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Gaining Giancarlo Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton is expected to be activated Monday for the series opener with the Brewers. Stanton has been on the shelf with a grade-two hamstring strain for over a month. He was not expected to be activated until Tuesday but with Casey Kotchman unavailable, the move will be made to start […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Daily League Analysis (June 10, 2013)
Major League Baseball starts the week with 10 games on this Monday, June 10, and there are definitely some matchups to take advantage of if you are looking to succeed in daily fantasy baseball. This is my first post for RotoBaller.com and I’m excited to join the coverage team for daily league picks and advice. […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Digging Deep into Rookie Pitchers
Gerrit Cole - It appears the word is out on Gerrit Cole (28%) who’s been added in over 33,000+ Yahoo leagues in the past 48 hours, but he’s still unowned in 80% of leagues. For those of you who haven’t heard, Wandy Rodriguez’s next start has been pushed back, and the Pirates are expected to bring […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three up for Week Eleven
With ten full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise heading into Week 11: 1) Howie Kendrick (2B, LAA): Kendrick’s been a draft-day teaser since 2007 when he had a .322 BA in 88 games. The thought was that he […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: More PED Fallout, Domonic Brown and Other Musings
The Big Hurt, Frank Thomas, spoke volumes in just a few sentences in this ESPN article by Jerry Crasnick: "When I played, guys all said, 'Let's get to the Hall of Fame,'" Thomas said. "Now guys are like, 'Let's do five years and make $150 million, and you're set for life. Who cares?' I think […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Third Base (June Update)
The first two months of the 2013 fantasy baseball season are in the books, and we've gotten a good look at which players are off to hot starts and which guys are struggling in the early going. RotoBaller has been updating our positional rankings over the past few days, and today we're revisiting the third […]
Full Story »Buy Low and Sell High: Trade and Waiver Targets for Week 11
Are you looking to trade? If your answer is “yes”, then the RotoBaller.com Buy/Sell Weekly Article is where to find five players of the week to Sell High and five players to Buy Low. You trade for one of two reasons: You need a shortstop, have an extra third baseman and someone has as extra […]
Full Story »Real Talk Raph's Riches: Fantasy Baseball Daily League Analysis (June 7, 2013)
Please note that as I sit to write this at 1:00 PM ET, MLB has already postponed two games due to weather (MIN vs. WAS and LAA vs. BOS), and we expect the NYM vs. MIA to be rained out as well based on the current weather patterns in NYC. Strong Daily League Pitching Options for […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Baseball Analysis June 7: Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis For the second time this week, the “Cuban Connection” of A’s sophomore Yoenis Cespedes and Dodgers' rookie Yasiel Puig homered on the same day, after both registered two-homer games on Tuesday. On Thursday, Cespedes would expel two more balls into the seats, both solo shots, leading to another A’s win. Cespedes’s two […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Week 10 Closer Update
Yeoman’s Work In Week 10, I am going to take another trip around the MLB and dig deeper into some more bullpens and their so-called “closers.” As savvy veteran fantasy owners, we get very upset when our closer (or any closer, really) blows a save. How can a starting pitcher throw 7-8 scoreless innings only […]
Full Story »Real Talk Raph's Riches: Fantasy Baseball Daily League Analysis (June 6, 2013)
We have switched things up a little bit in our Daily League column. Instead of giving you an exact lineup, we'll be sharing top positional plays with quick analysis about why we like these guys. There is no set budget for these picks, so they may be star-studded... the idea here is to give you some […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Analysis: The Big Story of Week 10 - Ryan Dirty
Ryan’ Dirty By now we have all heard about the Biogenesis story, so I will not bore you with a 60 Minutes version. We are fantasy baseball managers, not baseball purists pontificating on the future of the game. With that said, let’s talk about the biggest name in the Bad Boys Club: Mr. “I Did Nothing […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Baseball Analysis June 6: Teheran Turns off the Bats
Teheran Turns off the Bats Julio Teheran pitched masterfully. Teheran held a no-hitter two outs into the eighth inning when Brandon Inge hit a pinch-hit single. Teheran stayed ahead in the count all game and set a second consecutive career-high with 11 K (besting his previous start's 9 K) over 7.2 IP. He threw 79 […]
Full Story »RotoBaller Roundtable: General Commentary on the Biogenesis PED Scandal
Anyone who plays fantasy baseball in any format has some skin in the game with regard to the rumored suspensions coming down the pike from Major League Baseball in the wake of the Biogenesis PED investigation. With that in mind, RotoBaller has convened a roundtable discussion to look at some of the questions that these […]
Full Story »RotoBaller Roundtable: Burning Questions about the Fantasy Fallout from the Biogenesis PED Scandal
Anyone who plays fantasy baseball in any format has some skin in the game with regard to the rumored suspensions coming down the pike from Major League Baseball in the wake of the Biogenesis PED investigation. With that in mind, RotoBaller has convened a roundtable discussion to look at some of the questions that these […]
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