Tristan H. Cockcroft

Fantasy baseball 's Week 7 brings us "Rivalry Weekend," the three-day, May 15-17 span which pits designated rivals against one another, played across 12 interleague series and three regional intraleague matchups.

The prospect parade continued over the past week, as a pair of rookies making their MLB debuts emerged as prime pickups in fantasy baseball leagues of all stripes.

What has happened to our stars? OK, OK, Aaron Judge -- fantasy baseball's No. 2 overall pick on average, and two-time defending American League Most Valuable Player -- has been fine thus far.

Get ready for a busy week heading into Memorial Day weekend, as fantasy baseball 's Week 8 has 12 of the 30 teams scheduled to play seven games and the remaining 18 each set to play six times.

The prospect parade continued over the past week as the month of May seems to be the time when teams will choose to promote their top prospects under the league's new incentive rules.

The top players you should consider claiming off the fantasy baseball waiver wire this week.

Memorial Day kicks off fantasy baseball's Week 9, and with it comes an early start to the week, with the first of seven day games (among 13 total for the day) scheduled for 1:35 p.m.

Stay ahead of the game and optimize your fantasy baseball hitters with our forecaster, which provides a rolling 10-day outlook of every team's hitting matchups as well as the potential for stolen bases.

Injuries have struck the Chicago Cubs ' rotation hard this season, from Cade Horton 's UCL repair with InternalBrace in April to Matthew Boyd 's

It has been quite the season thus far for young pitchers. Jacob Misiorowski , the 24-year-old ace of the Milwaukee Brewers , leads the majors with 108 strikeouts and a 41.9% K rate.