MLB DFS Lineup Picks: Friday, 8/28
Welcome to the weekend. We have a massive slate on our hands tonight, with some great options all around. We also don't have to decide on playing Tarik Skubal in his return to Detroit since it's one of the early games. Football season is right around the corner, and my model has all the data... […]
Weekend Waiver Wire Rankings: Top Pickups
The weekend is here, and at RotoBaller HQ, we are back with more waiver wire advice. August will be officially over next week, leaving us with a month left in the baseball season. There is still time to make a fantasy baseball championship run, and we will help guide you through the waiver wire with […]
Eric Cross' Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 23
If you're still tuning into this waiver wire article and all the other great content we have here at RotoBaller, let me applaud you. This either means that you're still in contention in your fantasy leagues, or you simply love fantasy baseball and fantasy baseball content. All of those are good things. The players below […]
Top MLB Hitter Prospects To Stash for 2026
With September roster expansions right around the corner, several top prospects could make their major league debuts over the next few weeks. If you’re playing in a redraft league, now is the time to get ahead of the competition and stash them before they get the call. Here are the top-5 five hitting prospects to […]
Breakout Hitters To Watch For Week 23
Welcome back to my Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 23 of the 2026 MLB regular season. The goal of this article is to highlight players who could be getting hot, review current active hitting streaks, and look at recent leaders in batting average, isolated power (ISO), stolen bases, and more. This week, we'll […]
Bargain Basement Hitters: Waiver Wire Adds
Welcome, RotoBallers, to another edition of our Bargain Basement Hitters for Week 22 of the fantasy baseball season. We're in the thick of the stretch run now, so it's time to upgrade our teams with some helpful pickups. We're either focusing on players with seven-game weeks or exploitable spots. As usual, we will look at […]
Eric Cross: Top 25 Prospect Call-Ups for 2026
Well, after months of utter domination, we finally received the long-awaited MLB debut of Kade Anderson over the weekend. Anderson stashers rejoice! We're now down to a little over a month remaining in the Major League season, but there's time for some of the names ranked below to get the call. There are a handful […]
Top 10 IF: Rest-Of-Season Projections
This should be my final rankings update for the MLB season. Each week, I cover a different position, from starting pitchers to closers, outfielders, and infielders. This week, we take our last look at the infielder leaderboard, and I make my final predictions for how things shake out by the end of September. Each week, […]
X-Rays Negative on Jeremy Pena's Hand After Hit-by-Pitch
Post-game X-rays on Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena's left hand were negative, according to Chandler Rome of The Athletic. Pena was hit on the knuckle of both his pinkie and ring finger with a 96 mph fastball from New York Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole in the top of the third inning on Friday night in […]
Bobby Witt Jr. is Scorching-Hot at the Plate
Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. has been nearly impossible to get out at the plate lately. Over the last two weeks, Witt is slashing .327/.450/.551 with three home runs and six RBI. His hot play stretches longer than that as Witt owns a .930 OPS over the last 30 days. It is well […]
Willy Adames Expected to Miss 3-4 Weeks With Elbow Injury
San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames (elbow) received a second opinion on his injured left elbow, and the plan is to rest, rehab, and receive a platelet-rich plasma injection, according to Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports. Adames is expected to miss three to four weeks, which essentially means he will miss the rest of the […]
MLB Players Association Not Happy With League's Free Agency Proposals
The Major League Baseball Players Association is not happy with the league's proposal on Thursday to overhaul the offseason calendar and shrink most of free agency to a short window in December, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN. "The league, through their propaganda arm, is promoting their latest set of roster and transaction proposals as […]
Bo Bichette Out on Thursday With Foot Injury
New York Mets infielder Bo Bichette (foot) is not in the team's starting lineup for Thursday's series finale against the Milwaukee Brewers, per MLB.com. Bichette is starting on the bench for this contest after he was pulled early on Wednesday after fouling a ball off his left foot. X-rays on his foot came back negative, […]
MLB Proposes Drastic Changes to Offseason Calendar
Major League Baseball proposed drastic changes to its offseason calendar on Thursday, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan, including shortening free agency to a two- to three-week window every offseason. Additionally, a free-agent dead period until the first day of the winter meetings was proposed for early December, during which players and teams can negotiate, but […]
Devin Fitz-Gerald Settling in at Double-A
Washington Nationals infield prospect Devin Fitz-Gerald scuffled in his first taste of Double-A pitching, slashing .179/.248/.225 with one home run, a 27.3 percent strikeout rate, and a 5.5 percent walk rate over his first 38 games with Harrisburg. However, since then, the Nats' fifth-ranked prospect has slashed .364/.442/.591 with three home runs in his last […]
