Top Waiver Wire Adds: June 28, 2026

Waiver Wire Targets: June 28, 2026

The end of June is when roster decisions start to actually matter. Guys who looked like fliers in April are either real contributors now or they're not. Here's who you should be targeting off waivers this week.

Cam Smith, OF — Add Immediately

Smith is hitting .219 on the surface, which is probably why he's still sitting on waivers in your league. Don't let that fool you. His xBA is .250 and his xSLG is .447 — that's a 80-point gap between his actual slugging and what the underlying contact quality says it should be. The balls he's hitting hard aren't falling in at the rate they should be.

The Statcast profile backs this up further. He's averaging 89.6 mph exit velocity with a 12% barrel rate. That barrel rate is legitimately good. He's squaring up pitches. Nine home runs and nine steals through 84 games also gives him real two-category upside, and his xwOBA sits at .335, which is comfortably above league average.

His OPS is .662 right now. His xwOBA says he should be performing closer to a .335 hitter. That gap doesn't last. Grab him before the rest of your league catches on, because in a few weeks he won't be available.

Travis Bazzana, 2B — The Consistency Is Real Now

Bazzana came into 2026 with hype and looked like he was pressing early. That phase is over. In 53 games he's hitting .258 with a .351 OBP, .433 SLG, and .784 OPS. Seven home runs and 12 steals. That's a legitimately useful fantasy line across five categories.

The speed has always been there — 12 steals before the All-Star break at 23 years old is exactly what Cleveland thought they were getting when they drafted him first overall. The on-base skills are clicking too. A .351 OBP means he's getting on base when he's not hitting for extra bases, which keeps the stolen base opportunities coming.

Now, the Statcast numbers are a little more tempered — his xBA is .236 and his xSLG is .370, which suggests some positive variance in his current production. His barrel rate of 4.7% is low. So there's some regression risk baked in. But even if you haircut his numbers a bit, you're still looking at a guy who gives you steals, gets on base, and has pop. That profile is worth rostering in most formats. If you've been waiting to see if it was real, you've seen enough.

George Kirby, SP — His ERA Lies

Kirby's 3.94 ERA through 16 starts probably has you hesitating. His xERA is 3.75. So the ERA isn't even that far off — he's actually been pitching about as well as it looks. The real story is that he's better than a mid-rotation guy, and the peripherals say so clearly.

His K% and Whiff% are both sitting at 20.9%, his BB% is a clean 5.7%, and his barrel rate allowed is just 6.5%. That's a pitcher with plus command who isn't giving hitters anything to punish. His fastball is sitting at 96.8 mph. The one concern is a 42.0% hard hit rate allowed, which is elevated — but the barrel rate suggests hitters are making contact off the end of the bat rather than squaring him up. That's the kind of thing that leads to a few extra singles and doubles but not home runs.

Compare this to his 2024 line — 3.53 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 179 strikeouts in 191 innings — and you can see what this guy looks like when everything clicks. He's not there yet in 2026, but he's not far off either. If you need pitching, Kirby is one of the better options available on the wire right now.

Other Names to Know

• Keep an eye on your closer situations — late June is when bullpen roles shift. Check beat reporters before Wednesday pickups.
• Streamer SP options — matchup-based streaming is your friend heading into the July 4th week. Target pitchers facing rebuilding offenses.

Of the three names above, Smith is the one most likely to be available in your league and the one with the most upside if the underlying numbers regress toward his Statcast profile. Don't skip that add.