Erick Pena - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Erick Pena, OF, Kansas City Royals ANALYSIS: One of the elite prospects in the 2019 international signing period, Peña was an impressive figure as a 16-year-old signee, standing 6'2" and 200 pounds and looking more like an NFL safety in uniform than a pubescent Dominican outfielder. The fall instructional league performance in 2020 was […]

Jack Leiter - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Jack Leiter, SP, Texas Rangers ANALYSIS: Sent directly to Double-A in 2022 after being selected second overall in 2021 out of Vanderbilt, Leiter struggled with his location in his first season and was hit hard because of it. Leiter's fastball can touch triple digits and sits in the mid-90s, but he struggles to locate […]

Elijah Green - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Elijah Green, OF, Washington Nationals ANALYSIS: The son of a former NFL tight end, Elijah Green became legendary during high school showcase games because of his combination of raw power and speed in a 6'3", 225-pound teenage body. The concern about his potential contact issues set Green just behind Jackson Holliday and Druw Jones among elite prep hitters […]

Do These Prospects Matter for Fantasy Baseball? Elijah Green, Jack Leiter, Forrest Whitley, Jose Salas, Erick Peña and more

With one full month in the books, plenty of attention has been given to those who are having excellent starts to the year. What about those whose start to 2023 has been less than stellar? The stats and player six-packs this week will all be focused on guys who had a rough April. Can these […]

Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Strategy - Nailing The Draft

Every year, many fantasy baseball players take on their first dynasty league. As is the case with any format of fantasy baseball, dynasty baseball brings its own unique aspects that no other type of fantasy baseball format brings. This will be the first post of a series to come over the summer discussing dynasty fantasy […]

Is 2023 the Year of the Rookie Pitcher in Fantasy Baseball?

Over the past week, MLB prospects like Mason Miller, Logan Allen, and Levi Stoudt made their major league debut as starting pitchers. They joined eight other young arms who have debuted as starters in the major leagues this season. With less than a month of the season played, this accounts for one-sixth of the total […]

Tanner Bibee - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Tanner Bibee, SP, Cleveland Guardians ANALYSIS: Bibee fits the profile of the type of guy that Cleveland does very well working with – a fifth-round selection from Cal State-Fullerton who left college with okay stuff but a penchant for throwing plenty of strikes. This past week was by far Bibee's worst start of the […]

Pete Crow-Armstrong - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF, Chicago Cubs ANALYSIS: The Mets selected the defensive stalwart affectionately known as PCA with the 19th selection in the 2020 draft. Crow-Armstrong had a long history with national exposure, playing on 12U and 15U national teams, but struggled in the few games he got the spring of 2020, leading to him […]

Re-Drafting the 2010 Fantasy Baseball First Year Player Draft - Mike Trout, Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt, Jose Ramirez and more

Welcome to a new series here at Rotoballer from Benjamin Chase. This series will explore previous First-Year Player Drafts and potentially redraft those FYPDs, with the information received since. Perhaps this will change your opinion of future FYPD drafts, or it might just have you leaving dynasty baseball due to the unpredictability – but either […]

Dominic Keegan - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Dominic Keegan, C, Tampa Bay Rays ANALYSIS: The Rays drafted Keegan in the fourth round last summer out of Vanderbilt. Keegan’s draft season was his first chance to really showcase behind the plate as injuries had prevented him from doing much catching early in his collegiate career. Keegan’s bat was never in question, showing […]

Cole Wilcox - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Cole Wilcox, SP, Tampa Bay Rays ANALYSIS: Considered an incredibly elite prospect out of high school, Wilcox was in a strong prep arm class in 2018 and ended up at the University of Georgia, where he didn't get a lot of time on the mound between injuries and COVID before being selected in the […]

Frank Mozzicato - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Frank Mozzicato, SP, Kansas City Royals ANALYSIS: Many were surprised when the Royals called Mozzicato's name with the seventh overall selection in the 2021 draft. Mozzicato drew attention with four straight no-hitters in his senior year of high school, but few had him projected as a top-10 pick. The left-hander is repeating Single-A this […]

Evan Carter - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Evan Carter, OF, Texas Rangers ANALYSIS: A number of heads turned when the Rangers announced Carter as their second-round selection in the 2020 draft. In the COVID season, few had seen Carter play, and he was not highly ranked coming into the draft. Carter has been elite ever since, with a .290/.417/.478 minor league […]

Sterlin Thompson - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Sterlin Thompson, 3B, Colorado Rockies ANALYSIS: The 31st overall selection in last summer’s draft out of the University of Florida, Thompson has been known for his strong bat since his high school days, allowing him to be highly regarded despite defensive shortcomings. Thompson is a below-average runner, and his defensive instincts at the hot […]

Kumar Rocker - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Kumar Rocker, SP, Texas Rangers ANALYSIS: The Rangers owned the third overall pick in last summer's draft, but they had limited bonus pool funds, so while Kumar Rocker was a surprise pick to many when he signed for more than $2 million below slot, the pick made a lot more sense for the big […]

