Noteworthy Spring Training News for Fantasy Baseball Drafts - Hot/Cold Players, Injury Concerns

We get a few games that count starting tomorrow as MLB continues the tradition of starting a week early with the Tokyo series. The rest of the league has another week's worth of games before making their final cuts and heading north for Opening Day. Spring training results are fun to track, but should we […]

Top 70 Shortstop (SS) Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Roto Leagues - March Updates

We are back with more rankings, freshly updated to help you crush your drafts. Today, we break down the shortstop position with our updated 2025 fantasy baseball shortstop rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 category mixed leagues). Shortstop is loaded with elite talent as two of the top five overall in our MLB team's […]

6 Fantasy Baseball Bargain Hitters With Upside - Discount Bats At Every Position

At some point in most fantasy drafts, fantasy managers must concede that they cannot draft a top-tier player at each position in their lineups. Preparing for this can set teams up for a successful draft. Like deciding between buying a name-brand product or a generic one, fantasy managers will have to weigh the cost differences […]

10 Post-Hype Fantasy Baseball Hitter Breakout Candidates for 2025

It's been a treat to watch several top prospects break out immediately upon arriving in the big leagues in recent years. Such studs like Julio Rodriguez and Corbin Carroll have made a major impact right away. But for every Julio and Carroll, there are dozens of similarly touted prospects who took some time before reaching […]

Later Round Fantasy Baseball Power Hitters - Legitimate Home Run Surgers (2025)

As the saying goes, process over results. If we have a solid process, the results should follow. However, if we luck into results and think we have a sound process, we need to re-evaluate. We want to have a process whenever we select players for a column. For transparency, we've been looking at hitters with […]

MLB DFS: Top Daily Fantasy Expert Picks for DraftKings (3/18/25)

The 2025 regular season is finally here. Before the season "officially" starts, the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers will play a two-game series in Tokyo, Japan. We have only one game, so it's just showdown contests on DraftKings for this one, but I know many of you have been itching to get back to […]

Top 80 Third Base (3B) Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Roto Leagues - March Updates

We are in the heart of the fantasy baseball draft season, with Opening Day ready to kick off shortly. All throughout the draft season, we have been helping fantasy managers with our fantasy baseball rankings. And today we are back with our MLB team's freshly-updated 2025 fantasy baseball third base rankings and tiers for roto […]

Top 175 Outfield (OF) Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Roto Leagues - March Updates

Baseball is finally back as we officially kick the MLB season off with the Tokyo, Japan series between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers. All off-season we have been helping fantasy managers prepare for their upcoming drafts with our updated rankings series articles. Today we review our MLB team's updated 2025 fantasy baseball outfield […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects - Eric Cross' Rookie Rankings for 2025 (March Updates)

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 […]

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakout Picks - Dan Palyo's Mid-Round Values

Pitching, pitching, and more pitching - you can't have enough of it as the long season often leads to the inevitable injuries as arms wear down. I am a little obsessed with pitching; I'll admit it. While I'd like to go after some elite arms early in fantasy baseball drafts, this season, I think I […]

Mid-To-Late Round Fantasy Baseball Sleepers and Value Picks - NL Edition

Hello, RotoBallers! In this article, we will analyze five players (one from each team) from the National League Central who are fantasy baseball sleepers and value picks at their current ADP in the mid-to-late rounds of drafts. We will look at players who are typically being drafted in rounds 14 through 20 (draft picks are […]

14 Fantasy Baseball Bold Predictions - Nick Mariano's 2025 Picks

Bold predictions allow us writers to stretch our wings and list different takes that have shaped our preseason drafts. This is not the day to worry about projections and conservative, reasonable math. We're here to push the envelope and envision what the 90th, 95th, or even the 99th (?) percentile outcome looks like for our […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Report - Spring Training Updates for Ronald Acuna, Brandon Nimmo, George Kirby, Spencer Strider, Gunnar Henderson, more

Welcome RotoBallers to my fantasy baseball injury report for March 16th, where every week we look back at the major injury developments in the world of baseball and look ahead at what might transpire as a result. Today we look at Jon Gray, George Kirby, Spencer Strider, Ronald Acuna, Brandon Nimmo and more. Injuries are […]

Closers Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 140 Relief Pitchers (RP) for Roto Leagues - March Updates

It's one of the most exciting times in baseball, as spring training will be over soon, and Opening Day is around the corner. The fantasy baseball offseason continues to heat up, and the heart of the draft season is upon us. At RotoBaller HQ, we continue our rankings series with our MLB team's updated 2025 […]

Top 225 Starting Pitcher (SP) Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Roto Leagues - March Updates

The 2025 MLB officially gets started soon, and the biggest stretch of drafts is underway for fantasy baseball managers. We are back with more fantasy baseball rankings to help you cruise through your drafts with our MLB team's updated 2025 fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 category mixed leagues). Depending […]

