Joe Ryan (SP, MIN) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 180 CURRENT ADP: ~212 overall ANALYSIS: Ryan was part of the trade that saw Nelson Cruz head to the Rays and Ryan had yet to make his MLB debut prior to the trade. He only made five starts for the Twins (26.2 IP), but impressed with a 4.05 ERA, 0.79 […]

Seth Beer (DH, ARI) - Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 425 CURRENT ADP: ~518 overall ANALYSIS: The universal DH will likely give Beer a route to regular playing time and he's certainly making a case for himself in Spring. Through 11 games, Beer has a .474/.565/.842 line with one homer and four doubles. In his first year as a pro, […]

Jamie Steed's Bold Predictions for 2022 Fantasy Baseball

Bold predictions can be the key to fantasy seasons. Predicting players who will outperform or underperform expectations by extreme amounts can win leagues. Bold predictions can also be entirely unhelpful, speculative thoughts that are just fun to consider. And the latter is what these are! Sort of. I'm not going to tell you I think Vladimir […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 31: English Premier League

The EPL is back after an international break and we're looking to pick up from where we left off a fortnight ago. In a shortened slate, we started off with a loss after Wolves led 2-0 but were controversially reduced to ten men and ended up losing 3-2. But, we managed to bag healthy profits […]

Seiya Suzuki Signs with Chicago Cubs - Fantasy Baseball Impact

Not since Shohei Ohtani signed with the Los Angeles Angels has there been so much hype and expectation about a Japanese player heading to the MLB. And Seiya Suzuki certainly has the makeup to be a star. Maybe not quite as big a star as Ohtani, but a star nonetheless. Suzuki already warmed himself to […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 30: English Premier League

Last week didn't quite go our way. Despite picking winners in all three games, we finished with a 72.5% ROI. That wasn't helped by Southampton's shock 2-1 home defeat against Watford where one less yellow card or one more goal would've seen us secure a profit on the game. It was a similar tale with […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 29: English Premier League

Last week didn't go as we had hoped. We did expect goals in the Aston Villa versus Southampton game. Unfortunately, all four were scored by Villa. Then Norwich signed their own relegation agreement by losing comprehensively at home to Brentford, although we did manage to salvage some wins in both games. But our biggest losing […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 28: English Premier League

It was nice to get back to winning ways last weekend with a 118.5% ROI. Southampton kicked things off on Friday with a 2-0 win against Norwich City (a scoreline we correctly predicted). Then Saturday saw us bag another nice winner with underdogs Newcastle United beating Brentford. Wolves let us down on Sunday after changing […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 27: English Premier League

Matchweek 26 started so brightly, but soon faded into darkness. After underdogs Newcastle United drew at West Ham United to kick the weekend off (as we backed), we were sat on a nice early profit. Unfortunately, Everton failed to show any fight against Southampton and Aston Villa were stunned at home against lowly Watford, leaving […]

Fantasy Premier League: Staff Roundtable - Gameweek 27

Welcome to Gameweek 27, RotoBallers! This season, we are expanding our soccer coverage to include the great game of Fantasy Premier League. So, if you are a seasoned veteran, or a rookie navigating your first campaign, we will set you right as we look to acquire those weekend-making green arrows and avoid the doom and […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 26: English Premier League

It was another one of our patented "nearly weeks" last weekend, with us denied a profit by inches. Firstly, Leeds United hit the woodwork twice and if either effort found its way in, we'd have bagged a nice profit on the game. Then Aston Villa were denied an equalizer against Newcastle by the most marginal […]

Fantasy Premier League: Staff Roundtable - Gameweek 26

Welcome to Gameweek 26, RotoBallers! This season, we are expanding our soccer coverage to include the great game of Fantasy Premier League. So, if you are a seasoned veteran, or a rookie navigating your first campaign, we will set you right as we look to acquire those weekend-making green arrows and avoid the doom and […]

Fantasy Premier League: Staff Roundtable - Gameweek 25

Welcome to Gameweek 25, RotoBallers! This season, we are expanding our soccer coverage to include the great game of Fantasy Premier League. So, if you are a seasoned veteran, or a rookie navigating your first campaign, we will set you right as we look to acquire those weekend-making green arrows and avoid the doom and […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 25: English Premier League

The Premier League was back with a bang in midweek and despite only hitting on one of our four games, we still came away with a profit. That's because of Crystal Palace's 'come from behind draw' at Norwich City, which we predicted in full and bagged us over a 500% ROI. Unfortunately, it was our […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 24: English Premier League

