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BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Here are the only two things you need to know about Travis Wood. 1) He is a dominant pitcher. 2) He's somehow only owned in 50% of leagues. Go pick him up, immediately! Then come back and read this.....ok, now that Wood's ownership % is up a tick, here's why he's so […]
Full Story »Nathan Eovaldi (SP, MIA) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately in All Leagues ANALYSIS: Yordano Ventura made waves in the preseason with his blazing fastball and after a quick start he is owned in almost every league out there. Are you upset that you missed out on him? Well lucky for you the second hardest throwing SP in the league has better control, […]
Full Story »Tyler Skaggs (SP, LAA) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Going into last year, Tyler Skaggs was a Top 20 prospect in all of baseball. Unfortunately Skaggs struggled at AAA and then looked subpar in a brief stint in the majors. In the offseason he was traded to the Angels in the 3-team trade centered around Mark Trumbo. With a […]
Full Story »Week 6 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups
There are some great two start pitchers for Week 6 (Scherzer, Greinke, Ventura), and lots of other solid starting pitcher matchups as well. As always, analyzing weekly matchups can help uncover SP sleepers off the waiver wire and some potential streamers for your fantasy baseball teams. Below we are taking a look at the entire […]
Full Story »Deep League Waiver Wire Pickups (NL Edition): Week 6
We have officially put the first month of the baseball season in the books, and plenty of waiver wire sleepers have already developed for all league formats including NL-Only and AL-Only leagues. That seemed to go rather quickly, but like they say, time flies when you're having fun. This is usually about the time when less […]
Full Story »Aaron Loup (RP, TOR) - Waiver Wire Analysis
Update (5/3 - after today's game): Loup came in the 7th inning of today's game, and had a disastrous outing giving up 3 ER. Certainly a different tune than what the Blue Jays had said coming into today. The bullpen situation is ugly here, most likely yielding towards a committee going forward until Janssen is back, […]
Full Story »Blue Jays Bullpen (RP, TOR) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Continue Scouting ANALYSIS: Sergio Santos took the BS, L last night after giving up 3 runs on 2 HR to Pedro Alvarez (tying the game) and Starling Marte (winning the game). Santos has now allowed 6 ER in his last 2 outings, and has a 10.61 ERA on the year. His magnificent 16.39 K/9 is […]
Full Story »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 […]
Full Story »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 […]
Full Story »Trevor Plouffe (3B, MIN) - Waiver Wire Analysis
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Trevor Plouffe first caught the fantasy world's attention when he hit 24 HR in less than a full season in 2012. That kind of power is pretty useful for an infielder even if it does come at the cost of a lower batting average. This year Plouffe is performing well […]
Full Story »Players Trending Up and Trending Down after One Month
This is the time of year that fantasy owners start to develop either buyer's or seller's remorse. That can't-miss starter may be winless with an ERA that resembles an AM radio station, or that breakout slugger might have more strikeouts than hits. Memorial Day, the traditional quarter-pole of baseball's regular season, is still about a […]
Full Story »Waiver Wire Pickups For Runs Heading Into Week 6
Waiver Targets to Help Your Team in Runs Finding specific category help on the waiver wire can be hard tough, but I’m here to help you find those stats to give you a bump in specific categories. Today, I’m going to take a look at runs. Runs can come sporadically, as they depend on […]
Full Story »Tanner Roark (SP, WAS) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues Ownership: Yahoo - 30%, ESPN - 7.6% ANALYSIS: Tanner Roark, a second year player for the Washington Nationals, is off to a great start in 2014 and is one of those SP sleepers to consider off the waiver wire in deeper formats. He is 2-0 with a 2.76 ERA and […]
Full Story »Relief Pitcher Updates: The Closer Carousel Continues
As we head into the first week of May in the 2014 baseball season, we are seeing changes happening in the late-inning roles across baseball. Whether due to injuries or failure, we here at Rotoballer will keep you up to date so that you can plan accordingly and adjust your rosters if need be. Looking […]
Full Story »Buy and Sell: Five Hitters Who've Been Breaking Bad
These Guys Have Been Just Plain Stone Cold April is behind us, Spring is here, even though it might not feel like spring where you live. The 2014 baseball season is in full swing and some well known fantasy baseball players that you drafted and had lofty expectations for are still as cold as ice […]
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