Andrew Benintendi Hitting .340 With Six Homers in May

Boston Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi is on fire for the month of May, slashing .340/.400/.632 with six home runs. Benintendi also has seven doubles, three triples and 23 RBI in 26 games this month. It was a slow April for the youngster, but he is showing why he was once a top prospect that […]

Red Sox Officially Release Hanley Ramirez

Boston Red Sox first baseman Hanley Ramirez has officially been released by the team and will be on waivers for 48 hours. The expectation is that no team will claim Ramirez off waivers because they want to stay away from the contract. This means that there will be at least two days until Ramirez is […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for May 31

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. Even at this relatively early juncture, there's plenty of value in streaming. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to […]

Xander Bogaerts Hits Eighth HR

Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts hit his eighth homer of season Tuesday night in an 8-3 win over the Blue Jays. Bogaerts is only two shy of his HR total in 2017 (10). He finished the night 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI and brought his batting average up to .283. Bogaerts has […]

Joe Kelly Becoming One Of MLB's Best Setup Men

Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Joe Kelly picked up his 10th hold in an 8-3 win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday. He locked down what was a dangerous situation in the seventh inning, coming on with runners on second and third and finishing with a strikeout in 1 1/3 innings. Kelly has quietly been […]

2018 Prospects - Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 9)

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. This was an underrated, but crazy week of prospect promotions. Franklin Barreto, […]

Rick Porcello Gets Seventh Win; Error Saves An Earned Run

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Rick Porcello was extremely efficient leading into the seventh inning in an 8-3 win over the Blue Jays Tuesday. He only threw 75 pitches through six innings. However, Porcello got into trouble in the seventh inning when he hit Russell Martin and walked Kendrys Morales, followed by a single that […]

Statcast Pitcher Risers/Fallers - O-Swings-and-Misses (Week 9)

Welcome back to Rotoballer's 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 enlighten ourselves on the information and tools at our disposal. For the first two months of the season, the baseball community has fixated on […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/30/18): MLB DFS Lineups

There are 15 games today, but they are broken into two games. I have opted to use players from both slates in this article. Generally, I only use the later, or main, slate, but I also wanted to utilize the Boston Red Sox, which led me to adding the early slate here. In this article, […]

Mookie Betts Works Out; Out Of Lineup Tuesday

Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts (side) ran and worked out Tuesday, according to Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe. Manager Alex Cora stated that if it were September, Betts would play. The team is hoping that he will play Thursday in Houston. They want to be extra cautious with their elite talent so he […]

Red Sox Sign Adam Lind to Minor League Deal

Boston Red Sox president Dave Dombrowski confirmed that the organization has signed free-agent first baseman Adam Lind to a minor league contract. Lind had opted out of his deal with the New York Yankees last week. Lind has had a productive minor league season so far, as he is carrying a .302 average to go […]

Mookie Betts Remains Out Of Tuesday's Lineup

Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts will miss his third straight game with side tightness on Tuesday night when the Red Sox take on the Toronto Blue Jays. The Red Sox are still considering Betts day-to-day, which continues to suggest the injury is not severe. Regardless, fantasy owners are itching to get Betts back into […]

Rick Porcello Searches For Seventh Win

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Rick Porcello takes on the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday in search of his seventh win of the season. He already leads the team in wins, even over the likes of Chris Sale and David Price. This further demonstrates that you cannot plan for wins. Porcello is 9-9 in 21 career […]

Andrew Benintendi Provides Offensive Explosion

Boston Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi had a great night on Monday, coming a double short of hitting for the cycle in an 8-3 win over the Blue Jays. Most of his damage came with a three-run homer in the fourth inning off Aaron Sanchez. He finished the night 3-for-5 with a run and four […]

David Price Earns Fifth Win Over Toronto

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher David Price threw 95 pitches to get through five innings of an 8-3 win over the Blue Jays. He allowed two runs on four hits while walking four and striking out four batters. Price was not his best and was not nearly as efficient as his prior two starts. He […]

Third Base Prospect Rankings (May) - 2018 Impact Rookies

Welcome back, RotoBallers. I'll be breaking down impact prospects by position. Today I'm bringing you my top 10 third basemen - MLB prospect rankings for the 2018 fantasy baseball season. There are some clear tiers in this list. There are some seriously elite players at the top. There’s some solid players in the middle who […]

Trading Up - Miles Mikolas

The legend of the Lizard King begins in 2011 when a young Miles Mikolas, a self-described picky eater, accepted a teammate’s bet to eat a live lizard in exchange for paying Mikolas’ Arizona Fall League dues. Mikolas agreed, coated the lizard in Moutain Dew, tasted it quickly, and paced for a moment. Then he crammed […]

Updated First Base Rankings (May) - 2018 Fantasy Baseball

With a quarter of the regular season complete, it seems only appropriate to canvas things to update our perspective of how things have changed since the start of the season. Thus far, we have covered starting pitchers and relief pitchers. Today, let’s take time to look at the first baseman rankings. As a whole, first […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets For May 30

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 […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/29/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a monster 14-game slate to break down today, and there are some great options across the board. There are a few high-priced pitchers on the slate you should be looking to pay up for, along with plenty of bats you want to jam into your lineups. In this article, I will be providing you […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets or May 29

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 […]

Mookie Betts and Dustin Pedroia Out On Monday

Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts will miss his second straight game with tightness in his left side when the Red Sox take on the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday afternoon. Fantasy owners will be hoping for a quick return for the possible American League MVP. Betts has torched opposing pitchers so far this season […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/28/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We've got a Monday slate thanks to Memorial Day, and that also means a busy early slate. Unfortunately, FanDuel diced up the games, so we don't get the bulk of them in any slate besides the all day slate. That said, these picks apply for the "Early Only" slate because those had the best selection […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/28/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a packed holiday slate on Memorial Day. There are 16 games (NYM/ATL doubleheader). Half of the games have an over/under of at least nine total runs, including an 11.5 projected total at Coors Field. On the down side, only two teams are heavy favorites (at least -190 odds): Cleveland and Boston. It will […]

Updated Third Base Rankings (May) - 2018 Fantasy Baseball

We are a quarter of the way through the regular season for Major League Baseball (almost a third of the way now), so our premier staff at RotoBaller has updated our rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings. We've been going around the diamond over the last few days and now it's time to turn our attention to […]

Statcast Hitter Risers/Fallers - Hard Hit Rate

Those of you familiar with Fangraphs and their plethora of advanced stats have probably seen and evaluated Hard Hit rate before. Statcast keeps its own set of data based on exit velocity and even measures the number of balls leaving the bat over 95 mph. It's not surprising that the leaderboard is littered with superstars […]

Champ or Chump: Mallex Smith & Mitch Moreland

It's rare for a May transaction to significantly impact the fantasy landscape, but we've had two that did so recently. First, Denard Span and Alex Colome were traded to the Seattle Mariners. Colome's owners are now forced to speculate on who his successor might be in Tampa Bay, while Span's value remains constant as he […]

Week 9 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 9! 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 9, which […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets For May 28

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. 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 available on […]

Chris Sale Uncharacteristically Terrible Against Braves

Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale had his shortest outing of the season in a 7-1 loss against the Braves Sunday. Sale pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing six runs on five hits with three walks and eight strikeouts. One point of interest is that Sale’s former catcher, Tyler Flowers, hit a homer off Sale in […]