Mid-Round Third Base (3B) Fantasy Baseball Draft Values And Targets In 2024

Welcome officially to the 2024 fantasy baseball season! Spring training is in full force, and fantasy managers are gearing up for another exciting season in the MLB. Once you reach the middle rounds of drafts, everyone is looking to draft players who can provide a great return on value. You can start taking calculated risks […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 23

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 23 of the MLB season (8/30 through 9/5). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some matchups in order to gain an edge on […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 22

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 22 of the MLB season (8/23 through 8/29). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some matchups in order to gain an edge on […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 21

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 21 of the MLB season (8/16 through 8/22). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some matchups in order to gain an edge on […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 20

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 20 of the MLB season (8/16 through 8/22). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some matchups in order to gain an edge on […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 19

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 19 of the MLB season (8/2 through 8/8). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some matchups in order to gain an edge on […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 18

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 18 of the MLB season (7/26 through 8/1). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some matchups in order to gain an edge on […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 17

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 17 of the MLB season (7/19 through 7/25). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups in order to gain an edge […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 16

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 16 of the MLB season (7/15 through 7/18). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups in order to gain an edge […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 15

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 15 of the MLB season (7/5 through 7/11). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups in order to gain an edge […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 14

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 14 of the MLB season (6/28 through 7/4). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups in order to gain an edge […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 13

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 13 of the MLB season (6/21 through 6/27). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups in order to gain an edge […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 12

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 12 of the MLB season (6/14 through 6/20). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups in order to gain an edge […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 11

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 11 of the MLB season (6/7 through 6/13). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups to gain an edge on your […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 9

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 9 of the MLB season (5/24 through 5/30). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups to gain an edge on your […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 8

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 8 of the MLB season (5/17 through 5/23). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups to gain an edge on your […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 7

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 7 of the MLB season (5/10 through 5/16). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups to gain an edge on your […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 5

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 5 of the MLB season (4/26 through 5/2). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups to gain an edge on your […]

Projecting Power in 2021: Late ADP Options

Like a sitcom catchphrase from a bygone era, we all want more power. We'll take it early and we'll take it late but it always feels extra sweet when one of your final picks suddenly becomes one of the mayors of dong city. Looking at a player's exit velocities can tell us a lot about […]

Projecting Power in 2021: Early ADP Air% Exit Velocity

Looking at average exit velocity to project future power is not very useful compared to looking only at balls hit in the air. Because who cares how hard ground balls are hit? However, it can be even more useful to parse out those velocities into more refined bins and cast a more critical eye to […]

Projecting Power in 2021: Elite Levels of Air% Exit Velocity

Everyone wants more power, even more so when it comes relatively cheap. But even when pricey, you're going to need to draft a bomber or two. One of the best ways to see how a player's power is trending is to sift through their exit-velocities to see what they're saying. Most know by now that […]

2021 First Look Fantasy Values: Third Base

The baseball offseason may officially begin with the end of the World Series but the projections offseason began last Thursday night with the release of the first Steamer projections for 2021. Created and maintained by mathematics teacher Jared Cross and his former students, Steamer remains the industry standard for non-aggregated projection systems, as well as […]

Travis Shaw (3B, TOR) - Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ team leagues OWNED IN: 4% of leagues ANALYSIS:  Travis Shaw is coming off a horrendous year in Milwaukee that saw his average plummet to .157 with only seven home runs in 86 games while battling various injuries. Shaw blamed some of his struggles on a swing change, and there's reason to […]

Howie Kendrick (1B/2B/3B, WSH) - Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 30% of leagues ANALYSIS:  Not many players have a career-year at age 36, but that’s exactly what Howie Kendrick did last season in Washington. The veteran infielder hit for a cool .344 with a .966 OPS along with 17 longballs in 370 PA. That performance wasn't a fluke […]

Daniel Robertson (2B/SS/3B, TB) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 34% of leagues ANALYSIS: Robertson is a super-utility player who had promise coming up as a prospect in the Athletics organization. Now with the Rays, he has been given an opportunity to play and is making the most of it. In 22 games, Robertson has three HRs, […]

MLB Podcast on RotoBaller Radio: 2016 Fantasy Baseball Third Base (3B) Tiered Rankings

RotoBaller is very excited about the start of the second year of RotoBaller Radio. You can find our new shows as always on BlogTalkRadio live or on demand, YouTube, and on iTunes under podcasts. Every Tuesday night at 9:00 PM EST, RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph and co-host Anthony Aniano will be discussing the most recent and relevant MLB news and […]

Turning Two: Who is Breaking Out in 2016?

Welcome back to episode seven of Turning Two. To this point we've focused on stat-based material: who will hit 50 HR, who will win 20 games, who can put up a 20/20, who can hit .350, who can reach 50 saves, and who will post a sub-2.00 ERA. Now we'll shift to a broader topic: breakout players for 2016. Finding the […]

Joey Gallo Homers Again, 2nd Blast In Two Career MLB Games

Joey Gallo struck again, and made it 2-for-2 in making some noise in the majors, as he hit his second home run in as many games of his big league career. The Texas Rangers couldn’t ask for much more as the 21-year-old top prospect has adjusted well so far to the majors. After going 3-for-4 on Tuesday […]

Joey Gallo's MLB Debut: 3-For-4, HR, 4 RBI

Joey Gallo’s MLB debut was one to remember for the Texas Rangers. The rookie third basemen went 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBI. With the absence of Adrian Beltre, the 21-year-old stepped right in and delivered. Gallo did his part in helping the Rangers defeating the Chicago Sox 15-2 on Tuesday. In the span […]

Jake Lamb To Begin Rehab Assignment Wednesday

After missing six weeks, Jake Lamb will begin his way back to the Diamondbacks by beginning a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Wednesday, according to MLB.com. The 24-year-old third baseman was supposed to have his first full season in the majors. Instead, Lamb hurt his foot back on April 21 after 10 games of […]