Week 3 Waiver Wire Watch List

As important as it is to be active on the waiver wire, snagging that next hot bat or pitcher on a roll before anyone else can, let's be honest--there are only so many roster spots. That's why your watch list is just as important as your waiver wire activity, and perhaps even more so. Throughout […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week 3

Two weeks in, how's your season going? Are you still hunting the waiver wire or are you already making plans for 2020? Well if you're still reading this, let's assume you're still in the hunt and want to know which two-start pitchers to snag this week. Before we dive into this week's list, we'll do […]

FAABulous - How To Spend Your Waiver Budget Early

It's funny. We spend the entire offseason developing our strategies for the upcoming year, carefully evaluating prior results, transactions, and countless other bits of data. We identify and lock down our targets, full of optimism for their outlooks. Then the action starts, and almost immediately we flock to the waiver wire. Truly, the grass is […]

Believing In Matt Boyd - Is A Breakout Season Approaching?

We’re nearly two full weeks into baseball’s regular season, and waiver decisions are already challenging. With several big name players already landing on the shelf early this year, we have to dissect whose hot start is worth believing in to fill our roster voids. One of the names making a huge impact so far this […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 2 Waiver Wire

If the first two weeks are any indication, this should be a good baseball season. There are fans of some teams that may dispute that claim, and as a Marlins fan myself...well, bullpens have been crazy haven't they? Smart baseball minds have been saying for years that a team's best relief pitcher shouldn't be pigeonholed […]

Top 30 Impact Prospects for 2019 Redraft Leagues (Week 2)

Can you believe the baseball season is already flying by?! Some teams already have a dozen games in hand at the MLB level, while the minor league season has been underway since last Thursday. With minor league games now underway, it’s time for another update of the ‘Impact Prospects for 2019.’ Since last we visited […]

Week 2 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

Baseball is in full swing, didn't you miss it? Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 2. We here at RotoBaller set out to ease your decision-making with our weekly starting pitcher matchups and recommendations. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 2, which will be updated as rotations are announced and […]

Tigers Skipping Daniel Norris

Because of the postponement on Friday against the Twins, the Detroit Tigers will skip pitcher Daniel Norris in the rotation, according to manager Ron Gardenhire. Tyson Ross will get the nod on Saturday and Jordan Zimmermann will be the starter on Sunday. Norris is temporarily filling in for Matt Moore (knee) and can be avoided […]

Nicholas Castellanos Hopes To Return Saturday

Detroit Tigers outfielder Nicholas Castellanos said he sprained his right big toe a few days ago, and he was scratched on Thursday. Detroit's game against the Twins has already been postponed on Friday, and Castellanos is hoping to be ready for Saturday. The 27-year-old has just 12 hits in 47 at-bats (.255) to begin the […]

Niko Goodrum Has Hit, Walk, Stolen Base In Loss

Detroit Tigers outfielder Niko Goodrum went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Thursday's 4-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians. Thursday's performance raised his batting average to a team-best .293, while his stolen base off of starter Shane Bieber was his first of the year. He has also smacked six doubles so far […]

Jeimer Candelario Batting Second Thursday

Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario will fill the second slot in the order on Thursday following the removal of Nicholas Castellanos (toe) from the lineup. Candelario is batting just .183 on the season thus far but has two hits in six at-bats against Indians starter Shane Bieber, whom he will face Thursday.

Nicholas Castellanos Scratched From Thursday Lineup

Detroit Tigers right fielder Nicholas Castellanos was scratched from Thursday's game against the Indians with a right toe injury. Castellanos is not off to a particularly strong start, managing to put together just a .723 OPS with zero home runs through 53 plate appearances this season. It's unclear at this point how he suffered the […]

JaCoby Jones Activated From Injured List Thursday

Detroit Tigers center fielder JaCoby Jones (shoulder) has been activated from the injured list and recalled from Triple-A Toledo, team sources reported on Thursday. In a subsequent move, outfielder Mikie Mahtook has been designated for assignment. Jones batted .207 in 129 games with the Tigers last season, and was 2-for-5 with an RBI triple in […]

Mikie Mahtook In Bad Slump

Detroit Tigers outfielder Mikie Mahtook had two strikeouts on Tuesday and is now 0-for-23 for the season and 0-for-31 since his last hit, a single last September. His hitless streak is the longest by a Tigers non-pitcher to open a year, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Mahtook also made an error in center field on […]

Miguel Cabrera's Numbers Should Improve Soon

Detroit Tigers first baseman/designated hitter Miguel Cabrera raised his average to just .263 after a two-hit performance on Tuesday, but his three RBI and .681 OPS are well under his usual standards. His average exit velocity of 93.7 mph shows that Cabrera should start to see better results soon. However, an average launch angle of […]

