AL-Only Waiver Wire Team of the Week for Week 6

Every week a significant player will hit the disabled list, start a slump, or a get traded out the division. How fantasy owners adapt to these situations can make or break the season as a whole. One lousy add might not hurt the long terms standings of a team, but failing to take advantage of […]

Contact Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 6: Buy or Sell?

Welcome to Contact Rate Risers and Fallers! Our premium tools allow us to get out ahead of trends in player performance, including contact rate. Every Wednesday, we'll be looking at some players that have seen an increase in contact rate and some that have seen it decline. Contact rate can foretell a player's batting average […]

2018 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 6)

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. At this point, it’s only a matter of time until this list […]

Adeiny Hechavarria Injures His Eye Tuesday Versus Atlanta

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria left the game Tuesday versus the Braves with a facial injury. He has swelling and bruising above his left eye. Hechavarria is not sure if he will play Wednesday but is hoping it will turn out to be nothing serious. He is having a season where his counting stats […]

Blake Snell Has Another Great Outing Tuesday Versus Atlanta

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Blake Snell threw another gem in the loss Tuesday versus the Braves. He went 6 1/3 innings, allowing just one run, though his strikeouts were underwhelming at five. He now has a 2.40 ERA on the season and has allowed more than two runs only once in eight 2018 starts. […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets For May 9

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 […]

Blake Snell Facing A New Opponent Tuesday

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Blake Snell faces an opponent he has never faced previously Monday. Despite any track record against the Atlanta Braves, Snell is still a pitcher we would look to use on Monday. The reason is that this game is in Tampa Bay, and Snell has a significantly better record at home […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 8

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 […]

Johnny Field (OF, TB) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 0% of leagues ANALYSIS:  Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Johnny Field is exactly the deep sleeper that we love here at RotoBaller. Over the last week, Field picked up 34 at-bats and posted a .265 average with two home runs, seven runs scored, and a steal for […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire Watch List

Whether it’s a post-hype sleeper, a late blooming prospect or a hanging-on veteran, it pays to keep tabs on anyone and everyone who could potentially be a useful piece at some point during the fantasy season. You just never know when you’ll need to dip into the waiver wire to help plug a hole. This […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire - First Base(1B) and Third Base(3B)

Corner Store is open! It is only week six and long-term DL stints and under-performing players are affecting many rosters. Therefore, it is important that you are fluid and dynamic in your ability to fill the voids and get positive results. Therefore, do not grow roots with the first player you drafted or get off […]

Week 6 Outfield Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome to May, Rotoballers. Summer is around the corner, and it's time for us to dig deeper into the wire to find players that your competition will overlook to their detriment. While they grasp names, ballers grasp glory. And because we're looking for glory, the training wheels are coming off. No longer is 50% ownership […]

Carlos Gomez Homers For Rays Lone Run Sunday Versus Toronto

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Carlos Gomez supplied the only offense for the Rays Sunday versus the Blue Jays. His eighth-inning HR tied the game at 1-1 before Colome lost it in the ninth. It was his fifth homer of the season. Gomez was a superstar back in 2013 & 2014. In those two seasons, he […]

Alex Colome Takes Loss Sunday Versus Toronto

Tampa Bay Rays closer Alex Colome took the loss Sunday versus the Blue Jays. He came into the ninth with the game tied 1-1 and the winning run scored on a wild pitch by Colome. The loss came a day after he had picked up his sixth save of the season. The loss was his […]

Chris Archer Tough No-Decision Sunday Versus Toronto

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Chris Archer pitched a great game Sunday versus the Blue Jays but took a no-decision. He went seven innings allowing one run while striking out six. The Rays offense only managed one run in the game to let Archer down. He has pitched over 200 innings each of the past […]

Jake Faria Holds Down Toronto Saturday

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Jake Faria allowed one run Saturday versus the Blue Jays. He only went 5 1/3 innings but left with the lead and the Rays would hold on, handing him his third victory of the season. It was his second strong outing in a row. In Faria's 86 2/3 innings in […]

