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Nick Mariano

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Nick Mariano is a Lead MLB and NFL Fantasy Analyst, Forecaster, and Editor at RotoBaller, a multi-award-winning fantasy sports media company. Nick has been with RotoBaller since 2015. He previously wrote for MLB.com. Nick has been playing fantasy baseball and football since 2003, following the sports since the early 90s, and has a deep love for stats and sports from birth. Nick is one of the industry's top rankers and forecasters, finishing as the top FantasyPros accuracy ranker in 2018, and No. 2 in 2023 in MLB. Nick is also a four-time top-15 ranker in their FantasyPros fantasy football weekly accuracy competition as well, helping to cement his place as a top expert in the field. Nick has received the 2024 FSWA Award Winner for Best Ongoing Baseball Series (Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitchers) and was a 2020 FSWA Finalist for Research Article of the Year. NY born and raised, Nick is now located in Boston with his awesome star-baker of a wife and doofy doodle dog, and is addicted to apples, peanut butter, learning about cognitive biases, and baseball cards. Lots of baseball cards...

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Tanner Scott - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Weekend Waiver Wire Rankings: Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 4

April is coming to a close soon, and we will have a full month in the books of the MLB season. It's a long season, and it's essential to stay on top of the waiver wire to nab that breakout or hidden gem in 2026. At RotoBaller HQ, we are back with more waiver wire […]


Cade Smith - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Closer Depth Chart, Relief Pitcher

Nick Mariano's Closer Rankings and Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 5)

The bullpen exercise in madness marches on, so let's check in once again with my rest-of-season closer ranks and waiver wire recommendations! This piece aims at our updated fantasy baseball closers rankings for Week 5 of 2026, and supplies you with a tiered closers rankings table and relievers to add. We'll explore the closer waiver […]


Andrew Painter - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Prospects

Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 20 - 26)

While the rotation news landscape may seem tame compared to the chaos that is hammering bullpens, we still have truckloads of intel to review for this edition of the starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball for the week ahead - Monday, April 20 through Sunday, April 26. This column provides readers with who is pitching, […]


Jeff Hoffman - fantasy baseball closers pitchers relievers rankings draft sleepers waiver wire pickups

Fantasy Baseball Closer Depth Charts - MLB Bullpens and Saves

Saves are an important component for many fantasy baseball leagues. Closers are one of the most volatile positions in fantasy baseball and one of the highest turnover positions in MLB. Each year, closers drop like flies, and many MLB teams make in-season changes due to injuries or poor performance. Relief pitchers are becoming increasingly important […]


Will Warren - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Week 4 (2026)

The weather is turning, bullpen superstructures are being ripped apart, and starting rotations are happy to add to the chaos! We've got some key injuries, exciting promotions, and new trends to dig into on the bump. Let's explore with the FSWA-award-winning Best Baseball Series, our weekly updated "Top 101 Starting Pitchers", where my weekly Starting […]


Manny Machado - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Fantasy Baseball Trade Value Chart for Week 4 - Trade Rankings, Buys, Sells

Welcome back to our updated fantasy baseball trade value chart for Week 4 of the 2026 MLB season. In this article, you'll find our updated trade rankings, along with several buys and sells for fantasy baseball, including Manny Machado, Jo Adell, Munetaka Murakami, and more. Every week of the MLB season brings new opportunities to […]


Sal Stewart - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Rankings, Top Prospects

Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Sal Stewart, Munetaka Murakami, Shota Imanaga, more

The hits keep coming, both good and bad, and that's why we roll out weekly updates to my rest-of-season fantasy baseball top 300 ranks. It's getting harder to stomach the cold starts and deny that the hot streaks will ever end. We know more than we did yesterday, but we're still roughly four miles into […]


Jake Bauers - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings: Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 4

April continues to fly by as we are almost a month into the 2026 MLB season. Staying on top of the waiver wire is essential, and below are our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver rankings for Week 4 — April 20 through April 26 — to help fantasy managers in daily leagues. This list covers the […]


