Eric Cross' Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups: Hitters and Pitchers (Week 5)

It's hard to believe the season is already approaching the one-month mark. And while we can still utter the phrase "It's early", look how quickly this first month has flown by. Before we know it, two months will have passed, and we'll be approaching the one-third mark of the season. So don't think there's any […]

RotoBaller Staff Roundtable - Waiver Wire Pickups: Fantasy Baseball Week 5

With another week of MLB action behind us, it's time to look to the waiver wire to improve our fantasy team. Given the numerous players who were placed on the injury list this week, including Edwin Diaz and Francisco Lindor, managers likely have ample open roster spots to find a replacement. This week will highlight […]

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 5 (April 27 - May 3)

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 […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5 (April 27 - May 3)

We return to some normalcy this week, with the Mexico City games behind us, and no funky 5-game weeks. The calendar turns over to May late in the week, and we are finally starting to see the landscape of MLB take shape with what teams and players look like after a full month of baseball. […]

The Cut List - Time to Let Go? Who To Consider Dropping for Fantasy Baseball (Week 5)

Welcome back to The Cut List as we head into Week 5 of the 2026 season. For those who are not familiar, this is our weekly article looking at players whom fantasy managers might be considering cutting from their teams and struggling players who need a closer look. We'll look at players who are worth […]

Updated Start/Sit Chart - All Hitter Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 24 - April 26)

Hello RotoBallers! It's time to set those lineups, and we're here to guide you with our fantasy baseball hitter start/sit recommendations chart for the final games in Week 4 (April 24 - April 26). Today, we'll look at some lineup decisions for players like Kazuma Okamoto, Brenton Doyle, Jazz Chisholm Jr, Roman Anthony, and more […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospect Risers - Rookies to Stash and Top Performers for Week 5

Welcome to the Week 5 edition of the top prospect performers. In this weekly piece, we'll look at prospects who are performing exceptionally well as of late who could be worth stashing or monitoring for fantasy purposes. Now that we're nearly a month into the season, it's becoming clear that some young players have completely […]

Top-5 MLB Pitching Prospects To Stash For Fantasy Baseball Redraft Leagues - Week 5 (2026)

Welcome back to our top starting pitcher fantasy baseball prospects to stash for Week 5 of the 2026 MLB season. This past week, we saw many familiar names to readers of this column earn the call to the majors. However, not all of their performances were the same. Payton Tolle and JR Ritchie looked dominant […]

Top-5 Hitter Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash For Week 5 - Redraft Leagues (2026)

We're into the fifth week of the 2026 MLB season. As always, it's important to think about which hitting prospects to stash. Finding a young gem can bring more upside to your fantasy baseball teams. In this column, I choose five different hitting prospects to stash to highlight each week. Some of these hitters could […]

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

Welcome back to my Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 5 of the 2026 MLB regular 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 recent leaders in batting average, isolated power (ISO), stolen bases, and more. […]

5 Bargain Basement Hitters - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 4

The baseball season is about to hit high gear. Through the opening month, we have seen many rookies emerge as must-start players, especially Cincinnati's Sal Stewart, who is on a near 40-home run pace in his first "full" MLB campaign, and many early season waiver-wire heroes like Chase DeLauter look like lineup staples. With another week […]

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 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 […]

5 Injured Players to Stash - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5 (2026)

It’s that time of the week, RotoBallers. Time to wade through the waiver wire and get your bids in before the week turns over to a fresh one on the fantasy baseball calendar. If you are in a position where you can wait for a player to pay off, I have some suggestions for you […]

Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Prospect Sleepers, Breakouts, Risers: Week 4

Welcome to Week 4 and RotoBaller's Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Prospects Report for the 2026 MLB season, looking at dynasty prospect risers and fallers. As we advance deeper into the regular season, we'll take a closer look at JR Ritchie, Konnor Griffin, and Connor Prielipp. Each is a top talent in their team's farm system who […]

MLB DFS Picks & Model Projections (4/26/26): Casey Wilson’s Top DraftKings & FanDuel Values

