Waiver Wire Deep Dive | Must-Have Players For Your Roster (Ep. 1087)
FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Join Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) and Chris Welsh (@IsItTheWelsh) as they run through the waiver wire and highlight the top names you should be looking to add this weekend!
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Intro - 0:00:00
Colson Montgomery - 0:00:17
Tyler Freeman - 0:02:00
Thairo Estrada - 0:03:29
Romy Gonzalez - 0:05:20
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Ronny Henriquez - 0:08:19
Kevin Ginkel & Hurston Waldrep - 0:10:16
Pristine Auction Giveaway - 0:12:30
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| 0:42.8 | Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pro's MLB. |
| 0:47.6 | It's time to look at the Waver Wire before the All-Star break, and it might seem a little barren, |
| 0:51.1 | so we're going to give you some of the names that are really lowly rostered right now, |
| 0:54.7 | and we're going to start here with the infield, and we're going to start with Colson Montgomery of the White Sox, a shortstop rostered in 23% of leagues. So a guy who's gotten |
| 1:00.8 | the call here for the White Sox is they continue to turn the page to the future of this organization. |
| 1:06.6 | So what can Montgomery give us from our fantasy teams in 2025 the rest of the season, Welsh? |
| 1:13.0 | Critical, I would say. |
| 1:13.9 | He's critical to the rebound of this team. |
| 1:16.2 | They made move just as a side note here. |
| 1:18.2 | They made their moves. |
| 1:19.1 | Kyle Tealbred Montgomery, those are going to be key cogs for this team, Edgar Carrow. |
| 1:23.8 | Like they've made these solid moves. |
| 1:25.0 | But because of Montgomery at the middle of the infield is just so important. So much so there was a point this season where he was sent down back |
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