Robinson Chirinos (C, TEX) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2 Catcher Leagues, Continue Scouting in 1 Catcher Leagues ANALYSIS: Although he doesn't play every day, Ranger's catcher Robinson Chirinos has been hitting very well recently making him an addition to RotoBaller's waiver wire pickups and sleepers list. In two-catcher formats, Chirinos should be owned pretty much across the board at this point. Over the last […]

Alex Avila (C, DET) - Waiver Wire Analysis

BALLER MOVE: Add in Two-Catcher Leagues, AL-Only Leagues (if you're desperate) ANALYSIS: Let's be very honest here for a second - Alex Avila hasn't done squat to warrant him a good fantasy baseball reputation, or a waiver wire pickup, since his one outlier season in 2011 when he hit .295 with 19 HR and 82 runs […]

John Jaso (C, OAK) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Two-Catcher Leagues ANALYSIS: Look at John Jaso's stats and you understand why the Oakland A's have a rampaging offense.  He has a .276-.369-.457 triple slash line, as a backup catcher and part time DH.  What other backup catcher in the MLB has stats even close to 4 HR, 12 RBI, 16 Runs with […]

Brayan Pena (C, CIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Very Deep Leagues and Two Catcher Leagues ANALYSIS: Brayan who? He's the guy filling in for Devin Mesoraco while he's on the DL. Pena has batted .313 (10-for-32) over the last two weeks with 3 HR and 6 RBI. With Jay Bruce and Mesoraco out and Brandon Phillips still floundering, as long as […]

Welington Castillo (C, CHC) - Waiver Wire Analysis

BALLER MOVE: Add in Two Catcher Leagues ANALYSIS: Only 5% owned in Yahoo! leagues, Castillo will be available in a handful of 2 catcher leagues. He is benefitting from a little BABIP luck, but he's shown in the past that he can hover around .340 which means a .270 BA is attainable.  He has been racking up […]

Carlos Ruiz (C, PHI) - Waiver Wire Analysis

BALLER MOVE: Add in Two Catcher Leagues and Deep Standard Leagues ANALYSIS: Ruiz is only 31% owned in Yahoo! leagues which means he's plenty available even in ~10 team 2 catcher leagues.  Ruiz has racked up 13 hits in his last 8 games, with an impressive 7:2 BB:K ratio, 7 RBI, 4 2B, and 9 runs.  He's […]

Devin Mesoraco (C - CIN) - Waiver Wire Analysis

BALLER MOVE:  Add in Two-Catcher Leagues and 14+ Team Leagues ANALYSIS:  To this point in his career, Devin Mesoraco’s major league service has consisted of sharing catching duties, most recently in 2013, with Ryan Hanigan.  Now that Hanigan is with Tampa Bay, the bulk of the catching duties fall to him.  His major league numbers […]

Miguel Montero (C, ARI) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately in All Leagues ANALYSIS: Miguel Montero is currently owned in only about 50% of all leagues.  This is alarming low, given the fact that he hits in the middle of a powerful Diamondbacks lineup, and the hot start he's gotten off to. He has started 5 of the first 6 games, hitting in […]

Josmil Pinto (C, MIN) - Waiver Wire Analysis

BALLER MOVE: Continue Scouting, Add in 2 Catcher Leagues ANALYSIS: Pinto put up .342-4-12 in just 76 AB last year. Small sample size blah blah blah.  The point is he has big time potential. We're not expecting him to go .342-20-80 over 500 AB. Far from it.  But we do expect that he'll be ingrained as the […]

Fantasy Sleeper: Nationals Catcher Wilson Ramos

You think you’re tough?  Are you a catcher in MLB?  Probably not.  Have you come back from a torn ACL?  Maybe you have-- it sucks right?  How about being kidnapped in Venezuela in front of your family?  I didn’t think so.  These are just some of the things that make Wilson Ramos, catcher for the […]

Three Undervalued Catchers: 2014 Fantasy Baseball Rankings

In a continuation of my last piece on overrated catchers, now that ESPN has released their early season player rankings, I'll be taking a look at which catchers seem to be underrated by the expert community so far this season.   Brian McCann Steamer Projection: 552 PA, .255/.334/.452, 24 HR, 74 RBI, 68 R, 2 […]

Three Overvalued Catchers: 2014 Fantasy Baseball Rankings

Now that ESPN has released some of their early rankings for the 2014 season, we can begin to take a look at which players are overrated or underrated going in to draft season.  This will tell you where you can find value, and where you should just back away slowly. Today, my focus will be […]

Chris Kaman (Center) - Waiver Wire Pickup

Baller Move: Add Immediately Analysis:  The big bald man is on fire over the last couple games, putting up back-to-back 20+/10+ games in points and rebounds, as well as blocking multiple shots and even putting up a 3 or 4 assists.  This is obviously not going to last – Chris Kaman has not suddenly turned into LaMarcus […]

Zaza Pachulia (Center) - Waiver Wire Pickup

Baller Move: Speculative add in 12+ team leagues Analysis: The Bucks are a mess this season and Larry Drew's rotation is never set in stone, but with both Larry Sanders and John Henson out with injuries, that leaves Pachulia to take over a decent amount of minutes at the Center position. Over the past 5 […]

