Mitch Jebb Breaks Out Of Power Slump

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop prospect Mitch Jebb launched a home run on Wednesday to break out of his 20-game power slump. The former second-round selection has struggled through his first look against High-A pitching. Through 38 games this season, the number seven prospect in the Pittsburgh system has posted a .197/.261/.303 line with four home runs, […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Reports for Pitchers - Updates for Edwin Diaz, Yu Darvish, Chris Bassitt, Gerrit Cole, Alek Manoah, Trevor Megill, and more

As we inch toward weekend MLB action, there are several key pitchers in the injuries headlines. Needless to say, absences will impact fantasy baseball lineups. That said, let's take a look at injured pitchers Edwin Diaz, Yu Darvish, Chris Bassitt, Gerrit Cole, Alek Manoah, Trevor Megill, and more. This is our weekly edition of fantasy […]

H2H Points League Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 10) - Hitters and Pitchers

At RotoBaller, we have you covered with points league pickups for the upcoming week on the weekends, but the world of fantasy baseball changes fast! What if you have a guy who suffered an injury, and most of the suggestions are gone? Our mid-week pickups are geared towards finding players on a hot streak and […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/30/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Thursday, RotoBallers! There are eight games on our pre-weekend plate, but it's split into two slates of four. This article focuses on the evening games that start in Boston and end in Los Angeles.  Don't look now, but the Tigers are gaining momentum. Over the last month, they are second in OPS (.763), third in […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash (Week 10): Redraft Rankings

The prospect front continues to be rather quiet lately in terms of promotions. Over the last week or so, we've seen Marco Luciano return to the Majors, along with the promotions of Johnathan Rodriguez in Cleveland and Ryan Bliss in Seattle, but that's about it. In fact, the biggest prospect name to change levels was […]

Paul Skenes Racks Up Nine Strikeouts

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes showed his dominance during Wednesday's game against the Detroit Tigers. The 22-year-old recorded nine strikeouts over six strong innings of work. Skenes allowed two runs while giving up three hits during the victory. The right-hander has looked as advertised through his first few big league starts. He'll carry a […]

Ke'Bryan Hayes Resting For Second Game Of Doubleheader

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes and catcher Yasmani Grandal are both starting on the bench for the second game of a doubleheader on Wednesday against the hosting Detroit Tigers. Jared Triolo will take over at third base and bat seventh, while Grant Koch will do the catching for rookie right-hander Paul Skenes while batting […]

Oneil Cruz Sitting Against Lefty For Game 1

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz will take a seat on the bench for the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader in Detroit against the Tigers with a left-handed pitcher on the mound. Alika Williams will start at shortstop and will bat in the nine-hole against Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal. Fantasy managers should expect to have Cruz […]

Florio's Fantasy Baseball Bullpen Report (Week 10): Kimbrel, Duran, Diaz Bounce Back, Hoffman Elite

Happy Memorial Day to you all! Memorial Day is an important week in the fantasy baseball calendar not just because you get a day off of work to eat, drink, and watch plenty of baseball, but because we are officially two months into the season. A third of the way through the season is a […]

Pirates Place Joey Bart On 10-Day Injured List

The Pittsburgh Pirates placed catcher Joey Bart (thumb) on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to May 27) on Tuesday and selected the contract of catcher Grant Koch from Triple-A Indianapolis in a corresponding move. It's unclear exactly what the specific nature of Bart's thumb injury is, but he hurt his thumb on Sunday against the […]

Matt Gorski Showing Power At Triple-A

Pittsburgh Pirates outfield prospect Matt Gorski has been showcasing his raw power this past week and approaching his major league debut. In his past seven games, the 26-year-old has launched five home runs and tallied 13 RBI with a .310/.333/.897 line. Across 38 total games this season with Triple-A Indianapolis, he holds a .275/.308/.603 line […]

Martin Perez Heading To The Injured List

According to Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton, veteran left-hander Martin Perez (groin) will go on the 15-day injured list as the team awaits more testing on him. The groin injury that Perez suffered in his last outing on Sunday against the Atlanta Braves is obviously serious enough to keep him out for at least the […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/28/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Tuesday, RotoBallers! We've got an action-packed evening of baseball ahead of us. Not every game is available on the featured slate, but 10 is more than enough to fill our DFS lineups. If you initially thought there would be 11 games on the slate, you weren't wrong. Unfortunately, the Dodgers-Mets game was postponed yesterday and […]

Hitters Advanced Metrics Leaders for Brls/PA % - Fantasy Baseball Studs and Duds (Week 9)

Hello, RotoBallers! As another week of baseball wraps up, I will recap which hitters had the most impactful plate appearances in the past few days. Using Statcast's Barrels per Plate Appearance stat, or Brls/PA %, we can narrow our view to the hitters who are the most locked in through the season's first two months. […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Reports - Updates for Ronald Acuna Jr., Shohei Ohtani, Tyler O'Neill, Gerrit Cole, Zach Eflin, Cristian Javier, Triston Casas, and more

