Angel Martínez is slashing .462 with a .520 wOBA over the last seven days, his strikeout rate has cratered to 3.8%, and he's still sitting at just 34% ownership. If he's available in your league, the window is closing fast — his ownership has surged 33.6 percentage points in a week. That's today's headliner, but there are nine other signals worth your attention this morning.
Today's Top Adds
Jorge Soler (RF, LAA) — 38% Owned
Soler's strikeout rate has plummeted from 33.7% over the last 30 days to 23.1% over the last seven — a massive correction that's fueling a .441 wOBA with 3 home runs across 26 plate appearances. His 58.3% hard-hit rate and 94.0 mph average exit velocity confirm the damage is real, not sequencing luck. Ownership has exploded by 35.7 percentage points this week, so act before your leaguemates finish their morning scroll.
Angel Martínez (CF, CLE) — 34% Owned
A .520 wOBA in any sample demands attention, and Martínez is backing it up with elite plate discipline — a 3.8% strikeout rate over 26 plate appearances this week, down from 12.5% over 30 days. Two homers and a .462 batting average in five games. The 50.6% hard-hit rate suggests some of this output is contact-quality dependent rather than pure exit velocity (89.5 mph), but the approach changes are real and the production is here now. He's the top add of the morning.
Matt Wallner (RF, MIN) — 7% Owned
Wallner is the buy-low of this group. The batting line looks ugly — .190 AVG, 0 HR, .250 wOBA — but the underlying quality metrics tell a different story. His 75.0% hard-hit rate is the best among all flagged players today, and his 94.1 mph exit velocity is elite. The strikeout rate is still elevated at 37.5% but trending in the right direction from 41.6% over 30 days. At 7% ownership with 24 plate appearances confirming consistent playing time, this is a profile where the results are about to catch up to the contact quality. Stash him now before a multi-homer week makes him a 30% add.
Watch List
Ryan Weathers (P, NYY) — 34% Owned
A 1.12 ERA and 1.35 FIP over 8.0 innings pitched this week — that FIP says the ERA isn't a mirage. Ownership already up 24.3 points. He's on the watch list rather than the add list because the sample is just four games, but if he gets one more quality start, he becomes a must-roster arm.
Victor Caratini (C, MIN) — 3% Owned
Caratini's walk rate has jumped to 17.2% from 12.1%, and his .377 wOBA across 29 plate appearances makes him one of the more productive catchers available at just 3% ownership. The position is thin enough that a catcher with consistent playing time and a rising approach profile deserves your attention.
Amed Rosario (3B, NYY) — 2% Owned
A .492 wOBA with 2 homers and a .350 average in five games. The 91.3 mph exit velocity and 47.6% hard-hit rate suggest this is running a bit hot, but the walk rate climbing from 5.0% to 9.1% hints at a real approach adjustment. Monitor one more week.
Spencer Horwitz (1B, PIT) — 2% Owned
Horwitz continues to be one of the most disciplined hitters nobody owns: 16.7% walk rate, 16.7% strikeout rate, .373 wOBA, and a 55.0% hard-hit rate with 90.1 mph exit velocity. The ownership hasn't budged (up just 0.8%), which means you have time, but the quality indicators are quietly building.
Kyle Higashioka (C, TEX) — 1% Owned
An 83.3% hard-hit rate and 98.3 mph exit velocity over the last week are absurd, even in a small sample. His .485 wOBA and .400 average across five games scream regression, but that exit velocity number is real. Keep an eye on playing time — if he keeps getting at-bats, those barrels will produce.
Jeff McNeil (2B, ATH) — 7% Owned
McNeil is doing what McNeil does — putting the bat on the ball. A 7.7% strikeout rate (down from 16.9%), .440 wOBA, and .440 average over 26 plate appearances. The 87.7 mph exit velocity caps his upside, but in OBP and points leagues, this contact-first profile prints value. Ownership hasn't moved at all despite the surge — strange.
Austin Wells (C, NYY) — 13% Owned
Wells' ownership is actually down 1.6% despite improving underlying metrics: strikeout rate cut nearly in half (13.6% vs 25.0%), walk rate up to 18.2%, hard-hit rate at 59.7%, and exit velocity at 95.2 mph. The .167 average is suppressing his perceived value, but the .313 wOBA is climbing and the quality of contact says a breakout week is imminent. Buy the dip.
Stream of the Day
No streaming-specific signals were detected today. With no pitching matchup data flagged, your best short-term play from the current board is Ryan Weathers if he has a start upcoming — a 1.35 FIP over his last 8.0 innings is the kind of underlying performance you want in a streamer. Check his schedule and deploy accordingly. Otherwise, check back tomorrow for dedicated streaming picks.
Ownership Movers
- Jorge Soler (38%, +35.7% 7d): Fully justified. The strikeout rate decline and exit velocity numbers back the production. This isn't a bandwagon add — it's a correction to where his ownership should have been.
- Angel Martínez (34%, +33.6% 7d): Justified by the elite wOBA and plate discipline, though the 89.5 mph EV suggests the .462 average will normalize. Still worth adding for the approach profile alone.
- Ryan Weathers (34%, +24.3% 7d): A 1.35 FIP is hard to argue with. The move is justified, but he's still an early signal — don't overpay in FAAB if you're in a competitive bidding league.
- Matt Wallner (7%, +4.4% 7d): Ownership is rising but still way too low for a player with a 75.0% hard-hit rate and everyday playing time. The market hasn't caught up to the batted-ball data yet.
- Victor Caratini (3%, +2.3% 7d): A catcher with 29 PA in a week and a .377 wOBA at 3% ownership is market inefficiency. The move is justified and has a long way to run.
Quick Hits
- Kyle Higashioka's 98.3 mph average exit velocity over the past week is the highest among all flagged players — by a wide margin. His 83.3% hard-hit rate is almost cartoonish. Even if half of this regresses, the quality of contact is undeniable.
- Angel Martínez's 3.8% strikeout rate is the lowest on the board and represents the most dramatic week-over-week improvement of any hitter flagged today. That kind of bat-to-ball ability at the major league level is rare.
- Austin Wells is the only player losing ownership (-1.6%) despite improving in every underlying metric — strikeout rate, walk rate, hard-hit quality, and exit velocity. The fantasy market is punishing him for a .167 average while ignoring everything underneath it.
- Jeff McNeil's ownership moved just +0.1% during a week where he hit .440 with a 7.7% strikeout rate. If you play in an OBP league and he's on your wire, this is free money.
- Three Yankees — Ryan Weathers, Amed Rosario, and Austin Wells — all appear on today's signal board. That lineup is generating waiver-relevant production across multiple positions.