Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups: Spencer Schwellenbach, David Peterson, Pete Crow-Armstrong

It’s time for another week of high-stakes league fantasy baseball waiver wire review. The best players in the world play on NFBC and the most popular high stakes contest is the NFBC Main Event, which has a $1,750 buy-in with a $7,000 league prize and a $200,000 overall prize. Thankfully, for everyone, NFBC allows us to see what each team is doing with their FAAB pickups on Sunday night.

Each week, I look at the most popular fantasy baseball waiver wire and FAAB pickups in the NFBC Main Event to see who the best players in the world are picking up and whether we should add them.

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 11

Spencer Schwellenbach (SP – ATL)

Spencer Schwellenbach was picked up in 57 Main Event leagues with a max bid of $218 and a minimum bid of $2. Schwellenbach is one of the Braves’ top pitching prospects, but his ascent through the minors has been rapid. He skipped AAA completely and only had two starts in AA before making his Major League debut. He has shown good command and control in the minors as well as strikeout stuff, but there is risk due to his lack of experience.

David Peterson (SP, RP – NYM)

David Peterson was picked up in 57 Main Event leagues with a max bid of $103 and a minimum bid of $7. Peterson came off the injured list (IL) and took over Christian Scott‘s spot in the rotation. The stuff has never been in question for Peterson but he has struggled with control and command in his Major League stints. He should have plenty of leash to show that he has begun to harness his stuff.

Pete Crow-Armstrong (OF – CHC)

Pete Crow-Armstrong was picked in 46 leagues with a max bid of $88 and a minimum bid of $1. Armstrong returned from the minors and played in his first three games back with Cody Bellinger moving to first base and DH. Crow-Armstrong did sit against a lefty on Sunday, which likely means he is on the strong side of a platoon. However, he has struggled with swing and miss. While he is an elite defender, if he can’t learn to make more consistent contact his upside will be limited.