Fantasy Football Running Back Sleepers: Undrafted RB Stashes

Throughout the 2025 NFL Draft process, there was talk about this running back class being loaded and deep. Unfortunately, that sometimes means players go undrafted, though we've seen some running backs give us fantasy-relevant seasons. Six running backs were drafted on Days 1 and 2 in the 2025 class. We had four running backs in […]

Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes - Pitch Mix Analysis for Fantasy Baseball (Week 8)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to my weekly "Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes" article series for Week 8 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. We researched 21 starting pitchers so far, with three more in this column, one of which used to be an elite ace. Today's article will discuss a few starting pitchers who made actionable adjustments, […]

Recent Fantasy Baseball Rookie Pitcher Debuts - Which Prospects Are Worth Adding or Stashing?

We love to chase fantasy baseball rookies, especially top starting pitcher prospects. Sometimes we watch the fun highlights from a pitcher in the minor leagues, or maybe they have a GIF-worthy pitch. We can track starting pitcher data from the minor leagues with the new Statcast Minor League search function, assuming they pitched in a […]

Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes - Pitch Mix Analysis for Fantasy Baseball (Week 7)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to my weekly "Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes" article series for Week 7 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. We researched 18 starting pitchers so far, with three more in this column, one of which came from a reader's suggestion. Today's article will discuss a few starting pitchers who made actionable adjustments, like […]

Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes - Pitch Mix Analysis for Fantasy Baseball (Week 6)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to my weekly "Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes" article series for Week 6 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. We have a month's worth of data, and many of us may need to make tough decisions with our lineups due to injuries. Today's article will discuss a few starting pitchers who made actionable […]

Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes - Pitch Mix Analysis for Fantasy Baseball (Week 5)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to my weekly "Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes" article series for Week 5 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. Hopefully, very few of you got the Easton Lucas treatment, where the underlying data looked interesting, but he was rocked in his two-start matchups. Today's article will discuss a few starting pitchers who made […]

Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes - Pitch Mix Analysis for Fantasy Baseball (Week 4)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to my weekly "Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes" article series for Week 4 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. Today's article will discuss a few starting pitchers who made actionable adjustments, like a release point change or a new pitch. For those new to this column, we cover a few starting pitchers and […]

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Risers: Breakout Candidates Tylor Megill and Kris Bubic

Most know about my weekly "Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes" article series during the 2025 fantasy baseball season. However, we'll sprinkle in ideas like the one on bat speed and bat tracking last week. Since I've been spending tons of time on starting pitchers and threads, why not do somewhat of a deep dive into two starting […]

Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes - Pitch Mix Analysis for Fantasy Baseball (Week 3)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to my weekly "Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes" article series for Week 3 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. Today's article will discuss several starting pitchers who made actionable changes, like a release point change or a new pitch. For those new to this column, we cover a few starting pitchers and their […]

Next Gen Stats Review: 2025 Wide Receiver, Tight End Fantasy Football Outlooks

Last season, we covered Next Gen Stats for receivers and tight ends. It's fun to look at different advanced stats after the previous season's digests. There's no rest because many of us dive into the 2025 prospect class leading to the NFL Draft. We're using a mixture of the publicly available Next Gen Stats and […]

Torpedo Bats and Home Runs for Fantasy Baseball - The Bronx Bombers Are Back?

The hot topic over the past week has been torpedo bats, with the Yankees' hitters being the focal point. Over the past two seasons, we have more Statcast data on bat speed, swing length, squared-up rate, and blasts. The latter two relate to the contact efficiency from the bat, plus bat speed and exit velocity. […]

Running Back Next Gen Stats Review - Fantasy Football Outlooks For 2025

After the 2023 season, we covered Next Gen Stats for the running back position. We highlighted rush yards over expected per attempt and the percentage of carries with eight defenders in the box. Now, it's time to examine the Next Gen Stats for running backs again, but we'll mix in other advanced metrics. Unsurprisingly, rush […]

Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes - Pitch Mix Analysis for Fantasy Baseball (Week 2)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to my weekly "Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes" article series for Week 1 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. Today's article will discuss several starting pitchers who pitched during the first few days of the regular season. For those new to this column, we cover a few starting pitchers and their arsenal changes […]

Exit Velocity Standouts (EV50) - Power Hitters On The Rise for Fantasy Baseball

Like any data filter, there's a mix of notable and noisy ones. That's especially true when we use intentional or arbitrary cutoffs. All stats require context, so we include other metrics with a newer Statcast metric called EV50. Baseball Savant defines EV50 as the average of the hardest 50 percent of a player's batted balls, […]

3 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Breakout Candidates - National League Edition

When looking at National League breakout starting pitchers, we want players who haven't been pushed up the draft boards based on past success. That typically means these players go in the middle to late rounds past pick 200 or so as an arbitrary cutoff. Bias aside, these starting pitchers have some intriguing metrics, team contexts, […]

