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WAF 209 - Waiver Wire Watches and Adds

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4.7 β€’ 842 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Wins Above Fantasy – Van Burnett (@Van_Verified) and Steve Gesuele (@stav8818) break down the early-season waiver wire landscape, focusing on the tricky balance between patience and aggressiveness in early weeks. They highlight under-20% rostered players worth adding in 12–15 team leagues, while also flagging a handful of names to monitor as roles, skills, and small-sample breakouts begin to take shape.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Wins Above Fantasy, part of the Pitcherless podcast network with Van Burnett and Steve Giswelly.

0:13.1

Welcome back, everybody. It is Wins Above Fantasy episode 208, my brother's team's collective

0:18.4

batting average for the season. is thursday april 9th and

0:22.6

we got a great show ahead of us and it's also steve just swelley's birthday so i buried the lead on

0:27.4

that one happy birthday steve uh in 208 episodes i'm not sure if we've had a steve birthday episode

0:34.9

but now now i know no i don't think we i don't think we lined up on a record date just, just yet.

0:42.3

But, yeah, it's, it's always, I'm always more excited about, you know, the start of the season than the age I'm at with my birthday now.

0:51.1

It's like, you know, it just sneaks up on you.

0:53.0

You kind of forget about it.

0:55.0

I'm still wallowing in my misery as we talked off air of the slow start for my home league team.

1:00.9

So maybe a little bit of cheer. I thought that maybe my team would start hitting a little bit for my birthday tonight.

1:08.1

But it has not happened just yet, but maybe soon, maybe soon. Yeah, it was my opponent's birthday yesterday. I, I, but, uh, has not happened just yet, but maybe soon, maybe soon.

1:11.9

Yeah, it was my opponent's birthday yesterday.

1:14.2

And I, I, I, I told him in the home league.

1:16.7

I hope he has like a 251 batting average with one homer.

1:21.3

Like, I don't want it to wreck your day, but, uh, let's, let's be reasonable.

1:25.5

So maybe Steve, we've got some presents on the rundown here because we're looking at a waiver wire show.

1:32.9

Why wouldn't we on April 8th as we record?

1:37.1

And yeah, basically title of the show, who we're watching versus adding.

1:42.7

And I think we just got a handful of names that are roughly in the

1:47.1

sub 30% roster ship.

1:49.8

A lot of them are under 10%, so might even be viable in deeper industry leagues.

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