Heading into the 10th week of the MLB season, there are a slew of superstars on the injury report. These bumps and bruises will complicate fantasy baseball lineup decisions, so let's take a look at the top injured players including Ronald Acuna Jr., Shohei Ohtani, Tyler O'Neill, Gerrit Cole, Zach Eflin, Cristian Javier, Triston Casas, […]

Week 10 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include: Tommy Pham, Junior Caminero, Trevor Megill, Davis Schneider, JJ Bleday, more

May will be over on Friday as we turn the calendar page to June. RotoBallers, we are back with another edition of fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 10 (May 27 - June 2) of the 2024 MLB season. Injuries continue to pile up as Colorado Rockies outfielder Jordan Beck is out indefinitely with a broken hand, […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/27/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Monday! Happy Memorial Day. Thank you to all the servicemen and women who have put their lives on the line to protect our country. The main slate on DraftKings today starts at 1:05 p.m. EDT and features eight games, while on FanDuel, the main slate starts at 4:05 p.m. EDT and has seven games, […]

New Pitcher Bat Speed Metrics and Whether They Matter for Fantasy Baseball

The new bat speed metrics have been all the rage in the fantasy baseball and real-life baseball community. Since it's fresh and limited to only 2024 data, we want to be cautious about whether it's actionable. Though we've found a focus on hitters, let's examine the leaders in several categories, covering pitchers with the correlations […]

Fantasy Baseball Players To Watch For The Week Ahead (May 27 - June 2)

Another week and Shota Imanaga, Ranger Suarez, and Seth Lugo haven't blinked, so I'll keep listing them at the top here until one of them does. While that's all good, the injuries to star players continue to pile up and you can't help but feel a little depressed about the game of baseball, both real-life […]

MLB DFS Value Picks For FanDuel, DraftKings (5/27/24) - Daily Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

Happy Memorial Day, RotoBallers! Today we launch a new MLB DFS piece that is specifically focused on saving you DFS salary when you go to build your daily fantasy baseball lineups on FanDuel and DraftKings tonight! It's pretty easy to write an article where I recommend playing Bryce Harper, Juan Soto, and Tarik Skubal, but […]

Top 125 Saves+Holds Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Relief Pitchers (May Update)

Saves+Holds reliever ranks can be overlooked or left stale from an early offseason article in lieu of closer-focused coverage, but I'll be here monthly to bring my leaderboard for the season. Allow me, Nick Mariano, to do my namesake proud (my middle name isn't Rivera, sorry) and bring you the breakdown about fantasy baseball bullpens. […]

Points League Hitters: Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball for Week 10 (2024)

Welcome RotoBallers to the Week 10 edition of our fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for hitters. These fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups are for the week of May 27 - June 2, looking at players below ~50% rostered on ESPN or Yahoo. We'll be doing this points league roundup every week here at RotoBaller because […]

Martin Perez Leaves Sunday's Start With Groin Injury

Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Martin Perez (groin) left Sunday's start against the Atlanta Braves after three innings due to a groin injury. He surrendered one run on four hits while giving up two walks and striking out two. The veteran left-hander is undergoing further testing as the extent of the injury is not known at this […]

Joey Bart Removed From Sunday’s Game

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Joey Bart (thumb) left Sunday's game with an apparent injury to his left thumb. As a result, Yasmani Grandal entered the game as his replacement. Bart has performed quite well in his new home in the City of Bridges with a strong .267/.362/.517 line with four long balls and 12 RBI through […]

Ke’Bryan Hayes Resuming All Baseball Activities

Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes (back) has resumed all baseball activities and is scheduled to run the bases on Sunday, May 26. This is a great sign, as Hayes could be nearing a rehab assignment in the coming weeks. He has been on the injured list since May 11 with a back issue. After […]

Oneil Cruz Getting The Day Off

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Oneil Cruz is getting the day off on Sunday in the series finale against the visiting Atlanta Braves. With Cruz retreating to the bench to rest up, Alika Williams will start at shortstop and bat in the nine-hole for the Bucs against Braves left-hander Chris Sale. Especially in the nine-hole, the light-hitting […]

Mitch Keller Holds Braves To One Run In Win

Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Mitch Keller picked up his fourth straight quality start in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Braves. Keller pitched six-and-two-thirds innings of one-run ball, scattering six hits and striking out four batters while walking none. The outing lowered his season ERA to 3.59 (3.67 FIP) and the righty's WHIP now stands at […]

Nick Mariano's Week 10 Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. It's nearly June and the waiver action stays hot with the weather. We've got all sorts of bats and arms to sift through, ranging from short-term streaks to long-term stashes. With just over four months left in the season, there's plenty of time for […]

Five Injured Players to Stash in Fantasy Baseball - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 10

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to another weekly edition of the Injured Players to Stash in Fantasy Baseball series! As we move into Week 10, this article highlights five injured players worth stashing in your leagues. If you're new to the series, be sure to check out previous articles for even more options. Many productive players are […]

Outfield Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 10 (2024)

Welcome back RotoBallers! This article will discuss our fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for the outfield in Week 10 -- May 27 through June 2. The time has come to start making those tough roster decisions and potentially cut ties with some of the struggling players who excited you on draft day. Trading in some […]