Fantasy Baseball Advice

Happy Monday, Razzball faithful! ‘Tis the season for overreactions! Yes, the sample size for ALL of our statistics is tinier than Jose Altuve’s shower cap. But does that mean we should ignore everything from the opening weekend of MLB games?  Maybe...

The reality, of course, is that 3 or 4 days is such a small percentage of a 6 month season that, barring some significant injury that happens during the first weekend, come September we likely won’t remember those things now causing us such angst. And...

Now that the season has begun, the question turns to what to do in this space each week. At least once a month, I will provide an update on how I rank guys across the various positions. But as we are just a few days into the season, it seems a bit soon to...

Eleven years ago, I wrote, “The Rockies made official what seemed inevitable for the last week, Trevor Story will be the starting shortstop in Colorado. As a visiting dignitary gets a key to the city, Story earned the shortstop job and was handed one...

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.It's only been a few days of 2026 baseball, and yet it feels like we are surrounded by data points! Many of you are trying to grasp what's real and address identified weaknesses from draft day....

Welcome, everyone, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 1 of the 2026 season (March 30 - April 5). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo! leagues. For deeper leagues,...

Week One was a truncated one with only three or four games for most of your fantasy players. I'm going to pretend like we have enough data to know who will have a big year after only one series, but we've seen enough to anticipate the lineup trends and matchups...

Welcome, RotoBallers, to our H2H points fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for hitters for Week 1 of the 2026 season. These fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups are for the week of March 30 - April 5, looking at players below ~50 percent rostered on ESPN...

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our Cut List Rankings for fantasy baseball Week 1 of the 2026 MLB season. Even though the season is just getting started, several players have been demoted to Triple-A after spring training or have suffered severe injuries, which...

Opening Day is officially in the books, and the first few days of the MLB season have been action packed. Don't panic if your team underperformed the first week; there is still plenty of baseball to be played. There were some key injuries that popped up, such...

With the first week of the MLB season in the books, it's time to look to the waiver wire. In this piece, we will spotlight the top hitters, pitchers, and closers to pick up as suggested by our RotoBaller MLB staff.This week, we saw a top prospect emerge as...

While we’ve leaned into robot references with the tools from the beginning, the Razzball brand persona from the start has always been more human: The guy in your home league who makes you laugh and actually knows what they are doing. Please, blog, may...

Every baseball season begins the same way, with a handful of three game series and the complete collapse of rational thought. It takes approximately 48 hours for someone to become a .400 hitter future MVP, another player to start 1-for-15 and become “mechanically...

Welcome to my first edition of the top prospect performers. Usually, we will look at three prospects performing exceptionally well in the minors who are worth knowing for fantasy purposes. However, with the season just starting, there's not a whole lot of...

I’m back! I debuted with my first waiver wire article yesterday, but this is the article that made me famous. Well, famous to my mom and grandparents, but that’s all the love that I need. In any case, we’re back with streamers this season!...

Welcome back, RotoBallers! Thank heavens baseball is back; it was too long without it, and now we are in full swing. Opening Day went well for me, and I hope I can continue to capitalize on some great spots throughout the league. We are getting into teams'...

Youngsters have been the story of the early season, aided by the odd three-part structure of “opening day” in 2026 but mostly due to their on-field excellence.  Cardinals SS JJ Wetherholt batted leadoff and hit a 425-foot home run on opening...

You probably recognize me from my typical Streamers piece, but I’ve added this waiver wire article to my ledger. I can’t wait to dive into it this season because I have so much to say every week when it comes to fantasy baseball! Please, blog,...

Who is Kevin McGonigle? For the blind, he is vision. For the hungry, he is the chef. For the thirsty, he is water. For me, he is the greatest hitter ever. In all seriousness, I am not going to spend too much time discussing McGonigle in this piece because...