Do These Prospects Matter for Fantasy Baseball? Sterlin Thompson, Tanner Bibee, Kumar Rocker, Evan Carter and more

With the NFL draft happening this week, we are adding a bit of a draft pick theme to this week's six packs. There are three players that were top-10 overall selections, including one prior top-overall pick in this week's player profiles. We will take a look at season-long leaders in a couple of statistical categories […]

Justin Martinez - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Justin Martinez, SP, Arizona Diamondbacks ANALYSIS: When looking at a pitcher that has a 21.60 ERA, dynasty league owners typically check right out. However, the 21-year-old Martinez has really flashed outstanding raw stuff – it’s just a matter of getting it in the zone consistently. Originally signed in 2018 by the Diamondbacks out of […]

Emmet Sheehan - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Emmet Sheehan, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers ANALYSIS: Sheehan was perhaps the biggest eye-opener of the AFL. Originally drafted by the Dodgers in the sixth round of the 2021 draft out of Boston College, Sheehan never recorded eye-popping numbers in college, which made his emergence in 2021 (2.91 ERA across High-A and Double-A with 106 […]

Ben Kudrna - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Ben Kudrna, SP, Kansas City Royals ANALYSIS: A trendy pick for a breakout prospect this year, Kudrna was drafted in the second round of the 2021 draft by the Royals out of high school. After flashing impressive raw stuff in 2022 that didn’t quite show up in the results, many figured on him to […]

Tobias Myers - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Tobias Myers, SP, Milwaukee Brewers ANALYSIS: A guy who has been around the block plenty, Myers is now with his sixth MLB organization since the Orioles originally drafted the righty in 2016 out of high school in the sixth round. Myers is just 24, but needing to remain on the 40-man roster led to […]

Justin Lange - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Justin Lange, SP, New York Yankees ANALYSIS: Lange was a fireballing pitcher taken in the 2020 draft by the Padres before being traded to the Yankees last spring. Like most pitchers who hit peak velocity while in high school, his control was severely lacking, leading to many Yankees' top 30 lists excluding the 21-year-old. […]

Cole Young - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Cole Young, SS, Seattle Mariners ANALYSIS: A scout’s darling ahead of the 2022 draft, Young fell to the 21st overall selection despite many feeling he had some of the most impressive tools of any prep hitter available. He then slashed .367/.523/.517 over 17 games in his pro debut, setting the stage for this year. […]

Andy Pages - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Andy Pages, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers ANALYSIS: In a system as deep as the Dodgers’ is, the Cuban-born Pages can seem to fall off when he has a tough time adapting to the high minors, as Pages did in 2022 after crushing 31 home runs in High-A the previous year. The power was still […]

Chase Meidroth - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Chase Meidroth, 2B, Boston Red Sox ANALYSIS: A fourth-round pick last summer by the Red Sox out of the University of San Diego, Meidroth did nothing but hit in his pro debut, with a .316/.438/.540 slash line over 22 games. He’s continued that work to open 2023. The 21-year-old opened the season with High-A […]

Jordyn Adams - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Jordyn Adams, OF, Los Angeles Angels ANALYSIS: Adams has been one of the more impressive players to watch on the field since the Angels selected him 17th overall in the 2018 draft out of high school. The raw athleticism is absolutely tantalizing, but he’s yet to hit above .250 at a full-season stop or […]

Peyton Burdick - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Peyton Burdick, OF, Miami Marlins ANALYSIS: The Marlins selected Burdick in the third round in 2019 out of Wright State, and immediately his power made an impact, as he slugged 11 home runs in just 69 games in his pro debut that season. Burdick has struggled to have the same success with contact since, […]

Masyn Winn - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Masyn Winn, SS, St. Louis Cardinals ANALYSIS: Winn could have been a legit pitcher or hitter coming out of high school in 2020, but the Cardinals selected him in the second round and set out to develop his hitting. Winn’s arm is one of the strongest in the game, and his fielding has taken […]

Do These Prospects Matter for Fantasy Baseball? Peyton Burdick, Mason Miller, Jordyn Adams, Masyn Winn and more

Reviewing the publicly-available Statcast data for Triple-A and the Florida State League in Single-A, there are plenty of hitters and pitchers that stand out this week across minor league baseball. However, do those big numbers translate to a fantasy-viable player? After the first full week of lower-level minor league play and the second full week […]

Do These Prospects Matter for Fantasy Baseball? Jo Adell, Matthew Liberatore, Brandon Pfaadt and more

Welcome to the 2023 Minor League Baseball season, and to a new weekly prospects series here at RotoBaller. Each week, I will review top performers from fantasy baseball prospects across the minor leagues from the previous week. I'll highlight a six-pack of hitters and pitchers -- discussing if a player’s performance is “real,” if more […]

Brandon Pfaadt - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Brandon Pfaadt, SP, Arizona Diamondbacks ANALYSIS: The Diamondbacks drafted Pfaadt in the fifth (and final) round of the 2020 draft out of Bellarmine University (total student enrollment of just under 3,000). From the moment he got on the mound, he’s shown he was more than a small-school talent, however, showing four pitches that at […]