Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Kevin Newman (finger) has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to April 9, the team announced on Thursday. In his place, Pittsburgh has recalled infielder Kevin Kramer from Triple-A and he will join the team immediately in Chicago. Kramer is the Pirates sixth-ranked prospect, according to MLBPipeline. In six games at Triple-A Indianapolis, he has six hits, including four doubles, and two runs batted in. He'll mostly see pinch-hit appearances and spot s[...]

Every week in baseball, a significant player will hit the disabled list, slip into a slump, or get traded out of a good spot. How fantasy owners adapt to these situations can make or break the season as a whole. One lousy add might not hurt the long-term standing of a team, but failing to take advantage of breakouts or impact bats before others sure can.The primary challenge of playing in an NL or AL-only league is often the lack of options regarding adding and subtracting players when needed. I[...]

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Kevin Newman will make his third start of the season and hit eighth on Monday against the Cubs. Fellow shortstop Erik Gonzalez gets the day off as he has just four hits in the early going. Newman recorded his first career walk-off hit on Saturday and has two runs batted in over just eight plate appearances this year. Also starting in left field is Pablo Reyes, giving rookie Jason Martin a day off after two consecutive starts. Reyes has just one hit in nine plate [...]

The 2019 MLB campaign has officially arrived in full swing, and though the offensive sample size has been extremely limited so far, the shaking out process has already begun between assets of real value and those not worth the time or effort for fantasy baseball managers. Players have come into 2019 either looking to build off of the momentum wave that they created for themselves last season, or to turn things around in a big way in hopes of proving their mettle and long-term viability to their [...]

The RotoBaller Head-to-Head rankings review series continues with a view of shortstop through the lens of our three-man expert panel of fantasy accuracy champ Nick Mariano and premier staffers JB Branson and Bill Dubiel.The position is well-stocked with useful starters, but as you get deeper, the H2H negatives will get exposed more. Near the top, you can tolerate strikeouts from a Trevor Story, but there will not be enough total bases and run production to offset the Ks as you get deeper into th[...]

Our updated fantasy baseball tiered rankings analysis rolls on with the shortstop position. [...]

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Prospects. For fantasy baseball enthusiasts, we are always looking to know about the next wave of prospects, rookies and call-ups. More than most other sports,baseball gives us a fresh influx of rookie talent every single year. Impact prospects are called-up both before and during the MLB season. Knowing about the right prospect, and drafting/adding him at the right time, can be a difference maker and league winner (see Juan Soto, Jack Flaherty,Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger).During the MLB pres[...]