Andrew Cashner Earns Second Win Of Season Monday

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Andrew Cashner improved to 2-1 after Monday’s 12-4 win over the A’s. Cashner pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on nine hits (including two home runs) and a walk with one strikeout. While the win was nice, Cashner’s start provided little in terms of fantasy value. The 32-year-old […]

Cedric Mullins Hits Two Triples Monday

Baltimore Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins had a big day at the plate in Monday’s 12-4 win over the A’s, going 2-for-2 with two triples and three RBI. The young outfielder was considered a potential power/speed threat amongst fantasy players for 2019 but currently has a lackluster .167/.276/.333 slash line with three RBI and no […]

Trey Mancini Hits Fifth Home Run Of Season Monday

Baltimore Orioles first baseman/outfielder Trey Mancini stayed red-hot in Monday’s 12-4 win over the A’s, going 3-for-3 with two singles, a solo home run, two walks and two RBI. The 27-year-old is now tied for the fourth-most home runs in baseball. He has been extremely productive early on despite hitting in a weak lineup and […]

Catcher Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2

We're a week and a half into the 2019 baseball season, giving us a larger sample size to assess the state of our fantasy rosters. If you were one of the advocates to punt the catching position to the late rounds of your draft, you might be looking for an upgrade at the position by […]

Miguel Cabrera Has Favorable Matchup Tuesday

Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera has a strong matchup on Tuesday against a pitcher you might not expect: Corey Kluber. Cabrera has 63 lifetime at-bats against the former Cy Young winner and has managed to put together a .365/.403/.698 triple-slash line with six homers and 12 RBI in his career. The veteran slugger is […]

Dustin Pedroia Activated For Home Opener, Batting Seventh

Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia (knee) was activated from the injured list before Tuesday's home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays. The 35-year-old will start at second base and bat seventh against Toronto's Matt Shoemaker. This will be Pedroia's first major league appearance since last year on May 29. However, he did appear […]

Chris Sale Set For Home-Opener Start

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale will open the home portion of the team's schedule on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays. So far, Sale has had an interesting first two outings of 2019. After allowing seven runs in just three innings on Opening Day, he improved to span six innings and allow just […]

Statcast Hitter Studs and Duds - Exit Velocity for Week 2

Welcome to this year's first iteration of Statcast Hitter Analysis. Each week, I will select a different metric to evaluate unexpected names at the top and bottom of the Statcast Leaderboards. Even if you aren't well-versed in Statcast, you know exit velocity. Even the crustiest of old-school baseball announcers have incorporated this term in his […]

Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds - xwOBA for Week 2

Welcome to the first edition of Statcast pitchers analysis this season! Statcast provides a ton of interesting and insightful advanced metrics that we can use to predict future fantasy performance. Each week we will select one of these stats and choose two risers and two fallers to analyze and ultimately determine what those stats could […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts from Week 2

Welcome to our Surprising Starts series, where every week we look at lower-owned starting pitchers who have performed unexpectedly well in their last outing(s). Major league batters are striking out at an astounding 23% clip so far this season, which has resulted in plenty of unheralded hurlers racking up massive strikeout totals. We're looking at […]

Trevor Cahill Sharp In His Home Debut For Halos

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Trevor Cahill allowed just two earned runs while scattering five hits and a walk with eight strikeouts over six innings in a victory against the Milwaukee Brewers in his home debut. He threw 59 of his 90 pitches for strikes in the quality start, and he tossed first-pitch strikes to […]

Kevin Pillar Belts First Career Grand Slam

San Francisco Giants outfielder Kevin Pillar made the start in center field for Monday's game against the San Diego Padres and he belted his first career grand slam. It was his only hit in four at-bats. Perhaps the slam will help get him going, as he is still hitting just .111 (4-for-36) with no walks […]

Brandon Belt Makes Start In Left Field

San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt made the start in left field to start Monday's game against the San Diego Padres. He is already the eighth different player to appear in the outfield this season for the Giants. He was making room at first base for new acquisition Tyler Austin. The good news for […]

Tyler Austin Makes Presence Felt In Debut

San Francisco Giants first baseman Tyler Austin made his team debut Monday night against the San Diego Padres, going 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored while batting out of the two-hole of manager Bruce Bochy's lineup. Austin showed some good pop last season in Minnesota, and the Giants apparently like him enough to […]

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for April 9th, 2019

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily MLB injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy baseball (DFS) lineups, every day of the MLB season. Below is our updated list of injured MLB players for April 9th, 2019. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Mark Canha Reaches The Cheap Seats In Baltimore

