Top 300 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Nick Mariano's Rest-of-Season Outlooks for Eury Perez, Luis Robert, Christopher Morel, more

Welcome back, RotoBallers! Week 8 is here, and we are already halfway through May. It's time for another rankings check-in. Below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated 2023 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) as of May 17, 2023. These rankings are being released in May and are looking […]

Today's Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball - Probable Pitchers for May 19th, 2023

  Today's Starting Pitcher Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Probable Pitchers for May 19th, 2023 Welcome back RotoBallers! Below you will find today's fantasy baseball pitcher rankings for Friday, May 19th, 2023. We have ranked all of the projected starting pitchers including names like Bryce Miller, Martin Perez, James Paxton, Blake Snell, Joe Ryan and more.Be […]

Braves Recall Charlie Culberson

The Atlanta Braves selected the contract of infielder Charlie Culberson from Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday and transferred infielder Ehire Adrianza (shoulder) to the 60-day injured list in a corresponding move. Culberson will come up to provide veteran infield depth for the weekend after the Braves optioned rookie Braden Shewmake to Gwinnett on Thursday. The 34-year-old […]

Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Matthew Liberatore, Mark Vientos, Taj Bradley, Gavin Stone, more

RotoBallers, welcome to our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 9 - May 22nd through May 28th - to help you get a stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. We are already halfway through May and are seeing more top prospects being called up to […]

Braves vs. Mariners Betting Picks - Today's Free MLB Best Bets, Odds, Predictions (5/19)

Welcome RotoBallers to our betting picks for the Seattle Mariners vs. Atlanta Braves, another article in our daily series of free MLB betting picks for every game on the schedule. This free MLB betting breakdown article is for Friday, May 19th 2023. Attention fellow sports bettors! We have some exciting news to share as we are now […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/19/23

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Friday night! Welcome back to RotoBaller Premium where we're taking you through a deep look at the MLB DFS slate every day! It is a Friday so you have me, Jon Anderson taking you through it. Lots of stuff to cover, let's get into […]

Braves Option Braden Shewmake To Triple-A

The Atlanta Braves optioned infield prospect Braden Shewmake to Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Shewmake, the team's No. 6 prospect per MLB Pipeline, just wasn't seeing enough playing time in Atlanta to justify keeping him around any longer. The 25-year-old shortstop saw action in just two games and went hitless in four plate appearances with a […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/18/23

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Happy Thursday, RotoBallers! It's another split day of baseball action, with four afternoon and two evening games. Slates this small can get very weird very quickly, and they aren't my favorite days to play a ton of lineups. Still, there's plenty of DFS fun […]

Ronald Acuna Jr. Leads Braves To Victory Over Rangers

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. jacked a solo home run and swiped a bag to top the Texas Rangers 6-5 on Wednesday. Acuna Jr.'s homer was his 11th of the season. His lone stolen base was his 18th of the year. The 25-year-old has been on a hot streak, hitting home runs in four […]

Strikeout Rate Risers - Starting Pitcher Breakouts for Fantasy Baseball

We are now halfway through the month of May and some interesting names have risen to the top of the strikeout leaderboards. If you don't follow my work already, I do daily strikeout projections for DFS and sports betting, so I am constantly looking at pitchers' strikeout rates and trying to gauge if they can […]

Ronald Acuna Jr. Continues Homer Streak

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. homered in his third straight game on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough in the team's 7-4 loss to the Texas Rangers. Acuna finished the game 2-for-4 with a solo shot and a run scored to raise his average to .348 on the season. In addition to going deep in […]

Analyzing Pitching Debuts for Fantasy Baseball - Eury Perez, James Paxton, Ranger Suarez, Luis Ortiz

James Paxton... remember him? Yes, he still exists! The southpaw recently made his Red Sox debut nearly two years after inking a deal with the team. We'll take a closer look at his outing and what to expect from him this year. We'll also be examining Ranger Suarez's 2023 debut against the Rockies at Coors […]

Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball (Week 8)

Welcome back to another mid-May edition of my weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks breakdown. This is about where I feel comfortable taking some harder stances on preconceived notions, so let's jump into another edition of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks! It seems a new pitching prospect comes to tempt us each week. […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/17/23

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers! It's another split day of baseball action, and we've got it all covered on the Rotoballer site. For this article, we will focus on the featured evening contests. DraftKings and FanDuel have the same seven games for the respective competitions, so […]

DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (Main Slate - 5/17/23): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers! I'm excited to be covering another fun DFS slate. The MLB season has been good to me in the early going, so I'm looking forward to sifting through another crop of games. Let's break down my favorite plays from today's main slate! With games scattered throughout the day, we're down to a […]

