Jason Castro (C, HOU)

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Jason Castro didn’t have a spectacular June (.239, 4 HR, 10 RBI), but he produced enough to prove he belongs in the second tier of catchers. Before taking a seat on the 7th, he went 5-for-9 a HR, 4 Runs and 4 RBIs in his previous two games, so it's... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Confessions of a Trade Junkie 6/22/13

Take one look at Yasiel Puig’s CBSSports.com Player Profile and you’ll see that a mere two-and-a-half weeks of Trout-like production from the 22-year-old Cuban phenom has fetched some pretty stellar names in 1-for-1 CBS league trades over the past week.  Dustin Pedroia.  Paul Goldschmidt.  Stephen Strasburg.  Josh Hamilton.  AL Cy Young contenders Yu Darvish and... Read More

RotoBaller Live Chat: Fantasy Baseball Advice (6/17) - Valverde, Teheran, Myers, Blanks & More

The following are the transcripts from the RotoBaller Live Chat that took place on June 17th, 2013.  RotoBaller staff expert Ryan Rufe (@RyanRufe) talks fantasy baseball, waiver wire, trades and more with some RotoBaller.com readers. As always, you can get some LIVE quick hit advice in RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball advice chat room.  Let’s win some leagues!... Read More

RotoBaller Live Chat: Fantasy Baseball Advice (6/10) – Stanton, Pineda, Reddick, Wacha & More

The following are the transcripts from the RotoBaller Live Chat that took place on June 10th, 2013.  RotoBaller staff expert Ryan Rufe (@RyanRufe) talks fantasy baseball, waiver wire, and more with RotoBaller.com readers. As always, you can get some LIVE quick hit advice in RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball advice chat room.  Let’s win some leagues!   13:25... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Third Base (June Update)

The first two months of the 2013 fantasy baseball season are in the books, and we've gotten a good look at which players are off to hot starts and which guys are struggling in the early going. RotoBaller has been updating our positional rankings over the past few days, and today we're revisiting the third... Read More

RotoBaller Live Chat: Fantasy Baseball Advice (6/5) – Braun, Holliday, Feldman, Straily & More

The following are the transcripts from the RotoBaller Live Chat that took place on June 5th, 2013.  RotoBaller staff expert Ryan Rufe (@RyanRufe) talks fantasy baseball, waiver wire, and more with RotoBaller.com readers. As always, you can get some LIVE quick hit advice in RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball advice chat room.  Let’s win some leagues!   19:29... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Rankings: First Base (June Update)

The first two months of the 2013 fantasy baseball season are in the books, and we've gotten a good look at which players are off to hot starts and which guys are struggling in the early going. RotoBaller will be updating our positional rankings over the coming days, and today, we're revisiting the first base... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Catchers (June Update)

The first two months of the 2013 fantasy baseball season are complete, and we've gotten a good look at which players are establishing themselves as contributors and which guys are struggling.  Every month, RotoBaller will update our original preseason rankings at every position.  For June, we are starting again with backstops, which was the first position we published in the preseason... Read More

RotoBaller Live Chat: Fantasy Baseball Advice (5/29) – Kemp, Hart, Yelich, Gausman, Franklin & More

The following are the transcripts from the RotoBaller Live Chat that took place on March 29th, 2013.  RotoBaller staff expert Ryan Rufe (@RyanRufe) talks fantasy baseball, waiver wire, and more with RotoBaller.com readers. As always, you can get some LIVE quick hit advice in RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball advice chat room.  Let’s win some leagues!   13:35Ryan... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Confessions of a Trade Junkie 5/18/13

A couple of fantasy baseball industry experts that I follow on Twitter were discussing trades recently and one of them mentioned that “trading seems to be down in all leagues.”  As a self-proclaimed Trade Junkie, this was discouraging to read, but it really wasn't all that surprising.  After all, I've participated in plenty of fantasy... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Confessions of a Trade Junkie 5/11/13

“PLZ HELP! NEED TRADE ADVICE!” I’d be willing to bet that you’ve seen this exact post on your favorite fantasy baseball message board.  I, for one, have seen it hundreds (thousands?) of times over the years and I’ve always been one to click on the post and offer my take on the potential deal.  Perhaps... Read More

RotoBaller Monthly Rankings Update: Outfielders

The first month of the 2013 fantasy baseball season is in the books, and we've gotten a good look at which players are off to hot starts and which guys are struggling in the early going. RotoBaller has been updating our original preseason rankings, and today we're revisiting the outfield rankings we initially published in... Read More

RotoBaller Monthly Rankings Update: Third Base

The first month of the 2013 fantasy baseball season is almost in the books, and we've gotten a good look at which players are off to hot starts and which guys are struggling in the early going.  RotoBaller will be updating our original preseason rankings over the next week.  Today, we're revisiting the third base rankings we initially published in... Read More

RotoBaller Monthly Rankings Update: First Base

If you want this article and other high-end fantasy baseball analysis delivered to you on a daily basis, sign up for our daily newsletter. The first month of the 2013 fantasy baseball season is almost in the books, and we've gotten a good look at which players are off to hot starts and which guys... Read More

RotoBaller Monthly Rankings Update: Catchers

The first month of the 2013 fantasy baseball season is almost in the books, and we've gotten a good look at which players are off to hot starts and which guys are struggling in the early going.  RotoBaller will be updating our original preseason rankings, one per day over the next week.  We start with... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three Up, Three Down after Week One Action

Week 1 of the 2013 MLB regular season is in the books and I’m ecstatic to present the first Three Up, Three Down with statistics that actually count in fantasy baseball.  The Spring Training Movers pieces were fun and all, but now it’s put up or shut up time for spring studs like Domonic Brown, Julio... Read More

RotoBaller’s Spring Training Stock Taking: Three Up, Three Down

As last week was the “post-hype sleeper” edition of RotoBaller’s Spring Training Stock Taking: Three Up, Three Down (or as I like to call it - STST:3U3D - for short), this week’s article has a prospect theme.  Prospects are exciting, aren’t they?  Fantasy GMs drool over them, targeting them in the late rounds of their... Read More

RotoBaller's Spring Training Stock Taking: Three Up, Three Down

Consider this the “post-hype sleeper edition” of RotoBaller’s Spring Training Stock Taking: Three Up, Three Down.  Of course, that wasn’t my intention when I started writing this article.  It’s just how the cards fell.  (Note my first poker related reference, for those keeping score at home.) With only week and a half left in Grapefruit... Read More

RotoBaller's Spring Training Stock Taking: Three Up, Three Down

I’m assuming that most of you don’t read too much into Spring Training stats. That’s what all of the fantasy baseball sites on the internet are telling you, right? That Cactus and Grapefruit League games don’t matter-- nothing counts-- so you shouldn’t put too much stock into spring stats on Draft Day. Case in point:... Read More