Maxing Out - Is 2019 Time for Max Kepler's Breakout? rotoballer.com Sun 2/3/19 6:30 AM
The once prosperous Minnesota Twins have struggled to regain the dominance that they established at the beginning of this century. Penciled in as a division favorite every year, since the turn of this decade its been a much different narrative. [...]
Outfield - Early Points League Rankings and Tiers rotoballer.com Sat 2/2/19 9:50 AM
Its never too early to start looking toward the fantasy baseball season, so Im here to continue RotoBallers position-by-position rankings analysis series for points league and head-to-head (H2H) formats with the incredibly deep outfield position. There is a seemingly neverending stream of useful bats, but there are still clear chokepoints where the risk portfolio thickens. I'd suggest buying at least two anchors and then letting your speculative plays run.Our mixed-league points staff rankings c[...]
Max Kepler 2019 Outlook: Potential Late-Round Sleeper rotoballer.com Sun 1/27/19 6:32 PM
Kepler has been that odd player where the results do not seem to match the peripherals. Whereas some see him as a potential breakout, others view him as a saber darling whose performance is not properly predicted by the most common sabermetrics. Last year provided a prime example. Kepler increased his walk rate from 8.6% to 11.7% and decreased his K-rate from 20.1% to 15.7%. He increased his flyball rate by nearly seven percent and his hard hit rate by over four percent. [...]
Top 420: Points Leagues Tiered Staff Rankings (January) rotoballer.com Mon 1/21/19 11:46 AM
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2019 Outfielders - Early Fantasy Baseball Rankings rotoballer.com Tue 1/15/19 7:00 AM
Outfield is a unique position in the fantasy world. The best of the best reside in the outfield, with our consensus top two picks and nine of the top 25 overall players making this list. On the other hand, it is by far the deepest and easiest to gain late-round value if you choose to wait. That's why it's so important to determine exactly who to target at what point in your draft, especially in leagues that require four or five OF slots.[...]
Top 630: Early Fantasy Baseball Tiered Rankings (January) rotoballer.com Mon 1/7/19 12:18 PM
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Domingo Santana to the Mariners - Fantasy Impact rotoballer.com Mon 12/31/18 9:30 AM
The wheeling and dealing in Seattle continued just days before Christmas with the Mariners acquiring right fielder Domingo Santana from the Brewers.In the team's fourth trade in the month of December and their eighth trade of the offseason, Seattle sent outfielder Ben Gamel and reliever Noah Zavolas to Milwaukee for the 26-year-old Santana. After having a career-year in 2017 with 30 home runs, 15 steals and an .875 OPS, Santana struggled last season while posting career-lows in home runs (5), st[...]
The Cut List (Week 23): Time to Let Go? rotoballer.com Sun 9/2/18 4:00 AM
Welcome to Week 23 of the Cut List. Corey Dickerson, Michael Conforto, Maikel Franco, and Max Kepler should be cut in all standard league formats as we head into playoff time.
You should be scouring the free agent list so you can put yourself in the best position to win each day. Believe me, the players listed below will only hurt your team in the long run.
Want some waiver wire advice to make up for those necessary cuts? Make sure you check out our waiver wire blog f[...]
Points Leagues (H2H) Waiver Wire Adds and Streamers - Week 23 rotoballer.com Sat 9/1/18 3:00 AM
Welcome back for another week of advice for points league waiver wire moves. This segment will include waiver wire adds, drops, and streaming pitchers for the upcoming week. This article will be geared specifically toward points leagues. Every points league is different, so keep that in mind. Walks and extra base hits are more valuable, whereas AVG and ERA are not important, so consider that as well.
Some players will be suggested as streamers (while they are hot), or as rest-of-season adds ([...]
Week 19 Waiver Wire - Outfielders (OF) rotoballer.com Sun 8/5/18 1:14 PM
Happy start of August, RotoBallers! I don't know about you, but it is getting real hot. Both outside and on the MLB trade wire. The trade deadline has come and gone and fantasy owners now need to manage their own trade deadlines as well. It was hard enough to keep up with trade talks and the rumor mill, but Rotoballer was here to wade through all the conjecture and give you real, actionable advice.
We will continue our dive into the hottest and most interesting options largely available on wa[...]