Parker Meadows and Marcus Semien Among Tuesday's Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters to Target

It's time for our second round of fantasy baseball waiver wire stories of the week!

We'll check out hitters here, and not cover anyone who appeared in Monday's story. Check back soon for the waiver wire pitcher story.

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Should You Add Parker Meadows?

Meadows was added in 3.88% of fantasy leagues, bringing his overall mark to 23.61%.

Meadows made his season debut on Monday night, getting six plate appearances in the team's 13-1 rout of the White Sox. Meadows had two hits (a double and triple), two walks, a stolen base, three runs scored and a strikeout.

It was quite the debut game for Meadows, and he's naturally on the rise after that. It helps that he's coming back from injury and was going to be added whenever he started playing games anyway.

In his first two seasons in the MLB, Meadows got in 119 games and 443 plate appearances. He had a .241 average and .317 on-base percentage. He totaled 95 hits, including 16 doubles, eight triples and 12 home runs. Meadows also had 41 RBIs, 17 stolen bases, 58 runs scored, 42 walks and 113 strikeouts.

The center fielder has some fantasy appeal, but his lack of games played and overall average and OBP top him out as a deep-league option most often. He's just a deep-league waiver wire possibility today, and he'll likely top out as a deep leaguer too.

If he gets hot for a couple weeks, then he could be streamed in standard redraft leagues, but he seems unlikely to be a daily fantasy starter in standard leagues given his past. He's a player to keep tabs on at least.

Should You Add Andy Pages?

Pages was added in 4.12% of leagues and is rostered in 77.19% of leagues overall.

He's on a seven-game hitting streak, collecting 11 knocks over that span. Pages has two homers and a double among his hits, along with nine RBIs, four runs scored, three walks and just one strikeout.

Pages has played in 56 games and gotten 230 plate appearances so far this season. He has a .282 average and .330 OBP, along with 38 RBIs, 28 runs scored, six stolen bases, 13 walks and 44 strikeouts. Among his 60 total hits, Pages has seven doubles, 11 home runs and a triple.

The outfielder (he plays all three spots) starts every game just about, and has been batting between fourth-sixth in the lineup of late. The Dodgers' lineup is stacked, so hitting anywhere in that lineup is a good spot for a fantasy hitter to be in.

Pages has upped his numbers from a 116-game campaign in 2024, and he looks like he could remain a pretty useful fantasy asset for the entire season. He has hot and cold stretches, and that up-and-down play is what has held him back a bit from being owned in more fantasy leagues.

Pages probably should remain rostered in deeper redraft leagues all season. You can just bench him when he's going through a cold stretch at the plate.

Pages is worth utilizing in standard leagues when he's going well at the plate. There's plenty of fantasy outfielders to go around, but if you don't have locked-in daily starters for the full season, streaming Pages in his hot stretches makes a lot of sense to me.

Assess your team and see if Pages would be a boost to your fantasy squad.

Should You Add Tyler Stephenson?

Stephenson is starting to heat up a bit at the plate for the Reds. He's up to 32.89% rostered after a 3.56% increase.

Over his past seven games, Stephenson has 10 hits, and that's even after he went hitless in two contests. He has three homers among the hits, has scored three runs, walked once, has driven in seven runs and struck out eight times.

He got a late start to his season because of an injury, but has now logged 100 plate appearances over 25 games. Stephenson has a .239 average and .320 OBP. Among his 21 hits, the catcher has five doubles and four home runs. Stephenson also has 13 RBIs, 10 runs scored, 11 walks and 38 strikeouts.

Stephenson catches most days for Cincinnati, and if he's not catching, he's usually still starting as the designated hitter. That gives him some extra fantasy appeal.

His spot in the lineup has varied over his past five starts, hitting between fourth-seventh. Stephenson has hit fourth or fifth the past three contests though, so maybe he's settling in as a daily starter in those spots.

The Reds don't have a formidable lineup, but there's enough talent at the top of things to put Stephenson in a favorable fantasy spot from the fourth or fifth slots in the lineup. 

The catcher was a good fantasy asset in 2024, and he's starting to look like that kind of asset again in 2025. I'm for adding Stephenson in deeper redraft leagues right now, and think his value is only going to rise as the season continues.

In due time, Stephenson might work his way into standard leagues again, so everyone needs to keep an eye on him.

Should You Add Marcus Semien?

Semien is up to 73% owned - he was below 70% at the end of May, so he's back on the rise a bit.

Semien has rough numbers so far this season, but he's been pretty good of late. Over his past three contests, Semien has seven hits, including a double and a homer. He also has three RBIs, two stolen bases, six runs scored, three walks and a strikeout.

Over 59 games and 234 plate appearances this season, Semien has a .201 average and .291 OBP. He has 41 total hits (two doubles, four homers), 21 RBIs, five stolen bases, 19 runs scored, 25 walks and 49 strikeouts.

He's a career .253 hitter with a .322 OBP, so he was due for some improvement from his early-season marks. Semien has been trending down over the past couple seasons, but even his .237 average and .308 OBP last season looks much better than his current marks.

Semien has been a big-time fantasy asset in the past, and he's showing signs that he indeed has some gas left in the tank. A lot of standard redraft fantasy owners gave up on him after his terrible start, and some of those same owners might be adding him back now hoping he's going to be a daily starting option the rest of the season.

I think it's more likely that Semien has hot and cold stretches throughout the season. When he's hot at the plate, Semien can be utilized in standard leagues, but when he cools off, then he should be dropped in standard leagues and benched in deeper leagues.

Right now, he's worth a spot in standard leagues, so utilize Semien while you can. Only add him if you are lacking in the second base/infield departments though - he's not a must-add player.

Should You Add Mike Tauchman?

Tauchman was added in 5.21% of leagues, bringing his overall mark up to 16.94%.

He went hitless on Monday, but had 10 hits over the five games and 24 plate appearances before that. Tauchman had four doubles and a homer and triple among the hits in that span, along with four RBIs, five runs scored, four walks and five strikeouts.

He's missed large chunks of this season with injuries, so he has just 13 games played and 55 plate appearances total. Tauchman has a .348 average and .455 OBP in his limited playing time, along with 16 hits (four doubles, two homers, one triple), six RBIs, 10 runs scored, nine walks and 10 strikeouts.

He plays every game when he's healthy and bats second. The White Sox are not a good lineup to be in, but that spot in the order allows Tauchman to have some fantasy value and appeal.

Tauchman is a deep-league waiver possibility, and he'll probably top out as a deep leaguer as well. He's productive enough to add and utilize in a lot of deeper leagues, but his injury history and fantasy ceiling from being on the White Sox doesn't make him a must-add hitter.

Assess your fantasy team and see if Tauchman is worth adding and utilizing while he's on the field. 

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