This article references A, Adam Warren, Chase Anderson, Chris Heston, Jaime Garcia, Jimmy Nelson, Jon Niese, Kyle Hendricks, Mark Trumbo, Mike Bolsinger, Mike Pelfrey, Paul Goldschmidt, Ryan Vogelsong, Shaun Marcum, SP, Tanner Roark, Wandy Rodriguez and more! For fantasy owners in an auction league, now is the time to blow your budget. Owners will usually spend a large percentage of their budget early in the season when it appears that players are due for huge years. As the means of regression averages out for a lot of these players, spot starters and early season call-ups make huge contributions in short term spans. Any type of edge that a fantasy owner can get at this time of the year is so important and can make the difference between raising a ch[...]Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 10 (Part 2)

This article references A, Ryan Vogelsong and more! Baller Move: Add in Deep Leagues Only Owned In: 14% of Fleaflicker Leagues Analysis: 37-Year-old veteran pitcher Ryan Vogelsong has quietly had a nice stretch of starts over the past month, that has started to garner some attention from fantasy owners. While he has never been a high volume strikeout pitcher, he’s had a stretch of allowing just three or fewer runs in eight of his last ten starts. Since he doesn’t get a lot of strikeouts, he relies heavily on his defense which has pi[...]Keep on reading: Ryan Vogelsong (SFG)

This article references A, Archie Bradley, Brett Oberholtzer, Bryce Harper, Kyle Hendricks, Mike Pelfrey, Phil Hughes, Ryan Vogelsong, Scott Feldman, Severino Gonzalez, SP and more! Quality over quantity. Every fantasy owner knows this. But when looking at the starting pitcher free agent waiver wire for the coming week, ideally you’d like to have a guy that is going to be on the mound more than once. Most teams are going to have a couple of starters pitching twice in a week, which in turn raises their value as streaming options and weekly sleepers. In this weekly column, I’ll be looking at my top five two-start pitchers that you should consider streaming for your fan[...]Keep on reading: Top Five Two-Start Pitcher Streamers & Sleepers for Week Nine

This article references DEF, Jake Peavy, Lance Berkman, Madison Bumgarner, Matt Cain, Ryan Vogelsong, SP, Tim Hudson, Tim Lincecum, Yusmeiro Petit and more! After flirting with the Astros and almost ending up in Houston, starting pitcher Ryan Vogelsong has decided to return to the defending World Series Champions, inking a one-year, $4 million deal to remain a Giant for the fifth year in a row. The contract is also filled with incentives.#sfgiants: $4 million deal brings happy return for Vogelsongs http://t.co/5q2fvHUEor via @sfchronicle-- Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) January 24, 2015 Vogelsong stays with the Giants despite t[...] Keep on reading: Giants Lure Back Vogelsong on One-Year Deal

This article references Adam Wainwright, Danny Duffy, Edinson Volquez, Eric Stults, Giancarlo Stanton, Josh Collmenter, Nick Tepesch, Nick Tropeano, Ryan Vogelsong, SP, WR and more! It's a bittersweet moment for me. I love doing these columns for RotoBaller, but unfortunately the fantasy baseball season is just about over.  I've savored every moment preparing and drafting my selections for you, and I'm excited to do it again next year.  I hope you've enjoyed reading these selections as much as I have liked writing them.  If you have any suggestions or comments on how to improve for next season, I'm all ears.  Actually, I guess I'm all eyes.Below are some[...] Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 26 (Part 2)

This article references 2B, Dillon Gee, Hector Santiago, Jose Ramirez, Ryan Vogelsong, Scott Feldman, SP and more! Summer is over and the last weeks of the baseball season are upon us. How do you close out the season in style? By picking up the right sleepers at the right time. If you are a fantasy deep league player, do your homework and find the right September call up to help your fantasy baseball team. Scott Feldman, SP, Houston AstrosOwned in 9% of Yahoo LeaguesWith the wheels falling off of the Astros, Scott Feldman has been one of the few stabilizing forces. I was actually expecting [...] Keep on reading: Fantasy Baseball Deep League Waiver Wire Pickups

This article references DEF, Jarred Cosart, Nathan Eovaldi, Roenis Elias, Ryan Vogelsong, SP, T.J. House, Vance Worley and more! This season could present one of the best finishes in recent memory. As far as division winners, it's becoming clear that Washington and Baltimore will more than likely take theirs, but every other division race could come down to the final days.  As for the wild card chases, it appears the frontrunners are set for the first wild card slot but both leagues have several teams jockeying for that second spot.  Even my weekly punching bag Yankees are making things interesting in a crowded AL [...] Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 21 (Part 1)

This article references Brandon McCarthy, Bud Norris, Clayton Kershaw, Drew Smyly, Joe Kelly, Jon Niese, Kevin Kiermaier, Marcus Stroman, Miguel Gonzalez, Roberto Hernandez, Ryan Vogelsong, SP and more! Tampa Rays manager Joe Maddon has never been one to follow conventional thinking. The Rays, winners of their last seven, just completed a two-game sweep of the Cardinals in St. Louis, and Maddon's starting lineups for the series had his starting pitchers hitting eighth followed by Kevin Kiermaier in the nine-hole.  [...] Keep on reading: Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 17 (Part 2)

This article references Bud Norris, Jake Odorizzi, Jon Niese, Ryan Vogelsong, SP, Yadier Molina and more! This piece focuses on the best two-start starting pitcher streamers and streamer waiver wire pickups for week 17 of fantasy baseball. These pitchers are near or below 50% ownership in Yahoo! leagues, and some are ideal for shallow leagues, but most  are under-the-radar starters that can be considered in head-to-head leagues.The first week after the All-Star break always poses some interesting rotation questions for teams, considering everyone has a few days off and managers obviously can't k[...] Keep on reading: 4 Two-Start Starting Pitcher Streamers for Week 17

This article references Chris Archer, Edwin Jackson, Ervin Santana, Homer Bailey, mark buehrle, Masahiro Tanaka, Ricky Nolasco, Ryan Vogelsong, Tyson Ross, Ubaldo Jimenez and more! Watch Out For Pyrite When Mining For GoldThis is the fourth in a series of articles in which we will evaluate potential fantasy baseball sleepers or slumpers by looking at deeper statistics and advanced sabermetrics. Today we are going to try and project four pitchers that should see decreased production in any or all pitching categories, leading to more losses for their fantasy owners. Most, if not all of these pitchers are household names and are heavily owned in all leagues.  If you ow[...] Keep on reading: Fantasy Baseball Pitchers Due For Regression In the 2nd Half