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 […]
Full Story »Eli Manning: Why He's A Sleeper QB in 13 Facts
Tis the season of everyone trying to get an edge in their fantasy football draft. Strategies are analyzed to the death and picked apart one by one until you land on one that you are comfortable with going into the season. One of the most popular draft strategies this season seems to be waiting on […]
Full Story »T.J. Yeldon, JAX RB: 2015 Dynasty Rookie Profile
Toby Gerhart proved not to be the answer that the Jaguars were looking for at running back in 2014, and so with their second-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft they selected Alabama standout T.J. Yeldon. He will be given every opportunity to establish himself as the feature back in Jacksonville, and could make an […]
Full Story »T.J. Yeldon (RB, JAC) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 5-7 Current ADP: 63 STD, 55 PPR ANALYSIS: Last season, the Jaguars had a rookie quarterback, a young, banged up receiving corps and a bad offensive line, so it is safe to say the offense should be much improved in 2015. They added tight end Julius Thomas, wide receiver Allen Robinson […]
Full Story »Todd Gurley (RB, STL) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 4-6 Current ADP: 54 STD, 43 PPR ANALYSIS: Currently on track with recovery from his ACL injury, Todd Gurley should get back on the field Week 4. Tre Mason is expected to take the lead role, and Gurley will be eased into the offense over time. Don't expect him to reach […]
Full Story »Jeremy Maclin (WR, KC) - 2015 Fantasy Football Sleeper
BALLER MOVE: Target in Rounds 4-6 Current ADP: 56 STD, 49 PPR ANALYSIS: Alex Smith's super conservative pass attack has had a lot to do with a dreadful receiver corps. Smith has never had a 1,000-yard receiver over one season, but in his final sixteen games as a starter with the 49ers between 2011-12, Michael […]
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