Starting Pitcher (SP) Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Points Leagues - March Updates (2025)

For fantasy managers looking for a consensus SP rankings list for points leagues, we've got you covered with our updated 2025 fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings and tiers for points leagues and H2H points leagues. Spring training is soon coming to an end, and the heart of the fantasy baseball draft season is here. In […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Report - Spring Training Updates for Royce Lewis, Zach Neto, Daulton Varsho, Giancarlo Stanton, Brandon Nimmo, more

Spring training is well underway as we move forward to Opening Day. With the season opening overseas in about a week, team rosters are taking form, as are the winners of position battles on certain teams. One aspect that is just as true midseason as it is now is the effect of injuries on teams' […]

Matt Olson Having Slow Offensive Spring

Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson has not had the best spring offensively to this point. The 30-year-old owns a .212/.297/.394 slash line with two home runs in 13 games and 37 Grapefruit League appearances. Olson started the 2024 season sluggishly but ended the season with a respectable .247/.333/.457 slash line, 29 HR, 78 runs […]

Craig Kimbrel Signs With Braves

The Atlanta Braves have signed relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel to a minor-league deal on Tuesday. The future Hall-of-Famer is back with the Braves after spending the first five seasons of his career with the organization. Since then, Kimbrel has bounced around quite a bit, but currently sits fifth all-time in saves. He's coming off a […]

First Base Fantasy Baseball Bust Candidates - Avoid In 2025 Drafts?

The first base position is very top-heavy in 2025. In NFBC drafts, three first basemen consistently go within the two rounds, with three more going before the 50th pick. However, following this top group of proven studs, several options later in the draft have begun to become popular targets but have glaring concerns. Is it […]

Identifying Elite Fantasy Baseball Pitchers for Drafts - Plate Discipline Metrics Studs

One of the reasons I love fantasy baseball so much is that it allows me to crunch numbers and data more than other sports. Baseball is such a stat-driven sport and there's no shortage of statistics to examine, especially now in the days of Statcast, PitchFX, and Stuff+. For my final deep stat dive of […]

Top 200 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Eric Cross' March Updates (2025)

Can you smell the hot dogs? Can you hear the road of the crowd, the crack of the bat, and the smack of the catcher's mitt? Another major league season is upon us and we'll soon be setting lineups every day or week for the next six months. It's a glorious time of year. With […]

H2H Points Leagues Fantasy Baseball Avoids for Drafts - 5 Overvalued Hitters

With Opening Day approaching, your fantasy drafts will likely occur within the next week. If you haven't prepared much for your drafts, don't worry; RotoBaller has you covered. In this article, we will go through five hitters to avoid in points leagues. These players are going too high in drafts and should be passed on at […]

5 Fantasy Baseball Prospect Sleepers and Draft Values - Outfield Gems to Know

Outfield is a unique position in fantasy baseball since every MLB team plays multiple outfielders in every game. Fantasy baseball leagues treat the outfield spot very differently than every other position as a result, and you need a unique strategy on how to build your roster at that position. One useful strategy is often to […]

Top 50 Catcher Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Roto Leagues - March Updates

At RotoBaller HQ, we are providing fantasy baseball content and updated rankings up until Opening Day. Our freshly-updated rankings series continues with our latest 2025 fantasy baseball catcher rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 category mixed leagues). Catchers are not as weak in fantasy as in years past, but fantasy managers should prioritize the […]

10 Fantasy Baseball Bold Predictions - Corbin Young's 2025 Picks

Most of us love drafting, whether it is fast, slow, or an auction. Some drafters stick to projections, others go by feel, and many use both. We have biases and players we love, and sometimes the data will lead us to love or hate them more. Everyone loves to find sleepers and discuss potential busts, […]

Angel Perdomo Traded To The Angels

Relief pitcher Angel Perdomo was traded from the Atlanta Braves to the Los Angeles Angels on Monday in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. He has looked good this spring and figures to slot into a spot in the Angels' bullpen. The lefty missed all of 2024 while recovering from […]

Spencer Strider Shines In First Spring Training Start

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider (elbow) made his long-awaited spring debut on Monday, tossing 2 2/3 perfect innings while striking out six. Although the competition he faced wasn't the toughest, it was encouraging to see his pitches at work following the injury. His fastball topped out at 98 mph and his breaking balls looked […]

James McCann Signs Minor-League Deal With Braves

Free-agent catcher James McCann and the Atlanta Braves agreed to a minor-league deal on Monday, a source tells FanSided's Robert Murray. McCann will provide the Braves with additional catching depth to start the 2025 season with Sean Murphy (rib) starting the year on the injured list with a fractured rib on his left side. Catching […]

Four Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Sleepers - Cheap Draft Picks With Upside (2025)

The 2025 Major League Baseball season is almost here. Regular-season games begin Tuesday, March 18, when the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers face off in Tokyo. The season will start for the remainder of the league on Thursday, March 27. As it draws nearer, each team's rotation begins taking shape. At this point, everyone […]

What Are Pitching+, Stuff+, Location+? Sabermetrics Glossary for Fantasy Baseball (2025)

