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Preseason Fantasy Baseball Analysis: The Outfielders RotoBaller is proud to present a unique new take on fantasy sports. With his tongue firmly placed in his cheek your host, the “Living Legend” Joe Gallina, provides you with a great blend of baseball talk featuring sabermetrics and fantasy analysis. Editor’s Note: Be sure to check out all […]
Full Story »Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (SG/SF, CHA) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED: 30% of Yahoo! Fantasy basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Steve Clifford decided to entrust the starting point guard job to newly acquired Mo Williams over the incumbent Brian Roberts, and believe it or not, having a competent point guard on a night to night basis is benefiting the entire team. Michael […]
Full Story »A Look Ahead: The Top 5 Free Agents of 2016 by WAR
Poet Alexander Pope once wrote "hope springs eternal," but had he ever gotten the chance to attend Spring Training he may have shuffled those words around and come out with something along the lines of "spring brings eternal hope." Spring Training is finally in full swing and with those familiar sounds of bat on ball […]
Full Story »Jon Lester and Jake Arrieta, One-Two Punch
When you sign a $155 million contract over the next 6 years, you are expected to have an immediate impact for your ball club. In a completely expected move, new Chicago Cubs manager Joe Madden announced on March 2nd that the wealthy Jon Lester would be the opening day pitching starter on April 5th. Immediate […]
Full Story »Ray McCallum (G, SAC) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickup
BALLER MOVE: Add in deeper leagues; monitor in all leagues OWNED: 7% in Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues ANALYSIS: Ray McCallum is former top 20 high school player who decided against the big name schools in order to play for his father at the University of Detroit Mercy and gave away his notoriety because of it. Now he's starting […]
Full Story »Top Five Starting Pitchers Due for Regression: Fantasy Baseball Predictions
The Regression Monster Cometh While it isn’t an end-all, be-all stat – because those don’t exist – FIP is a much better tool for analyzing pitchers and predicting future performance than raw ERA. Case in point: In the past three seasons, the 10 pitchers who outperformed the FIP by the highest margins saw their […]
Full Story »Rest in Peace Anthony Mason
We all die one day. The question is how hard do you fight when you’re alive? On a basketball court, nobody played harder than Anthony Mason. In Game 2 of the 1994 NBA Finals, the MVP of the league was trying to get position in the post – but he couldn’t get to his spot. […]
Full Story »Save Prospecting: Top Five Non-Closing NL Relief Pitchers
Every year in fantasy baseball leagues about one third of all the opening day closers lose their jobs due to injury or poor performance. It's just the nature of the game. Below are five NL relievers to watch closely in 2015 who could have significant fantasy baseball value if the closer on their team were to […]
Full Story »NBA DFS Lineup Picks & Sleepers – FanDuel Advice for 3/3/15
All throughout the 2014-15 NBA campaign, RotoBaller will be analyzing the top NBA DFS lineup picks and providing our expert advice for the best sleepers at the guard, forward and center positions. Below are our favorite FanDuel DFS picks for March 3, 2015. Keep in mind, fantasy basketball is a fickle game when it comes to injured […]
Full Story »Billy Hamilton (OF, CIN) - 2015 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target as OF2 ANALYSIS: Billy Hamilton's 56 SB last year still were good for the second-most in the league (Dee Gordon, 64). However, Hamilton left a lot to be desired last year, with only 72 runs scored and a mediocre .250 batting average. Understandably, Hamilton owners were driven crazy by his inconsistency, but he […]
Full Story »NBA DFS Lineup Picks & Sleepers – FanDuel Advice for 3/2/15
All throughout the 2014-15 NBA campaign, RotoBaller will be analyzing the top NBA DFS lineup picks and providing our expert advice for the best sleepers at the guard, forward and center positions. Below are our favorite FanDuel DFS picks for March 2nd, 2015. Keep in mind, fantasy basketball is a fickle game when it comes to injured […]
Full Story »Phil Hughes (SP, MIN) - 2015 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target as High-End SP3 ANALYSIS: Phil Hughes posted 11.63 strikeouts for every walk he issued last season, the best ratio in MLB history for a starting pitcher. How did a pitcher who, in parts of five qualifying seasons as a starter, had never managed an ERA south of 4.00 manage to top such a […]
Full Story »RotoBaller is Obsessed with Baseball and Fantasy Baseball
The passionate writers at RotoBaller have been hard at work all preseason churning out 5-6 articles a day, giving you the relevant MLB news and the best fantasy baseball analysis and advice for your 2015 drafts. And they will continue churning milk into sweet cream for the rest of the MLB preseason. But on this Monday morning, […]
Full Story »NBA Waiver Wire: Four-Game Fantasy Basketball Sleepers (3/2 - 3/8)
This weekly column is primarily designed for anyone playing in a fantasy basketball head-to-head format, and especially for those of you playing in weekly lineup leagues. It is a great strategy to know which NBA players are scheduled to play in a four game week. You can use this information to gain an advantage in […]
Full Story »2015 Dynasty / Keeper Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Relief Pitchers
The Final Chapter I considered skipping out on this article because of how volatile the closer position is in fantasy baseball. At the end of the day though, every fantasy team needs closers, dynasty and redraft leagues. Closers are the only relief pitchers we really value in the fantasy baseball community unless you play in a […]
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