Plenty of Good Hitters to Choose from Atop Friday's Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire

It's time for a final round of fantasy baseball waiver wire stories for the week.

We'll check out hitters in this story, then address some pitchers later in another article. We won't cover any hitters who appeared in stories on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

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Should You Add Drake Baldwin?

Baldwin is up 3.03% today, bringing his overall mark to 11.62%. He's hot at the plate right now, so it makes sense to see him on the rise.

Over his past four games, Baldwin has nine hits in 12 at-bats. He also has three RBIs and runs scored over that span. Baldwin has homered and doubled twice in that short span as well.

Across 27 games and 81 plate appearances this season, Baldwin has a .360 batting average and .407 on-base percentage. He's homered and doubled four times among his 27 total knocks. Baldwin also has 12 RBIs, eight runs scored, six walks and 13 strikeouts.

You can see why the youngster is only rostered in a few fantasy leagues right now. He's a bigger dynasty/keeper asset as a 24-year-old in his first MLB season.

Baldwin has appeared in 23 games as the team's catcher, while serving as the designated hitter once. The Braves haven't had much reason to get Baldwin into the lineup outside this hot stretch, so we'll see if he starts getting more DH starts moving forward.

While Baldwin has been hot of late, he's only started three of the past five games. All those starts were at catcher, and he either batted fifth or second in those contests. Sean Murphy has earned the other starts at catcher, while Marcell Ozuna has been the DH for all five games.

It might take an injury for Baldwin to get into the lineup more often. That makes him just a waiver wire add in really deep leagues, in my opinion. He's worth keeping tabs on in case he starts playing more and keeps delivering, but if he's going to be playing every other day, he's just an option in deep leagues.

Should You Add Masyn Winn?

Winn is rostered in 51.26% of leagues after a 1.77% increase today. 

He's coming off a four-hit game on Tuesday. Winn has seven hits over his past five games, including two homers. He has four RBIs, five walks and runs scored and five punchouts in that span.

In 33 games and 132 plate appearances on the season, Winn has a .281 average and .371 OBP. He has six doubles and five homers among his 32 total knocks. Winn also has 15 RBIs, two stolen bases, 23 runs scored, 15 walks and 32 strikeouts to his name.

He's the team's shortstop when he's in the lineup. Winn has batted second in his last five starts. That puts Winn in a good fantasy spot, even if he's not in the most formidable lineup.

Winn has pretty solid season-long numbers, and he'd be more rostered if he wasn't at a stacked fantasy position. He probably deserves to be rostered in all deeper leagues right now, and he might sit in the top-10 at the position if he hadn't missed time earlier in the season.

I think there's better standard league fantasy shortstops out there, but some standard leaguers definitely could benefit from having Winn on their team. Assess your team situation and react as you see fit here.

Should You Add Hyeseong Kim?

Kim was added in 1.19% of leagues so far today, and is now rostered in 29.04% overall. He's starting to settle in a bit at the big league level, and is playing more often now.

In 12 games and 30 plate appearances so far, Kim has a .429 average and .467 OBP. He has a double and homer among his 12 total knocks, along with five RBIs, three stolen bases, nine runs scored, two walks and five strikeouts.

He has five hits in his two most recent starts. Kim has a double and homer among those hits, along with three RBIs, two walks, five runs scored, a stolen base and no strikeouts.

Kim played second base and batted ninth in both of those games. With how stacked the Dodgers' lineup is, batting anywhere in that lineup can lead to good fantasy results for hitters.

Kim has started against the last four right-handed pitchers the team has faced. Along with nine appearances at second base, he's been at shortstop twice and center field three times. The Dodgers are finding ways to get Kim's bat in the lineup.

He's not a must-add fantasy asset yet, but he's getting close to that point for deep-league owners. Kim should be added in a lot of deeper leagues, even if it's just to see if his recent surge can keep rolling.

All fantasy owners need to keep an eye on him. If he settles in as a daily starter in real life, he could become a must-own fantasy asset in all leagues. 

Should You Add Kyle Stowers?

Stowers is rostered in 66% of leagues now. He was around 60% earlier this week. Stowers topped out near 70% earlier this month.

He's on the rise again after a hot stretch at the plate. Over his past five games, Stowers has four homers and a triple among his six total knocks. He has four RBIs and runs scored, two walks and five strikeouts over that span.

In 40 games and 161 plate appearances this season, Stowers has a .300 average and .375 OBP. He has four doubles, two triples and 10 homers among his 42 total hits. Stowers also has 29 RBIs, two stolen bases, 22 runs scored, 17 walks and 47 strikeouts.

He's a bit of a streaky hitter, but he's shown he's able to bounce back after closer stretches. Stowers is probably a better deep-league option, but in his hot stretches, he can be rostered and utilized in standard leagues too.

Stowers has batted fifth in his past five starts, which have all been against right-handed pitchers. He hasn't had an off day since the team's 29th game of the season, and they are coming up on game 43.

Stowers is a better fantasy asset than his own percentage says. Being on the Marlins isn't doing him any favors, but he could be added and started in a bunch of standard setups right now. He's just outside the top-20 outfielders in total fantasy points this season, so he deserves to be starting in those leagues, not just rostered.

Add Stowers and ride his hot hitting for as long as you can. I'd do my best to keep him rostered all season too - just bench him during his colder stretches, because his hot stretches put him in elite company.

Should You Add Josh Lowe?

Lowe is rostered in 47% of fantasy leagues. He just returned from the injured list, so it makes sense to see him being added in a few leagues.

In the first game of the season, Lowe had a single across two plate appearances before leaving with an oblique strain. He returned to the field on Thursday and delivered a three-hit game against the Blue Jays. Lowe homered among the hits, drove in a run and scored three times.

Lowe is a career .264 hitter with a .317 OBP across five seasons and 297 games. You can see by the games played over that span that Lowe is injury prone. He's a solid fantasy asset when healthy though, as he showed on Thursday. 

The outfielder batted leadoff on Thursday and was the team's designated hitter. Serving as the DH might be a way to keep him healthier, but batting leadoff is obviously positive for any fantasy hitter.

He's underowned after his long absence, so now is the chance to scoop up a really good hitter for free. If you are lacking in the outfield, or are just looking for another fantasy bat, give Lowe some serious consideration.

Right now, I'd definitely add Lowe in all deeper leagues. He could become a standard league asset in a hurry, so don't wait too long if you are interested in adding him.