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Week 5 Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups: PPR Leagues
What's up RotoBallers. Welcome to my deeper PPR league sleepers column for Week 5 of the NFL season. In this weekly article we are going to take a look at some deeper waiver wire options for PPR leagues, who could help out your team in this upcoming week. Injuries have been mounting all over the league, giving... Read More
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The Cut List (Week 5): Players To Consider Cutting Bait On
Do you ever find yourself knowing exactly who you want to add to your team to make it that much more awesome, but you have not a single clue on who to give the boot? If so, you are in the right place as The Cut List--brought to you each week by All Stats A... Read More
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Lessons Learned From Our Deeper Waiver Wire Adds (American League)
With the season wrapping up this weekend, I wanted to take a moment in this final entry in the column this year to reflect on the 2016 fantasy season in terms of deep AL-only cuts. Quite a few fantasy relevant players made their way into this column this season, including more than a handful that transformed... Read More
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Week 4 Deeper PPR Waiver Wire Pickups
Week 4 brings to us the first bye week of the season, as the Eagles and Packers will be binge-watching Netflix's Luke Cage, premiering this Friday. Okay, maybe I'm projecting as that will be how I spent my non-parenting hours this weekend, but the possibility still exists. Much like this bye week open up some... Read More
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The Cut List (Week 4): Players To Consider Cutting Bait On
The All Stats A Salad boys--RotoBaller's Tony Peters and Ben Hamren-- are back with another installment of The Cut List. The NFL is a fiercely competitive place to be a part of and play within. With a limited amount of games to work with, teams don't have the liberty to keep running out a poor... Read More
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The Cut List (Week 3): Players To Consider Cutting Bait On
What's up RotoBallers. Welcome to the fantasy football Cut List column for Week 3. Each week, Tony Peters (that's me) and Ben Hamren - both from the All Stats A Salad fantasy football podcast - will break down a list of players to target as potentially droppable, replaceable assets. We'll be spicing up the usual stat-first column... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 25 (American League)
The Athletics may have one of the worst records in the Majors this year at 66-84 going into Tuesday, and they may be 22.5 games behind the first place Rangers. But with the team striking gold multiple times this year with inexperienced and rookie players during the second half--including third baseman Ryon Healy, starting pitcher... Read More
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Week 3 Deeper PPR Waiver Wire Pickups
Entering the third week of the fantasy football season, this week's deeper PPR waiver wire column sees a mix of veterans enjoying early success and young whippersnappers pushing for bigger roles and more of those tasty, tasty targets. Sure, the names one would expect to dominate the fantasy scoreboards this year have been disappointing, but there's... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 24 (American League)
With the fantasy season coming to a close, the waiver wire for many a league is in the middle of a dry spell. But just because the well is low on water doesn't mean our rosters don't thirst for fresh innings and at-bats. Below are some names to consider to help fill some holes between... Read More
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Deeper PPR and Standard Waiver Wire Pickups (Week 2)
With Week 1 fully in the bag, we finally have some actual, real, honest-to-goodness stats to go over instead of preseason nonsense and on-paper predictions. Here are some names to consider plucking off your waiver wire for Week 2 if the injury, ineffective or not active bug went "nom nom nom" on any piece of... Read More
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New York Giants (DEF, NYG) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Stream in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 10% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Most owners are rolling out the defense they drafted for Week 1, but if for some reason that pick doesn't excite, the Giants are a safe bet not to come up empty-handed against the Cowboys. A team that gave up the third-most... Read More
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Victor Cruz (WR, NYG) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 17% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Victor Cruz hasn't played in the NFL since 2014, which doesn't bode well for his ability to impact a fantasy football team anytime soon. When Cruz was healthy, however, he was a magnet for Eli Manning, pulling down 214 balls for 3,626... Read More
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Javorius Allen (RB, BAL) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12- and 14-Team Leagues OWNED IN: 9% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Regardless of whether the Ravens’ starting running back role is handed to Justin Forsett, who was cut last week and then re-signed for less money, or Terrance West, who hasn't been a fantasy useful player since his rookie season with the Browns... Read More
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Sam Bradford (QB, MIN) - NFL Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14- and 16-Team Leagues, 2QB Leagues OWNED IN: 8% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: With original starter Teddy Bridgewater on the injured reserve, the Vikings’ quarterback job should eventually belong to Sam Bradford— Shaun Hill is expected to start Week 1. After putting up what is arguably his best season as a pro last... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 23 (American League)
