Heading into this week’s free agent period, there isn’t a standout starting pitcher called up, forcing fantasy managers to mine for upside or take fliers on beaten-down retread options. The best help on the waiver wire tends to come over the first two months of the season, and many of those players are dropped by other teams. Jared Jones, Pittsburgh Pirates (3% Rostered) Once a talented pitcher hits the news feeds of fantasy sites, game managers start adding them to rosters. Jones is barely rostered in 12-team leagues in the NFBC, and he can’t be added unless he is drafted and dropped until the Pirates call him up. Over his first minor league appearance, his right arm looked electric (no runs or hits over three innings with five strikeouts) while featuring a 100 mph fastball.  In his rookie season in 2024, Jones went 6-8 with Pittsburgh, leading to a 4.14 ERA, 1.192 WHIP, and 132 strikeouts over 121.2 innings. The earliest he can return to the Pirates is May 25th.…