Ottoneu Waiver Wire Report - RotoBaller's Staff League

Ottoneu leagues, available on Fangraphs, are a different beast, and for good reason. Most of the scoring formats are more advanced, there are intense roster requirements and it’s a year-round commitment. It warrants constant monitoring and tinkering to fully optimize your lineup, and the innings restrictions per roster slot certainly force you to make some […]

Preseason Sleepers Yet to Awaken - Hitters

If you are going to win a championship in your fantasy baseball league, you typically need to hit on at least a couple of sleeper selections during your draft. Anyone who took a shot on Ozzie Albies, Gerrit Cole, or Patrick Corbin have an enormous advantage on the rest of their league due to the […]

Rookie Report: Recent MLB Prospect Call-Ups (Week 5)

So much for a slow start for the rookies. For the first few weeks, it felt as though there was very little to write about in the rookie department but recently the youngsters have taken the league by storm. Particularly in this past week, guys like Ronald Acuna, Nick Kingham, Mike Soroka, and Fernando Romero […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 4

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. This article, which began last season, runs seven days a week. We are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your neediest categories, and target players who may be […]

Johan Camargo Goes Deep In Win Over Mets

Atlanta Braves shortstop Johan Camargo has shifted positions to accommodate the impending arrival of free-agent signee Jose Bautista. Camardo apparently is not fazed by the move, since he clubbed a two-run homer on Wednesday as part of the hitting attack that helped them win 7-0. He's hitting .316 since his return from injury and that's […]

Ender Inciarte Helps Beat Mets From Bottom Of Order

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ender Inciarte isn't taking his being moved down to ninth in the order personally. He went 2-for-4 on Wednesday, including hitting a mammoth homer late in the game. Inciarte drove in two runs and also scored two runs. He could be a decent start in a very deep league, but his fantasy […]

Sean Newcomb Stymies Mets For Seven Innings In Win

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Sean Newcomb may have made Mets fans think back to those years in the late 1990s-early 2000s when they couldn't solve Atlanta pitching to save their lives. He went seven innings, striking out eight and walking none. Newcomb was pretty economical, too, leaving the game with under 100 pitches thrown. He's […]

Shane Carle is Considered Day-to-Day

Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Shane Carle (fingers) will throw off the mound on Wednesday and Thursday. He left during Tuesday's game versus the Mets after experiencing numbness in his right index finger and thumb. Those can be symptoms of a serious elbow injury, but the Braves currently have Carle listed as day-to-day. Carle is posting […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/2/18): MLB DFS Lineups

There are a plethora of games that are going to be played today, but they are broken down into two slates. The early slate is more than playable, but I'll be focusing on the later slate here. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 5/2/18. […]

Minor League Roundup - Who's Hot and Who's Not? (Week 5)

In last week’s edition of “Who’s Hot, Who’s Not”, I mentioned Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Soroka. After dominating Triple-A to start the season, Soroka was promoted to the Major Leagues on Tuesday, and made his big league debut. Soroka promptly dazzled with six innings of one-run ball. Dane Dunning was also mentioned in last week’s piece, […]

Mike Soroka (SP, ATL) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 27% of leagues ANALYSIS: All Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Mike Soroka did to win his Major League debut was toss six innings of one-run ball against the Mets. Ho-hum. He struck out five and walked none, which illustrates his likely strikeout limits (he had 125 K’s […]

April All-Bummer Team - Studs With Sluggish Starts

We've turned the calendar to May and, amazingly, 2018's baseball season is already 1/6 complete. We've seen some surprising team starts (Phillies, Pirates) and a few out-of-the-blue players rising to fantasy relevance (Christian Villanueva, Jarlin Garcia). But we're all wondering the same thing: where in the world is John Lackey? Nothing is worse in fantasy […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

Welcome to May, RotoBallers! A quick note: Be mindful of how the 2018 season as a whole compares to 2017 with regard to HR/FB rates, swinging-strike rates, etc. when you’re analyzing a pitcher’s performance versus last year’s stats. It’s been an eventful SP week despite only being Wednesday, Nick Kingham is already owned in too […]

