Digging Deeper: Week 4 AL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back to Digging Deeper! I'll be taking a look at some deeper AL waiver wire options for Week 4 of the fantasy baseball season. As we round up the first month of the season, we are beginning to see which small sample sizes are real, and which players will bounce back from rough starts. Take […]

Digging Deeper: Week 4 NL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back to our Week 4 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 […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 27

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop guide for streaming and waiver wire advice. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Thursday, April 27th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) PvB matchups data (Pitcher vs. […]

Are You For Real? Week 3 Pitcher 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 […]

Contact Rate Risers and Fallers: Week 4

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. Each week […]

Week 4 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

It’s been quite the wild ride through the first three weeks of the 2017 season. While we don’t want to be overreacting here, it’s never a bad time to check up on the waiver wire and see which under-owned arms might be available to help your squad. For our purposes, we’re going to use Yahoo […]

Week 4 Waiver Wire - Second Base (2B) and Shortstop (SS)

We march along in April, as statistics move closer to being meaningful, but still aren’t quite there. We’re still early enough in the season that there are plenty of movers and shakers in the fantasy ranks. Players are being added and dropped left and right as fantasy owners try to catch lightning in a bottle/avoid […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 26

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily resource for streaming and waiver wire advice. This is a one stop guide for all of your categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Wednesday, April 26th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball […]

Cody Bellinger (1B/OF, LAD) - Prospect Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 12% of Yahoo! leagues ANALYSIS: According to Dodgers beat reporter Ken Gurnick, super prospect Cody Bellinger has been called up today: Source: Cody Bellinger is being called up by Dodgers. — Ken Gurnick (@kengurnick) April 25, 2017 For now, we are recommending adding him off the waiver wire for […]

Week 4 Waiver Wire Watch List

Welcome to Week 4 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 aren’t quite ready to be picked up (depending on league size, of course), but who need to be on […]

Points Leagues Waiver Wire - Week 4

As we close in on the last week of the first month of the season, let's remember one thing: there is a lot of baseball left to be played! A lot of waiver wire guys are out there for a reason, so let's try to find some diamonds in the rough. Maybe some of these […]

Week 4 Waiver Wire - Outfield

Welcome back to the Outfield Waiver Wire, where we take a look at the best outfielders available in at least 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. Consider this column your recommendations for Week 4 outfield waiver wire pickups. Any and all advice at this point in the year carries the implicit caveat of "It's April." Don't get carried […]

Week 4 Waiver Wire - First Base (1B) and Third Base (3B)

Believe it or not, April is almost coming to an end. Before it does, we'll look at some of the men at first and third base who have made a good early impression, but are still underowned in fantasy leagues. The corner infield positions traditionally offer power with the potential for high averages, so you […]

Two-Start Pitchers for Week 4: The Hit and Run with Joe Pisapia

Fantasy owners need to find a replacement for Madison Bumgarner. In this "Hit and Run" video, Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) and @JoePisapia17 has some two-start arms in Week 4 that may be able to temporarily fill the void. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday and […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 25

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of streaming and waiver wire advice. This is a one stop guide for all of your categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, April 25th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball […]

Waivers for Week 4: The Hit and Run with Joe Pisapia

In this "Hit and Run" video, Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) ells you what players to spend on and which ones to avoid wasting FAAB this week in Fantasy Baseball. 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 […]

Week 4 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 4, 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 […]

Week 3 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 […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 24

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of streaming and waiver wire advice. This is your one stop guide to address lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, April 24th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers (Week 4): 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 […]

Hitter Steamers (Week 4): 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. I usually stick to players who have seven games, but because I do […]

Week 3 Rookie Roundup: Recently Promoted Prospects

Welcome to the 2017 edition of the Recently Promoted Prospects! Here I discuss some recently promoted prospects and what to make of their production for fantasy owners. We are continuing to go over prospects who debuted this season with their big-league club (with the exception of one outfielder from Pittsburgh). There will be likely one […]

Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 4

At this juncture, two things are becoming very clear: Eric Thames was a bargain in fantasy drafts and Byron Buxton is an albatross on your team. If you bought low on Thames or managed to snag him off the waiver wire, congrats. If you've had the misfortune of watching Buxton rack up Ks in your […]

Fantasy Baseball Week Three Waiver Wire: Starting Pitchers

With almost 10 percent of the season in tow, we've got more than enough statistical firepower to make wide, sweeping statements about every single player! Well, alright, so we're not going to do that. Keep a level head, folks. It's still just April. Breathe. Now exhale sharply and read on about some April arms we […]

Holds Leagues: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds for Week Three

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 3 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 […]

MLB Closers & Saves Report - Week 3

After a relatively quiet start to the season, bullpen-wise at least, this week brought a few important ninth inning changes. Some might be temporary, some might be more permanent, but all will be critical to fantasy players over the next few weeks. Let's take a look at what happened in the bullpens around Major League […]

Week 4 Head-to-Head Category Pickups

Playing in weekly head-to-head category leagues requires a different strategy than other formats. Depending on your league size, you can tip the balance of your lineup week after week by making shrewd pickups off the waiver wire. In some leagues, a difference of one or two, say, steals can win the category for the week. […]

Hector Neris (RP, PHI) - Closers & Saves Speculation

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 41% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: The closer landscape remains a wild, crazy ride for fantasy baseball owners in 2017. After Jeanmar Gomez was yanked from the closer's role, veteran Joaquin Benoit nailed down the first save opportunity for the Phillies. It seemed that the new closer had been chosen, […]

Koda Glover, Shawn Kelley (RP, WAS) - Closers and Saves Draft and Waiver Targets

BALLER MOVE: Add in Saves Leagues OWNED IN: 17% / 55% of Yahoo Leagues for Glover / Kelley ANALYSIS: Figuring out the Nationals closer situation has been a headache since before the season started. Blake Treinen was given the job initially, but as manager Dusty Baker said “This ain’t working.” Now, we’re left with Shawn […]