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Power Risers and Fallers: Week Three
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 21
Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. This is your one stop guide to address lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Friday, April 21st. Let's get to it.Featured Promo: Want a free RotoBaller Premium Pass? Check out these sports... Read More
Champ or Chump: Eric Thames & Francisco Lindor
Fantasy championships are never won in April, but it still feels good to be at the top of the standings. Eventually things will stabilize, making it more challenging to make a significant jump in a short period of time. When that happens, you definitely want to be in the hunt instead of an also-ran. Chances... Read More
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 20th
Happy tax day and welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. This is your one stop guide to plug lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Thursday, April 20th. Let's get to it.Featured Promo: Want a free RotoBaller Premium... Read More
Points League Waiver Wire Week 3
Let's look for some Easter eggs this week! Week 3 is where we're beginning to get that point in the season where you can see who is poised for a breakout, and who is just a flash in the pan. Now, since we're looking at points leagues, we don't mind those flashes in the pan,... Read More
Week 3 Waiver Wire - First Base (1B) and Third Base (3B)
As we get into the thick of things this April, the injuries are starting to pile up. Fortunately, some of the lesser-owned players are starting to heat up and show that fantasy value can always be found if you look hard enough. The corner infield positions traditionally offer power with the potential for high averages,... Read More
Week 3 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups
What's up RotoBallers? We are back with our weekly starting pitcher matchup recommendations. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 3, and our recommendation on whether you should start or sit the pitcher. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting... Read More
Hitter Streamers (Week 3): Head-to-Head Leagues
Welcome back, RotoBallers! The streamers are off to a good start thus far, and the week three options are looking even better. As a reminder, in this piece we're looking for weekly streamers, which means players who are less than 50% owned in Yahoo! leagues and who have a good chance to play a full... Read More
Fantasy Baseball Week Two Waiver Wire: Starting Pitchers
It’s been quite the wild ride through what we'll call roughly the first 10 games of the 2017 season. While we don’t want to be overreacting here, it’s never a bad time to check up on the waiver wire and see which under-owned arms might be available to help your squad. For our purposes, we’re... Read More
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 14
Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. Use this column to plug lineup holes, stream H2H pitchers, or target categories of need. DFS lineups can be built using the information here as well. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Friday, April 14th. We'll have a full... Read More
Week 2 Waiver Wire - Points Leagues
Points leagues are a different beast compared to rotisserie leagues, because you're looking for someone who can fill the whole stat sheet, and when you can find some of those guys on the wire, they're golden. Here are a few guys who can contribute in points leagues, one at each position to consider for the next... Read More
Week 2 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups
Did you survive the first week of games? Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 2, and will be updated as more starters are announced. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones... Read More
Hitter Streamers (Week 2): Head-to-Head Leagues
Welcome back to my hitting streamers column for Week 2, taking a look at hitters to add or stream off the waiver wire for this week's scheduled games. To keep things simple, I pick from players who are less than 50% owned and who play at least seven games in the week. If someone jumps... Read More
Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 1
The first week of the season is nearly at its end. Are you ready to cut bait on some of those later round picks already? Dying to scoop up that utility player off to a hot start? Itching to grab that setup man next in line for saves once the closer loses his job? It... Read More
DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/6/17): MLB DFS Advice
These are the best type of days for MLB. We have a large early slate followed by a manageable late slate. If you win a lot money early, you can spend it late. If you lose money early, you can win it back late. Right? In this article, I will be providing you with my... Read More
2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 1)
Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies. In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. We are officially underway in the 2017 Major League Baseball season! Who... Read More