How To Win The First Three Rounds - Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategies and Players To Target

We are in the best time of the year for fantasy baseball players; yes, it is draft season. Some sites allow us now to draft year-round, but many of us wait until March to delve into those first drafts. And that time is here. In the first three rounds of your draft, you are looking […]

Earlier-Round Fantasy Baseball Draft Targets - They're Worth The Cost

The MLB season will officially kick off between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18. These two teams will play a two-game series in Tokyo and start their seasons before everyone else. That means fantasy drafts will need to happen earlier than usual once again this year.  In this article, we will […]

Outfield Fantasy Baseball Busts Who'll Keep Junking It Up in 2025

When looking for values in a fantasy baseball draft, you may look at players who were "busts" the year before. Players who burned fantasy managers the season before could be unnecessarily shunned in drafts the following season simply for having one down year. However, there may be other reasons a player underperformed expectations, and there […]

$1 Auction Draft Sleepers for Fantasy Baseball: Later-Round Steals (2025)

The beauty of fantasy baseball auction drafts is that you can go in with a specific plan or players to target. Whether it's general strategy tips, mid-range values, or $1 bargains, we have it all covered in our fantasy baseball auction draft series. A popular strategy in auctions is to take a stars and scrubs […]

Five Fantasy Baseball Breakout Candidates - Upside Hitters and Pitchers On The Rise

"Breakout" is a popular term in the fantasy sports world when identifying younger players who are set to reach a new level in the upcoming season. Fantasy baseball breakout candidates are usually relatively young and have just begun to scratch the surface of their professional careers. While some have flashed elite upside at the major […]

9 Fantasy Baseball Bold Predictions - Michael Florio's 2025 Picks

A good bold prediction should seem farfetched enough to question but realistic enough that it actually could happen. I am not someone who makes wild claims to get attention, knowing they will never come true. However, if anyone said last year that Ohtani would go 50-50, you would have looked at them like they had […]

Custom Fantasy Baseball Rankings Service for Drafts: Points, Roto, Category, Head-to-Head and Best Ball

RotoBaller's powerful Custom Rankings Service provides you with customized fantasy baseball rankings and projections for your specific leagues, categories and scoring settings. Whether your league is for Roto, Points, H2H Categories, or Best Ball -- we generate custom rankings and projections for your specific leagues. Just enter your league settings, and your dynamic rankings and […]

5 Overvalued Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers - Avoid These ADPs in Drafts

The most exciting part about fantasy baseball is watching your starting pitcher mow down opposing hitters. With that said, we all know that pitchers are the most volatile players with a lot of injury risk. Steering clear of potential landmines is essential to building a strong fantasy rotation. On this page, we'll dive into five […]

Deeper Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Sleepers - Later-Round Draft Values

Building a winning fantasy baseball roster usually involves capitalizing on relative value throughout the drafts, particularly toward the end of the draft. The saying goes that you can't win a draft in the first few rounds, but you can lose it -- right? So, targeting players with safer floors and more predictable outcomes early makes […]

Yahoo Leagues: Best/Worst Fantasy Baseball Values and Cheap/Expensive ADPs

Depending on what site your league is held in will matter in your fantasy baseball drafts. Every site has its own ADP and rankings heading into the draft season. That means a player going in the seventh round of Fantrax drafts might not be going in the seventh round of Yahoo drafts. This is something […]

18 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers - Hitter Values at Every Position (C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF)

Spring training is also fantasy baseball draft season, and Rotoballer has you covered with deep, thorough coverage of multiple formats and angles throughout the next several weeks. One of the top things everyone is looking for at this time of year is fantasy baseball sleepers. In this post, I'll run down my top hitter sleepers […]

What Is Exit Velocity (EV)? Using Sabermetrics for Fantasy Baseball (2025)

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our overview of exit velocity (EV) for hitters. This article is a deeper dive into EV, and is part of our ongoing series "Using Sabermetrics for Fantasy Baseball." In this article, we'll explore how EV can be used to predict BABIP and HR/FB using simple terminology anyone can understand. We'll also look […]

JB's Bullpen Method Strategy for 2025: Making FrankenAces Out of Relief Pitchers

Five years ago, the inimitable JB Branson published an article breaking down his favorite fantasy baseball strategy that he’s deployed for over a decade. In his words, the Bullpen Method is a lifestyle that reflects the importance of balance on a fantasy team. That turned into an annual Bullpen Method article, with the 2023 version […]

10 Fantasy Baseball Bold Predictions - Frank Ammirante's 2025 Picks

We're in primetime of fantasy baseball draft season, making it the perfect spot to drop my bold predictions. You'll find 10 of my favorite targets, each with a high ceiling for the 2025 MLB season. Each position will be represented in these 10 bold predictions, including one catcher, one corner infielder, one middle infielder, three […]