2018 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 5)

Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. The prospect promotions continue to roll in. First it was Gleyber Torres […]

Mike Soroka Outduels Syndergaard In Win

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Mike Soroka apparently wasn't fazed that he was going to be matched up on Tuesday against someone whose nickname is Thor. Maybe Soroka felt like his glove was the Infinity Gauntlet. He made the Mets bats largely disappear during his Major League debut, going six strong innings while giving up a […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets For May 2

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. This article, which began last season, runs seven days a week. We are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature, use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your weakest categories and target players who may be available […]

Freddie Freeman Drives In Two Runs In Win Over Mets

Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman is a notorious Brave killer in his career. He went 2-for-5 and drove in two runs off Mets ace Noah Syndergaard on Tuesday. Freeman now has 21 RBI on the season. He's a must-start fantasy commodity.

Braves Re-Sign Peter Bourjos

It was not a long farewell for Braves outfielder Peter Bourjos. He was released by the Atlanta Braves on Sunday and he was re-signed to a minor league contract on Tuesday. Right now, he's going to play in Triple-A Gwinnett and will be outfield depth should anyone go down with an injury.

Statcast Pitcher Risers/Fallers - wOBA - xwOBA (Week 5)

We continue our RotoBaller series using Statcast to extrapolate, dig into, and commiserate over data to examine pitching performances. The weekly series will be dynamic as we fine-tune our findings and I enlighten myself on the information and tools at my disposal. With a month of baseball in the books, most starting pitchers have logged […]

Anibal Sanchez Expected to Start on Saturday

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez (hamstring) is expected to make his next start versus the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. Sanchez threw a bullpen session on Sunday and did some running drills as well. He suffered a strained right hamstring during pregame workouts earlier this month. Sanchez is only worth a look in deeper […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 1

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. This article, which began last season, runs seven days a week. We are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your neediest categories, and target players who may be […]

Week 5 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 5! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 5, which […]

Ronald Acuna Moved to Second in Lineup on Sunday

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna was moved up to second in the lineup for the team's game on Sunday. Since his recent call up, Acuna has been batting in the lower half of the lineup. However, with his production thus far - .462, one home run, 3 RBI - he's getting a chance towards the […]

Mike Soroka Could Start for Braves on Wednesday

Atlanta Braves pitching prospect Mike Soroka could be called up to start on Wednesday if Julio Teheran is unable to pitch. For now, Atlanta expects Teheran to be able to go, but if not Soroka is plan B. Soroka is one of the best pitchers in the minor leagues and one of the best prospects […]

The Cut List (Week 5): Time to Let Go?

Welcome to Week 5 of the Cut List. I think my suggestions have been pretty solid to start the year and I hope your teams are better off as a result. 2018 sample sizes are starting to legitimize and you’ll see more cut-worthy standard league-viable options on these lists as we get further into the […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Picks For April 30

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. It may only be April, but it's never too early to start streaming. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire - H2H Category Streamers

I like to consider myself a pioneer of the streaming approach. I won a league about seven years ago completely ignoring saves and just stacking up the starts each week. While streaming is undoubtedly more directly associated with pitching, there's plenty of value in streaming for offense as well. Maybe you have a stacked roster […]

Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 5

Stop the presses - Ronald Acuna has arrived! The presses have actually been kicking into overdrive since he amazed the baseball world with a wicked single and a couple of really, really long fly ball outs in his Major League debut. Oh, he hit a mammoth home run in his second game too. Like any […]

A.J. Minter (ATL, RP) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 15% of leagues ANALYSIS: A.J. Minter was lights out in 2017 with 26 strikeouts in 15 innings and entered the 2018 season as the favorite to displace Arodys Vizcaino as the Atlanta Braves closer. The left-handed Minter started slowly with three walks and zero strikeouts in his […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for April 29

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. It may only be April, but it's never too early to start streaming. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis […]