As the 22nd week of the 2024 MLB season nears, it's important to follow the latest developments on key players. There is no shortage of high-impact fantasy baseball studs dealing with bumps and bruises, so let's take a look at the top injured players including Tyler O'Neill, Christian Yelich, Jorge Soler, Jared Jones, Byron Buxton, […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Lineup Notes: Batting Order, Platoons, and Playing Time Changes - Week 21
We're now onto Week 21 of the fantasy baseball season. Normally I'd give you my sarcastic Rockies update here but nothing tops the reality of Joc Pederson hitting a little league homer against the purple pinstripes so here I am, just drowning in the misery of my Rockies fandom. We've bottomed out as our doom […]
Full Story »Five Injured Players to Stash in Fantasy Baseball - Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 22
Welcome back, RotoBallers! We've got yet another edition of the Injured Players to Stash in Fantasy Baseball series for Week 22. Heading into Week 22 and beyond, we'll highlight five injured players to stash in your redraft leagues. If you're new to the series, check out our previous articles for some other options. There are […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Prospects Stash List: Ready to Make a Splash for Redraft Leagues (Week 21)
Welcome to our fantasy baseball prospects to stash for Week 21 of the 2024 MLB season. In the last edition, we saw all three players discussed make their debuts. With September call-ups on the way, I provide seven prospects you can stash on your fantasy teams. Winning in a fantasy baseball redraft league requires a […]
Full Story »Every Fantasy Football Running Back With a Potential Workhorse Role in 2024
The term “workhorse running back” is nearly ancient history in today’s day and age. Committee backfields have become increasingly popular as the value of running backs as a whole has decreased. While deploying a committee is smart in real-life football to reduce wear and tear on the game’s most injury-prone position, they frustrate the life […]
Full Story »Trey Sweeney - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Waiver Wire Stashes (Week 22)
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deeper Leagues CALL-UP ETA: August 16 ANALYSIS: The Detroit Tigers are ready to see what they have with their young prospects as we head into the final six weeks of the season. Shortstop Trey Sweeney has been called up from Triple-A Toledo along with third baseman Jace Jung with both youngsters set […]
Full Story »Arizona Diamondbacks Fantasy Baseball Hitters Update - Snakes That Rake
The Arizona Diamondbacks have been an enigmatic franchise since their inception in 1998 as an expansion club. They achieved very highly and very quickly with a World Series title in 2001, fueled by the two-headed snake of Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling. Things slowed down from there. Until their return to the World Series last […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters Watch and Underachievers, Overachievers (Week 22)
Welcome back to my Week 22 edition of the Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters series for the 2024 MLB season! In today's edition, we'll take a look at players like Brendan Rodgers and Shea Langeliers. We'll take our usual look around the league as we head into the weekend to see who is showing signs of […]
Full Story »Zero RB Fantasy Football Middle-Round Running Back Draft Targets
Draft strategies like zero running back (Zero RB) can generate uncomfortable conversations and implicit biases. Like any draft strategy, we should consider scoring and roster formats. The idea behind it relates to being anti-fragile when drafting a team. Shawn Siegele referenced the anti-fragile framework and Zero RB as something beyond resilience and improves or grows […]
Full Story »Top 3 Impact Rookie TEs For 2024 Fantasy Football
It usually takes tight ends a couple of years to finally see production. T.J. Hockenson, Dallas Goedert, and Trey McBride are a few of the tight ends who failed to really make an immediate impact in their first year. Hockenson, Goedert, and McBride all totaled less than 375 receiving yards as rookies. Sometimes, there are […]
Full Story »Rookie Running Backs With A Potential Workhorse Role for Fantasy Football
It is as difficult to find a workhorse running back for fantasy football as it is to find a winning slot machine in Atlantic City. The league-wide "running-back-by-committees" have ruined the fantasy values of a plethora of players in recent seasons. NFL teams have decided that backs should split the snaps and touches instead of […]
Full Story »EPL Betting Picks and Game Previews for Matchday 1: English Premier League
The EPL season is back and so is our weekly article looking at betting picks and predictions for all games. The Matchday kicks off on Friday, August 16 with Manchester United hosting Fulham. It culminates on Monday, August 19 when Tottenham Hotspur visits newly promoted Leicester City. As we did last season, we'll offer a […]
Full Story »Overvalued RBs To Avoid In Fantasy Football Drafts - Josh Jacobs, Raheem Mostert, Rachaad White, more
The NFL views the running back differently than they did 20 years ago. Instead of having a featured guy getting 350 or more touches a year, teams now use multiple running backs. While the change in the backfield is good for the league, fantasy football players are split on the change. While having an elite […]
Full Story »The Top 10 Greatest MLB Players To Never Win A World Series
We often judge the greatness of athletes on how successful they were in the postseason. How many titles did they win? How often did they lead their team to the postseason? But the reality is that only one team wins the championship every year and hundreds of baseball players don't win. The Hall of Fame […]
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