BALLER MOVE: Add In All Leagues ANALYSIS: Some experts will try to tell you that the 22 year old Gregory Polanco should have already been called up because the Pirates have needed him so desperately, but despite his tearing up of the minor leagues thus far in 2014, Pittsburgh's outfield situation has been crowded by young, and […]
Full Story »Week 11 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups
What's up RotoBallers. There are some very nice two start pitchers with great matchups this week, so get those fantasy engines fired up. Like many other weeks, there are also some less obvious SP sleepers and streaming options who may still be available on your waiver wire based on the league format, including NL-Only and AL-Only leagues. Every week of […]
Full Story »Top 5 Hitter Streamers For Week 11: Waiver Wire Targets
Week 11 Lineup Tools: Hitting Streamer Options It's time for another installment of my weekly column on hitters to target in free agency for weekly leagues. For readers new to this series, these are hitters available in at least 50% of leagues who I think have the potential to make an impact for fantasy […]
Full Story »Getting A Grip: Waiver Wire Pickups for Holds (Week 11)
Waiver Wire Sleepers for Holds in Week 11 While the holds statistic is hard to play for since it is difficult to determine if a pitcher will enter the game in the right situation to earn a hold, the players I've featured in today's article include some overlooked players and some who are looking […]
Full Story »Starting Pitcher Prospects to be Called Up Soon
Starting Pitchers & Potential June Call-Ups As the MLB Draft has gotten underway, so with it comes the callups that always occur in the big leagues at this time. For this piece, I will showcase 3 promising young arms poised to make an impact in the big leagues sooner, rather than later. Good luck […]
Full Story »Five Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 11
Below are five outfielders that I believe are undervalued in fantasy baseball leagues. These outfielders can be considered as sleepers or pickups off the waiver wire, depending on your league size and depth, including NL-Only and AL-Only formats in some cases. For owners seeking short-term or long-term answers, power or speed, there is something for […]
Full Story »Top 5 Two-Start Starting Pitcher Streamers for Week 11
This weekly piece focuses on the best two-start pitchers and streamers for the following week of fantasy baseball. These under-the-radar, two-start pitchers can be sleepers off the waiver wire depending on your league format, including NL-Only and AL-Only formats, and you can consider adding them to your head-to-head and daily-league lineups. I’ll give you a mix of starting […]
Full Story »NBA Finals Podcast: Home Court With Jon & Kia
Game 1 Analysis: Heat vs. Spurs NBA fanatics Jon & Kia give their own unique breakdown of the NBA finals, as they sit down and watch the San Antonio Spurs take on the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the series. Listen in on their weekly podcast and hear their in-game analysis of the […]
Full Story »Marcell Ozuna (OF, MIA) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add In All Leagues ANALYSIS: If you haven't already taken notice, then please fix your face and start thinking about who you are dropping for the Miami Marlins young stud outfielder, Marcell Ozuna. Most of the time when we think of power bats in the Marlins outfield, the words Mike and Stanton often […]
Full Story »Chad Qualls (RP, HOU) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ANALYSIS: Qualls is quietly putting together quite the dominant campaign in 2014, and it's going overlooked by 64% of owners in Yahoo! leagues. Here are the basic facts: Houston has finally settled on Qualls as their closer after a merry-go-round month of April. On the season, Qualls has an elite […]
Full Story »Jenrry Mejia (RP, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ANALYSIS: Don't let the last two innings scare you - while Mejia gave up 3 ER, he still locked down a save and didn't blow a save in the other appearance. Since taking over the closer role, all Mejia has done is, well....get nasty. He's thrown 12.1 IP, with a 13:5 […]
Full Story »Jonathan Singleton (1B, HOU) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Jon Singleton has arrived, and he already has a HR in just 12 plate appearances in the majors. Houston will give him every chance to succeed and will bat him in the 5th or 6th spots in the lineup, giving him ample opportunities to drive in runs. Singleton has […]
Full Story »Eye on the Minors: June Call-Ups for Fantasy Baseball
Recent MLB Prospect Call-Ups In the past week, we finally got some big name MLB prospects called up, headlined by St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras, who homered in his second major league at bat Saturday. Not to be outdone, Houston 1B prospect Jonathan Singleton homered in his first major league game after getting the […]
Full Story »Tiered Wide Receiver Rankings: Top 20 in Fantasy Football
As you begin your initial preparation for the upcoming fantasy football season and your draft strategy, I present you with my 2014 wide receiver rankings, starting with numbers 1-20. Although of these rankings projections are for non-PPR leagues, players with a PPR boost will be noted. I would also like to note, the rankings tiers are […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Q&A Session on Reddit (6/5)
Yesterday RotoBaller participated in an awesome Q&A session on Reddit. Almost 200 questions & answers were posted, and each one was answered by @BillyJohnston14 and the RotoBaller team. We talked about recent MLB news, waiver wire pickups, sleepers, prospects, trades and much much more. You can click here to read a full transcript on Reddit of all […]
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