5 Bargain Basement Hitters - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 9

Welcome, RotoBallers, to another edition of our Bargain Basement Hitters. With another week of MLB action behind us, it's time to turn our attention to the waiver wire and pick up some hot hitters working. This week, we have an interesting group of hitters to analyze, as some of them are flashing immense power upside […]

Hitter Fantasy Baseball Breakouts - Risers to Watch and Waiver Wire Outlooks (Week 10)

Welcome back to my Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 10 of the 2026 MLB regular season. The focus of this column is to highlight players who could be breaking out, taking a look at current active hitting streaks along with recent leaders in batting average, isolated power (ISO), stolen bases, and more. Some […]

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Pitchers On The Rise (Week 9)

If you like big curveballs, you're going to love this edition of breakouts or fakeouts, as two of our three pitchers featured this week have some of the best benders in the game. I'm talking about Spencer Arrighetti and Ben Brown, of course. Our third pitcher is a guy who has come out of nowhere […]

Top-5 MLB Pitching Prospects To Stash For Fantasy Baseball Redraft Leagues - Week 10 (2026)

Welcome back to our top starting pitcher fantasy baseball prospects to stash for Week 10 of the 2026 MLB season. I can't believe we are officially in the "double-digit" weeks of the MLB season. Time flies when you're having fun! This week saw Gage Jump earn the call to the majors, taking another candidate off […]

8 Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers - Ketel Marte, Kyle Harrison, Geraldo Perdomo, More

Welcome to another mid-week edition of Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers for Week 9 of the 2026 season! In this piece, I’ll take a look at Ketel Marte, Kyle Harrison, Geraldo Perdomo, and more.  It’s important to keep up with recent hitter and pitcher trends, whether it’s a hot streak sending someone soaring up the […]

Fantasy Baseball Breakouts and Resurgent Hitters - Are They For Real? (Week 9)

Finding a hitter in the middle of a resurgence is a great way to improve your chances at a fantasy baseball championship. Sometimes, it takes a while for others in your league to pick up a veteran who is bouncing back. That's where this column comes in: we're trying to determine whether or not these […]

MLB Prospect Debuts: Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups and Rookie Stashes (Week 9)

Memorial Day is often viewed as a checkpoint in baseball. By this point in the season, teams usually have a clearer sense of who they are and what their path might look like for the rest of the summer. With the expanded playoff format and additional Wild Card spots, more teams remain in contention deeper […]

Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Hitters Delivering Elite Results For Week 9

It's Tuesday, so you know we've got you another edition of Fantasy Baseball Hitter Breakouts or Fake Outs. There are few feelings better in fantasy baseball than taking a gamble on a guy as a breakout that's for real. There are few feelings worse than being sold on a guy and then watching him fall […]

Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Prospect Sleepers, Breakouts, Risers: Week 9

Welcome back to the Week 9 edition of our Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Prospects Report for the 2026 MLB season, looking at dynasty prospect risers and fallers! Today, we'll take a look at some hot prospects in the minors, including Cristofer Torin, Karson Milbrandt, Alexis Hernandez, and Nolan Perry. We've already arrived at the final week […]

Fantasy Baseball Buy-Lows? Unlucky Star Players (Week 9)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to another edition of buy-low candidates. Each of the past two weeks, we have looked at the biggest star players who have been unlucky in the early going. Some of the unlucky star players we have covered recently are Ronald Acuna Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Mookie Betts, Logan Gilbert, and Manny Machado. […]

9 Closer Fantasy Baseball Breakout Candidates: Relief Pitcher Targets For Saves (Week 9)

The month of May ends later this week, and the perpetual search for closers and relief pitchers who can help your rosters continues unabated. There is always help on the waiver wire if you are willing to look more deeply at the player pool. The key caveat here is that none of these pitchers are […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts From Kai-Wei Teng, Grant Holmes, Walbert Urena

Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 9 of the 2026 fantasy baseball season. For those unfamiliar, this is a weekly column where we examine starting pitchers who had surprisingly strong starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legitimate or […]

8 Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers - Gavin Sheets, Chase Burns, Ramon Laureano, More

Welcome, everyone, to another edition of RotoBaller’s Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers article series for Week 9 of the 2026 season! Today, I'll look at players like Gavin Sheets, Chase Burns, Ramon Laureano, and more. Keeping up with the latest hitter and pitcher trends is a key component of a successful season, and RotoBaller is […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9 (May 25 - May 31)

Are some of your batters failing to live up to expectations? Don't go dropping guys like Corey Seager just yet, but marginal hitters can and should be dropped for more productive players who are constantly available on the waiver wire! Use those moves and spend that FAAB, you don't win any prizes at the end […]

Top-5 Hitter Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash For Week 9 - Redraft Leagues (2026)

We're now into Week 9 of the 2026 MLB season. It's time to look at which hitting prospects we should be stashing right now in redraft leagues. Finding that upside rookie can put your team over the top. Just look at what Travis Bazzana is doing with the Guardians. Last week, I switched it up […]

