Juan Soto vs. Bobby Witt Jr. - 2024 Fantasy Baseball Rest of Season Rankings

Bobby Witt Jr. and the Royals are off to the franchise's best start in over a decade, while Witt Jr.'s stats have put him at the top of the fantasy baseball rankings. Meanwhile, Juan Soto's first year in the Bronx could not be going any better. He and Aaron Judge have been top ten fantasy […]

Projecting Rest of Season Top 10 Hitters in 2024 Fantasy Baseball

If you managed to avoid Corbin Carroll, Julio Rodriguez, and Trea Turner with your first-round pick in your fantasy baseball league, then you're likely in good shape as the rest of the top hitters that were taken early have produced in a big way so far. I suppose we could add Yordan Alvarez, Matt Olson, […]

Tylor Megill - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 11)

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 11% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Tylor Megill proved that his first start back after coming off the IL (5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K) vs. Cleveland was no fluke by turning in a dominating performance against the L.A. Dodgers this week. Megill tossed […]

Ben Brown - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 11)

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 55% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Ben Brown makes his seventh start of the season for Chicago today as they take on the Cincinnati Reds. Brown has bounced back and forth between the rotation and bullpen, but his last two starts have been so impressive (16 strikeouts across 11 […]

Spencer Schwellenbach - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 11)

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 16% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Braves rookie Spencer Schwellenbach made his MLB debut this week, striking out five Nationals in five innings while allowing three runs on five hits. Atlanta, desperate for pitching help, brought Schwellenbach up from Double-A Mississippi after he logged only 13 innings there […]

2024 MLB Power Rankings: Week 10

We head into the weekend of Week 10 with several teams surging and others starting to fade. Championships aren't won in June, but they certainly can be lost. Many of the mediocre teams in the middle of our rankings have to start making a move, or risk being buried too deep in the standings in […]

The New All-Time Leaders in Career Batting Average After Negro League Stat Integration

On Wednesday May 29th, Major League Baseball officially began the process of integrating statistics accumulated by players who played in the Negro Leagues (1920-1948) into the official MLB record books. Commissioner Rob Manfred said, "This initiative is focused on ensuring that future generations of fans have access to the statistics and milestones of all those […]

Corbin Burnes vs. Tyler Glasnow: 2024 Fantasy Baseball Rest of Season Rankings

Corbin Burnes and Tyler Glasnow found themselves on brand new teams this offseason. Burnes was dealt from Milwaukee to Baltimore, while Glasnow was acquired by the Dodgers from Tampa Bay and then quickly signed a five-year extension. Both pitchers were brought in to be the aces on their respective staffs for teams that have World […]

Zack Wheeler vs. Tarik Skubal: 2024 Fantasy Baseball Rest of Season Rankings

Zach Wheeler and Tarik Skubal are both having tremendous starts to their 2024 seasons. Both are the current favorites to win the Cy Young Award in their respective leagues. In drafts this Spring, Wheeler was being taken around pick 21 while Skubal went on average at pick 33. Both pitchers rank as top-5 starting pitchers […]

MLB DFS Stacks For FanDuel, DraftKings (5/28/24) - Daily Fantasy Baseball GPP Tournament Picks

Welcome, RotoBallers, to a brand new MLB DFS article for the 2024 season! We will still be bringing you a full slate breakdown every day, but this companion piece is intended to help you determine which offenses you are going to stack in your tournament (GPP) lineups. Since we get some of our biggest slates […]

Projecting Rest of Season Top 10 Closers in 2024 Fantasy Baseball

There are plenty of different strategies when drafting relief pitchers for fantasy baseball. One strategy would be to aggressively go after the top projected closers relatively early in drafts. And that strategy is paying off for managers who took Emmanuel Clase or Clay Holmes. Another strategy is to draft starting pitchers who are eligible at […]

When Will Rhys Hoskins Return and Be Back? Fantasy Baseball Injury Update

When Rhys Hoskins signed in Milwaukee, he was looking for a place where he could play first base every day and at age 30, attempt to rebuild his career after he suffered an injury that caused him to miss the entire 2023 season. Hoskins had spent the first six seasons of his career in Philadelphia […]

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 […]

Daniel Hudson - Closers and Saves Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 10)

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 32% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Daniel Hudson is still the current closer for one of the best teams in baseball, yet he's available in 68% of Yahoo leagues. Hudson has made five scoreless appearances since the usual closer, Evan Phillips, went down with an injury but has […]

Fantasy Baseball Hitter Streamers - Top Waiver Wire Pickups and Starts for Week 10 (May 27- June 2)

Once again, we are hunting for hitting help on the waiver wire! The calendar rolls over to June here this week and the need for productive bats only increases as more injuries occur and perhaps your patience is wearing thin with some slumping sluggers on your roster. Our hitter streamers fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups column […]

Michael Kopech - Closers and Saves Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 10)

