Welcome to the 2026 Stream Team. If you’re staring at your lineup and seeing more red flags than green, you’ve come to the right place. To qualify for the Stream Team, we’re hunting for the hidden gems, the guys sitting on your wire just waiting for their moment.
Finding a diamond in the rough comes with some criteria. To ensure these picks are actually available to stream, every player featured meets the following standard.
- Availability: Must have a consensus roster percentage of under 45% across both Yahoo and ESPN.
- The Goal: High-upside players for managers needing to plug a hole or chase a ceiling.
Whether it’s a favorable matchup, an injury to a star, or a sudden surge in volume, these are the low-rostered players ready to produce high-end results this week.
The Stream Team
SP – Brandon Sproat, Milwaukee Brewers – Fresh off a dominant spring finale where he shut down the Reds with high-velocity heat, Sproat has officially secured his spot in the Brewers’ rotation. In his final spring tune-up, he flashed elite velocity, consistently sitting 96-98 mph and touching 101 mph. He finished his spring campaign with a 3.46 ERA and an encouraging 21.2% K-BB rate over 13 innings.
He makes his season debut this Sunday against a struggling White Sox lineup. With his roster percentage currently sitting under 40%, a strong performance in this prime matchup will likely trigger a massive waiver wire surge by Monday morning, especially if he follows up with a performance anywhere near the quality of his teammates, Jacob Misiorowski.
RP – Jordan Romano, Los Angeles Angels – Philly fans look away! But our stream team reliver is Jordan Romano. For the Stream Team, we try to find guys in situations where they get their hands on some holds and save opportunities. Later in the year, it will get more difficult to find guys on the wire with consistent save opportunities, but you never know what can happen. For example, the Angels have other veteran arms like Drew Pomeranz, and Romano has already shown he can seize opportunities and thrive in high-leverage situations, especially when other options are unavailable.
To put it lightly, the 2025 season in Philadelphia for Romano was a disaster, posting an 8.23 ERA. With Kirby Yates and Robert Stephenson starting the year on the IL for the Halos, Romano has stepped in with a 0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP, 13.5 K/9, and one save. He’s introduced a new splitter to complement the slider, and we saw that in his save on Opening Day and the perfect inning he threw on Friday. He is currently rostered in 34% of leagues, so now is the time to hop on some save opportunities if your team needs it.
C – Dillon Dingler, Detroit Tigers – Dillon Dingler got off to a slow start in spring camp due to an arthroscopic right elbow surgery that he endured in the offseason. Since then, he has established himself as the Tigers’ primary backstop after coming off a Gold Glove season in 2025.
After a breakout 2025 in which he hit 13 home runs, he has carried that momentum into the 2026 Opening Week with one home run and four RBI. He posted a 9.2% barrel rate and a 45.7% hard-hit rate in 2025 and crushed a 106-mph homer against the Padres on Thursday. His roster percentage is still hovering around 20%, which will be a thing of the past by the time waivers clear on Monday.
1B – Luke Raley, Seattle Mariners – If you need power, look no further than “Nuke” Raley. He’s already reached the seats in homer-surpressed T-Mobile Park in his first two games of the season, including a 113.8 mph tank on Opening Day. Raley is clearly healthy and locked in, yet he remains available in roughly 70% of leagues.
With the Mariners facing more right-handed pitching this weekend, pick him up now before his roster percentage explodes on Monday. Although his roster percentage is low right now, his 1B/OF eligibility should entice fantasy managers to hop on it quickly.
2B – Chase Meidroth, Chicago White Sox – Chase Meidroth solidified his status as the White Sox’s everyday leadoff hitter by making history this past Thursday, hitting the first Opening Day leadoff home run in franchise history. He showed aggressiveness and a polished approach at the start of 2026. He went 1-for-2 with two walks and a solo home run against Jacob Misiorowski. The homer was a 417-foot blast with a 107.7 mph exit velocity, silencing concerns about his power.
Currently rostered in fewer than 20% of leagues, Meidroth’s combination of dual-position eligibility and leadoff volume makes him a priority add before his breakout becomes common knowledge.
3B – Deyvison De Los Santos, Miami Marlins – The Marlins officially placed Christopher Morel on the 10-day IL (oblique) and recalled Deyvison De Los Santos to take his spot. De Los Santos is one of the most intriguing power prospects in the game. He was recalled this morning and is expected to handle the bulk of starts at first base while Morel recovers. He adds valuable position flexibility at 1B and 3B.
He features 70-grade power. To put that into perspective, he posted an elite 118.5 mph max exit velocity in the minors, a number only a handful of MLB players (like Stanton or Judge) ever reach. His roster percentage is near 6%-11% in the majority of leagues, with approximately 3,700+ adds on Yahoo. De Los Santos is certainly a priority add if you lack power at the hot corners.
SS – Joey Ortiz, Milwaukee Brewers – Joey Ortiz is a high-upside play who is currently capitalizing on the revamped Brewers lineup. After an uneven sophomore season, he has returned with a significantly improved approach and is seeing consistent volume at the bottom of the order. In the Brewers’ first game against the White Sox on Thursday, going 2-for-3 with two RBI singles. He hit .500 (7-for-14) with two steals over his final five games, so this is a great carryover into the regular season.
He has two more games against a vulnerable White Sox pitching staff on Saturday and Sunday. Ortiz is nearly 75% available in most leagues. He could be a savvy pickup for your squad given his positional eligibility. He’s currently only eligible to play SS, but he saw 124 starts at third base and just 1 at shortstop for the Brew Crew in 2024. There is a chance that he could make an appearance back at the hot corner, making him even more versatile.
OF – Dominic Canzone, Seattle Mariners – If you missed the boat on his teammate Luke Raley, Dominic Canzone is the other outfielder excelling in Seattle. After a quiet spring competing for Team Italy in the WBC, Canzone returned to Seattle and made franchise history on Opening Day. He joined an exclusive club of just four Mariners ever to hit two home runs on Opening Day. His first was a 418-foot rocket, followed by a monster 444-foot blast that left the bat at 109.3 mph. He is also a Statcast darling, backing a 14.4% barrel rate and nearly 50% hard-hit rate. In his first two games, he’s already sporting a 1.762 OPS.
With the Mariners rotating their outfield and DH spots, Canzone continues to carve out more playing time with his performances. He’s currently rostered in 12% of leagues, and that threshold will not stay low for long.
OF – Victor Scott II, St. Louis Cardinals – While other Stream Team picks may focus on power or balance production, Victor Scott II is a pure contact and speed weapon. He possesses 100th-percentile sprint speed and swiped 34 bags last year. If you’re trailing in the stolen base category, Scott is the most impactful player you can grab who is still under 45% roster threshold. He is the definition of a category specialist whose value in head-to-head category leagues far outweighs his value in points leagues. With that being said, Scott II still went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases.
Scott II is only rostered in about 33%-38% of leagues. Unlike other speedsters, he is the Cardinals’ everyday center fielder thanks to his elite Gold Glove-caliber defense. Although he doesn’t have a rich history of success at the plate in his career, he showed that there may be an improvement in contact, so take a chance on his bat, knowing he can swipe a bag every time he’s on base.
