Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 12

Week 12 of the 2021 baseball season is here and the Top 50 redraft prospects list aims to provide you with a weekly update on the hottest players in the minors that could have significant impacts on your redraft leagues. We continue to see many of the same top prospects performing well and pushing for […]

Rookie Report: Prospect Risers and Fallers for Week 11

Welcome to the latest edition 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 seen 120 rookies make their MLB […]

The Outsiders: Deeper Hitting Prospects to Know for Dynasty Leagues

Welcome to the debut of a new recurring piece where I will highlight prospects that should be on your radar in deep dynasty leagues. For "standard" dynasty leagues, we have RotoBaller's Premium Top 250 Dynasty Prospect Rankings, updated and maintained by our prospect guru Marc Hulet. But for you degenerates who participate in the deepest […]

The Bigger Picture - Sizing Up 60 Games

We did it. We got through 60 games of the Major League season and yet, it isn't nearly over. Of all the trials and tribulations the abbreviated 2020 season brought, one of the greatest difficulties is having to invoke the caveat of the shortened season when conducting statistical analysis. Although we could take the current […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 11

If you’re the proud owner of Trevor Rogers, Ian Anderson, Yermin Mercedes or Adolis Garcia, you’re probably feeling pretty good right now. Who is the next rookie that’s going to pop up and help out? The 2021 fantasy baseball season has entered its third month, but there is still a lot of baseball to be […]

I Could've Been a Contender: Re-Evaluating Top Pitching Prospects

We get sucked in every year. Even if we try to talk ourselves out of it, we don't seem capable of following through. We see the GIFs of nasty strikeouts or read about dominance at the minor league level and we start fawning over the next big pitching prospect. We follow his progress as he […]

Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 11

You know, today serves as a good time to remember that not all prospects are going to set the world on fire as soon as they reach the majors. I'm writing this just a few hours after the news broke that the Seattle Mariners had optioned star prospect Jarred Kelenic back to Triple-A Tacoma. He's […]

Rookie Report: Prospect Risers and Fallers for Week 10

Welcome to the latest edition 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 seen 108 rookies make their MLB […]

The Bigger Picture - Glittery Prospects Aren't Always Fantasy Gold

Jarred Kelenic, welcome to The Show. The next über-prospect that had fantasy managers chomping at the bit for a call-up got his first taste of the majors at age 21. It was fantastic... for about two days. Now, he is on the bench and/or chopping block in redraft leagues while many GMs wish they would […]

The Outsiders: Deeper Pitching Prospects to Know for Dynasty Leagues

Welcome the debut of a new recurring piece where I will highlight prospects that should be on your radar in deep dynasty leagues. For "standard" dynasty leagues, we have RotoBaller's Premium Top 250 Dynasty Prospect Rankings, updated and maintained by our prospect guru Marc Hulet. But for you degenerates who participate in the deepest of […]

Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 10

Man it's hard to believe we're already two months into the season. I swear it feels like Opening Day was only two weeks ago. and yet here we are. The White Sox are leading the AL Central. We've got a four-way tie for the home run leader with some of the top young stars of […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 10

The minor league season rolls into Week 10 as we leave the month of May behind us. The Rays' minor league system continues to dominate the ranking while the Cincinnati Reds organization remains a strong contributor to the list. Speaking of the Reds, the club promoted pitcher Vladimir Gutierrez last week, so he's been removed […]

Rookie Report: Prospect Risers and Fallers for Week 9

Welcome to the latest edition 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 seen 95 rookies make their MLB […]

The Outsiders: Deeper Hitting Prospects to Know for Dynasty Leagues

Welcome the debut of a new recurring piece where I will highlight prospects that should be on your radar in deep dynasty leagues. For "standard" dynasty leagues, we have RotoBaller's Premium Top 250 Dynasty Prospect Rankings, updated and maintained by our prospect guru Marc Hulet. But for you degenerates who participate in the deepest of […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 9

