Nick Mariano's Closer Rankings and Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 6)

The Julian calendar is making a call to the bullpen and bringing May on with April's arm spent, so let's discuss how to crush it with my rest-of-season closer ranks and waiver wire recommendations! This column will discuss our updated fantasy baseball closers rankings for Week 6 of 2026, and bring you a tiered closers […]

Top-5 Hitter Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash For Week 6 - Redraft Leagues (2026)

We're into the sixth week of the 2026 MLB season. As always, it's important to think about which hitting prospects to stash. Finding a young gem can raise your fantasy team's ceiling. In this column, I choose five different hitting prospects to stash to highlight each week. Some of these hitters could be repeat offenders […]

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters for HR, SB, RBI, AVG, Runs (Week 5)

Welcome back to our Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Hitters - Category Boosters column for Week 5 of the 2026 MLB season. We are more than a month into the season, and we are already seeing huge amounts of FAAB being spent in many leagues as fantasy players try to add help to their rosters and […]

Hitter Fantasy Baseball Breakouts - Risers to Watch and Waiver Wire Outlooks (Week 6)

Welcome back to my Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 6 of the 2026 MLB regular season. The focus of this article is to highlight players who could be on the verge of a breakout, citing current active hitting streaks along with recent leaders in batting average, isolated power (ISO), stolen bases, and more. […]

Updated Start/Sit Chart - All Hitter Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (May 1 - May 3)

Hello RotoBallers! It's time to set those lineups, and we're here to guide you with our fantasy baseball hitter start/sit recommendations chart for the final games in Week 5 (May 1 - May 3). Today, we'll look at some lineup decisions for players like Miguel Vargas, Bo Bichette, Brenton Doyle, Brandon Marsh, and more -- […]

Cut Candidates - Fantasy Baseball Rankings for Players to Drop (Week 6)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to the weekend edition of our fantasy baseball Cut List Rankings for Week 6 of the fantasy baseball season. With another week of MLB action behind us, it's time to look to the waiver wire and improve our roster. This week we saw several players hit the injured list, and some with longer-term […]

Griffin Canning's Activation Seems Imminent

San Diego Padres pitcher Griffin Canning (Achilles) is likely to be activated on Sunday to make his 2026 debut at home and against the Chicago White Sox. The 29-year-old right-hander suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in June 2025, missing the remainder of the season as a result. Before that, he had found success as part […]

Top 200 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings - Eric Cross' April 2026 Update

Is it just me, or has this been one of the crazier opening months in recent memory? The newly implemented ABS system has caused some chaos (I'm for it), and we have a ton of notable names off to a slow start to the season. Fernando Tatis Jr is still searching for his first home […]

Fantasy Baseball Trade Value Chart for Week 5 - Trade Rankings, Buys, Sells

Welcome back to our updated fantasy baseball trade value chart for Week 5 of the 2026 MLB season. In this article, you'll find our updated trade rankings, along with several buys and sells for fantasy baseball, including Jeremy Pena, Tanner Scott, Trey Yesavage, and more. Every week of the MLB season brings new opportunities to […]

Weekend Waiver Wire Rankings: Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 5

It's officially May! We have seen plenty of close calls and injuries happen this past month. If you need an injury replacement or are looking for a closer, we've got you covered with our weekend fantasy baseball waiver rankings for Week 5 -- April 27  through May 3 for leagues that allow daily moves. The […]

Jeremiah Estrada Returns to Padres Bullpen

The San Diego Padres announced on Friday that they reinstated right-handed reliever Jeremiah Estrada (elbow) from the 15-day injured list and optioned right-hander David Morgan to Triple-A El Paso in a corresponding move. Estrada didn't look right early in the 2026 season, allowing six runs (four earned) on five hits with five walks and eight […]

Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Fernando Tatis Jr., Ildemaro Vargas, Paul Skenes, more

With another month about to begin, it's a great time to produce another weekly update to my rest-of-season fantasy baseball top 300 ranks. Those of you near the top of the standings may feel invincible, while those at the bottom may feel lost in the dark. We're here for those who want to keep on […]

MLB DFS Picks for 5/1/26: Daily Fantasy Baseball Strategy and Tips For FanDuel, DraftKings

We have a massive Friday night slate on tap tonight with some favorable hitting conditions. Tonight, we get Coors Field and Sutter Health Park, along with some great spots to attack pitchers. There are not many favorable pitchers going tonight, so figuring out our arms will be essential to finishing in the green tonight. If […]

Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings: Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 5

April will be in the books soon, and we will have a full month of stats for the 2026 MLB season. There is still plenty of baseball to be played and time to turn things around if your fantasy baseball team is at the bottom of the standings. At RotoBaller HQ, we are back with […]

14 Closer Fantasy Baseball Breakout Candidates: Relief Pitcher Targets For Saves (Week 5)

Alright, Mason Miller is mortal, so we're moving further into the uncharted territory that is 2026 bullpens. The injuries won't stop, we had Jordan Romano get designated for assignment, and elite bullpen arms are stuck in middle relief. Let's get into it with this week's relief risers and potential breakouts. This column aims to identify […]