Tanner Scott - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

13 Closer Fantasy Baseball Breakout Candidates: Relief Pitcher Targets For Saves (Week 4)

Boy, if y'all thought that closer chaos and bullpen madness had reached an early climax, this past week proved that there is always more crazy in the tank. Allow this column to try to help you keep one foot on the ground as the whirlwind throws us around. Let's make the call to the 'pen […]


Joey Cantillo - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 4 (Hitters and Pitchers)

The MLB season continues to roll on, with a couple of weeks left in April. The biggest recent injury news is that the Dodgers' star closer Edwin Diaz is now expected to miss around three months due to elbow surgery following the Phillies placing closer Jhoan Duran on the injured list with a left oblique […]


Max Meyer - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 4 (April 20 - 26)

Hey, RotoBallers! Welcome back to another two-start pitchers - fantasy baseball waiver wire streamers and starts article for Week 4 of 2026, from April 20 to April 26. Each week of the 2026 fantasy baseball season, this fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups column will identify starting pitchers in line to make two starts in the upcoming week. […]


Andy Pages - Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Waiver Wire Pickups, Draft Sleepers

Fantasy Baseball Trade Value Chart for Week 3 - Trade Rankings, Buys, Sells

Welcome back to our updated fantasy baseball trade value chart for Week 3 of the 2026 MLB season. In this article, you'll find our updated trade rankings, along with several buys and sells for fantasy baseball, including Pete Crow-Armstrong, Andy Pages, Jeff Hoffman, and more. Every week of the MLB season brings new opportunities to […]


Andres Munoz - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Closers and Saves

Nick Mariano's Closer Rankings and Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 4)

The Mariano Bullpen conglomerate is pleased to offer you, the dear readers, a one-stop shop article with my rest-of-season closer ranks and waiver wire recommendations! This piece will focus on our updated fantasy baseball closers rankings for Week 4 of 2026, and provide you with a tiered closers rankings table and relievers to add. We'll […]


Mick Abel - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Top 101 Starting Pitchers, MLB DFS Picks

Nick Mariano's Week 4 Waiver Wire Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. If your fantasy baseball experience has been anything like mine thus far, you cannot believe that it's only mid-April. Please join me in taking a deep breath and reminding yourself that it is early, but trends are certainly sharpening up. The elevated league-wide walk […]


Bryan Baker - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Waiver Wire Rankings

Weekend Waiver Wire Rankings: Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 3

The MLB season continues to roll, and at RotoBaller HQ, we are back with more waiver wire advice with our weekend fantasy baseball waiver rankings for Week 3 -- April 13  through April 19 for leagues that allow daily moves. The list covers the top 100 hitters and pitchers. Below, you will find where key […]


MacKenzie Gore - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News

Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 13 - 19)

There is plenty of early turbulence to navigate as the first chapter of the season is written, which has us steering through the waves with our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball for the week ahead - Monday, April 13 through Sunday, April 19. This column provides readers with who is pitching, the opponent, and […]


Garrett Crochet - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB DFS Lineup Picks

Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Week 3 (2026)

Congratulations on making it roughly 10% of the way through the 2026 fantasy baseball season! The cold weather is easing up, and the offensive output may warm up alongside it, and injuries are always keeping us on our toes. We're here to run back the FSWA-award-winning Best Baseball Series, our weekly updated "Top 101 Starting […]


Jack Perkins - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

13 Closer Fantasy Baseball Breakout Candidates: Relief Pitcher Targets For Saves (Week 3)

This season is keeping the curveballs coming as we try to get a read on the year's trends! But as we noted last week, we are happy to lean into the murkiness and unearth chances to gain an edge. It's time to scan for this week's relief risers and potential breakouts. The piece seeks to […]


Mick Abel - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Top 101 Starting Pitchers, MLB DFS Picks

Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings: Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 3

Incredibly, it's already mid-April, and we are already in Week 3 of the fantasy baseball season.  At RotoBaller HQ, we update our waiver wire rankings with the latest injuries and news to help fantasy managers in leagues that allow daily moves. In this article, you will find our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver rankings for Week […]


