Jonathan Loaisiga To Have Season Ending UCL Surgery

New York Yankees relief pitcher Jonathan Loaisiga is set to have season-ending surgery on his UCL due to a forearm strain. The right-handed pitcher was placed on the 60-day injured list yesterday, and this recent news confirms that he will not pitch again this season. The 29-year-old was also battling shoulder injuries most of last […]

Fantasy Baseball Lineup Notes: Batting Order, Platoons, and Playing Time Changes

We're just a week into the 2024 MLB season (two weeks if you count the Seoul Series), but we're already starting to see some trends develop. The sooner you can get in front of them, the better your fantasy baseball teams will perform. In this article, we'll go over some of the trends we're seeing […]

Top Early-Season Pitching Standouts - Analyzing Hot Starts for Fantasy Baseball

We're only a week into the regular season, and the pitching landscape is already buzzing. Some of that is negative, unfortunately, but we also have plenty of pitchers off to hot starts this season that are exciting to look into right now. Some of these arms are younger and breaking out, while others are veterans […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury News and Updates: Josh Jung, Eury Perez, Eloy Jimenez, Walker Buehler and more...

The baseball season is only a week old and it seems like we have seen a lot already. Teams with five-plus-game winning streaks and losing streaks. Games being affected by weather. We even have had a no-hitter already thrown this year thanks to Ronel Blanco of the Astros. What we have also seen is a […]

MLB DFS: Top Daily Fantasy Expert Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (04/06/24)

As happens so often early in the season, this is a true split slate. We will be concentrating on the eight-game "main" slate tonight. That takes my head out of it (Cubs vs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto) and my heart (Twins...yes, Twins fans still exist). Instead, we get Coors, deep Pfaadt Fried snake in the desert, and […]

Jonathan Loaisiga Has "Significant Forearm Strain"

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga (forearm) has a "significant forearm strain" after undergoing an MRI exam on Thursday night. Loaisiga is meeting with doctors on Friday to determine the next steps, but he has been moved to the 60-day injured list after feeling something in his elbow near the […]

Rougned Odor Agrees To Minor-League Deal With Yankees

Free-agent second baseman Rougned Odor agreed to a minor-league deal with the New York Yankees on Friday that includes an opt-out clause after July 1. If Odor isn't on the team's big-league roster by July 1, he can become a free agent again. The 30-year-old veteran signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball […]

Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups: Garrett Crochet, Jared Jones, Jason Foley, Brice Turang, more

Welcome RotoBallers to our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings list for Week 2 - April 1 through April 7 - to help you stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. The Rangers recently called up infielder Justin Foscue from Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday. He should see […]

Fantasy Baseball Closers and Saves Waiver Wire Report for Week 2

We're a week into the season and...the Angels are in first place, the Guardians are the best team in baseball by run differential, and the Marlins might never win a game again. In other words: it's still early, folks! But early or not, we've already seen some bullpen trends start to develop across the league. […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - 2024 Redraft Rankings (Week 1)

Welcome back to another Top-25 Prospects to Stash article here on RotoBaller. This was an exciting article to put together each week last season and I'll be doing so again every week during the 2024 season as well. This first stash article of 2024 is a doozy. Even with prospects like Wyatt Langford, Jackson Chourio, […]

Eric Cross' Top 100 Dynasty Rankings for Fantasy Baseball (April 2024)

We made it. Another offseason is behind us, and we have regular season baseball for the next six months, where we can set our fantasy lineups, make trades, and just enjoy this great game. For those of us who play in dynasty leagues, work is never done, and we didn't pause for several months just […]

2024 MLB Power Rankings: Week 2

What's more fun than ranking all 30 MLB teams every week? That is what I get to do this season here at RotoBaller and I hope you check in every week to see how your favorite teams are faring in the rankings. I am going to be factoring in past performance, current levels of performance, […]

Chris Clegg's Top 50 Prospects for Dynasty Fantasy Baseball (April 2024)

Both the minor leagues and the MLB are underway, and it is a full go for the 2024 fantasy baseball season! After a full offseason of work, spending time on backfields, in minor league camps, watching video, and diving in on advanced data, I have made several refinements to my fantasy baseball prospects rankings. These […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Reports for Pitchers - Updates for Gerrit Cole, Walker Buehler, Justin Verlander, Sonny Gray, Shane Baz, and more

Heading into the second weekend of the 2024 MLB season, there is no shortage of big-name hurlers on the injury report. As always, fantasy baseball will be impacted by superstar players out of action. Let's take a look at injured pitchers Gerrit Cole, Walker Buehler, Justin Verlander, Sonny Gray, Shane Baz, and more. This is […]

MLB DFS: Top Daily Fantasy Expert Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (4/4/24)

Happy Thursday, RotoBallers! Well... it could be happier if MLB gave us more than four games for our DFS slates. Unfortunately, that is not the case, as the Tigers-Mets doubleheader isn't included in either DraftKings or Fanduel's main slate.  In fact, DK has extended their slate to include the 7:40 p.m. EDT game between the White Sox and […]

