RotoBaller Rankings vs. ADP: Undervalued Relief Pitcher Targets

If you’re a regular reader of RotoBaller (and how could someone as smart, funny, and handsome as you not be?), you’ve doubtless already checked out our rankings assistant tool. We rolled our final preseason update last week. With draft season ramping up now, it seems like a good time to check our expert opinions against […]

Five Deeper Starting Pitcher Targets For 2016: American League

Starting pitcher is without a doubt the deepest position in fantasy baseball, but at a certain point, it becomes a pool of mediocrity. Finding those lesser-known starters who can rise above the mediocrity is a major key to fantasy success. Each of these five pitchers can be had late in drafts, and have the potential […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Dalton Pompey

Dalton Pompey stepped to the plate in the ninth inning. The Blue Jays trailed by a run to the Baltimore Orioles in a recent Grapefruit League game, and with one swing, the young outfielder tied the score with a homer to deep center. The contest resulted in a 6-6 tie as both managers opted to end the […]

RotoBaller Rankings vs. ADP: Undervalued Starting Pitcher Targets (Part 2)

If you’re a regular reader of RotoBaller (and how could someone as smart, funny, and handsome as you not be?), you’ve doubtless already checked out our rankings assistant tool. We just rolled out our final preseason update. With draft season ramping up, it seems like a good time to check our expert opinions against the […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Three Post-Hype Starting Pitchers

With the start of each baseball season, fans and the media relentlessly hype promising young prospects. Inevitably, most of the young players come up short of the lofty expectations. In fits of anger, fantasy owners vow to never again draft the players who ruined their shot at glory. Although these three players have disappointed owners […]

Tony Peters' 10 Bold Predictions for 2016

Often a bold prediction is simply buying into the hype of a certain player, and chasing that down with a shot of wishful thinking. A can-do attitude is a key part of why the best Major Leaguers do what they do. They know they can, therefore they do. So maybe, just maybe, with the help […]

RotoBaller Rankings vs. ADP: Undervalued Starting Pitcher Targets (Part 1)

If you’re a regular reader of RotoBaller (and how could someone as smart, funny, and handsome as you not be?), you’ve doubtless already checked out our rankings assistant tool. We’re rolling out our final update this week. With draft season ramping up now, though, it seems like a good time to check our expert opinions […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Eugenio Suarez

"Hell yeah, I want to play every day," Eugenio Suarez told manager Bryan Price when he asked if Suarez would be willing to play third base, according to Reds.com. "I want to play in the big leagues every day, anywhere. I'm ready for an opportunity." Editor's note: Be sure to check out our 2016 fantasy […]

RotoBaller Rankings vs. ADP: More Undervalued Outfield Targets

With draft season ramping up now, though, it seems like a good time to check our expert opinions against the wisdom of the crowds. Over the past few days we've highlighted some draft targets - undervalued players we like, with notable discrepancies between their ADP and how the staff here at RotoBaller views their 2016 value. […]

Kyle Bishop's 10 Bold Predictions for 2016

Last year around this time, I published a set of bold predictions for 2015. It was such an enjoyable exercise that I've decided to not only do it again this year, but get some of my colleagues in on the act. Over the next two weeks, our writers will be offering their most audacious projections […]

Nick Mariano's 10 Bold Predictions for 2016

Kyle, Kyle, Kyle, what hell hath you wrought on our poor readers? Look at the Pandora’s Box that’s been opened. Now it’s time for my shenanigans to fly out. Editor's note: Be sure to check out our fantasy baseball rankings assistant. We recently launched this handy new rankings tool - you can easily filter, sort, and export all sorts […]

RotoBaller Rankings vs. ADP: Undervalued Outfield Targets

If you’re a regular reader of RotoBaller (and how could someone as smart, funny, and handsome as you not be?), you’ve doubtless already checked out our rankings assistant tool. We've been putting out a ton of content since December, and we rolled out our last preseason update this week. With draft season ramping up now, […]

Rick Lucks' 10 Bold Predictions for 2016

While I like the idea for this series, it has become a trend to blame fellow RotoBaller Kyle Bishop for making us do it. So thanks a bunch, Kyle, for making me do something I wanted to do anyway. Usually, I identify whether specific baseball players are champs or chumps. This time, we'll find out […]

Three Third-Year Starting Pitchers Poised to Break Out

The dreaded sophomore slump strikes yearly, leading to disappointment for those who excelled in their rookie seasons. There are other cases, however, in which the sophomore season serves as a bridge to a player’s prime. It can be a year to improve on the previous year's success, or work out the kinks and begin to […]

