Taylor Walls To Make Major League Debut Saturday

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls will make his major league debut on Saturday, as he will bat eighth against Robbie Ray and the Blue Jays. Following the trade of Willy Adames to Milwaukee on Friday, many managers were hoping it would open up playing time for Wander Franco or Vidal Brujan. However the Rays […]

Jorge Polanco Remains Out Saturday

Minnesota Twins second baseman/shortstop Jorge Polanco (ankle) is absent from Saturday's lineup for the second game of the series against the Cleveland Indians. Polanco is set to miss his second straight game after being removed from the night game of Thursday's doubleheader with an ankle issue. The 27-year-old is no stranger to ankle problems, having […]

Niko Goodrum On The Bench Saturday

Detroit Tigers infielder Niko Goodrum is taking a seat on the bench for the second game of the series against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday. Goodrum went 1-for-4 with an RBI in Friday's 7-5 victory. Harold Castro will get the start at shortstop and bat second against Royals' lefty Kris Bubic. Castro is batting […]

Francisco Lindor Picks Up Two Hits Friday

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor went 2-for-5 with a double, RBI, and a run scored in the Mets 6-5 win over the Marlins on Friday. Lindor remains in the midst of a rough start to the 2021 campaign, as well as in the midst of a rough stretch. He is batting just .179/.233/.357 over […]

Luis Urias Will Resort To Super Utility Role For Brewers After Trade

Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Luis Urias is expected to fill a utility role going forward after the Brewers acquired Willy Adames in a trade with the Rays on Friday, Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Urias has been a regular starter at shortstop this season but has once again failed to make an impression […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates - Week 9

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 could mean playing a dead roster […]

Updated Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Rankings

What's up RotoBallers. Today we are bringing you our updated fantasy baseball dynasty rankings for May and the 2021 MLB season, courtesy of lead analyst and senior editor editor Pierre Camus. Dynasty leagues, or keeper formats, continue to become more and more popular in the fantasy sports landscape. For those of you who are playing in […]

Rookie Report: Prospect Risers and Fallers for Week 8

Welcome to the latest edition of RotoBaller’s Recently Promoted Prospects series for fantasy baseball! Here I discuss some recently promoted MLB prospects and rookies , making note of what I think their upside could be for fantasy baseball managers, and whether they are potential risers or fallers. We have seen 95 rookies make their MLB […]

Tim Anderson Hitless Over Three-Straight

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson got off to a fantastic start to the month of May. He had a 12-game hitting streak this month that included seven multi-hit efforts. However, following the streak, he's gone 0-for-14 over his last three games. Anderson is having a strong year overall, slashing .298/.331/.440 with five home runs, […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 5/22/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 5/22/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.      Top Tournament Stacks for 5/22/21 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 […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - May 22, 2021

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 5/22/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. After a tease last Saturday, we're back to split-slate shenanigans tonight, with just a six-game Main slate on both DraftKings and FanDuel. At least […]

MLB DFS Lineup Picks - Early Slate (5/22/21): DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball

Hello there, MLB DFS grinders! It's Saturday, and that means we have yet another split slate of MLB games today with seven games in the afternoon and six games on the main evening slate. While most of our MLB DFS coverage here at RotoBaller is geared towards the main slate, I wanted to give you […]

Edmundo Sosa Has A Three-Hit Game On Friday

St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Edmundo Sosa had a three-hit game on Friday against the Chicago Cubs. He went 3-for-4 with two runs scored, skyrocketing his batting average to .333 and his OPS to .859. All three hits were singles, but Sosa had started the season 2-for-14 so it was nice to see him string some […]

Chris Taylor Goes Yard In Victory

Los Angeles Dodgers infielder/outfielder Chris Taylor went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run versus the San Francisco Giants on Friday. Taylor has quietly been putting together a nice season. He is now hitting .288 with six home runs, 20 RBI and five stolen bases. Taylor has been playing all for the Dodgers and his versatility […]

Marwin Gonzalez Strikes Out Three Times Friday

Boston Red Sox utility man Marwin Gonzalez couldn't get in on the fun Friday night, going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Boston's 11-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Though he's contributed strong defense all over the diamond, Gonzalez has only managed to produce a .199/.286/.287 slash line for the year with one home run and […]

Xander Bogaerts Drives In Two

Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts picked up two more hits on Friday night, going 2-for-5 with a double against the Phillies. Bogaerts scored one run and drove in two more, giving him 26 runs scored and 28 RBI for the year. Along with his .992 OPS, nine homers, and four steals, Bogaerts appears on […]

