Paul’s Fantasy Baseball FAAB Recommendations – Week 6

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  • By Paul Williamson

    Last Updated on May 3, 2026 1:43 pm by Paul Williamson | Published: May 3, 2026

    12-TEAM LEAGUES (FANTRAX ROSTER%)

    Honorable mentions – I will discuss the players rostered between 50-60% as some of these player’s roster% may have gone up over the week due to daily change leagues but could still be there for you FAAB runs.

    2B – Travis Bazzana – CLE – 82% – With all the dynasty league on Fantrax, his roster% is elevated. But he walked (27.8% BB%) more than he struckout (22.2% K%) in AAA with eight steals and a 150 wRC+.He had a 90.5 MPH avgEV and is ready for his big league debut. He is a high-floor, all around dude that should get run. He doesn’t have the upside of a lot of other top prospects but he should be a 10-15 homer dude with 20+ steals and a good average. BID – 7-12%

    2B, 3B – Marcelo Mayer – BOS – 62% – I’m cheating with that roster%. He is on a bit of a run here and has been widely dropped. His average is now up to .253 as he owns a solid 9.0% barrel rate, 41.2% hard-hit rate and 74.7 MPH bat speed with a 49.2% fast swing rate. Add on he has also drastically improved his K% to 15.7%, I got a feeling he is on the cusp. BID – 3-8%

    P – Alex Vesia – LAD – 62% – I’m cheating again. Sue me. But Vesia, along with Tanner Scott, should get ninth inning looks for the best team  in baseball with Edwin Diaz out. BID – 5-10%

    SS – NYY – Anthony Volpe – 60% – Y’all need to listen to me on this one. Get him on your roster now. Worst case, he provides homers and steals as his floor. Best case, he translates his good hit tool and quality of contact into a better average, which I think is likely. BID – 5-10%

    OF – CIN – TJ Friedl – 60% – Someone panic dropped him after a terrible start to the year? Well. Capitalize. He is on a heater with his first two homers this week with a .348 average. His K% and BB% should normalize as we enter the summer  months  in Cincy. BID – 2-5%

    P – Steven Matz – TBR – 60% – Two bad outings out of six have inflated the ERA but he still has a 1.17 WHIP and has been inducing soft contact. Next week he faces a Red Sox offense that has 91 wRC+ vs. LHP this year. First cheap pitcher stream of the article! BID 1-2%

    P – Jameson Taillon – CHC – 58% – We all know Taillon’s value in fantasy. When he faces lesser offenses, he can do work. Up next he has the Reds in Wrigley and the Rangers in Globe Life. Yeah, that’s the stuff. BID – 2-4%

    P – Mike Burrows – HOU – 57% – He has been one of the more unluckier arms this year. .373 BABIP, an xFIP almost a run lower than the FIP because of an elevated HR/FB ratio, despite a 6.8% barrel% and 33.9% hard-hit rate. Add on a 12.3% SwStr%, he is missing bats, barrels and hard contact. If he was panic dropped, get him. I think he can still be a top-50 SP. BID – 4-8%

    2B, 3B, OF – Daniel Schneeman – 56% – His hit tool has dropped off considerably but a much improved ground ball rate and continued solid barrel rate has gotten him a nice first month. He has four homers and two steals with a .313 average in 89 PA. But a 64% contact rate will make this production fall off a cliff without improvement. BID – 2-4%

    P – RIco Garcia, Anthony Nunez, Andrew Kittredge – 57% or under – BAL – With Ryan Helsley getting put on the IL with elbow inflammation, these are the names to roster. Nunez and Garcia have the other saves for the O’s but those came before Kittredge coming off the IL. Nunez would be my priority bid but it could be any of them… and Yennier Cano has done very well this year as well. BID – 3-8%

    P – Luis Severino – ATH – 55% – He is pitching well as of late (13 Ks, 13.2 IP, two ER last two outings) and has been striking dudes out at a decent clip all year. But this is more of a K-volume stream as he could do well overall vs. a middling Phillie offense (they’ve been a disappointment), but he faces a solid O’s squad on Sunday next week, but they have the second highest K% vs. righties this year. BID – 2-4%

    C – Gabriel Moreno – ARI – 51% – He is off the IL and is a fringe 12-team one-catcher option and is an absolute must-add in two-catcher setups. He should provide a good batting average floor with a chance at some power. BID – 3-5%

    P – Connor Prielipp – MIN – 52% – I wonder how many more times he will be on this article. He did well in his second mLB start and has been getting decent whiffs on his secondaries. He is looking like a win for the Twins pitching development. BID – 4-10%

    2B, 3B – Casey Schmitt – SFG – 50% – he continues to produce solid results with a .302 average and .883 OPS. He has a 14,1% barrel%, 44.9% hard-hit% and 18.1% K%. He is vastly under rostered and that needs to change. BID – 4-8%

    1B, SS – Jose Fernandez – ARI – 50% – I am surprised he is still this available. Armed with an elite bat speed of 75.0 MPH leading to a solid hard-hit% of 45.6% and a .322 average and .804 OPS. Add on a solid 20.6% pull air% and we have a solid add. BID – 2-5%

    P – Colin Rea – CHC – 50% – I told y’all to target his start vs. the D’Backs and he got a win with 5.1 innings, 2 ER and six Ks. Up next he gets an even weaker Reds offense outside of Cincy. BID – 1-2%

    Now the dudes that are under 50% 

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    May 3, 2026, 1:43 pm