BALLER MOVE: Target In Rd 4/5 As WR2 CURRENT ADP: Overall #56, WR #25 ANALYSIS: Alex Smith made 18 throws against the Titans and completed 16 of them in week three of preseason. Seven of those completions were to his new WR1, Jeremy Maclin. That led to a 7-65-1 line for Maclin in just 27 snaps. The […]
Full Story »English Premier League Week In Review: Match Day Four
Own Goal Decides The Match At Saint James' Newcastle United 0 – 1 Arsenal Saturday, August 29th @ St. James Park It was more of the same for the Magpies this weekend. Still in search of their first win of the season, Newcastle once again fell victim to sloppy, foul-ridden play and defensive ineptitude. Editor’s […]
Full Story »Sam Bradford (QB, PHI) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 10-12 Current ADP: 116 STD ANALYSIS: Having only played in a full 16-game season twice, drafting Sam Bradford as your second quarterback is a risk, but can also have huge upside. Under Chip Kelly in 2013, Nick Foles managed to rack up 2,891 yards and 27 touchdowns in just 13 games. […]
Full Story »PPR Tight End Tiered Rankings for 2015 Fantasy Football
Ladies and gentlemen. The 2015 fantasy football draft season has arrived, and in case you missed it we've been putting out tons of great fantasy football rankings & analysis for weeks. Over the next few days, we'll finish releasing our tiered fantasy football PPR rankings. Grouping players into different tiers is a great way to prepare for your drafts -- it […]
Full Story »Live Fantasy Football Draft Prep Q&A with Zach Wilkens and Bobby Koch (9/2)
Thursday Evening – Live Fantasy Football Draft Prep Q&A RotoBaller writer and Lead NFL columnist Zach Wilkens (@LopsidedTrades) and Bobby Koch (@RekedFantasy) will be answering all of your fantasy football questions and talking football every Wednesday night until the end of the NFL season. Tonight’s chat is happening Wednesday September 2nd at 8:00 PM EST. Draft Prep, sleepers, rankings, dynasty questions […]
Full Story »PPR Wide Receiver Tiered Rankings for 2015 Fantasy Football
What's up RotoBallers. The 2015 fantasy football draft season is here, and we've been publishing tons of great fantasy football rankings & analysis for the past few weeks. Throughout this week we'll be releasing our tiered fantasy football rankings, for PPR and standard leagues. Putting players into tiers is a great strategy to prepare for your […]
Full Story »MLB DFS Lineup Picks & Sleepers – DraftKings Advice for 9/2/15
Forty man rosters are officially here but we have yet to experience any drastic pricing based on these additions. Wednesday offers only four games in the afternoon slate, so today we will focus on the evening games. Below are my DraftKings picks for Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015. As always, remember to check your players to make sure […]
Full Story »NFL DFS Strategy: How to Use NFL Vegas Lines and Prop Bets in Daily Fantasy Football
Over the course of the 2015 NFL season week we'll be exploring DFS Strategy for FanDuel and DraftKings GPPs and cash games. Daily fantasy football is huge and growing, and RotoBaller's DFS strategy experts are here to help you win big! Today we'll be looking at how you can utilize Las Vegas betting lines and […]
Full Story »Spanish Primera Division - Week Two Recap
For those of you who were paying even the slightest bit of attention last week, your geographic knowledge of Spain has surely been enhanced. If only un poco. The strangely unplumbed beginning to the Spanish La Liga continued this weekend with the team that was technically relegated last year - but rescued because of a […]
Full Story »PGA DFS: DraftKings Fantasy Golf Sleeper Picks and Advice for the Deutsche Bank Championship
Last weekend was a rough one. Will Wilcox floundered among a below average week. Jason Day continued his hot streak, winning The Barclays by six strokes at 19-under. Day has passed Jordan Spieth for number one on the FedEx Cup Standings. 100 golfers are now left to play in the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC […]
Full Story »FanDuel DFS - MLB Lineup Picks, Sleepers and Advice for 9/2/15
What's up RotoBallers, and happy Wednesday. Welcome to another edition of my FanDuel analysis for DFS contests. There is a full slate of games on Wednesday, September 2nd with four early games and the Marlins/Braves starting at 12:10 ET, so double check those lineups before things kick off. Tons of aces which means we'll try and save […]
Full Story »Keenan Allen (WR, SD) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 5-6 as a potential WR2. CURRENT ADP: 54.3 standard/48.8 PPR ANALYSIS: Allen will bounce back from a disappointing sophomore season to re-establish himself as a top-24 fantasy receiver. Opposing defenses didn't sleep on Keenan Allen in 2014. After forfeiting the right to fly under the radar by posting an impressive 71/1,046/8 stat line in his rookie […]
Full Story »Minor League Spotlight: Top Hitting Prospects from Week 21
Who would've thought that a team with a $300 million payroll would be no hit twice in the span of the span of just two weeks? The Dodgers have defied everyone's expectation and continued to play very poorly in spite of their best efforts to break the bank. If the playoffs started today, they may […]
Full Story »Why You Should Be Trading Draft Picks: Analyzing the Strategy Behind an Underutilized Resource
In my fantasy draft this year, I had three second round draft picks. Yes, you read that correctly. My friends told me that I 'schemed' the draft—I prefer to use the term ‘outfoxed’. Bear with me as I delve into the possible strategies one can use to outfox their fellow fantasy team owners. First, before […]
Full Story »Buy and Sell Starting Pitchers for Week 22
Unfortunately, not one of our buys from last week had stellar showings. Kris Medlen and Kevin Gausman turned in tepid performances, and while Ian Kennedy logged another quality start, he also walked five batters. As for the sells, Jeff Samardzija and Andrew Cashner continued to be terrible, but Ervin Santana had his best game of the […]
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