Reid Detmers - Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Waiver Wire Adds for Week 7

BALLER MOVE:  Add in all leagues ROSTERED IN: 47% of leagues ANALYSIS:   Detmers seemingly just can't find a consistent groove. He's given up at least two earned runs in every start and he's given up four or more on two occasions already. He has reached six innings just one time, so he's been a […]

Domingo German - Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Waiver Wire Adds for Week 7

BALLER MOVE:  Add in all leagues ROSTERED IN: 35% of leagues ANALYSIS:   The whiffs just keep coming. The Yankees righty finds himself in the top ten in the league in both SwStr% and K% more than a month into the season. The curveball is just fantastic, and the rest of the stuff has been […]

Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (May 1 - May 7)

We have turned the calendar to May, thanks for sticking with us. I hope the first month of the season went well for you. In this article, you'll find our starting pitcher starts/sits for Week 6 of the fantasy baseball season – Monday, May 1 through Sunday, May 7. For 11 years running, we have […]

Early-Season Outliers - Players to Buy or Sell for Fantasy Baseball

I wrote this post a handful of times last year, and I wanted to get back to it. It is probably best to run about once a month, so let's get it started here. A lot of weird stuff can happen in the game of baseball over a small sample. One month of games, which […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/5/23

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/5/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. It's a beautiful Friday in America, and we have a great slate of baseball games on tap. There are 12 games on this Friday slate, so we have a lot to talk about! Let's pop […]

Breakout Hitters Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Jarren Duran, Edward Olivares, and More

We are back for the fourth iteration of breakout hitters! So far, we have done as predicted -- found some players that have kept up their production all season long and a few that were clearly just flashes in the pan. Names like Nolan Gorman and Miguel Vargas were looking great early on, but haven't […]

Category Boosters - Waiver Wire Hitters to Add for Fantasy Baseball Roto Leagues

We are five weeks into the 2023 season, and by now you probably have a decent feel for how your fantasy teams are shaping up. Roto fantasy baseball has this extra dash of strategy because, at any given time, different teams are looking for different things. In points leagues (or fantasy football), every team just […]

Real or Fake? Standout Starting Pitchers for Fantasy Baseball (April Edition)

Strong outings from starting pitchers have been hard to come by so far in 2023. The rule changes have really had an impact, and that has affected starting pitchers a ton. You have probably noticed all of this with your own fantasy rotation. Unless you've been very fortunate, you've had more than a couple of […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/2/23

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/2/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We have a large slate on tap for this fine Tuesday. There is less rain than there has been in recent days, but we're not in the clear in that regard. The Mets and Tigers […]

Roansy Contreras - Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Waiver Wire Adds for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ team leagues ROSTERED IN: 26% of leagues ANALYSIS:  The Pirates righty had a horrible second start to the season, giving up nine hits and seven earned runs in 3.1 innings against the Astros. That was pretty discouraging even given the tough matchup, but since then, Roansy has been on a roll. […]

Braxton Garrett - Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Waiver Wire Adds for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ team leagues ROSTERED IN: 8% of leagues ANALYSIS:  Garrett has made five appearances in the Majors this year and has not given up more than two earned runs in any of them. He has 19 strikeouts and three walks in 22 innings. He's throwing a bunch of strikes and his stuff […]

MacKenzie Gore - Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Waiver Wire Adds for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ team leagues ROSTERED IN: 42% of leagues ANALYSIS:  People are going to be very excited to rush out and add Gore after his performance this week. He struck out 10 Mets in six innings while giving up just one run on four hits and walking a pair. Those two walks tied […]

Seth Lugo - Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Waiver Wire Adds for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues ROSTERED IN: 48% of leagues ANALYSIS: We'll just make this one quick because there's a good chance Lugo is already taken in your league. He hasn't been fantastic this year (22% K%, 5% BB%, 3.58 ERA, 1.30 WHIP), but he hasn't had a truly bad start either. Seth Lugo, Ridiculous 3,482 […]

Tanner Bibee - Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Waiver Wire Adds for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues ROSTERED IN: 27% of leagues ANALYSIS: Bibee was great in his Major League debut. He threw 5.2 innings and gave up one run on six hits while striking out eight and walking NOBODY. For the year, a 32% K% and a 9.5% BB%. That earned him at least a couple more turns […]

Matt Strahm - Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Waiver Wire Adds for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of any size ROSTERED IN: 33% of leagues ANALYSIS: You saw Matt Strahm's name in the table above way up there with a 36% K% on the year. So I figured we should talk about him next. The problem for Strahm's fantasy value is that the pitch counts have been absurdly low. Just […]

