Top 500: Points Leagues Rankings & Tiers (March)

Welcome back RotoBallers. Below you will find our updated fantasy baseball points leagues rankings for March. The MLB season is approaching, and with that comes the excitement of fantasy baseball drafts - coming in a variety of formats. Today's rankings are specifically for points leagues, which have different scoring settings than most. Each statistical category is assigned a point […]

Seattle Mariners: 2017 Fantasy MLB Team Preview and Outlooks

Spring training is officially underway, and it's time to get ready for your fantasy draft. As part of RotoBaller's ongoing effort to help you win your leagues, we're previewing all 30 MLB teams. In these articles, we discuss each team's offseason moves, as well as their hitters, pitchers, and prospects. Today's installment covers the 2017 Seattle […]

Relief Pitcher: Points Leagues Rankings and Tiers

Welcome to this series of analyzing our site’s points league rankings, compiled by myself and Kyle Bishop. We’re good people, you should get to know us. Today we're taking a look at our tiered relief pitcher rankings for points leagues. Points leagues abide by different rules, with walks and strikeouts usually being of notable importance compared […]

Early ADP Values for Fantasy Baseball: Catchers

The demand for catchers at the draft table varies quite a bit on league format, most specifically whether it is a one- or two-catcher league. One thing that doesn’t change, however, is that relative to other hitting positions, elite catchers stay on the draft board longer than any other position. Today I'm here to take […]

Turning Two: Will Anyone Hit .350 in 2017?

Welcome back to our third edition of Turning Two. We've now discussed who will hit 50 HR, and who will rack up 300 K. This week we flip back to the hitters to discuss a challenge that has not been tackled in seven years; hitting .350 for a season.  A .350 batting average is a daunting task. Hell, .330 is […]

Mark Trumbo Rankings Debate: Comparing RotoBaller's Rankers

It's the fantasy baseball draft season. To us baseball nerds, few things are more exciting than arguing about player rankings. Today, we'll discuss and compare Mark Trumbo's RotoBaller staff rankings. He was ranked No. 51 overall by Jeff Kahntroff, and No. 136 by Brad Johnson. Throughout this series, we'll be using our February Staff Rankings to […]

Predicting the Top 10 Finishers for Batting Average

With the importance of advanced statistics in baseball, one of the traditional stats still carries a lot of weight. You can't watch a baseball telecast, or go to a baseball game without seeing a batting average attached to a player's name. In addition, the number .300 still remains sacred in baseball lore. When it comes […]

2017 MLB Closer Depth Chart: American League Central

The American League Central features the AL Champion Cleveland Indians, then a pair of if-everything-goes-right possible contenders in the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals, and rounded out by the rebuilding Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox. Of course, the "good" teams have good fantasy options, but there is some value to be drawn from […]

Arizona Diamondbacks: 2017 Fantasy MLB Team Preview and Outlooks

Spring training is officially underway, and it's time to get ready for your fantasy draft. As part of RotoBaller's ongoing effort to help you win your leagues, we're previewing all 30 MLB teams. In these articles, we discuss each team's offseason moves, as well as their hitters, pitchers, and prospects. Today's installment covers the 2017 Arizona […]

Kendrys Morales Rankings Debate: Comparing RotoBaller's Rankers

It's the fantasy baseball draft season. To us baseball nerds, few things are more exciting than arguing about player rankings. Today, we'll discuss and compare Kendrys Morales' RotoBaller staff rankings. He was ranked No. 103 by Bill Dubiel, and No. 208 by Kyle Bishop. Throughout this series, we'll be using our February Staff Rankings to debate where to […]

Starting Pitcher: Points Leagues Rankings and Tiers

Welcome to this series of analyzing our site’s points league rankings, compiled by myself and Kyle Bishop. We’re good people, you should get to know us. Today we're taking a look at our tiered starting pitcher rankings for points leagues. Points leagues abide by different rules, with walks and strikeouts usually being of notable importance […]

San Francisco Giants Top MLB Prospects for 2017 Dynasty Leagues

So it was an ever year last season and just when it looked like the Madison Bumgarner-led San Francisco Giants were going to race all the way back up to the top again, the Chicago Cubs got in their way. But still, even if that was the end of their even-year title pattern, it was […]

Using Sabermetrics For Fantasy Baseball Part 4: Plate Discipline

No matter how high a particular player's BABIP may be, his average will be mediocre at best if he strikes out too much. This is why fantasy owners have known for years that players like Adam Dunn, Chris Carter, and Chris Davis are potential drains on a fantasy team's batting average. Furthermore, players that whiff […]

Outfield: Points Leagues Rankings and Tiers

Welcome to this series of analyzing our site’s points league rankings, compiled by myself and Kyle Bishop. We’re good people, you should get to know us. Today we're taking a look at our tiered outfield rankings for points leagues. Points leagues abide by different rules, with walks and strikeouts usually being of notable importance compared […]

2017 Starting Pitcher Sleepers: American League

The key to winning a championship in fantasy baseball is to find some gems in the late rounds of your fantasy baseball drafts. Anyone can draft a top-10 player, but only the good ones can find the diamonds in the rough. Below are some AL starting pitcher sleepers for 2017. I analyze five starting pitchers from the […]

