2018 Prospects - Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 18)

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. What a crazy week it has been! The trade deadline passed with […]

Week 18 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

I can't believe it's August! I hope every single one of you somehow benefitted from the Trade Deadline wheelings and dealings. While I urge you to test your league's trading market before the deadline hits (if applicable), we're here to check in on widely-available arms that you can hopefully get for free, but without going […]

Week 18 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 18! 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 18, and […]

Luis Robert Beginning Rehab Assignment Tuesday

Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Robert (thumb) is beginning his rehab assignment in the Rookie League on Tuesday. Robert is the No. 26 prospect in all of baseball, per MLB.com. In two Single-A stops before his injury, Robert was hitting a fine .293 with no homers, nine RBI and five stolen bases in 21 games. […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (7/31/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

There are a plethora of games tonight (14 games), giving us plenty of options across the board. It makes lineup construction a bit more interesting, as there are multiple different ways to go about making lineups on this type of slate. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks […]

Statcast Pitcher Risers/Fallers - Middle-Inning xBA (Week 18)

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. Throughout the season, a common theme in our discussions has been pitcher efficiency. Whether […]

Yoan Moncada Hitting .350 In Career Against Royals

Chicago White Sox second baseman Yoan Moncada has a plus matchup on the horizon. On July 31 — which is officially the trade deadline — Moncada and the White Sox will begin a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals, and the youngster has had quite the history against them. Moncada has gone 14-for-40 against […]

Trading Up: Pitching Category Targets

This article is the fourth in our series on trade and acquisition targets for the second half of the season. Part 1: Top-50 Players to Target Part 2: Mid-Tier and Bargain Targets on Offense Part 3: Mid-Tier and Bargain Pitchers Part 4: Offensive Category Targets Part 5: Pitching Category Targets Each section focuses on players […]

AL-Only Waiver Wire Team of the Week: MLB Week 18

Every week in baseball, a significant player will hit the disabled list, slip into a slump, or get traded out of a good spot. How fantasy owners adapt to these situations can make or break the season as a whole. One lousy add might not hurt the long-term standing of a team, but failing to […]

Carlos Rodon (SP, CHW) - Week 18 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 30% of leagues ANALYSIS: Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Carlos Rodon has thrown just 50 2/3 innings this season, but looks like he is turning the corner as a solid pitcher. He has pitched 15 innings in his last two starts, winning each, and striking out […]

The Cut List (Week 18): Time to Let Go?

Welcome to Week 18 of the Cut List. I'm your guest host this time around, filling in for usual steward Conor McElheney. Longtime RotoBallers may recall that I covered this beat last season. Hopefully your remembrances aren't rooted in anger after I gave you bad advice!  The format this year is a bit different, but […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (7/28/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have an 11-game slate giving us plenty of options to pick from. A few high priced pitchers on the slate along with a game at Coors Field should give us a nice variety of options when we are trying to build out our lineups. In this article, I will be providing you with my […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/28/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We've got six slates on this busy Saturday, with all 30 teams in action. The all day slate starts at 1pm eastern while the featured slate starts at 7pm and covers 11 games. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 7/28/18. The lineup picks will […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Week 17 (July 30th-August 5th)

Now that the weird Week 16 schedule is in the books, we can return to our normal seven-day forecast in the two-start streamer world. However, to continue to avoid confusion, I’ll label these articles with both the week of your fantasy season (for head-to-head players) and also the dates for relevance. This week’s list will […]

Thyago Vieira Recalled on Friday

Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Thyago Vieira has been recalled from Triple-A Charlotte on Friday. Vieira posted a 5.05 ERA and 50/24 K/BB ratio over 41 innings in Triple A this season. The hard-throwing righty had an ugly ERA, but did manage to save six games for Charlotte, and only allowed two home runs through […]

Tyler Danish Recalled From Triple-A

Chicago White Sox pitcher Tyler Danish has been recalled from Triple-A Charlotte on Friday. Danish has posted a 3.06 ERA with a 46/26 K/BB in 29 appearances and thrown 64.2 innings this season in Triple A. Chris Volstad has been designated for assignment to make room for Danish on the 25-man roster. Volstad has posted […]

