Welcome, RotoBallers, to our weekly unlikely aces piece looking at several underrated pitchers for fantasy baseball. Each week of the fantasy season, we identify whether emerging pitchers are for real or not. We will review a handful of pitchers each week and break down their recent starts.In this article, we will look at whether Eric Lauer, Adrian Houser, Edward Cabrera, and Sean Manaea are worth grabbing in Week 18 of the fantasy baseball season. All four pitchers have been throwing the ball ...

School is out, summer is here, and the weather has surely let us know that. Just as the weather heats up, so do our fantasy baseball standings. This is the time of year when a lot of us go on vacations, and sometimes our fantasy teams could take a back seat. If your team is in contention, this is not the time of year to let off the gas.When playing in fantasy leagues, paying attention to pickups and drops is sometimes easier to do during the months not named July and August. We all try to win ...

Welcome, RotoBallers, to another installment of the Injured Players to Stash for Fantasy Baseball series as we head into Week 4 of the 2025 MLB season. Today, we list the top 25 high-profile injured MLB players worth stashing in your leagues, including names like Spencer Strider, Ezequiel Tovar, Sean Manaea, and more.Whether managers had to drop these players or they were left off rosters, you can capitalize on your league mates' mistakes. With some savvy moves to begin the year, you can set ...

We'll have a chance to catch our collective breaths soon with the All-Star break almost here. With so many starting pitchers injured right now, the break will allow fantasy managers some time to assess their rosters for the stretch run.Streaming pitchers with favorable matchups is a good way to help offset injuries to your fantasy squad. Are Reese Olson, Sean Manaea, and Yariel Rodriguez just viable streaming options, or could any of them be worth rostering for the long haul?Let's dig into the ...

Finding viable starting pitching options in fantasy baseball continues to be a grind. Injuries have dominated the headlines. One of the bigger names to recently land on the injured list is Zach Eflin (back).Streaming pitchers with favorable matchups is a good way to help offset injuries to your fantasy squad. Are Taj Bradley, Alek Manoah, and Sean Manaea just viable streaming options, or could any of them be worth rostering for the long haul?Let's dig into the stats for these three starters and ...

Sean Manaea has been a solid pitcher throughout his eight-year big-league tenure. His 4.10 ERA fits nicely in the middle-to-back of just about every rotation in baseball. However, his most recent results are middling at best.The Mets added Manaea on a two-year, $28 million pact this winter, adding another new arm to a rotation that saw plenty of turnover over the last several months. The plan is for the 31-year-old to start after he made 10 starts last season that sandwiched 25 relief outings. ...

The San Francisco Giants used lefty Sean Manaea in relief during Monday's 12-3 blowout win over the Chicago White Sox. He came into the game in the seventh for his season debut and allowed three runs on two hits and two walks while striking out one over two innings of work. The Giants signed Manaea in the offseason to a one-year deal, hoping he would bounce back after producing a 4.96 ERA and 1.30 WHIP with 156 strikeouts across 158 innings with the San Diego Padres in 2022. It's unclear if the...

BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 270CURRENT ADP: ~290 overallANALYSIS: All of Manaea's ERA indicators suggest that his 4.96 ERA was not entirely his fault. His xERA of 4.05 and xFIP of 3.96 are both in line with his 3.9 SIERA. Home runs were a big problem as he allowed 29 long balls last season- 15 of which came in his final 57 innings where his ERA ballooned to 6.44 compared to a 4.11 mark through his first 100 innings. That late-season swoon was largely attributed to a major decrease in ...

According to a tweet from The New York Post's Jon Heyman on Sunday, free-agent starting pitcher Sean Manaea is reportedly joining the San Francisco Giants. Heyman tweeted the following on Sunday: "Sean Manaea to Giants. $25M, 2 years. Opt out." The veteran made 30 appearances for the San Diego Padres last season, 28 of which were starts. He logged 158 innings for manager Bob Melvin's club, pitching to a 4.96 ERA, a 4.53 FIP, 156 strikeouts and 50 walks. He'll join a Giants rotation that features...

Even though the Winter Meetings are now behind us, there's still plenty of offseason left when it comes to baseball news and rumors -; especially with a number of the offseason's top free agents still without a team. And that's all without mentioning potential trades as there hasn't been an overabundance of deals made so far. The reports and rumors of free agent interest and trade interest, combined with actual free agent signings and trades, will continue to have significant ramifications for ...