Giancarlo Stanton Sitting Out Of Series Finale

New York Yankees outfielder/designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton will start on the bench on Wednesday for the series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks. With Stanton getting a breather, Aaron Judge will serve as the DH and bat third, while Trent Grisham will get the start in center field and hit in the nine-hole against Diamondbacks right-hander […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Reports for Hitters - Updates for Bo Bichette, Josh Jung, J.T. Realmuto, Lars Nootbaar, and more

The 2024 MLB season is under a week old, yet there are flurries of pre-existing and fresh injuries to keep track of for fantasy baseball. That said, let's take a look at the top injured hitters Bo Bichette, Josh Jung, J.T. Realmuto, Lars Nootbaar, and more. This is our weekly edition of fantasy baseball injury […]

Top 101 Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Rankings: The Baller Ranks (Week 2)

The 2024 season is off and running so it's time to rev up my weekly top 101 SP Baller Ranks breakdown. We've survived a long offseason and built a squad on draft day. Now, we must see where initial results have landed with the first 2024 edition of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks! This […]

Yankees Sign Phil Bickford To Minor-League Deal

The New York Yankees signed free-agent right-hander Phil Bickford to a minor-league deal on Tuesday. Bickford was a first-round pick (18th overall) by the San Francisco Giants in 2015 out of Southern Nevada. He became a free agent after the Mets released him after spring training. Bickford pitched for the Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers […]

Oswald Peraza To Start Throwing Wednesday

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that third baseman Oswald Peraza (shoulder) will start throwing on Wednesday and "he should start to build pretty quick from there." It doesn't sound like Peraza will be on the injured list much longer after dealing with a subscapularis strain in his right shoulder. The 23-year-old picked a […]

Anthony Volpe Goes A Perfect 4-For-4 Monday

New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe was clearly feeling better on Monday after he was scratched from Sunday's lineup with a stomach illness. In the 5-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the young shortstop went 4-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored. It was the 22-year-old's second multi-hit game of the 2024 […]

MLB DFS: Top Daily Fantasy Expert Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (4/2/24)

Happy Tuesday, RotoBallers! Did you know Ireland celebrates April Fool's Day on April 2nd during leap years? What a wild world we live in. Also, belated April Fools! Gotcha! Fortunately, there are no shenanigans for our Tuesday slate, which includes nine games across the baseball map.  The slate begins on the East Coast, with Detroit […]

Week 2 Waiver Wire Rankings: Jared Jones, Abner Uribe, Jason Foley, Jake Fraley, Jose Siri, Leody Taveras, Jack Flaherty, Garrett Crochet

There are so many things happening in the first few games of the MLB season, and it's important to stay on top of all of them -- the latest injuries and players that need to be picked up. New closers will emerge, prospects will surge, and players will break out. With an extra-busy first few […]

Victor Gonzalez Earns Save Monday

New York Yankees relief pitcher Victor Gonzalez earned his first save of the season in Monday's 5-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Gonzalez came in to pitch the bottom of the ninth inning up by three. He got the first out on a fly-out, gave up a ground-rule double, got the second out on a fly-out, […]

Anthony Volpe Back On Monday

New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe (illness) is back at shortstop and is hitting seventh on Monday against the Arizona Diamondbacks and right-hander Ryne Nelson. Volpe was scratched from Sunday's series finale against the Houston Astros with a stomach illness, but he's apparently feeling better a day later and is back in action. The 22-year-old […]

Fantasy Baseball Players To Watch For 2024 (April 1 - April 7)

We're through the first series of games of the 2024 baseball season and there are already some interesting trends and some surprising players off to hot starts. Some players are validating some pre-season assumptions or maintaining spring momentum, while others are looking to affirm their initial taste of MLB success. It's a long season though, […]

Hitters: Fantasy Baseball Points League Waiver Wire Pickups (Apr 1 - Apr 7)

Welcome to the first edition of our fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for hitters. These fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups are for the week of April 1 - April 7, looking at players below ~50% rostered on ESPN or Yahoo. We'll be doing this points league roundup every week here at RotoBaller because we know […]

Starting Pitcher Advanced Metrics Leaders for ERA-xERA - Statcast Studs and Duds (Week 2)

Welcome to the first edition of RotoBaller’s Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds article series for the 2024 season! Statcast provides a ton of insightful advanced metrics that can be used to understand pitchers' performance and predict future fantasy performance. Diving into underlying stats is one of my favorite aspects of fantasy baseball and I am […]

Juan Soto Drives In Game-Winning Run In Three-Hit Effort Sunday

New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto continued his flaming hot start to the season. Soto had three hits in five at-bats and drove in the game-winning run in the top of the ninth during Sunday's 4-3 win over the Houston Astros. He is now batting an absurd .529 (9-for-17) and an even more incredible 1.365 OPS […]

Spotlight on MLB Spring Training Pitcher Fundamentals

If ever there was a time to ignore runs and hits and shift attention more directly onto pitching fundamentals at the core level, MLB spring training just might be it. Blinding sun and skies and stadium-unobstructed winds can turn sure outs into hits. Arizona infield surfaces tend to play rock-hard relative to Florida ones. Minor […]