Mid-Week Cut Candidates for Fantasy Baseball - Players to Consider Dropping (Week 5)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to the mid-week edition of our Cut List Rankings for fantasy baseball and Week 5 of the 2026 MLB season. This week, we saw two top 100 prospects earn the call, such as Travis Bazzana and Elmer Rodriguez, which means we may have to open a spot in our rosters to pick […]

Starts and Sits - All Hitter Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (April 27 - May 3)

Hello RotoBallers! It's time to set those lineups, and we're here to guide you with our fantasy baseball hitter start/sit recommendations chart for the week ahead (April 27 - May 3). Today, we'll look at some lineup decisions for players like Miguel Vargas, Dillon Dingler, Carter Jensen, Bo Bichette, Kazuma Okamoto, and more -- and […]

Manny Machado Back in Padres Lineup as the DH

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado (calf) is serving as the designated hitter and is batting third for the Friars in Wednesday's series finale against the Chicago Cubs and right-hander Jameson Taillon at Petco Park, per MLB.com. With Machado at DH, Miguel Andujar will get the start at third base and bat sixth. The […]

Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Week 5 (2026)

We're about to put April 2026 to bed and move on to May, which means about 20% of the fantasy baseball season is already written. It's easy to fall into the trap of wanting to see patterns where there is largely randomness, so balance keeping an open mind to new data while remembering why you […]

Buy Low, Sell High Fantasy Baseball Trade Advice for Week 5 (2026)

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our weekly buy/sell fantasy baseball trades advice article for Week 5 of the 2026 season, highlighting the best players to trade for and trade away. Each week of the fantasy baseball season, we will look at which players are the best buy-lows to acquire and who might be the biggest sell-highs.  This […]

Top 25 Injured Players to Stash for Fantasy Baseball - Week 5 (2026)

Welcome back to the Injured Players to Stash for Fantasy Baseball series as we continue Week 5 of the 2026 MLB season. Even though we're still extremely early in the season, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be stashing injured players. They can make a major impact on your roster down the road. If you […]

Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Prospect Sleepers, Breakouts, Risers: Week 5

Welcome back RotoBallers to the Week 5 edition of our Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Prospects Report for the 2026 MLB season, looking at dynasty prospect risers and fallers! Today we'll take a look at some hot prospects in the minors including Braylon Payne, Seth Hernandez, Eric Hartman, Jamie Hitt, Ryan Wideman. We've hit the end of […]

MLB Power Rankings: Where Do All 30 Teams Stand At The End of April? (2026)

Another week of MLB action is in the books, and the top of the league looks pretty clear. The Dodgers, Braves, and Yankees are clearly ahead of the pack, especially with a hot run from New York. The Padres and Cubs are right behind them, but so is pretty much all of the very competitive […]

MLB DFS Picks for 4/29/26: Daily Fantasy Baseball Strategy and Tips For FanDuel, DraftKings

I switched my model over to all 2026 data last night, and we are finally at the point in the season where we can start to see recent trends and hot-and-cold streaks in offenses. We have a great Wednesday night baseball slate on tap for us tonight, where there are great contests and plenty of […]

MLB Best Bets: Top Player Props & Novig Market Picks (Wednesday, 4/29/26)

Welcome, baseball bettors, to my first comprehensive slate of MLB bets for the 2026 season. If you follow our HR prop picks or strikeout prop bets here at RotoBaller, you know that we are betting on baseball daily. Today's article will break down the MLB slate for Wednesday, April 29, 2026, and I'll offer up […]

Manny Machado Out After Suffering Calf Cramping on Monday

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado (calf) is not in the team's starting lineup on Tuesday for Game 2 of the series at Petco Park against the visiting Chicago Cubs, according to MLB.com. Jake Cronenworth is starting at the hot corner and will bat ninth for the Friars, with Fernando Tatis Jr. playing second […]

Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups for Week 5 (Hitters and Pitchers)

The 2026 MLB season continues to rapidly go by as we are a few days away from April being officially in the books. Fantasy managers continue to navigate through injuries and closer news. At RotoBaller HQ, we break down the waiver wire with our fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 5 (April 27 - […]

Manny Machado Departs Early With Undisclosed Injury on Monday

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado (undisclosed) left Monday's victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs at Petco Park early with an undisclosed injury after grounding out to end the sixth inning, according to 97.3 The Fan. It's unclear what exactly is bothering the 33-year-old veteran, but he was seen getting his calf massaged after […]

3 Impact Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - Kade Anderson, Leo De Vries, Jesus Made

Finding high-end prospects who could make an impact in the second half is a major part of winning your fantasy league. Those who stashed Nolan McLean late were rewarded with an ace performance over the final month of the season. In this piece, we will spotlight three prospects who could be in the mix for […]

Mason Miller Allows Three Hits, Two Runs on Monday

San Diego Padres relief pitcher Mason Miller started the season with sheer dominance over his first 13 games, allowing just three hits and picking up 27 strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings. On Monday, though, the 27-year-old closer looked human, giving up two earned runs on three hits with a wild pitch on Monday night against […]