Completely Harvey What else does this kid have to do to show us that he’s the best young pitching star in baseball? Wednesday evening Matt “The Real Deal” Harvey, as Dwight Gooden refers to him, dominated the Rockies. Harvey allowed just four hits, struck out six and posted a goose egg in the walk column […]
Full Story »MLB Daily League Lineups: Exclusive Picks & Results from 8/6
Earlier this season, RotoBaller.com launched an exclusive Expert Picks of the Day newsletter service. The goal of this service is to provide our readers with expert player analysis, recommendations, and picks to assist them in setting their MLB daily league lineups. Our fantasy baseball picks are delivered right to subscribers' email inboxes, so they can easily set their lineups and win on […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Baseball Analysis August 7: Verlander? Is that you?
The Detroit Tigers have won ten games in a row and now have a five-game lead over the Cleveland Indians in the AL Central. They've been in control of the division for most of the year and have done so without Justin Verlander putting up the numbers we've come to expect from one of the […]
Full Story »2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Wide Receivers
This article is an introduction to RotoBaller’s 2013 fantasy football sleepers. Today we’ll be taking a look around the NFL at sleeper wide receivers (WR) to 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 football chat, the best […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Second Base (August Update)
The first four months of the 2013 fantasy baseball season are complete, and we've gotten a good look at which players are establishing themselves as contributors and which guys are struggling. Every month, RotoBaller updates our original preseason rankings at every position. Today, we’re going to look at second basemen, a position where we’ve seen some significant changes in […]
Full Story »Alex Avila (C, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: After his game-winning, three-run shot against the Indians, Avila has now amassed three home runs in his last five games. With Miguel Cabrera hobbling and Prince Fielder slumping, the Tigers have discovered their newest offensive weapon. His .325 BA since the start of his recent hot-streak may be […]
Full Story »Live Chat: Fantasy Baseball Advice (8/7) - Lucroy, Avila, Prado, Upton & More
The following are the transcripts from the RotoBaller Live Chat that took place on August 7th, 2013. Fellow RotoBaller Tyler Petagine talks fantasy baseball, waiver wire, trades and more with some RotoBaller.com readers. As always, you can get some LIVE quick hit advice in RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball chat room. Let’s win some leagues! 18:36 Tyler Petagine […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Baseball Analysis August 6: Justin-Time?
Justin Time? The Atlanta Braves are the hottest team in baseball after winning their eleventh consecutive game on Monday. One big reason for their recent success: Justin Upton. The younger Upton started off the season like gang-busters and mashed 12 homers in April alone, leaving fantasy owners like myself wiggling with joy like a puppy […]
Full Story »DraftStreet Deals of the Day - MLB Lineups Advice for Daily Fantasy Baseball - August 6, 2013
In what would seem to have the makings of a great pitcher's duel, Gio Gonzalez and Julio Teheran will square off in the nation's capital this evening. However, neither starter has managed to defeat his respective division rival to this point in the season. The Braves' right-handed rookie is 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA over […]
Full Story »Danny Farquhar (RP, SEA) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Tom Wilhemsen has been removed from the closer role for the second time, and now demoted to AAA. Danny Farquhar has been handed the the last two save opportunities, and has converted them. There are no guarantees that he'll run away with the job, but it appears it is his […]
Full Story »2013 Fantasy Football Preseason Rankings: Tight End (TE)
This article is an introduction to RotoBaller's 2013 fantasy football rankings. Today we'll be taking a look around the NFL at tight ends (TE), and give you our fantasy rankings and analysis. RotoBaller.com’s team of writers will be releasing their fantasy football rankings and analysis over the next few weeks to help get you prepared […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Starting Pitchers (August Update)
We’re now four months deep into the baseball season, and fantasy owners are in the heat of the stretch run. For many of those in contention, they will live and die on their starting pitching. RotoBaller has been updating our positional rankings over the past week. Today, we’re revisiting the starting pitcher rankings we initially published in April and […]
Full Story »Stephen Drew (SS, BOS) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Many owners lost Everth Cabrera or Jhonny Peralta today due to the Biogenesis suspensions. Are you one of them? I know I am. Shortstop is a thin position this year, so these same owners may be scrambling to find a replacement. Drew has been hitting better of late, […]
Full Story »Rajai Davis (OF, TOR) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Looking for some cheap steals? Well look no further than the SB specialist Rajai Davis. He swipes 3 bags last night in a single game, after swiping 4 bags against Houston just a few nights back. He now has 34 SBs in just 197 ABs! That's some serious […]
Full Story »Devin Mesoraco (C, CIN)
BALLER MOVE: Add In Deep Leagues (2 Catcher Leagues Must Add) ANALYSIS: Devin Mesoraco has quietly put together some stellar numbers over the the past 14 days at the Catcher position for the Reds and is owned in only 8% of Yahoo leagues. Over his last 46 at bats, he is posting a .308 batting […]
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