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 35% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The hard-throwing Michael Kopech has enjoyed success this season as a reliever, after struggling through control issues and home run troubles for much of the 2023 season as a starter for the Chicago White Sox. He has just five saves on the year, […]

Ricky Tiedemann - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Waiver Wire Stashes (Week 10)

BALLER MOVE: Stash in Deeper Leagues CALL-UP ETA: July ANALYSIS: The Blue Jays' top pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann is getting closer to returning to game action in the minors. Last week he began throwing bullpen sessions after being on the shelf since April with nerve inflammation in his elbow. The 21-year-old left-handed flamethrower has made only […]

2024 MLB Power Rankings for All 30 Teams: Week 9 Updates

Is the dust finally settling after two months of baseball is finally in the books? A few teams continue to move up or down the rankings, but most teams have settled into more predictable patterns of winning...or losing. Remember, I will be factoring in past performance, the current level of performance, overall talent, and preseason […]

Champ or Chump: Kyle Manzardo and Andy Pages Fantasy Baseball Outlooks

Young players are being called up from the minors like crazy it seems with teams being much less patient than they have been in previous seasons. Injuries and poor performances by veterans have opened the door to extra opportunities for intriguing players. Two examples of young prospects getting a shot to cut their teeth early […]

Champ or Chump: Joey Loperfido and Jordan Beck Fantasy Baseball Outlooks

The number of young players to make their major league debuts this season is already quite high and we are only two months into the season. Between injuries and poor performances, teams are being forced into bringing up talented minor leaguers sooner and sooner each year. Two prospects who were both recently called up by […]

AJ Smith-Shawver - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis for Week 9 (2024)

PROSPECT: AJ Smith-Shawver, SP, Atlanta Braves BALLER MOVE: Add or Stream in 14+ Team Leagues 2024 STATS: 1-2, 6.10 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 35 strikeouts at Triple-A Gwinnett ANALYSIS: The Braves have activated right-handed starting pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver from Triple-A Gwinnett to make his 2024 season debut against the Chicago Cubs today at 2:20 PM EST. […]

Category Boosters for Fantasy Baseball - Waiver Wire Hitters to Add (Week 9)

Is your fantasy baseball team in need of a boost in a specific category? Maybe it's a shot in the arm in runs scored or an influx of RBI? Monitoring how well you are performing in each offensive category and addressing those categories in need throughout the season is a great way to keep your […]

When Will Royce Lewis Return and Be Back? Fantasy Baseball Injury Update

The Minnesota Twins struggled offensively for much of the first month of the season before going on a two-week winning streak that put them back into contention in the AL Central. One of the biggest absences from their lineup was third baseman Royce Lewis, who was hitting clean-up for the Twins before injuring his quad […]

When Is James Wood Getting Called Up? Fantasy Baseball Prospect Outlook

Paul Skenes - baseball's top pitching prospect is turning heads with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wyatt Langford is still with the Texas Rangers, despite struggling after being fantasy’s fastest-rising player during a ridiculous spring training. But what about James Wood? After having one of the most impressive Spring Trainings of any prospect, Wood was sent down […]

Projecting Rest of Season Top 10 Starting Pitchers in 2024 Fantasy Baseball

One of the best ways to ensure a finish at or near the top of the standings in your fantasy baseball league is to build a strong staff of starting pitchers. It's one of my most important goals going into any draft. But doing so can prove quite challenging, especially with the litany of arm […]

2024 NBA Playoffs: Conference Finals Betting Picks and Predictions

The NBA Playoffs have been incredibly entertaining so far. We have some major surprises with the Nuggets being eliminated last night by Minnesota and some other expected outcomes (like Boston cruising through the first two rounds). We are down to the final four teams with Boston being the only top-seeded team remaining. Dallas was the […]

Marco Luciano - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 9)

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The Giants have embraced the youth movement and it's paying off in a big way so far. Luciano is the latest young player to be called up to San Francisco this week with Luis Matos and Heliot Ramos both joining the club […]

Heliot Ramos - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 9)

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 1% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Heliot Ramos and the rest of the Giants offense have been feasting on the Colorado pitching staff this weekend. The Giants have scored 24 runs in their last two games with major contributions from Ramos, Luis Matos, and Jorge Soler among others. […]

Shane Baz - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Waiver Wire Stashes (Week 9)

BALLER MOVE: Stash in Standard Leagues (26% rostered) CALL-UP ETA: Early June ANALYSIS: Everyone is anxious to see Shane Baz back on the mound in the major leagues. The right-hander was dazzling in three MLB starts in 2021 and flashed some nice strikeout upside in 2022 despite giving up some long balls and compiling a 5.00 […]

Cade Povich - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Waiver Wire Stashes (Week 9)

BALLER MOVE: Stash in Deeper Leagues (3% rostered) CALL-UP ETA: Late June - Early July ANALYSIS: Cade Povich has certainly made a strong case that he's ready for the next challenge of his baseball career - facing major league hitters at the next level. The tall, lanky, 24-year-old lefty has been dominant at Triple-A Norfolk so […]