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MLB Ready Prospects: Top 30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies (Week 17)
Talk about some serious prospects reaching the majors. In one week, Tyler Glasnow, Lucas Giolito and Alex Bregman (finally) were all promoted to the big leagues. Of course, Glasnow made one start and promptly found himself on the 15-day DL, but still it is incredible to see so many top guys promoted. Everyone knew Bregman... Read More
Week 17 Waiver Wire: Starting Pitchers
Boy howdy, we’re now into the latter part of July, with little room for enduring or excusing poor performances anymore. August approaches and some of you are racking up streams for the playoff push, some are still looking for stashes, while others look to maximize the efficiency of innings remaining. Either way, we’ve got you... Read More
Top 5 Two-Start Pitcher Streamers For Week 17
A wise fantasy baseball manager never rests. He is never satisfied with his team and is always on the hunt for the player that can help in both the present and future. For this article, we’ll focus on the present, as we present the top pitcher streamers who’ll be making two outings this week. We do this every week,... Read More
Top Hitter Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 17
Whether it’s because of an injury or poor performance, there are always opportunities to stream players off the waiver wire. The best players to stream are those who are under-owned and face appealing match-ups for the upcoming week. Here are five players who are readily available in Fleaflicker leagues and have attractive match-ups during the... Read More
Week 16 Rookie Roundup: Recently Promoted Prospects
So there have not been a lot of major promotions made this past week, but the next week and a half should see some serious roster shake-ups. With the trade deadline looming ahead, it seems that it is only a matter of time until some top prospects find their way into starting roles. One guy... Read More
Bullpen Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 16
While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we’ll highlight today include some elite setup men that have proven to be closer candidates to target off the waiver wire for Week 16 of the fantasy baseball season. The more likely a team is to win, the more likely a pitcher will be eligible... Read More
Week 16 Waiver Wire: Catchers
The All-Star break is over and it's been hard to get back into the swing of things. Well, many of the catchers have been able to use that excuse for a large portion of the season. We're back looking for gold in all this patch of dirt. Anyway, we're in the second half of the season and... Read More
MLB Ready Prospects: Top 30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies (Week 16)
Who would have guessed that the first person promoted from the promising 2015 draft would have been Carson Fulmer? I mean no offense to Fulmer, but he had a 4.76 ERA, 4.16 FIP, 9.31 K/9, 5.28 BB/9 and 0.72 HR/9 in Double-A. Those numbers are certainly not terrible, but I don’t know if they are... Read More
Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 16 (National League)
The trade deadline looms and some teams have already begun making moves (really just Boston). Some NL-only options have now become AL-only options, so choose wisely in the coming days before making waiver moves if you are in a single league format. This list represents players who haven't yet garnered a great deal of attention... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 16 (American League)
As a long-standing fan of WWE (despite and in spite of its glaring issues), I am excited for the roster draft that shall have already happened by the time this comes out. In an attempt to shake up stagnant TV ratings, the company is holding a roster draft live Tuesday night where two on-site general... Read More
Contact Rate Risers and Fallers in Week 16: Buy or Sell?
RotoBallers, as always, we’re constantly trying to come up with new features that will help you dominate your fantasy leagues. Recently, we’ve built a tool that identifies the biggest trends in contact rate over the last seven days. The tool can be found here. Keep in mind, any statistic being viewed in such a small sample size... Read More
Week 16 Waiver Wire: Second Base (2B) and Shortstop (SS)
Over the course of the season I’ll be giving you two players at second base and shortstop per week who I think can help your team. These players are usually widely available in any format, and should turn nice profits in the weeks to come. Below are my recommendations for Week 16. As always, feel... Read More
Overrated/Underrated Week 15: Shortstops
An analyst shouldn't be proud to make mistakes, but he should at least take some pride in owning up to them. Last time I discussed shortstops, back in Week 3, I declared Xander Bogaerts and Ian Desmond overrated. I jumped on bad trends that, in small samples, painted ugly portraits of what are now among... Read More
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Week 16 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups
What’s up RotoBallers. As always, we are here to help with pitcher matchups every week of the season and help win some leagues.Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 16, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams. Next to each matchup below, we also have... Read More
Top Hitter Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 16
Whether it’s because of an injury or poor performance, there are always opportunities to stream players off the waiver wire. The best players to stream are those who are under-owned and face appealing matchups for the upcoming week. Here are five players who are readily available in Fleaflicker leagues and have attractive matchups during the... Read More
