With twenty full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise early in Week 21. Three Up for Week 21 1) Brandon Belt (1B, SFG): Belt's sudden pop makes him a very attractive pickup for UTIL or CI spots on […]
Full Story »2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Rookie Wide Receivers
This article is a continuation of RotoBaller’s 2013 fantasy football sleepers. Today we’ll be taking a look around the NFL at sleeper rookie wide receivers (WR), 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 football chat, the […]
Full Story »Selig as Guilty of Gambling as Rose: An Open Letter to Baseball's Commissioner
Dear Mr. Selig, I love the fact that you are finally cleaning up your sport. Kudos to you for that. And I realize you have a lot on your plate at the moment with the Rodriguez situation, other cheaters and all. But do you have time to answer a few questions? Ever since Ryan Braun […]
Full Story »Daily Fantasy Baseball Analysis August 20: Late Night Value Menu - Deep Leagues
#1: I’ll have a Double Whopper with cheese, extra mayo; extra-large fries….and a DIET coke. Now that’s some good ole’ American reasoning there; the diet Coke makes those 2000 calories okay, right? Wrong! In another failure of irrationality, most people have turned a deaf ear to the Brewers' outfield since the loss of Ryan Braun. […]
Full Story »MLB Lineups Advice for Daily Fantasy Baseball – DraftStreet Picks (8/20)
When drafting your fantasy baseball team for a season-long league, the popular adage "do not chase wins" is definitely something to keep in mind. As it pertains to DraftStreet Salary-Cap Leagues, the saying could not be any further from the type of thinking that you should utilize as every win adds 1.5 points to your […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Undervalued Starting Pitchers (Week 21)
In this piece, RotoBaller will highlight a selection of starting pitchers owned in less than 75% of both CBS and Yahoo leagues that have favorable matchups in the upcoming week. Whether you’re suffering from injuries, poor performance, or your league’s fantasy baseball waiver wire is barren, these undervalued pitchers could prove useful in the days ahead. […]
Full Story »2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Breakthrough Wide Receiver Candidates
This article is a continuation of RotoBaller’s 2013 fantasy football sleepers. Today we’ll be taking a look around the NFL at sleeper wide receivers (WR), 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 football chat, the best […]
Full Story »MLB Daily League Lineups Advice for Fantasy Baseball (Fanduel) - 8/19
Happy Monday! Today is another solid day of MLB action for fantasy baseball players. There are a dozen MLB games on the slate for today, but the Mets and Twins have afternoon games that are too early for most of the MLB daily leagues and lineups. Note that the picks featured below are only from […]
Full Story »Will Venable (OF, SD) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately Update 8/18: Venable hit ANOTHER bomb today, and is going absolutely bonkers. He needs to be added in all leagues immediately. Over his last 14 days, Venable has 5 HRs, 5 Steals, 12 Runs and 9 RBIs, while hitting close to .400. And he's ranked as a top-5 player in Yahoo […]
Full Story »Closer Carousels: MLB Closers & Saves Update (Week 20)
Na Mean Okay so last week my article was sort of based around a Hip-Hop type theme, and I am going to expand on that just a little bit more in this week’s closers article. In last week’s article I used the term na mean, which actually stands for: do you know what I mean. I […]
Full Story »2013 Fantasy Football Preseason Rankings: Running Back (RB)
This article is a continuation of RotoBaller’s 2013 fantasy football rankings. Today we’ll be taking a look around the NFL at running backs (RB), and give you our fantasy rankings and 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 […]
Full Story »MLB Lineups Advice for Daily Fantasy Baseball – DraftStreet Picks (8/18)
This afternoon is definitely shaping up to be one that showcases dominant pitching all over the map. Several of the game's best arms will be on the bump for their respective teams. This list will be headlined by the likes of Max Scherzer, Yu Darvish, Matt Harvey, Adam Wainwright and Madison Bumgarner. All of these […]
Full Story »Sonny Gray (SP, OAK) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Sonny Gray was a highly touted A's prospect, and has done nothing but impress during his time in the majors. Sporting a filthy arsenal, and nasty curveball, Gray has racked up 20 Ks versus just 5 BBs over 18 IP - to go along with a pristine 1.00 ERA and […]
Full Story »Travis d'Arnaud (C, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Continue scouting ANALYSIS: The Mets made a trade for the future this past offseason when they dealt Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey to Toronto, and the centerpiece of that trade, catcher Travis d'Arnaud, could be right around the corner from making his debut. The catching prospect has only played in 19 games this […]
Full Story »2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Rookie Running Backs
This article is a continuation of RotoBaller’s 2013 fantasy football sleepers. Today we’ll be taking a look around the NFL at sleeper rookie running backs (RB), 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 football chat, the […]
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