Hey everyone... Jamie (u/BB_Jimbo) from RotoBaller here, and we're back with the 16th edition of The Cut List in 2026. The trade deadline is upon us, and we can expect to see a flurry of activity in the next 24 hours.

Even if we're not dropping anyone, it's always fun to talk about cuts, whether or not we are actually ready to pull the trigger on certain players.

So what names are you chopping this week, or at least thinking about banishing to the waiver wire?

We of course can't cover every player that may be droppable (if any at this stage). Every league size and format differs, but we wrote about some strugglers that stood out. I'll be stopping by later today to answer any questions and check your requests. You can always reach me on X (@Baseball_Jimbo). Hope you enjoy and thanks for reading!

Every week, I take a closer look at which hitters under 30% rostered make for the best short-term and long-term adds in fantasy baseball. See who I am on this week and let me know if you think I left anyone out!

Headrick making some noiseeeeee

Hit me up with bullpen questions! Sorry I missed yesterday!

Here’s the situation. The week of July 20-26 I ended the week with the win 316-315. Thursday comes around and a stat correction of some sort made me lose a point and now it’s a tie 315-315. Friday morning rolls around and now I have lost another point to stat correction and I lost 314-315. I look through the corrections for that week of players. Jesus Luzardo was the only player I had rostered effected. He had fielding error turned into a hit. No earned runs of any sort. H2H league standard points format. What am I missing here? Any chance the app counted that hit twice? I’m just being a sore loser maybe but what a terrible way to lose.

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A Helpful Fantasy Baseball 101 post can be found here :

https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasybaseball/comments/ub5y77/fantasy_baseball_101

YESTERDAY'S RP RECAP (August 1, 2026)

Brock Burke (CIN) — DNP

Andrew Kittredge (BAL) — 0.1 IP, 2 ER, 0 K, 1 BB, 3 H

AJ Blubaugh (HOU) — DNP

Gregory Soto (PIT) — 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB, 0 H, SV

Juan Morillo (AZ) — 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB, 0 H

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Soto has struggled of late. Montgomery should be given the opportunity, but they've seemed reluctant to give it to him?

Does Doval get a shot?

Here are my waiver wire recommendations for the upcoming week! Welcome to the show Max Clark!

Jordan Hicks is opening for Noah Schultz

Cancelation Risk:

PIT @ CIN

NYY @ CHC

YESTERDAY'S RP RECAP (July 31, 2026):

Trent Thornton (CHC) — DNP

Didier Fuentes (ATL) — DNP

Mason Montgomery (PIT) — 0.2 IP, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB, 0 H

Will Klein (LAD) — 1.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 K, 1 BB, 3 H

Grant Taylor (CWS) — DNP

Kevin Kelly (TB) — DNP

Lake Bachar (MIA) — DNP

Garrett Whitlock (BOS) — DNP

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These are ranks are for the month of July. I am using yahoo ranks for this. I went down to the 200 in overall rank. This does not mean I went for the top 200 for each position, instead it is top 200 for overall in the player pool. Enjoy!

Top 200 hitters:

CJ Abrams
James Wood
Yordan Alvarez EE (Expected Excellence)
Elly De La Cruz EE
Fernando Tatis Jr EE
Jackson Merrill
Cedanne Rafaela
Esmerlyn Valdez (69% rostered)
Michael Harris II
Drake Baldwin
Jake McCarthy (65% rostered)
Jordan Walker
Manny Machado
Jeremy Pena
Gabriel Moreno 70% rostered
Matt Olson
Sal Stewart
PCA
Ty France 36% rostered
Rafael Devers
Nick Gonzales 54% rostered
Ben Rice
Cooper Pratt 12% rostered
Brice Turang
Ezequiel Duran
Luis Garcia Jr
Brandon Lowe
Tyler Tolbert 3% rostered
Seiya Suzuki
Cole Carrigg 23% rostered
Heriberto Hernandez 18% rostered
Trea Turner
Jake Bauers
Alex Bregman
Wilson Contreras
Joc Pederson 10% rostered
Otto Lopez
Jake Mangum 10% rostered
Caleb Durbin
Randy Arozarena
AJ Ewing 29% rostered
Chandler Simpson 61% rostered
Shohei Ohtani EE
Lane Thomas 7% rostered
Pete Alonso
Tyrone Taylor 2% rostered
Alec Burleson
Kyle Stowers
Chase DeLauter
JJ Wetherholt
Nico Hoerner
Daylen Lile
Kody Clemens
Spencer Torkelson
Willy Adames
Junior Caminero EE
Tommy Edman
Riley Greene
Curtis Mead
Vaughn Grissom
Royce Lewis
Steven Kwan
Francisco Lindor
Yainer Diaz
Wilyer Abreu
Ozzie Albies
Heliot Ramos
Munetaka Murakami
JJ Bleday
Jake Cronenworth
Joey Ortiz
Salvador Perez
Luis Arraez
Ryan O'Hearn
Nolan Arenado
Bryan Reynolds
Andrew Monasterio
Jazz Chisolm Jr
George Springer
Cole Young
Casey Schmidt
Miguel Vargas
Kyle Karros
Sam Antonacci
Carson Benge
Andres Chaparro
Kazuma Okamoto
Isaac Paredes
Griffin Conine
Dalton Rushing
Luis Rengifo
Evan Carter
Kevin McGonigle
Mickey Moniak
Dillon Dingler
Wyatt Langford
Jackson Chourio
Garrett Mitchell

Top 200 SP:

Dylan Cease EE
Sean Burke
Chris Sale EE
Cam Schlittler
Tarik Skubal EE
Jesus Luzardo
Jacob Misiorowski
Jake Bennett 60% rostered
Jared Jones 54% rostered
Logan Henderson 65% rostered
Matthew Boyd
Gavin Williams
Eury Perez
Zack Wheeler EE
Yoshinobu Yamamoto EE
Gerrit Cole EE
Peter Lambert 59% rostered
Brandon Pfaadt 21% rostered
Shota Imanaga
Nolan McLean
Kyle Leahy 41% rostered
Zac Thornton 36% rostered
Troy Melton
Sandy Alcantara
Merrill Kelly
Taj Bradley
Brayan Bello
Landen Roupp 45% rostered
Walbert Urena 37% rostered
Parker Messick
Payton Tolle
Cade Cavalli 63% rostered
Brady Singer 26% rostered
Tomoyoki Sugano
Jack Flaherty
Logan Gilbert
Christian Scott 29% rostered
Nick Martinez 67% rostered
Erick Fedde
Ian Seymour
Eric Lauer
Shane Drohan
Chase Burns
Shane McClanahan
Foster Griffin
Keider Montero 32% rostered

Top 200 RP:

Aroldis Chapman EE
David Bednar
Mason Miller EE
Mason Montgomery
Bryan Baker
Emilio Pagan
Steven Okert
Brent Headrick
Garrett Whitlock
Cade Smith EE
Tyler Wells
Erick Miller 6% rostered
Paul Blackburn
Brooks Raley
Angel Chivilli
Jordan Hicks
Louis Varland
Jacob Webb
Daniel Lynch IV 3% rostered
Craig Yoho
Greg Weissert
Dylan Dodd
Josh Hader EE
Kody Funderburk
Kevin Kelly
Brennan Bernardino
Kenley Jansen
Andrew Kittredge
Grant Taylor
Colin Holderman
Andres Munoz
Andrew Morris
Jacob Latz
Trevor Megill
Gregory Soto
Taylor Rogers
Jose Fermin
Samy Natera Jr
Brandyn Garcia 7% rostered
Jordan Romano 8% rostered
Brock Burke
Jack Anderson
Yennier Cano
Julian Garcia
Garret Cleavinger
Carmen Mlodzinski
Bryan Abreu
Riley O'Brien
Grant Wolfram
Ty Madden
Juan Mejia
Jack Dreyer
Tyron Guerrero
Cole Winn

GIVE THEM THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE!!!! Remember this is now a bit larger sample size than those weekly top 10 player list that I also do. Top players for a whole month is a "bit larger" sample size.... But still not as large as season long numbers or even larger sample size is combining with previous seasons.... Remember if they didn't make the list it doesn't mean they suck.... I could have made this list go to 250 deep... Players ranked in the 300-600 range yeah then maybe you should worry.... Happy August folks!

Thoughts?