Ignacio Alvarez - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Ignacio Alvarez, SS, Atlanta Braves ANALYSIS: The Braves drafted Alvarez in the fifth round last summer from junior college in California. He had an impressive pro debut, with more walks than strikeouts and a .451 on-base percentage. Alvarez is producing similar results this season in High-A at 20 years old, with a 30/17 BB/K ratio […]

Bryce Elder Continues To Enjoy Big-League Success

Atlanta Braves pitcher Bryce Elder continues to produce at the big-league level after originally being promoted following the arm injury to Braves ace Max Fried. The 23-year-old owns a stellar 1.94 ERA on the season and while his peripherals are not nearly as good, he still sports a healthy 3.57 FIP, 3.95 SIERA, and 13.3% […]

Do These Prospects Matter for Fantasy Baseball? Mick Abel, Matt McLain, Colton Cowser, Ben Brown and more

The 2023 fantasy baseball season has been highlighted by the promotion of nearly two-dozen top prospects to the major leagues to impact fantasy rosters. This week's edition features one player who was called up as the piece was being written. Will these strong performers join the ranks of those who have moved to the majors […]

Jared Shuster Recalled For Tuesday's Start

The Atlanta Braves will recall left-hander Jared Shuster for Tuesday's start against the Texas Rangers, according to Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The 24-year-old made two starts at the big league level earlier this season and posted an ugly 8.31 ERA and 2.42 WHIP with five strikeouts across 8.2 innings. Over five starts in […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - Updated Rankings for 2023 Redraft (Week 8)

It was another exciting week of prospect promotions with two big names being promoted to the Majors. First, Miami called up their studly right-handed pitching prospect Eury Perez who made his debut on Friday, and then Cincinnati gave Matt McLain's mother one heck of a Mother's Day gift by promoting him Sunday night. Needless to […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/16/23

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Tuesday night baseball with the weather heating up. It's a great time of the year! We have a good amount of data to use from this year but still a ton of time left to use with it! Let's dive into this great DFS […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/15/23

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/15/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. This article is for the 10 games on the MAIN slate on FanDuel and DraftKings that kicks off at 7:05 EST!   Top Pitchers for 5/15/23 Each day we try to give you some pitchers […]

DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/15/23): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Monday, everyone. I hope you had a great weekend filled with baseball. We welcome the work week back with a ten-game slate. Today's slate has some top-end pitching options in tough matchups. There also isn't much value at pitching, making pitching less of a priority tonight than usual. Sure, we can get a ceiling […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Reports - Jazz Chisholm Jr., Nico Hoerner, Jose Altuve, Max Fried, Drew Rasmussen, Anthony Rendon

A quarter of the 2023 MLB season is over. However, injuries are piling up, so many fantasy managers are left to navigate their way through the chaos. Meanwhile, other managers are getting some of their injured players back in the lineup, signaling there is plenty of time left to climb the standings. Let's take a […]

Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for xERA (Week 8)

Welcome back to another edition of RotoBaller’s Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds article series! Each week, I will select one advanced metric, choose two pitchers with strong values and two with poor values, and analyze what those values may mean for future performance. There are many ERA skill indicator metrics that fantasy managers can use […]

Week 8 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Eury Perez, Harrison Bader, Alex Kirilloff, Triston Casas and more

Welcome back RotoBallers to our fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 8 - May 15th through May 21st. About 20% of the MLB regular season is completed, and some of the top prospects are starting to get all called up and delivering for fantasy managers right off the bat. The Miami Marlins called up […]

Raisel Iglesias Struggles On Sunday

Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Raisel Iglesias missed the beginning of the season due to injury. He made his season debut last week, so it could take him some time to get back into a groove. On Sunday, Iglesias took his first blown save of the save as he coughed up two runs to the Toronto […]

The Cut List - Time to Let Go? Week 8

Welcome back to The Cut List. This is our weekly article looking at players who fantasy managers might be considering cutting from their teams and struggling players who need a closer look. We'll look at players who are worthy of a drop, players who are worth monitoring for replacing, and someone on the hot seat […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/14/23

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 5/14/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to our daily MLB DFS picks and recommendations! Whether you're a seasoned veteran or new to the game, I'm here to provide the insights and recommendations you need to gain a competitive edge and […]

Nick Mariano's Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. With nearly 25% of the season in the books, you should have a good idea of which team weaknesses you must urgently address. While you can do so through trades, the waiver wire is always there for you with many options! At this point, […]