BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team / AL-Only Leagues OWNED IN: 4% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: One of the highest rated left-handed pitching prospects of the past few years has finally made his case to join a Major League rotation. After two trades and countless momentum swings between levels of competition Andrew Heaney has arrived […]
Full Story »Steven Matz (SP, Mets) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in all leagues OWNED IN: 21% of Yahoo leagues ANALYSIS: The Mets have said that their young lefty would be promoted around July 1st. Well July is a week away, but Steven Matz is expected to start this Sunday. With all the hype surrounding him, expectations are high and, given his minor league […]
Full Story »New York Giants: 2015 Fantasy Football Analysis and Team Outlook
Previous Team Previews on the Cowboys, Saints and Bucs can be found here. Odell Beckham Jr. By now you’ve all heard the name and seen one of the most spectacular catches in NFL history. One of the hot topics heading into the 2015 fantasy season has been where to rank Odell Beckham among wide receivers. In […]
Full Story »Champ or Chump: What to Make of Billy Burns, Pablo Sandoval, and Albert Pujols
Lately I feel as though I have discussed many pitchers in this space, so let's switch it up a little. This week, I will be discussing all people with bats. I'll also order the players in traditional batting order format: a fast guy will lead off, a contact guy will hit second, and a middle […]
Full Story »MLB DFS Lineup Picks & Sleepers - DraftKings Advice for 6/26/15
As always, my goal with this article is to help you identify viable options to insert into your DraftKings lineups, based on pricing and matchups data. Here's a compilation of players I like when choosing a lineup for Friday, June 26th. Editor's Note: If you play on DraftKings, you should check out our Partner FanDuel - they're […]
Full Story »FanDuel DFS – MLB Lineup Picks, Sleepers & Advice for 6/26/15
Well, I’m sorry for those of you who went with Gerrit Cole last night. It hurts me to say that I felt an outing like that coming, especially because I’m a Pirates fan. The good news, however, is that outing is out of the way, and he can go ahead and continue being successful from […]
Full Story »Justin Turner (1B / 2B / SS / 3B, LAD) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 67% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Despite not getting consistent playing time early on, Justin Turner has now secured a job as the everyday third baseman in Los Angeles. Not only that, but Turner has also put up numbers worthy of being an All Star. To this point […]
Full Story »deGrom Fires Eight Shutout Innings In Mets Victory
Jacob deGrom delivered a much-needed strong pitching performance to help the New York Mets squeak by the Milwaukee Brewers, which put an end to a seven-game losing streak. deGrom (8-5, 2.15 ERA) threw eight innings of shutout baseball to end the losing streak for the Mets on Thursday in the finale of the series with the […]
Full Story »J.D. Martinez Goes Yard Again: 8 HR In Last 11 Games
J.D. Martinez remained hot, while hitting for power, when he hit another home run during the Tiger’s loss on Thursday to the Chicago Sox in extra innings. The 27-year-old leftfielder went 1-for-5 with a two-run dinger. It was a slugfest during Thursday’s 8-7 loss for Detroit, but Martinez continued his power-hitting streak. Martinez has five homers […]
Full Story »Week 12 Q&A: Live Fantasy Chat (6/25)
Thursday Evening – Live Fantasy Baseball Q&A RotoBaller writer Ross Wiliamson will be fielding all grounders, flies and line drives on Thursday June 25th at 9:00 PM EST. Lineup concerns, add/drops, trades, DFS questions – you name it, we cover it! Come join in on the fun, and get your fantasy baseball lineup, waiver wire and sit/start questions answered. We’ll do […]
Full Story »Steven Matz (SP, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 25% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: During internal discussions with other industry fantasy analysts about Matz this offseason, the question which always came up was whether or not he had front of the rotation upside. He’s done everything possible at Triple-A Las Vegas to answer in the affirmative. Not only does […]
Full Story »MLB DFS Lineup Picks & Sleepers - DraftKings Advice for 6/25/15
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 just $5 to enter and pays out $50,000 in cash prizes, including 10K to 1st place! Sign up Now and we'll give you free access to RotoBaller's Premium DFS Lineup Picks and Tools (a $29.99 […]
Full Story »The Decline of Radamel Falcao and Why He Can Shine at Chelsea
The latest news in the world of soccer is that Radamel Falcao will be joining Premier League champions Chelsea on a season long loan ahead of the 2015-2016 season. In case you don't know who Falcao is, he is one of the best forwards in world soccer. A pure and traditional number nine, the Colombian's […]
Full Story »Kevin White: 2015 Dynasty Rookie and Prospect Analysis
In our 2015 Dynasty / Rookies / Prospects series, RotoBaller writer Edward Gorelik uses a couple of choice plays from a player's college career to profile their potential NFL future and immediate impact for the 2015 fantasy football season. In the second article of this series we look at Chicago Bears Wide Receiver Kevin White. The previous […]
Full Story »Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 12 (Part 2)
In a shocking turn of Twitter's events, it has come to my attention that the people want to know how well my picks do. So, starting today, I will now be instituting a segment that shows the statistics of my picks. This season, there has been plenty of strong starts sprinkled in with some devastating […]
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