For many fantasy players like myself, the playoffs are starting this week. As a member of a head-to-head league, my next two weeks are against the same team, one that employs the opposite theory on pitching I do. I always carry it in abundance and rotate my staff, while his staff is equal part starter,... Read More
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Deeper PPR Draft Values & Early Waiver Wire Pickups
Welcome to the 2016 fantasy football season! With Week 1 almost upon us, the wait for the first kickoff is only days away. At this point, you're either getting ready for your final fantasy football drafts, or have already drafted your teams and are now ready to analyze the waiver wire for any overlooked players... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 22 (American League)
With the final full month of baseball about to begin, it's time to scrap up together the best roster one can muster to either hold off or fuel any last minute runs at the crown or to prepare for the impending fantasy playoffs. Here are some names to consider before the big prospect rush when... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 21 (American League)
We are one week away from the September 1st roster expansion date, when all teams bring up a ton of new players into the fantasy baseball player pool as everyone makes a mad dash for the finish line. Before that influx of talent clouds our attention, here are some players surging into September, most of... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 20 (American League)
With the September 1st roster expansion only a couple short weeks away, this column is about to get a huge influx of talent and names. While most of the call-ups won't push the fantasy needle either way, there will be some lottery tickets that hit pay dirt, rewarding their owners with that sweet, sweet loot.... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 19 (American League)
As unbelievable as it seems, the fantasy baseball season is entering its final weeks as we enter mid-August. Teams still in contention or those who just manage for the thrill of it aren't in any less need for new players as they were when the season began, and the end of 2016 has plenty of... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 18 (American League)
While the August 1st trade deadline has come and gone, the dust isn't about settle as the ramifications of all the moves as just starting to materialize. What the big ticket waiver wire additions players such as new Rangers additions catcher Jonathan Lucroy and reliever Jeremy Jeffress and starting pitcher Francisco Liriano will impact is... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 17 (American League)
As the August 1st trade deadline approaches, the internet has been abuzz with all the rumors and whispers regarding which players could be on the move. These moves are particularly of interest to single-league owners, where trades potentially bring in new players to the waiver wire. Trades also create new opportunities for different players to... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 16 (American League)
As a long-standing fan of WWE (despite and in spite of its glaring issues), I am excited for the roster draft that shall have already happened by the time this comes out. In an attempt to shake up stagnant TV ratings, the company is holding a roster draft live Tuesday night where two on-site general... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 15 (American League)
The American League came out victorious in the 2016 All-Star Game Tuesday, winning by the final score of 4-2. With home runs from the Royals' Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez, Danny Salazar's clean second inning was all he needed to go home with the win. Though the outcome of the game has no fantasy effect,... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 14 (American League)
As we wrap up the final week of games before the All-Star Break, it is time to start preparing for the second half. One of the best ways to do that is pluck up a few lottery tickets in hopes of striking big on a second half savior or two. With that in mind, take... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 13 (American League)
As we pull into Week 13, the gaps between ourselves and our opponents are becoming clearer. Whether your team is in the middle of the pack trying to pull up or a leader trying to fight back the competition, roster maintenance becomes more and more important. Here are some roster lottery tickets that can help... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 12 (American League)
June has brought with it a fair share of unforeseen injuries. Injuries to very important, integral players. Jose Bautista, J.D. Martinez, Steve Pearce and Yu Darvish are among those recently added to the DL. Others like Juan Uribe and Taijuan Walker have been day-to-day recently with their injuries. If you need to fill an unexpected roster... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 11 (American League)
The year's biggest video game event, E3, is going on during Week 11 of the fantasy baseball season, bringing with it more than its share of surprises. A new Spider-Man game, a game starring The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus called Death Stranding and a new Dead Rising game all took this writer by surprise. The... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 10 (American League)
There's no denying the draw of a major star in fantasy baseball. The top players in the AL--guys like Mike Trout, Chris Sale and Jose Altuve--make up the back bone of the great fantasy teams. Most every successful team needs at least one. With July inching closer every day, the ability to make up significant... Read More
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Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week Nine (American League)
While doing research for this article, specifically Royals new third baseman Whit Merrifield, I remembered my AL-only league's waiver period was still open for a little longer and immediately made a claim. I had been putting off the waiver wire for most of the last week and was in need of throwing some rotting carcasses... Read More
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