NL Starting Pitcher Sleepers

Looking at early mock and seasonal drafts results, we see the huge trend of starting pitchers falling off of draft boards at a furious pace in the early rounds. As a result, managers who miss out on rostering the top-tier starters must identify value sleepers they can target in the mid-to-late rounds of drafts. Below […]

Isan Diaz Has Another Forgettable Spring Day

Miami Marlins second baseman Isan Diaz had another rough day in a Grapefruit League game against the New York Mets on Tuesday. Diaz went 0-for-3 at the plate, dropping his batting average to .071. He also forgot to pay attention to a play and almost got hit by a baseball while covering first base on […]

Starling Marte Gets Two Hits On Tuesday

Miami Marlins outfielder Starling Marte knocked two hits in Tuesday's Grapefruit League game against the New York Mets. He hit second in the order and ended up 2-for-3 with a double and a single. Marte is now sporting a .324 spring batting average along with a .924 OPS. He's ticketed for a spot near the […]

Miguel Rojas Drives In Two Runs On Tuesday

Miami Marlins shortstop Miguel Rojas drove in two runs from the top of the order in Tuesday's Grapefruit League game against the New York Mets. Rojas ended up 2-for-3 with a home run, a single, a run scored, and the two RBI. For the spring, Rojas is hitting .250 with a .721 OPS. He'll likely […]

Daniel Castano Allows Three Runs In Tuesday's Start

Miami Marlins pitcher Daniel Castano got the start in Tuesday's Grapefruit League game against the New York Mets. Castano pitched 3 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out six. He didn't give up any walks, throwing 66 pitches, 47 for strikes. Castano will almost certainly start the season either in the […]

Lewis Brinson Gets Two Hits On Monday

Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson had a good game on Monday. In a Grapefruit League matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals, Brinson got the start in right field and ended up going 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored. He played well on defense as well, and has raised his spring batting average to […]

Anthony Bass Contributes Another Scoreless Inning

Miami Marlins relief pitcher (and presumed closer) Anthony Bass pitched a scoreless inning in Monday's Grapefruit League win against the St. Louis Cardinals. Bass pitched the eighth inning, allowing a hit while throwing a total of 13 pitches. His spring ERA sits at 2.45 and manager Don Mattingly has all but named Bass the closer […]

Sandy Alcantara Pitches Into The Fifth Inning On Monday

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara pitched into the fifth inning in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Marlins Opening Day starter ended up pitching 4 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out five. Alcantara threw 82 pitches, 56 for strikes, as his spring […]

Lewin Diaz Sent Down To Triple-A

Miami Marlins rookie first baseman Lewin Diaz was optioned to Triple-A on Monday. Diaz looks to be in the plans as the Marlins first baseman of the future, but he clearly wasn't ready to compete at the highest level last season In 41 plate appearances, he hit just .154/.195/.205. He struggled at the Double-A level […]

Monte Harrison Optioned to Triple-A

Miami Marlins outfielder Monte Harrison was optioned to Triple-A on Monday. Harrison struggled quite a bit in 51 big league plate appearances last season, batting just .170 with a 51% strikeout rate. He's put up strong minor league numbers and shown flashes of his upside, but he definitely needs more time to improve his game […]

Kyle Bishop's 10 Bold Predictions for 2021

I've been in the bold predictions game since 2015 and in that time I've had my share of successes. Befitting a premise that demands spicy takes, though, I've also wildly missed the mark a bunch of times (whither goest thou, Byung-Ho Park and Delino DeShields?) The format's been around long enough that you almost certainly know the […]

Nick Mariano's Top 140 Saves+Holds Rankings

To any reader who thinks they don't have a voice here at RotoBaller, let it be known that this article came from a simple Reddit comment about how those seeking Saves+Holds reliever ranks were often overlooked. Poof, and here we are. Allow me, Nick Mariano, 2018's most accurate draft expert (top-three for RPs in '18 […]

Starling Marte Goes Hitless In Marlins' Win Sunday

Miami Marlins outfielder Starling Marte went 0-for-2 with a flyout to center and a groundout to third in the Marlins' 4-2 victory over the Astros on Sunday. Despite going 0-for-4 in his last two games, Marte has looked solid this spring with a .290/.371/.484 slash line with two doubles, two triples and three steals in […]

Jazz Chisholm Hits A Homer On Sunday

Miami Marlins infielder Jazz Chisholm hit a long homer in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Houston Astros. Chisholm didn't start, but he replaced Isan Diaz and ended up going 2-for-2 with the home run and a single. He drove in two runs and scored one. He got off to a slow start this spring, […]

Yimi Garcia Strikes Out The Side On Sunday

Miami Marlins relief pitcher Yimi Garcia struck out all three batters he faced in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Houston Astros. Garcia pitched the eighth inning and needed just 13 pitches (nine strikes) to strike out all three batters. Garcia has some pretty good strikeout upside but will at least start the season behind […]

