This article references A, Aroldis Chapman, Johnny Cueto, Mike Leake, SP and more! BALLER MOVE: Own in 12+ Team Leagues/NL-only leagues OWNED IN: 30% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The Reds pitching has had a lot of problems over the past couple seasons, but Johnny Cueto, Aroldis Chapman, and Mike Leake have shown consistency during that time frame. Leake threw over 200 innings for the first time in his career last season and he has started in over 30 games each of the past three seasons. With Mike Leake, fantasy owners can count on consistent, solid performances. [...]Keep on reading: Mike Leake (SP, CIN) – 2015 Waiver Wire Pickup

This article references A, Mike Leake, SP and more! BALLER MOVE: Target in 12 + Team Leagues OWNED IN: 44% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Leake was stellar in his last outing at Atlanta, limiting the Braves to two early singles over eight strong innings. He also helped himself out with a bomb to left field, which you have to love as a fantasy owner. So far he carries a 3.03 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, and a 25/10 K/BB ratio over 35 2/3 innings. His .179 BABIP is a signal that his current production is not sustainable and regression is expected. Le[...]Keep on reading: Mike Leake (SP, CIN) – Waiver Wire Analysis

This article references A, Brandon Morrow, Danny Duffy, Danny Salazar, Mike Leake, San Diego Padres, Travis Wood and more! Week 5 Waiver Wire Starting Pitchers Welcome back for another addition of Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups. We’re onto week 5 and hopefully you’ve snagged some of the pitchers mentioned in our previous articles. We’ve got another set of starting pitchers to consider for your roster, either as streamers, backend SPs for deep leagues, or a potential ace starter if you're in a league where he's available.  Let’s get to it. In this week’s edition, I’ll present a few options that[...]Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups and Analysis: Week 5 (Duffy, Morrow, Leake, Wood)

This article references A, Archie Bradley, Chris Heston, Dillon Gee, J.A. Happ, Jeff Locke, Jimmy Nelson, Josh Collmenter, Kyle Hendricks, Madison Bumgarner, Mike Leake, Rafael Montero and more! Just last year the Kansas City Royals were America’s darlings. Having secured the second playoff berth in the waning days of the season, KC ripped off eight straight wins to steamroll their way to the [...]Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 4 (Part 1)

This article references A, Alfredo Simon, Brandon Morrow, Brandon Phillips, Brett Anderson, Carlos Martinez, Dustin McGowan, James Paxton, Jerome Williams, Jesse Chavez, Joey Votto, Kendall Graveman, Kyle Lohse, Mike Leake and more! There is a saying during the NBA playoffs: ‘It ain’t a series until the home team loses,’ or something like that. There is a similar saying for MLB that goes, “it ain’t a season until a manager melts down.” Okay maybe that saying doesn’t exist. But it sure feels like it does. Recently, Reds manager Bryan Price unleashed a profanity-laced tirade against Reds beat reporter C. Trent Rosecrans and the media. Seemingly blaming Rosecrans for his team’s miscues, Price dropped a certa[...]Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 3 (Part 2)

This article references Aaron Harang, Bartolo Colon, Carlos Martinez, Daniel Norris, Danny Duffy, Dillon Gee, Jarred Cosart, Jimmy Nelson, Jordan Lyles, Kris Bryant, Mike Leake, Tommy La Stella, Tommy Milone and more! Now that we’ve all finished filing our taxes for the year, we can turn our attention to the next big baseball story. And there is no bigger story that what will probably happen in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field on Friday. [...]Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 2 (Part 2)

This article references Andrew Heaney, Carlos Correa, Carlos Rodon, Chris Sale, Corey Seager, Hector Noesi, Hector Santiago, Jed Lowrie, Jimmy Rollins, John Danks, Juan Uribe, Kris Bryant, Mark Appel, Michael Lorenzen, Mike Leake, Robert Stephenson and more! The Minor League Spotlight looks at players who had a very good week who can make a potential impact for fantasy owners in 2015. Just a quick heads-up -- Kris Bryant is not on this list. Yes he had a good week, but we all know that Kris Bryant is great and this Friday/weekend he will likely be called up to the Major League club. Here are some of the top Minor League performers you should keep in mind for fantasy baseball from the first week of MiLB action.   Andrew Heaney – (SP, [...]Keep on reading: Minor Leagues Spotlight: Top Fantasy Prospects from Week 1

