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Fantasy Baseball Closer Depth Charts - MLB Bullpens and Saves
Saves are an important component for many fantasy baseball leagues. Closers are one of the most volatile positions in fantasy baseball and one of the highest turnover positions in MLB. Each year, closers drop like flies, and many MLB teams make in-season changes due to injuries or poor performance. Relief pitchers are becoming increasingly important […]
Eric Cross' Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups: Hitters and Pitchers (Week 4)
We're still only around three weeks into the 2026 major league season, but slow starts and injuries have forced many managers to hit the waiver wire more frequently than they hoped when drafting their teams this spring. But that's baseball for you! The players below are all under 40 percent rostered in Yahoo! leagues. Some […]
MLB DFS Picks for 4/17/26: Daily Fantasy Baseball Strategy and Tips For FanDuel, DraftKings
We have an awesome Friday night baseball slate on our hands to bring us into the weekend. I would advise sitting back, relaxing, and watching some very good matchups on tonight's slate. As always, if you want to play a lineup or two, you have found the right place. I'm continually refining my model and […]
Nick Mariano's Closer Rankings and Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 4)
The Mariano Bullpen conglomerate is pleased to offer you, the dear readers, a one-stop shop article with my rest-of-season closer ranks and waiver wire recommendations! This piece will focus on our updated fantasy baseball closers rankings for Week 4 of 2026, and provide you with a tiered closers rankings table and relievers to add. We'll […]
Top-5 Hitter Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash For Week 4 - Redraft Leagues (2026)
We're into the fourth week of the 2026 MLB season. As always, it's important to think about which hitting prospects to stash. Finding a young gem can bring more upside to your fantasy baseball teams. In this column, I choose five different hitting prospects to stash to highlight each week. Some of these hitters could […]
Weekend Waiver Wire Rankings: Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 3
The MLB season continues to roll, and at RotoBaller HQ, we are back with more waiver wire advice with our weekend fantasy baseball waiver rankings for Week 3 -- April 13 through April 19 for leagues that allow daily moves. The list covers the top 100 hitters and pitchers. Below, you will find where key […]
5 Bargain Basement Hitters - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 3 (2026)
With another week of MLB action in the books, it's time to do another deep dive into some undervalued hitters. These hitters are under 25% rostered on Yahoo and will likely not blow your FAAB budget, as they seem to be going under the radar in the vast majority of leagues. This week, we will […]
Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Pitchers On The Rise (Week 3)
Another week has come and gone, and we're now getting a larger sample size from our starting pitchers, with most pitchers now having three or four starts under their belts. This week, I'll look at three new pitchers who have performed well, and all three are pitchers who are likely already rostered in standard-sized leagues. […]
Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Week 3 (2026)
Congratulations on making it roughly 10% of the way through the 2026 fantasy baseball season! The cold weather is easing up, and the offensive output may warm up alongside it, and injuries are always keeping us on our toes. We're here to run back the FSWA-award-winning Best Baseball Series, our weekly updated "Top 101 Starting […]
Hitter Fantasy Baseball Breakouts - Risers to Watch and Waiver Wire Outlooks (Week 4)
Welcome back to my Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 4 of the 2026 MLB regular 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 recent leaders in batting average, isolated power (ISO), stolen bases, and more. […]
MLB Prospect Debuts: Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups and Rookie Stashes (Week 3)
The first wave of prospects has settled in, and now it’s time to start looking ahead to the next group. This week, we’re focusing on two players who could provide an immediate boost to your fantasy roster, and two others who may not arrive until later in the summer. As we discussed last week, the […]
Fantasy Baseball League Winners: Unlikely Aces Worth A Roster Spot? (Week 3)
Welcome to the third edition of our Unlikely Aces series in 2026. We're into the third full week of the 2026 fantasy baseball season. It's fun to stream starting pitchers and find success. However, sometimes streaming pitchers can destroy the ratios. We should have a process for any waiver wire move, start/sit decision, or player […]
Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters for HR, SB, RBI, AVG, Runs (Week 3)
Welcome back to our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters column for Week 3 of the 2026 MLB season. As always, Week 1 had its fair share of interesting moments to start the season. We are now almost 20 games into the season, and while that is a very small collection of data […]
Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 13 - 19)
There is plenty of early turbulence to navigate as the first chapter of the season is written, which has us steering through the waves with our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball for the week ahead - Monday, April 13 through Sunday, April 19. This column provides readers with who is pitching, the opponent, and […]
Updated Start/Sit Chart - All Hitter Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 17 - April 19)
Hello RotoBallers! It's time to set those lineups, and we're here to guide you with our fantasy baseball hitter start/sit recommendations chart for the final games in Week 3 (April 17 - April 19). Today, we'll look at some lineup decisions for players like Garrett Mitchell, Salvador Perez, Miguel Vargas, Otto Lopez, and more -- […]
5 Injured Players to Stash - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4 (2026)
It’s hard to believe that we are already one month into the new baseball season. As you prepare for a fresh week on the fantasy baseball calendar, I have a new edition of Five Injured Players To Stash for your consideration. In this week’s grab bag are a couple of options with the potential to […]
Hot MLB Prospects to Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Kade Anderson, Theo Gillen, Luis Serna, Daniel Pierce, LuJames Groover
Welcome back, RotoBallers! Can you believe we're already halfway through the month of April? That means the 2026 baseball season is already three weeks old! Monitoring the top fantasy baseball prospects who have turned heads thus far is imperative. The players listed here are coming off dominant weeks and have significant long-term upside. Don't be […]
MLB Home Run Player Prop Bets Today: Best Hitter HR Props (4/17/2026)
Welcome back, RotoBallers! After a fun work week full of great MLB action, all 30 teams are on the schedule this Friday to get the weekend started. Sutter Health Park and Coors Field are back in play for the weekend, and the weather is warming up across the country, creating favorable home run conditions to […]
Top 25 Injured Players to Stash for Fantasy Baseball - Week 3 (2026)
Welcome back to the Injured Players to Stash for Fantasy Baseball series as we continue Week 3 of the 2026 MLB season. Even though we're still extremely early in the season, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be stashing injured players. They can make a major impact on your roster down the road. If you […]
Buy Low, Sell High Fantasy Baseball Trade Advice for Week 3 (2026)
Welcome, RotoBallers, to our weekly buy/sell fantasy baseball trades advice article for Week 3 of the 2026 season, highlighting the best players to trade for and trade away. Each week of the fantasy baseball season, this article will dive into the best trade targets and a few players to trade away before it's too late. […]
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