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Consider this the “post-hype sleeper edition” of RotoBaller’s Spring Training Stock Taking: Three Up, Three Down. Of course, that wasn’t my intention when I started writing this article. It’s just how the cards fell. (Note my first poker related reference, for those keeping score at home.) With only week and a half left in Grapefruit […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball 2013 Shortstop Sleepers: ADP Arbitrage – Jose Reyes vs. Erick Aybar
Welcome to the Rotoballer.com Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Series, ADP Arbitrage. Here RotoBaller takes a look at two players and compares them by both projected statistics and average draft position. Today we will look at the shortstop position; you can view the RotoBaller.com Shortstop Rankings with ADP Comparison here. If you want RotoBaller to compare two […]
Full Story »Toby’s 6,000 Word Fantasy Baseball Draft Analysis – Part III
If you missed Part 1 and Part 2, make sure you click and read those first to catch up! Round 16, #186 Overall: Steve Cishek At this point in the draft, I know I need to collect more speed. But I'm not going to take it earlier than I need to, so I'm essentially playing chicken […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleeper? Matt Holliday
Matt Holliday is the #10 outfielder according to the RotoBaller.com 2013 Outfield Rankings, and with good reason, too, since he finished 2012 as the #8 OF overall. He is sandwiched between Justin Upton and Jason Heyward in the ranks, but what you need to notice is that despite the company he's keeping in the rankings, Holliday's […]
Full Story »RotoBaller.com Rankings: Top 100
After releasing rankings at each position, RotoBaller.com presents to all of you our Top 100 players for the 2013 Fantasy Baseball Season. While this is a pretty good approximation of the expected value we think each of these players will return, the rankings also consider draft strategy. For example, even though Justin Verlander is a […]
Full Story »Toby's 6,000 Word Fantasy Baseball Draft Analysis - Part II
If you missed Part 1, click here to catch up on the first picks, and see my overall strategy going into the draft. Round 7, #79 Overall: Brandon Phillips With Kipnis and Altuve off the board, the pool of solid second basemen was starting to get thin. Looking over what was left for both second base and shortstop, […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball 2013 First Base Sleepers: ADP Arbitrage – Adrian Gonzalez vs. Adam Laroche
Welcome to the Rotoballer.com Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Series, ADP Arbitrage. Here RotoBaller takes a look at two players and compares them by both projected statistics and average draft position. Today we will look at first base; you can view the RotoBaller.com First Base Rankings here. If you want RotoBaller to compare two players you do […]
Full Story »2013 Fantasy Baseball Breakout or Bust: Yu Darvish
In December of 2011 The Texas Rangers posted $51.7M to the Nippon-Ham Fighters to win the right to negotiate with their 25-year-old star pitcher, Yu Darvish. Subsequently, Darvish signed a 6-year, $60M contract. Did the Rangers’ huge gamble in Darvish pay off in his rookie season? Lets take a look at his 2012 numbers to find out: […]
Full Story »RotoBaller.com Daily League Analysis: How to Approach Daily League Snake Drafts, Part 2
The information in this Daily League Strategy piece is limited to those sites which permit daily snake drafts such as the ones described. Stay tuned to RotoBaller.com for more articles covering all of your favorite Daily League formats in the coming days and weeks! Daily Snake Drafts: Part II In Daily Snake Drafts: Part 1, […]
Full Story »RotoBaller.com Daily League Analysis: How to Approach Daily League Snake Drafts, Part 1
The information in this Daily League Strategy piece is limited to those sites which permit daily snake drafts such as the ones described. Stay tuned to RotoBaller.com for more articles covering all of your favorite Daily League formats in the coming days and weeks! Daily Snake Drafts: Part I One of the fun things to […]
Full Story »David Wright Player Profile: Rising or Sinking?
David Wright is entering his age-30 season and beginning the first year of an eight-year, $138M contract. The Mets are counting him to be the main man, and eventually to lead the team back to relevance. We’ll forgive you if you assume that D-Wright is an actual superstar, but the reality is that he is […]
Full Story »Toby's 6,000 Word Fantasy Baseball Draft Analysis
April will be here before you know it, and I'm sure you've personally studied projections up and down. You've looked at ADPs. You think you know where the inefficiencies are: where guys are being drafted too early, and the bargains you're planning to pick up later on. But drafting is a HUGE part of your […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers? Carl Crawford
(This article was recently updated based on current ADP trends) When Carl Crawford’s tenure in Boston came to a merciful end with his trade to the Dodgers last August, it wasn’t Red Sox fans that let out the biggest sigh of relief-- no, it was Carl Crawford himself. The former Rays star never recovered from […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers? Will Middlebrooks
(This article was recently updated based on current ADP trends) While the Red Sox 93-loss 2012 season didn’t offer many positives for the true Boston Faithful, it did bring us Will Middlebrooks. His season was cut short in August by a broken wrist after just 75 games and 267 ABs, but even in that half-season […]
Full Story »Q&A: I have 16th Draft Position after Keepers - Who Should I Target?
Question Submitted to RotoBaller >> Name: Charly Fantasy Baseball Question: I have the 16th draft position in a 16 team keeper league. My keepers are Miguel Cabrera (1st round), RA Dickey (5th round) and Mike Trout (16th round). I would like advice on who to target with my first four picks at the following draft positions: […]
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