Oakland Athletics outfielder Mark Canha was making the start in Monday's road loss against the Baltimore Orioles with outfielder Ramon Laureano (thumb) out of the lineup due to a jammed right thumb suffered over the weekend. Canha took advantage, going 1-for-3 with the solo home run, a walk and two runs scored. Despite the homer […]

Josh Phegley Goes Downtown For Second Day In A Row

Oakland Athletics catcher Josh Phegley connected for a two-run home run in the third inning of Monday's 12-4 loss against the Baltimore Orioles. The offensive highlights were few and far between for the A's in this lopsided road loss, but Phegley has knocked a couple out of the park in the past two games while […]

Marco Estrada Treated Rudely In Charm City

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Marco Estrada was touched up for six earned runs, nine hits and a walk with three strikeouts over four innings in a road loss on Monday against the Baltimore Orioles. He managed to throw 67 of his 96 pitches for strikes and also uncorked a wild pitch while serving up a […]

Gerardo Parra Fine After Hit By Pitch

San Francisco Giants outfielder Gerardo Parra has a cut on his lip but is otherwise fine and will be available on Tuesday after being hit in the face by a pitch in the loss to the Padres on Monday night. He was hitless in his lone plate appearance on the night and has just six […]

Hyun-Jin Ryu Will Go On Injured List

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that starting pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu (groin) will go on the injured list after leaving his start early on Monday with a strained left groin. The good news is that this is a precautionary move, so he shouldn't be out for an extended period of time like he was […]

Franmil Reyes Caps Off Padres Rally

San Diego Padres outfielder Franmil Reyes blasted a go-ahead two-run homer Monday against the San Francisco Giants. Despite quality at-bats and hard contact, Reyes had endured some tough luck to start the year. The home run was his first and just his third hit all season. With a .304 expected average entering Monday, Reyes’ numbers […]

Fernando Tatis Jr. Sparks Comeback Victory

San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. went 1-for-2 with a two-run homer Monday against the San Francisco Giants. Tatis went deep in the fifth inning for his third long ball to kickstart the Friars comeback victory. He was also hit twice by pitches and scored an additional run. Entrenched at sixth in the batting […]

Mike Clevinger Expects To Make Next Start

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Mike Clevinger (back) said he will make his next start after being pulled as a precaution on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Clevinger allowed just one hit in five scoreless innings while walking one and fanning 10 before being pulled against Toronto. He has yet to allow a run in his […]

Another Day, Another Daniel Vogelbach Home Run

Seattle Mariners designated hitter Daniel Vogelbach homered in his fourth straight start on Monday and now has five long balls in 17 at-bats this season. His latest Vogel-bomb came off of Royals starter Homer Bailey, as he finished the evening going 1-for-2 with three walks and a strikeout. Vogelbach has an impressive 5/6 K/BB ratio […]

Alex Avila Placed On Injured List

The Arizona Diamondbacks placed catcher Alex Avila on the injured list on Sunday after he strained his left quadriceps while circling the bases on a home run on Friday. He was hitting .333 with two home runs and five RBI in six games this year and was only attractive in deep two-catcher or NL-only leagues. […]

Nick Tropeano To Throw Simulated Games

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Nick Tropeano (shoulder) is starting to throw simulated games at the team's spring training complex in Arizona with the intention of building up to six innings. He's already thrown five to six bullpen sessions and has been feeling good. The 28-year-old won't be an option for the Halos rotation for […]

Miguel Sano Doing Baseball Activities

Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said that third baseman Miguel Sano (heel) has progressed past the conditioning stage in his rehab and is now doing baseball activities. Baldelli isn't putting a timetable on Sano starting a rehab assignment but said it "could be maybe within a week." The power-hitting third baseman was a disaster in […]

Aaron Hicks Still Not Hitting

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks (back) is throwing but has yet to resume hitting. The oft-injured outfielder is also a slow healer, which makes him a very frustrating player to own. He is valuable for his power and speed combination in a strong Yankees lineup when he's healthy, but you shouldn't expect him to […]

John Means To Start Tuesday, Dan Straily To Work Out Of 'Pen

Baltimore Orioles pitcher John Means will get the start on Tuesday against the A's, while the O's will use Dan Straily in relief for the time being. The long-term plan is to have Straily work out of the rotation. Means will not be a recommended fantasy streamer on Tuesday, while Straily will be a very […]

Joe Ross Joins Nationals Bullpen

Washington Nationals pitcher Joe Ross was recalled from Triple-A on Sunday to help the team's beleaguered bullpen. Ross was 1-0 with a 4.02 ERA in seven games in spring training and is unlikely to have any fantasy value in a relief role. The 25-year-old has strikeout upside but made only three starts for Washington in […]