Rowdy Tellez Cranks Eighth Homer

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Rowdy Tellez had a nice day at the dish during the team’s 10-8 win over the Red Sox, going 3-for-6 with a pair of runs. The slugger cranked a solo homer in the sixth inning to up his total to eight on the year as he continues to post sterling […]

Nick Mariano's Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. September's here and suddenly we only have three weeks left in the fantasy baseball season. Attention may be shifting to fantasy football for some, so be sure to tune into the waiver wire for further opportunity to crush your opponents. Rostered rates are taken […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates for Week 8

Injuries are commonplace in all sports. Baseball has seen the rate of injury continue to rise over the past few years. In fantasy, if someone is not in the medical field, it is hard to gauge how long a player will be out and whether they need to be replaced in a lineup. Sometimes this […]

The Cut List (Week 8) - Time to Let Go?

Welcome back to the Cut List. In recent weeks we switched up the format of this article a bit, to cover a larger pool of players and to discuss trends being seen by fantasy baseball managers across a large number of leagues. This article, for three weeks now, reviews several of ESPN's 25 most dropped […]

Hitter Streamers for Fantasy Baseball Week 8

Welcome back to another installment of the hitting streamers column! This edition is for September 7 through September 13. As will be the case every week, I will offer a couple of worthy streamers for each position (catcher, corner infield, middle infield, outfield) based on the number of games the players have for the upcoming […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - September 6, 2020

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 9/6/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. The DFS community has been abuzz all week with worries that we wouldn't get another Matt Harvey Day after he was pulled in his […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the September 6th edition of Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox. Discussing baseball is as fun as the game itself. It has a way of bringing people together to share different opinions about the sport we all love. A similar action can be done with fantasy baseball where we not only discuss topics […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/6/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

There's nothing like spending your Sunday afternoon lounging on the couch and watching your DFS stack of hitters mash. Today we're going to help that become a reality for you. I'll take a look at each position and build a lineup using my favorite plays on the slate. Our goal here is to take down […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet and Lineup Picks for 9/6/20 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 9/6 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    RotoBaller Sample DFS Lineups Sample FanDuel Lineup    Sample DraftKings Lineup    Please note that these are sample lineups designed only to show how you might use the above lineup picks in your own lineup. You […]

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Slugs Sixth Bomb

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 1-for-3 with a homer and two walks in Saturday’s 9-8 loss to the Red Sox. His long ball was a moon shot over the deepest part of the Green Monster that cashed in three runs for his sixth homer of the year and his 20th RBI. […]

Jose Abreu Has 40 RBI

Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu continued his strong season with home run number 13 on Saturday against the Kansas City Royals. It was his only hit in four ties and he also had a pair of RBI. Abreu has been putting up MVP numbers in the middle of a powerful White Sox lineup. […]

Yasmani Grandal Hits Fifth Home Run

Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a home run on Saturday against the Royals. The catcher got off to a slow start earlier in the season, but has since been putting together a nice season. Grandal doesn’t catch when Lucas Giolito is on the mound, but shifted to first […]

Danny Santana Done For 2020, Willie Calhoun Expected Back

Texas Rangers first baseman/designated hitter Danny Santana has been confirmed to be out for the rest of the 2020 year due to a sprained right elbow. He appeared in just 15 contests after his breakout 2019 campaign, but was able to slash just .145/.238/.273. The news isn’t all bad for the Rangers, who are expected […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - September 5, 2020

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 9/5/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We only have three Saturdays left in the regular season after today. Real talk. We're quickly running out of time in the MLB DFS […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/5/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

There were 20 games played in the MLB yesterday and we have a 12-game slate on the docket for DraftKings on Saturday. Gerrit Cole and Lucas Giolito are the highlights of the slate at pitcher, but there's another SP1 to consider as well as a number of viable SP2 options to choose from. On the […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball (DFS) Cheat Sheet and Lineup Picks for September 5th, 2020

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 9/5 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.  RotoBaller Sample DFS Lineups Sample FanDuel Lineup      Sample DraftKings Lineup    Please note that these are sample lineups designed only to show how you might use the above lineup picks in your own lineup. You […]

