In fantasy baseball, theres always that player who underperforms during a season and gets plenty of hype going into the following year. [...]

Fantasy experts are placing a bigger emphasis on drafting elite starters early this year. It is apparent this strategy is making its way across the fantasy community, as the high-end starters are being valued higher than before. In points leagues, this is a wise methodology, as an ace can serve as the backbone of a fantasy team. Seven different SPs tallied over 600 points in standard formats, whereas only six hitters reached that mark. Even Mike Trout failed to reach that level of production tha[...]

RotoBaller fantasy baseball experts Mike the Roto Cop, Anthony Aniano, and Danny Baseball take a look at theat latest fantasy baseball free agent news, and dig deep with MLB Outfielder Greg Allen.In this podcast you will hear about: Byron Buxton, Miguel Sano, Max Kepler, Nelson Cruz, Eddie Rosario, CJ Cron, Jose Berrios Miguel Cabrera,Nicholas Castellanos Michael Kopech, Eloy Jiminez, Dylan Cease [...]

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We continue our fantasy baseball tiered rankings analysis with the second base position. The sun is still rising on 2019, but RotoBaller writers JB Branson, Pierre Camus, Chris Zolli and myself are here with our initial pre-draft rankings to give you a sense of player values as early as possible. As the offseason progresses, these rankings are sure to change quite a bit over the coming weeks. [...]

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In 2018 there was a breakout pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies who took the league by storm. After garnering league-wide attention, hes pegged by many fantasy experts as a top-tier starting pitcher for the upcoming year. I'm talking about Aaron Nola, of course. But after this season it very well could be Nick Pivetta. He had a breakout of sorts last year as well, but the best is yet to come from the 25-year-old Victoria, BC native.After Pivetta was traded straight up for established closer J[...]

The Cleveland Indians boast one of the best pitching staffs in the MLB, and that includes arguably the most underrated pitcher in the league in Carlos Carrasco. The 31-year-old has never made it onto the AL All-Star team, despite finishing in 4th place in Cy Young Award voting in 2017. He's a combined 35-16 over the past two seasons with a 3.33 ERA and 457 strikeouts in 392 innings. He is listed as the 13th starting pitcher and the 47th overall player in the RotoBaller Rankings. If you go hitte[...]

The Cleveland Indians exercised starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco's $10.25 million option for the 2020 season and signed him to a two-year extension for 2021 and 2022 with a vesting option for the 2023 season, according to sources. Between Carrasco, Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer, Carrasco has the best chance of sticking with the Tribe this offseason, and this extension further solidifies that sentiment. Carrasco has somewhat been overshadowed by the dominance of Kluber as the team's ace, but t[...]

The Cleveland Indians are in contract extension talks with starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco, according to sources. He is signed at $9.75 million in 2019 with a $10.25 million team option for 2020. Carrasco, along with Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer, is on the trade market this winter, but he seems to be the likeliest of the trio to stick in Cleveland. The right-hander is a high-end fantasy starter and went 17-10 with a 3.38 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and career-high 10.8 K/9 over 32 outings (30 starts).