BALLER MOVE: Target as a late round option at WR3 Current ADP: 192 STD, 182 PPR ANALYSIS: Eddie Royal flew well under the radar last season despite posting one of the more successful campaigns of his career. The 29-year-old managed 62 catches for 778 yards across 16 games in 2014 and even found the end-zone seven times, […]
Full Story »WR Victor Cruz Should Rebound in 2015
Victor Cruz has a 1500 yard season to his name. He has a 10 TD season to his name. He was THE feel good story of the league. He was the guy the burst on the scene out of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and never looked back...until last year. Two years ago Cruz was […]
Full Story »Waiver Wire Pickups For Second Base (2B) & Shortstop (SS) For Week 20
Over the course of the season I’ll be giving you two players at second base and shortstop per week who I think can help your team. These players are usually widely available in any format, and should turn nice profits in the weeks to come. As always, feel free to reach out to me directly […]
Full Story »Fantasy Football Standard Rankings: Top 200
The NFL season is fast approaching, and with that many fantasy football drafts are either underway or right around the corner. Here at RotoBaller headquarters, we've been dissecting fantasy football nonstop, and are here to help you dominate your drafts. Below are RotoBaller's 2015 fantasy football standard rankings for standard scoring (non-PPR) leagues. These staff consensus rankings take the average ranks […]
Full Story »Matt Garza (SP, MIL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 13% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Let's face it -- Matt Garza has been bad this season. He has made fantasy owners pay dearly for owning him. However Garza has truly turned things around and has visably righted the ship. If you are in need of pitching whether as a streamer […]
Full Story »Jake Lamb (3B, ARI) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 8% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Since Jake Lamb cemented the demise of the Yasmany Tomas third base experiment, he has shown that he will be manning the hot corner for the Diamondbacks. The .359 BABIP is a drastic improvement over 2014's .291 mark but with a larger sample […]
Full Story »Carlos Beltran (OF, NYY) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 10+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 47% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The uncanny ability of Carlos Beltran can not be denied with his long list of accomplishments. However, in recent years, he has severely tapered off into being another aging veteran that finds time in a lineup desperate for his bat. Beltran's numbers […]
Full Story »English Premier League Match Of The Week: Manchester City v Chelsea Analysis
The machinations of the fixture fixer has already thrown up a mouth watering encounter on just the second weekend of the new EPL season as Manchester City will host current title champions, Chelsea, this Sunday afternoon (Kick-off 11am ET). Inevitably, almost enticingly, Chelsea's season has begun with a wobble both on and off the field […]
Full Story »Week 2 English Premier League Saturday Predictions and Fantasy Advice
Week 1 demonstrated all the unpredictability of the English Premier League. There were unexpected outcomes, and the will surely be more of the same as we continue through the season. Here is RotoBaller's preview of the fixtures on Saturday, including match predictions, for Week 2 of the new EPL season. Editor’s Note: be sure to check out […]
Full Story »Duke Johnson (RB, CLE) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Late Rounds as RB4 Current ADP: 149 STD, 99 PPR ANALYSIS: Duke Johnson is great value as a late-round flier who could force a 50/50 carry split in Cleveland early on. Terrance West was uninspiring as a rookie, and the coaching staff appears to have already moved on, leaving Johnson as the ideal complement to Isaiah […]
Full Story »Jay Ajayi (RB, MIA) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Late Rounds RB5 Current ADP: 170 STD, 148 PPR ANALYSIS: If Jay Ajayi were healthy, he could have been picked in the early second round of the 2015 draft. Scouts and GMs loved his combination of size and speed, along with his versatility. Ajayi has the opportunity to excel in an above-average offense on […]
Full Story »Ryan Mathews (RB, PHI) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 9-10 as RB4 Current ADP: 108 STD, 103 PPR ANALYSIS: Ryan Mathews is probably the best handcuff in all of fantasy football this year, given how Chip Kelly uses his running backs. DeMarco Murray will handle most of the work, while Darren Sproles should handle a majority of third down and two-minute […]
Full Story »Aston Villa v Manchester United: English Premier League Week 2 Friday Fixture
The first Friday fixture in the EPL in 11 years could conceivably be a commercial experiment. In the weird and wacky world of the United Kingdom, however, the Friday scheduling is because of a lack of policing for a totally unconnected political protest march that is taking place in the West Midlands on Sunday, when the match was […]
Full Story »MLB DFS - Lineup Picks & Sleepers - DraftKings Advice for 8/14/15
As always, my goal with this article is to help you identify viable options to insert into your DraftKings lineups, based on pricing and matchups data. Here's a compilation of players I like when choosing a lineup for Friday, August 14th. Editor's Note: If you play on DraftKings, you should check out our Partner FanDuel - […]
Full Story »FanDuel DFS – MLB Lineup Picks, Sleepers & Advice for 8/14/15
Even when the Cubs aren’t at home their messing up DFS slates everywhere. The two Chicago teams will clash at 4:10 on Friday, August 14th, thus eliminating them from the “main slate” today. That gives us 14 games to look at, and we have a handful of pitchers from which to choose from. With that […]
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