3 Impressive Fantasy Baseball Breakout Pitchers - Griffin Canning, Ryan Gusto, Emilio Pagan

Finding value at both the starting pitcher and relief pitcher positions is a key predictor of fantasy playoff contention, whether it be in points leagues, rotisserie, or categories-based scoring. This becomes particularly important as injuries start to accumulate and some high-profile names, such as Logan Gilbert, might find themselves sidelined for weeks or longer. As the calendar turns […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospects Stash List: Ready to Make a Splash for Redraft Leagues (Week 6)

Stashing the right prospects this early in the season could really make a difference for your team in the coming months. Just look at those fantasy managers who stashed Paul Skenes or James Wood last season. Both players started the year in the minors but made an immediate impact in the majors once they were both promoted. As a […]

Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Starting Pitchers Delivering Elite Results

So much of the early part of the season is spent attempting to determine which breakouts (and busts) are real and which players are bound to regress to their mean. A careful approach would be to avoid reading too much into only five weeks of production, when the season still has four months to go. […]

Jackson Jobe, Rhett Lowder, Nick Kurtz - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Risers, Fallers

Welcome back to another edition of Rotoballer's rookie report on prospect risers and fallers. This week, we'll look at three different top prospects that were promoted recently or still have their rookie status intact for the 2025 campaign. Last week, we examined Roki Sasaki, Kristian Campbell, and Chase Dollander. They have all experienced the growing […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospect Risers - Rookies to Stash and Top Performers for Week 6 (2025)

Welcome Rotoballers to another edition of my biweekly prospect series. In this edition, we will analyze three rising prospects at the Triple-A level and determine if they are "must-stash" options. In our last edition, we looked at Baltimore's Coby Mayo, who has continued to swing a hot bat at Norfolk, and Tampa Bay southpaw Ian […]

Top-5 Hitter Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash For Week 6 - Redraft Leagues (2025)

Last week was such an exciting week for hitting prospect call-ups, so we were due for a little bit of a dud this week. That being said, there were a number of top prospects putting up big numbers in the upper minors this week. Could they be getting the call to the majors this soon […]

MLB Prospect Debuts: Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups and Rookie Stashes (Week 5)

We’re over a month into the season, and tons of prospects across the Majors are getting their chance to compete at the highest level. Some have taken the league by storm (hello, Agustin Ramirez!) while others are trying to keep their heads above water well enough to avoid being sent back to Triple-A. With rookies, […]

Hitter Fantasy Baseball Breakouts - Risers to Watch and Waiver Wire Outlooks (Week 6)

Welcome back to my Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 6 of the 2025 MLB season. The focus of this article is to highlight players who could be on the verge of a breakout, citing current active hitting streaks along with leaders in batting average and isolated power (ISO). You will also find expected […]

6 Fantasy Baseball Bold Predictions - Scott Engel's Picks for May

Having patience during the fantasy baseball season isn’t easy, and is more difficult for head-to-head league participants than those in Rotisserie leagues. But as savvy competitors know, we cannot make firm judgments about any players based on just one month of results. We are going to see some notable players produce much better or worse […]

Chase Meidroth Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

After spending the entirety of 2024 with the Red Sox's Worcester Triple-A affiliate, Chase Meidroth would soon become the most major-league-ready of four prospects dealt in December to the White Sox for Garrett Crochet. Dating back to a breakout summer 2021 collegiate wood bat league stint, the forte of Meidroth at the plate has long […]

Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes - Pitch Mix Analysis for Fantasy Baseball (Week 6)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to my weekly "Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes" article series for Week 6 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. We have a month's worth of data, and many of us may need to make tough decisions with our lineups due to injuries. Today's article will discuss a few starting pitchers who made actionable […]

3 Impressive Fantasy Baseball Breakout Pitchers - Reese Olson, Matthew Liberatore, Will Vest

Even though we are just a month into the fantasy baseball season, several pitchers have enjoyed the best start to a season they have ever had. However, it is crucial for fantasy managers to determine if these breakouts are legitimate and if they could ultimately become league winners. In this piece, we will do a […]

Hot MLB Prospects to Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Week 5 (2025)

Welcome back, RotoBallers! The 2025 Minor League Baseball season is in full swing. During last week's action, there were plenty of big plays and impressive prospect performances throughout Minor League Baseball. Monitoring the top fantasy baseball prospects who have turned heads thus far is imperative. The players listed here are coming off dominant weeks and […]

Florio's Fantasy Baseball Bullpen Report: Devin Williams, Emmanuel Clase Fantasy Baseball Outlooks

This is perhaps the biggest week of bullpen news this season. Two big-name closers who fantasy baseball managers paid a very hefty price on draft day to obtain are currently without their teams’ closer gig. Fantasy baseball managers everywhere are surely not panicking! There are also a number of teams using a closer committee that […]

8 Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers - Pete Crow-Armstrong, Andrew Heaney, Anthony Volpe, Devin Williams, more

