Yonder Alonso Homers In Second Straight

Colorado Rockies first baseman Yonder Alonso hit a rocket out to right-center in the top of the sixth inning against the Padres on Sunday. Though it was his first start of the weekend, Alonso actually homered as a pinch-hitter in Saturday's game as well. Along with the homer, Alonso walked three times in his five […]

Rolling xwOBA Risers/Fallers - Statcast Hitter Analysis (Week 20)

Statcast just keeps getting better. Rather than having to manually run searches with advanced filtering, a new feature has been added to display a rolling xwOBA leaderboard for both pitchers and hitters. In this series, we'll naturally focus on the hitters to see who is rising and falling over their past 50 plate appearances. We […]

1B and 3B Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 20

Time marches on, and with it the end of the 2019 fantasy baseball season grows nearer. With fantasy football kicking into high gear and many owners out of the running in baseball leagues, we can expect there to be fewer suitors for any waiver wire pickups moving forward. The owners who remain, of course, are […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/12/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Welcome to Monday baseball! We have just eight games on the slate, but plenty to pay attention to. Zack Greinke is the clear top pitcher and it's a case of whether or not you want to pay for him. If you don't, your pickings are extremely thin. We'll dig through the bunch, but just know […]

MLB DFS Top Value Plays for Monday August 12th, 2019 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for August 12th, 2019. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. These are daily outlier value plays or lesser thought of guys. They normally lay outside of the main pool of players that […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/12/19): MLB DFS Lineups

Monday's schedule in Major League Baseball has a total of nine games, with eight contests starting after 7:05 p.m. ET or after. Be sure to double-check the weather and the lineups before finalizing your roster. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 8/12/19. The lineup […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the Monday, August 12th 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 […]

Paul Goldschmidt Collects Four Hits in Win

St. Louis first baseman Paul Goldschmidt continues to put his early-season struggles behind him, going 4-5 including a two-run home run off of Pittsburgh starter Steven Brault as the Cardinals came back to win 11-9. The St. Louis slugger now has 26 home runs, 62 RBI, and 71 runs scored, slowly continuing to earn back […]

Trey Mancini Plates Two On Three Hits Sunday

Baltimore Orioles first baseman/outfielder Trey Mancini went 3-for-4 with three singles, two RBI, a walk, and a strikeout in Sunday's 8-7 win over the Astros. The 27-year-old has been clutch for the O's all season long, posting a .280/.344/.534 slash line with 27 home runs and 67 RBI. He should be in fantasy owners' lineups […]

Carlos Santana Slams Cleveland to First Place

Cleveland Indians first baseman Carlos Santana continued his career-year, hitting a grand slam in the tenth inning to give Cleveland the 7-3 win as well as a tie for first place in the AL Central. Santana now has 25 home runs, already eclipsing the previous two year's marks of 24 and 23. The 33-year old […]

Josh Bell Breaks Homer Drought

In the middle of a breakout season, Pirate first baseman Josh Bell has seen the power go out since early July, having hit zero home runs since early July. But Bell ended his 26-game homerless streak in style, going deep twice on Sunday in an 11-9 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The two blasts […]

Hunter Dozier Joins the Homer Parade

Kansas City Royals' first baseman Hunter Dozier is still available in 30% of all Yahoo leagues, despite having a breakout performance in 2019. After hitting two home runs today in a victory over Detroit, the 27-year old first baseman now has 22 HR in 412 plate-appearances a year after hitting 11 home runs in 388 […]

Points Leagues Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 20

Welcome to the RotoBaller waiver wire column that skews towards points league. Yes, there is positive correlation to standard 5x5 scoring but in our format, specific categories matter less and the accumulation of total stats is the ultimate objective. We’re turning towards home for fantasy baseball season. While some league counterparts may be multi-tasking with […]

The Cut List (Week 20) - Time to Let Go?

It's now really getting to that point in the fantasy season where cuts are going to be highly based on statistical needs, which are much more obvious now than they were in April and May. This is more true of hitters, whose production in each statistic can vary more widely than for pitchers. Additionally, with the […]

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

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Writing "Week 20" into baseball articles always gives me an existential crisis -- time really flies. One blink of the eye and suddenly you've missed two three-homer games, just like that! Head-to-head playoffs are on the horizon and every little stat matters, that's the […]

Yuli Gurriel Gets Day Off

Houston Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel (rest) is out of the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Baltimore Orioles. Gurriel is getting a much deserved off day here to rest. Aledmys Diaz will play first base and bat seventh versus righty Asher Wojciechowski. Diaz has been solid with the bat lately, but doesn't have […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - August 11th, 2019

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for August 11th, 2019. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. These are daily outlier value plays or lesser thought of guys. They normally lay outside of the main pool of players that […]

Buy or Sell: Undervalued and Overvalued Players for Week 20

Today's piece covers a set of players who either should not be available on waivers or will return back there soon. Most of the earlier editions of this recurring buy or sell article have included several universally owned players whose values have been manipulated enough by early-season performances. Unfortunately, as we get deeper into the year, the […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/11/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We've got every team in action on this exciting Sunday, with slates starting at 1:05pm ET. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 8/11/19. The lineup picks will range from some of the elite players to mid-priced options and value plays. Be sure to also check […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/11/19): MLB DFS Lineups

Welcome to Sunday baseball on DraftKings. We have a very fun Sunday slate on our hands, with 11 games on the board. DraftKings has given us a ton of tournaments to choose from, including a $10 "Extra Inning" that prizes $30k to first with a $175k prize pool. For the richer blood, the Sunday Eephus […]

Top 30 Prospects for Dynasty Leagues (Week 20 update)

In some ways, it feels like the 2019 baseball season just began. But here we are, looking at less than a month’s worth of minor league baseball remaining before the regular season is over. So how do we deal with the crushing sadness that’s descending upon us? How about we take a look at the […]

J.D. Davis (1B/3B/OF, NYM) - Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 32% of Leagues ANALYSIS: New York Mets corner infielder and outfielder J.D. Davis has quietly had a fantastic season and he's been on an absolute tear in August. Over 10 games this month, he has four home runs, nine RBI, eight runs and a 1.336 OPS. On the year, […]

Danny Santana Homers in Loss to Brewers

Playing mostly first base as of late, but eligible at three other positions besides, Texas Ranger Danny Santana continued to the ride the wave of his career year, hitting his 18th home run of the season in the sixth inning of a 3-2 loss on the road at Milwaukee on Saturday night. One of the […]

Sam Travis Hits Third Home Run in Four Games

Boston first baseman Sam Travis hit his third home run in four games on Saturday in a 12-4 losing effort against the visiting Angels. Travis doesn't usually start versus right-handers, thereby not making him viable in weekly leagues, but the 25-year-old has been a lefty masher of late and can be a useful stream in […]

After Suffering Setback, Yandy Diaz Now Out 6-8 Weeks

Out since July 23 with a foot contusion, Tampa Bay infielder Yandy Diaz suffered a setback in his rehab earlier this week, feeling increased pain after taking groundballs. A CT scan later revealed a hairline fracture in his left foot and Diaz will be shut down from all baseball activities for the next 6-8 weeks. […]

Mitch Moreland Slugs First Home Run Since May

Boston Red Sox first baseman Mitch Moreland went 2-for-5 with a home run and three runs batted in on Friday. Moreland has been dealing with injuries all season, but his two-run shot in the eighth inning was his 14th of the season and his first since May 21. When he's on the field, he has […]

Tucker Barnhart (C/1B, CIN) - Week 20 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Two-Catcher Leagues OWNED IN: 11% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tucker Barnhart may have once been able to steal more bases than the average backstop, and he may have hit for a career-high home run total just last year (ten), but the former Gold Glove award winner's forte will always be elite defense behind the […]

H2H Category Streamers - Week 20 Waiver Wire

There are plenty of strategies that fantasy managers explore in hopes of getting an advantage over their opponent. Heavy lineup, heavy starting pitchers, no catcher, all (or mostly) reliever staff, no reliever staff, etc. Even if you play a balanced lineup, injuries can cause holes. A few weeks without a key player won’t kill a […]

The Waiver Wire Watch List: Week 20

Throughout the season, you want to get the jump on your competition and sniff out the breakout players before they break out. That's what this list is all about--using some in-depth research and advanced analytics to find the players who aren't quite there yet but are on their way. Some of these may suit your […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/10/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

It’s Saturday and that means we got another full day of baseball ahead of us. There are games spread all throughout the day and into the night and the stakes are getting higher with the season slowly winding down.  In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 8/10/19. The […]