🏆 Industry Awards and Nominations
Below are recent industry awards, nominations and honors for RotoBaller and its team of contributors. These award-winning rankings, projections and articles power RotoBaller's suite of tools. Congrats to all of the winners, and a huge thank you to our readers, writers, listeners and customers!
Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA)
Industry Awards
- 12 writing award nominations in 2023, 2 writing awards won
- 5 writing awards won in 2021, tops in the industry
- 13 writing award nominations in 2022
- 13 writing award nominations in 2021, tops in the industry
- 10 writing award nominations in 2020, tops in the industry
- Nominated for Best Radio Show in 2018
- More writing award winners: 2023 (2), 2022 (1), 2020 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (1)
Rankings and Projections Accuracy Awards
Industry Competitions
- 1st place MLB projections accuracy in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 by ATC Projections
- 1st place MLB rankings accuracy in 2018, by Nick Mariano
- 1st place MLB rankings accuracy in 2019, by Ariel Cohen
- 2nd place MLB rankings accuracy in 2023, by Nick Mariano
- 1st place NFL DFS accuracy in 2021
- Top-5 NFL rankings accuracy from 2019-2023, by Nick Mariano
- 5th place NFL rankings accuracy in 2023, by Kev Mahserejian
Industry Awards and Nominations
Congrats to all the winners and nominees, at RotoBaller and across the industry.
🍾 Congrats to RotoBaller's @FSWA award winners!!! Eric, Dan, Spencer and Keith won 5 total awards from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association, tops in the industry 🙏 Thank you to everyone who supports our work, it's a special moment for the #RotoBaller family! pic.twitter.com/sorinKyUUZ
— RotoBaller (@RotoBaller) February 26, 2022
🍾 Congrats Ariel!! @ATCNY with the most accurate projections for the 5TH YEAR IN A ROW! 🤯 https://t.co/5DEkCNbx8v
— RotoBaller (@RotoBaller) January 30, 2024
? The Fantasy Sports Writers Association is announcing its yearly industry awards this week. We're so honored for the 11 nominations that our amazing #RotoBaller team has received this year - what an exciting time! Congrats again to all the finalists and good luck! pic.twitter.com/HCuQ9xr9Hb
— RotoBaller (@RotoBaller) February 8, 2021
For the 3rd straight year, the @ATCProjections have been dubbed as the most accurate baseball projections by @FantasyPros.https://t.co/PWjcgVg4Ku
— Ariel Cohen (@ATCNY) March 24, 2022
Football Writer of the Year finalists
Armando Marsal @Armando_Marsal
JJ Zachariason @LateRoundQB
Eric Samulski @SamskiNYC
Scott Engel @scotteTheKing
Michael Florio @MichaelFFlorio
Vlad Sedler @RotoGut
Jeff Ratcliffe @JeffRatcliffe— FSWA (@FSWA) January 21, 2021
4 years in a row !!! https://t.co/Onl7T9Cx4N
— Ariel Cohen (@ATCNY) February 1, 2023
DFS Writer of the Year finalists
Derek Brown @DBro_FFB
Wes Huber @WesHuberNFL
Scott Barrett @ScottBarrettDFB
Len Hochberg @LenHochberg
Joe Nicely @JoeNicely— FSWA (@FSWA) January 21, 2021
I am very honored to finish #1 for the second straight season in the @FantasyPros projections accuracy competitions! https://t.co/qe0y5qvFg5
— Ariel Cohen (@ATCNY) March 11, 2021
? MOST ACCURATE 2019 FANTASY BASEBALL EXPERTS ?