This article references A.j. Pierzynski, Aaron Harang, Alex Rodriguez, Brandon McCarthy, Brandon Moss, Carlos Santana, Daniel Norris, Danny Duffy, Eddie Butler, Jacob deGrom, Jeremy Hellickson, Jordan Zimmerman, Josh Donaldson, Mark Teixeira, Matt Harvey, Mike Leake, San Diego Padres, Scott Feldman, Tim Hudson, Tom Koehler, Yoenis Cespedes and more! Quality over quantity. Every fantasy owner knows this. When looking at the starting pitcher free agent waiver wire, you would like to have a guy that is going to be on the mound more than once. Most teams are going to have a couple of starters pitching twice in a given week which in turn raises their value as a streaming option. In this new weekly column, I’ll be looking at my top five two-start pitchers that you should stream for your team next week. Of note, these players are selected bas[...]Keep on reading: Top Five Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week Two

This article references Adam Wainwright, Alex Cobb, Alex Wood, Andrew Cashner, Anibal Sanchez, Bartolo Colon, Brandon McCarthy, Carlos Carrasco, Carlos Martinez, Chris Archer, Chris Sale, Chris Tillman, Clay Buchholz, Clayton Kershaw, Cole Hamels, Collin McHugh, Corey Kluber, Dallas Keuchel, Dan Haren, Danny Duffy, Danny Salazar, David Price, Derek Holland, Doug Fister, Drew Hutchison, Drew Pomeranz, Drew Smyly, Ervin Santana, Felix Hernandez, Francisco Liriano, Garrett Richards, Gerrit Cole, Gio Gonzalez, Henderson Alvarez, Hisashi Iwakuma, Homer Bailey, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Ian Kennedy, Jacob deGrom, Jake Arrieta, Jake Odorizzi, Jake Peavy, James Paxton, James Shields, Jason Hammel, Jeff Samardzija, Jered Weaver, Jesse Hahn, Jimmy Nelson, John Lackey, Johnny Cueto, Jon Lester, Jordan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann, Jose Fernandez, Jose Quintana, Julio Teheran, Justin Masterson, Justin Verlander, Kevin Gausman, Kyle Hendricks, Kyle Lohse, Lance Lynn, Madison Bumgarner, Masahiro Tanaka, Mat Latos, Matt Cain, Matt Garza, Matt Harvey, Matt Shoemaker, Max Scherzer, Michael Pineda, Michael Wacha, Mike Fiers, Mike Leake, Mike Minor, Nathan Eovaldi, Phil Hughes, R.A. Dickey, Rick Porcello and more! What's up RotoBallers. The MLB season is right around the corner, and this is the home stretch for our fantasy baseball drafts.  There has been a lot of recent news around MLB, so I thought I'd take a few minutes and give you our updated 2015 starting pitcher rankings for your fantasy baseball drafts. These updated starting pitcher rankings are based on a combination of recent injuries, spring training performances and players winning/losing position battles. I think it's a pretty solid list[...]Keep on reading: 2015 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings: Top 100

This article references Alfredo Simon, Homer Bailey, Jason Marquis, Johnny Cueto, Mat Latos, Mike Leake, Paul Maholm, Tony Cingrani and more! After Latos and Simon were traded and Bailey was injured and deemed unable to start by Opening Day, the Reds have 3 rotation spots open with Cueto and Leake manning the top two positions. Early in the offseason, it looked as if Tony Cingrani and newly-acquired Anthony DeSclafani would be the choices for the spots with Simon and Latos being gone. On March 16, Cingrani was scratched from his Spring Training start (with Raicel Iglesias getting the nod) and was moved to the bullpen. Reds’ manag[...]Keep on reading: Reds Share Details on Rotation Plans: Cingrani to the Pen