The St. Louis Cardinals activated Trevor Rosenthal from the paternity leave list on Monday. The NL Central first-place Cardinals will welcome the Washington Nationals for a three-game series while they get back their All-Star closer after his wife gave birth to a baby girl. The 25-year-old missed the weekend series against the San Francisco Giants, […]
Full Story »Fantasy Football Stock Rising / Falling After Preseason Week 3
The third week of the preseason is usually the most important. For the most part, this is the one week where coaches keep their starters in for an extended period of time and we get a long look at the first team offense. That held true this past week. By my count we saw 17 […]
Full Story »FanDuel DFS – MLB Lineup Picks, Sleepers and Advice for 8/31/15
Welcome to the final frontier of August 2015. It's pretty remarkable how fast the season has flown by, but here we are, on the brink of 40-man roster time. Let's close out the month on a high note, shall we? We've got a beautiful 12-game slate scheduled, with first pitch at 7:00 EDT. Editor’s Note: […]
Full Story »Four Deeper Sleepers to Target in 2015 Fantasy Football Drafts
I love late round fliers. What’s not to like? They are your last few picks on draft day (besides DEF/K) so there is very little risk involved, and if they hit, you look like a fantasy football genius. If they don’t hit, you just cut them and move on to the hot waiver pickup of the […]
Full Story »Fierce 40: College Football 2015 Rankings – Clemson Tigers (#14)
Welcome to the Fierce 40 series of my 2015 College Football Rankings, where I will be counting down the top 40 ranked teams in the NCAA. Today I will be analyzing the Clemson Tigers, 14 overall for the 2015 college football season. I will be releasing one NCAA team preview per day, providing my analysis on each team in the top […]
Full Story »Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 22 (Part 1)
These last 30 or so regular season games in the last month or so of the season will feature a ton of interdivisional matchups that will most definitely affect the playoff races. With the exception of the Royals, who are currently sporting a sleek 13 game lead over the second place Minnesota Twins, every divisional […]
Full Story »MLB DFS Lineup Picks and Sleepers – DraftKings Advice for 8/31/15
What's up RotoBallers. Below are my DFS lineup picks for tonight's games on DraftKings. I will try and identify players for your DFS lineups to help you win on DraftKings. Good luck! Editor's Note: If you play on DraftKings, you should check out our Partner FanDuel - they're hosting a one-day Fantasy Baseball league tonight. It's […]
Full Story »MLB Closer and Waiver Wire Watch for 8/31/15
Not a ton of closer news this week. However, the Red Sox finally made an announcement regarding their closer plans for the rest of the season. There are still a bunch of closers on the hot seat as we near an end to the season so there is a lot to keep an eye on. […]
Full Story »Charles Clay (TE, BUF) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target as a low-end TE2. CURRENT ADP: 176 STD, 205 PPR ANALYSIS: Rex Ryan, the head coach for the Buffalo Bills, has already made a name for himself in the league as a coach that likes to run the ball. With the likes of Lesean McCoy, Fred Jackson, Anthony Dixon and Bryce Brown, […]
Full Story »The Fantasy Implications of Brian Hoyer Starting in Houston
The Texans announced earlier this week that Brian Hoyer has won the quarterback battle against teammate Ryan Mallett. Hoyer is certainly the less mysterious of the two options, as we have seen what he is capable of with the Cleveland Browns. Now that the Texans offense is mostly solidified, let's take a look at the […]
Full Story »Minor League Spotlight: Top Fantasy Pitching Prospects from Week 21
As a Reds fan, this season has really been a struggle to watch, but there has been some upside. Raisel Iglesias, Anthony DeSclafani, and John Lamb have all shown flashes of dominance that gives Reds fans like me hope for the future. Next year won’t be the year for the Reds either, but 2017 they […]
Full Story »Five Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds for Week 22
With Labor Day coming up, the unofficial end of summer is upon us. Those of you in areas with lousy winters should make every effort to spend as much time outside as possible in the next few months. Bring your laptop with you, though, because there's still work to be done on your fantasy team. […]
Full Story »NFC South: Strength of Schedule Analysis & Players to Target or Avoid
We’ve previously published an article series analyzing and grading all the NFL defenses, division by division. Now we’re going to look at the strength of schedules of each NFL team, division by division, to help you identify players with the best matchups vs. the league’s weakest defenses. Today we provide NFC South strength of schedule analysis. For […]
Full Story »Running Backs with 350+ Carries, the Myth Surrounding Them, and the Lies.
One of the ideas that's been in the minds of impressionable fantasy owners for who-knows-how-long is that running backs have a breaking point after a certain amount of carries. It's a tiring argument that stems from some very high profile cases including Terrell Davis, Clinton Portis, and Shaun Alexander, who all managed to hit the big 350+ […]
Full Story »PPR Running Back Tiered Rankings for 2015 Fantasy Football
What's up RotoBallers. The 2015 fantasy football draft season is upon us, and we've been churning out tons of great fantasy football rankings & analysis throughout the preseason. Throughout this week we'll be releasing our tiered fantasy football rankings. Putting players into tiers is a great strategy to prepare for your drafts, and allows you […]
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