Welcome back to my weekly Players to Watch for the Week Aheadseries for 2025 as we look ahead to the week of June 16 - June 22. In this article, I'll look at players like Elly De La Cruz, Giancarlo Stanton, Logan Gilbert, and others.As a reminder of what this article is all about, I like to take a look around the league and pick out some players to discuss who might be under-owned in redraft leagues, potential DFS candidates, players returning from injury or getting called up from the minors, or...

Heading into Week 11 of the fantasy baseball season, managers have lost a slew of notable contributors to the injury list. Those issues have forced managers to scour the waiver wire for replacements.In this piece, we'll take a look at the latest injury updates centering on New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton (elbow), Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz (hip), and Baltimore Orioles infielder Jordan Westburg (hamstring).Should fantasy managers continue to keep these players on ...

We've got another edition of the Injured Players to Stash in Fantasy Baseball series for Week 8 as we continue the 2025 season. Today's article examines injured players, including Andres Gimenez, Giancarlo Stanton, and Parker Meadows, amongothers.With the 2025 fantasy baseball season well underway, there are several injured players out there who have low roster percentages and may be available on your league's waiver wires. These players can provide significant value to fantasy managers, ...

When writing this article every week, I get to see the ebb and flow of injuries around Major League Baseball. The last two weeks were heavy with injuries, and this past week and next hope to offer many players returning from injury. There is one major correlation I see with this trend, and that is the weather.It is not just an old wives' tale that your grandparents could feel the weather changing "in their bones." Colder weather does affect the human body, especially when it comes to orthopedic ...

Spring training is well underway as we move forward to Opening Day. With the season opening overseas in about a week, team rosters are taking form, as are the winners of position battles on certain teams. One aspect that is just as true midseason as it is now is the effect of injuries on teams' plans for the season.When it comes to Spring Training injuries, some are more serious than others. Soft tissue injuries are usually less severe as players ramp up for the season. But this is not always ...

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome to our hitter's advanced metrics leaders article for Week 25of the 2024 fantasy baseball season! Today, we will be taking a look at players like Giancarlo Stanton, Taylor Ward, Kyle Schwarber, and more. As another week of baseball wraps up, I will recap which hitters had the most impactful plate appearances in the past few days.For the first 11 weeks of the season, we discussed Statcast's Barrels per Plate Appearance stat, or Brls/PA%, but now we can transition. ...

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome to our hitter's advanced metrics leaders article for Week 24of the 2024 fantasy baseball season! Today, we will be taking a look at players like Giancarlo Stanton, Spencer Torkelson, Corbin Carroll, and more. As another week of baseball wraps up, I will recap which hitters had the most impactful plate appearances in the past few days.For the first 11 weeks of the season, we discussed Statcast's Barrels per Plate Appearance stat, or Brls/PA%, but now we can ...

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome to our hitter's advanced metrics leaders article for Week 23of the 2024 fantasy baseball season! Today, we will be taking a look at players like Giancarlo Stanton, Brandon Marsh, Bobby Witt Jr.,and more. As another week of baseball wraps up, I will recap which hitters had the most impactful plate appearances in the past few days.For the first 11 weeks of the season, we discussed Statcast's Barrels per Plate Appearance stat, or Brls/PA%, but now we can transition. ...

As MLB All-Star festivities approach, there is still a slate of games to get through, and injuries will affect fantasy baseball lineup decisions. That said, let's take a look at injured hitters Rafael Devers, Oneil Cruz, Mike Trout, Jorge Soler, Giancarlo Stanton, Kris Bryant, and more.This is our weekly edition of fantasy baseball injury updates for hitters, as of July 10, 2024. Some players on this list impact fantasy baseball more than others, but with leagues of all shapes and sizes, you ...

This past week, I celebrated a birthday, and it got me thinking: I have been playing fantasy baseball for almost twenty years at this point. Is there anything that could be learned about injuries when it comes to managing your roster? The answer to the question is an easy one: the timelines that are given for players to return are rarely correct. So what can one do to try to combat this "poor" information?The type of injury and the type of player who is injured can tell us more than a timeline ...