By Rich Cordaway

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Sitting out there on every waiver wire are players whose value exceeds their ownership percentage.  This is mostly due to them being up-and-coming guys who have shown flashes of play-making ability but haven’t been given their due yet because of either injury, lack of playing time or just playing on a bad, small market team.  But these waiver wire “gems” could be the difference between your team winning or being an also-ran.

All of these players are owned in less than 50% of CBS leagues (all but one are under 25% actually).  They will give your team immediate depth at each position and they might even deserve starting on your squad at some point.  They are fantasy “diamonds in the rough” whose production exceeds their value.

Here they are in descending order:

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