Top 40 Catcher (C) Fantasy Baseball Rankings - March Updates
Hey, RotoBallers! The fantasy baseball offseason is almost over, as Opening Day is less than a week away. Catchers, for the first time in a while, will have plenty of good fantasy options to choose from in upcoming fantasy drafts. Especially if you are in a single-catcher league, fantasy managers can afford to wait until […]
Top 70 Shortstop (SS) Fantasy Baseball Rankings - March Updates
Hey, RotoBallers! We are less than a week away from Opening Day! It's an exciting time for baseball fans as an entire season lies ahead. At RotoBaller HQ, we are back with more fantasy baseball rankings to help you win your leagues. Today, we will look at our MLB team's updated 2024 fantasy baseball shortstop rankings, […]
Top 225 Starting Pitcher (SP) Fantasy Baseball Rankings - March Updates
Hey, RotoBallers! Spring training is here, and it's an exciting time for baseball fans. We have been constantly updating our rankings and publishing articles all off-season to help you prepare and crush your upcoming fantasy baseball drafts. Today, we will review our MLB team's updated 2024 fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings, recently updated for March. […]
Top 170 Relief Pitcher (RP) Fantasy Baseball Rankings - March Updates
Welcome back, RotoBallers, to more fantasy baseball rankings. Saves are one of the most volatile categories in fantasy baseball. Injuries to top fantasy baseball closers, Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Devin Williams and Minnesota Twins right-hander Jhoan Duran, have made the elite relief pitcher pool shrink more, as Josh Hader is the only reliever in the top […]
Top 175 Outfield (OF) Fantasy Baseball Rankings - March Updates
Hey, RotoBallers! As the fantasy baseball offseason ramps up, there is only a week left of spring training. The countdown is on, as we are a few days away from Opening Day. Today, we will review our MLB team's updated 2024 fantasy baseball outfield rankings, recently updated for March. Plenty of news and notes regarding […]
Top 75 First Base (1B) Fantasy Baseball Rankings - March Updates
Welcome back, RotoBallers, to more fantasy baseball rankings. Opening Day is a few days away, and it's a very exciting time for baseball fans. Looking for a first base or corner infield option for your fantasy team? We've you covered with our MLB team's updated 2024 fantasy baseball first base rankings, recently updated for March. […]
Last But Not Least: Fifth Starters That Are Relevant in 2024 Fantasy Baseball
When we look at the projected fifth starter across 30 MLB teams, it's quite a diverse group ranging from rookies to retreads and everything in between. Some of these pitchers are temporary placeholders for other injured starters, while others stand a better chance of lasting all season if their team has fewer options waiting on […]
Jamie Steed's 2024 Fantasy Baseball Bold Predictions
Bold predictions can be the key to fantasy seasons. Predicting players who will outperform or underperform expectations by extreme amounts can win leagues. Bold predictions can also be entirely unhelpful, speculative thoughts that are just fun to consider. And the latter is what these are! Sort of. I'm not going to tell you I think Spencer Strider leads […]
Sean Murphy Hits First Grapefruit League Home Run
Atlanta Braves catcher Sean Murphy went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's Grapefruit League matchup versus the Toronto Blue Jays. It was Murphy's first homer of the spring. The 29-year-old is now hitting .292 this spring and has also drove in six runs over 24 at-bats. Coming off a 21-home run season in […]
Tyler Matzek Back After Tommy John Surgery
Atlanta Braves left-hander Tyler Matzek (elbow) is back this year after missing all of last season and the last two postseasons while recovering from Tommy John surgery in October of 2022. Matzek threw two perfect innings with four strikeouts in a Grapefruit League game on Sunday to erase any questions about whether he'd need a […]
Biggest Barrel Risers for 2024 Fantasy Baseball Hitters (Barrel %)
For the hitters in our fantasy baseball lineups, we want the best possible outcome from each one of their plate appearances in 2024. One of the best ways to predict hitters with the best outcomes is with Barrels. When MLB introduced the stat in 2016, they showed that Barreled balls result in an average of […]
Determining Draft Strategy in Fantasy Baseball Rotisserie vs. Points Leagues Using "Teams in a Vacuum" Concept
What do the experts know? When it comes to rotisserie vs. points leagues, all the fantasy baseball podcasters discuss “drafting Player A in roto but Player B in points.” Are rotisserie and points leagues really that different? Should you draft players in a different order depending on the scoring type? To answer these questions, calculations […]
First Basemen Set to Outperform Their ADP - Fantasy Baseball Draft Targets
When you want power and run production in fantasy baseball, first base is often a great place to look. As in most years, this year offers many elite options at the top, and a lot of question marks after the first tier. That applies to all 2024 fantasy baseball drafts I have done since early […]
League Winning Starting Pitchers - Fantasy Baseball Draft Targets (2024)
We are entering the final stretch of the draft season with only a little over a week until the official opening day of the 2024 MLB season. Maybe you've already drafted, but for those of you who still have drafts this week or next, I have some final thoughts on pitchers that I am posting […]