5 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Breakout Candidates - American League Edition (2025)

When looking at breakout starting pitchers, we want players who haven't been pushed up the draft boards based on past success. That typically means these players go in the middle to late rounds past pick 200 or so as an arbitrary cutoff. Bias aside, these starting pitchers have some intriguing metrics, team contexts, or potential […]

Three Fantasy Football Rookie Wide Receiver Sleepers: Yards Per Route Run Analysis

In one of my first fantasy football articles covering NFL Draft prospects, we looked at three rookies who stood out via yards per route run. The landing spot and actual draft capital mattered since they showed how NFL teams value those players. That said, we will switch it up and examine the 11 wide receiver […]

10 Fantasy Baseball Bold Predictions - Corbin Young's 2025 Picks

Most of us love drafting, whether it is fast, slow, or an auction. Some drafters stick to projections, others go by feel, and many use both. We have biases and players we love, and sometimes the data will lead us to love or hate them more. Everyone loves to find sleepers and discuss potential busts, […]

Later Round Fantasy Baseball Power Hitters - Legitimate Home Run Surgers (2025)

As the saying goes, process over results. If we have a solid process, the results should follow. However, if we luck into results and think we have a sound process, we need to re-evaluate. We want to have a process whenever we select players for a column. For transparency, we've been looking at hitters with […]

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakouts To Improve Further In 2025

We could argue for hours on the individual definitions of a breakout. However, we're looking at players who drastically outperformed expectations, specifically starting pitchers. Typically, when players break out, there's a mixture of luck and skill in their favor, but we hope the skills look good. The ADP market becomes sharper with more information, meaning […]

Starting Pitchers That Are Too Expensive? Corbin's Fantasy Baseball Fades for 2025

Like anything in life, everything has a price. When something becomes higher priced, we tend to be careful when investing based on our preferences. However, the interest rises when we find a similar product for a cheaper price. That's the case with fantasy sports, especially when drafting teams. Injury risk aside, it's tricky to identify […]

Starting Pitchers To Avoid? Fantasy Baseball Bust Candidates - AL Edition

Like anything in life, everything has a price. When something becomes higher priced, we tend to be careful when investing based on our preferences. However, the interest rises when we find a similar product for a cheaper price. That's the case with fantasy sports, especially when drafting teams. Sometimes, we need to make mistakes to […]

Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Later-Round Hitters to Target in Draft and Hold Leagues (2025)

We love the word sleeper in the fantasy world, especially when we can identify ones in the later rounds. Typically, draft-and-hold leagues tend to be 12 to 15 rounds, so in this article we're looking at hitters around pick 300 and beyond. Below we identify later-round hitters to target by looking at skills, projections, and […]

ATC Projections: Hitter Fantasy Baseball Surprises and Concerns for 2025 Drafts

Using the ATC projections, we have a few ways to find surprising players based on the projection systems. One way is to look at the projected auction values compared to the average draft position and see which players might be value selections. Value is a tricky word since we're (usually) discussing projected value based on […]

ATC Projections: Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Surprises and Concerns for 2025 Drafts

Using projections in the fantasy baseball draft process helps give us a baseline of numbers to build a balanced team. Roster construction becomes more challenging with deeper rosters. Though the ADP market pushes up pitchers in rotisserie, category, and points leagues, the projections suggest avoiding at their price. That's important because many positive pitcher surprises […]

What Are ATC Projections? Overview, Uses and Unique Features for Fantasy Baseball

As someone who has played fantasy football for a lengthier period than baseball -- the roster size, league depth, and categorical balance still remains challenging in fantasy baseball. The player pool becomes difficult to master and understand, especially as the league and roster size grows. Thankfully, projection systems help give us a baseline of numbers […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Super Bowl Fantasy Football Picks (2024-25)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for the Super Bowl of the 2024-2025 fantasy football season. Congrats to all of you who won a championship or reached the title game! For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. The data […]

Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Later-Round Pitchers to Target in Draft and Hold Leagues (2025)

We're still early in the fantasy baseball draft season, however we'll have more information and data as winter turns to spring. To identify late-round pitcher sleepers in draft and hold leagues, we're looking at starting pitchers going around pick 350 or later in Draft Champions leagues. This requires fantasy managers to dip deep into the […]

WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Conference Championship Round (2024-25)

Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for the conference championship round of the 2024 fantasy football season. Congrats to all of you who won a championship or reached the title game! For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide receivers versus the cornerbacks who are projected to cover them. The […]

Early 2025 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values - Hitters to Target

Finding hitter targets should have a process, though sometimes bias seeps into the analysis. Using STEAMER projections and Draft Champions ADP since December 1, we can identify hitters to target based on the market. For context, we're looking at hitter values for 15-team leagues with two catchers, five outfielders, one middle infield, one corner infielder, […]