Mitch Keller - Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Waiver Wire Adds for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of any size ROSTERED IN: 43% of leagues ANALYSIS: All Keller did this week was beat and strike out ten Dodgers in his fifth straight quality start. But the people out there have only brought his ownership rate up three points. Three points!? Come on! Mitch Keller embarrassing Mookie Betts for his 9th […]

Domingo German - Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Waiver Wire Adds for Week 6

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 28% of leagues ANALYSIS: Another repeated name on the list from the last couple of weeks, but German is really showing out every time he takes the hill. Pitcher GS K% Spencer Strider 5 42.6% Jacob deGrom 5 42.2% Zac Gallen 6 36.2% Matt Strahm 5 36.0% Shohei […]

Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 6

I really screwed the pooch here last week. My first recommendation was Kyle Bradish and I called him a "priority pickup". Some of you probably picked him up and started him after that, and you were punished by him on Tuesday as he gave up seven earned runs on eight hits and four walks. Your […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 4/28/23

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. It's a wet Friday. We should expect at least a couple of rainouts. The games looking bad are as follows: KC @ MIN PIT @ WSH NYM @ ATL BAL @ DET We will mostly be ignoring those games in this write-up, but we […]

Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (Apr 24 - Apr 30)

Last week of April, here we go! The fantasy season is rolling along and I hope it's going well for all of you. In this article, you'll find our starting pitcher starts/sits for Week 5 of the fantasy baseball season – Monday, April 24 through Sunday, April 30. For 11 years running, we have been […]

Breakout Hitters Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Jack Suwinski, James Outman, and More

It is Week 3 of Breakout Hitters Watch, and so far I'm feeling pretty good about it. This post is one of my favorites to write because we really get into the data and locate some very interesting hitters to add. I learn a ton from this post every week, so I hope the rest […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 4/25/23

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 4/25/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. It's Tuesday which means you get me, Jon Anderson, on the premium DFS picks and analysis piece. I hope the season is going well for you all and you're getting your money's worth for RotoBaller […]

Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 5

Welcome back to starting pitcher waiver wire pick-ups! I'm Jon Anderson back again to give a bunch more SPs to consider adding. This is a really, really crucial point in the season. Every year, several SPs vastly improve over the offseason. It takes a few starts to figure out who those guys are, and the […]

MLB Prospects Breakout Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Matthew Liberatore, Nolan Jones, Brandon Pfaadt, Michael Busch and more

With the passing weeks, we get more and better data to use. This year, we have more and better data for all of AAA (that is the International League and the Pacific Coast League). With the International League adding in the Statcast infrastructure, we can now know a whole lot more about the players down […]

Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (Apr 17 - Apr 23)

And just like that, we're in the back half of April! The fantasy season is rolling along and I hope it's going well for all of you. In this article, you'll find our starting pitcher starts/sits for Week 4 of the fantasy baseball season – Monday, April 17 through Sunday, April 23. For 11 years […]

Brandon Pfaadt - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Brandon Pfaadt, SP, Arizona Diamondbacks ANALYSIS: There were some flirtations with Pfaadt making the Major League rotation out of camp, but he couldn't quite crack it. The Diamondbacks have been rolling with Madison Bumgarner once again, and it hasn't been going well. Not only are there on-field questions with Bumgarner, but we've heard some rumblings […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 4/21/23

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 4/21/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Happy Friday Night RotoBallers! We're ready for another MLB slate, and this is a good one! Check out all of the picks below, let's have ourselves a profitable night.   Top Pitchers for 4/21/23 Each […]

Breakout Hitters Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Jarred Kelenic, Luis Garcia, Brent Rooker, more

We are back for the second week of the breakout hitter watch. Every week, I look into the data to find some hitters that really seem to be improving. There will be different player profiles included in all of this. I try to keep the majority of the names as hitters that are available on […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 4/19/23

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 4/18/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. The weather is not nearly as friendly this week as it has been so far this season, so keep a close eye on that. It looks like a few games could be trouble spots already. […]

Garrett Whitlock (SP, BOS) - Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Waiver Wire Adds for Week 4

BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 40% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Garrett Whitlock has long been recognized as a pitcher with a very talented arm. During the 2022 season, he spent some time in the MLB rotation but mostly worked out of the bullpen. He even functioned as the Red Sox closer for […]