Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Robbie Ray allowed three earned runs, three hits and five walks while recording nine strikeouts over five innings in a no-decision Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He needed 102 pitches to record the five outs, and he threw just eight first-pitch strikes to the 23 batters he faced. The strikeouts were certainly nice for his fantasy owners, but he'll need to cut down on the free passes or he won't be as fortunate to escape with just three runs allowed[...]

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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No matter how much you prepare for a draft, what you do in the heat of the moment can reveal who you like and who you don't. I recently completed two Rotoballer Challenge drafts (there's still time to sign up if you haven't yet) and decided that any player I took in both of them (on different platforms and against different competitors) is probably a player I really believe in.My rosters share a total of seven players, so I better be right about them! The two profiled below are Minnesota 1B C.J.[...]

Fantasy baseball, much like the sport itself, it is one of the more complex to follow closely. Compared to fantasy football, in which nearly every league was head-to-head before the advent of best-ball, fantasy baseball comes in a variety of formats. Many leagues are roto-style, 5x5 category-scoring, with cumulative season-long stats. [...]

Once you reach the later rounds of drafts, you start thinking about upside fliers that can provide a great return on value. These are the rounds to take risks on more unknown commodities like prospects, forgotten-about veterans, players returning from injuries or players that have previously showed promise but haven't put it all together yet. Knowing about the deeper player pool can help you be more flexible throughout the draft, especially if you can identify someone you like and plan your earl[...]