This article is the second in our series on trade targets for the second half of the season. Part 1 focused on players generally ranked in the top 50. This installment focuses on offensive players ranked outside the top 50. Part three will focus on pitchers. After that, we'll focus on players to target for specific categories rather than positional improvement. Most of the players below have suffered injuries, uncharacteristically disappointing first halves, or shifts in the prevailing atti[...]

Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. It might have seemed an unlikely week for prospect promotions, but there were a slew of players called up within the past couple days. Kyle Tucker, Nick Kingham, Jalen Beeks, Enyel De Los Santos, Greg Allen, Steven Duggar, Corbin Burnes and Sandy A[...]

Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. There have been tons of injuries lately. However, some of the top guys are starting to come back. Both Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuna have returned from their injuries. You will notice that the rookie rankings have been reflected to show that with [...]

So Kyle Tucker is still destroying the minor leagues. He has a .301/.367/.505 triple-slash with 13 HR and 14 steals (82.4% success rate) and yet the Astros have not given him the call yet. Tucker has absolutely nothing left to prove in the minors and the Astros have indicated that they think he will come up at some point this year. I think it will be sooner rather than later. Aside from Tucker, though, we don't have much information regarding who will be up in the coming weeks. There will ha[...]

Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Josh Hader went 1 2/3 innings on Wednesday, giving up two hits, no runs and two walks while striking out four in the 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. While Hader was rewarded with his ninth hold of the year, he had trouble limiting the base runners along with Jeremy Jeffress. His season [...]

Welcome back, RotoBallers. I'll be breaking down impact prospects by position. Today I'm updating my top 10 starting pitchers - MLB prospect rankings for the 2018 fantasy baseball season. There's already been a ton of top pitching prospects promoted this season. Let's take a look at some of the rookie pitchers at the MLB level: Shohei Ohtani, Walker Buehler, Jack Flaherty, Josh Hader, Fernando Romero and Tyler Mahle. All of these guys were considered consensus top 100 prospects before being c[...]

Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Josh Hader went 2 1/3 innings pitched, giving up only one walk while striking out six in the 5-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. Hader once again struck out six of the eight batters he faced and is proving to be one of the most dominant relievers in baseball this year. On the year, he's now struck out 59 of the 95 batters he has faced for a 59% strikeout rate. In comparison, the next best is Adam Ottavino at 49%. His absurdly high strikeout rate makes him worth own[...]

Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Josh Hader threw a perfect inning while striking out two in the 11-10 win over the Colorado Rockies. This now puts Hader at six saves on the season, which leads all Brewers pitchers. On the season, Hader now holds a 1.57 ERA with 48 strikeouts in only 23 innings pitched. Corey Knebel will most likely take over the main closing duty in the near future, however, owners of Hader should relish the save opportunities while they last. Even when Knebel takes over the cl[...]

Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Josh Hader threw two perfect innings while striking out three in the 3-2 win over the Cleveland Indians. This was another one of Hader's multi-inning saves, and he's now up to five saves on the season. With closer Corey Knebel coming back on [...]

Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Josh Hader went two innings giving up one hit, two earned runs, and one walk while striking out four in the 5-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hader came in for the eighth with a 3-1 lead and after walking Gregory Polanco, he allowed a two-run shot to Starling Marte that tied up the game. Despite the blown save, Hader was rewarded with the win as Ryan Braun ended up hitting a two-run double in the next inning. His elite strikeout ability was on full display onc[...]