BALLER MOVE: Buy: Jack FlahertyThe Jack Flaherty renaissance is something some members of the fantasy community bet on when he landed with the Detroit Tigers at the pitcher-friendly Comerica Park for home games and the soft AL Central this past offseason, but even the biggest optimists probably weren't expecting this level of success.Injuries, particularly throwing shoulder issues, plagued Flaherty following his 2019 Cy Young Award-contending campaign, but he looks completely rejuvenated in 2024...

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings list for Week 6 -- April 28 through May 5 -- to help you stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. Top prospects such as Joey Loperfido, Tyler Black, Jordan Beck, Christian Scott, and Pete Crow-Armstrong have recently been promoted to the majors. Other top prospects, such as Junior Caminero, Paul Skenes, Jackson Holliday, Coby Mayo, and Kyle Manzardo, patiently await the call to ...

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.This week, we had two surprising starts from veteran right-handers trying to bounce back after injury. First, we'll look at former Detroit Tiger Spencer Turnbull's hot start in Philly. Then, we'll break down current Detroit Tiger Jack Flaherty's dominance.Roster ...

Welcome RotoBallers to another edition of my 2024 fantasy baseball start/sit article for the week ahead, April 8 - April 14. This week's article will focus on Oswaldo Cabrera, J.D. Davis, Julio Rodriguez, Corbin Carroll, Tanner Houck, Jack Flaherty, Spencer Steer, and Ha-Seong Kim.Whether you are prepping to set your weekly lineups or determining who to play in a pivotal daily matchup, choosing who to start vs. sit is one of the most nerve-racking and potentially frustrating aspects of fantasy ...

There are so many things happening in the first few games of the MLB season, and it's important to stay on top of all of them -- the latest injuries and players that need to be picked up. New closers will emerge, prospects will surge, and players will break out. With an extra-busy first few days on the 2024 MLB season in the books, we've been working hard to put together a list of 80 players to consider for various league sizes. Below you'll see many of these items reflected in our fantasy ...

The Detroit Tigers will enter the 2024 season with some high hopes. They finished second in a weak AL Central division last year and made some improvements along the pitching staff this offseason. Tarik Skubal is finally fully healthy and looking like a true Cy Young candidate, while the additions of veterans like Kenta Maeda and Jack Flaherty were nice pickups.However, the Tigers are going to need their bullpen to lock things down later in games. Last season, they had plenty of trouble ...

Back in 2019, Jack Flaherty looked like he was going to be one of the next workhorse aces in the league, posting a 2.75 ERA and 0.97 WHIP across 196.1 IP, recording 231 K and a sterling 22.8% K-BB%. The 2020 COVID season aside, he looked like his dominant self again at the start of 2021, starting the season 8-0 with a 2.53 ERA before oblique and shoulder injuries sidelined him for most of the rest of the season.Jack Flaherty in NLDS Game 5:6 IP. 4 H. ER, BB, 8 KHe turns 24 next week. #STLCards ...

The Baltimore Orioles were unable to reel in any of the top starting pitchers available at the trade deadline, watching fellow AL competitors hook names like Lucas Giolito, Max Scherzer, and Justin Verlander. Baltimore instead settles for a consolation prize of sorts in the form of the apparently-declining Jack Flaherty via trade from the St. Louis Cardinals.Flaherty's insertion into the Orioles rotation aims to augment a middling staff as the first-place club pushes toward their first playoff ...

Earlier in the month of July, St. Louis Cardinals president John Mozeliak was the first executive in baseball to publicly declare his club as a seller approaching the August 1st MLB trade deadline. Suffice it to say, he wasn't kidding.The Cardinals were perhaps the most active club prior to Tuesday's deadline, shipping out pitchers Jordan Montgomery, Jack Flaherty, and Jordan Hicks while also dealing veteran shortstop Paul DeJong, all in separate deals. It was an unusual circumstance for a ...

BALLER MOVE: Add in shallow leagues of any size.ROSTERED IN: 47% of leaguesANALYSIS: Jack Flaherty hasn't had the best season so far. He has a 4.27 ERA and a 4.46 xFIP, but he hasn't allowed an earned run in each of his last two starts totaling 12.2 innings. Since May 9, he has a 3.09 ERA over 10 starts. Flaherty hasn't thrown even 100 innings since 2019. As he approaches that number this year, he seems to be regaining his footing as a solid member of the Cardinals ...