Five Under the Radar Catchers - Sleeper Keepers for 2014 Fantasy Baseball

You showed up again! Outstanding! This is four sessions in a row. Most people skip out on me by now. But hey, you can obviously see my online PhD from St. Leo’s is worth its weight in gold, right? So far, we’ve covered first base -Ike Davis! - second base, and third base. You didn’t even […]

Ronny Turiaf (Center) - Waiver Wire Analysis

The injury to Nikola Pekovic has opened up a huge hole for Turiaf in Minnesota.  The veteran big man has had two straight productive games in Pekovic’s absence with a combined 18 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks.  He is by no means an offensive threat, but if plays north of 30 minutes in a given night […]

Tyson Chandler (Center) - Waiver Wire Pickup

A player who remains available in leagues who should be 100% owned, Chandler has had four double-doubles in his past seven games.  Since his return on January 14th, he has returned to his dominant low-post presence for the offensive-minded Knicks.  Chandler has not been as dominant of force in the blocks category as most would […]

2014 Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep: Carlos Santana's Fantasy Value

  2014 Outlook for Carlos Santana Catcher has always been a fairly weak position from a fantasy standpoint, and the talent pool may be getting even thinner. After being usurped as the starting catcher by 26-year-old Yan Gomes for roughly two months, Carlos Santana has been experimenting at third base and will continue to do […]

Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Catchers (July Update)

The first three months of the 2013 fantasy baseball season are in the books, and now we’re really starting to get a feel for the fantasy baseball landscape. RotoBaller will be updating our positional rankings over the next week. Today, we’re revisiting the catcher rankings we initially published in April and have updated in May and June. All the ranks […]

Jason Castro (C, HOU)

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Jason Castro didn’t have a spectacular June (.239, 4 HR, 10 RBI), but he produced enough to prove he belongs in the second tier of catchers. Before taking a seat on the 7th, he went 5-for-9 a HR, 4 Runs and 4 RBIs in his previous two games, so it's […]

Jonathan Lucroy (C, MIL)

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: The Jonathan Lucroy hype-machine rolls on. He’s been on-fire lately with 3 HR and 6 RBI in eight July games after hitting .296 with 3 HR and 18 RBI in June. Are you on the Lucroy bandwagon yet? He's the 8th ranked catcher in the 5x5 game, so he should […]

Wilson Ramos (C, WAS)

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Ramos has come storming out of the gates and has racked up 6 hits, 1 HR, 1 2B, 8 RBIs and 2 Runs in just 4 games since returning from a 2 month absence. Ramos is probably owned in all 2 catcher leagues, but even those of you […]

Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Week 11 Recap

RotoBaller experts have scoured the dregs of free agent pools across the fantasy baseball world to bring you RotoBaller.com's Ultimate Waiver Wire Watch List. This is the weekly recap for all fantasy baseball week 10 waiver wire updates. All of the fantasy analysis is provided by RotoBaller staff experts. Our goal is simple: to help you build the […]

Three Fringe Waiver Picks for the Coming Weeks

In this piece, RotoBaller delves deeper into three players who are currently in our Daily Updated Waiver Wire Watch List that you should look to own over the next few weeks. These are fringe players, available on the waiver wire in many leagues, who could have an immediate impact on your team. If you invest a roster spot in […]

Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers? Carlos Santana

(This article was recently updated based on current ADP trends) The “thing” I like most about Carlos Santana is the fact that he is a “catcher.” You see, (wink wink), he is a top-tier fantasy baseball "catcher," even though he will most likely play at least a third of his games at 1B or DH. […]

Breakout or Bust? Redux! The Fantasy Impact of Second-Year Prospects

Devin Mesoraco Many expected big things from Devin Mesoraco last season, and with very good reason. The Reds’ top catching prospect had breezed through AAA in 2011, hitting .289 with 15 HR and 71 RBI, and in late March of last year they announced he had made the big-league club out of spring training. Everyone, […]

Fantasy Baseball 2013 Catcher Sleepers: ADP Arbitrage - Carlos Santana vs. Jonathan Lucroy

Welcome to the Rotoballer.com Fantasy Baseball Sleeper Series, ADP Arbitrage. Here RotoBallers take a look at two players and compare them by both projected statistics and average draft position. Today we will look at catchers; you can view the RotoBaller.com Catcher Pitcher Rankings with ADP Comparison here. If you want RotoBaller to compare two players you […]

Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep: Salvador Perez

  This year’s catching pool has a lot of enticing players-- players that make you think you know something more than other owners and that you are about to steal a sleeper. Mid-career players who you imagine are going to put it all together and break out ::cough:: Matt Wieters ::cough::. Young players who could […]

Digging Deeper into Catchers - 2013 Fantasy Baseball Catcher Rankings

  Let's dig a little deeper into the top 12 catchers heading in to the 2013 Fantasy baseball season, as a follow up to our RotoBaller Rankings: 2013 Catcher Rankings with ADP Comparison. When using the catcher rankings make sure you determine what kind of draft strategy you want to pursue when it comes to […]