MLB Closers and Saves Report - Week 5

We are through the first month of the season, and bullpens are starting to figure out their real identities. Some teams have stuck with closers through early-season struggles, others are on their second or third closers already. It was a crazy month of April, with nearly one third of closers fighting for their jobs, due […]

Power Risers and Fallers: Week Five

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 & Adds for Week Five

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 5 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 […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 5

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your neediest categories on Cinco de Mayo. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Friday, May 5th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP […]

Digging Deeper: Week 5 AL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back to Digging Deeper! I'll be taking a look at some deeper AL waiver wire options for Week 5 of the fantasy baseball season. The search for upside continues! As injuries pop up and long cold streaks turn into concerns of permanent regression, winning the waiver wire upside battle becomes crucial. You may feel like […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire: Catchers

We're in May now... though it would have been hard to convince the people of Colorado, who were digging out of a late April blizzard. It feels like a lot of the catchers are buried under that snow, because the pickings are very slim. It's tough, because it seems like a catcher will get hot […]

Champ or Chump: Joey Gallo & Aaron Judge

The old saying "Chicks dig the long ball" applies to fantasy baseball owners as well. Billy Hamilton is frequently criticized for offering nothing outside of steals, yet similar players who provide nothing but bombs are not only rostered, but taken inside the top 100. Hamilton goes high too, but at least two owners in every […]

2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 5)

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. So we’ve been able to see some of Cody Bellinger over the […]

Digging Deeper: Week 5 NL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back to our Week 5 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 the […]

Contact Rate Risers and Fallers - Week 5

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We now have a decent enough sample size in the early MLB season 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 to […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

What a nutty April, eh? With a month of the 2017 baseball season in the books, we’ve got some real evaluating to do moving ahead. Are you one of those teams just hit with awful luck, skills- and health-wise? Or are you riding unsustainable starts to a hubris-loaded, early-season lead? Either way, staying abreast of […]

Are You For Real? Week 4 Sinker Standouts

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

Top 350: Updated May Rankings and Tiers

Welcome back RotoBallers. The first month of the MLB season is in the books, and a lot has changed. Below you will find our updated May fantasy baseball tiered rankings (top 350) for mixed leagues. Below you will find consensus rankings from Kyle Bishop and Nick Mariano, looking at updated values and rankings from this point forward. Feel free to click […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire - Second Base (2B) and Shortstop (SS)

We are officially into May, which means every article you read will mention that readers will get to see the words “small sample size” and “stabilization point” with far less regularity, but breaking that very promise by mentioning that they won’t mention them. It’s that time of the baseball season. Speaking of stabilization, the own […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 4

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Thursday, May 4th. Let's get to it. Editor's Note: Our friends at Fantrax have even more fantasy baseball advice columns and videos to help improve your teams. Be […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 3

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your problem categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Wednesday, May 3rd. Let's get to it. Editor's Note: Our friends at Fantrax have even more fantasy baseball advice columns and videos to help improve your teams. Be […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 2

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your problem categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, May 2nd. Let's get to it. Editor's Note: Our friends at Fantrax have even more fantasy baseball advice columns and videos to help improve your teams. Be […]

Two-Start Pitchers for Week 5: The Hit and Run with Joe Pisapia

In this "Hit and Run" video, Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) gives you surprising splits on a controversial pitcher and tells you who to activate immediately for two starts in Week 5. 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 […]

Waiver Wire Points Leagues - Week 5

May is finally here and just like the weather, we can only hope that some bats heat up too! After the first month, we definitely have a better feel of the players on our rosters we absolutely do not want to cut, and some of the "on the bubble" guys. Points leagues are nice because we're […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire - First Base (1B) and Third Base (3B)

If you don't see top prospects and recent call-ups Cody Bellinger or Christian Arroyo on this list, there are two good reasons. Bellinger will be sent back down to Triple-A as soon as Joc Pederson is off the DL, so you won't get much more use out of him. Arroyo only qualifies at SS in […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire: Outfield

Welcome back to the Outfield Waiver Wire, where we look at the best outfielders available in at least 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. Consider this column your recommendations for Week 5 outfield waiver wire pickups. It’s still early. Don't get carried away with making any major changes to your roster at this stage of the game. Tinkering […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire Watch List

Welcome to Week 5 of The Watch List. We have had a few iterations already, but here’s a friendly reminder for those who forgot: Each week we’ll be updating this list full of players who you maybe aren’t quite ready to pick up (depending on league size, of course), but who need to be on […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire - Deeper 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 […]

Week 5 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: The Hit & Run with Joe Pisapia

@JoePisapia17 tells you if Michael Taylor is worth the FAAB, analyzes Patrick Corbin's recent streak, and discusses some closers in waiting. 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 can find new weekly podcasts on BlogTalkRadio live or on […]

Week 5 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 5, and will be updated as more starters are announced. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 1

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop guide for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your problem categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, May 1st. Let's get to it. Editor's Note: Our friends at Fantrax have even more fantasy baseball advice columns and videos to help improve your teams. […]

Week 5 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 so early in the year. We’re looking at a […]

Hitter Streamers (Week 5): Head-to-Head Leagues

Welcome back, RotoBallers! As a reminder, in this piece we're looking for weekly streamers, which means players who are less than 50% owned in Yahoo! leagues and who have a good chance to play a full complement of games in the week. There are a lot of teams with seven games this week, so I […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers (Week 5): 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 […]