This article references Bronson Arroyo, Cliff Lee, Jordan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann, Marcus Stroman, Masahiro Tanaka, Stephen Strasburg, Tanner Roark, Yu Darvish, Zack Wheeler and more! The Plague of Failing Elbows Since the beginning of spring training, we have seen starting pitchers Yu Darvish, Marcus Stroman, Cliff Lee, and Zack Wheeler all go down with with injuries. This, along with the outbreak of Tommy John surgeries in baseball the past few seasons, has left fantasy owners searching for "safe" starting pitching. How do we weed out the risks to ensure a healthy rotation? The simple answer to this question is to not draft pitchers with injury concerns. Stroman [...]Keep on reading: Fantasy Baseball Draft Plans: The Lessons Of Starting Pitcher Injuries

This article references Andrew Cashner, Andrew McCutchen, Chris Sale, Clayton Kershaw, Cliff Lee, Collin McHugh, Dallas Keuchel, Felix Hernandez, Gerrit Cole, Giancarlo Stanton, Homer Bailey, jose reye, Jose Reyes, Marcus Stroman, Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Wacha, Sonny Gray, Tyson Ross, Yordano Ventura, Yu Darvish, Zack Cozart and more! [...]Keep on reading: Wait. On. Pitchers. (Until Rounds 7-8) – 2015 Fantasy Baseball Strategy

This article references Adam Wainwright, Carlos Carrasco, Chris Sale, Henderson Alvarez, Jesse Hahn, Jose Fernandez, Marcus Stroman, Michael Pineda, Michael Wacha, Yu Darvish and more! [...]Keep on reading: Five Starting Pitcher Sleepers for 2015

This article references Adeiny Hechavarria, Adrian Beltre, Cole Hamels, Craig Kimbrel, David Robertson, Hanley Ramirez, Jonathan Papelbon, Jurickson Profar, Prince Fielder, Shin-soo Choo, Troy Tulowitzki, Yu Darvish and more! The Landscape Trades: they're the worst nightmare of AL and NL-Only League owners. But even in standard leagues, a player’s value can drastically change depending on his location. Often, players are traded from a bad team to a good situation. Other times, productive players are put into less important roles – a fantasy killer! Let’s take a look at five possible trade targets and how trades could affect their value. Cole Hamels Cole Hamels is the obvious one here; he’s been involv[...]Keep on reading: Five MLB Trade Candidates to Monitor

Yu Darvish, Marcus Stroman, and Gavin Floyd have injuries that leave their teams high and dry. Can these squads overcome the losses?

This article references Colby Lewis, Derek Holland, Ross Detwiler, SP, Yovani Gallardo, Yu Darvish and more! This might be another throw-away season for the Texas Rangers. Staff ace Yu Darvish is considering Tommy John surgery that would surely take him out of commission for all of 2015, perhaps even longer. The elbow inflammation that prompted the Rangers to shut Darvish down late last season now looks like it might be a more serious issue. Tests revealed a sprained ulner collateral ligament in Darvish's right elbow after just 12 pitches in Thursday's spring training matchup against the Kansas City[...]Keep on reading: Yu Darvish Mulling Tommy John Surgery

This article references DEF, Felix Hernandez, SP, WR, Yu Darvish and more! The passionate writers at RotoBaller have been hard at work all preseason churning out 5-6 articles a day, giving you the relevant MLB news and the best fantasy baseball analysis and advice for your 2015 drafts. And they will continue churning milk into sweet cream for the rest of the MLB preseason. But on this Monday morning, we stare at the beginning of March and right around the corner from spring training games and the MLB season. I very exciting time for us baseball fans. So I'd like[...]Keep on reading: RotoBaller is Obsessed with Baseball and Fantasy Baseball

This article references Felix Hernandez, Hisashi Iwakuma, J.A. Happ, James Paxton, Joe Saunders, Roenis Elias, SP, Taijuan Walker, Yu Darvish and more! Despite having more than enough quality depth for their starting rotation entering 2015, the Seattle Mariners have signed left-handed pitcher Joe Saunders to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. The move marks Saunders’ second stint in Seattle in the past three years. When the southpaw was last a Mariner in 2013, he wasn’t particularly good. He made 32 starts for the club and went 11-16 with a 5.26 ERA and 1.60 WHIP, while recording a poor 107:61 K:BB ratio in 183 i[...]Keep on reading: Saunders Signs Minor League Deal with Mariners

This article references Adam Wainwright, Alex Wood, Carlos Carrasco, Chris Sale, Corey Kluber, Gerrit Cole, Henderson Alvarez, Johnny Cueto, Jon Lester, Julio Teheran, Lance Lynn, Madison Bumgarner, SP, Stephen Strasburg, WR, Yu Darvish and more! The 2015 fantasy baseball season is fast approaching RotoBallers. We are here to provide you with the most current and in-depth analysis every single day leading up to the busy draft season, and the start of the 2015 MLB season.Each and every week, RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph will review the key player news and developments. He'll be bringing you information on the hottest sleepers, waiver wire pickups, closers, injuries, prospects and rankings for all formats including AL-Only and[...] Keep on reading: Analyzing the Top 100 Starting Pitcher (SP) Rankings for 2015

When a rookie hurler comes along and makes 10 starts with one win no one cares. When that same rookie has a 4.95 K/9 mark even fewer likely take note. But, when that same arm produces a 1.95 ERA then everyone is paying attention. So who is Jarred Cosart and what should we be [...]