BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues Immediately Owned in 33% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Last week we talked about the AP situation, including his deactivation for Week 2's game and speculating on Matt Asiata as the fill-in running back for the Vikings and waiver wire pickup for your fantasy football teams. Hopefully you were able to snag him […]
Full Story »Week 3 Risers & Fallers for Fantasy Football
Week 2 was initially overshadowed by a handful of off-the-field issues, primarily the Ray Rice saga and the Adrian Peterson case. But once the games got underway, the injury bug hit many high-profile fantasy studs, forcing owners to take a step back and evaluate their rosters for the upcoming weeks. Luckily, bye weeks are still a week away, […]
Full Story »FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks, Advice & Sleepers for 9/17
There is such a thing as an east coast bias. There’s also such a thing as a Beltway Bias and that term does deserve to be capitalized. The Orioles and the Nationals both clinched their respective divisions last night the way every organization should clinch a division. My beltway bias oozed out of my pores […]
Full Story »Deeper League Catchers: Waiver Wire Options for Week 25
Three Catchers For Deeper Leagues As we near the end of the MLB season and the fantasy baseball playoffs are upon us, here are some sleeper waiver wire catcher options that might help you in deeper leagues and two-catcher formats, if they’re still available. Hopefully your fantasy baseball teams are still in the thick of […]
Full Story »Kirk Cousins (QB, WAS) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues or Deeper Owned in 29% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: If you read my Week 2 Risers and Fallers article last week, you knew that I was not very high on Robert Griffin III. Little did I know that he was going to dislocate his ankle, paving the way for Kirk […]
Full Story »Ahmad Bradshaw (RB, IND) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues Owned in 54% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: It's clear to everyone except maybe the Colts that Ahmad Bradshaw has easily outplayed Trent Richardson, in just about any NFL game that the two of them have played together. In standard fantasy football leagues, over the first two games of the season, Bradshaw […]
Full Story »Khiry Robinson (RB, NO) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues Owned in 39% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Mark Ingram was due for a breakout year this year. He was finally having it, and then he went and broke his hand on Sunday. Enter Khiry Robinson, who if you ask me, is Mark Ingram's more talented compliment. Khiry Robinson grades out as a more […]
Full Story »Delanie Walker (TE, TEN) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues Owned in 47% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: Coming off of his best season as a pro in 2013, the former 49ers great Delanie Walker has been begging for more targets - and he's been receiving them in the Titans current offensive system with Jake Locker healthy. He's already started the first two games of the […]
Full Story »Week 3 Dynasty Leagues: Waiver Wire Pickups & Trade Targets
This column is your go-to source for dynasty leagues, waiver wire analysis and trade targets for these types of longer-term fantasy football dynasty formats. While some of these players may contribute to your dynasty teams rather quickly, we will also be listing some players that are longer term plays as well. Also, I will not be […]
Full Story »Week 3 Tight Ends: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds
What's up RotoBallers? Welcome to my Week 3 tight end waiver wire pickup recommendations piece. In this article you may find a few repeat recommendations from last week (since you missed my last article?), plus a few new additions. Going forward I will also include a recap of the previous week's recommended tight ends, so that you can see […]
Full Story »Jeremy Hill (RB, CIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All 10+ Team Leagues ANALYSIS: Jeremy Hill is currently owned in just 52% of Fleaflicker leagues, which I find pretty tough to believe. The rookie Bengals' running back is showing more efficiency than Gio Bernard, with a very solid 4.9 YPC, and is also seeing his carries rise, with 15 rushing attempts in […]
Full Story »Bobby Rainey (RB, TB) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues (especially if you are a Doug Martin owner) ANALYSIS: If you drafted Doug Martin this season and are a knowledgeable fantasy sports player you might already own Bobby Rainey. With Martin being scratched just before game time in week two, Rainey stepped in and ran like a bat out […]
Full Story »Justin Forsett (RB, BAL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ANALYSIS: “Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash, and it is gone; But there's half-a-hundred ripples.” The recent Ray Rice situation was quite the pebble. However, Rice is gone and what we have now is the ripples left, one of them being Justin Forsett. Now that Bernard Pierce’s […]
Full Story »Week 2 NFL Recap & Week 3 Fantasy Football Prep
Allow me to sum up all of Week Two in one word: Ouch. Injuries ran rampant all throughout the league this week with some being more serious than others. The good news is that none are to believed season ending despite several players expected to miss some time. Hopefully you managed to benefit from some […]
Full Story »FanDuel MLB: Lineup Picks, DFS Advice & BvP Sleepers for 9/16
Below are some of my favorite FanDuel lineup picks for today's game, based on the player matchups and FanDuel pricing. I like to use our handy BvP (batter vs. pitcher) tool to analyze the hitter matchups and historical data against the pitchers they are facing - I strongly recommend it. Remember, these picks are posted early in the […]
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