Boston Red Sox first basemanSteve Pearce (calf) is making good progress. He started the season on the 10-day injured list due to a strained left calf. "He'll play (Monday with Class A Fort Myers)," manager Alex Cora said. "He had a re-gen day (Sunday). He played (Saturday), so he's moving well. I think he's getting closer." The [...]

The RotoBaller Head-to-Head rankings review series winds down with a view of first base through the lens of our three-man expert panel of fantasy accuracy champ Nick Mariano and premier staffers JB Branson and Bill Dubiel.The top tier could conceivably have a new kingpin at any point, and not all of our experts believe it is a true three-man top of the crop. The star power drops off quite quickly at this position, yet it does go deep in terms of power and RBI production.There aremore veteran que[...]

Boston Red Sox first baseman Steve Pearce (calf) is hoping to return for the series against the Diamondbacks that starts on April 5. He can hit fine but still can't run the bases. Sam Travis will platoon at first base against left-handers until Pearce is ready to return. Pearce was the World Series MVP but is an aging platoon player that can be very streaky at the plate. Keep him limited to corner infield depth in AL-only leagues.

Boston Red Sox first baseman Steve Pearce (calf) will start the season on the injured list. Sam Travis will start the season in Pearce's place and could platoon at first with Mitch Moreland against left-handers. Pearce shouldn't be on the shelf for too long to begin the season. He'll turn 36 on April 13 after becoming the unlikely [...]

Boston Red Sox first baseman Steve Pearce (calf) may or may not be with the team come Opening Day on Thursday. [...]

As we enter the final stretch for drafting it is time to take a look at the latest iteration of points leagues rankings from our amazing hard working rankings staff. Starting with the outfield is always fun because there is so much depth at the position, especially if you only require three of them, as many points leagues do. However, even if your league has switched to five outfielders there is still a lot of value, both within the top-60 at the position and below.Points leagues are always toug[...]

Continuing on our points league tiered rankings analysis we move over to the keystone position. Second base has the deepest talent pool that it's seen in recent years as its full of elite bats at the top and high-upside youngsters in the lower tiers. [...]

We continue our fantasy baseball tiered rankings analysis with a look at the star-studded outfield position[...]

We continue our fantasy baseball tiered rankings analysis with the second base position. [...]

The clock ticks ever closer to Opening Day and we here at RotoBaller are back to give one final round of position-by-position analysis with a mixed-league, 5x5 framework. Were going to start at the most glorious position on the field: first base. No, I didnt play first myself, why do you ask? [...]