The fourth week of the minor league season is now underway. With Saturday’s promotion of Spencer Howard to the Phillies, the Top 50 list has already lost three of its best players out of the Top 10 with Jarred Kelenic and Logan Gilbert recently receiving call-ups. The top of the ranking now features some surprising […]

Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 9

Remember how we looked at Vidal Brujan and Alek Manoah in last week's column? Well it turns out those were two good guys to be looking at as one will be getting called up this week and the other could be getting the call very soon. When news broke on Friday that the Rays had […]

Rookie Report: Prospect Risers and Fallers for Week 8

Welcome to the latest edition 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 seen 95 rookies make their MLB […]

Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 8

And the injuries just keep on piling up. As I'm wrapping this article up on Monday night, we've seen today alone Mike Trout exit with a calf strain, Taijuan Walker exit with side tightness, Kevin Pillar was hit in the face by a pitch, and Danny Duffy, Giancarlo Stanton, Jeff McNeil, Michael Conforto and Huascar […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 8

We're about two weeks into the 2021 minor league season and players are already graduating to the major leagues, including last week's No. 1 ranked prospect. The first wave of promotions saw the Seattle Mariners make a huge splash by promoting Jarred Kelenic along with his teammate Logan Gilbert. The Miami Marlins also got in […]

Rookie Report: Prospect Risers and Fallers for Week 7

Welcome to the latest edition 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 seen 87 rookies make their MLB […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 7

It’s been a long road to get here, but the Minor League Baseball season has finally arrived after more than a year of waiting. Over the past 13 months, prospects from around baseball have been developing their skills at alternate training sites, in extended spring settings, and in their own backyards. This weekly feature evolved […]

Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 7

We're one week into the minor league season and there is no shortage of prospects getting off to hot starts to talk about. Seriously, it took me a while to whittle a list of just over a dozen guys down to only four. But I finally got it narrowed down to a couple of starting […]

Rookie Report: Prospect Risers and Fallers for Week 6

Welcome to the latest edition 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. It’s early in the season and we’ve already […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 6

Things are about to get interesting. This week marks the highly-anticipated return of the Minor League Baseball season for 2021. Prospects around baseball have spent more than a year working out at clubs' alternate training sites, extended spring training sites, and/or at their homes. Some players have flourished while others have… well, we don’t really […]

Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 6

It's Opening Day 2.0! At 6 p.m. ET, the first pitches of the 2021 minor league season will be thrown in Portland, Maine and Altoona, Pennsylvania as MiLB will resume play after last year saw their season end before it even began. Since the last time we had minor league action there have been quite […]

The Outsiders: Deeper Pitching Prospects To Know for Dynasty Leagues

Welcome the debut of a new recurring piece where I will highlight prospects that should be on your radar in deep dynasty leagues. For "standard" dynasty leagues, we have RotoBaller's Premium Top 250 Dynasty Prospect Rankings, updated and maintained by our prospect guru Marc Hulet. But for you degenerates who participate in the deepest of […]

Rookie Report: Prospect Risers and Fallers for Week 5

Welcome to the latest edition 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. It’s early in the season and we’ve already […]

The Outsiders: Deeper Hitting Prospects To Know for Dynasty Leagues

Welcome the debut of a new recurring piece where I will highlight prospects that should be on your radar in deep dynasty leagues. For "standard" dynasty leagues, we have RotoBaller's Premium Top 250 Dynasty Prospect Rankings, updated and maintained by our prospect guru Marc Hulet. But for you degenerates who participate in the deepest of […]

Post-Hype Dynasty Trade Targets

The phrase "dynasty trade target" usually evokes images of promising prospects brimming with potential yet to debut. Youth should be emphasized but players who have already debuted and underwhelmed shouldn't be forgotten. Losing that shiny new prospect label provides a buying opportunity, for lack of a better term, in keeper and dynasty leagues. Young players […]