Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 5 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. For those who are not familiar, this is a weekly column where we take a look at starting pitchers who had surprisingly good starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legitimate or just smoke and mirrors.We've got three interesting arms to look at that had great starts over the weekend. First, we'll look at Washington's Jake Irvin, who dominated...

Welcome RotoBallers to another edition of my 2024 fantasy baseball start/sit article for Week 17, July 15 - July 21. This week's article will focus on Joey Ortiz, Xander Bogaerts, Cal Raleigh, Ben Rice, Dean Kremer, Ryan Pepiot, Brady Singer, and Jake Irvin. A reminder that All-Star festivities will take place this week, with regular-season games resuming on Friday, July 19.Whether you are prepping to set your weekly lineups or determining who to play in a pivotal daily matchup, choosing who to ...

With the All-Star Game and MLB trade deadline rapidly approaching, now is the ideal time for fantasy managers to look at player performances. Importantly, surface stats rarely tell the whole story.For instance, Brooks Lee is a 23-year-old top prospect hitting .474/.476/.684 with a homer in his first 21 PAs for Minnesota. His peripherals suggest he's nothing more than waiver wire fodder. Similarly, 27-year-old Jake Irvin appears on many All-Star snub lists after pitching to a 2.80 ERA across 106 ...

Welcome to another edition of RotoBaller's Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds article series for Week 16 of the 2024 fantasy baseball season! Today we'll be taking a look at Chris Sale, Jake Irvin, Chris Bassitt, and Kevin Gausman. Each week, I will select one stat, choose a few pitchers with strong metrics and poor metrics, and analyze them to determine how their future performance may change.Most fantasy managers are familiar with WHIP, as it is usually a pitching category in roto leagues and ...

When it came time to lock down the opening roster for this season, the Washington Nationals showed faith in a middle-of-the-road right-handed pitcher named Jake Irvin. He logged 121 MLB innings in 2023, resulting in a 4.61 ERA, 99 strikeouts, 54 walks, and 20 homers allowed.Irvin opened 2024 in Washington, and the results have been promising for the 27-year-old. His ERA is down to 3.13, he's cut his walk rate in half, increased his strikeout rate, and allowed fewer homers. Though he's just 92 ...

Hey, RotoBallers! The fantasy baseball season is flying by, and the MLB All-Star break is a few weeks away. Amazingly, we are halfway through June; with that being said, it's time for another rankings check-in. Below is another edition of Nick Mariano's updated 2024 fantasy baseball rankings and tiers for roto leagues (5x5 mixed leagues) as of June 13, 2024. These rankings are released in mid-June, as Nick provides his rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings and player values for the rest of ...

Injuries continue to pile up in starting rotations across baseball. Among the more recent names to land on the injured list are Joe Musgrove (elbow), Yu Darvish (groin), and Blake Snell (groin).Streaming pitchers with favorable matchups is a good way to help offset injuries to your fantasy squad. Are Luis Severino, Matt Waldron, and Jake Irvin just viable streaming options, or could any of them be worth rostering for the long haul?Let's dig into the stats for these three starters and discuss if ...

Washington Nationals pitching prospect Jake Irvin will make his Major League debut on Wednesday, starting the matchup with the Chicago Cubs. The 26-year-old is the club's 20th-ranked prospect, according to MLB Pipeline and was a fourth-round draft pick back in 2018. Irvin has struggled this season in Triple-A, posting a 5.64 ERA with 20 punchout and 11 walks over 22.1 innings, but does own a career 3.80 ERA. He's replacing Chad Kuhl (foot) in the rotation after he landed on the 15-day injured ...