to rookies Jonah Tong and Zach Thornton. Tong is the higher upside prospect. Eventually, righty Kodai Senga (back, arm) could be an option to return to the rotation following his minor-league rehab assignment. Scott is rostered in only 23% of Yahoo leagues.

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Athletics rookie left-hander Gage Jump, who is considered the team's No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline, has more than held his own in his first four major-league starts. The 23-year-old former second-round pick in 2024 out of Louisiana State University has gone 2-1 with a 3.09 ERA (2.51 FIP) and 1.11 WHIP with 19 strikeouts and six walks in 23 1/3 innings pitched. The young southpaw allowed four earned runs in five innings to the Seattle Mariners in his MLB debut on May 26, but he followed that up with two quality starts versus the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros. At the hitter-friendly minor-league venues of Sacramento and Las Vegas, Jump has surrendered seven runs in 10 innings in two starts, while he's been much better on the road. In shallow-mixed fantasy leagues, fantasy managers should keep an eye on Jump, while in deeper leagues, he's worth considering off the waiver wire as a matchup-based streamer. He has pitched well enough so far to keep his rotation spot once Aaron Civale (shoulder) returns from the injured list.

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Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Jared Jones got a late start to the 2026 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery that knocked him out for the entire 2025 campaign. The 24-year-old former second-round pick in 2020 made his season debut on May 29 and was a bit rusty, allowing five earned runs on seven hits (two homers) in 4 1/3 innings, but he also had six strikeouts against the Minnesota Twins. Jones has made only three starts so far and has yet to get into the sixth inning, posting a 4.73 ERA (4.08 FIP) and 1.42 WHIP with 14 strikeouts and five walks in 13 1/3 innings pitched. He is still getting stretched out in his return from elbow reconstruction, but the good news is that his control has been solid. In his rookie season for the Bucs in 2024, Jones impressed with a 4.14 ERA (4.00 FIP), 1.19 WHIP, and 132:39 K:BB in 121 2/3 innings over 22 starts. Fantasy managers are going to need to be patient here, but the upside is absolutely worth taking a flier on for starting rotation depth for the second half of the season. Jones is widely available on the waiver wire, too, as he's rostered in 43% of Yahoo leagues at the moment.

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Atlanta Braves right-hander Spencer Strider's (elbow) MRI exam did not show any ligament damage, just inflammation, according to Mark Bowman of MLB.com. It's excellent news for a pitcher who made only two starts in 2024 and eventually needed an internal-brace procedure on his right elbow. There aren't any current concerns that Strider will need another elbow surgery. The 27-year-old's visit on Monday with Dr. Keith Meister, who performed his surgery in 2024, was just to indicate what Strider's next steps will be. By Tuesday, Bowman says that we will have a better idea of when Strider could resume throwing. There was definitely some concern that Strider would need another season-ending elbow injury after his velocity plummeted and he was pulled from his start early on June 12 against the New York Mets. He is on the 15-day injured list and most likely won't rejoin Atlanta's starting rotation before the mid-July All-Star break, but he will return this season. Fantasy managers need to hang onto the former fourth-rounder in 2020 out of Clemson University. Strider has gone 4-2 this year with an elevated 5.31 ERA (5.36 FIP) and 1.36 WHIP, but his 27.9% strikeout rate gives hope for fantasy managers.

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Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (oblique) is expected to be reinstated from the 10-day injured list before Tuesday's series opener in Seattle against the Baltimore Orioles, according to Adam Jude of The Seattle Times. In addition to Raleigh, the M's are expected to activate shortstop J.P. Crawford (hand) from the IL before Tuesday's tilt. The 29-year-old Raleigh, who finished second in the American League MVP voting in 2025 after hitting a league-high 60 home runs and driving in 125 in 159 regular-season games, has been one of the biggest busts in fantasy baseball so far in 2026. Through 41 games (181 plate appearances) before straining his oblique, the left-handed slugger hit .161/.243/.317 with a .560 OPS, seven home runs, 18 RBI, and a 31.5% strikeout rate. The good news is that he's healthy again and went 7-for-17 at the plate with five home runs during a five-game minor-league rehab assignment with High-A Everett and Triple-A Tacoma. Fantasy managers can only hope that he's ready to turn things around now that he's past his oblique issue. With Raleigh sidelined, the Mariners had been mixing and matching behind the dish with Mitch Garver and Jhonny Pereda.