Spencer Strider Gets Opening Day Nod
Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider is set to start on Opening Day on March 28 versus the Philadelphia Phillies opposite Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler. It's the first of what should be many Opening Day nods for the right-hander who comes into the 2024 season as the top fantasy starting pitching option available. Strider worked to […]
Max Fried Strikes Out Four In Six Innings Of Work
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Max Fried took the loss on Monday in a 7-3 Grapefruit League game versus the Tampa Bay Rays. Although he took the loss, the veteran pitched well. The southpaw hadn't given up a run through five innings of work, but allowed four singles and a sac fly that turned into four […]
Reviewing Recent Cy Young Finalists (NL Edition) - Starting Pitcher Outlooks for 2024
The three 2023 NL Cy Young finalists were Blake Snell of the Padres, Logan Webb of the Giants, and Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks. In 2022, Sandy Alcantara took home the trophy, while Max Fried and Julio Urias were the runners-up. In this article, I will break down the seasons of each finalist in the […]
Dynasty Crystal Ball - Projecting the Top Fantasy Baseball Hitters for 2027
It's always fun to look ahead in the fantasy baseball world. With dynasty leagues, looking ahead is especially important, as you always need to have one eye on the present and one eye on the future. That can sometimes be hard to do, but remember, every move you make in dynasty has a short-term impact […]
Huascar Ynoa Optioned To Triple-A
The Atlanta Braves have demoted starting pitcher Huascar Ynoa to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ynoa, 25, is returning from Tommy John surgery that he underwent in 2022. He tossed a scoreless inning this spring with one strikeout. The Braves are likely to have a workload limit on the right-hander, no matter which level he is at this […]
Bryce Elder Gets Beat Out For Rotation Spot
The Atlanta Braves have demoted starting pitching Bryce Elder to Triple-A Gwinnett. The 24-year-old was an All-Star in 2023 with a 3.81 ERA and 12-4 record over 31 starts, but the underlying stats suggested he had luck on his side and is due for regression. A rough Grapefruit League didn't do him any favors as […]
Reynaldo Lopez Named Fifth Starter
The Atlanta Braves have rewarded Reynaldo Lopez with the fifth spot in the rotation, beating out Bryce Elder among others. Lopez, 30, has been a reliever for the past couple of seasons, but the Braves had big hopes that he could return to his original position as a starting pitcher and so far, so good. […]
Yahoo Undervalued and Overvalued Picks - Fantasy Baseball ADP Advantages for Drafts
Welcome RotoBallers to our Yahoo fantasy baseball article about undervalued and overvalued players to draft in Yahoo leagues, based on their ADP and ranking. Average Draft Position (ADP) is often the guiding light for fantasy baseball draft strategy. While every league is different and may have a particularly aggressive or conservative group of owners when […]
Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft Analysis for Round One Picks (2024)
The first round of fantasy baseball drafts is always the best part. Whoever fantasy managers select with their first pick is who they will rely on the most for the entire season. No matter where you pick in the first round, though, you will be selecting an elite player. All fantasy drafts are stressful, and […]
ADP Champ or Chump: Jazz Chisholm Jr., Brandon Pfaadt, and Will Smith
As we approach peak fantasy baseball draft season, it's crunch time. You might think you know each player's value, but double-checking never hurts. We're back with three names of interest on draft day: Jazz Chisholm Jr., Brandon Pfaadt, and Will Smith. Chisholm was the cover athlete for MLB The Show 2023, Pfaadt looked like a […]
Points Leagues Early-Round Overvalued Picks for Fantasy Baseball Drafts (2024)
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2024 Fantasy Baseball Early-Round Overvalued List by Nick Mariano
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Fantasy Baseball Auction Draft Strategies and Tips by Nick Mariano (2024)
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ATC Projections: Pitcher Surprises And Concerns For Fantasy Baseball Drafts
Using projections in the fantasy baseball draft process helps give us a baseline of numbers to build a balanced team. Roster construction becomes more challenging with deeper rosters. Though the ADP market pushes up pitchers in rotisserie, category, and points leagues, the projections suggest avoiding at their price. That's important because many positive pitcher surprises […]
ATC Projections: Hitter Surprises and Concerns for Fantasy Baseball Drafts
Using the ATC projections, we have a few ways to find surprising players based on the projection systems. One way is to look at the projected auction values compared to the average draft position and see which players might be value selections. Value is a tricky word since we're (usually) discussing projected value based on […]
Key Late-Round Draft Targets - Expert Fantasy Baseball Picks Using EDV
Spring Training is underway, which means we're back with another year of the FSWA-award-nominated Expected Draft Values (EDV) series, where we look at historical data to identify overvalued and undervalued players of all types. Whether you're targeting power, speed, power+speed, batting average+power, and so on, we've got you covered. We've hit the early and middle […]