Carlos Rodon Attracting A Lot Of Interest

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Carlos Rodon is attracting a lot of trade interest with his high-90s fastball. The White Sox might be willing to listen on Rodon, but the lefty is under team control through 2021 and they likely view him as part of the rebuilding process. He's been great recently and holds a […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/27/18): MLB DFS Lineups

There will be plenty of action on Friday night as all 30 teams are included in the DraftKings main slate. Of the 15 games, six have over/unders of at least nine total runs. The game to watch, of course, is in Colorado as the OAK/COL matchup leads the way with an over/under of 11.5 total […]

Today's Starting Pitcher Rankings and Starts/Sits (7/27/18)

Below you will find our fantasy baseball and DFS rankings for all of today's projected starting pitchers (July 27th). Below that, you will also find our start/sit recommendations for each matchup. The concept is pretty straight forward. We round up our daily pitcher rankings, which will hopefully help you make your start/sit and DFS lineup decisions. […]

Week 17 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 17! 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 17, and […]

Hot Prospects to Watch Week 17: Gonsolin, Ray, Rutherford

It's getting closer to the trade deadline and we're starting to see prospects finding new teams as star players go on the move. Francisco Mejia is the biggest name prospect to have been traded already, heading to San Diego in the deal that netted Cleveland Brad Hand and Adam Cimber. The Dodgers sent a package […]

White Sox Receive Kodi Medeiros, Wilber Perez

The Chicago White Sox acquired pitchers Kodi Medeiros and Wilber Perez from the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday in exchange for relief pitcher Joakim Soria. Medeiros was Milwaukee's No. 13 prospect, according to MLB.com. The Hawaii native was a 12th overall pick in 2014 but has a unique arm slot and underwhelming control. The left-hander is […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/26/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We've got four slates on DraftKings today, with the all day slate starting at 2:20 pm eastern, and the featured slate starting at 7pm. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 7/26/18. The lineup picks will range from some of the elite players to mid-priced […]

Statcast Pitcher Risers/Fallers - RP Trade Candidates (Week 17)

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. We've rolled over the All-Star break and the trade deadline is fast approaching. With […]

Power Risers/Fallers for Week 17: Buy or Sell?

Welcome to Week 17 of the 2018 MLB season and a new week of our investigation into the steepest power trenders in baseball, whether those trends are positive or negative. As the season is already nearing the beginning of August, the window of opportunity to snag a surging slugger or to deal a down-and-out disappointment […]

Tim Anderson Moves Up in the Batting Order

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson will play shortstop and bat first against Angels' lefty Tyler Skaggs. Anderson has put together three straight multi-hit games, so he'll jump up in the batting order. It's unclear whether not Anderson will stay first in the batting order or if he'll move back to the seventh spot after […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (7/25/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

It feels like forever since we've had a solid Early Only slate on a Wednesday, and so the MLB scheduling gods have finally graced us with one. Unfortunately, the Main slate is not as meaty, but we can work with it. FanDuel has split it up such that there are eight games in the Early […]

2018 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 17)

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. Several of the top trade chips have already been moved so far […]

Trading Up: Offensive Category Targets

This article is the fourth in our series on trade and acquisition targets for the second half of the season. Part 1: Top-50 Players to Target Part 2: Mid-Tier and Bargain Targets on Offense Part 3: Mid-Tier and Bargain Pitchers Part 4: Offensive Category Targets Part 5: Pitching Category Targets Tweaking an offense to strengthen […]

Avisail Garcia Scratched From Lineup

Chicago White Sox outfielder Avisail Garcia (illness) has been scratched from the lineup on Monday. Leury Garcia is starting in right field and is hitting sixth against Angels starter Jaime Barria. Garcia could be a DFS sleeper Monday night. He's batting a respectable .282 with four home runs, 21 RBI and 10 stolen bases over […]