Fantasy Baseball Injury News and Updates: Ronald Acuna, Francisco Alvarez, Edwin Diaz, Royce Lewis and much more.....

There is a song from the Broadway show Carousel called June is Bustin' out All Over. And that is what is happening now in the baseball season. May has come and gone and so have some of the hopes and dreams for many baseball teams, both in Major League Baseball and in many fantasy leagues. […]

2024 MLB Power Rankings: Week 10

We head into the weekend of Week 10 with several teams surging and others starting to fade. Championships aren't won in June, but they certainly can be lost. Many of the mediocre teams in the middle of our rankings have to start making a move, or risk being buried too deep in the standings in […]

Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters Watch and Underachievers, Overachievers (Week 11)

We're going to take our usual look around the league as we head into the weekend to see who is showing signs of some meaningful trends that can be revealing in some form or another. Perhaps a hitter is about to break out or on the verge of a cold spell. Checking in on who's […]

Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups: Masyn Winn, Nolan Gorman, Ben Brown, Spencer Schwellenbach, Reed Garrett

Hey, RotoBallers! We are back at RotoBaller HQ with more fantasy baseball waiver wire articles. Today, we will review our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings list for Week 10 -- May 27 through June 2 -- to help you stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. The […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Reports for Pitchers - Updates For Zach Eflin, Gerrit Cole, Gavin Williams, Clarke Schmidt, Josiah Gray

Weekend MLB baseball is right around the corner, and it's a perfect time to monitor the statuses of some key banged-up hurlers. Injuries to studs will affect fantasy baseball lineup decisions, so let's take a look at injured pitchers Zach Eflin, Gerrit Cole, Gavin Williams, Clarke Schmidt, and Josiah Gray. This is our weekly edition […]

Top 101 Starting Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings for Fantasy Baseball Week 10 (2024)

It's time for another rest-of-season heat check with a weekly top 101 SP Baller Ranks breakdown. Two months of baseball are in the wind, yet it feels like we've only just begun. Let's make the most of the remaining race with the Week 10 edition of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks! June's approach means […]

Fantasy Baseball League Winners: Unlikely Aces Worth A Roster Spot?

It's wild to believe we are two months into the MLB and fantasy baseball season already. As summer weather starts to set in, starting pitchers with negative regression signs will need to work extra hard to prove their strong starts are worthy of a roster spot all season long. A few starters have held on […]

Josiah Gray Continues To Progress

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Josiah Gray (elbow/forearm) threw a live bullpen session on Thursday. The 2023 All-Star threw 76 pitches in his session and is another step closer to returning to the big-league club. Gray got lit up in his first two starts of the season before being placed on the 15-day injured list with […]

Top MLB DFS Stacks For FanDuel, DraftKings - Daily Fantasy Baseball (5/31/24)

Welcome, RotoBallers, to a brand new MLB DFS article for the 2024 season! We will still be bringing you a full slate breakdown every day, but this companion piece is intended to help you determine which offenses you are going to stack in your tournament (GPP) lineups. Since we get some of our biggest slates […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/31/24) - Today's Top Lineups

There is only one day game Friday, leaving us with a bevy of night games to enjoy. That also means that we have a ton of options to wade through on DraftKings and FanDuel. This article will provide my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings and FanDuel on 5/31/2024, with the slate starting at […]

Kyle Finnegan Keeps The Good Times Rolling On Thursday

Washington Nationals closer Kyle Finnegan collected his 15th save of the season on Thursday, slamming the door on the Atlanta Braves to secure a 3-1 win. Finnegan allowed just a walk and struck out one in his inning of work. The 32-year-old has been excellent as the Nats closer this year, going 15-for-17 in save […]

Nick Senzel Back In Lineup Against Braves

Washington Nationals third baseman Nick Senzel (knee) is back at the hot corner and is batting sixth for the Nationals on Thursday in the series finale against the Atlanta Braves and left-hander Ryan Kerr. Senzel fouled a ball off his right knee in Wednesday's contest and had to be removed, but the 28-year-old former first-rounder […]

Jeremy De La Rosa Activated For High-A Debut

Washington Nationals outfield prospect Jeremy De La Rosa completed his rehab assignment in Single-A and has been activated from the seven-day injured list. De La Rosa was assigned to High-A Wilmington on Wednesday and went 1-for-4 with a double in his season debut. The 22-year-old was removed from the club's 40-man roster prior to the […]

H2H Points League Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 10) - Hitters and Pitchers

At RotoBaller, we have you covered with points league pickups for the upcoming week on the weekends, but the world of fantasy baseball changes fast! What if you have a guy who suffered an injury, and most of the suggestions are gone? Our mid-week pickups are geared towards finding players on a hot streak and […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/30/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Thursday, RotoBallers! There are eight games on our pre-weekend plate, but it's split into two slates of four. This article focuses on the evening games that start in Boston and end in Los Angeles.  Don't look now, but the Tigers are gaining momentum. Over the last month, they are second in OPS (.763), third in […]

Sneaky Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups and Buys (Week 10): Hot Pitchers to Sustain Success?

