DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/11/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers! As is usually the case, we've got a split schedule with day games and night games. Fortunately for us, we get a bigger piece of the pie for the evening side with 11 games to pick and choose from as we fill our DFS lineups. Six of those contests start on the East […]

Salvador Perez Blasts Two Home Runs In Tuesday's Win

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez had a monster game in Tuesday's 8-4 win over the New York Yankees. He went 3-for-4 with a pair of home runs and three RBI. He now has 29 home runs on the year, which ranks fourth in the majors. Perez has distantly been the best catcher in fantasy […]

Kyle Higashioka Launches Seventh Homer

New York Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka belted his seventh home run of the season in Tuesday's 8-4 loss to the Royals. Higashioka gave the Yankees the lead with his 408-foot blast, which left his bat at 103.7 MPH. The backup catcher had a tough day in the field, making a couple of throwing errors, so […]

Willians Astudillo Goes Yard Tuesday

Minnesota Twins infielder Willians Astudillo swatted his sixth homer of the season in Tuesday's win over the White Sox. Astudillo helped spark the Twins to a victory, hitting a go-ahead, two-run shot in the sixth inning to make it a 4-3 lead, one the club wouldn't give up. The 29-year-old has slashed .268/.288/.427 with six […]

Myles Turner Moving In The Right Direction In Rehab

Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner (toe) reported that he's "doing great" while also adding that he is ramping up his activity level on the court. Turner suffered a partial tear of the plantar plate in his right great toe that cost him the final 18 games of the regular season. While the 25-year-old averaged 12.6 […]

Kings Pick Up Option On Damian Jones

Sacramento Kings center Damian Jones is staying with the team. The club picked up Jones' option, so he is on tap for one more year in purple and black. He averaged 6.9 points, 4.5 boards, and 1.0 blocks throughout 17 games with the team. However, it's likely he won't do any better than that from […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks & Avoids for 8/10/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 8/10 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    Top Tournament Stacks for 8/10/21 This section will highlight the top tournament lineup stacks of the day (depending on the size of the slate) and help you identify the pitchers that are best suited to pick on […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 8/10/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/10/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 15-game slate on tap tonight, so there's plenty of potential value bats to choose from to help you fit in a […]

Tony Wolters Joins Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers have reached an agreement with catcher Tony Wolters on a minor league deal. The 29-year-old played 14 games with the Chicago Cubs this season, but didn't have much success. Wolters put together have decent numbers earlier in his career with the Colorado Rockies. He'll mainly be catching depth for the Dodgers […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/10/21): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a 15-game main slate on tap tonight, and it's a wild one. First off, we have two double-headers, meaning two seven-inning games. Then we have a handful of high-priced pitchers to target on DK with only a couple, not so attractive cheap arms. On FD, there are some $8-$9K options, but they all […]

Wilson Ramos Homers Monday

Cleveland Indians catcher Wilson Ramos went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Monday's 9-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. This marks the second time in two starts that Ramos has gone yard for the Tribe. Fantasy managers that need help at catcher would be wise to monitor Ramos's time behind the […]

Cubs-Brewers Postponed Monday Due To Rain

Monday's contest between the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers has been postponed due to inclement weather. It will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Tuesday, starting at 1:20 p.m. Freddy Peralta and Alec Mills are still in line for two starts in weekly formats despite having their appearances pushed back a […]

Wilson Ramos Batting Seventh Monday

Cleveland Indians catcher Wilson Ramos will be behind the plate and bat seventh tonight against Luis Castillo and the Cincinnati Reds at Progressive Field. This marks the second time Ramos will suit up for the Indians as he went 3-for-4 with a home run in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Ramos is only […]

Mitch Garver Sitting On Monday

Minnesota Twins catcher Mitch Garver is absent from Monday's lineup for the contest against the White Sox. It's a routine day off for Garver, who has had a slight edge in the catching competition with Ryan Jeffers, having started five of the last seven games, going just 4-for-25, though two of his hits have been […]

Ross Colton Inks New Two-Year Deal With Tampa Bay

The Tampa Bay Lightning signed forward Ross Colton to a two-year, $2.25 million contract ($1.25 million average annual value) on Monday. The 24-year-old, who scored the Stanley-Cup-clinching goal in Game 5 of the Cup Final, was previously a restricted free agent and had an arbitration hearing scheduled for next Monday. Colton burst into the NHL […]

