Rick Porcello's new approach has brought him success. (US Presswire)

Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "Under the Radar" fantasy players for NL-only leagues, AL-only leagues and mixed leagues. We'll review the diamonds in the rough on the waiver wire who might help you boost your fantasy team in 2013. This edition of Under the Radar will cover potential pickups for your team that may be available early on in the season.

With all of the unpredictable injuries, job changes, and trades of the baseball season, many fantasy owners are looking to the waiver wire for help. Regardless of where help is needed, this edition of UTR can provide you with some players who are still available in most mixed leagues.

*Owned percentages via Yahoo!

Mixed League Options
Kyle Blanks - 1B/OF , San Diego Padres (25% owned)
Once considered a top-prospect, in what was a strong minor league system, Kyle Blanks has received everyday playing time at first base due to the injury to Yonder Alonso. Blanks has always shown great power at the plate, but has not been able to stay healthy enough to stay fantasy relevant. The current full-time move to first base should reduce the risk of him sustaining an injury, but of course it will not be a permanent move. He is currently hitting .285 with six home runs in 123 at-bats this season, most of which came in a part time role. Pick him up, and sell high when it looks like Alonso is ready to return.

Rick Porcello - SP, Detroit Tigers (21% owned)
Rick Porcello had a very strong spring training that made some fantasy owners take notice, but a rough start to the season made most owners write him off, once again, as a mediocre starting pitcher. There are a lot of things to like about Porcello's season so far, as his strikeout rate has increased to 7.71 K/9, considerably higher than his previous career mark of 5.07 K/9. The 24-year-old has also decreased his walk rate to less than two base-on-balls per nine innings. If you throw out his worst start of the season, where he gave up nine runs without making it out of the first inning, he would have 3.57 ERA with 54 strike outs in 63 innings pitched.

Mike Zunino - C, Seattle Mariners (8% owned)
As discussed on this week's podcast, Mike Zunino is the most recent catching prospects to work his way quickly through the Mariners farm system. He is the first hitter taken in the 2012 MLB Draft to make it to the major leagues, and like some of the former prospects in the organization before him, he may have been rushed. All that being said, you have to take a chance on him if you play in a two-catcher format, if your second catcher is not getting consistent at-bats. Zunino was not called up to sit on the bench, and even though his batting average will be sub-par, he definitely possesses some pop at the plate. He should be owned in most 2-catcher leagues, and definitely in any kind of keeper league.

Jose Iglesias - 3B/SS, Boston Red Sox (13% owned)
Boston's top infield prospect lost his shimmer when most scouts announced that he would never be able to hit major league pitching, but will still make it to the major leagues on his defense. Last year, in his cup of coffee with the Red Sox, he proved them right, hitting only .118 with a home run in 68 at-bats. When called up in 2013, few owners took notice, but they need to start. Currently carrying a .449/.494/.577 triple-slash line with a home run and 15 runs scored in 78 at-bats, Iglesias should work himself off the waiver wire considering he is middle infield eligible, a very weak fantasy position. Before his call-up he was not performing great at Triple-A, but did hit four home runs. With a different approach at the plate he may now be ready to hit at the major league level.

NL-Only Options
Jacob Turner - SP, Miami Marlins (10% owned)
Another once top pitching prospect, Jacob Turner found his way to Miami from Detroit last season via trade. Turner struggled in his seven starts with Miami after the move, and again in spring training, resulting in starting the season at Triple-A New Orleans. He was not tremendously impressive in his 10 starts there, but his performance may have been slightly skewed by home runs allowed. That is a problem he shouldn't have while pitching in the Marlins ballpark. Turner should maintain his spot in the rotation for the immediate future, and in his first three starts has looked impressive for The Fish. The 22-year-old has a 1.80 ERA, with a 1.05 WHIP, and 13 strikeouts over 20 innings pitched in his first three starts.

Cody Ransom - 3B/SS, Chicago Cubs (1% owned)
Journeyman Cody Ransom hasn't found consistent playing time on the North Side yet, but his recent performance at the plate will force that issue soon. The Cubs have used him exclusively on the left side of the infield, but they should start expanding his position placement, and will start to show case him for a move at the deadline to a team looking for a utility player. As they do this, NL-Only owners should take advantage of the more consistent at-bats he will receive. In the last two weeks he has hit .294, with a .429 OBP, and four home runs.

AL-Only Options
Mike Carp - 1B/OF, Boston Red Sox (8% owned)
Heading into the season, it looked as if Mike Carp was going to be an every day outfielder for the Red Sox, which had fantasy owners excited about the cheap power potential he possessed. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned, and the BoSox started the year with Jackie Bradley Jr. in the outfield. Due to some recent struggles and injuries, Carp is now starting to see those consistent at-bats we thought he would get then, and he is making the most of them. In his last 35 at-bats, he is hitting .441 with three home runs, 10 RBI, and 10 runs scored. As long as he is playing, he needs to be on a roster.

Jordan Lyles - SP, Houston Astros (2% owned)
The Astros have little to offer for fantasy owners, but starting pitcher Jordan Lyles is a player that should get a look. Lyles does not project to be a staff ace, or even considered a top prospect in the organization, but he is a pitcher with a high basement and low ceiling, that can help fantasy owners with consistency. Being young, that consistency is not as reliable as what it should be a few years down the road, but right now he is starting to show that he can pitch effectively at the major league level. Over his last five starts he has seen his ERA drop from 5.40 to 3.48, recording 24 strikeouts in 32-plus innings pitched. Don't expect the world, but he should be more than serviceable as a end of the rotation fantasy starter.