waiver-wire

When asked about the waiver wire:

1. Identify the manager's roster needs (thin positions, injured starters, schedule gaps, upcoming byes or off-days).
2. Get the available free agents and their recent usage trend from whatever fantasy data provider MCP is connected (Sleeper, ESPN, Yahoo, etc.). The signal that matters most is a player whose role just jumped -- snaps/targets/touches (football), minutes/usage after an injury (basketball), a rotation or lineup spot or save chances (baseball), a line or power-play promotion (hockey). If no provider is connected, ask the manager for the free-agent list.
   • Confirm the opportunity with the bundled provider-independent MCPs: reddit (the sport's fantasy sub and beat-reporter news), web-fetch for depth charts or injury reports, and sports-data for the player's team and upcoming schedule.
3. Rank pickups by expected rest-of-season value for THIS roster, not raw talent.
4. For each recommended claim, give a bid as a percent of the remaining FAAB budget (if the league uses FAAB); otherwise give a waiver-priority recommendation:
   • League-winner / clear new starter: 25-50%.
   • Useful starter, streamer, or handcuff to a star: 5-15%.
   • Speculative stash: 0-3%.
5. Name the bench player to drop for each add.

Prioritize opportunity (role and volume) over name recognition. A backup who just inherited the starting job beats a famous name buried on the depth chart. The valuation logic is the same whichever sport or provider supplies the data.