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RotoBaller Mar 16th, 10:16am ET
BALLER MOVE: Target in drafts ~pick 201CURRENT ADP: ~243 overallANALYSIS: Civale was dealt from Cleveland to Tampa Bay last year, finishing 2023 with 122 innings pitched across 23 starts. His 3.46 ERA was the best mark of his career since his rookie season...
RotoBaller Mar 12th, 10:47am ET
BALLER MOVE: Target in drafts ~pick 225CURRENT ADP: ~270 overallANALYSIS: Very few were expecting Cristopher Sanchez to give the Phillies the type of season he did in 2023, with a 3.44 ERA, 3.99 FIP, 1.05 WHIP, 24.2% strikeout rate, and 4% walk rate through...
FanGraphs Mar 10th, 8:00am ET
Plus Bob Melvin on IF throws, Wildfire Schulte, SABR Analytics, Jake Rogers on Tarik Skubal, Jed Hoyer on spring stats, and much more.
RotoBaller Mar 8th, 8:30am ET
Statcast is a valuable tool for fantasy baseball analysis, and it can be easy to look at a stat called "Expected Batting Average" and blindly use it as your projection. Of course, proper use of these metrics is a little more nuanced than that.First, a disclaimer:...
RotoBaller Mar 6th, 9:32am ET
BALLER MOVE: Target in drafts ~pick 271CURRENT ADP: ~298 overallANALYSIS: Kutter Crawford was a pleasant surprise in 2023, with a decent 4.04 ERA, 3.83 FIP, 1.11 WHIP, 25.5% strikeout rate, and 6.8% walk rate. His 284 ADP and previous numbers signal he can...
RotoBaller Mar 4th, 7:30am ET
When you're evaluating a pitcher by Pitch Info on FanGraphs, sometimes you see pitches that don't seem to accomplish anything. If Pitch X is seldom a strike, rarely chased outside of the zone, and not generating whiffs or a favorable batted line against, why...
RotoBaller Feb 29th, 7:30am ET
Spin rate has become one of the most recognizable Statcast metrics, with supporters of a given pitcher highlighting his spin rates to make their case.Unfortunately, the baseball world has done a lousy job of conveying what spin rate really means. The result...
RotoBaller Feb 26th, 9:15am ET
Statcast metrics such as Barrels and Brls/BBE are great ways to evaluate a fantasy baseball batter's performance, so it is only natural to assume that the metrics would be predictive for pitchers as well. As much as batters want to hit a Barrel every time,...
RotoBaller Feb 24th, 9:00am ET
Previously, we looked at how exit velocity is only one piece of the fantasy baseball analysis puzzle. Baseball broadcasts commonly cite Launch Angle (LA) to complement their EV figures, but it is given in terms of degrees. Are we trying to find the hypotenuse...
RotoBaller Feb 22nd, 8:30am ET
If you've watched a baseball broadcast in the Statcast era, you have undoubtedly noticed the broadcasters commenting on a batted ball's exit velocity or EV. Many have taken to using stats like Hard% and Soft% to forecast how a player should be performing,...