Are You For Real? Surprising Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts From Jake Irvin, Simeon Woods Richardson, Jose Quintana

Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 5 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. For those who are not familiar, this is a weekly column where we take a look at starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope […]

Hitter Fantasy Baseball Breakouts - Risers to Watch and Waiver Wire Outlooks (Week 5)

Welcome to our Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 5 of the 2025 MLB season. The focus of this article is to highlight players who could be on the verge of a breakout, citing current active hitting streaks along with leaders in batting average and isolated power (ISO). You will also find expected batting average […]

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters for HR, SB, RBI, AVG, Runs (Week 4)

Welcome back to our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters column for Week 4 of the 2025 MLB season. This week, we will see some familiar names here: Byron Buxton, Rhys Hoskins, and Gavin Lux. We will also look at some other guys just recalled to the major leagues, like Chandler Simpson and […]

Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Week 4 (2025)

We're wrapping up April and getting more looks at key arms and tweaked arsenals, learning what's smoke and real with each turn of the rotation. Whether you're determining which high-end arm to trade for or flipping the waiver wire, we're here to build champions with another installment of the FSWA-award-winning Best Baseball Series. Let's get […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts From Griffin Canning, Landen Roupp, Luis Ortiz

Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 4 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. For those who are not familiar, this is a weekly column where we take a look at starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope […]

Week 4 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Chandler Simpson, Caleb Durbin, Jonathan Aranda, Jeffrey Springs, Dennis Santana

April has 10 days left, and we are almost a month into the 2025 MLB season. It's already Week 4, and time for fantasy managers to make that move and add players who can instantly help their fantasy baseball teams. At RotoBaller HQ, we break down this week's waiver with our Week 4 of the […]

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters for HR, SB, RBI, AVG, Runs (Week 3)

Welcome back to our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters column for Week 3 of the 2025 MLB season. Today, we look at some names like Matt Mervis, Ty France, Michael Busch, Geraldo Perdomo, and more. Injuries have mounted, and you might find yourself in need of category boosts this week. You should take stock each week of where […]

Hitter Fantasy Baseball Breakouts - Risers to Watch and Waiver Wire Outlooks (Week 4)

Welcome to our Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 4 of the 2025 MLB season. The focus of this article is to highlight players who could be on the verge of a breakout, citing current active hitting streaks along with leaders in batting average and isolated power (ISO). You will also find expected batting average (xBA) […]

Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Week 3 (2025)

To some of you, Opening Day feels like a lifetime ago while others don't even consider the season off and running until May. Whether you buy into early April stats too much, too little, or just the right amount, we're here to chat about it with another installment of the FSWA-award-winning Best Baseball Series. Join […]

8 Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers - Kyren Paris, Willson Contreras, Shane Smith, Ronel Blanco, more

Welcome, everyone, to another edition of RotoBaller’s Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers article series for Week 3 of the 2025 season! Today, I'll be taking a look at names like Kyren Paris, Willson Contreras, Shane Smith, Ronel Blanco, and more. Keeping up with the latest hitter and pitcher trends is a key component for a […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects to Stash (Redraft): Eric Cross' Rookie Rankings for Week 3

Another week has gone by, and we're already over two weeks into the Major League season. Both the Majors and minors are in full swing now, and we've already seen several notable prospect promotions with plenty more to come. Nick Kurtz also can't stop hitting home runs in Triple-A, but more on him in a […]

Week 3 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Jacob Wilson, Nick Kurtz, Emilio Pagan, David Festa, Matt Mervis, Adael Amador

The fantasy baseball season continues to fly by as we are already onto Week 3. At RotoBaller HQ, we continue our waiver wire ranking series and are back with more advice to help your fantasy baseball teams. Today, we review our updated waiver rankings for Week 3 of the MLB season -- April 14th - […]

Hitter Fantasy Baseball Breakouts - Risers To Watch and Waiver Wire Outlooks (Week 3)

Welcome to the second edition of my Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters series as we head into Week 3 of the 2025 MLB season! For those who are new to this article, I try to illuminate players whose recent stats suggest a breakout is coming or that perhaps they are on the verge of a cold […]

Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Week 2 (2025)

You better be stretching out early in the season because it is a long road to the finish line, buckos. The injuries are already starting to pile up so let's cook up greatness with the FSWA-award winning Best Baseball Series. There's plenty to dig into with this week's edition of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller […]