Dominic Smith Collects Two More Hits

New York Mets outfielder/first baseman Dominic Smith went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the Mets' 5-3 loss to the Phillies on Friday. Smith has broken out in 2020 to the tune of a .308/.385/.625 line with seven home runs, 12 doubles, and 27 RBI in just 104 at-bats. Although the Mets' peculiar trade deadline acquisition […]

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Sits For Game 2 Of DH Friday

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman/designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is not among the starting nine for Game 2 of the club’s doubleheader against the Red Sox. Guerrero went 1-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts during the afternoon affair, dropping his OPS on the season to .770 through his first 37 contests. Should Guerrero not appear […]

Dylan Moore Returns To Lineup Friday, Bats Second

Seattle Mariners utilityman Dylan Moore got back among the starting nine Friday as expected, batting second and manning the keystone against the Rangers and right-hander Kyle Cody. Moore last appeared Aug. 20, having been sidelined due to a sprained right wrist. Prior to the ailment, Moore was in the midst of a breakout campaign, having […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Friday 9/4

Welcome to another edition of MLB Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers! The season continues to roll along and we here at Rotoballer are there for all of your streaming needs. RotoBaller has been dishing out streamer advice for years. We're always streamin and dreamin. Each day we'll publish some of the best streaming options to consider […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the September 4th edition of Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox. Discussing baseball is as fun as the game itself. It has a way of bringing people together to share different opinions about the sport we all love. A similar action can be done with fantasy baseball where we not only discuss topics […]

Trade Deadline Recap, Winners and Losers: WPC+ Videocast

Pierre Camus and Nicklaus Gaut recap the 2020 MLB trade deadline to discuss the biggest risers and fallers for fantasy baseball. Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us on iTunes and BlogTalkRadio as well! Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius […]

From to Farm to Roster: Potential Call-Ups for Week 7

We had a relatively successful run against last week. Between the article going live and today, two of the four priority pick-ups I mentioned are already in the Majors and one of the guys on the Watch List (Yairo Munoz) also got the call. With the trade deadline just passing, it's possible that we'll see […]

Top 50 Prospects for Fantasy Baseball Redraft: Week 7 Rankings

September is here and the trade deadline dust has settled. It’s now time for teams to make that late push either to make the playoffs or to gain home-field advantages. The Rockies lost two players off the list this week. Sam Hilliard graduated from the list after surpassing the 130 at-bat mark in the Majors. […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet and Lineup Picks for 9/4/20 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 9/4 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.  RotoBaller Sample DFS Lineups Sample FanDuel Lineup    Sample DraftKings Lineup    Please note that these are sample lineups designed only to show how you might use the above lineup picks in your own lineup. You should […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/4/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

After a weird 6 game slate on Thursday that locked at 4:05 pm EST, we get a 9 game slate of goodness tonight. Unfortunately, we miss out on the beauty that is Sixto Sanchez and a slew of doubleheaders robs us of the Twins, Yankees, and Blue Jays hitters. Still, there is a lot to […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 9/4/20 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 9/4/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 9-game slate on tap tonight with Yu Darvish leading the pitching front and you will have to pay for his goodness. […]

Paul Goldschmidt Delivers Career Year Thus Far In 2020

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt’s production has not been fazed by the oddity of the 2020 year. Entering Thursday leading the Majors with a .478 on-base percentage, Goldschmidt is among the game’s elite, posting a .426 wOBA and .429 xwOBA. While usually an excellent source of walks, Goldschmidt has eschewed strikeouts this season […]

Jedd Gyorko In Line For Increase In Playing Time

When the Milwaukee Brewers designated Justin Smoak for assignment -- in order to bring Daniel Vogelbach aboard -- it seemed as if Jedd Gyorko’s playing time might get squeezed. But general manager David Stearns made it apparent that wouldn’t be the case, as he mentioned Gyorko as one of the names that he expects to […]

Cody Bellinger Returns To Starting Lineup Thursday

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman/outfielder Cody Bellinger is back in the lineup Thursday against Arizona, returning from a two-game absence due to a lat strain. Bellinger has homered in his last two contests, raising his OPS on the season to .783 after a slow start. With many of his Statcast metrics trending in the right […]