JaCoby Jones Headed To Triple-A

Detroit Tigers outfielder JaCoby Jones (shoulder) is moving his rehab to Triple-A Toledo, according to manager Ron Gardenhire. Jones is expected to remain there at least through the weekend, but he could come off the injured list early next week to make his season debut. The 26-year-old should be the team's primary center fielder when […]

Jeimer Candelario Not Playing Wednesday

Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario is not in the starting lineup on Wednesday. Gordon Beckham will get the start at third base and is batting eighth against Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer. Dustin Peterson is also getting the start over Mikie Mahtook in center field and is batting seventh. Beckham and Peterson are both […]

JaCoby Jones Could Move Rehab Assignment To Triple-A

Detroit Tigers outfielder JaCoby Jones (shoulder) could move his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo. The Tigers want him to receive plenty of minor league at-bats to make sure that he's ready when he returns from the injured list, which likely won't happen until next week. Jones has yet to play in 2019 and has a […]

Matt Moore Dealing With Meniscus Injury

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Matt Moore (knee) said he's dealing with a meniscus injury but is encouraged that it can be fixed with rest and rehab instead of through surgery. "It’s not really swollen up very much," Moore said, "so I think that’s kind of why rehabbing, at least giving it a shot, makes so […]

Miguel Cabrera Has Favorable Matchup Tuesday

Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera has a strong matchup on Tuesday against a pitcher you might not expect: Corey Kluber. Cabrera has 63 lifetime at-bats against the former Cy Young winner and has managed to put together a .365/.403/.698 triple-slash line with six homers and 12 RBI in his career. The veteran slugger is […]

Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds - xwOBA for Week 2

Welcome to the first edition of Statcast pitchers analysis this season! Statcast provides a ton of interesting and insightful advanced metrics that we can use to predict future fantasy performance. Each week we will select one of these stats and choose two risers and two fallers to analyze and ultimately determine what those stats could […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts from Week 2

Welcome to our Surprising Starts series, where every week we look at lower-owned starting pitchers who have performed unexpectedly well in their last outing(s). Major league batters are striking out at an astounding 23% clip so far this season, which has resulted in plenty of unheralded hurlers racking up massive strikeout totals. We're looking at […]

Matt Moore Could Need Surgery

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Ron Gardenhire said that starting pitcher Matt Moore (knee) could be facing surgery after injuring his knee in his start on Saturday. "There's decisions to be made on how they want to attack it, whether he can go rehab it for 10 days or something like that. And then there's the […]

Strikeout Rate Risers and Fallers - Buy or Sell for Week 2

Welcome to the first edition of pitching strikeout rate risers and fallers this season! As fantasy players and analysts, we have many different advanced stats at our disposal, but some are more helpful than others for fantasy purposes. One of the more useful stats for analyzing pitchers is K%. Strikeout percentage holds direct fantasy value […]

1B and 3B Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2

The second week of the 2019 fantasy baseball season is upon us. If your first week went poorly, it is officially time to cut or trade everyone on your roster. Kidding, naturally. But we've already had a bunch of injuries, which while unfortunate also creates opportunities to play the waiver wire lottery. Snagging the next […]

2B and SS Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 2

The 2019 MLB campaign has officially arrived in full swing, and though the offensive sample size has been extremely limited so far, the shaking out process has already begun between assets of real value and those not worth the time or effort for fantasy baseball managers. Players have come into 2019 either looking to build […]

Spencer Turnbull (SP, DET) - Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 2% of Yahoo! leagues ANALYSIS: If you read this column last week, you would have seen a suggestion to pick up Tigers right-hander Spencer Turnbull, even after a rocky first start on the season. For those of you who listened, you were rewarded with an outstanding second […]

Week 2 Waiver Wire Watch List

As important as it is to be active on the waiver wire, snagging that next hot bat or pitcher on a roll before anyone else can, let's be honest--there are only so many roster spots. That's why your watch list is just as important as your waiver wire activity, and perhaps even more so. Throughout […]

H2H Category Streamers - Week 2 Waiver Wire

There are plenty of strategies that fantasy managers explore in hopes to get an advantage over their opponent. Heavy lineup, heavy starting pitchers, no catcher, all (or mostly) reliever staff, no reliever staff, etc. Even if you play a balanced lineup, injuries can cause holes. A few weeks without a key player won’t kill a […]

Points Leagues Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 2

Happy baseball season to all our diamond-dwelling RotoBallers! For the past five months, we’ve settled for pass interferences, technical fouls and busted brackets but now it’s time to pull up our stirrups for summer’s pastime. One week into the season, the clouds of Opening Day fireworks are starting to subside, and it’s time to begin […]