Adley Rutschman Promoted To Triple-A Sunday

Baltimore Orioles catching prospect Adley Rutschman was promoted to Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday. Baseball's number 1 overall prospect has slashed .271/.392/.508 with 18 homers and 55 RBI in 80 games this season with Double-A Bowie. This is an exciting development for both O's fans and fantasy managers, as Rutschman has delivered so far as one […]

Omar Narvaez Reaches Double Digit Home Runs

Milwaukee Brewers catcher Omar Narvaez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 5-4 loss to San Francisco. The backstop gave Milwaukee a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning with his 10th home run of the season. It's the second time in six seasons Narvaez has reached double-digits in long balls. He's been a […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 8/9/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/9/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 5-game slate on tap tonight, and it is an interesting one. The DK slate starts at 6 pmEST and has five […]

Statcast Hitter Leaderboard - Launch Angle

One of the most basic components of Statcast metrics is launch angle, which is incorporated in Sweet Spot% and Barrel rate among other things. While launch angle alone doesn't tell the entire tale of a batted ball, much less an entire season's worth of offensive stats, it can serve as an entry point to a […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 8/9/21 (Premium Content)

MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 8/9 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    Top Tournament Stacks for 8/9/21 This section will highlight the top tournament lineup stacks of the day (depending on the size of the slate) and help you identify the pitchers that are best suited to pick on if […]

DraftKings MLB Lineup Picks (8/9/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Hello RotoBallers! We have a nice-sized Monday main slate to dissect with lots of batting and pitching options for us to consider. We have some good pitching options on this slate so we will need to figure out which one can get us a few strikeouts and a win while also choosing between some great […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/9/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

While DraftKings chose to embrace those weird people in Ohio and including the game starting an hour earlier in their main slate, FanDuel told them to piss up a rope. That leaves us with a rather small four-game slate today. We still have some surprisingly good options for a slate this small. The only rain […]

Kevin Plawecki Drives In Three Sunday

Boston Red Sox catcher Kevin Plawecki got the start behind the plate against the Toronto Blue Jays Sunday, batting sixth in the order. He went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, three RBI, and a run scored. With Christian Vazquez struggling mightily this season, Plawecki has slowly received more playing time. While it would not […]

Max Stassi Wears The Golden Sombrero Sunday

Los Angeles Angels catcher Max Stassi was hitless in four at-bats during Sunday's defeat to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He did walk once but was the victim of four strikeouts in the game. It's a night he'll want to forget but should get over soon with the year he's having. He's slashing .293/.371/.511 with 10 […]

Dom Nunez Swats A Homer On Sunday

Colorado Rockies catcher Dom Nunez went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 13-8 win over the Miami Marlins on Sunday. Nunez parked his seventh home run of the season in the second inning, a two-run blast, to put the Rockies up 5-1. He swatted one of six Colorado home runs in the high-scoring affair. […]

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

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. With under two months left in the fantasy baseball season and people shifting attention to fantasy football, this is the time for dedicated players to put their foot on the pedal and make their move. You should have a clear idea by mid-August of […]

Jorge Alfaro Removed From Game Mid-Plate Appearance

Miami Marlins catcher/outfielder Jorge Alfaro was removed from Sunday's game in the middle of his plate appearance in the third inning due to "shortness of breath," according to Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald. Alfaro was 0-for-1 with a strikeout prior to his exit, as he's now slashing .230/.276/.333 on the year with three home […]

J.T. Realmuto Cracks 12th Homer In Win Over Mets

Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto went 1-for-3 with a solo homer in a win over the Mets on Sunday. The homer was his 12th of the season as Realmuto continues to be a rock-solid option at the catcher position. The 30-year-old backstop ranks second among catchers with 52 RBI, while slashing a healthy .271/.355/.458 in […]

Catchers to Stream - Week 20 Waiver Wire

It's your resident catcher advocate here, with my weekly defense for baseball's most maligned position. Instead of giving into easy narratives about the lack of talent at the catcher position and how they're the kickers of fantasy baseball, I'm here to create a place where catchers are celebrated for how they can help our teams. […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/8/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Sunday gang! Hope you all have had a great weekend so far. We're coming into the dog days of August, where divisions begin to have a clear winner and teams come out of nowhere to make a playoff push. We have a nice 10-game slate this afternoon, so let's jump right into it and […]