We're back after a short hiatus due to the PL taking a short break followed by the FA Cup Fourth Round ties at the weekend. We also have a shortened matchweek with just nine games on due to Chelsea's participation in the World Club Championship. But there's still some intriguing games to get through. Back […]

Fantasy Premier League: Staff Roundtable - Gameweek 24

Welcome to Gameweek 24, Rotoballers! This season, we are expanding our soccer coverage to include the great game of Fantasy Premier League. So, if you are a seasoned veteran, or a rookie navigating your first campaign, we will set you right as we look to acquire those weekend-making green arrows and avoid the doom and […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 23: English Premier League

After seeing one of our three games chosen get postponed, we managed to eek out a small profit on the weekend. Despite losing to Wolves, Southampton comfortably won more corners and secured us one pick inside the opening 15 minutes. We made a small loss on the Newcastle United versus Watford game even with two […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 22: English Premier League

After a short break for the FA Cup third round, we're back at it with a full EPL schedule as well as some additional catch-up games in midweek. That's something we should expect more of with around 20 postponed games needing to be played at some point. We still have the threat of covid causing […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 21: English Premier League

Another tough matchweek where we nearly bagged a nice profit. It started well with Watford and West Ham bagging us a profit in the first half and if Emmanuel Dennis scored his one-on-one in the last minute, we would have doubled our money on the game. Then Tottenham was denied a second-half winner with the […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 20: English Premier League

It was a rough Boxing Day for us. With two of our three games postponed due to covid issues, we were left with one match and unfortunately, failed to bag a single pick. A Brentford second-half goal would've seen us make a profit but despite numerous chances, they failed to score and we took what […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 19: English Premier League

We reach the halfway point of the season (minus some postponements that need making up) and it's the perfect time to wish you all a Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it and a happy holiday period to anyone who doesn't. After last week's schedule was heavily impacted by covid postponements, we changed our usual […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 18: English Premier League

As if we needed reminding how fine the margins are in betting on soccer, we received a dose of it in midweek. With the Tottenham versus Leicester City game postponed, we were down to two games this week. We did hit a profit on the Crystal Palace versus Southampton game but one more corner in […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 17: English Premier League

A mixed bag for us last weekend. Friday saw us correctly predict the score and get all four picks correct as Brentford beat Watford. On Sunday, we failed to get any picks as Newcastle United was trounced 4-0 at Leicester City. The away team was on top until a questionable penalty allowed Leicester to lead […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 16: English Premier League

Never did a profitable week feel as hollow as last weekend. We bagged a small profit on Newcastle beating Burnley, a good profit on Aston Villa beating Leicester City and a decent profit on the parlays. But the Southampton versus Brighton game brought us heartbreak. Brighton's 98th (yes, 98th) minute equalizer denied us from having […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 15: English Premier League

The games keep coming thick and fast this time of year. The midweek games weren't kind to us as we made a small loss, but it stemmed the bleeding from the previous weeks. Newcastle's early red card didn't help with our Jonjo Shelvey prop but Norwich did avoid defeat and should've won it late which […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 14: English Premier League

Not the weekend we wanted as matchweek 13 was indeed unlucky for us. Leeds' goalless draw with Brighton saw us bag a healthy profit but earlier in the day, we had our first blank of the season with all five picks in the Wolves versus Norwich City game failing. A second-half Raul Jimenez goal would've […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 13: English Premier League

Last weekend was another case of "so near, yet so far". We bagged a profit in the Newcastle and Brentford game but would've had a huge game if Callum Wilson didn't have an effort cleared off the goalline. West Ham United let us down, losing 1-0 to Wolves. Jarrod Bowen had one effort on target, […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 12: English Premier League

We're back after the international break and hopefully, we'll have a turnaround in fortunes. The last matchweek was one of "if only's". We correctly predicted Norwich would pick up their first win of the season but the other match picks failed to cash. We managed to bag two picks in the Wolves and Crystal Palace […]

End of Season Report Card - Starting Pitchers

Back in late April, I published the early season report card. It was a look at how the top drafted starting pitchers began their seasons and what we could expect from them moving forward. At the All-Star break in July, we revisited them and updated their grades with a midseason report card. We also provided […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 11: English Premier League

Not quite the weekend we were hoping for. Despite favoring Burnley to beat Brentford (slightly), I didn't see them going 3-0 up and running out comfortable winners. Thankfully, the corners pick came in still and Bryan Mbeumo didn't play which voided one bet also. Meanwhile, Watford failed to build on their 5-2 win the week […]