Marcus Semien Falls Single Short Of Cycle

Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Marcus Semien was all over the scoresheet on Friday, but it wasn't enough as his club fell to the Rays 9-7 in extra innings. He went 3-for-6 with two runs and two RBI as he fell just a single shy of the cycle. His homer came off Tyler Glasnow in […]

FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks (5/22/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We're treated with a tidy little six-gamer on tonight's FanDuel slate, featuring Buehler and a few usual stacks in the Red Sox and Dodgers. There are a few sneaky stacks on this slate, though, as well as a high-priced pivot off Buehler and a dirt-cheap GPP option at pitcher. I'll be providing you with my daily […]

Gleyber Torres Homers, Delivers Game-Winning Hit

New York Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in Friday's 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox. Torres broke a 0-0 game in the seventh inning with an opposite-field home run off of White Sox reliever Michael Kopech, then delivered the game-winning RBI single in the ninth. The […]

Chris Seise Suffers Season-Ending ACL Tear

Texas Rangers shortstop prospect Chris Seise (knee) suffered a torn ACL on Wednesday and will miss the remainder of the 2021 season, according to Kennedi Landry of MLB.com. The Rangers' first round pick in the 2017 draft, this is yet another injury to derail Seise, who is slashing .266/.312/.392 over three seasons in the minors. […]

Paul DeJong Has Not Resumed Baseball Activities

St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong (ribs) has not yet resumed baseball activities, according to Zachary Silver of MLB.com. DeJong was placed on the injured list last week with a non-displaced fracture in his rib, that he suffered after being hit by a pitch. He had struggled at the plate early on in the year, […]

Jorge Polanco Absent From Friday's Lineup

Minnesota Twins second baseman/shortstop Jorge Polanco (ankle) is not in the lineup for Friday's series opener against the Cleveland Indians. Polanco was removed from the second game of Thursday's doubleheader against the Los Angeles Angels after he tweaked his right ankle. He reportedly injured it during the previous series versus the Oakland Athletics, though he […]

Carlos Correa Resting For Friday's Game Against Rangers

Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa is getting what manager Dusty Baker is describing as a "much needed day off" on Friday as the team faces Kyle Gibson and the Texas Rangers. Aledmys Diaz is getting the start at shortstop and hitting seventh in the game. Correa has played in 42 of the team's 44 games […]

Willy Adames, Trevor Richards Traded To Milwaukee Friday

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Willy Adames and pitcher Trevor Richards have been traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for relief pitchers Drew Rasmussen and J.P. Feyereisen, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The bigger part of this deal is Adames, who was slashing .197/.254/.371 with five home runs, 15 RBI and 16 runs scored in 41 games. […]

Kike Hernandez (2B/SS/OF, BOS) - Week 9 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 40% of leagues ANALYSIS: Boston Red Sox infielder/outfielder Kike Hernandez returned from the injured list this past week and was reinserted right back into the top of the team's lineup right away. He led off each of his first three games back upon his return and went […]

Mariners Dealing With COVID-19 Issue

The Seattle Mariners are dealing with a COVID-19 issue, with at least one positive test. The Mariners have not yet met the 85 percent vaccination threshold, and this positive test is considered to be potentially problematic, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. More details will be forthcoming. Stay tuned for updates and prepare to remove any […]

The Bigger Picture - The Miseducation of Park Factors

Another no-hitter in the books. Something's in the water or, more accurately, in the baseballs. We already covered that topic last time so let's figure out how to extract more offense from our daily or weekly lineups. Home/road splits seem like a good place to start and we know certain stadiums play friendlier to offense […]

Barrel-Aged: Hitters With Biggest Barrel Gains

Lately, I've been focusing a lot on barrels when trying to evaluate which hitters are off to the most note-worthy starts. I recently covered Blast Rate, which is a sub-section of barrels that aims to tell us who is making the "best" good contact. Today, we'll focus on who has shown the best growth in […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/21/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We’re set for our usual jumbo-sized Friday night slate, one that offers us a bevy of options at every point on the salary scale and sees some of the biggest names in pitching on the bump. However, the interesting angle tonight is that a lot of those high-salaried arms are in particularly tricky matchups, setting […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 5/21/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 5/21/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.   A massive 15-game slate on the board for this Friday! No weather issues either. That gives us 30 starting pitchers and 240 hitters to choose from. Here we go!        Top Tournament Stacks […]