Four Pitchers Coming Off Tommy John Surgery Set to Break Out

With so many pitchers taken down by Tommy John surgery every year, it can be hard to keep track of where they all are in their recovery. RotoBaller is here with an update on four starting pitchers to remember for draft day and into the early part of the season. These players may start the season […]

Five Draft Bargains and Targets: Potential Breakouts and Sleepers

This article first appeared on the Metro news publication. With the wealth of information available these days, it’s become more difficult for owners to identify true “sleepers.” Players like Raisel Iglesias have seen their fantasy stock rise steadily after an entire offseason of hype. There are still some potential breakout bargains to be found, however. […]

Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Mitch Moreland

Flipping through NFBC ADP numbers recently, I saw Mitch Moreland sitting at 231, 20th among first baseman, and thought, “Wait, didn’t he have a 'breakout' season last year?” Editor's note: Read about more draft values and sleepers with our daily updated list. Make sure to also bookmark our fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. Our rankings assistant […]

Bill Dubiel's 10 Bold Predictions for 2016

*Eric Cartman voice* "Come on, Kyyyyyyyyle..." For real, Kyle got us in on the bold predictions and I'm glad he did. These are always fun to do, and it'll be even more fun looking back in September and finding out I nailed all 10. Max claimed in his piece that the best hitter on the team […]

Tom Bellucco's 10 Bold Predictions for 2016

Fellow writer Kyle Bishop had a great idea for us "experts" to come up with a plethora of bold predictions. So far we've see the 10 bold predictions from Kyle and Max. Now it's my turn. I like to think I did fairly well on my more conservative predictions last year (believing in the Gerrit Cole, […]

The Waiting Game: 5 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values

This article originally appeared on We Talk Fantasy Sports. You can follow Brant on Twitter @BrantChesser. Fantasy baseball drafts and auctions place owners in difficult situations at various times throughout each day. When should we draft the best player on the board? When should we fill out our roster? Quite a few owners would say […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Tyler Duffey

2015 In Review On August 5th of last season, the Minnesota Twins were 54-52, a wild card contender amidst a tight American League race. After already dropping the first two games in a four game set with the surging Toronto Blue Jays, the Twinies called upon Tyler Duffey to try and salvage the series in […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Will Smith

In baseball, too many options is the best problem a team could have. According to 620 WTMJ's Greg Matzek, Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell informed him that both Jeremy Jeffress and Will Smith could get the nod as the team's potential closer. Throwing Cory Knebel into the late-inning mix, the Brewers have at least one […]

Max Petrie's 10 Bold Predictions for 2016

Welcome to round two of our Bold Predictions segment. If anyone asks, Kyle bullied me into doing this. But in all seriousness, the best hitter on a team bats second, so I'm honored to be included. In this edition I'll be highlighting the hitters and pitchers I believe have the best chance to make crazy […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: J.T. Realmuto

In a stadium seemingly filled with more features and attractions than fans, a season low 14,958 Miami faithful scattered around Marlins Park. September baseball had arrived yet October would once again host a postseason without the Miami Marlins; a team tiptoeing around promise. J.T. Realmuto stepped up to the plate in the fourth inning against […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Ketel Marte

The Seattle Mariners haven't been to the playoffs since 2001. They have arguably the best pitcher in the world in Felix Hernandez and three formidable bats in the lineup; Robinson Cano, Nelson Cruz, and Kyle Seager. But the Mariners, who are responsible for introducing Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Alex Rodriguez, and Ichiro Suzuki to […]

Three ADP Sleepers to Target on Draft Day: Reddick, Duffy, Harrison

This article first appeared on wetalkfantasysports.com by Jason Johnson. You can find him on twitter @y2trips. I don’t like to use the term sleepers when thinking about players. To me a sleeper is simply someone that I expect to greatly outperform their projected ADP. These players are players that I’m very high on going into the […]

Finding Draft Sleepers & Undervalued ADP Draft Picks

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Five Deeper Starting Pitcher Targets For 2016: National League

Aaron Nola, Philadelphia Phillies Nola was impressive in his rookie 2015 campaign-- a 3.59 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 68 strikeouts in 77.2 innings pitched. He owns a 2.57 minor league career ERA, including a 3.58 ERA in Triple-A earlier in 2015, and was a top-50 prospect in baseball before cracking the big leagues last year. He […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Clay Buchholz

After an injury-riddled 2015 season, during which he was the number one starter for the Boston Red Sox, Buchholz and fantasy owners are hoping 2016 will be much better. The question is, do you take the right-hander? Editor's note: Be sure to check out our 2016 fantasy baseball rankings dashboard, which is already loaded up […]