Points League Primer - Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy

When discussing fantasy baseball, an often neglected but entertaining format is the points league. These exist in both season-long cumulative and weekly head-to-head leagues. While existential debates about scoring categories and their true depiction of player worth are endless, points leagues arguably get closest to the objective of sabermetrics. Points leagues attempt to define a […]

Scott Kazmir Goes Three Innings Against Astros

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Scott Kazmir, who is trying to make the team as a dark-horse candidate, had a fairly decent outing against Houston. While he didn't face the likes of Carlos Correa, Jose Altuve or George Springer, he did have some tough bats in Jake Marisnick, Alex Bregman and Evan Gattis. Kazmir gave up two runs […]

Luiz Gohara Getting Set For First Outing Of Spring

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Luiz Gohara, who has been recovering from groin issues, feels like he's all recovered. The lefty could take the mound as early as Sunday, whether it would be as the starter or later in the game is still up in the air. Gohara has some ground to make up, but through […]

ADP Sleepers and Busts - NL Starting Pitchers

With the inherent injury risk to pitchers and innings management becoming more prevalent in baseball, nailing starting pitchers becomes even more important on draft day. After the big four of Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Chris Sale, and Corey Kluber are off the board, seemingly every pitcher has some sort flaw or concern going into 2018. […]

Updated First Base Rankings - 2018 Fantasy Baseball

Welcome back RotoBallers. With the MLB season just a few short weeks a way, it's time to update our rankings and analysis to account for injuries, free agent signings, spring training risers/fallers and more. We kick off our updated March rankings today with the first base position. Harris breaks down each tier and provides analysis […]

Mike Soroka Impresses With Outing Against Jays

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Mike Soroka is not even old enough to legally buy a drink - he's turning 21 in August. That hasn't stopped him from turning heads in Braves camp. The 20-year-old went two innings, fanning two while not giving up any runs. His ERA is 1.80 and manager Brian Snitker told the […]

Danny Santana Continues Blistering Hot Spring Against Toronto

After Atlanta Braves outfielder Danny Santana went 4-for-4 against the Pirates on Monday, he had another perfect day on Tuesday, albeit with just one at-bat. Santana is making a strong case to get a bench spot when the team breaks camp. As always, take spring training results with a grain of salt. If he's still […]

Ronald Acuna Shakes Off Monday's Plunking To Play Tuesday

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna had left Monday's game after being hit by a pitch. It didn't affect him, since he played Tuesday against the Blue Jays and went 1-for-3. Acuna is really making it difficult for the Atlanta front office to decide to send him to the minor leagues. He's an exciting player and […]

Sean Newcomb Gives Up Run In Three Innings Of Work

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Sean Newcomb went three innings on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays. Newcomb, who is slated to be No. 4 in the rotation, gave up one hit - a homer to Teoscar Hernandez. Newcomb is having a middling Spring Training with a 4.50 ERA, but he's likely going to keep his […]

Luiz Gohara Inching Closer To Game Action For Braves

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Luiz Gohara, who seems to have a slight edge over some other pitchers vying for the No. 5 rotation spot, is making his way back from a left groin strain. He threw live batting practice and is slated to throw a couple more of those before getting into game action. Even […]

Braves Trade For Ryan Schimpf

The Atlanta Braves traded with the Tampa Bay Rays for second baseman Ryan Schimpf in exchange for a player to be named later. What's so intriguing about a soon-to-be 30-year-old with only two years of major league experience? Well, in those two years, he's amassed 34 homers in 527 plate appearances. Yes, he's only hit .195 […]

Ozzie Albies Has Great Day At Plate For Braves

Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies wants to lock down the job before the team breaks camp. He helped his cause on Sunday, going 2-for-3 with a run. Albies is now hitting .400 and it looks like it would take a total collapse for him to not be in Atlanta when the season starts.

Mike Foltynewicz Continues Strong Spring With Three Scoreless Innings

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Mike Foltynewicz had three scoreless innings on Sunday. He struck out one and walked no one while allowing only one hit. Admittedly, it was against the Marlins, but he faced a lineup that had both Starlin Castro and Justin Bour in it, neither of them slouches with the bat. Keep an […]

Anthony Rendon Rankings Debate - Comparing RotoBaller's Rankers

We continue our long-running series of articles debating fantasy rankings with a player that managed to stay healthy enough to post his first 100-RBI season and is now one of the top third baseman on draft boards. RotoBaller's expert writers have come up with our consensus rankings for mixed leagues, but that doesn't mean we […]

Nick Markakis Continues Hot Spring With Two Hits On Saturday

Right now, Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis is so hot this Spring that his teammates probably have to douse him with buckets just to be able to sit next to him. He went 2-for-2 with an RBI to raise his batting average to .714. Yes, this is Spring Training and it's not even 10-at-bats. Still, […]

Julio Teheran Throws Three Scoreless Innings Versus Cardinals

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran, who is looking to start off strong to wipe out the memories of a terrible 2017 season, is doing just that so far. He went three innings against St. Louis, striking out three and walking one while allowing one hit. He's yet to allow a run this Spring.