? 1. @ATCNY
2. @JeffBoggis
3. @scott_pianowski
4. @TimsTenz
5. @lunchmade
6. @allinkid
7. @PeoplezPen
8. @therealwody
9. @HeathCapps
10. @Roto_FrankMORE HERE ➡️ https://t.co/6IoSqb6C4A
— FantasyPros (@FantasyPros) March 3, 2020
Best Football Ongoing Series finalists
Liz Loza @LizLoza_FF
JJ Zachariason @LateRoundQB
Jake Ciely @allinkid
Scott Barrett @ScottBarrettDFB
Eric Samulski @SamskiNYC
Andrew Cooper @FantasyAlarm
Frank Stampfl @Roto_Frank— FSWA (@FSWA) January 21, 2021
Research Article of the Year finalists
Connor Kurcon @ckurcon
Brandon Gdula @gdula13
Nick Mariano @NMariano53— FSWA (@FSWA) January 21, 2021
Player Notes Writer of the Year finalists
Jeff Erickson @Jeff_Erickson
Keith Hernandez @keithdez27
Pat Daugherty @RotoPat
Eric Caturia @ETCat30
Jerry Donabedian @JerryDonabedian— FSWA (@FSWA) January 21, 2021
@RotoBaller Congratulations on your nominations for Best Fantasy Content Site/App and Small Business of the Year! pic.twitter.com/FAAuXzaViw
— FSGA (@FSGAtweets) December 6, 2019
Congrats 'Rotoballer Fantasy Sports Radio with Real Talk Raph and Anthony Aniano' (@RotoBaller) on your 'Best Podcast' nomination for the 2017 FSTA Industry Awards! Winner will be announced at the 2018 Winter Conference. https://t.co/DhitPXIacF pic.twitter.com/Za59MPYWAN
— FSTA (@FantasySportsTA) December 6, 2017
Finalists, Racing Writer of the Year
Chase Holden, @GarageGuyChase
Matthew Selz, @theselzman
Mark Taylor, @RotoWire— FSWA (@FSWA) January 14, 2020
Finalists, Player Notes Writer of the Year
Ryan Bloomfield, @RyanBHQ
Keith Hernandez, @keithdez27
Ryan Knaus, @Knaus_RW
Clay Link, @claywlink— FSWA (@FSWA) January 14, 2020
2018 Small Fantasy Business of the Year Finalists:@4for4football @FantasyAlarm @TheFFBallers @RotoBaller
(full list of finalists in all categories here: https://t.co/CvEuGAPiXM) pic.twitter.com/C7UyUNLTt3
— Nando Di Fino (@nandodifino) January 10, 2019
The results are in from last weekend's #NASCAR Auto Parts 500 and the top #DFS experts were @RotoBaller @numberFire & @RotoGrinders. Get the recap and full standings https://t.co/yOf97NyUfE
— DailyOverlay.com (@DailyOverlay) April 4, 2019
So many friends and colleagues are @FSWA finalists, it's so great to see so many other writers honored for their hard work.
And I believe @RotoBaller just broke last season's record with...THIRTEEN finalists this year! 👀👀👀
— "Thunder Dan" Palyo (@ThunderDanDFS) January 30, 2024
🏆 Congrats to Eric on winning this great award for a 2nd straight year! Very well deserved for a great writer and fantasy analyst!
Check out his weekly series about Defense Streaming and Starts:https://t.co/66ljp7ke73 https://t.co/F9Fztdhg0B
— RotoBaller (@RotoBaller) February 23, 2023
The #RotoBaller family has been nominated for 13 @FSWA awards this year from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association… thank you! 🙌
We’re honored to be part of this amazing team, and PUMPED for all our nominees 🔥
Congrats to all the talented industry finalists, and good luck! pic.twitter.com/Wgk0HdQQHG
— RotoBaller (@RotoBaller) January 26, 2023
🤩 On behalf of the entire #RotoBaller family, we're so honored for the 13 @FSWA award nominations from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association! What an exciting time for our amazing team - we are all so appreciative. Congrats to all the talented industry finalists, good luck! pic.twitter.com/7T4ooVEipY
— RotoBaller (@RotoBaller) January 22, 2022
Holy hell! This is really freaking amazing. I love writing about sports but often question if I'm spending too much time on it, so this is a nice bit of validation. Now, if there's an Oscar bump that goes with it that would be cool too (or a baseball season to write about) https://t.co/PYxK8L51oO
— Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) February 24, 2022
🤯 Pretty amazing to see Eric win this award, and also Best Baseball Ongoing Series. A great achievement for a great analyst and industry contributor. Congrats @SamskiNYC!! https://t.co/fS30OyBVZE
— RotoBaller NFL (@RotoBallerNFL) February 25, 2022
I'd be lying if I thought that this would happen, I was thrilled just to be nominated.
