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All the MLB action is in the evening today, so you've got plenty of time to investigate injuries and weather situations before your daily league lineups lock. We are going to pick on Jordan Lyles in Minute Maid tonight, as well as Tom Koehler in Miami - so get the oppossing sluggers active, and watch the points […]
Full Story »2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers: A Look at Impact Rookies
This article is a continuation of RotoBaller’s 2013 fantasy football sleepers and rookies. Today we’ll be taking a look around the NFL at potential impact rookies for fantasy football, and give you our fantasy analysis. If you like this article, check out the rest of our fantasy football analysis: rankings, sleepers, running backs, wide receivers, quarterbacks and of course our live fantasy […]
Full Story »Darin Ruf (1B, OF, PHI) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Ruf is a dependable outfielder with a .262 batting average, eight HR and 13 RBI. He has also hit seven doubles since his call up. He should be started exclusively against right-handers, even though he's a righty himself, as he’s hit .313 against RHP while struggling to to […]
Full Story »Trevor Rosenthal (RP, STL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: When Jason Motte went down with an injury back in March, the Cardinals' closer situation seemed up in the air. It was a toss-up between Mitchell Boggs, Edward Mujica, and Trevor Rosenthal to see who would step into the ninth inning role. Eventually, Mujica won the job, but even for […]
Full Story »Chris Archer (SP, TB) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Archer is pitching well with a 2.95 ERA and six wins on the season. He has struck out 62 batters, while walking 30. He is limiting teams to a .214 average, with right-handers just managing a .153 average against him. He has struggled a bit in his last […]
Full Story »Jedd Gyorko (2B, 3B, SD) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Gyorko is having a solid rookie campaign with 21 doubles and 14 HR on the season to go along with 37 RBI in 342 at-bats. The knock on him is plate discipline– he needs to develop some patience, as evidenced by his 85 strikeouts against just 22 walks. […]
Full Story »Alex Wood (SP, ATL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Wood is having a good season for Atlanta with a 2.61 ERA and 51.2 innings pitched. He has only allowed one home run while striking out 57 batters, good for an elite 9.9 K/9. He has a WHIP of 1.02 and is limiting teams to a .215 batting average. Over […]
Full Story »Sonny Gray (SP, OAK) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Gray is starting off his career in spectacular fashion with a 1.44 ERA in 25 innings pitched. He has displayed great command by striking out 27 batters and only walking seven. To this point, he has shut down the Astros and Mariners– by no means powerhouse offenses– but the way […]
Full Story »Will Venable (OF, SD) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Venable is flashing his power/speed combo for the Padres this season, with a .263 average, 39 extra-base hits and 14 stolen bases against just four caught-stealing. Over his last 21 games, he has a .352/.387/1.046 triple-slash with five HR and nine RBI, so he can definitely be an impact player […]
Full Story »Brandon Belt (1B, SF) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Belt is finally hitting up to the level of his former top-prospect status, as the Giants envisioned he would. He has a .276/.352/.836 triple-slash with 15 HR and 50 RBI on the season. The young first baseman has 46 extra-base hits and 106 hits overall, making him a points-league dynamo. […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Week 21 Waiver Wire Pickups
RotoBaller writer Chris Lacey highlights a handful of players on most of your waiver wires to keep track of. You can find many of these players and recommendations, along with many more, in our Daily Updated Waiver Wire Pickups List. STANDARD MIXED-LEAGUE VIABLE PICKUPS Brandon Belt - Belt is finally hitting up to the level of his former top-prospect […]
Full Story »2013 Fantasy Football Draft Advice: Players With More to Prove
If you like this article, check out the rest of our fantasy football analysis: rankings, sleepers, running backs, wide receivers, quarterbacks and of course our live fantasy football chat, the best football chatroom on the internwebs. RotoBaller will be releasing more fantasy football content daily to help you prepare for the 2013 NFL Fantasy Football season so stay tuned! As we […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Baseball Analysis August 22: Face-Time: Heyward Ouchies
Face-Time On the same day, in two separate games, two players were struck in the face by a pitch. Atlanta's young talent Jason Heyward and Houston’s Max Stassi were both removed from their respective games after being struck in the face by pitches. Heyward was the recipient of a Jonathon Niese fastball to the right […]
Full Story »MLB Daily League Lineups Advice for Fantasy Baseball (Fanduel) - 8/22
Loving a lot of stuff in the early MLB games today, so we are going to key in on them here today for your daily league lineups. To provide a brief summary of today's strategy - we're going to attempt to dodge Clayton Kershaw at all costs, we're going to be picking some lefty vs […]
Full Story »MLB Daily League Lineups: Subscription Special & Results from 8/20
In case you haven't joined in on the fun (and winning) yet, RotoBaller is promoting the heck out of our Expert Daily League Subscription Newsletter for the next week. We are here to help you finish out the 2013 fantasy baseball season strong, and win your MLB daily leagues! During this promotional phase, you will receive a full […]
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