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All-Star Rants and Raves First rant: last week I mentioned that I enjoy watching the Home Run Derby, and in a way I still do, but Chris Berman is tired. Am I in the minority on this topic? I can’t stand this dude-- he sounds like he smokes two packs a day, and ESPN needs […]
Full Story »Pitchers You Want in the Second Half: Underperformers, Waiver and Trade Targets
The All-Star Break presents fantasy owners with an opportunity to catch their breath after a crazy first few months of baseball; the truly savvy owners, on the other hand, will use the break as a chance to evaluate their lineups, assess areas where they can make up ground and identify potential pickups to prime their squads […]
Full Story »Henry Urrutia (OF, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Baltimore has called up their touted OF prospect, and he will be starting tomorrow. Urrutia is an interesting player– not unlike Markakis and Machado, he’s a gap-power-type doubles hitter. Currently he has a .365 BA with 7 HR and 43 RBIs in Triple-A, so if he can sustain […]
Full Story »RotoBaller Mid-Season Fantasy Baseball Awards
Mid-Season Fantasy Baseball Awards: Let's have a little fun in the final hours before baseball resumes, shall we? Without further ado, here are RotoBaller's Mid-Season Fantasy Awards! Most Productive Fantasy Team: Detroit Tigers – The sluggers Miggy and Fielder, the speedster Austin Jackson, and the producers Peralta and Hunter to go with the four-headed pitching monster […]
Full Story »Brandon Belt (1B, SF) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Brandon Belt has quietly emerged as one of the more productive (11th-ranked) first basemen in the last week of live action. He has recorded a hit in each of his last five games dating back to July 9, while sporting a .stellar .353 BA and .529 OBP. Just […]
Full Story »J.P. Arencibia (C, TOR) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: In case you owned J.P. Arencibia at any point during the 2013 season while he was surging at the plate, then you know just how giddy checking your stats at night and seeing him hit yet another dinger or drive in some runs on a double can make […]
Full Story »Eric Young - (NYM, OF) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Young has been blazing hot lately. His line over the past two weeks is: .300-0-3-12-7. No power, but enormous speed, very solid BA, and high-end run production. Young has performed like a 2nd round player over the two weeks before the ASB, and if you need speed going […]
Full Story »Danny Salazar - (CLE, SP) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Salazar was great in his first start for the Tribe, going 6 IP with 7 K, just 1 ER and 3 baserunners allowed. He throws ridiculous gas in the upper 90s and has very solid, above average control. Considering his K-rate in the minors was over 10 per […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Baseball Analysis July 18: The Not-Roundup
Lunch-time, Deadline Crunch-time Today marks the beginning of trade-talk crunch-time for MLB teams looking either to unload contracts or to upgrade before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. We've heard names galore, player A going to team X, Y or Z. For mixed-league fantasy purposes, these trades usually mean little more than a possible shift […]
Full Story »Jhoulys Chacin (P, COL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Chacin sits at the midway point of the season with a 9-4 record, 3.50 ERA and 1.26 WHIP. He's been dominant in his last seven starts, going 6-1 while allowing more then two earned runs in just one of those starts, shaving a full point off of his ERA in […]
Full Story »Kelly Johnson (2B/3B/OF, TAM) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Continue Scouting ANALYSIS: Kelly Johnson is now owned in fewer than 50% of leagues despite a recent short streak that saw him put up 2 HR, 5 RBI and 5 R in his last six games played. However, outside of those couple of games, he's put up a lot of 0-fers. Given his […]
Full Story »Gordon Beckham (2B, CHW)
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues. ANALYSIS: Beckham was always considered a highly touted prospect, but has never really been able to put it all together. 2013 might be that year, as he's been consistently hitting when healthy. At this point, Beckham owns a solid .335/.357/.443 stat line for the year. And although his HR […]
Full Story »Brad Ziegler (RP, ARI) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues. ANALYSIS: The Diamondbacks bullpen situation is a mess right now, and the dreaded closer-by-committee is in place. Ziegler has been steady all year, rocking a stat line of 2.44 ERA / 1.04 WHIP and 24 Ks over 44 1/3 IPs. More importantly, Ziegler has been called upon to close […]
Full Story »Corey Kluber (SP, CLE)
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Kluber has 94 K in 95 IP with 7 W, a 3.88 ERA and 1.24 WHIP. That is basically 5th starter material in any league. He is the 55th ranked starter in the 5x5 game. So why is he owned in only 19% of leagues? Could it be his extremely […]
Full Story »Luke Scott (1B, TB)
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Over the past two weeks, Luke Scott is the 58th ranked player in 5x5. He is mashing with a .405-3-8-6 line at the plate and has a 10 game hit streak with 15 hits over that span. Over his past 4 games he has 2 HR and 5 […]
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