Mike Trout - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Injury News, DFS and Betting Picks

Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Mike Trout, Oneil Cruz, Jose Soriano, more

It's that lovely time of the week where we update my rest-of-season fantasy baseball top 300 ranks, which look to balance our preseason takes with the 10% of the regular season that we've seen unfold! Spring is finally in the air, at least up here in Massachusetts, and the warm weather has something to say […]


Mickey Moniak - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 3 (Hitters and Pitchers)

The MLB season continues to fly by as we are already onto Week 3. In some of the biggest news of the day, the White Sox called up top left-handed pitching prospect Noah Schultz to the major leagues. Fantasy managers will have to navigate through more injuries as Adley Rutschman was placed on the IL, […]


Joey Cantillo - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Nick Mariano's Week 3 Waiver Wire Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. You may feel like much of the season has already passed you by, yet we're not even 10% of the way through the regular season! That's not to say we don't have plenty to learn from. This writer just wants to be sure that […]


Gavin Williams - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 3 (April 13 - 19)

Hey, RotoBallers! Welcome back to another two-start pitchers - fantasy baseball waiver wire streamers and starts article for Week 3 of 2026, from April 13 to April 19. Each week of the 2026 fantasy baseball season, this fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups column will identify starting pitchers in line to make two starts in the upcoming week. […]


Cade Smith - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Closer Depth Chart, Relief Pitcher

Nick Mariano's Closers Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 40 Relief Pitchers (Week 3)

We here at RotoBaller know that navigating bullpen news is a priority for many of you, so allow me to expand my love of the game and discuss our beloved fantasy baseball relievers some more! This article will focus on our updated fantasy baseball closers rankings for Week 3 of 2026, and provide you with […]


Bubba Chandler - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Pitcher Prospects

Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 6 - April 12)

With over a week's worth of play in the history books, surely we now know exactly who is real or not (jokes) going into our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball for the week ahead - Monday, April 6 through Sunday, April 12. This column provides readers with who is pitching, the opponent, and a […]


Carter Jensen - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Prospects

Weekend Waiver Wire Rankings: Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 2

The 2026 MLB season is already flying by, as we are already two weeks into it. At RotoBaller HQ, we have provided an updated waiver wire rankings list to help bolster your roster or even help your fantasy teams rebound after a rough start. We have updated weekend fantasy baseball waiver rankings for Week 2 […]


Sandy Alcantara - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News

Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Mason Miller, Cam Smith, Jordan Walker, more

We return for another installment of my updated rest-of-season fantasy baseball top 300 ranks, where I trust we can all take a measured approach and not act like the first couple of weeks are gospel moving forward! Don't worry, there has been plenty of movement since we endured whatever that strange Opening Night Netflix thing […]


Graham Ashcraft - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

10 Closer Fantasy Baseball Breakout Candidates: Relief Pitcher Targets For Saves (Week 2)

Some part of us surely knew that 2026 would bring a healthy dose of bullpen madness, but many were not prepared to tangle with this degree of chaos. Where there is ambiguity, there is opportunity. Let's run through another week's worth of risers and potential reliever breakouts. This column aims to sift through the ol' […]


Cam Smith - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Rankings. MLB Prospects

Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings: Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 2

At RotoBaller HQ, we are back with more waiver wire advice and have updated our waiver wire rankings from Sunday to guide fantasy managers in leagues that allow daily moves.  Below, you will find our early-week fantasy baseball waiver rankings for Week 2 -- April 6  through April 12. Below you will find players such […]


Jack Leiter - Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Draft Sleepers, MLB Rookie Rankings

Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Week 2 (2026)

Kudos to those of you who are fighting the good fight against small-sample devils yelling at you to rage-drop all slow starters. We've got new information flying at us with every turn, and each data point comes with its own matchup, health, weather, etc., to fold in. Let's take some temperatures with the FSWA-award-winning Best […]


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