Florio's Fantasy Baseball Bullpen Report - Iglesias Nearing, Dodgers Going Committee

Every week on RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (Sundays from 3-5 pm ET), Scott Engel and I go over names to grab off the waiver wire in fantasy baseball. One thing I preach weekly is that not every waiver wire pickup needs to be a league winner or even someone that you roster for the entire […]

The Rest of the Reds Hitters - Fantasy Baseball Streamers, Pickups, and Sleepers

The Cincinnati Reds are just two years removed from a winning record (83-79 in 2021) and only three from a postseason berth. Now, six out of their top eight leaders in WAR from 2021 are on different teams, with longtime Reds first baseman Joey Votto and former NL Rookie of the Year Jonathan India being […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Pitcher Starts from Vince Velasquez and Jose Suarez

Welcome back to "Are You For Real?", a weekly column where we take starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legit or just smoke and mirrors. This week we've got two interesting arms to break down. First, we'll look at Vince […]

Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for BABIP (Week 6)

Welcome back to another edition of RotoBaller’s Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds article series! Each week, I will select one advanced metric, choose two pitchers with strong values and two with poor values, and analyze what those values may mean for future performance. Over the last two weeks, I looked at different components of pitchers' […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospects Report - MLB Rookie Risers and Fallers for Week 6

Welcome to this year's iteration of RotoBaller’s Recently Promoted Prospects series for fantasy baseball! Here I discuss some recently promoted MLB prospects and rookies, making note of what I think their upside could be for fantasy baseball managers, and whether they are potential risers or fallers. We have already seen a huge number of high-impact […]

Top Hitter Streamers - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups and Starts for Week 6

Hey, RotoBallers! Another exhilarating week of baseball is in the books! Balls are flying, and Drew Maggi finally gets the call. Baseball is moving to Mexico City, and Nick Castellanos is the biggest jokester in the game. Now that we've covered the fluff topics, it's time to take a sneak peek at Week 6, running […]

Hot MLB Prospect Hitters and Potential Call-Ups - Mining the Minors for Fantasy Baseball

Welcome to the second season of this series where I comb through the minor league leaderboards to see who is having a particularly impressive start to the season. I then try to break down whether the performance is for real and whether or not this player should be somebody that we should have on our […]

Overvalued, Undervalued Trade Targets - Buy/Sell for Fantasy Baseball (Week 5)

Making the right trades can be crucial to championship success in fantasy baseball, almost as much as the draft, if not more. While most trades can have a significant impact on your fantasy team, it’s the deals where you acquire undervalued players and then see their production improve that can really tip the scales in […]

Pitchers With New Pitches - Should We Care for Fantasy Baseball? (Part Four)

Welcome to the third season of the FSWA-award-winning series Pitchers with New Pitches (and Should We Care) where we take the simple premise that not every new pitch should be greeted with praise. A new pitch, like a shiny new toy, might be exciting on its own, but it also needs to be a complement […]

Florio's Bullpen Report - Changes With the Phillies, A's, Angels Pen (Week 5)

Every week in the bullpen report, I go over bullpens that have had some clear changes, some that may be changing, and then some non-closers that are worth picking up in fantasy baseball. The closers tend to get all the hype in fantasy baseball. Sometimes picking up an elite non-closer, especially if they are in […]

Fantasy Baseball Buys/Sells - Using Expected Statistics to Find Regression Targets

Using expected offensive statistics such as xBA, xwOBA, and xSLG, we can locate some hitters who could be heading for major regression (positive or negative). Statcast is not a perfect science as there are nuances to batted balls that don't account for human abilities and or limitations. xBA is typically lower for speedsters who can […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Pitcher Starts from Drew Smyly and Joey Lucchesi

Welcome back to "Are You For Real?", a weekly column where we take starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legit or just smoke and mirrors. It was good to be a lefty last week, and we'll be breaking down two […]

Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for Launch Angle (Week 5)

Welcome back to another edition of RotoBaller’s Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds article series! Each week, I will select one advanced metric, choose two pitchers with strong values and two with poor values, and analyze what those values may mean for future performance. Last week, I wrote about average exit velocity (EV), and this week, […]

Top Hitter Streamers - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups and Starts for Week 5

Hey, RotoBallers! April is coming to an end, but that means we turn another page in the calendar year. The month of May is just around the corner and the weather is only improving, which could be helpful to an MLB team's offense. The Cinderella stories of the Pirates and Diamondbacks have gone on for […]

Potential Breakout Hitters for Fantasy Baseball - Early Plate Discipline Improvers