Welcome, everyone, to another edition of RotoBaller’s Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers article series for Week 5 of the 2025 season! Today, I'll be taking a look at names like Pete Crow-Armstrong, Andrew Heaney, Anthony Volpe, Devin Williams, and more. Keeping up with the latest hitter and pitcher trends is a key component for a […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts From Jake Irvin, Simeon Woods Richardson, Jose Quintana

Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 5 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. For those who are not familiar, this is a weekly column where we take a look at starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope […]

Top-5 MLB Pitching Prospects To Stash For Fantasy Baseball Redraft Leagues - Week 5 (2025)

Welcome back to our top starting pitcher fantasy baseball prospects to stash for Week 5 of the 2025 MLB season. With injuries beginning to pile up in the major leagues, several pitching prospects are on the brink of receiving the call. This week, two of our top stash options took a slight step back at […]

Roman Anthony Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

Roman Anthony was a popular choice for the top position player prospect in baseball on the 2025 preseason lists of many ranking outlets. However, as I explain here, his prospective MLB offensive production includes relatively more uncertainty and volatility due to an extreme reliance on outlier batted ball traits for success at the plate. More […]

Fantasy Baseball Players To Watch For The Week Ahead (April 28 - May 4)

Welcome back to my weekly Players to Watch for the Week Ahead series for 2025 as we look ahead to the week of April 28 - May 4. In this article, I'll look at players like Agustin Ramirez, Hunter Brown, Luke Weaver, and others. For those unfamiliar, I like to take a look around the league […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5 (April 28 - May 4)

I don't know about you, but my IL is getting full of players in just about every league that I am participating in so far this season. We are slowly starting to get some injured players back into the mix, but it seems like even more players are ready to take their spots lately. If […]

Roki Sasaki, Kristian Campbell, Chase Dollander: Fantasy Baseball Prospects Risers, Fallers

It can be quick to judge a player a month into the Major League Baseball season, but it's important to remember that there are 162 games to a campaign. This is particularly true for rookies, who are getting their first taste of the big leagues and may need a bit to adjust. Still, not many […]

Top-5 Hitter Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash For Week 5 - Redraft Leagues (2025)

What an exciting week in the world of prospect call-ups. Three players featured in my prospects to stash article last week got the call to the majors. Chandler Simpson, Agustin Ramirez, and Nick Kurtz all should make a solid impact on your fantasy teams, but if you missed out on them, there are still plenty of big-name […]

Hitter Fantasy Baseball Breakouts - Risers to Watch and Waiver Wire Outlooks (Week 5)

Welcome to our Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 5 of the 2025 MLB season. The focus of this article is to highlight players who could be on the verge of a breakout, citing current active hitting streaks along with leaders in batting average and isolated power (ISO). You will also find expected batting average […]

MLB Prospect Debuts: Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups and Rookie Stashes (Week 4)

We're almost a whole month into the 2025 MLB season, and we already have several prospects who have been recalled to make their big league debuts. Rookies can help boost your fantasy baseball teams, so it's important to always monitor the latest MLB prospects. In this article, we'll go through several notable prospects who have […]

Bryce Eldridge Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Outlook - Prospect Fundamentals Focus

Bryce Eldridge traveled an unusual path to becoming a Giants slugging, if not also hitting, prospect. He attended the end of August 2022 USA Baseball 18 Under (18U) National Team Training Camp at the Twins' Fort Myers complex as a starting pitcher who was, by then, relegated to one-inning relief stints for workload reasons. He […]

3 Impressive Fantasy Baseball Breakout Pitchers - Landen Roupp, Andrew Heaney, Mitchell Parker

Finding reliable starting pitching can be difficult, whether that's through the draft or during the season, off the waiver wire. But just try to win a fantasy baseball league without good starting pitching - it's nearly impossible. We are a month into the season, so most starters who debuted in March have four starts under […]

Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes - Pitch Mix Analysis for Fantasy Baseball (Week 5)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to my weekly "Starting Pitcher Arsenal Changes" article series for Week 5 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. Hopefully, very few of you got the Easton Lucas treatment, where the underlying data looked interesting, but he was rocked in his two-start matchups. Today's article will discuss a few starting pitchers who made […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospects Stash List: Ready to Make a Splash for Redraft Leagues (Week 5)

Welcome, friends, to the 2025 MLB season, and my weekly article about fantasy baseball prospects to stash heading into Week 5. We finally get to take Nick Kurtz off the list as he finally received his promotion and made his MLB debut on Wednesday. Still, some others from last week loom. This week's article discusses prospects […]

3 Impressive Fantasy Baseball Breakout Pitchers - Who's For Real, Who's Not?

As we head into late April, we can start to gain a better understanding of who's in for a solid season and who may need to dig themselves out of the trenches. Today we'll focus on three surprising pitchers who are off to hot starts this season. We'll dissect their numbers, examine their usage of […]