Top-5 MLB Pitching Prospects To Stash For Fantasy Baseball Redraft Leagues - Week 9 (2026)

Welcome back to our top starting pitcher fantasy baseball prospects to stash for Week 9 of the 2026 MLB season. This week, we did not see any major pitching promotions, but a top-10 hitting prospect in Colt Emerson did earn the call to Seattle. Below, we will update our top-5 stash rankings ahead of Week […]

Hitter Fantasy Baseball Breakouts - Risers to Watch and Waiver Wire Outlooks (Week 9)

Welcome back to my Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 9 of the 2026 MLB regular season. The focus of this column is to highlight players who could be breaking out, taking a look at current active hitting streaks along with recent leaders in batting average, isolated power (ISO), stolen bases, and more. Some […]

Fantasy Baseball Buy-Lows? Unlucky Star Players (Week 8)

The fantasy baseball season is quickly moving along. We are currently in Week 8 of the fantasy season, and there are plenty of star players who have underperformed in the early going. These unlucky stars now present fantasy managers with a perfect buy-low opportunity. This article will highlight seven of the top buy-low star players. […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospect Risers - Rookies to Stash and Top Performers for Week 9

Welcome to the Week 9 edition of the top prospect performers. In this weekly piece, we'll discuss three of the top-performing minor leaguers who are likely to make a fantasy impact at some point down the line. Whether they are promoted in two days or two months, it's important to stay up to date on […]

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Pitchers On The Rise (Week 8)

That's right, it's time once again to break down some starting pitchers who are enjoying successful starts to the 2026 season. This week's trio of pitchers is an interesting one, as I'll delve into one highly-rostered veteran (Michael King) and a couple of younger arms who may be available on your waiver wire in J.T. […]

5 Bargain Basement Hitters - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 8

Welcome, RotoBallers, to another edition of our bargain basement hitters. In this weekly column, we take a look at five of the hottest hitters in baseball (who are rostered in 25% or fewer of Yahoo leagues) and determine whether they were worth picking up. This week, we will look at some intriguing power options at […]

MLB Prospect Debuts: Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups and Rookie Stashes (Week 8)

Over the past few weeks, recently called-up prospects like A.J. Ewing, Henry Bolte, and Ryan Waldschmidt have made an immediate impact for fantasy managers. With MLB teams becoming more aggressive in promoting prospects, fantasy managers need to stay on top of the latest news and adjust accordingly. To help with that, we’ll break down two […]

Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Hitters Delivering Elite Results For Week 8

Here we go with another edition of Fantasy Baseball Hitter Breakouts or Fake Outs. Truth be told, this is my favorite weekly article to write because the deep dive analysis always forces me to learn so much more about so many different players around the league. You love the payoff of what the analysis can […]

Fantasy Baseball Breakouts and Resurgences - Are They For Real?

One of the best ways to find value in fantasy baseball is on a bounce-back candidate. These are veterans coming off down years, but have enough of a track record to buy back in. Some late bloomers come out of nowhere, worth exploring. In this article, we're going to look at breakouts and resurgences in […]

8 Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers - Carson Benge, Kyle Bradish, Eury Perez, More

Welcome to the mid-week edition of RotoBaller's Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers article series for Week 8 of the 2026 season! While you may be used to this type of article being posted on Mondays, with so many constant risers and fallers to keep track of, we decided to start providing twice as much content! […]

9 Closer Fantasy Baseball Breakout Candidates: Relief Pitcher Targets For Saves (Week 8)

We've arrived at the back half of May, and it can be easy for fantasy baseball managers to feel like the season has "settled." Prospects have been called up to solidify rosters, and players who opened the year on the injured list have started to come back fully healthy. Rest assured, though: there are still […]

3 Impressive Fantasy Baseball Breakout Pitchers - Roki Sasaki, Trevor McDonald, Griffin Jax

Finding breakout starting pitchers on the waiver wire can provide your fantasy team with a massive spark. Through the early part of the 2026 season, many starting pitchers have surpassed preseason expectations and have put themselves in "must-start" status, such as Cam Schlittler, Jacob Misiorowski, and Chase Burns. Last week, we took a look at […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts From Logan Henderson, Connor Prielipp, Trevor McDonald

Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 8 of the 2026 fantasy baseball season. For those unfamiliar, this is a weekly column where we examine starting pitchers who had surprisingly strong starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legitimate or […]

Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Prospect Sleepers, Breakouts, Risers: Week 8

Welcome back to the Week 8 edition of our Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Prospects Report for the 2026 MLB season, looking at dynasty prospect risers and fallers! Today, we'll take a look at some hot prospects in the minors, including Jacob Gonzalez, Karson Milbrandt, Austin Overn, Kash Mayfield, and Malcolm Moore. Believe it or not, we […]