Week 9 Waiver Wire Watch List

Welcome to Week 9 of The Watch List. Each week we’ll be updating this list full of players who you may be monitoring, but aren't quite sure whether to pull the trigger on. We’ll look at several players in-depth and keep tabs on players “graduating” into the waiver wire pickups category, as well as players […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 31

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to improve upon your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Wednesday, May 31th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) PvB […]

Memorial Day Words of Advice & Thanks: The Hit & Run with Joe Pisapia

In this "Hit and Run" video, industry veteran Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) gives thanks to the men and women in our armed services and offers some strategy for your team heading into June. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday and Sunday between 5-8 PM EST. […]

Week 9 Waiver Wire: The Hit & Run with Joe Pisapia

In this "Hit and Run" video, industry veteran Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) tells you which guys are worth an investment in Week 9, and which players are just not worth your time. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday and Sunday between 5-8 PM EST. You […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 29

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop resource for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to improve upon your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, May 29th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) PvB […]

Champ or Chump: Trea Turner & Manny Machado

The first few guys you take in any fantasy draft are supposed to be your rocks. If their production falls off, it is easy to find yourself in a hole that can be difficult to climb out of. Do you hang on to your studs and bank on a rebound, or sell for pennies on […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers (Week 9): Head-to-Head Leagues

As a new week is upon us, it's time to get rid of that bench bat or middle reliever you have hanging around. Instead, maximize your roster slots with some pitchers who have two starts this week and are probably still available in your league. Here are the top two-start pitchers to stream for Week […]

Week 9 Cut List: Players on the Chopping Block

Welcome back to the Cut List. Each weekend from now until the end of the season, I’ll be offering my thoughts on players who don’t deserve to keep drawing a nonexistent salary on your fake baseball teams. A column like this can be a tricky thing early in the year. While the sample sizes are […]

Week 9 Waiver Wire: Deep Points Leagues

Points leagues are a different beast compared to rotisserie leagues, as you are looking for someone who can fill the whole stat sheet, and when you can find some of those guys on the wire, they are golden. Here are a few guys who can contribute in deep points leagues, one at each position to […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 30

Happy Memorial Day and welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop resource for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to improve upon your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, May 30th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data […]

Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 9

Rookies are always tricky to evaluate because they can look great one week and then completely fall apart the next. With some big name call-ups sticking around, what can we make of their initial success? More importantly, we need to figure out if these players are best used as keepers or trade bait. Scouting players […]

Strikeout Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 8: Buy or Sell?

Missing bats is the #1 way a pitcher can control his own fate. If hitters make contact, the pitcher is largely at the mercy of the atmosphere, the weather, the ball park, the ability/work ethic of his fielders, and sometimes just sheer luck. This is ultimately why strikeouts are so important. By looking at pitchers […]

Hitter Streamers (Week 9): Head-to-Head Leagues

Welcome back, RotoBallers! As a reminder, in this piece we're looking for weekly streamers, which means players who are 50% owned or less in Yahoo! leagues and who have seven games in the week. This week the options are aplenty. These players could be hitters worth starting and streaming in Week 9 of the fantasy […]

Underrated May Bats: The Hit & Run with Joe Pisiapia

In this "Hit and Run" video, industry veteran Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) takes a look at three bats having great months that are underappreciated and may be available in your fantasy league via trade or Waiver Wire. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday and Sunday […]

Underappreciated May Pitchers: The Hit & Run with Joe Pisapia

In this "Hit and Run" video, industry veteran Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) highlights some arms having a great month that are still possibly undervalued and available in your leagues via trade or waiver wire. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday and Sunday between 5-8 […]

MLB Closers and Saves Report - Week 8

It was a fairly quiet week for bullpens this week, especially given the frenzy of moves we've seen in the early going. Still, a few key things did happen and there were some great performances to discuss, so let's take a look at this week's news. Here we go.Be sure to check all of our […]

Power Risers and Fallers for Week 8: Buy or Sell?

Welcome back to this investigative piece where we examine players who have seen some notable changes in their power profiles -- for better or for worse -- in 2017. As usual, you don’t need me to tell you that Miguel Sano or Aaron Judge are strong or that Jarrod Dyson and Billy Hamilton are toward […]

Holds Leagues: Waiver Wire & Pickups for Week Eight

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 for Week 8 of the fantasy baseball season. The more likely an MLB team is to win, the more likely these pitchers will be eligible to earn the holds that could […]

MLB Lineup Optimizer: Using Advanced Stats To Generate Lineups (Part 3)

As many people know, the days of looking at a baseball players batting average or a pitchers ERA as indicators of their performance are out the window. The stats of old have been replaced by several new advanced stats that show a true picture of how the player is actually performing. For batters these stats […]

Digging Deeper: Week 8 AL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back to Digging Deeper! I'll be taking a look at some deeper AL waiver wire options for Week 8 of the fantasy baseball season. Not to toot my own horn, but if you've been following this series thus far, you should have found a diamond in the rough by now. Some of the names that […]

Week 8 Rookie Roundup: Recently Promoted Prospects

Welcome to the 2017 edition of the Recently Promoted Prospects! Here I discuss some recently promoted prospects and what to make of their production for fantasy owners. Another top-100 prospect was promoted! . . . and he got injured. Unfortunately, we only got to enjoy Anthony Alford for a little bit in the majors before […]

Week 8 Waiver Wire: Catchers

Have you ever been reading a book or watching a TV show and things keep happening to characters that you don't care about... but they steadfastly refuse to show any events happening to the more important people? That's what this past week felt like when scanning catcher's statistics. Sure, Salvador Perez went on a homer […]

Champ or Chump: Kevin Pillar & Michael Conforto

The fantasy community hypes up a few players every draft season without driving their ADP too high. Kevin Pillar was viewed as an intriguing speed play if he could hit enough to receive regular PAs, yet his ADP was just 321. Michael Conforto was buried on the Mets depth chart, but everyone thought he would […]

Digging Deeper: Week 8 NL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back to our Week 8 edition of Digging Deeper, our weekly column where we will focus on deep league waiver wire options. My counterpart Tom Bellucco will be handling the American League while I focus on the National League. For those that have played in limited size leagues, you are well aware that at-bats and innings are […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 25

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop resource for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to improve upon your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Thursday, May 25th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) PvB […]

Week 8 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

The pitcher landscape is honestly not all that inspiring save for some guys lingering around due to market inefficiencies. You'll find three Rockies here, and honestly, Jeff Hoffman could've made four but those in redraft leagues likely can't deal with stashing him while Colorado shuttles him back and forth between the Majors and Minors. Here […]

2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 8)

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. I hope you all have enjoyed the start of conference tournaments in […]

Contact Rate Risers and Fallers - Week 8

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We are now in the midst of the MLB season, so it's a good time to look at some key offensive trends. Among those trends we will follow each week is contact rate. A sudden increase or decrease in contact rate could signal the beginning of an extended hot or cold streak, leading […]

Are You For Real? Week 7 Pitcher Standouts

In fantasy baseball, owners can often spends weeks or months preparing for the draft. Many will pore over websites and lists and spreadsheets and forums and magazines for hours upon hours to ensure they make the right choices. But once draft day comes and goes, what’s next? As the saying goes, you can’t win your […]

Waiver Wire Points Leagues Week 8

With the NHL and NBA seasons coming to a close, we can really focus on the MLB and get ready for it into full swing (ha ha, punny). I always find that this time of the year is difficult for the wire. Players who have had hot starts are already picked up, and a lot […]