Week 10 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups
With our calendars now turned to June, we are truly in the "runner's high" summer stretch of the fantasy baseball marathon. While we're more familiar with the chaotic starting-pitcher landscape of 2019, youngsters are being called up, doubleheaders are throwing wrenches, openers are...opening, and pitch arsenals are always changing, meaning you can never hit autopilot!... Read More
Points Leagues Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 10
Welcome to the RotoBaller waiver wire column which falls in-line with most fantasy “who should I pick up?” articles with a skew towards points leagues. Yes, there is positive correlation to standard 5x5 scoring but in our format, specific categories matter less and the accumulation of total stats is the ultimate objective. For Week 10,... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Week 10
We're at the end of the second month of the season, and hopefully, those of you who have been reading this column are doing well in your leagues. Looking at Week 8's list there were quite a few rather lackluster performances. That being said, Brett Anderson looks to have been the winning pick after going... Read More
Head-to-Head Hitter Streamers and Starts Week 10
Welcome to the hitting streamers column for the week of 06/03-06/09. Whether you're looking to maximize the number of games played, exploit favorable matchups, or fill in for injured players, streaming hitters can be a fruitful strategy for those willing to put in a little work every week. Keep in mind that this column highlights... Read More
Week 9 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups
As we come barreling towards the end of May, the reality of the fantasy baseball season being one-third of the way over is nigh. Starting pitcher decisions may start to feel more automatic now as we become more familiar with 2019's names and trends, but rest assured, complacency is the devil. We're constantly re-evaluating here... Read More
Head-to-Head Hitter Streamers & Starts for Week 9
Welcome to the hitting streamers column for the week of 5/27 - 6/02. Whether you're looking to maximize the number of games played, exploit favorable matchups, or fill in for injured players, streaming hitters can be a fruitful strategy for those willing to put in a little work every week. Keep in mind that this... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Week 9
And we're back for another week of two-start streaming options as we head into Memorial Day weekend. Rotoballer hasn't fired me yet, so let's keep it up and look at who we got this week. First off, Week 7 went a LOT better for this column than Week 6 (not that it would take much... Read More
Week 8 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups
To start or to sit this starting pitcher? This is the philosophical quandary that has plagued some of the greatest minds of our time. Not many people know that Discourse on the Method by Rene Descartes was actually about the method of streaming pitchers. We pick up where he left off with our weekly starting pitcher matchups... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Week 8
So uh...wow. Week 6 absolutely sucked for this column. Like, I'm surprised I still even have a job after that one. Griffin Canning was the winner of the Week 6 column, but that's not saying much. Canning went 1-1, allowing six runs over 10 innings while striking out 13. The other four guys on that... Read More
Head-to-Head Hitter Streamers & Starts for Week 8
Welcome to the hitting streamers column for the week of 5/20 - 5/26. Whether you're looking to maximize the number of games played, exploit favorable matchups, or fill in for injured players, streaming hitters can be a fruitful strategy for those willing to put in a little work every week. Keep in mind that this... Read More
Week 7 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups
Mid-May marks the fantasy baseball season's quarter pole, which can be exciting as data becomes robust, but also frightful for pitching as warmer air leads to long flies. Are you keeping tabs of park factors, team stats and pitchers tweaking with their repertoire? Well, we here at RotoBaller are, with the aim to ease your... Read More
Points Leagues Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 7
Welcome to the RotoBaller waiver wire column which falls in-line with most fantasy “who should I pick up?” articles with a skew towards points leagues. Yes, there is positive correlation to standard 5x5 scoring but in our format, specific categories matter less and the accumulation of total stats is the ultimate objective. Some stats are... Read More
Head-to-Head Hitter Streamers & Starts for Week 7
Welcome to the hitting streamers column for the week of 5/6 - 5/12. Whether you're looking to maximize the number of games played, exploit favorable matchups, or fill in for injured players, streaming hitters can be a fruitful strategy for those willing to put in a little work every week. Keep in mind that this... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Week 7
Well, seven weeks in and I'm already struggling to come up with a decent intro. I'm calling a mulligan on the intro this week and let's just get into the recap of the last two weeks. Julio Teheran is the winner in Week 5 despite going 0-1 in his two starts. After allowing four runs... Read More
Week 6 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups
With over one month of the 2019 MLB season behind us, fantasy owners have a grip on how aggressive they must be with starting pitchers. Are you already way ahead or behind on projected innings in roto leagues or always losing strikeouts in your weekly H2H matchups? We here at RotoBaller set out to ease... Read More
Points Leagues Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 6
Welcome to the RotoBaller waiver wire column which falls in-line with most fantasy “who should I pick up?” articles with a skew towards points leagues. Yes, there is positive correlation to standard 5x5 scoring but in our format, strikeouts, walks and non-homer extra-base hits are uniquely critical. In points leagues, specific categories matter less, and... Read More
Head-to-Head Hitter Streamers & Starts for Week 6
Welcome to the hitting streamers column for the week of 5/6 - 5/12. Whether you're looking to maximize the number of games played, exploit favorable matchups, or fill in for injured players, streaming hitters can be a fruitful strategy for those willing to put in a little work every week. Keep in mind that this... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week 6
It's almost midnight on Thursday night as I finish rewriting this column after a power surge caused me to lose almost all of my work, but I'm happy as a clam after watching a Nicky Delmonico walk-off homer for my White Sox. You know who else is happy as a clam? Owners who picked up... Read More
Week 5 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups
With roughly one month of the 2019 MLB season in the books, fantasy owners should have a sense of their team and needs relative to their leaguemates. Are you already way ahead or behind on projected innings in roto leagues or always losing strikeouts in your weekly H2H matchups? We here at RotoBaller set out... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week 5
Happy Vlad Jr. Day everyone! The nationwide crisis is over and now is the time to analyze to death Guerrero's potential fantasy value. But not here. We're sticking to starting pitchers in this article. So now for our weekly review of previous lists. Starting off with our Week 3 streamers...yeah that was kind of a... Read More
Points Leagues Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 5
We march into Week 5 of the 2019 baseball season and vigilance of the waiver wire becomes increasingly important as we approach May. The impact of one awful or great game is starting to become less meaningful as players gradually approach steady state. One luxury of Statcast data is the ability to compare actual with... Read More
Head-to-Head Hitter Streamers & Starts for Week 5
Welcome to the hitting streamers column for the week of 4/29 - 5/5. Whether you're looking to maximize the number of games played, exploit favorable matchups, or fill in for injured players, streaming hitters can be a fruitful strategy for those willing to put in a little work every week. Keep in mind that this... Read More
Week 4 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups
We're now in "late April" and can start to talk ourselves into hot or cold starts being for real, including the juicy baseballs that are destroying pitchers! Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 4. We here at RotoBaller set out to ease your decision-making with our weekly starting pitcher matchups and recommendations. In... Read More
Points Leagues Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 4
It’s Week 4 of RotoBaller’s points league waiver wire extravaganza and we’re back after a one-week hiatus to discuss the thrills of fantasy free agency. If your teams are scuffling in the cellar after the opening weeks, it’s turnover time. By now the bottom of any squad is subject to intense scrutiny and available players... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week 4
We're four weeks into the season and the search for good pitching in Boston continues. Being a White Sox fan, I know I don't have much room to speak about bad pitching, but you have to look at the silver linings every now and then. Silver linings like how Chicago only has the fourth-worst ERA... Read More
Head-to-Head Hitter Streamers & Starts Week 4
Welcome to the hitting streamers column for the week of 4/22 - 4/28. Whether you're looking to maximize the number of games played, exploit favorable matchups, or fill in for injured players, streaming hitters can be a fruitful strategy for those willing to put in a little work every week. Keep in mind that this... Read More
Week 3 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups
Mid-April means trends are rounding into form and you can start to believe in stats, aren't you excited? Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 3. We here at RotoBaller set out to ease your decision-making with our weekly starting pitcher matchups and recommendations. In case you missed it, this is our sixth year now... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week 3
Two weeks in, how's your season going? Are you still hunting the waiver wire or are you already making plans for 2020? Well if you're still reading this, let's assume you're still in the hunt and want to know which two-start pitchers to snag this week. Before we dive into this week's list, we'll do... Read More
Head-to-Head Hitter Streamers and Starts - Week 3
Welcome to the hitting streamers column for the week of 4/15 - 4/21. Whether you're looking to maximize the number of games played, exploit favorable matchups, or fill in for injured players, streaming hitters can be a fruitful strategy for those willing to put in a little work every week. Keep in mind that this... Read More