The Arizona Diamondbacks have started off great in 2013, and they're surprising people by how well they've played, even through sustained injuries to key players like Eric Chavez, Aaron Hill and Adam Eaton. They hope to see something from all three players this year, with some projecting to be back by the end of June, […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Prospects Analysis: Week 12
Welcome to the weekly Fantasy Baseball Prospect Primer. In this space, we will inform you about prospects that have recently been called up or who might become fantasy contributors in the near future. Especially good for Keeper leagues, you'll want to check in weekly to get the latest news and advice for the coming week about prospects of […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three up for Week Twelve
With eleven full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise heading into Week 12: 1) Max Scherzer (SP DET): It seems a bit odd to start praising a pitcher with a 10-0 record as a player on the rise, but […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Undervalued Starting Pitchers Week 12
In this piece, RotoBaller will highlight a selection of starting pitchers owned in less than 60% of both CBS and Yahoo leagues that have favorable matchups in the upcoming week. Whether you’re suffering from injuries, poor performance, or your league’s fantasy baseball waiver wire is barren, these undervalued pitchers could prove useful in the days ahead. 6/17: Bud […]
Full Story »RotoBaller Live Chat: Fantasy Baseball Advice (6/17) - Valverde, Teheran, Myers, Blanks & More
The following are the transcripts from the RotoBaller Live Chat that took place on June 17th, 2013. RotoBaller staff expert Ryan Rufe (@RyanRufe) talks fantasy baseball, waiver wire, trades and more with some RotoBaller.com readers. As always, you can get some LIVE quick hit advice in RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball advice chat room. Let’s win some leagues! […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Daily League Analysis (June 17, 2013)
Don’t dread Monday—it just means another great week of fantasy baseball is ahead of us! Each Monday, I give you my breakdown of my daily league lineup with options to help you put together the perfect roster to claim your prize in today’s daily league action. Throughout the week, my posts can be found at […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Week 12 Starting Pitcher Outlook & Rankings
In this edition of the weekly pitching outlook, I'll attempt to rank the top 75 starting pitchers for the week, from Monday to Sunday. Use this ranking as a "sit / start" guide. Guys in the top half of the rankings are high-end starts. Guys in the bottom half are more questional but some of […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Week 11 Recap
RotoBaller experts have scoured the dregs of free agent pools across the fantasy baseball world to bring you RotoBaller.com's Ultimate Waiver Wire Watch List. This is the weekly recap for all fantasy baseball week 10 waiver wire updates. All of the fantasy analysis is provided by RotoBaller staff experts. Our goal is simple: to help you build the […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Daily League Analysis (June 15, 2013)
My Top 3 Starting Pitchers David Phelps- He is a very good value play at 5500. The xFIP is very good at 3.88 and good K% at 24.2%. While the Angels are not an ideal match up. All you are look for is around 10 points at that price. Lance Lynn- An obvious play as […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Week 11 Closer Update - It's all Uphill from Here
Yeoman’s Work Dealing with closers can be very frustrating at times, especially if you're the owner of a closer that is about to lose his job. What can be more frustrating is to trying to predict which closer is next to go, whether it is because of injury or pure ineffectiveness, but hey-- that's why […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Baseball Analysis June 14: Damaged Goods
Damaged Goods Troy Tulowitzki came into Thursday with a .347 batting average, 16 HR and 51 RBI while leading the National League in slugging percentage (.635) and OPS (1.048). Tulo has always been a top offensive producer from the shortstop position when healthy, and he’s been reasonably healthy this year after missing four months with […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Mid-Week 11 Waiver Wire Review
RotoBaller writer Chris Lacey highlights a handful of players on most of your waiver wires to keep track of. You can find all these players and recommendations, along with many more, in our Daily Updated Waiver Wire Watch List. STANDARD MIXED-LEAGUE VIABLE ADDS Kenley Jansen (RP, LAD) - With Brandon League blowing his fourth save, […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Analysis: The Big Story of Week 11 - Ten-Win Starters
First To 10 It’s a five-horse race. Three pitching thoroughbreds from the National League and two from the American League are each looking to become the first ten-win starter of the 2013 season. Going into the season, three of these guys were top-flight pitchers with lofty expectations. Adam Wainwright (9-3), Jordan Zimmermann (9-3) and Max Scherzer […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Baseball Analysis June 13: Gee, Whiz!
Gee’s Up, Mows Down Cards Mets' pitcher Dillon Gee has been very impressive over his last three starts. The 27-year-old Gee has gone 3 – 0 over that span of 20.3 innings, with only a single earned run allowed in each of those performances. All three starts have come against formidable offenses, as he’s faced the Yankees, […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Baseball Analysis: June 12: Chillin' Out Max-ing
Chillin' Out Max-ing Max Scherzer has quietly been the Tigers' best pitcher statistically. He is leading all Detroit starters with a perfect 9-0 record over 90.1 innings racking up 106 strikeouts, only 57 hits allowed and a 0.87 WHIP. With Scherzer’s win over the Royals on Tuesday, he became the first Tiger starter to begin […]
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