It can be quick to judge a player a month into the Major League Baseball season, but it's important to remember that there are 162 games to a campaign. This is particularly true for rookies, who are getting their first taste of the big leagues and may need a bit to adjust. Still, not many […]

With his recent selection to the major league roster of the Seattle Mariners, Ben Williamson becomes who I believe to be the fifth 2025 MLB rookie position player from the 2023 MLB Draft class. Long a strikeout avoider, Williamson increasingly hit in the fourth NCAA Division 1 (D1) season of 2023 and over an immediate […]

Bryce Eldridge traveled an unusual path to becoming a Giants slugging, if not also hitting, prospect. He attended the end of August 2022 USA Baseball 18 Under (18U) National Team Training Camp at the Twins' Fort Myers complex as a starting pitcher who was, by then, relegated to one-inning relief stints for workload reasons. He […]

As we head into the last week of April, the Prospect Promotion Incentive deadline has passed, and the next notable date is the Super-2 threshold, which is expected to be on May 9. That's not to say we won't see prospect promotions happen between now and then, but it might be a couple of weeks […]

As a collegian, third baseman Matt Shaw of the Chicago Cubs impressed the FaBIO batter evaluation model more during wood-bat summer league play than he did in his three NCAA seasons. How do the professional plate profiles compare to the amateur precedents? What percentage of his minor league circuit peers would you guess that he beat […]

Rays recently selected the minor league contract of wiry sprinter-outfielder Chandler Simpson, who immediately becomes an MLB must-watch offensive runner when he is the batter or on base while a teammate fills the box. While media types often reference the triple-plus scout scale speed grades, my model, featured in this article, objectively quantifies Simpson's 2024 […]

With his selection to the major league roster of the Minnesota Twins, Luke Keaschall becomes who I believe to be the sixth 2025 MLB rookie position player from the 2023 MLB Draft class (another two position players from the class lost rookie status during 2024). A longer run of broadly strong plate fundamentals dates back […]

From August through September of 2022, I watched Tigers middle infield prospect Kevin McGonigle play over a dozen games when I attended the USA Baseball 18 Under (18U) National Team Camp through completion of the WBSC (World Baseball and Softball Confederation) 18U Baseball World Cup at various MLB complex sites along the central to southern […]

From August through September of 2022, I watched Tigers center field prospect Max Clark play around a dozen games when I attended the USA Baseball 18 Under (18U) National Team Camp through completion of the WBSC (World Baseball and Softball Confederation) 18U Baseball World Cup at various MLB complex sites along the central to southern […]

On the eve of the 2024 MLB Draft, Cam Smith seemed to be a draft-eligible sophomore needing a major league batted ball profile makeover. How did his plate profile evolve from 2023 Florida State freshman to 2024 Cubs minor leaguer to 2025 Astros MLB spring training non-roster invitee? What must he do to survive as […]

Red Sox rookie infielder-outfielder Kristian Campbell first tripped the wires of the FaBIO batter evaluation model not long after his completion of a long 2022 summer spent in the wood bat Northwoods League. That summer and the subsequent spring as an NCAA Division 1 redshirt freshman would represent the entirety of his college baseball experience. […]

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 […]

After writing up five 2025 MLB rookie position players from the college ranks of the 2023 or 2024 MLB Draft classes (Jacob Wilson, Dylan Crews, Kristian Campbell, Matt Shaw and Cam Smith) in a similar fashion to what follows, I had planned to do the same for several other top prospect position players from that […]

As I was looking at dynasty rankings this offseason, I noticed that the top of the first base position is getting very old. Other than Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the rest of the top five were all guys over 30 (Bryce Harper, Matt Olson, Pete Alonso, Freddie Freeman). From both a redraft and dynasty standpoint, the […]

Nationals rookie right fielder else center fielder Dylan Crews has been under the microscope of the FaBIO batter evaluation model for many years now. In this piece I first outline how his plate fundamentals have evolved from college to now MLB play. And then I dive deeper into analysis of his offensive running as a […]

To this point in my RotoBaller writing, I have only discussed the application of the FaBIO model to pro and college pitchers. But in the interim, I have been using a similar model for analyzing college batters, and in the past year, such work has spilled over to the same model for pro batters. Let […]

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 […]

Welcome back RotoBallers to my dynasty fantasy baseball risers, fallers and buys/sells for Week 2 of the 2025 MLB season. We are just one week into the MLB season and three games into most minor league levels, but there is still plenty of baseball to talk about. I mean, we have already had some prospects […]

Welcome to my updated fantasy baseball dynasty rankings for April and the 2025 season. We're only a week into the regular season and chaos has already unfolded. You could even say that the season has torpedoed already. But it's great to have regular season baseball back in our lives and new data to comb over […]

The 2025 Major League and Triple-A seasons are already in motion and the remainder of the full-season minor league levels will be on Friday as well. Finally, baseball is back in full swing with games that matter. These MLB prospect rankings are geared toward standard 5x5 fantasy baseball leagues (AVG) and consider many factors, including […]

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 […]

One of the most exciting aspects of a dynasty league is watching and following top prospects. In most leagues, you have separate roster spots for prospects, and they're not part of your "active roster." You can enjoy their ups (MLB Pipeline posting a video of them hitting a home run) but can have some blinders […]

Catcher can be a challenging position for fantasy baseball for several reasons, but one creative solution to consider is going with a top prospect. Young players can be more volatile, but they can also provide huge value if you can find the right player in the right spot. Overall, the position has a few elite […]

The hot corner has some of this year's hottest prospects, and you'll definitely want to make sure to keep a close eye on some of the exciting young talent that is ready to break through this season. Some of these players will be fantasy studs for many years to come, so getting in on them […]

Most Major League Baseball rosters are set as Opening Day (the domestic version) approaches on March 27th. That means that some hopeful prospects (such as players like Cam Smith) made their teams, some (like Jasson Dominguez and Dylan Crews) knew they were making it all along, while still others don't get to realize their big […]

First base used to be a position stacked with power-hitting fantasy baseball studs who hit in the heart of many lineups. While there are still some elite sluggers at the top of the player pool at the position, there isn't as much depth as there used to be for fantasy baseball at 1B. The position […]

Can you smell the hot dogs? Can you hear the road of the crowd, the crack of the bat, and the smack of the catcher's mitt? Another major league season is upon us and we'll soon be setting lineups every day or week for the next six months. It's a glorious time of year. With […]

We're inching closer and closer to the start of the regular season, and we've had an exciting Spring Training so far. That's especially true on the prospect side, as some big-name fantasy baseball prospects are standing out while other names are emerging as early-season options. We even have two members of last year's draft class […]

The starting pitcher position is so deep at the top with elite talent right now, doing just one top-10 pitcher rankings article isn't enough. So, after discussing my top-10 dynasty starting pitcher fantasy baseball rankings the other day in Part 1 of this series, we're going over pitchers #11-20 in my starting pitcher dynasty rankings […]