Week 1 Waiver Wire: 0-25% Owned Pickups
Baseball is finally back. In light of this, let's give that free agent pool one last look over before the stats start flying. Here are the best players who are owned in 0-25% of Yahoo leagues. You can see our column on 25-50% owned players as well. These are your deeper Week 1 waiver wire pickups and... Read More
Week 1 Waiver Wire: 25-50% Owned Pickups
Wow, we're really here. After all this time, baseball is truly back. Happy Opening Day RotoBallers! In light of this, let's give that free agent pool one last look over before the stats start flying. Today, we'll look at players who are owned in 25-50% of Yahoo leagues and see who stands out. You can... Read More
Using Sabermetrics For Fantasy Baseball Part 10: PITCHf/x
One of the most fundamental questions in fantasy sports is if a player's current performance is sustainable. More than any other sport, baseball has a slew of statistical measures that can be dissected numerous ways to analyze player performance. PITCHf/x is a publicly available pitch tracking system that provides a lot of different data to... Read More
Draft Values: The 2017 All-Bargain Team
This article first appeared on the Metro news publication. Our long national nightmare is nearly over. No, not that one…here we’re referring to the lack of baseball. Opening Day is right around the corner, and not a moment too soon. After last week’s look at the busts, let’s end draft season on a happy note... Read More
Top Power-Metric Gainers - What to Expect in 2017
The baseball universe is really coming into its own when it comes to advanced data metrics that we can parse through, with hard-hit rates, exit velocities, spray charts and batted-ball outcomes all becoming accessible tools to throw in the toolkit before we go digging for answers. Today's piece caps off our short series looking at... Read More
2017 Deeper Outfielder Sleepers - AL
The key to winning a championship in fantasy baseball is to find gems in the late rounds of your drafts. Anyone can draft a top-10 player, but only those who truly prepare can find the diamonds in the rough. Below are some 2017 deep outfielder sleepers for the American League. I will be analyzing five... Read More
Join The RotoBaller Challenge: Who Will Be Crowned Champ?
RotoBaller Challenge - Fantasy Baseball We are proud to announce the first annual RotoBaller Fantasy Baseball Challenge, powered by Fantrax. Fight for the title in 12-team rotisserie leagues while also competing for the crown in the overall roto leaderboard against all teams across all leagues. Sign Up Now Enter your email address to join... Read More
Top Gainers in Pull Rate: What to Expect in 2017
The baseball universe is really coming into its own when it comes to advanced data metrics that we can parse through, with hard-hit rates, exit velocities, spray charts and batted-ball outcomes all becoming accessible tools to throw in the toolkit before we go digging for answers. Today's piece continues the series where we explore some... Read More
Top Gainers in Hard Hit Rate - What to Expect in 2017
The baseball universe is really coming into its own when it comes to advanced data metrics that we can parse through, with hard-hit rates, exit velocities, spray charts and batted-ball outcomes all becoming accessible tools to throw in the toolkit before we go digging for answers. Today's piece kicks off a series where we're going... Read More
2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Drafts
Hello everyone, and welcome to my pre-season Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. This season is not even underway yet, and already there have been some... Read More
Top 550: Updated March Rankings and Tiers
Welcome back RotoBallers. It's officially draft season, preseason baseball is in high gear, and opening day is right around the corner. Below you will find our updated 2017 fantasy baseball tiered rankings (top 500) for mixed leagues. In case you missed it, you can also read our points leagues rankings with analysis as well. Six of our lead fantasy... Read More
The Pitchers: Five September Surgers to Breakout in 2017
As the 2017 fantasy baseball season draws near, we are forced to look back at the 2016 numbers that were and decode what to buy into and what to ignore. How much should we write off that cold streak due to a potential lingering injury? Will this trade affect Player X in a positive or... Read More
The Hitters: Five September Surgers to Breakout in 2017
As the 2017 fantasy baseball season draws near, we are forced to look back at the 2016 numbers that were and decode what to buy into and what to ignore. How much should we write off that cold streak due to a potential lingering injury? Will this trade affect Player X in a positive or... Read More
2017 Deeper Starting Pitcher Sleepers: AL
The key to winning a championship in fantasy baseball is to find some gems in the late rounds of your fantasy baseball drafts. Anyone can draft a top-10 player, but only the good ones can find the diamonds in the rough. Below are some 2017 deeper starting pitcher sleepers for the American League. I analyze... Read More
