Even though fantasy football drafts are in full swing, it's approaching fantasy baseball playoffs time for many leagues, so this is the time when roster management and attention to lineup detail really pays off! Don't get too distracted with fantasy football that you let your fellow fantasy baseball owners out-manage you down the stretch, costing […]
Full Story »FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks, Advice & Sleepers for 8/25
There are ten games this evening with a wide-open pitching field and some juicy stacks against vulnerable pitchers, so I'm going to suggest a few stacks to consider in addition to my typical position-by-position recommendations. With no extremely pricey pitchers on the slate today, everyone will have some extra bucks to build an offense. I will […]
Full Story »Week 22 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups
What’s up RotoBallers, hopefully your team is still in the chase as we start heading down the fantasy baseball home stretch. Below are all of the starting pitching matchups for Week 22. For every week of the fantasy baseball season, we look to analyze all of the projected starting pitcher matchups and put together our optimal lineups. This week we […]
Full Story »Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 22 (Part 1)
Well Mr. Burns had done it/The power plant had won it/With Roger Clemens clucking all the while/Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness made us smile/While Wade Boggs laid unconscious on the barroom tile/We’re talking softball A friend of mine posted those beautiful lyrics on social media last week, and I knew it could only mean one thing: The Simpson’s marathon […]
Full Story »Overvalued Wide Receivers for 2014 Fantasy Football Drafts
Identifying the risers/fallers, worthwhile rookies, sleepers and potential busts are all key components for your draft strategy. Evaluating a player’s average draft position (ADP) involves comparing that player to the other options being selected around him. The players listed below aren’t guys I would suggest avoiding altogether necessarily; rather, I'd pass on them where they […]
Full Story »Top 5 Hitter Streamers & Waiver Wire Targets For Week 22
Depending on the league you play in, your fantasy season may be almost over at this point in the year. Especially if you play in any sort of format involving a playoff bracket, this could very well be the last week that you have to make a difference before the playoff spots are determined. That […]
Full Story »Stock Rising / Falling from Preseason Week 2: SEA, NO, OAK, DET
This post originally appeared on Rotoback. Pre-Season Updates for Fantasy Football Below are some updates for 4 players coming out of the Week 2 NFL pre-season games. We'll continue to provide NFL updates to help prepare for your fantasy football drafts. Good luck RotoBallers! Cameron Jordan (DE, NO) - Jordan was disruptive throughout the […]
Full Story »RotoBaller's Expert Fantasy Football Mock Draft (Part II)
Courtesy of our good friends over at Fleaflicker, we hosted a RotoBaller fantasy football mock draft with a bunch of the RotoBaller football experts. Our own Frankie Soler (@Frankie_Soler) was kind enough to write up a thorough post-draft analysis. As you're preparing for your own fantasy football drafts, developing your draft strategy, identifying ADP sleepers, quality rookies, breakouts and […]
Full Story »Dan Bailey (K, DAL)
BALLER MOVE: Grab in Late Rounds of Deep Leagues For Week 1 Start ANALYSIS: One thing we absolutely love at RotoBaller are kickers who play half their games in dome stadiums, and Mr. Dan Bailey is at the top of the list for week 1 kickers who are poised to put up some points. Hosting the San […]
Full Story »Avisail Garcia (OF, CHW) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Very Deep Mixed Leagues ANALYSIS: Garcia's return this year came as a bit of a surprise, just five months after tearing the labrum in his left shoulder diving for a ball in the outfield. The White Sox may be a longshot for the postseason, but that doesn't take anything away from […]
Full Story »2014 Fantasy Football Rankings: Top 60 Wide Receivers
While we've already published our Top 60 Wide Receivers in three separate tiers, we thought it was time to update these rankings just a little bit, especially considering all the news out of preseason and the number of position battles we're seeing among wide receivers. This is not a knee-jerk overreaction based on preseason performances, just some basic accounting […]
Full Story »2014 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Running Back (RB) Draft Values
Reading player analysis, analyzing ADPs, identifying the risers/fallers and potential busts, following the pre-season team outlooks, learning the rookies and putting together your rankings are all key components for your draft strategy. And today we are here to help out with running backs, and making sure your teams are prepared in the critical rounds. In […]
Full Story »Eye on the Minors: Prospects, Rookies and September Call-ups
MLB Prospects & Call-Ups This week, I took to the phones and email to try to get a scoop on which prospects will get called up when rosters expand to 40 players on September 1. I put in some work trying to track down information on rookies and sleepers from all 30 major league teams, and though the […]
Full Story »Jonathan Schoop (2B, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in AL-Only Leagues / Deeper Leagues (14+ Teams) ANALYSIS: At this point in the season, if you are in a mixed league and looking to turn to Jonathan Schoop as the savior of your MI slot (or even worse, 2B slot), then you are probably the captain of a sinking ship, or just fighting […]
Full Story »Travis d'Arnaud (C, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in NL-Only Leagues / Deeper Leagues / Two-Catcher Leagues ANALYSIS: When the Mets traded reigning Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey before the 2013 season, they expected a little more from top propsect Travis d'Arnaud than they have gotten thus far. In 385 at-bats over the past two seasons, d'Arnaud owns just a […]
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