Trevor Rogers Throws Five Good Innings On Sunday

Miami Marlins rookie starting pitcher Trevor Rogers pitched very well in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Houston Astros. He tossed five innings, allowing two runs on two hits and a walk while striking out six. Rogers threw 71 pitches, 52 for strikes. With this strong performance, Rogers seems very much on track to win […]

Spring Training Lineup Takeaways - Week 3 Lineup Trends

We are entering week four of Spring Training and week three gave us a lot to watch down the stretch. But of course, you can catch up by talking a look at week one and week two recaps. Just a reminder, in my Lineup Takeaways series we are focusing 100% on lineups, news and quotes […]

MLB DFS Advice: Picking Hitters on DraftKings and FanDuel

Welcome back to our DFS strategy series. I've already gone over some tips for picking pitchers in this post, and I covered a lot of the hitting side in this piece where I talked about stacking strategy. A lot of hitting tips were already covered in that stacking piece, so give that a look after […]

Pitcher Targets Under $5 - Salary Cap League Values

It's a cliché to say that those managers who finally dip their toe into salary cap leagues never go back to snake drafts. Snake drafts have their own charm. There is simply more going on, and thus, more fun to have when participating in a salary cap draft. There become no bounds on how one […]

Outfield Preview: Fantasy Baseball 2021 ADP Analysis

Host Anthony Aniano of RotoBaller discusses 2021 fantasy baseball outfield rankings and outfield draft sleepers who can be sneaky later-round picks. He breaks down and compares the ADPs of five different MLB players at the outfield  position. Fantasy players should consider picking up these players for their drafts this MLB Season. Be sure to also tune […]

Dollar-Day Targets - Salary Cap League Values

Players who go for just $1 in salary cap leagues are guys who lack outside confidence. Not a lot of managers trust that they will be useful on a roster. In standard leagues, many of these players will go entirely undrafted and float around the waiver wire until they produce enough to be picked up […]

Finding Hitter Clones At Cheaper ADPs

One of the most useful algorithms in the machine learning world is that of data clustering. Clustering, in this case, is defined as: grouping a set of objects in such a way that objects in the same group (called a cluster) are more similar (in some sense) to each other than to those in other groups […]

Jon Anderson's 10 Bold Predictions For 2021

Today, I am honored to take my turn giving you my 10 bold predictions for the 2021 season here at RotoBaller. It's a thrill to be featured on this site, and I look forward to continuing to put out content for you all over the 2021 season and beyond. This was not an easy post […]

Hidden Gems To Watch - Starting Pitching Prospects (Part Two)

With pitchers and catchers reporting, Major League Baseball is bearing down on a return to normalcy for the 2021 season. With the MLBPA rejecting MLB’s offer of a delayed start to the 2021 season, opening day is now officially scheduled for Thursday, April 1. When analyzing the pool of pitching prospects for 2021, there are […]

Multi-Position Assets For All Fantasy Leagues

With such a short season in 2020, many starting pitchers weren't able to throw more than 60 innings, so it's unlikely that they take the massive jump this season that would allow them to get to the 170-180 innings we usually expect. To work around this, many teams have discussed implementing six-man rotations and even […]

Pablo Lopez Likely To Start Second Game Of Opening Series

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Pablo Lopez will likely be the Game 2 starter in the opening series with the Tampa Bay Rays, reports William Ladson of MLB.com. Lopez put up solid numbers in 2020, posting a 3.61 ERA and 24.6 percent strikeout rate in 57 1/3 innings. He made two starts against the Rays last […]

Engel's Insider Angles: An MLB Scout's Eye on Bauer, Guerrero, Bohm And Many More

The Fantasy Sports Writers Association award-winning Fantasy Baseball Insider Series returns on RotoBaller.com! Every year during fantasy baseball draft season, Scott Engel talks to prime MLB sources to get exclusive nuggets of information. On the condition of anonymity, former and current players, executives, scouts and media members provide their unfiltered insights on key players and […]

September HR Surgers Who Could Power Up in 2021

In what was the most unique baseball season of our lifetimes, it is important to remember that it may have taken some players longer to get into the full swing of things after such a long layoff. As it turns out, there were many hitters that performed better in the final month of the season […]

Nick Mariano's H2H Points Leagues Targets (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Fantasy baseball drafts (and their articles) usually cater to the biggest stars or the deepest sleepers, but there are very few articles that simply discuss the mid-round targets that deserve a boost in points league formats (even if points veterans will laugh at some […]

Prospects to Know in 2021 - NL East

Can you feel the excitement in the air? It's Spring Training! We're a few games in now so it's time to overreact about which unknown player is going to be an MVP candidate and which star player is "clearly" washed up. But when we're not overreacting, we shouldn't forget to think about the new faces […]