Welcome RotoBallers to our overview of Pitching+. This article is a deeper dive into Pitching+ and is part of our ongoing series "Using Sabermetrics for Fantasy Baseball." In this article, we'll explore what Pitching+ is and how to use it for fantasy analysis. We'll also look at its underlying components, Stuff+ and Location+, in plain […]

Later-Round Values for Batting Average (AVG) - Fantasy Baseball Category Boosters

Most hitters will experience downturns throughout the season, but they typically make an adjustment that will help pull them out of the slump. Because the season is so long, we as fantasy managers need to exhibit patience to not give up on a player too soon and miss out on their resurgence. However, sometimes the […]

Fantasy Baseball Catcher Breakouts - 5 Undervalued Draft Targets (2025)

Hey, RotoBallers, it's fantasy baseball draft season, and no one wants a dud behind the plate. Catcher is often one of the trickiest positions to draft for in fantasy baseball, with the tiers experiencing steep drop-offs at certain points. In this article, I've identified five sleeper catchers for upcoming drafts. Now, I don't necessarily think […]

Jurickson Profar Takes Batting Practice, Could Return On Thursday

Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar (wrist) took batting practice on Sunday in camp, according to MLB.com's Mark Bowman. The Braves have Monday off and will be in Tampa on Wednesday night, so they may wait until Thursday to put Profar back in the Grapefruit League lineup. However, until then, he can get as many at-bats […]

Noteworthy Spring Training News for Fantasy Baseball Drafts - Hot/Cold Players, Injury Concerns

We get a few games that count starting tomorrow as MLB continues the tradition of starting a week early with the Tokyo series. The rest of the league has another week's worth of games before making their final cuts and heading north for Opening Day. Spring training results are fun to track, but should we […]

Top 70 Shortstop (SS) Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Roto Leagues - March Updates

We are back with more rankings, freshly updated to help you crush your drafts. Today, we break down the shortstop position with our updated 2025 fantasy baseball shortstop rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 category mixed leagues). Shortstop is loaded with elite talent as two of the top five overall in our MLB team's […]

Later Round Fantasy Baseball Power Hitters - Legitimate Home Run Surgers (2025)

As the saying goes, process over results. If we have a solid process, the results should follow. However, if we luck into results and think we have a sound process, we need to re-evaluate. We want to have a process whenever we select players for a column. For transparency, we've been looking at hitters with […]

Chris Sale Gets Opening Day Start For The Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale has been assigned the Opening Day start for the Braves to kick off the 2025 season. Sale, the 2024 NL Cy Young Award winner, looks to continue his dominance in 2025 for the Braves and will start the season on the road versus the San Diego Padres on Thursday, March […]

Top 80 Third Base (3B) Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Roto Leagues - March Updates

We are in the heart of the fantasy baseball draft season, with Opening Day ready to kick off shortly. All throughout the draft season, we have been helping fantasy managers with our fantasy baseball rankings. And today we are back with our MLB team's freshly-updated 2025 fantasy baseball third base rankings and tiers for roto […]

Top 175 Outfield (OF) Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Roto Leagues - March Updates

Baseball is finally back as we officially kick the MLB season off with the Tokyo, Japan series between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers. All off-season we have been helping fantasy managers prepare for their upcoming drafts with our updated rankings series articles. Today we review our MLB team's updated 2025 fantasy baseball outfield […]

Spencer Strider To Make Spring Debut On Monday

MLB.com's Mark Bowman reports that Atlanta Braves right-hander Spencer Strider (elbow) will make his Grapefruit League debut on Monday and start against the Boston Red Sox. It's a positive step in the right direction for Strider, who made only two starts in 2024 before undergoing season-ending Tommy John surgery. The 26-year-old hurler will open the […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects - Eric Cross' Rookie Rankings for 2025 (March Updates)

We're inching closer and closer to the start of the regular season, and we've had an exciting Spring Training so far. That's especially true on the prospect side, as some big-name fantasy baseball prospects are standing out while other names are emerging as early-season options. We even have two members of last year's draft class […]

14 Fantasy Baseball Bold Predictions - Nick Mariano's 2025 Picks

Bold predictions allow us writers to stretch our wings and list different takes that have shaped our preseason drafts. This is not the day to worry about projections and conservative, reasonable math. We're here to push the envelope and envision what the 90th, 95th, or even the 99th (?) percentile outcome looks like for our […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Report - Spring Training Updates for Ronald Acuna, Brandon Nimmo, George Kirby, Spencer Strider, Gunnar Henderson, more

Welcome RotoBallers to my fantasy baseball injury report for March 16th, where every week we look back at the major injury developments in the world of baseball and look ahead at what might transpire as a result. Today we look at Jon Gray, George Kirby, Spencer Strider, Ronald Acuna, Brandon Nimmo and more. Injuries are […]

Austin Riley Doubles In Return To Lineup On Saturday

Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley (hand) returned to the team's Grapefruit League lineup on Saturday against the Minnesota Twins and went 1-for-3 in the contest with a double while playing third base and batting in the two-hole. Riley was hit by a pitch on his right hand on Friday but was able to return […]