Spencer Torkelson is mashing at a .499 wOBA over the past week with 100.3 mph average exit velocity, and at 42% ownership, he's still sitting on nearly six out of ten waiver wires — that's your move this morning.

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Torkelson's seven-day slash is impossible to ignore: .353 AVG, 2 HR, and a .499 wOBA that nearly doubles a league-average hitter's output. The underlying quality is legitimate — 66.7% hard-hit rate, 100.3 mph exit velocity, and a strikeout rate that's dropped from 32.3% over the past 30 days to 30.0% in the last week while his walk rate ticked up to 10.0%. This is a 20-PA sample across five games, enough to show a real approach shift rather than a lucky weekend. At 42% rostered with zero ownership movement in the last seven days, the window is wide open. Managers are still sleeping on the surge. Add him before Friday's games force the issue.

Watch List

Owen Caissie (OF, MIA)

The most electric bat on this list by raw numbers: .417 AVG, .521 wOBA, 101.3 mph exit velocity, and an 83.3% hard-hit rate over five games. His strikeout rate has dipped from 31.9% to 28.6%, a trend that needs to continue for him to stick. At just 7% owned but climbing (+3% this week), he's the name most likely to jump from Watch to Add in the next few days. Monitor his next series closely.

Ty France (1B, SD)

A .647 wOBA and .556 AVG over the last week look absurd, and the 7.1% strikeout rate (down from 25.3% over 30 days) with a 14.3% walk rate suggests elite plate discipline. The caution flag: just 87.3 mph exit velocity and 41.6% hard-hit rate. France is making great contact but not punishing it. At 1% owned, there's no rush — wait for the exit velocity to catch up before committing a roster spot.

Griffin Conine (OF, MIA)

Conine is virtually unowned at 0% but posted a .520 wOBA with a .438 AVG and 1 HR across 20 plate appearances. His strikeout rate cratered from 22.2% to 15.0% while his walk rate ballooned to 20.0%. The 89.4 mph exit velocity is soft, which keeps this as a watch rather than an add. The discipline improvements are real — the power quality is not there yet.

Sal Frelick (OF, MIL)

A perfect 0.0% strikeout rate over five games with a .571 AVG and .571 wOBA. Frelick isn't striking out at all while walking at a 12.5% clip. The 52.8% hard-hit rate and 88.4 mph exit velocity suggest this is contact-driven production without much thump, but for managers in categories leagues needing average and OBP, he's an intriguing 8%-owned option.

Daniel Schneemann (2B, 3B, SS, OF, CLE)

Multi-position eligibility is the hook, but the stats back it up: .444 AVG, .431 wOBA, 83.3% hard-hit rate, and 98.6 mph exit velocity over the last week. His strikeout rate plummeted from 31.1% to 11.1%. At 4% owned, he's a deep-league stash with elite positional flexibility. The 30-day .224 wOBA reminds you this could be a blip.

Amed Rosario (2B, 3B, NYY)

Rosario posted a .376 wOBA with his strikeout rate halved from 21.3% to 12.5% and walks up to 12.5%. The .286 AVG and 1 HR are modest, and the 44.4% hard-hit rate doesn't inspire confidence. The Yankee Stadium factor and dual eligibility keep him on the radar at 1% owned, but this needs another week to become actionable.

Gary Sánchez (C, MIL)

The catcher-needy should note Sánchez's .473 wOBA, 0.0% strikeout rate, and 22.2% walk rate over the past week. He hit 1 HR with a 90.8 mph exit velocity. This is a tiny sample and the 30-day .406 wOBA already showed he was hitting before this hot stretch. Catcher is so shallow that a 2%-owned option producing like this deserves monitoring.

Bryan King (RP, HOU)

King posted a 0.00 ERA with a 1.77 FIP over five appearances. His K rate is steady at 22.2% (7d) vs 22.0% (30d), so this isn't a swing-and-miss spike — it's a pitcher whose FIP says the results are real. At 11% owned, he's a holds-league option worth monitoring for a potential role increase in Houston's bullpen.

Braden Montgomery (OF, CWS)

Montgomery's ownership is actually cooling (-3% in seven days), but the underlying plate discipline is trending the right direction: strikeout rate down to 17.4% from 23.9%, walk rate up to 17.4% from 11.3%, and a 63.9% hard-hit rate with 92.1 mph exit velocity. The .211 AVG and .289 wOBA over the week don't look sexy, but 23 PA of improved process metrics in a hitter this young is worth watching. The results should follow the approach.

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Ownership Movers

  • Owen Caissie (7%, +3% 7d): The only meaningful ownership climber today, and it's completely justified. An 83.3% hard-hit rate and 101.3 mph exit velocity aren't fluky — the batted-ball data is elite. This will be 15%+ by next week.
  • Spencer Torkelson (42%, +0% 7d): Flat ownership despite a .499 wOBA week is the definition of a market inefficiency. His ownership should be spiking and it isn't. Take advantage.
  • Bryan King (11%, stable): No movement despite a 1.77 FIP. Reliever adds are always slow in ownership — this is normal but the underlying performance supports a climb.
  • Ty France (1%, stable): A .647 wOBA at 1% ownership is a massive disconnect, even accounting for the soft exit velocity. If the EV rises, this will be a scramble.
  • Griffin Conine (0%, stable): Literally unowned. A .520 wOBA and 20.0% walk rate at 0% means you can grab him for free in every format if you want a speculative bench bat.

Quick Hits

  • Sal Frelick hasn't struck out in five games — a 0.0% K rate over five contests is rare for anyone, and his .571 wOBA reflects an elite contact stretch at just 8% owned.
  • Daniel Schneemann went from a 31.1% strikeout rate over 30 days to 11.1% in the last seven — the biggest K-rate improvement on today's board, paired with an 83.3% hard-hit rate that suggests it's not just weak grounders finding holes.
  • Braden Montgomery is the only player on this list with declining ownership (-3%) despite a 17.4% walk rate. Managers are chasing average (.211) and ignoring the elite 17.4% BB rate and 63.9% hard-hit quality — a classic sell-low mistake.
  • Gary Sánchez posted a 22.2% walk rate with zero strikeouts over the past week — at the catcher position, that plate discipline profile is almost nonexistent on the wire.
  • Two Miami outfielders — Caissie and Conine — both posted .520+ wOBAs this week. The Marlins outfield is quietly producing two of the hottest bats on the wire simultaneously.