Melky Cabrera: A Strong Fourth OF in 2016

Melky Cabrera’s 2015 got off to a slow start, hitting only two home runs in the first three months, but he had a strong second half and ended up with 70 runs, 12 homers, 77 RBIs and a .273 average. Not much appears different in the batted ball profile except for a drop in BABIP […]

Todd Frazier is a Top Five 3B in 2016

Todd Frazier rode a torrid first half into the All Star Break and then fell flat on his face. I don’t think anyone expected him to keep it up all year, 25 first half home runs is ridiculous, but no one could have seen such a disastrous second half coming. The power disappeared, but more […]

Brett Lawrie: 2016 Deep League MI Power Bat

Brett Lawrie is one of those names that elicits an initial wave of excitement, followed by the memories of all the times you thought the breakout was coming. It feels as though now he’s settled into a profile, and if he hits sixth for the White Sox then he could turn in another year like […]

Jose Abreu is a Top Four First Baseman in 2016

Jose Abreu seems to be slipping a bit after he couldn’t replicate his incredible debut season of 2014. He “letdown” his owners last year with 30 bombs, 101 RBIs, 88 runs scored, and a .290 average. Abreu is a powerful guy, and he seems like he has a safe floor of 30 bombs and 100 […]

Adam LaRoche: A Very Deep League Consideration for 2016

Adam LaRoche isn’t dead yet! He’s close though. Entering his age-36 season, he needs to show that he deserves the at bats after a miserable 2015. Known for being a second half player, many owners stuck with him through the horrible first half hoping for life in the warmer months. It never came. He ended […]

Jorge De La Rosa: 2016 Deep League Pitcher

Jorge De La Rosa isn’t going to surprise anyone at this point. He’ll be the 35 year old stalwart in the Rockies rotation who should be good for a 4 ERA and 1.35 WHIP with 140 strikeouts if health holds (which he's had issues with in the past). These are the overall numbers, as his […]

How Jon Gray Can Be Great for You in 2016

Jon Gray has been the pitching prospect for the Rockies for a few years now, and he finally got a taste of the major leagues at the end of 2015. Just as Coors Field giveth to its hitters, it taketh away from its pitchers. He ended up with a 5.53 ERA and 1.62 WHIP, though […]

Gerardo Parra and the Curious Case of 2016 Playing Time

Gerardo Parra had two seasons in 2015. The first one, in Milwaukee, saw him hit .328 with nine homers and nine steals. This was capped off by an insane July where he hit .435, which caught the eye of the Baltimore Orioles. The Brewers were sellers, so off Parra went to Baltimore at the deadline. […]

Corey Dickerson: A Mid-Round Risk Worth Your Shot

Corey Dickerson had an extremely disappointing 2015 as plantar fasciitis derailed his season. He started out hot, hitting five home runs with a .329 average in March/April, but soon thereafter was being rested for his foot pain. He kept trying to work back in until they shelved him for the entirety of August. When he […]

Charlie Blackmon Looks to be One of 2016's Top Ten Outfielders

Entering 2015 there were plenty of questions as to whether Charlie Blackmon could sustain his success, so he answered by scoring 93 runs, hitting 17 homers, knocking in 58 runs, stealing 43 bases, and hitting .287. If you’re a real stickler you can complain about the RBI total, but the bottom line is he has […]

Nolan Arenado is a Top Three 3B in 2016

Nolan Arenado is a first round pick in 2016. He is entering his age-25 campaign for the Rockies on the heels of an amazing 2015 where he hit 42 dingers with 130 RBIs while scoring 97 runs himself. He even provided all of that pop while hitting .287. That’s rare. For what it’s worth, he […]

Trevor Story to Write Strong Opening Chapter in 2016?

Trevor Story started to garner some buzz late in 2015 as Jose Reyes struggled to perform in a Rockies’ uniform. Story has yet to hit the majors, but last year his numbers between AA and AAA saw him hit 20 homers and steal 22 bags in 575 plate appearances. You’re telling me there’s a guy […]

Jose Reyes is a Dice Roll at SS in 2016

Jose Reyes entered the 2015 as a fourth/fifth round pick as he was poised to produce atop a powerful Toronto lineup. Unfortunately it wasn’t long before he cracked a rib on a checkswing, and was shelved in late April through most of May. He was then traded to Colorado days before the trade deadline where […]

DJ LeMahieu: Pushing for Top Ten 2B Consideration in 2016

DJ LeMahieu really took a step forward in 2015, as he started stealing enough and upped his average to a point where he brought some juice to the table for fantasy owners. In past years he has been an empty decent batting average, but never doing enough to warrant consideration outside of deep league MI […]

Mark Reynolds: Can Coors Field Resuscitate Him?

Mark Reynolds failed to make a positive impression in St. Louis in 2015, as he was only able to hit 13 home runs alongside a poor .230 batting average. Sadly, that was a big step forward from his .196 average in 2014 (though he did hit 22 bombs for Milwaukee at least). Teams know what […]

Ben Paulsen: Deep League CI Option

Ben Paulsen can come across as “just a guy”, but by virtue of being on the Colorado Rockies he carries more relevance than he would anywhere else. Paulsen annually flirted with 20 home run campaigns in the minors, where he was stuck for several years thanks to a guy named Todd Helton holding down the […]

Nick Hundley: Top Ten Catcher in 2016?

