Every year, the team at RotoBaller strives to provide you with information to help you in your fantasy league drafts. Many times, these pieces will focus on finding the players you want. In this article today, we will look at five pitchers who were mostly lousy last year and will continue to not meet high expectations in 2025.In some cases, like those of Frankie Montas and Kyle Hendricks, we are dealing with pitchers who were once near the top echelon of starters for our fantasy teams. The three...

BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues of any size.ROSTERED IN: 45% of leaguesANALYSIS: Don't ask me how Kyle Hendricks is doing this, but at a certain point, you have to just take the good results he's giving us. Hendricks has had two quality starts in a row with four and five strikeouts in each game.https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1683998514122985472?s=20He even recorded his fourth win in 12 starts in his last start against the White Sox. Hendricks' other opponent in his quality start was ...

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ team leaguesROSTERED IN: 17% of leaguesANALYSIS: Hendricks has only made five starts since returning at the end of May, but it looks like he's up to his old tricks again. He's allowed two earned runs at most in three of his last four starts and has a 3.18 ERA overall. Hendricks had a near no-hitter against the Giants where he completed eight innings and allowed only one hit.https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1667708044480741376?s=20He's completed six innings in just one ...

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.It was all about the NL Central this weekend, as we saw two interesting starts from two pitchers at very different stages in their career. First, we'll be breaking down the two scoreless outings from Cincinnati prospect Andrew Abbott. Then, we'll look at a dominant ...

Chicago Cubs right-handed pitcher Kyle Hendricks took the loss on Monday when he allowed four runs on six hits to go along with four strikeouts over six innings a 5-0 loss to the San Diego Padres. On the plus side, Hendricks didn't issue a free pass but on the downside, he coughed up four runs. His big mistake was serving up a two-run homer to Gary Sanchez in the bottom of the second inning, which was more than enough to saddle him with the loss. It wasn't an overly impressive performance but ...

Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks is looking to build off a strong effort as he takes on the San Diego Padres Monday night on the road. In just his second start of the season, the veteran hurled five innings of one-run ball, albeit with six hits and three walks allowed against just three strikeouts. Nonetheless, the fact that effort came against one of the very best offenses in baseball in the form of the Tampa Bay Rays is certainly encouraging. The 2016 NL Cy Young winner has struggled in ...

Major League Baseball's regular season is here, and with it comes the daily influx of baseball news that fantasy managers missed in the winter months. Lineup news, actual games happening, constant waiver wire moves, pitching assignments, and bullpen usage.This column aims to cover any and all fantasy baseball news, big or small, and how it pertains to your fantasy team. Spring training or the regular season, it's covered here.Has a player who's usually been hitting in the middle of a lineup ...

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks (shoulder) is scheduled to come off the injured list and start against the New York Mets on Thursday, manager David Ross announced after Wednesday's contest. Right-hander Jameson Taillon will be pushed back to Saturday in a better matchup against the Cincinnati Reds. Hendricks, 33, will be making his 2023 debut after recovering from a serious right-shoulder sprain that he suffered in July of last year. The soft-tossing veteran hurler had a 5.75 ...

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks (shoulder) picked up a win on Tuesday in his latest minor-league rehab start for Triple-A Iowa. The veteran right-hander allowed no runs on just two hits while walking none and striking out four in his five innings of work. It was a nice change after Hendricks allowed 10 earned runs on eight hits (one homer) while walking four and striking out six in his first two rehab outings at Iowa. There's a chance that the 33-year-old's next start could be with...

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks (shoulder) will throw a bullpen session in Chicago on Saturday. Hendricks came out of his second minor-league rehab outing with Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday feeling good despite giving up four runs on two hits while walking three in 2 2/3 innings. The 33-year-old right-hander surrendered six earned runs in just 1 2/3 frames in his first rehab start last week, so the results haven't been there, but Hendricks hasn't had any physical setbacks. Hendricks ...