Welcome to Week 13 of RotoBaller's Rookie Report, where we continue tracking the most exciting newcomers making waves across Major League Baseball. In Week 12, we took a closer look at the progress of Roman Anthony, Kyle Teel, and Ronny Mauricio as they worked to establish long-term roles with their respective clubs.This week, the spotlight shifts to four breakout stars named among MLB's top five Rookie of the Year candidates in both the American League and National League. These rising talents ...

Welcome back to my weekly Players to Watch for the Week Aheadseries for 2025 as we look ahead to the week of June 9 - June 15. In this article, I'll look at players like Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Jacob Wilson, Ranger Suarez, 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 ...

Welcome, everyone, to another edition of RotoBaller's Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers article series for Week 11 of the 2025 season! Today, I'll be taking a look at names like Jacob Wilson, Merrill Kelly, William Contreras, and Jesus Luzardo.Keeping up with the latest hitter and pitcher trends is a key component for a successful season, and RotoBaller is here to help fantasy managers! Each week, I will select a few players who have performed well recently and a few who have not, and I will ...

Somehow, we're already set for Week 11 of the MLB and fantasy baseball season, and hopefully, your team is in good shape. Either way, you should be looking to make moves to set yourself up for future success. To help you prepare, below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated H2H points league fantasy baseball rankings and tiers heading into Week 11 of the 2025 season.Use these rankings to identify potential buy or sell candidates, and see which prospects are emerging and could become ...

Welcome back to my Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 7 of the 2025 MLB season. The focus of this article is to highlight players who could be on the verge of a breakout, citing current active hitting streaks along with recent leaders in batting average and isolated power (ISO). You will also find expected batting average (xBA) underachievers and overachievers.In this week's edition, we'll dive into players like Victor Scott II, Maikel Garcia, and Jacob Wilson. You'll not only ...

In every fantasy baseball season, a handful of hitters quietly outperform expectations while remaining surprisingly under-rostered.Players like Kyle Stowers, Maikel Garcia, and Jacob Wilson have cracked the top 100 rankings, yet still fly under the radar in many leagues. Even deeper cuts like Trent Grisham and Ryan O'Hearn are putting up numbers that suggest they deserve more attention.So why aren't these players more widely rostered? Are they simply riding short-term hot streaks, or do they ...

The fantasy baseball season continues to fly by as we are already onto Week 3. At RotoBaller HQ, we continue our waiver wire ranking series and are back with more advice to help your fantasy baseball teams. Today, we review our updated waiver rankings for Week 3 of the MLB season -- April 14th - April 20th. The list includes the top 100 hitters and pitchers to prioritize for this week. Find out where Amador and other trendy pickups such as Ben Rice, Jacob Wilson, Jung Hoo Lee, Gavin Williams, ...

To this point in my RotoBaller writing, I have only discussed the application of the FaBIO model to pro and college pitchers.But in the interim, I have been using a similar model for analyzing college batters, and in the past year, such work has spilled over to the same model for pro batters.Let us use this tool to examine position player prospects who met rookie eligibility criteria at the start of the 2025 MLB season, starting with Jacob Wilson of the Athletics. Brief Explanation of the ...

Welcome to the first edition of my Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters series as we head into Week 2 of the 2025 MLB season! For those who are new to this article, I try to illuminate players whose recent stats suggest a breakout is coming or that perhaps they are on the verge of a cold spell.In today's edition, we'll take a look at players like Jacob Wilson and Ivan Herrera. Checking in on who's hot (or not) can bring to light some interesting names. Some of those names could then become ...

Even though the regular season has just begun, it is never too early to begin stashing young prospects. Last season, several top prospects received an early MLB promotion and became must-start players during the remainder of the season, like Paul Skenes. In addition, some prospects even broke camp with the MLB roster and became top options at their position, like Jackson Merrill.In this piece, we will look at Boston outfielder Roman Anthony, Texas starting pitcher Kumar Rocker, and Athletics ...