  Casey Wilson's MLB Model All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the Premium Dashboard. Welcome to Casey Wilson's MLB Model for Sunday, 4/26/26. Please refer to the color key and data time key for rankings and periods. Games are sorted by start time, with the away pitcher listed first and the home pitcher […]

MLB Home Run Player Prop Bets Today: Best Hitter HR Props (4/26/2026)

Welcome Back, RotoBallers! We have a great slate of baseball on deck for us that should last us all day! I love morning baseball, especially as someone who lives on the West Coast. Waking up to 10 am baseball is great, and it ends up lasting the majority of the day! We also have a […]

Cut Candidates - Fantasy Baseball Rankings for Players to Drop (Week 5)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to the weekend edition of our Cut List Rankings for fantasy baseball for the upcoming Week 5 of the fantasy baseball season. With another week of MLB action behind us, it's time to look to the waiver wire and improve our roster. This week, we saw several high-end relievers hit the injured […]

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 […]

MLB Home Run Player Prop Bets Today: Best Hitter HR Props (4/25/2026)

Welcome Back, RotoBallers! We've got another full slate of Saturday baseball, including a game in Mexico City that looks ripe for the long ball. We've got about a full month of baseball under our belts, and the data is starting to look more and more trustworthy. That's hopefully going to translate to us cashing a […]

Kipp Heisterman's MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today: Best Pitcher K Props (4/25/2026)

It's a fun Saturday for strikeout props, as we have a full slate of games to peruse through, which always makes the decisions that much tougher for narrowing down plays. I typically am not a guy who likes to bet unders, but I find myself looking into them more and more, and may even have […]

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, […]

MLB DFS Picks & Model Projections (4/25/26): Casey Wilson’s Top DraftKings & FanDuel Values

  Casey Wilson's MLB Model All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the Premium Dashboard. Welcome to Casey Wilson's MLB Model for Saturday, 4/25/26. Please refer to the color key and data time key for rankings and periods. Games are sorted by start time, with the away pitcher listed first and the home pitcher […]

Sneaky Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups, Buys: Week 4 - Hot Pitchers To Sustain Success?

The MLB regular season is in full swing, and we can almost say the first month of action is in the books. Time flies when you're having fun! Fortunately, with another week of data to analyze, we have even more starting pitchers enjoying potential breakout seasons. This week, we'll spotlight a budding arm in Chicago […]

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 […]

Fantasy Baseball League Winners: Unlikely Aces Worth A Roster Spot? (Week 4)

Welcome to the fourth edition of our Unlikely Aces series in 2026. Starting pitchers have been dealing with injuries, breaking out, and struggling early in the 2026 fantasy baseball season. It's fun to stream starting pitchers and find success. However, sometimes streaming pitchers can destroy the ratios. We should have a process for any waiver […]

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Pitchers On The Rise (Week 4)

Every week, the pitchers I choose to analyze in this article change from the time I start to plan it out to when I actually sit down to write it. Case in point, I was going to write about the rather boring Justin Wrobleski in this feature today, but ditched him at the last minute […]

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

Hello RotoBallers! It's time to set those lineups, and we're here to guide you with our fantasy baseball hitter start/sit recommendations chart for the week ahead (April 20 - April 26). Today, we'll look at some lineup decisions for players like Daulton Varsho, Colson Montgomery, Kazuma Okamoto, Josh Naylor, and more -- and how their matchups […]

Thunder Dan Palyo's MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today: Best Pitcher K Props (4/24/2026)

It's a funky Friday for strikeout props, with me -- the guy who hates betting unders -- finding myself on more of them than overs. But we'd be foolish not to follow the data, and that's where it's pointing me today! I'll offer up a few of my top picks here today, but you'll need […]

MLB DFS Picks for 4/24/26: Daily Fantasy Baseball Strategy and Tips For FanDuel, DraftKings

Tonight's slate is loaded with a ton of stacks with high projected implied run totals. The weather has no spots that stand out as good-hitting weather, yet there are plenty of options on that side of the ball. Because of that, this slate is going to be won by fading some of the chalkier offenses […]