Toronto Blue Jays starter Matt Shoemaker went seven scoreless innings during Friday's 6-0 win over the Detroit Tigers. He allowed two hits while striking out seven batters and walking a pair. The 32-year-old could not have asked for a better debut with his new team. Shoemaker's abilities have been evident since he went 16-4 as a rookie starter in 2014. Unfortunately, injury troubles have derailed his past two seasons limiting him to just 21 starts since the beginning of 2017. If he can maintain[...]

Opening Day is finally here! Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 1. We are back again this year with our weekly starting pitcher matchups and recommendations. In case you missed it, this is our sixth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly.Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 1,which will be updated as rotations are inevitably announced and tweaked.For head-to-head leagues, [...]

We are continuing our updated analysis of points league tiered rankings with a final look at starting pitchers. In H2H points leagues, starting pitchers are the lifeblood of a fantasy team. The more innings and strikeouts a starter can rack up, the further it carries your team toward a championship.There is a solid core of SP at the top that are sure to fly off draft boards much earlier than in roto leagues. [...]

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Fantasy experts are placing a bigger emphasis on drafting elite starters early this year. It is apparent this strategy is making its way across the fantasy community, as the high-end starters are being valued higher than before. In points leagues, this is a wise methodology, as an ace can serve as the backbone of a fantasy team. Seven different SPs tallied over 600 points in standard formats, whereas only six hitters reached that mark. Even Mike Trout failed to reach that level of production tha[...]

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We continue our fantasy baseball tiered rankings analysis with the second base position. The sun is still rising on 2019, but RotoBaller writers JB Branson, Pierre Camus, Chris Zolli and myself are here with our initial pre-draft rankings to give you a sense of player values as early as possible. As the offseason progresses, these rankings are sure to change quite a bit over the coming weeks. [...]

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The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a one-year deal in the range of $3 million to $3.5 million with free-agent starting pitcher Matt Shoemaker on Friday, according to MLB Network insider Jon Paul Morosi. Due to injuries, the right-hander made only 21 starts the last two injuries. He went 9-13 with 143 strikeouts over 160 innings for a 3.88 ERA in 2016. [...]