“Rising Stars on the Waiver Wire: Could Tyler Soderstrom and Jack Leiter Be Your Secret Weapons This Season?”

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Jeimer Candelario – 1B/3B, CIN: 9% rostered
(POWER UPSIDE, GOOD HOME BALLPARK)

With Spencer Steer unable to play the field, we’ve seen Candelario start as the primary third baseman in Cincinnati with Gavin Lux shifting to left field. Candelario struggled in his first season in Cincinnati last year, but this is a guy who hit .251 with 22 home runs the season before and is a career .241 hitter. Given that Cincinnati plays in the best ballpark for offense, I think expecting a .250 season from Candelario with 20-25 home runs while hitting in the middle of the Reds’ lineup is a pretty solid bet. If you need another corner infield option, Brett Baty – 3B, NYM (8% rostered) is going to be their second baseman against right-handed pitching, which will add some nice multi-position eligibility. Baty obviously tore up spring training, but remember that he has done that before. There is upside here since Baty is just 25 years old and clearly still evolving as a hitter, but he doesn’t have a lot of time to stake his claim to an every day job, and there’s not a track record of MLB success here, so I don’t think you need to rush to the wire for Baty, even after the strong spring.

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