The best players in the world play fantasy baseball on NFBC. The most popular high-stakes contest is the NFBC Main Event, which has a $1,750 buy-in with a $7,000 league prize and a $200,000 overall prize. Thankfully, for everyone, NFBC allows us to see what each team is doing with their FAAB pickups on Sunday night.
I look at the most popular fantasy baseball waiver wire and FAAB pickups in the NFBC Main Event to see who the best players in the world are picking up and whether we should add them.
The best players in the world play fantasy baseball on NFBC. The most popular high-stakes contest is the NFBC Main Event, which has a $1,750 buy-in with a $7,000 league prize and a $200,000 overall prize. Thankfully, for everyone, NFBC allows us to see what each team is doing with their FAAB pickups on Sunday night.
I look at the most popular fantasy baseball waiver wire and FAAB pickups in the NFBC Main Event to see who the best players in the world are picking up and whether we should add them.
Fantasy Baseball FAAB Waiver Wire Pickups
Cade Cavalli was picked up in all 57 Main Event leagues with a max bid of $61 and a minimum bid of $4. Cavalli is a former first-round pick who has struggled with health in the Minors.
There is a lot of upside in the arm, but there have been struggles with control in the Minors. Cavalli is still stretching out to five innings, but if he can do that, he could be valuable down the stretch.
Hunter Waldrep was picked up in 56 Main Event leagues with a max bid of $61 and a minimum bid of $1. He is also a former first-round pick who has struggled mightily with control.
Waldrep has looked great so far in the Majors, but has not had the strikeouts we have seen in the Minors. There is a bit of risk here, but the Braves seem committed to him sticking in the Majors the rest of the way.
Luis Gil was picked up in 55 Main Event leagues with a max bid of $85 and a minimum bid of $5. Gil has missed the first four months of the season with injury, but is now back in the Majors and looked great in his last start.
Gil will receive a ton of run support in New York, but the risk is that he gets hurt again or the Yankees limit his innings to keep him healthy for the postseason.
Justin Topa was picked up in 44 Main Event leagues with a max bid of $34 and a minimum bid of $1. Topa seems to have the lead in the Twins’ closing committee, but it does feel like this will be a committee that plays matchups and hot hands.
Blaze Alexander was picked up in 39 Main Event leagues with a max bid of $32 and a minimum bid of $1. Alexander has been hot since the beginning of August, hitting .387/.500/.645 with two home runs in 38 plate appearances.
The problem with Alexander is his hit tool. He struggles with making consistent contact, which leads to bad strikeout rates and low batting averages. He also doesn’t have a carrying tool, so he needs to play regularly to compile stats. With Jordan Lawlar working his way back, Alexander may not have that playing time for long.
Kyle Karros was picked up in 35 Main Event leagues with a max bid of $76 and a minimum bid of $1. Karros made his debut last week and has hit well in his three games up and in the Minors this year, but there isn’t a ton of power or speed in the profile.
Karros should get regular playing time in Colorado, so there is some accumulator potential, but there isn’t much upside.
CJ Kayfus was picked up in 33 Main Event leagues with a max bid of $20 and a minimum bid of $1. Kayfus made his debut for the Guardians after the trade deadline and is playing regularly in right field and at first base.
Kayfus is another accumulator that doesn’t have a ton of upside, but could be a flexibility piece for deeper leagues.
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