The Seven Deadly Sins At Augusta - Spencer Aguiar's Masters Picks and Trends

Welcome back to the seventh iteration of my now award-winning Seven Deadly Sins article here at RotoBaller. I am very proud that this article was one of the leading proponents of my FSWA nomination and eventual win earlier in the year. I can't thank everyone enough for making this the most-read article I produce yearly. […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects to Stash (Redraft): Eric Cross' Rookie Rankings for Week 2

With Low-A, High-A, and Double-A starting this past Friday, we now have all four minor league levels in full swing as thousands of players aim to become fantasy-relevant players. Or just reaching the Majors in general. Same thing. We had several notable prospect promotions last week, including Chase Dollander and Zac Veen getting the call […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts From Tyler Mahle, Kris Bubic, Kumar Rocker

Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 1 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. It feels so good to be back! For those who are not familiar, this is a weekly column where we take starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put […]

Early 2025 Fantasy Football Mock Draft: 12-Team, Single QB

There's never any reason not to do more fantasy football mock drafts and break down the efficacy of every pick. Or so the saying goes. Sun-Tzu probably said that in The Art of War. I haven't read the whole thing, so I'm not sure. Either way, it's never not interesting to speculate on what the […]

Fantasy Baseball Trade Targets - Buy/Sell for Week 2 (2025)

It's never too early to start making trades in your fantasy leagues. While we shouldn't overreact to everything that has happened in the first week of the season, it is essential to note it. Several players are off to great starts, while some hitters have begun the year in a slump. In this article, we […]

Hot MLB Prospects to Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Week 1 (2025)

Welcome back RotoBallers to the 2025 fantasy baseball season! The 2025 MLB season is underway, and Triple-A kicked off last week, too. There were plenty of big plays and impressive prospect performances throughout Minor League Baseball during last week's action. It's imperative to monitor the top fantasy baseball prospects who have turned heads thus far. […]

Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Week 1 (2025)

We hope you rested during the offseason because now we're off and running toward a finish line not to be crossed for six months. We had a great season last year and kept winning even after the World Series, taking down the FSWA award for Best Baseball Series with this column. Let's defend all our […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts From Jeffery Springs, Jose Soriano, Max Meyer

Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 1 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. It feels so good to be back! For those who are not familiar, this is a weekly column where we take starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects to Stash (Redraft): Eric Cross' Rookie Rankings for Week 1

Welcome back to another season of discussing fantasy baseball prospects to stash in redraft leagues. Prospects can make or break your fantasy baseball season depending on how much you invest in them, so it's important to approach them the right away in your 2025 fantasy leagues. That's exactly what I'm going to try and assist […]

Updated Week 1 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Matt Shaw, Jackson Jobe, Spencer Torkelson, Ben Rice, Lars Nootbar, more

Now that we have had a few games into the 2025 MLB season, it's time to scout the waiver wire for potential pickups that could boost your fantasy teams. Today, we are back with more waiver wire advice and have updated our waiver wire rankings for Week 1 (March 31 - April 6) of the […]

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 1 (March 31 - April 6)

Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 1 of the 2025 season (March 31 - April 6). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues. If you are like most players, you will be perennially looking for pitching. Each […]

Five Injured Players to Stash in Fantasy Baseball - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 1 (2025)

Welcome back RotoBallers to the 2025 MLB season! We've got another edition of the Injured Players to Stash in Fantasy Baseball series for Week 1 to kick off the 2025 season. With 2025 fantasy baseball drafts concluding and the season about to get underway, there are several injured players out there who have low roster […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospects With The Best Hit Tools - Top Rookie Breakout Candidates

For those fantasy baseball managers looking beyond the draft to see who could help fortify their lineup at some point this season, or perhaps next season for those in dynasty leagues, sometimes we need to look at prospects for the next round of hitters who could lead our squads to victory. For this article, we […]

10 League-Winning Fantasy Baseball Prospects - Upside Draft Targets

This is the third chapter of my fantasy baseball league winners series. Today's focus is on league-winning prospects, where we look at rookies available outside the top 100 that can put your team over the top. You can read my 10 league-winning hitters and 10 league-winning pitchers articles as well. Keep in mind that prospects […]

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, […]