While we are not quite at the All-Star Break just yet, we have hit the actual middle of the NBA schedule as most teams have played at least half of their regular season games. That means, if anything, that we are beyond halfway through the Fantasy Basketball schedule as we are in Week 14 and […]
Full Story »Top 10 Catcher Prospect Rankings for Fantasy Baseball (2024)
As we enter the 2024 season, we're firmly in the middle of a revolution at the catcher position. We're already see the likes of Adley Rutschman and Will Smith rise to elite ranks at this position previously, and others like Yainer Diaz and Gabriel Moreno rose to top 10 status in 2023. Guess what? This […]
Full Story »Why The San Francisco 49ers Will Make The 2024 Super Bowl: NFL Football Postseason Outlook
The San Francisco 49ers are one of just four teams that remain for the chance to win Super Bowl LVIII. They'll battle the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship, while the Baltimore Ravens will square off against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship. The 49ers are looking to win their first Super Bowl […]
Full Story »What Is The UFL? Explaining The XFL/USFL Merger
Spring football leagues have a fraught history in this country. They arrive, people get excited about them for a little bit, and then they disappear back into the nothingness from which they came. That cycle looked to be repeating itself after the USFL and XFL both relaunched. Could two competing leagues work? It turns out […]
Full Story »Pitcher BABIP: Using Sabermetrics for 2024 Fantasy Baseball
While FIP is a useful tool to predict a pitcher's future ERA performance, fantasy managers should remember that ERA, not FIP, is what matters in most formats. This means that we are interested in the "luck" that separates the two statistics. While some of this luck is unpredictable, we can and should predict some of […]
Full Story »2023-24 Fantasy Basketball Week 14 Risers and Fallers
Hello, RotoBallers! Welcome back to the Week 14 edition of my weekly fantasy basketball risers and fallers! We're getting closer and closer to the trade deadline and teams are already making some bold decisions, such as the Bucks' recent dismissal of Adrian Griffin. If things haven't gone your way yet in your fantasy leagues, don't […]
Full Story »Fantasy Basketball Mid-Week Streamers: Week 14
We have a pretty straight-forward schedule for the rest of this week with all but two teams scheduled to play two games each. With so many games on tap, we have some excellent streaming opportunities. Let’s look at the remaining schedules for each team and discuss some players to consider streaming. For those in daily […]
Full Story »Predicting The 12-Team Playoff Bracket: 2024 College Football
The four-team playoff is over! 2024 brings about a new era of college football with a 12-team playoff field, featuring four byes and enough teams to end some of the controversy about who gets in. Arguing that the 13th-ranked team should have been in likely won't be as divisive as arguing the fifth-ranked team should have […]
Full Story »2024 Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings, Tiers, Analysis - Roto League Drafts
As we inch closer to MLB's Opening Day, we also welcome the most turbulent and confusing time in the fantasy baseball draft season. Parsing through hundreds of players' profiles is hard enough, but recent Spring Training data makes it difficult to find the players worth drafting to your team. Luckily, RotoBaller's preseason rankings -- compiled […]
Full Story »Bold Predictions for Fantasy Football Conference Championship Games: Brock Purdy, Lamar Jackson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Brandon Aiyuk, Travis Kelce
The Conference Championship round of the playoffs is here, and I’m back with another edition of fantasy football bold predictions. This week’s list of bold predictions will include Brock Purdy, Lamar Jackson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Brandon Aiyuk, and Travis Kelce. Every week, I will provide some fun and bold fantasy football predictions. While these bold predictions […]
Full Story »Where Does Aroldis Chapman Fit With The Pirates? Fantasy Baseball Outlook
The Pittsburgh Pirates have added a high-octane arm to their relief corps as they have signed veteran big leaguer Aroldis Chapman to a one-year, $10.5 million pact for the 2024 campaign. This marks the southpaw's sixth different organization in the big leagues as he has spent time with the Reds, Yankees (twice), Cubs, Royals, and […]
Full Story »What Does A Return Season Look Like For Rhys Hoskins? Fantasy Baseball Outlook
It was a tough scene in 2023 spring training when Rhys Hoskins collapsed to the ground attempting to backpedal on a difficult fly ball behind first base in foul territory. Right away, the sight reeked of a blown ACL. That was indeed the case as not only did the injury end his 2023 season before […]
Full Story »Why The Detroit Lions Will Make The 2024 Super Bowl: NFL Football Postseason Outlook
The Detroit Lions are just one of four remaining teams fighting for a chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. Not many people envisioned the Lions making it this far, but they have exceeded all expectations in Dan Campbell's third season as the team's head coach. The Lions last made the NFC Championship back in 1992 […]
Full Story »DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Hockey Picks (1/25/24): Today's Top NHL DFS Lineups
Welcome, RotoBallers! If you do not know me, my name is Brandon and I write both The First-Serve and The Kick-Off for tennis and soccer, respectively. If you have not checked those out, make sure you do! It is the return of the NHL season, which means it's time to sharpen our skills and partake […]
Full Story »CBB DFS: DraftKings Daily Fantasy College Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (1/25/24)
After the loaded slates on the last two days, we get a bit of a breather on Thursday. We have an AAC game to get us going, then the rest of the action is out west. We've got an important WCC matchup and a couple of Pac-12 games to send us off. Sound like fun? […]
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