Thanks to all the readers and to the community for embracing me.
A very special thanks to @Rotoballer for giving me a platform and the ability to write about the sports/topics that I love! https://t.co/lxSWsmSiLl
— "Thunder Dan" Palyo (@ThunderDanDFS) February 25, 2022
Incredibly honored to be recognized by @FSWA for this award. Thanks to all those that have helped me along the way to become a better writer over the years. https://t.co/WtCuAMoBjj
— Keith Hernandez (@keithdez27) February 24, 2022
Thank you to everyone for making this moment possible. https://t.co/NtclkxdAVw pic.twitter.com/A4X59oSNS9
— Spencer Aguiar (@TeeOffSports) February 25, 2022
I am very honored to win the 2020 @FSWA Baseball Article of the Year award !!! https://t.co/BWoW6HEHdK
— Ariel Cohen (@ATCNY) February 10, 2021
The final #NFL #DFS expert grades are in! The analysts were:
#1 @RotoBaller
#2 @RotoGrinders Lineup Builder
#3 @RunPureSportsSee the full recap: https://t.co/acOjmB8TuF
Thanks for a great season!
— DailyOverlay.com (@DailyOverlay) January 10, 2022
Congrats to all the winners, and to our very own Nick Mariano @NMariano53 for another top-10 finish and awesome season! 💪 https://t.co/bh0RY9myoo
— RotoBaller (@RotoBaller) January 6, 2022
Baseball Writer of the Year finalists
Frank Stampfl @Roto_Frank
Ryan Bloomfield @RyanBHQ
Alex Chamberlain @DolphHauldhagen
Nicklaus Gaut @Nt_BurtReynolds
Sam Chinitz @fbb_sc— FSWA (@FSWA) January 21, 2021
Baseball Article of the Year finalists
Ariel Cohen @ATCNY
Sam Chinitz @fbb_sc
Frank Stampfl @Roto_Frank— FSWA (@FSWA) January 21, 2021
Today is a special day.
We're honored to be nominated for 6 FSWA awards, representing our entire team of talented writers! ?@chapulana NFL Writer of Year@D_Emerick MLB Writer of Year@keithdez27 Player Notes@GarageGuyChase Racing Writer@juscarts, @chapulana Best NFL Series
— RotoBaller (@RotoBaller) January 14, 2020
Finalists, Football Writer of the Year
Gary Davenport, @IDPSharks
Brad Evans, @NoisyHuevos
Antonio Losada, @chapulana
Jesse Pantuosco, @JessePantuosco
Vlad Sedler, @RotoGut— FSWA (@FSWA) January 14, 2020
Finalists, Baseball Writer of the Year
Alex Chamberlain, @DolphHauldhagen
Ariel Cohen, @ATCNY
David Emerick, @D_Emerick
Mike Podhorzer, @MikePodhorzer
Dave Potts, @davepotts2— FSWA (@FSWA) January 14, 2020
The most accurate #FantasyBaseball experts of 2018:
1) @NMariano53
2) @AdamRonis
3) @Roto_Frank
4) @scott_pianowski
5) @AndrewGould4
6) @y2trips
7) @PeoplezPen
8) @therealwody
9) @HeathCapps
10) @allinkid▶️MORE HERE: https://t.co/PLSIrztss6
— FantasyPros (@FantasyPros) March 1, 2019
Finalists, Best Football Series
Justin Carter, @juscarts
Brit Devine, @brit_devine
Daniel Kelley, @danieltkelley
Antonio Losada, @chapulana
Renee Miller, @reneemiller01— FSWA (@FSWA) January 14, 2020