Week 2 Preview - Anthony Aniano's RotoBaller Podcast

RotoBaller fantasy baseball expert Anthony Aniano previews Week 2 of the MLB Season with a look at the waiver wire, some hot and cold players, and all the latest fantasy baseball news and notes. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every weekday morning between 7-9 […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week 2

It’s Week 2 for your fantasy baseball leagues in 2018 and the starting pitcher streamer list is still hard to judge, at first glance. That’s why we’re here, at RotoBaller, to breakdown the pitching matchups and determine who could put your team over-the-top and earn the win. Last week, we used the ownership percentages from […]

Week 2 Waiver Wire - H2H Category Streamers

I like to consider myself a pioneer of the streaming approach. I won a league about seven years ago completely ignoring saves and just stacking up the starts each week. While streaming is undoubtedly more directly associated with pitching, there's plenty of value in streaming for offense as well. Maybe you have a stacked roster […]

Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 2

The first week of the season is officially over, so it's time to start trading assets! That actually may not be the best idea since we've yet to get a firm grasp on trends or values, although the start of the season could be the best time to acquire assets cheaply in some cases. Cutting […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for April 8

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. We are back at it again this year, publishing this article seven days a week. Even at this early juncture of the season, we are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for April 7

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. We are back at it again this year, publishing this article seven days a week. It's still just the first week of MLB games, but we are always ready to stream. For those who are new - use this column on a daily basis […]

MLB Closers and Saves Report - Week 1

Baseball is back! With Opening Day just over a week in our rear view mirrors, it's time to take a look at bullpens around the league and see what's going on. For those of you who followed along with us last season, welcome back! For those of you just dropping by for the first time, […]

Fantasy Baseball Health Check - Power in Patience

“To cut, or not to cut?” – Hamlet, more or less It’s funny. We spend months combing through data, crunching numbers, strategizing, researching…and then the games start and almost immediately, the overreactions begin. An unproven player goes 0-for-20 to start the season. Should’ve known his September was a mirage. A veteran starter coming off a […]

Hot Starts to Watch from Traditionally Slow Starters

If the Major League season were to end today, two of the favorites for the World Series (Cleveland and Los Angeles) would not be making the playoffs, and Pittsburgh would be a top seed. Not that we can put much stock into six games, they still serve as the beginning of some insight into the […]

Looking at Recent Call-Ups and Rookie Performances (Week 1)

Fortunately, there are plenty of rookies and recent call-ups to analyze because the season just started. Unfortunately, barring Shohei Ohtani, there have not been a handful of true impact performances from youngsters. With that being said, the MLBers with little experience can be valuable in deeper leagues until we see the bulk of the blue-chip […]

Holds Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds for Week 1

While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we’ll highlight today include some elite setup men to target off the waiver wire in Week 1 and the start of the baseball season. Bottom line: the more likely an MLB team is to win, the more likely these pitchers will be eligible to […]

Champ or Chump - Derek Dietrich and Josh Harrison

One of the biggest differences between daily and weekly fantasy formats is that sinking feeling you get when one of your studs has a day off. It happens to everyone in weekly formats, but your rivals are getting a game advantage over you in daily settings. You can't carry a backup on your bench for […]

Did We Sell Arizona's Offense Short?

Humidor hysteria. That's an appropriate term for the wave of panic that set into some fantasy owners once news of Arizona's plan to temper the baseball hit the mainstream media. We saw the numbers, heard the theories, and recalled how Colorado stopped being such a hitter's haven once they installed their humidor. Wait, what? If […]

Could Your Pitching Staff Use a Jakob Junis?

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jakob Junis raised some eyebrows at the end of the 2017 season, boasting an increased strikeout rate and a 3.61 ERA in the final two months. It wasn't enough to put him on many draft boards in shallow fantasy baseball leagues this past March, but his first start in 2018 […]

Do Strikeouts with RISP Define Clutch Pitching?

When we talk about a 'clutch' baseball player, there are various ways we can describe them. A pitcher who can get the big out or a hitter who can come through and get the timely hit, on at least a semi-regular basis. Generally speaking, a 'clutch' player is someone who will be his best in […]

RotoBaller Premium Tools - Starting Pitcher Matchups

The baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. It would be nice to draft an All-Star fantasy squad and think that you can just set it and forget it and come out on top by season's end. You probably wish you had a league filled with owners who thought that way, because you'd be […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for April 5th

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. We are back at it again this year, publishing this article seven days a week. It's still just the first week of MLB games, but we are always ready to stream. For those who are new - use this column on a daily basis […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for April 6th

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. We are back at it again this year, publishing this article seven days a week. It's still just the first week of MLB games, but we are always ready to stream. For those who are new - use this column on a daily basis […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

It’s the beginning of April and you know what that means! It’s fantasy baseball season and it’s time to overreact to everything! Step out of the fantasy football mindset that may still have its hold on you and remember that while each day does matter, this is a marathon and not a sprint. As is […]

2018 Prospects - Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 1)

Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. What a debut for Shohei Ohtani? Aside from a rough second inning, […]

Making Adjustments - Changes in Pitch Mix

As the 2018 season is almost a week old, several pitchers have changed how often their pitch mixes. While not all had success with new pitch mixes, it can help us evaluate when we watch their second starts. Let's take a look at three starting pitchers who are making adjustments to their pitch selection in […]

Hot Prospects to Watch - Week 1

BASEBALL IS BACK! After a long, dry off-season and the tease that is Spring Training, we are officially back to games that matter. Opening weekend is behind us now and full-season Minor League Baseball starts up on Thursday. With the first week underway, it's time for us to take a look at some of the […]

Anthony Aniano's RotoBaller MLB Podcast - Episode #17

RotoBaller fantasy baseball expert Anthony Aniano gets a jump on the 2018 MLB Season with his first look at the week 2 waiver wire along with all the latest fantasy baseball news and notes. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every weekday morning between 7-9 […]

Greg Holland to the Cardinals - Fantasy Fallout

With this unusual off-season coming to a close, one of the last big free agents left without a team found a home on Opening Day, as reliever Greg Holland signed a one-year deal with the St. Louis Cardinals. Making his return from Tommy John surgery last season, Holland was 41-for-45 in save opportunities as the […]

Relief Pitchers Deeper Dive - Week 1

Today and every Tuesday moving forward throughout the 2018 MLB season, we will take a deep dive into some of the lesser-owned relief pitchers on the market that are worth keeping tabs on. This can be a good tool for those in deeper holds leagues, although any pitcher in a position to make a move on […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire - Outfielders (OF)

It’s the start of April, and baseball is in the air. The world just feels better when Opening Day comes along, and even more so because all of our fantasy teams have a shot at the title. Each new year brings its own collection of surprises from players no one had on their radar taking […]

Are You For Real? A Look at Surprising SP Starts

Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week we’ll look at the debut performance of Shohei Ohtani, as well as Kyle Gibson’s domination of the Orioles and Ty […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Watch List

Every Monday we’ll be checking in on some names to keep an eye on and add to your watch list. Some may require quick action while others are simply options to keep in mind down the road. We’re just days into the 2018 MLB season but we’ve already seen a number of outstanding performances worthy […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire - First Base (1B) and Third Base (3B)

The Corner Store is open. The season has officially begun and managers are already ravaging through the waiver wire for various reasons. First base and third base are generally the best spots to look to improve your team’s power. In most cases, it is preferable that it includes a decent average but that isn’t always […]