Week 7 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Logan Henderson re-emerges as a must-add option in all formats

Players to add ahead of Week 7

Chris Towers

May 3, 2026

7:13 pm ET

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14 min read

All Logan Henderson has done at the MLB level is dominate. Maybe it's time for the Brewers to fully commit to him.

Henderson made his return to the majors Sunday against a Nationals team that has been unexpectedly feisty, and he did what he has always done when given the opportunity: He pitched excellently. He pitched six innings and allowed two runs, while striking out eight (including three in his final inning), with three hits allowed and zero walks. The young righty pitched with his typical arsenal, racking up nine swinging strikes on 76 pitches, with five of the nine coming off his unusually excellent fastball.

It's the seventh time we've seen Henderson pitch in the majors and this start actually raised is career ERA to 2.43. He has 44 strikeouts in 33.1 innings of work while walking nine – a 34.1% strikeout rate and 7% walk rate that would be an elite mark if he could sustain it.

And he should at least get the chance to sustain it this time. Henderson dominated in five starts last season, but was eventually sent down to manage his innings, and when he finally returned to the majors in August, he made one start before being diagnosed with a flexor strain in his right elbow. He didn't crack the rotation for the Brewers to open this season and saw names like Kyle Harrison, Chad Patrick, Brandon Sproat and Shane Drohan seemingly leap him in the team's pitching pecking order.

But with Brandon Woodruff's shoulder injury earlier this week, Henderson finally got another chance. And at this point, the Brewers just have to stick with him, right? He was dominant in the majors when he got the chance last season, and he's simply looked too good for the minors so far this season, too. For whatever reason, the Brewers have seemed less interested in giving him a shot than the Fantasy community would prefer, but with yet another great start under his belt, they've gotta trust him moving forward, right? It's not like their alternatives have been dominant, and with Jacob Misiorowski leaving his most recent game with a hamstring cramp, the need for reliable pitching here has never been greater.

It's hard to buy all the way in on Henderson given the uncertainty of his role. He only threw 76 pitches in this one, which is a bummer, and a sign that the Brewers are still trying to manage his workload. But they've gotta trust him at some point, and I'm assuming that point is now. We've had a number of interesting pitchers emerge on the waiver-wire over the past week or so, and Henderson is the latest to join the list. I'd be looking to add him pretty much anywhere I can for Fantasy.

Week 7 Waiver Targets

Catcher

Ryan Jeffers, Twins (64%)

Here's the problem with catchers right now: Jeffers is playing extraordinary baseball right now, and it's hard to argue it matters all that much. His .382 wOBA is backed up by a .377 xwOBA, largely because he has managed to increase his average exit velocity to a 90.8 mph career best without sacrificing any plate discipline, but he probably isn't good enough to justify ranking as a top-12 option given the depth of the position. In a H2H points league, if you wanted to roster Jeffers right now instead of, say, a recently demoted Agustin Ramirez, I think that's reasonable, but it's hard to argue there are too many leagues left where Jeffers is worth adding as a long-term option. If you're in one of them, he looks like a solid starter again.

Deep league option: Joe Mack, Marlins (6%) – Consider me "shocked, but not surprised" by Ramirez's demotion. He's never been a good defensive catcher, and we're now going on 160-plus games of a sub-.700 OPS. He'll be back before long – I wouldn't be surprised if the Marlins had him go down to Triple-A to focus on defense at a non-catcher position – but his demotion lines up with Mack's promotion, and that's worth taking note of for Fantasy. Mack is the Marlins' best defensive catcher and will likely take over the bulk of the duties behind the plate, but he's not just a defensive specialist – he's hit 21 homers in 124 games at Triple-A and has 46 homers between roughly two seasons at Double-A and Triple-A combined. He's a fairly one-dimensional slugger, but if he can keep the batting average around .250, Mack could matter in two-catcher leagues, especially since he'll likely be playing pretty regularly for the Marlins.

First Base

Andrew Vaughn, Brewers (34%)

Vaughn is set to be activated from the IL Monday, and I remain very intrigued by his potential. He hit .308/.375/.493 after joining the Brewers last season and had a fantastic spring before suffering a fractured hamate bone in the first game of the season. You never quite know how a player will recover from that specific injury, but Vaughn showed enough last season that I'm at least intereste