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This week, I could make an entire #Cutlist about catchers. Savvy owners that don't employ Buster Posey, Russell Martin, Brian McCann, Carlos Santana or the great Kyle Schwarber might just consider leaving the position empty for a while. Other than Buster Posey, no catcher is ranked in the top 100 and only three are ranked in the […]
Full Story »Week 20 Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire: Treading in Dangerous Waters
Welcome back readers after the one-week absence. Hopefully your rotation's didn't hit the fan in that time span but if so, I'll take responsibility for your team's downfall. This week I'll try and boost you back up, although the pickings are getting slimmer and slimmer as we wait for roster expansions in September. If you've […]
Full Story »Buy & Sell Starting Pitchers for Week 20
Matt Shoemaker broke a lot of hearts, and fantasy team ratios, last week. Taylor Jungmann and Shelby Miller each turned in uninspiring efforts early in the week before dominating on Sunday. Mike Fiers was solid. But Hisashi Iwakuma threw a no-hitter, so who cares about any of that? Swish! Before we tackle this week's recommendations, a […]
Full Story »Brandon Bolden, His Fantasy Value, and the Patriots Third Down Role
There has been a lot of speculation on who will take over for Shane Vereen as the Patriots third down back. This speculation comes with good reason as Vereen was absolutely dominant as a backfield receiver at times during his run as the Patriots safety valve. For much of the offseason the fantasy attention has […]
Full Story »2015 Fantasy Football Dynasty Rookie Rankings: 19-24
Every player is ranked based off traits of their college tape and while ceiling plays a big role, so does that players chance of just succeeding at any start-able level. Talent trumps things like team situations and supporting casts, since owning a player for their career will more than likely involve the situation around them changing […]
Full Story »Drew Smyly (SP, TB) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Stash in All Leagues OWNED IN: 47% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The long awaited return of Drew Smyly is finally upon us. After spending the last few months on the DL, the Tampa Bay Rays are activating Smyly off the DL in their hopes of a playoff push. At this point, we all […]
Full Story »Top Hitters to Stream in Week 20: Head to Head and Weekly Leagues
Below are my top MLB hitter streamer options for Week 20 of fantasy baseball. All players listed here are 50% owned or less in Yahoo leagues and play seven games this week. Streaming hitters is a great way to increase production and fantasy stats off the waiver wire for your head-to-head matchups. It can also help […]
Full Story »Marcus Stroman (SP, TOR) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Stash in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 6% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The best news for fans of Marcus Stroman is that he is coming along nicely from his torn ACL that he suffered during Spring Training. The team stated earlier this year that he would be ready to go and contribute at […]
Full Story »Martin Perez (SP, TEX) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 6% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The Texas Rangers are making a desperate push for the playoffs and having as many young healthy horses in their stable will be key to that playoff run becoming a reality. Martin Perez had missed most of this season recovering from Tommy John […]
Full Story »Nathan Eovaldi (SP, NYY) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 22% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Nathan Eovaldi seems to have found a home in the Big Apple after two dreadful stops in Los Angeles and Miami. He was seen as a project player coming into this season and struggled a bit initially but he is strutting […]
Full Story »Week 19 Q&A: Live Fantasy Chat with Max Petrie (8/16) at 8 ET
Sunday Evening – Live Fantasy Baseball Q&A RotoBaller Max Petrie will be fielding all grounders, flies and line drives on Sunday August 16th at 8:00 PM EST. Lineup concerns, add/drops, trades, DFS questions – you name it, we cover it! Come join in on the fun, and get your fantasy baseball lineup, waiver wire and sit/start questions answered. We’ll do our best to […]
Full Story »Jackie Bradley Jr. (OF, BOS) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 4% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: JBJ’s ownership rate figures to shoot up after an absolutely mammoth day at the dish on Saturday (five extra-base hits in six at-bats, including two homers, and 7 RBI). But that was just the cherry on top of a huge week for the former top […]
Full Story »Delino DeShields (OF, TEX) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 17% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: DeShields, who celebrates his 23rd birthday today, got himself an early gift with his first major league homer on Friday. Though big flies will likely be few and far between for the light-hitting center fielder, his true value lies in his speed and plate […]
Full Story »Colby Rasmus (OF, HOU) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 5% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: There are 27 outfielders with at least 15 homers this season. Rasmus is the only one of them not owned in at least a third of Yahoo leagues, and just three others are under 50 percent owned. He’s a bit of a BA drag, […]
Full Story »Yunel Escobar (SS / 3B, WAS) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 48% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Escobar has been a last cut basically every week since I started writing this column. The reasoning behind that? His production to this point has been fueled in part by a BABIP well above his career mark which (say it with me now) isn’t […]
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