The Kansas City Royals designated infielder/outfielder Chris Owings for assignment on Friday and called up third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert from Triple-A Omaha in a corresponding move. Owings was bad with KC in his 135 at-bats, hitting .133/.193/.222 with two homers, nine runs, nine RBI and four stolen bases. Cuthbert will take his spot as the utility infielder after hitting a solid .310/.370/.528 with eight home runs and 35 RBI in 51 games for Omaha this year. He's a career .252 hitter with 18 [...]

Amidst a week headlined by the call-ups of top prospects Keston Hiura, Brendan Rodgers and Austin Riley, it was easy to miss the Royals promotion of middle infielder Nicky Lopez. However, Lopez has wasted no time proving he warrants to be fully on our fantasy radars just like the rest of the bunch.Lopez has already shown the potential to be elite in both batting average and in limiting strikeouts. Thats a good starting off point, but theres more.How worthy is he of an add in fantasy leagues? Let[...]

Now that we are midway through May, it's a perfect time to update our Rest-of-Season mixed rankings and provide some analysis. RotoBaller writers Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Bill Dubiel and Scott Engel want you to crush the competition and know that rankings can't end on draft day.Third base has been hit-and-miss in the early goings. A lot of the predictable studs are being studly, a few surprises have risen through the ranks. I'm most fascinated by some of the guys who were drafted early but wh[...]

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The calendar's turned to May and today we'll look to the outfield for the next part of our Rest-of-Season rankings update and analysis. RotoBaller writers Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Bill Dubiel and Scott Engel want you to crush the competition and know that rankings can't end on draft day. Check out our fantasy baseball rankingsdashboard for the very latest rankings which are continually updated.Outfield is deep enough that these rankings go 155 deep with 14 tiers. Not all these players belong [...]

Welcome to this week's Power Hitting Risers & Fallers. All stats are full season through Monday, May 6th (unless otherwise noted). At some point, we'll start tracking in-season trends again, but for now, some more players based on their years to date.Your weekly reminders: [...]

Kansas City Royals second baseman/outfielder Chris Owings wasn't expected to be a world-beater, but his performance so far has been amazingly bad. After going 1-for-4 in Sunday's game against the Angels, Owings is now hitting .163 on the season. He's striking out 32% of the time, his OPS is just .513, and he has the sixth-worst wRC+ in the entire league. It feels like this is manager Ned Yost's throwback player, as he famously ran Alcides Escobar and Omar Infante out there every day even thou[...]

Every week in baseball, a significant player will hit the disabled list, slip into a slump, or get traded out of a good spot. How fantasy owners adapt to these situations can make or break the season as a whole. One lousy add might not hurt the long-term standing of a team, but failing to take advantage of breakouts or impact bats before others sure can.The primary challenge of playing in an NL or AL-only league is often the lack of options regarding adding and subtracting players when needed. I[...]

Kansas City Royals second baseman Chris Owings has been the least-hyped piece of the Royals middle-infield crew, but he could turn out to have some fantasy value. Owings doesn't have the elite hit tool that Whit Merrifield possesses and he certainly isn't going to win a foot race with Adalberto Mondesi, but Owings brings a well-rounded approach that has included seasons with 20-plus stolen bases and 10-plus home run pop. [...]