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Detroit Tigers outfielder Kerry Carpenter hit just .216 (22-for-102) with a .299 on-base percentage, 11 walks, and 40 strikeouts in his first 37 games of the 2026 season before getting hurt and landing on the injured list. But since rejoining the big-league squad on May 31, the left-handed-hitting outfielder has gone 10-for-33 (.303) with three home runs, a double, nine RBI, and four runs scored in 38 plate appearances for the Tigers. The 28-year-old former 19th-round selection in 2019 out of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University had a career-high 26 home runs and 62 RBI in a career-high 130 regular-season games for Detroit last year, and he also reached the 20-homer mark in 2023 in his first full season in the big leagues. Carpenter has a weak .321 career on-base percentage, and he has struck out over 30% of the time so far in 2026, but he has 79 home runs in 414 major-league games to this point and has enough power to help carry fantasy squads for stretches when he's locked in at the plate. He's currently rostered in 41% of Yahoo leagues and is worth a pickup for fantasy managers who need power.

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Baltimore Orioles catcher Samuel Basallo has been a little banged up lately, first missing time with an abdominal issue and then sitting out a few games last week due to wrist discomfort that was the result of a bony growth on his left hand. The 21-year-old left-handed-hitting backstop has since returned to action, though, and he has a hit in three straight games. Basallo hasn't had the greatest month of June, going 5-for-35 (.143) with a homer, a double, four RBI, four runs scored, three walks, and 10 strikeouts, but overall on the season, he has actually outproduced fellow catcher Adley Rutschman. In 60 games and 215 plate appearances in his first full season at the big-league level with Baltimore, Basallo is slashing .258/.321/.469 with a .790 OPS, 10 home runs, nine doubles, a triple, 29 RBI, and 27 runs scored. As long as his wrist issue doesn't worsen throughout the rest of the year, Basallo can provide above-average pop while also providing a stable average at the weakest position in fantasy baseball, and he's rostered in just over half of Yahoo leagues.

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In his first 30 major-league games since being called up on April 28, Cleveland Guardians second base prospect Travis Bazzana, the first overall pick in 2024 out of Oregon State University, went 32-for-109 (.294) with three home runs, eight doubles, 11 RBI, eight stolen bases, 13 runs scored, 15 walks, and 24 strikeouts in 126 plate appearances. The Aussie has been in a bit of a rough stretch since the calendar flipped to June, though, going 6-for-42 (.143) with a homer, a double, a triple, six RBI, three runs scored, three steals, five walks, and 11 strikeouts in 11 games played to drop his season slash line to .252/.345/.404 in his first 174 plate appearances. At one point, the 23-year-old left-handed hitter had a stretch of zero hits in 17 at-bats. Nobody was expecting Bazzana to light up the league like a seasoned vet from start to finish in 2026. The good news is that he's still only striking out at a 20.1% clip while walking 11.5% of the time. Plate discipline and patience have always been a strong suit for Bazzana, who is still worth rostering in deeper fantasy leagues that count on-base percentage. He's rostered in only 42% of Yahoo leagues.

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Seattle Mariners infield prospect Colt Emerson, who is ranked as the team's top prospect at MLB Pipeline, has delivered a .237/.310/.566 slash line, .875 OPS, six home runs, 14 RBI, 12 runs scored, six walks, and 24 strikeouts in 84 plate appearances across his first 23 games in the majors. At the shortstop position, MLB Pipeline has Emerson ranked at No. 4, behind only the Brewers' Jesus Made, the A's prospect Leo De Vries, and Nationals shortstop prospect Eli Willits. Emerson, the 22nd overall pick in 2023, doesn't turn 21 until late July. He has plenty of maturing to do as a hitter, especially since he's not an elite athlete. However, Emerson showed in the minors that he can provide a strong hit tool while also developing his power. He hit .244 (10-for-41) with two homers and seven RBI in 13 games in May, and he's gone 8-for-35 (.229) so far in June with four homers, two doubles, and seven RBI in 10 games played. Even with regular shortstop J.P. Crawford (hand) expected to return from the injured list this week, Emerson should play regularly at third base in Seattle, and his emerging power from the left side of the plate makes him an attractive young infield target in deeper fantasy leagues. The 6-foot, 195-pounder is currently rostered in only 24% of Yahoo leagues.

