Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 8 of the 2026 season (May 18 - May 24). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. For deeper leagues, we try to find pitchers rostered in less than 30 percent […]

Welcome back to our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters column for Week 7 of the 2026 MLB season. We are seeing FAAB budgets be strained each week, and many folks have already overspent their budgets in six scant weeks. I feel your pain and want to help, and that is why this […]

Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 7 of the 2026 season (May 11 - May 17). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. For deeper leagues, we try to find pitchers rostered in less than 30 percent […]

Welcome back to our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters column for Week 6 of the 2026 MLB season. We are seeing FAAB budgets be strained each week, and many folks have already overspent their budgets in five scant weeks. I feel your pain and want to help, and that is why this […]

Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 6 of the 2026 season (May 4 - May 10). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. For deeper leagues, we try to find pitchers rostered in less than 30 percent […]

Welcome back to our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters column for Week 5 of the 2026 MLB season. We are more than a month into the season, and we are already seeing huge amounts of FAAB being spent in many leagues as fantasy players try to add help to their rosters and […]

Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 5 of the 2026 season (April 27 - May 3). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. For deeper leagues, we try to find pitchers rostered in less than 30 percent […]

Welcome back to our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters column for Week 4 of the 2026 MLB season. Things are starting to get interesting, and we need to potentially roll out some changes to meet our demands to compete for championships. If you have not done it yet, you are on the […]

Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 4 of the 2026 season (April 20- April 26). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues. For deeper leagues, we try to find pitchers rostered in less than 30 percent of […]

Welcome back to our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters column for Week 3 of the 2026 MLB season. As always, Week 1 had its fair share of interesting moments to start the season. We are now almost 20 games into the season, and while that is a very small collection of data […]

Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 3 of the 2026 season (April 13 - April 19). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues. For deeper leagues, we try to find pitchers rostered in less than 30 percent […]

Welcome back to our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters column for Week 2 of the 2026 MLB season. As always, week one has had its fair share of interesting moments to start the season. The reality of cold starts for many hitters, coupled with covering your injury needs, leads you to an […]

Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 2 of the 2026 season (April 6 - April 12). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues. For deeper leagues, we try to find pitchers rostered in less than 30 percent […]

Welcome back to our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters column for Week 1 of the 2026 MLB season. As always, week one has had its fair share of interesting moments to start the season. While every fantasy player will tell you that they trust their preparations and process going into draft season, […]

Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 1 of the 2026 season (March 30 - April 5). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues. For deeper leagues, we try to find pitchers rostered in less than 30 percent […]

One of the best parts of fantasy baseball is the research into who the potential breakout stars could be for any given season. And then when you land one of those guys, and they produce, it's fun to antagonize your friends with an "I told you so" moment. In this article, we will identify 10 […]

Serious fantasy baseball players are always looking out for the next breakout player. What player is being undervalued and could outperform their projections? It could be any of several guys. As tantalizing as it is, we never know what is going to actually happen. Where do we find these undervalued gems? We can look at […]

The American League East always intrigues baseball fans. These are five teams that consistently compete for playoff runs and are built to beat each other up annually. This year is no exception; each of the five AL East teams has a chance at the playoffs. And each of those five teams has a player flying […]

In every draft, no matter whether it is snake or auction, fantasy players have to make tough decisions. You will leave the draft table lacking something. In auction drafts, you have a firm budget and must look for so-called "bargains" in the less-than-$5 bin. But there are gems here, still. Auctions give you the freedom […]

If you're anything like me, and you probably are since you are reading this, you are in the midst of fantasy baseball draft season. You have been researching for weeks now and finalizing your strategies to build this year's championship team. To add, part of the strategy is not just about grabbing those first few […]

My friends, we have to talk about something we would rather not speak of too often. It's a topic that sends chills up and down the spine, makes us grit our teeth, and at times, reach into the cabinet for pain relievers, and maybe, some antacids. That topic is bullpens. Anecdotally, over the years, I […]

We are in the best time of the year for fantasy baseball players; yes, it is draft season. Some sites allow us now to draft year-round, but many of us wait until February to delve into those first drafts. And that time is here. In the first three rounds of your draft, you are looking […]

Spring training arrived this week, and with it, so begins our speculation on perhaps the best topic of fantasy baseball: who are this season's sleepers at every position? Hope springs eternal, as the poets say. We all have opinions as to who these players are. The debates rage on in late winter, when fantasy players […]

What does the term "breakout" mean to you? When you were a teenager, it was likely something very different. Pitchers and catchers are reporting to camps this week, and with that, fantasy baseball drafts will be in full flow soon. For our purposes, a breakout can be defined as someone who is being underdrafted based […]

Aging. It happens to everyone and every living organism on this planet. In sports, aging can happen quickly and with cruelty. Yet some players remain productive well into their late 30s across all major sports. In baseball, it is no exception. Players over 35 are often scorned for their age and passed over for the […]

We all go through it. Anyone who has ever played a fantasy baseball season has researched a player, fallen in love with them a few times, and then rostered that guy. Then that player has a bad year. There can be many reasons for a bad year; players are human beings and are subject to […]

The fantasy football championships have been won. You might feel like it is time for a rest, but you are already several weeks behind your fellow fantasy baseball players at this point. It is early January, and drafting is about to kick into high gear.  As we prepare, we should take a look at some […]

The 2025 fantasy baseball season is in the books, so it's time to look back on some of the biggest surprise stars and performances. There are always players who emerge from nowhere to become productive players, or simply come on stronger than in their past histories. My teammate Kevin Luo wrote a fantastic piece last […]

If you are anything like me, the list of players that you rostered in 2025 that could fill an article on busts is full of educated guesses you whiffed on. There are players listed here, like Jackson Merrill and Devin Williams, whose underperformance sank some of my teams. What constitutes a bust? We spotlighted players […]

Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 26 of the 2025 season (September 22 - September 28). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues. For deeper leagues, we try to find pitchers rostered in less than 30 percent […]