The Detroit Tigers were rained out on Monday against the Boston Red Sox and will play a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday instead. Tabbed to start Game 1 of the set is starting pitcher Matthew Boyd, who is 1-1 with a 2.96 ERA to start the year with 36 strikeouts in 24 1/3 innings of work. In the nightcap, rookie Spencer Turnbull takes the bump looking to build on what has been a nice start to the season. Despite his 0-2 record, Turnbull has a 3.20 FIP and a strikeout rate of 10.29 K/9. Given the[...]

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We're now in "late April" and can start to talk ourselves into hot or cold starts being for real, including the juicy baseballs that are destroying pitchers! Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 4. [...]

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All eyes continue to be on Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the No. 1 overall prospect, as he works his way back from an oblique strain in spring training. The 20-year-old looks to be fully healthy and is now slashing .360/.448/.560 with a homer and six RBI in seven games for High-A Dunedin and Triple-A Buffalo.It shouldn't be long now before he's called up to the Blue Jays to make his much-anticipated big league debut. Anyone who has been stashing him in fantasy leagues will surely be looking forward to [...]

Mid-April means trends are rounding into form and you can start to believe in stats, aren't you excited? Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 3. We here at RotoBaller set out to ease your decision-making with our weekly starting pitcher matchups and recommendations.In case you missed it, this is oursixth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly.Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for [...]

Were nearly two full weeks into baseballs regular season, and waiver decisions are already challenging. With several big name players already landing on the shelf early this year, we have to dissect whose hot start is worth believing in to fill our roster voids.One of the names making a huge impact so far this season is Detroit Tigers starter, Matt Boyd. He holds a 2.60 ERA and 1.15 [...]

Welcome to our Surprising Starts series, where every week we look at lower-owned starting pitchers who have performed unexpectedly well in their last outing(s).Major league batters are striking out at an astounding 23% clip so far this season, which has resulted in plenty of unheralded hurlers racking up massive strikeout totals. We're looking at three high upside arms this week in Max Fried of Atlanta, Freddy Peralta of Milwaukee, and Matthew Boyd of Detroit. [...]

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Baseball is in full swing, didn't you miss it? Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 2. We here at RotoBaller set out to ease your decision-making with our weekly starting pitcher matchups and recommendations.Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for [...]