Week 16 Waiver Wire: Starting Pitchers
The Midseason Classic is now in the rear-view mirror, meaning that things are starting to get serious out here. With 2 1/2 months left in the fantasy season, those pitchers that we stream, those decisions to start/sit our fringe arms, all really start to take on more weight. Without further ado, here is the latest... Read More
Bullpen Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 15
While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we’ll highlight today include some elite setup men that have proven to be closer candidates to target off the waiver wire for Week 15 of the fantasy baseball season. The more likely a team is to win, the more likely a pitcher will be eligible... Read More
Top 5 Two-Start Pitcher Streamers For Week 16
A wise fantasy baseball manager never rests. He is never satisfied with his team and is always on the hunt for the player that can help in both the present and future. For this article, we’ll focus on the present, as we present the top pitcher streamers who’ll be making two outings this week. We do this every week,... Read More
Week 15 Rookie Roundup: Recently Promoted Prospects
I hope everyone had a great All-Star Break because I certainly did. First watching Alex Bregman tear it up at the Futures Game, then witnessing Giancarlo Stanton blast several miles worth of bombs in the Home Run Derby and finally watching the All-Star Game on Tuesday. It was quite a memorable All-Star Break and some... Read More
Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 15 (National League)
The second half is officially on, in a way that might resemble Donkey Kong. As teams increase roster movement in preparation of the trade deadline, certain role players may gain more prominent roles. With an absence of starts this week, we will focus more on relief pitchers who have performed well as of late. This... Read More
Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 15 (American League)
The American League came out victorious in the 2016 All-Star Game Tuesday, winning by the final score of 4-2. With home runs from the Royals' Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez, Danny Salazar's clean second inning was all he needed to go home with the win. Though the outcome of the game has no fantasy effect,... Read More
Top Hitter Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 15
Whether it’s because of an injury or poor performance, there are always opportunities to stream players off the waiver wire. The best players to stream are those who are under-owned and face appealing match-ups for the upcoming week. Here are five players who are readily available in Fleaflicker leagues and have attractive match-ups during the 15th... Read More
Contact Rate Risers and Fallers in Week 15: Buy or Sell?
RotoBallers, as always, we’re constantly trying to come up with new features that will help you dominate your fantasy leagues. Recently, we’ve built a tool that identifies the biggest trends in contact rate over the last seven days. The tool can be found here. Keep in mind, any statistic being viewed in such a small sample size... Read More
MLB Ready Prospects: Top 30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies (Week 15)
Of course just a few days after I write my recently promoted prospects article and say that no major prospects will be promoted before the All-Star Break the Pirates promote first base prospect Josh Bell and the Nationals promote Trea Turner. And did you see Bell’s grand slam against the Chicago Cubs the other day?... Read More
Week 15 Waiver Wire: Starting Pitchers
Here we are, the All Star Break is upon us just like that. Okay yeah, technically games will play the day that this is published, but that doesn’t sound nice. Our marching orders here remain the same, looking at some low-owned starting pitchers who are worth discussing for better or worse. That is to say,... Read More
Poetry in Motion: The Versatility of Eduardo Nunez
Eduardo Nunez is an All-Star. While that is now a fact, it has taken many by surprise. The 29-year-old former Yankees prospect wasn't on anyone's radar before the season started and wasn't even guaranteed to be in the starting lineup on a cellar-dwelling Twins team. To take it a step further (as is my modus operandi),... Read More
Bullpen Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 14
While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we’ll highlight today include some elite setup men that have proven to be closer candidates to target off the waiver wire for Week 14 of the fantasy baseball season. The more likely a team is to win, the more likely a pitcher will be eligible... Read More
Week 14 Rookie Roundup: Recently Promoted Prospects
This is the second consecutive week that a Top-10 pitching prospect has been promoted to the big leagues. Top Pirates’ prospect, Tyler Glasnow, made his Major League debut Thursday against the Cardinals after his promotion following Jameson Taillon’s placement on the 15-day DL. With the All-Star Break next week, fantasy owners should not expect to... Read More
Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14 (National League)
Welcome to the catcher edition of National League waiver wire pick-ups. That's how it feels at least, given how this list turned out. Those looking for injury replacements or who participate in two-catcher leagues may want to take notice of the following choices. As always, this list represents players who haven't yet garnered a great... Read More
Week 14 Buy and Sell for Fantasy Baseball
Switching up the format a bit for this feature going forward - from now on we'll cover six players instead of four, and no more recaps. Taking our cues from Mark McGwire, because we're not here to talk about the past. Each week, I'll be taking a look at a few players and giving my... Read More