Week 6 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 6! 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 6, which […]

Chris Archer An Intriguing Start Sunday

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Chris Archer faces the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday. Archer has struggled this season, with a 6.05 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 38 2/3 innings. However, Archer has a good history against the Blue Jays. In 148 1/3 innings against Toronto, Archer has 161 strikeouts and a 3.09 ERA. Archer is […]

Mallex Smith Scores Twice Saturday Versus Toronto

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Mallex Smith scored twice Saturday versus the Blue Jays. He reached base four times to push his OBP to a very fantasy-friendly .410. Smith also stole his seventh base of the season. Smith has found himself in a good position to get consistent playing time and is currently on pace to […]

Carlos Gomez Out Of Lineup Saturday

The Tampa Bays Rays outfielder Carlos Gomez has been given the day off, and Mallex Smith is getting start in his place. Gomez has been struggling at the plate all season, as his strikeout rate is at a career high and his walk rate is at a career low. Even though his numbers should tick […]

Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 6

It was nice to see Drew Pomeranz toss a quality start (finally) and prove that he's not a carcass of a former Rockies pitcher like Jhoulys Chacin. This, however, is a disclaimer that some of these buy-low/sell-high candidates may not pan out right away. Or ever. I'm still hoping that as soon as Domingo Santana […]

Denard Span Produces Friday Versus The Blue Jays

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Denard Span continued to contribute Friday versus Toronto. He drove in the eventual game-winner with a groundout and later would score on the two-run home run by Brad Miller. He is now up to 23 RBI and a .381 on-base percentage. Span is coming off a 2017 season where he batted […]

Brad Miller Homers Off The Bench Friday Versus The Blue Jays

Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Brad Miller did not start the game but still impacted it Friday versus Toronto. He came in off the bench to take over the designated hitter spot and hit a two-run home run. It was his third of the season and brings his season RBI total to 12. Miller is […]

Matt Duffy Scores Run Friday Versus Toronto

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Matt Duffy scored a run Friday versus the Blue Jays. He would collect three hits in the game. He also collected four hits last Saturday. Duffy's batting average is now .295. In his last healthy season in 2015, he batted .295 with 12 home runs and 12 stolen bases. Duffy's […]

Nathan Eovaldi Makes First Rehab Start

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi (elbow) made his first rehab start Friday night for the Stone Crabs. He went an inning while allowing a run. Eovaldi continues to rehab from his surgery to remove loose cartilage in his elbow. Eovaldi had looked really good in spring training and if he returns with the […]

Ryan Yarbrough's Star Rising, Andrew Kittredge Falling

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Ryan Yarbrough earned a few different types of victories Friday versus Toronto. Reports had come out saying that Yarbrough would take over Yonny Chirinos' spot in the rotation, but then the team decided to start Andrew Kittredge on Friday. Kittredge would last two innings while giving up a run. Yarbrough […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 5

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 […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire - H2H Category Streamers

I like to consider myself a pioneer of the streaming approach. I won a league about seven years ago completely ignoring saves and just stacking up the starts each week. While streaming is undoubtedly more directly associated with pitching, there's plenty of value in streaming for offense as well. Maybe you have a stacked roster […]

Andrew Kitteridge Starting Friday

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Andrew Kitteridge will make a spot start Friday. This will be Kitteridge's third start of the season but his first in almost a month. In his previous two starts, both against Boston, Kitteridge has combined for just 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts and three earned runs. Kitteridge starting means […]

Yonny Chirinos Expected to Miss A Month

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Yonny Chirinos (forearm) is expected to miss roughly a month of playing time. Chirinos was placed on the 10-day disabled list on Tuesday and had an MRI taken on Thursday. That MRI showed a mild right flexor strain, so the Rays will shut down Chirinos for about a month. He's […]