Early in the fantasy baseball season, it's so easy to overreact to what we see on the field. We want every early home run barrage or max velocity to be a sign of a pending breakout, but the truth of the matter is that a lot of it is just noise less than 20 games […]

MLB Prospects Breakout Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Matthew Liberatore, Nolan Jones, Brandon Pfaadt, Michael Busch and more

With the passing weeks, we get more and better data to use. This year, we have more and better data for all of AAA (that is the International League and the Pacific Coast League). With the International League adding in the Statcast infrastructure, we can now know a whole lot more about the players down […]

Overvalued, Undervalued Trade Targets - Buy/Sell for Fantasy Baseball (Week 4)

Making the right trades can be crucial to championship success in fantasy baseball, almost as much as the draft, if not more. While most trades can have a significant impact on your fantasy team, it’s the deals where you acquire undervalued players and then see their production improve that can really tip the scales in […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Pitcher Starts from Domingo German and Johan Oviedo

Welcome back to "Are You For Real?", a weekly column where we take starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legit or just smoke and mirrors. We've got some exciting players to break down this week. We'll  be looking at Domingo […]

Pitchers With New Pitches - Should We Care for Fantasy Baseball? (Part Three)

Welcome to the third season of the FSWA-award-winning series Pitchers with New Pitches (and Should We Care) where we take the simple premise that not every new pitch should be greeted with praise. A new pitch, like a shiny new toy, might be exciting on its own, but it also needs to be a complement […]

Florio's Bullpen Report - Figuring Out Early Season Closer Confusion (Week 4)

The only thing consistent with early bullpen usage is change. There are still many teams that are figuring out which relievers they can trust in late-inning situations. While it is still essential to keep a close eye on those situations, it is also important not to overreact to one save opportunity.  My favorite way to […]

Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for Exit Velocity (Week 4)

Welcome to the second edition of RotoBaller’s Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds article series! Each week, I will select one advanced metric, choose two pitchers with strong values and two with poor values, and analyze what those values may mean for future performance. With plenty of home runs being hit and high-scoring games, I will […]

Top Hitter Streamers - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups and Starts for Week 4

Hey, RotoBallers! We are halfway through April, and Week 4 of the MLB season is already here. Offenses are heating up along with the weather, and we are looking at the top hitter streamers and starts for fantasy baseball Week 4 - April 17 through April 23. For those new to this series, each week, […]

Emerging Pitchers With New Pitches - Should We Care for Fantasy Baseball? (Part Two)

Welcome to the third season of the FSWA-award-winning series Pitchers with New Pitches (and Should We Care) where we take the simple premise that not every new pitch should be greeted with praise. A new pitch, like a shiny new toy, might be exciting on its own, but it also needs to be a complement […]

Overvalued, Undervalued Trade Targets - Buy/Sell for Fantasy Baseball (Week 3)

Making the right trades can be crucial to championship success in fantasy baseball, almost as much as the draft, if not more. While most trades can have a significant impact on your fantasy team, it’s the deals where you acquire undervalued players and then see their production improve that can really tip the scales in […]

MLB Prospects Breakout Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Hitters and Pitchers (Week 3)

The 2023 MLB season is off and running, and we have even fuller and better data to use this year! This has become a theme over the last decade as Major League Baseball is really giving us unprecedented access to the data of what is going on in the games. A huge development this season […]

Top Five MLB Prospects To Stash for Fantasy Baseball Redraft Leagues (Week 3)

This list will highlight the top five hitting and pitching prospect stashes for fantasy baseball redraft leagues. As more teams are incentivized to push their top prospects up the pecking order, the excitement of the game grows as these young players get on the field more often. These five fantasy baseball prospects are most worth […]

Florio's Bullpen Report - Monitoring Early Season Bullpen Usage (Week 3)

We are just two weeks into the baseball season, but it has been long enough to get some answers when it comes to questionable bullpens. Others have left us with even more questions.  The important thing to remember is that while we only have two weeks of data to go by -- it is still […]

Perspectives On Patience From The Press Box - Fantasy Baseball Insider Report

Welcome back to our annual Fantasy Baseball Insider series on RotoBaller.com, where we take you inside Major League Baseball clubhouses, press boxes, and front offices for exclusive insights that provide a completely unique edge on the competition. We give you an all-access pass to information and takes, along with comprehensive fantasy breakdowns. On the condition […]

Analyzing Hot and Cold Starts - Fantasy Baseball Hitters and Pitchers

Do not overreact! That is one of the cardinal rules for having success in fantasy baseball. Baseball has more variance and randomness built into it than probably any other sport. We need large samples of data before we can make any confident conclusions. If you're reading this, I'm not offering you anything new. You know […]