Jesus Made Cools Off, Eyeing 2027 Debut
Milwaukee Brewers infield prospect Jesus Made has cooled off at Double-A over the past few weeks, now 12-for-69 (.174) over his last 18 games without a single multi-hit game or home run during that time. It shows how hot he was earlier this year; despite the slowdown, the switch-hitter is still batting .273 with a […]
Brooks Lee is a Reliable Producer to Target on the Waiver Wire
Across 512 plate appearances in 2026, Minnesota Twins third baseman/shortstop Brooks Lee is hitting .247/.299/.437 with 21 home runs, 70 RBI, 59 runs scored, and seven stolen bases. The 25-year-old has outperformed his underlying batted-ball metrics, as he's posted subpar barrel (4.1%) and hard-hit (32.8%) rates. However, Lee consistently puts the ball in play. He's […]
Josuar Gonzalez Is a Name to Remember in Dynasty Formats
San Francisco Giants 18-year-old middle-infield prospect Josuar Gonzalez is a name to remember in fantasy circles and is a must-add in dynasty formats. Gonzalez was just promoted to A-ball at San Jose and has responded very well in 23 games with two homers and 25 RBI, along with 23 runs scored and nine stolen bases […]
Top 20 Non-Debuted Prospects (August Update)
Hey RotoBallers! Welcome to another edition of my month's top-20 non-debuted prospect rankings. The prospect landscape has changed greatly since we updated these, so we have a lot of news to cover. Over the past month, top prospects such as Joshua Baez, Kade Anderson, George Lombard Jr., and Max Clark have all re-entered the majors, […]
6 Must-Add Waiver Wire Pickups: Mid-Week Adds
Hello, RotoBallers. It is good to be back for another mid-week edition of Must-Add Waiver Wire Pickups. Special thanks to Frank Ammirante for filling in for me last week. I am happy to bring you my favorite adds to help you through the end of Week 22 of the fantasy baseball season. Among the hitters […]
MLB Uniform Power Ranking
With the MLB season quickly nearing the end, let's take a look at each of the standard home and away jerseys that each team is currently wearing. In this ranking, we will look to name the best and worst jerseys of each of the 30 MLB teams. What teams have the best jerseys for the […]
MLB DFS Lineup Picks: Thursday, 8/27
We have a small five-game slate on our hands tonight, but there are a lot of talented arms going and some clear stacks for me. I love these small slates because they involve a lot of game theory. Let's dig in and see if we can get to the green tonight. If you have not... […]
Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings: Top Pickups
Welcome back, RotoBallers, to more fantasy baseball waiver wire advice. The 2026 MLB season is winding down, as August ends on Monday. We have about a month left in the season, and it's time to add players who could help for that fantasy baseball championship run. Today, we return with more waiver wire advice with […]
Bo Bichette Exits Early on Wednesday with Foot Contusion
New York Mets infielder Bo Bichette (foot) was removed in the fifth inning of his team's 8-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday due to a left-foot contusion, per an announcement from the team. Bichette walked once in two plate appearances before exiting the game. Across 568 plate appearances on the year, Bichette is […]
12 Must-Stash Prospects
Over the past month, many top prospects have entered the call, including two of the sport's top prospects in Kade Anderson and Joshua Baez. In this piece, we will look at 12 of the top prospects in the minor leagues who are emerging as worthy stash candidates. So, should fantasy managers stash these breakout prospects? […]
Hitter Breakouts or Fake Outs? Week 22
Welcome to Week 22! With just a couple weeks until the fantasy baseball playoffs start, finding those hidden gems to help you in September becomes paramount. Often times, a late season find can be the reason you snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. So let's help you find some gems in this week's edition […]
J.P. Crawford Reinstated from 10-Day Injured List on Tuesday
The Seattle Mariners reinstated infielder J.P. Crawford (wrist) from the 10-day injured list on Tuesday, optioning infielder Leo Rivas to Triple-A Tacoma as the corresponding move. Crawford had been sidelined since late July due to left wrist inflammation. Across 364 plate appearances on the year, the 31-year-old is hitting .212/.330/.345 with 10 home runs, 30 […]
Edwin Arroyo Heating Back Up at Triple-A
Cincinnati Reds infielder Edwin Arroyo is starting to pick up the pace at Triple-A Louisville, now 13-for-36 (.361) over his last 10 games for the Bats, including three doubles and three home runs. The former second-rounder was also hitting well earlier this year, which earned him a promotion to the big-league club back in early […]
Cardinals Placing Masyn Winn on Injured List With Thumb Fracture
The St. Louis Cardinals are placing shortstop Masyn Winn (thumb) on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday with a thumb injury that he suffered last Tuesday against the Cincinnati Reds, according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In a corresponding move, the team is calling up infielder Nolan Gorman from Triple-A Memphis before […]
MLB DFS Lineup Picks: Tuesday, 8/25
Welcome back to our DFS article on this Tuesday. Today is going to be a weird day for me as my daughter starts kindergarten, but let's talk about some baseball to keep me occupied. We have a massive slate on tap tonight for both slates, and there are plenty of talking points on tonight's slate.... […]
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