RotoBaller Industry Expert Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft

On Thursday, February 15th, we brought together an illustrious group of industry experts to take part in the RotoBaller Friends and Family mock draft. We'll be playing this out as a best ball league. Our participants represented sites like: Creative Sports (Lawr Michaels) Fangraphs (Alex Chamberlain) GuruElite (Ray Flowers) Fantasy Alarm (Howard Bender) CBS (Heath […]

2018 Bullpen Outlooks - National League East

The National League East kicks off the first of our National League bullpen outlooks. Check out all of the American League divisions here: AL East, AL Central, AL West. The NL East doesn't feature any of the big name closers that casual baseball fans would recognize, but there are some solid relief arms on each team […]

Ronald Acuna Has Big Day, But Braves Should Stay Cautious

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna went 2-for-3 and stole a base on Thursday. So far, he's hitting .313. The 20-year-old may make the team think hard about bringing him with them when the regular season starts, but there's always the risk that rushing him too fast may put him in a hole much like the […]

2018 Relief Pitchers - Dynasty Tiered Rankings

As we move closer to the 2018 baseball season, at RotoBaller we have released our Dynasty Rankings. We have been dissecting the tiers of each position, showing fantasy owners where to find value in their draft. We have a total of 54 relief pitchers ranked in the first six tiers. When looking at dynasty leagues, one […]

Ronald Acuna Drives In Two Runs In Loss

There's one thing to remember about Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna: He's young. Really young. He's only 20 and he's not even turning 21 until December. He still wants to make the team, though the front office might decide he needs some more seasoning in the minors. Acuna made a case for himself Wednesday, driving […]

Brandon McCarthy Goes Three Strong Innings Against Mets

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy had a good first showing of the Spring. He threw three scoreless innings against the New York Mets, walking one and striking out three. The right-hander is slated to be the No. 3 starter behind Julio Teheran and Mike Foltynewicz. He's hoping for another sub-4.00 ERA this year, which […]

2018 Starting Pitchers - Dynasty Tiered Rankings

We continue our fantasy baseball dynasty rankings analysis with the first base position. RotoBaller writers Kyle Richardson, Chris Zolli, Pierre Camus, and I have come up with our preseason rankings to give you a sense of player values as early as possible. In a dynasty league, it can be tough to decide between a proven veteran or […]

Chris Sale Rankings Debate - Comparing RotoBaller's Rankers

We continue our rankings debate with a look at one of the game's most dominant arms. Major League Baseball's reigning strikeout king is a consensus top-four starting pitcher, but his exact draft value is still in question. RotoBaller's expert writers have come up with our consensus rankings for mixed leagues, but that doesn't mean we agreed […]

Mike Foltynewicz Uses Simpler Delivery To Get Good Results In First Spring Start

Atlanta Braves starter Mike Foltynewicz wanted to quiet down his delivery and make it smoother. It's all about the rhythm and tempo, and he tried to utilize that on Tuesday. It got him two hitless and scoreless innings, though he did walk two. If he can show the form that nearly had him throw a […]

Aaron Blair Ready To Pitch For First Time On Wednesday

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Aaron Blair is going to toe the rubber for the first time this Spring. Blair, who is a dark-horse candidate to make the team in the No. 5 spot, has been the victim of a glut of pitchers in camp. He hasn't had much success the past two years, but apparently […]

2018 Third Basemen - Dynasty Tiered Rankings

The hot corner runs relatively deep in terms of draft value this year. While stalwarts like Arenado, Machado, and Bryant easily claim the top tier, you can find a former MVP at the ninth spot, a back-to-back 30-HR hitter at 14, and perhaps the best prospect in all of baseball at the 20th spot. Without […]

Top 500: Mixed Leagues Tiered Staff Rankings (February)

Spring training is officially here! To celebrate, today we are here to look at our staff's updated 2018 fantasy baseball mixed league rankings for February and the top 500 players. Our rankings are updated weekly, but enough changes have taken place recently (see humidor, Arizona) to release a new overall list. Over the next few weeks we will also be publishing individual tiered […]

Freddie Freeman Collects Hit In First Spring Training Action

Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman is batting .500 so far this Spring. Then again, he's only had two at-bats. Freeman went 1-for-2 in Monday's win over the Washington Nationals. There's not much to say about him -- he's a high-round pick who can hit well over 30 homers if he stays healthy. That's all […]

Julio Teheran Throws Two Scoreless Innings In First Spring Start

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Julio Teheran is still the ace of the pitching staff despite horrible results at home in 2017 and he showed that on Monday, going two innings. He gave up no runs while giving up two hits and working around two walks. Sometimes an ace has to work around not having dominating […]