Nick Hundley is the definition of a Coors Field beneficiary. He’ll be 32 this year and has spent most of his career mired in mediocrity on the Padres. if you just blindly look at his line – 389 plate appearances with 45 runs, 10 homers, 43 RBIs, 5 steals, and a .301 average – you […]

Carlos Gonzalez Looks to Continue Power Surge to Top OF Spot

Carlos Gonzalez rode one of the hottest streaks we’ve seen in a while to a fantastic finish to 2015. It’s hard to speak about seasonal averages for a guy who is always dealing with injuries, he was as locked in as he’d ever been. 2015 saw him log over 600 plate appearances for the first […]

Early Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft: The Fourth Round Pitching Run

The lineup (in draft order): Jacob Bogardus, Brad Johnson, Alex Brock, Harris Yudin, Max Petrie, Josh Leonard, Ross Williamson, Andrew Miller (from The Fantasy Fix), Nick Mariano (myself), Tom Bellucco, Brian Dunshee (also from The Fantasy Fix), and Edward Suletan. We put together a traditional 5x5 redraft 23 round mock with 2 catchers, a corner […]

Early Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft: Third Round Breakdown

The lineup (in draft order): Jacob Bogardus, Brad Johnson, Alex Brock, Harris Yudin, Max Petrie, Josh Leonard, Ross Williamson, Andrew Miller (from The Fantasy Fix), Nick Mariano (myself), Tom Bellucco, Brian Dunshee (also from The Fantasy Fix), and Edward Suletan. Scroll to the bottom for an image of the draftboard. We put together a traditional 5x5 […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Tiered Rankings: Shortstop (January)

Welcome to the fourth installment of our January ranking breakdowns! If you’re like us here at RotoBaller, you’ve been huddled around the stove awaiting that precious heat for a while now. While there are still some free agent dominoes yet to fall, we've seen quite the flurry of moves. This round of rankings features seven of our experts. […]

Early Mock Draft 2016: Analyzing the Second Round

If you haven't read the first round analysis yet, you should definitely do that! Click that and then come right back here. I'll know. For those of you that want to view the draft board in all of it's glory, here it is: As a reminder, here's the lineup: Jacob Bogardus, Brad Johnson, Alex Brock, […]

Early 2016 Mock Draft: Analyzing the First Round

Hey everyone, we here at RotoBaller just couldn’t wait any longer. We ran our first fantasy baseball mock draft this week because the fiending is real. A special thanks to Andrew and Brian who joined us from The Fantasy Fix. The lineup (in draft order): Jacob Bogardus, Brad Johnson, Alex Brock, Harris Yudin, Max Petrie, […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Tiered Rankings: Catcher (January)

Welcome to the first installment of our January ranking breakdowns! If you’re like us here at RotoBaller, you’ve been huddled around that stove awaiting that precious heat for a while now. While there are still some dominoes yet to fall, we've seen quite the flurry of moves. This round of rankings features seven of our experts. […]

Daily Fantasy Football Picks and Advice - DraftKings Lineups and Sleepers: NFL Divisional Week

We had our first taste of playoff football last weekend, with quite spicy results. Every road team came in and won, with three out of the four games hitting the under. The divisional round of the NFL playoffs is here now, and even with an eight team slate you better believe we've got DFS games to […]

Brad Miller (SS, TB) - 2016 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

TARGET: 245 CURRENT ADP: 277 ANALYSIS: Steamer only projects Miller to rack up 475 plate appearances, though I really can’t see Tim Beckham pushing Miller out of the way that much. Last year for Seattle he hit 11 bombs and swiped 13 bags in 497 PAs. Safeco Field was 27th in Park Factor for runs in 2015, whereas […]

Jon Edwards (RP, SD) - 2016 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

TARGET: ~375 CURRENT ADP: --- ANALYSIS: Those dashes don’t mean that I’m too lazy to look his ADP up, he straight up doesn’t have one. The last RP listed is the Twins’ Alex Meyer with an ADP of 712, just so you get an idea of how available this guy is. As you may or may not be […]

Carter Capps (RP, MIA) - 2016 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

TARGET: ~250 CURRENT ADP: 380 ANALYSIS: Before Capps was shut down last year he was the definition of dominant. Seriously. This isn't one of those "oh, he said dominant but that just means he was the best" situations. I mean dominant. Here are the top five relievers and their swinging strike rate from 2015 (min. 30 IP): Zach Putnam […]

Eugenio Suarez (CIN, SS) - Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

TARGET: ~220 CURRENT ADP: 297 ANALYSIS: When Suarez first started his professional baseball career, he would not have had “power” bat attached to him. Now it’d still be a stretch to call him a slugger, but out of the shortstop slot he did hit 13 bombs in 97 games (398 plate appearances). Now Todd Frazier is gone and […]

Eduardo Rodriguez (SP, BOS) - 2016 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

TARGET: ~200 CURRENT ADP: 276 ANALYSIS: If you owned Rodriguez in 2015, you know how great he actually was for the majority of his starts, as well as how awful it was to start him in the four games he got shelled. Despite those four starts where he gave up six, seven, eight, and nine […]