This article references Aaron Sanchez, Andrew Heaney, Bartolo Colon, Carlos Rodon, Chris Sale, Dillon Gee, Gordon Beckham, Marcus Stroman, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Taijuan Walker, Zack Wheeler and more! It's All About Youth The key to sustained success in keeper and dynasty leagues is identifying and acquiring the right young players. This much is clear, and obvious. In redraft leagues, however, cultivating this skill is also important and often overlooked. Much is made of the value of minimizing risk. It's true that boring veterans often win leagues and that many prospects simply don't pan out. But we also see injury or ineffectiveness befall known quantities every season, while the hig[...]Keep on reading: Top Five Starting Pitchers: MLB Prospects & Rookies for 2015

This article references Aaron Sanchez, Byron Buxton, George Springer, James Paxton, Joc Pederson, Joey Gallo, Jorge Soler, Kris Bryant, Maikel Franco, Marcus Stroman, Miguel Sano, Mookie Betts, Noah Syndergaard, Rusney Castillo, Taijuan Walker and more! Preseason Analysis: Impact Dynasty League Targets RotoBaller is very excited about the launch of our very own radio station. You can now find our new shows on BlogTalkRadio live or on demand, and on iTunes under podcasts. Every Wednesday night at 9:30 PM EST, RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph and co-host Anthony Aniano of DraftSmashers Radio will be discussing the most relevant fantasy sports news and information. Editor's Note: Don't forget to check out all of RotoBaller's 2015 fant[...]Keep on reading: MLB Podcast on RotoBaller Radio: Top Minor League Prospects For 2015

This article references Aaron Sanchez, Alex Cobb, Brian McCann, Buster Posey, Chris Sale, Christian Vazquez, Dioner Navarro, Hank Conger, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Joe Kelly, Jonathan Lucroy, Jose Molina, Justin Masterson, Marcus Stroman, Rene Rivera, Rick Porcello, Robinson Chirinos, Russell Martin, Ryan Hanigan, Sonny Gray and more! I’m obsessed with Chuck Shaw wine from Trader Joe's. It’s a $3 bottle of hooch that smells like paint thinner mixed with alcohol. It stings the nostrils. But after a glass or two, it’s the best damn bottle of wine you can get for under $5. I happened to be drinking some of this wine when I discovered my new FBB obsession, the Regressed Probabilistic Model (RPM.) I like it so much, I might get it tattooed on my lower back. From the genius minds at baseball prospectus, they have create[...]Keep on reading: Pitch Framing Metrics: Impact On Fantasy Baseball Pitchers

This article references Aaron Sanchez, Brett Cecil, Chris Davis, Danny Salazar, DEF, Gavin Floyd, Jacoby Ellsbury, Javier Baez, Jorge Soler, Josh Tomlin, Kris Bryant, Marcus Semien, Marcus Stroman, Mookie Betts, Rusney Castillo, Shane Victorino, SP, T.J. House, Trevor Bauer, WR and more! Welcome All First of all, welcome to the RotoBaller fantasy baseball “Stock Watch”. This will be a recurring weekly column which attempts to gauge the value of certain hitters and pitchers who are trending in the right and wrong direction. The goal is to help you make more informed decisions with your roster. Thank you in advance for checking out the stock watch, along with all of the other great fantasy baseball content here at RotoBaller (I’m a company man after all). If you have any [...]Keep on reading: Fantasy Baseball Spring Stock Watch: Semien, Norris, Betts, Davis

Yu Darvish, Marcus Stroman, and Gavin Floyd have injuries that leave their teams high and dry. Can these squads overcome the losses?

This article references Aaron Sanchez, Marco Estrada, Marcus Stroman, SP and more! Bad news for Toronto Blue Jays fans: Starting pitcher Marcus Stroman has torn his ACL and will miss the entire 2015 season. Marcus Stroman has suffered a torn left ACL and will be out for the 2015 season. — Blue Jays (@BlueJays) March 10, 2015 According to the Blue Jays official Twitter, Stroman suffered the injury during a team practice earlier today. It is not entirely clear right now how the devastating injury was sustained. All that is known thus far is that it happened during a bunt[...]Keep on reading: Marcus Stroman Tears ACL, Out for Season

This article references Clay Buchholz, Clayton Kershaw, DEF, Drew Hutchison, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Justin Verlander, Marcus Stroman, Nathan Eovaldi, SP, Zack Greinke and more! Scour the Pitching Peripherals It’s not a category in your typical fantasy league, but Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) is a useful metric to uncover undervalued assets on draft day. FIP attempts to isolate the factors under a pitcher’s direct control to determine whether he was a victim of poor defense or rotten luck. Intuitively and anecdotally, we all know that routine plays get botched, bloop hits land, and sometimes the sequencing of this leads to more runs being scored through[...]Keep on reading: Top Five ERA Surgers for 2015: Fantasy Baseball Predictions

This article references Cory Rasmus, Edinson Volquez, Garrett Richards, Jose Quintana, Marcus Stroman, Miguel Gonzalez, Roenis Elias, Shane Greene, SP, Taijuan Walker and more! [...] Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 25 (Part 2)

This article references Carlos Carrasco, Corey Kluber, Edinson Volquez, Hisashi Iwakuma, James Paxton, Johnny Cueto, Jose Quintana, Kyle Hendricks, Marcus Stroman, Matt Shoemaker, Max Scherzer, SP, Stephen Strasburg, WR and more! What's up RotoBallers, hopefully your team is still in the chase as we continue heading down the fantasy baseball home stretch. Below are all of the starting pitching matchups for Week 25. For every week of the fantasy baseball season, we look to analyze all of the projected starting pitcher matchups and put together our optimal lineups.This week there are plenty of rock solid two-start pitchers going (Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg, Marcus Stroman, Hisashi Iwakuma, Jacob deGrom, [...] Keep on reading: Week 25 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

This article references Carlos Gonzalez, Danny Salazar, Edinson Volquez, Marcus Stroman, Miguel Gonzalez, SP, Troy Tulowitzki and more! Even though fantasy football season is in full swing, many fantasy baseball leagues are now in playoff mode, making two-start starting pitcher streamers even more important! Don't get so distracted with fantasy football that you let your fellow fantasy baseball owners out-manage you down the stretch, costing you your playoffs (and pride).This piece focuses on the best two-start starting pitcher streamers and sleeper waiver wire pickups for Week 24 of fantasy baseball. These sleeper pitche[...] Keep on reading: 5 Two-Start Fantasy Starting Pitchers: Sleeper Streamers for Week 24