As we approach the month of June, it’s not always easy to find viable starting pitching options on the waiver wire. Several star pitchers are still on the injured list, which makes the pool of available options on waivers even thinner. Streaming pitchers with favorable matchups is a good way to help offset injuries to […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash (Week 10): Redraft Rankings

The prospect front continues to be rather quiet lately in terms of promotions. Over the last week or so, we've seen Marco Luciano return to the Majors, along with the promotions of Johnathan Rodriguez in Cleveland and Ryan Bliss in Seattle, but that's about it. In fact, the biggest prospect name to change levels was […]

Should I Stash Junior Caminero In Redraft Leagues? Fantasy Baseball Prospect Outlook

Junior Caminero wasn't incredible in his first MLB action in 2023, hitting just .235/.278/.353 in 36 plate appearances, good for a wRC+ of 77. But considering he struck out just eight times and wasn't completely unplayable at age 20, the potential remains tantalizing for the consensus top-five prospect. But, in a redraft league, should you […]

Dylan Crews - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Waiver Wire Stashes (Week 10)

BALLER MOVE: Stash in NL-Only Leagues CALL-UP ETA: August ANALYSIS: Washington Nationals outfield prospect Dylan Crews has begun to find his footing at Double-A this season after getting off to a slow start in April. Due to the recent surge at the plate, Crews could push to make his major league debut in the second half […]

MLB DFS Value Picks For FanDuel, DraftKings (5/29/24) - Daily Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

Earlier this week, we launched a new MLB DFS piece here at RotoBaller that is specifically focused on saving you DFS salary when you go to build your daily fantasy baseball lineups on FanDuel and DraftKings tonight! We will be hunting for bargains daily because nailing some value picks that produce is one of the […]

Florio's Fantasy Baseball Bullpen Report (Week 10): Kimbrel, Duran, Diaz Bounce Back, Hoffman Elite

Happy Memorial Day to you all! Memorial Day is an important week in the fantasy baseball calendar not just because you get a day off of work to eat, drink, and watch plenty of baseball, but because we are officially two months into the season. A third of the way through the season is a […]

Jake Irvin Fans 10 In No-Decision Tuesday

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jake Irvin turned in another strong performance in Tuesday's 2-0 loss to the Braves. Irvin pitched six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks with 10 strikeouts. The 27-year-old has been a valuable fantasy option this season, going 2-5 with a 3.43 ERA, a 7.71 K/9 rate, and a 1.57 […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts From Braxton Garrett and Trevor Williams

Welcome back to "Are You For Real?", a weekly column where we take starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legit or just smoke and mirrors. We've got two NL East arms to look at this week. First, we'll deep dive […]

Mitchell Parker Continues To Fly Under The Radar

Washington Nationals pitcher Mitchell Parker continued his impressive rookie season with his fourth victory of the season on Monday versus the division rival Atlanta Braves. Parker tossed 6 1/3 innings and allowed five hits, three runs, zero walks and recorded six strikeouts. The left-hander wasn't the most highly touted prospect in a good Nationals farm […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/28/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Tuesday, RotoBallers! We've got an action-packed evening of baseball ahead of us. Not every game is available on the featured slate, but 10 is more than enough to fill our DFS lineups. If you initially thought there would be 11 games on the slate, you weren't wrong. Unfortunately, the Dodgers-Mets game was postponed yesterday and […]

Trey Lipscomb Hitting Well Back At Triple-A

Washington Nationals infield prospect Trey Lipscomb has continued to hit since he was optioned back to the minors on May 17, including a four-hit game for Triple-A Rochester on Sunday and going 9-for-28 (.321) with a pair of stolen bases over the last seven games. On the season, the 23-year-old is hitting .327 in the […]

Victor Robles Designated For Assignment

The Washington Nationals designated outfielder Victor Robles for assignment on Monday in order to make room on the active roster for outfielder Lane Thomas (knee), who has been reinstated from the injured list. It appears the Nationals have finally run out of patience with Robles, who was once one of their prized prospects from the […]

Lane Thomas Reinstated And Starting On Monday

The Washington Nationals reinstated outfielder Lane Thomas (knee) from the 10-day injured list on Monday and designated outfielder Victor Robles for assignment in a corresponding move. Thomas is back in right field on Monday and is batting in the two-hole against Atlanta Braves veteran right-hander Charlie Morton in his first game back. The 28-year-old will […]

Jesse Winker Returns To Starting Lineup

Washington Nationals outfielder Jesse Winker (cramps) has returned to the starting lineup on Monday to play the opening game of a four-game set against the division-rival Atlanta Braves. Winker left Saturday's game early and was kept out of the lineup on Sunday due to cramping. However, this injury did not seem serious and the 30-year-old […]

Projecting Rest of Season Top 10 Closers in 2024 Fantasy Baseball

There are plenty of different strategies when drafting relief pitchers for fantasy baseball. One strategy would be to aggressively go after the top projected closers relatively early in drafts. And that strategy is paying off for managers who took Emmanuel Clase or Clay Holmes. Another strategy is to draft starting pitchers who are eligible at […]