Predicting the Top 10 Finishers for Runs

There were 15 players that were nine runs or fewer than being in the top 10 in runs scored in 2016, and I'm guessing that there will be nearly as many if not more this season. In 2015, there were 17 players that were within 10 runs of finishing within the top 10 in runs scored. […]

San Francisco Giants 2017 Team Preview and Outlook

Spring training is officially underway, and it's time to get ready for your fantasy draft. As part of RotoBaller's ongoing effort to help you win your leagues, we're previewing all 30 MLB teams. Today's installment covers the 2017 San Francisco Giants Outlook, and previews their potential fantasy baseball contributions. In these articles, we discuss each team's offseason […]

Miami Marlins: 2017 Fantasy MLB Team Preview and Outlooks

As part of RotoBaller's ongoing effort to help you win your leagues, we're previewing all 30 MLB teams. Today we continue our MLB team previews with the 2017 Miami Marlins Team Outlook to see how fantasy baseball owners should approach their players this season. In this article, I will break down the team's notable additions, losses, offense, pitching […]

San Diego Padres Top MLB Prospects for 2017 Dynasty Leagues

It was another disappointing season for the San Diego Padres in 2016, but they will probably be fine with the big-league results knowing what is on the horizon. They aren’t going to be competitive next season, but they will soon have an outfield of Manny Margot, Hunter Renfroe and Travis Jankowski with guys like Wil […]

ADP Champs or Chumps: Aaron Nola & Jon Gray

When streaming starting pitchers, there are generally two criteria to choose the best option. The first is the quality of the opposition, as a lesser offense is less likely to hurt your ratios. The second is venue, as fantasy owners look to maximize innings in Kansas City and Miami while avoiding Coors Field like the […]

Third Base: Points Leagues Rankings and Tiers

Welcome to this series of analyzing our site’s points league rankings, compiled by myself and Kyle Bishop. We’re good people, you should get to know us. Today we're taking a look at our tiered third base rankings for points leagues. Points leagues abide by different rules, with walks and strikeouts usually being of notable importance […]

Xander Bogaerts Rankings Debate: Comparing RotoBaller's Rankers

It's the fantasy baseball draft season. To us baseball nerds, few things are more exciting than arguing about player rankings. Today, we'll discuss and compare Xander Bogaerts' RotoBaller staff rankings. He was ranked No. 15 overall by Jeff Kahntroff, and No. 31 by Nick Mariano. Throughout this series, we'll be using our February Staff Rankings […]

Nick Mariano's Draft Sleepers List (Premium Content)

It's everyone's favorite pre-draft word to throw around, and likely threatens to take the top spot on some Google Analytics the closer we get to that premier fantasy baseball draft season. Yup, we're talking about sleepers. But let's just get this out of the way: sleepers are not necessarily meant to be names that no one […]

2017 Keeper Values: Shortstop Rankings - Tier One

What's up RotoBallers. Welcome back to my series on keeper leagues. Today I'll be taking a look at shortstop keeper values for fantasy baseball (tier one)  for those of you deciding what players to keep for your teams. Keeper Value Rankings are intended for Keeper Leagues in which a fantasy owner must forfeit a designated draft […]

New York Yankeees: 2017 Fantasy MLB Team Preview and Outlooks

From the latter parts of the 1990s to the new millennium and onward, October did not exist without the New York Yankees taking the field for playoff baseball. After nine long years (which felt like 90 in Pinstripe Land), a champion was crowned in the Bronx once more in 2009. But since then, after the year […]

Los Angeles Dodgers Top MLB Prospects for 2017 Dynasty Leagues

Now is a great time to be a Dodgers’ fan. Sure they didn't beat the Cubs in the NLCS last year, but between current on-field talent and minor league hopefuls, few teams are in a better position than Los Angeles. They’ve got one of the best shortstops in the game in Corey Seager and the […]

Jackie Bradley Jr. Rankings Debate: Comparing RotoBaller's Rankings

It's the fantasy baseball draft season. To us baseball nerds, few things are more exciting than arguing about player rankings. Today, we'll discuss and compare Jackie Bradley Jr.'s RotoBaller staff rankings. He was ranked No. 114 by Bill Dubiel, and No. 70 by Kyle Bishop. Throughout this series, we'll be using our February Staff Rankings to debate where […]

Shortstop: Points Leagues Rankings and Tiers

Welcome to this series of analyzing our site’s points league rankings, compiled by myself and Kyle Bishop. We’re good people, you should get to know us. Today we're taking a look at our tiered shortstop rankings for points leagues. Points leagues abide by different rules, with walks and strikeouts usually being of notable importance compared […]

Champ or Chump: DJ LeMahieu & Xander Bogaerts

The end of most drafts is filled with quality, yet flawed talent. Chris Carter could hit you 30+ bombs when he's not torpedoing your batting average, while there seems to be a never ending supply of jackrabbits who can steal a bunch of bases if they can figure out how to hit a single. The […]