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Cincinnati Reds third baseman/outfielder Noelvi Marte was sent to the minors early on in 2026, he's played in just 20 games this year, and his surface stats definitely don't raise any eyebrows with a .218/.271/.400 slash line, .671 OPS, three home runs, three RBI, four stolen bases, and seven runs scored in 59 plate appearances. But since rejoining the major-league squad on June 3, the 24-year-old Dominican has gone 8-for-26 (.308) with all three of his home runs, a double, three RBI, three steals, and five runs scored in nine games played. All three of his homers on the year have come in the last three games, and he has seen more playing time in the outfield in Cincy this time around. In a career-high 90 games with the Reds in 2025, Marte hit .263 (89-for-339) with 14 home runs, 51 RBI, and 10 stolen bases in 360 plate appearances. With improved plate discipline since his return to the Reds, Marte is putting up better numbers. With both third base and outfield eligibility, fantasy managers need to consider adding Marte off the waiver wire. He's rostered in only 40% of Yahoo leagues.

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Chicago White Sox outfield prospect Braden Montgomery debuted to plenty of fanfare last week, and he turned plenty of heads in his MLB debut against the Atlanta Braves, going 2-for-5 at the plate, including a walk-off home run. The White Sox's No. 2 prospect, per MLB Pipeline, followed up his noteworthy debut with a 2-for-4 performance last Wednesday with two doubles in a win over the Braves. The 23-year-old switch-hitter and former 12th overall pick by the Boston Red Sox in 2024 out of Texas A&M University has gone 5-for-19 with a homer, four RBI, and four runs scored in his first 20 plate appearances in the big leagues for a rising young White Sox club. Before getting the call to the South Side of Chicago, Montgomery hit an impressive .314/.422/.548 with a .970 OPS, 10 homers, 13 doubles, three triples, 41 RBI, 52 runs scored, and five steals in 56 games with Double-A Birmingham and Triple-A Charlotte. He should see regular playing time in his rookie campaign, and he can contribute for fantasy managers in multiple categories right away. There aren't many better young outfielders with this amount of upside than Montgomery, and he's available in more than 60% of Yahoo leagues.

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Cincinnati Reds right-handed reliever Emilio Pagan (hamstring), who has been on the 15-day injured list since May 6 with a strained left hamstring, threw a bullpen session on Saturday and is expected to throw another on Monday, according to C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic. He could face live hitters as soon as Friday in New York. If the 35-year-old veteran makes it through his bullpen on Monday and a live bullpen session on Friday without any setbacks with his hamstring, he should be cleared to start a minor-league rehab assignment. It all means that Pagan could be back with the Reds' major-league roster by late next week or the weekend. Before injuring his hamstring at Wrigley Field in early May, Pagan had six saves in 15 appearances out of the bullpen, but he was also sporting an ugly 6.43 ERA and 1.43 WHIP in 14 innings pitched. However, the Reds' bullpen has been extremely unreliable in his absence, so manager Terry Francona is expected to immediately reinsert Pagan into the closer's role when he returns. Fantasy managers desperate for saves should take notice and stash Pagan now. He's rostered in only 62% of Yahoo leagues at the moment.

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Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras has been lights-out at the plate so far during the 2026 season, but he's been even more productive so far in June, and that continued in Sunday night's 6-4 loss to the visiting Texas Rangers at Fenway Park. Contreras went 3-for-4 at the plate with two solo home runs and a strikeout to raise his season average to .304 and his OPS to .966. The 34-year-old former catcher and three-time All-Star has been excellent in his first year in Boston, slashing .304/.396/.570 with a .966 OPS, 16 home runs, 43 RBI, 34 runs scored, and a stolen base in 67 games across 278 plate appearances. In 11 games in June, the Venezuelan has gone 16-for-41 (.390) with five long balls, five doubles, 10 RBI, and eight runs scored in 46 plate appearances. Contreras' underlying metrics -- .273 xBA, .391 xwOBA, .519 xSLG -- point to regression in the future, but he's still a must-start first baseman with the way he's been swinging the bat in 2026.

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Minnesota Twins top outfield prospect Walker Jenkins (shoulder) recently began his rehab assingment wth Low-A Fort Myers and is progressing toward a return to Triple-A. Jenkins has been on the shelf since the start of May with this shoulder injury, but is now not only back on the field, but is showing his elite upside. In his first rehab outing with Low-A, Jenkins went 4-for-5 with a double and a home run. Prior to the injury, Jenkins appeared in 25 games at St. Paul and posted a .256/.396/.389 line with two home runs, five stolen bases, and an 18:19 K:BB. While his bat is still adjusting to Triple-A pitching, the young outfielder has continued to showcase his elite eye at the dish. While the 21-year-old will likely need another week of rehab action before re-joining St. Paul, he will quickly climb the stash rankings as he should compete for an MLB debut early in the second half.

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