Fantasy Baseball Drop Candidates at Start of New Week | Gavin Sheets and Brandon Pfaadt Among the Options

After looking at several fantasy baseball waiver wire options (hitters, pitchers, projections and streamers), let's now go over some drop candidates at the start of week 11 of the season.

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Should You Drop Gavin Sheets?

Sheets is rostered in 51% of fantasy leagues as of the time of publication. He left Sunday's game after running into the wall. Sheets was already starting to slow down at the plate, so fantasy owners are using his injury to bail on him now.

Sheets has just two hits, including a homer, across his past six games and 21 plate appearances. He has three RBIs, two runs scored, four walks and two strikeouts over that span, so while he hasn't excelled at the plate, he hasn't hurt himself much either.

Sheets has played in 54 games and gotten 192 plate appearances so far in 2025. He has a .267 average and .323 on-base percentage. Sheets has 11 homers and seven doubles among his 47 total knocks, along with 34 RBIs, a stolen base, 23 runs scored, 13 walks and 46 strikeouts.

He's played first base and left field this season, but most often is the team's designated hitter. The left-handed hitting Sheets has been starting and batting either fifth or sixth every game of late, regardless of whether there's a lefty or righty on the opposing mound.

The Padres are a good lineup for a fantasy hitter to be a part of, and Sheets has put up really good numbers in the early going. He honestly is probably a bit underrated as a fantasy asset when looking at his overall numbers.

His injury status will be one to watch, but unless he hits the injured list, I'm not a fan of dropping Sheets in deeper redraft leagues. He's in too good of a fantasy spot and producing too much to drop in those leagues.

I thought Sheets deserved some standard league attention, and think he's droppable in those leagues only right now. If he hits the IL, only a handful of deep-league fantasy owners should drop Sheets, as long as his absence isn't going to be super long.

Should You Drop Will Warren?

Warren is owned in 50% of leagues after a 9.4% dropoff today.

Warren was battered for seven runs on six hits and four walks over 1 1/3 innings against the Dodgers on Saturday. He took the loss and struck out just two batters.

That was easily his worst start of the season. Warren has a 5.19 earned run average over 52 innings now this season. He's 3-3 across 12 starts, allowing 32 runs (30 earned) on 50 hits and 24 walks - Warren has 69 punchouts on the year.

His strikeout numbers were making Warren a pretty good fantasy option, even if his ERA wasn't the best. He's now allowed four or more runs in four starts, but has surrendered two or less in every other outing.

The Dodgers' lineup is no joke, and they mashed against Warren this past weekend. That's probably the toughest matchup possible for a pitcher this season, so I'm not a huge fan of dropping Warren after his poor showing.

He wasn't a good fantasy option for that start, and that's on fantasy owners if they started him against the Dodgers. Warren's next probable starts could be against the Red Sox and Royals, which are more favorable matchups for the young pitcher.

I'd be fine starting Warren in deeper redraft leagues for both of those games. Depending on who else is pitching those days, I'd also consider Warren in standard leagues. Most fantasy owners are going to want to see more positive results before trusting Warren again though.

Warren hasn't started against the Red Sox, but has made two starts against Tampa Bay. He allowed five runs (three earned) in 4 2/3 innings for one of the starts, then allowed a run over 1 2/3 innings in mid-April.

Yes, Warren struggled against the Dodgers in his last appearance, but don't let that distract you from his season overall, especially those big strikeout numbers.

Should You Drop Brandon Pfaadt?

Pfaadt was let go in 3.8% of leagues, bringing his overall mark down to 86%.

He was tagged for eight runs on six hits and two hit batters in his last start against Washington. Pfaadt did not record an out and was at 31 pitches when he was removed from the contest.

Across 12 starts this season, Pfaadt is 7-4 with a 5.05 ERA over 62 1/3 innings. If you take out his last start, Pfaadt has a much better 3.90 ERA.

He's allowed four or more runs in four starts now. Pfaadt has allowed one or no runs in four starts. He has 49 strikeouts on the season and has allowed at least three runs in four straight appearances.

Pfaadt is trending toward being a deep-league fantasy keeper, then being a standard league streaming option. For those of you not ready to move on from him yet, you can still treat him in that light.

He's got upcoming probable starts against the Braves and Mariners. Both of those matchups are pretty favorable, so I'm all for starting Pfaadt in deeper leagues at least.

Depending on my team, matchup and other available streamers those days he starts, Pfaadt will be a pretty solid standard league streamer for each of those outings.

If he turns things around, he'll be added back in just about every league, so keep a close eye on Pfaadt.

Should You Drop Griffin Canning?

Canning was dropped in 3.2% of leagues and is now rostered in 50% of leagues.

He allowed five runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks over three innings in his last start. The outing was against the weak White Sox, and he needed 80 pitches to get his nine outs, three of which were punchouts.

Across 11 starts this season, Canning is 5-2 with a 3.23 ERA. Across 53 innings, he's allowed 21 runs (19 earned) on 49 hits and 25 walks, while striking out 50 batters.

Canning was due for some regression after his strong start to the season. Most of his numbers match up with his career marks now, with more walks being the biggest difference. In time, his ERA will probably inch closer to his 4.64 career mark.

It was just one bad start for Canning, but an upcoming matchup against the Dodgers won't let him bounce back most likely. He could face the Nationals after that, which could be when we see him bounce back.

After how he looked against the weak White Sox though, Canning is really just a deep-league fantasy keeper right now. He's not a good starting option in any leagues against the Dodgers (he allowed three runs on a hit and four walks over 2 2/3 innings against LA on May 23). 

Canning will go back to being a deep-league option against Washington, a team he shutout over five innings on April 28.

You might have to treat Canning like this for the remainder of the season. The time to sell high might have already passed, but he's still got some fantasy value, in deeper leagues especially, moving forward.

Should You Drop Kyle Stowers?

Stowers is rostered in 66% of leagues right now. He was around 80% on May 26.

He's hitless over his past four games and 13 plate appearances, and has just one single over his past seven games and 27 plate appearances.

Over 55 games and 222 plate appearances this season, Stowers has a .281 average and .353 OBP. He's got seven doubles, two triples and 10 homers among his 55 total knocks, along with 32 RBIs, three stolen bases, 24 runs scored, 20 walks and 64 strikeouts.

He usually bats fourth or fifth in the Marlins' lineup, and starts every game. Stowers dropped down to seventh a couple days ago against a lefty, then didn't start against a lefty the day after that.

Stowers was a really good fantasy outfield option earlier in the season, but he's barely hanging on to a top-50 outfield spot right now. That means he can be dropped in standard redraft leagues - keep holding him in deeper leagues for now.

He could heat back up at some point this season, so standard league owners need to keep tabs on him still.