MLB Trade Deadline Candidates - Potential Risers for Fantasy Baseball

The MLB trade deadline is fast approaching. Depending on your MLB team’s situation, this is one of the most exciting times of the year. It goes under the radar that this is also a potential game-changing time for fantasy baseball. Certain players can see a significant turn in their season if they get traded to […]

The Nats Aren't Trading Juan Soto, But Should You?

It’s sometimes easy to forget Juan Soto is just 23 years old. It wasn’t crazy to call him the best hitter in baseball heading into 2022, and he was getting drafted in the top-three in just about every fantasy league. He also reportedly rejected a $350 million dollar offer from the Nationals and has since […]

Will These Big-Name Hitters Turn it Around? Curse of the 2022 Free Agent Class

The 2022 offseason gave us one of the biggest free-agent classes in recent memory. So many big names moved around and gave us so many questions as to what these moves meant for fantasy. Unfortunately, for the most part, those moves have led to pretty underwhelming starts to the 2022 season. For whatever reason, a […]

The Adley Rutschman Effect in Baltimore

The day has finally come, Adley Rutschman is here! The first overall pick in the 2019 draft is one of the most exciting prospects we’ve seen in a time of a lot of exciting prospects. His arrival brings a lot of intrigue to fantasy managers as to what kind of impact he will have on […]

Jarred Kelenic Still Isn't Ready for Prime Time

Jarred Kelenic was one of the most exciting prospects we had seen in a long time. The hype was right up there with the likes of anybody over the last decade and fantasy managers couldn't wait to jump on him when he was called up toward the end of 2021.  But that excitement has not […]

Bullpens to Cause Headaches in Fantasy Baseball

Collecting saves is a tricky and dangerous game in fantasy baseball. One of the major pitching categories in 5x5 roto leagues, they are hard to completely ignore. If you don't have a collection of high-end closers, it's easy to start digging into every team in the league to figure out who is going to get […]

Breakout Outfielders That Will Keep Improving for 2022 Fantasy Baseball - Kyle Tucker, Kyle Schwarber, Teoscar Hernandez

We've already covered the breakout infielders to target for 2022 fantasy baseball. In this article, we’ll stick to outfielders. Breakouts are perhaps the most fun part of fantasy baseball.  Being able to identify and grab guys as they reach their potential can often be the difference between winning it all and being lost in the […]

Jonathan India (2B, CIN) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values

BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~75 pick CURRENT ADP: ~87 overall ANALYSIS: NL Rookie of the Year showed why he was the fifth overall pick back in 2018. India hit .269 with an exceptional .376 OBP to go with 21 HR and 12 SB last season. While those numbers are great for a rookie, India has […]

Breakout Infielders That Will Keep Improving in 2022 (Jonathan India, Bo Bichette, Ty France)

Breakouts are perhaps the most fun part of playing fantasy baseball. Being able to identify and grab guys as they reach their potential can often be the difference between winning it all and being lost in the shuffle. Breakouts come in all shapes in sizes. They can be guys that come out of nowhere or […]

RotoBaller Staff Mock Draft Analysis: 12-Team Roto League Draft

Fantasy prep is never complete without mock drafts. So in doing our best to prepare for the 2022 season, my fellow RotoBaller writers and I got together for a 12-team 5X5 Roto mock draft. The only difference is that we used Quality Starts instead of Wins. I’ll be breaking down our draft round-by-round and highlighting […]

Rhys Hoskins (1B, PHI) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values

BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 110 CURRENT ADP: ~128 overall ANALYSIS: After seeing a lot of success early in his career, Rhys Hoskins has fallen off in the minds of many. Digging into the numbers was interesting, as outside of a few outlier stats (.226 AVG in 2019 for example), he hasn’t been that much […]

Second Baseman Busts for 2022 Fantasy Baseball Drafts

Second base has a lot of question marks and is home to some of the biggest boom or bust players in baseball.  Don’t let the scarcity at the position trick you into taking unnecessary risks. Sometimes all it takes is a few bad picks to completely derail a fantasy baseball season.  Avoiding major busts is […]

First Base Breakouts for 2022 Fantasy Baseball

The first base position has definitely gone through some changes over the last few years. While still home to a lot of good power hitters, the elite at the position is thinner than it used to be. It's also a position that is on the older side. The majority of the mid-tier first baseman wind […]

Adbert Alzolay: 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper

When looking for sleepers in fantasy baseball, there is a certain type of player I usually search for. I have found that some of the best successful sleeper picks turn out to be either established players coming off of down years (think Marcus Semien) or young, under-the-radar guys who have shown improvement and have the […]