Carolina Panthers Offseason Changes Offseason Acquisitions – WR Jericho Cotchery, WR Jason Avant, WR Tiquan Underwood No Longer on the Roster – WR Steve Smith, WR Brandon LaFell, WR Ted Ginn, WR Domenik Hixon When you take a quick look at the massive turnover at the Carolina Panthers wide receiver position it looks extremely worrying. […]
Full Story »Ryan Tannehill (QB, MIA) - Fantasy Football Sleepers
BALLER MOVE: Target In All 2 QB Leagues and as Late Sleeper in Standard Leagues ANALYSIS: Last year the Dolphins had one of the worst offensive lines in the entire NFL and no running game. This year, Miami put together a completely new offensive line, picked up a back for pass protection and catching passses in Knowshon […]
Full Story »Buy and Sell: Biggest First Half Breakouts for Fantasy Baseball
This week is a little different from the past few weeks of my trending up / trending down column. This week I'll only be focusing on those players who have been sizzling for the entire half, and have never shown this kind of promise before in their careers - the true 2014 breakouts who were […]
Full Story »Getting A Grip: Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Holds
Fantasy Baseball Sleepers For Holds Leagues While the holds statistic is even harder to predict than saves is for closers, the relief pitchers we highlight today feature some sleeper setup men and some looking to reclaim glory they once had. The more likely an MLB team is to win, the more likely these following relief pitchers will be […]
Full Story »Getting Saber Smart: Fantasy Baseball Stats and Terms Glossary (Part 1)
In this series of articles, we'll take a look at some sabermetric stats which you'll hear tossed around many RotoBaller articles and many other sites as well. The goal of these glossary pieces is to help you understand these statistics and how to use them in your fantasy baseball analysis. In Part 1 of this […]
Full Story »Deep League Waiver Wire Sleepers for Week 17
Finding Fantasy Value Amongst The Bottom Feeders Bad teams end up giving valuable playing time to players that ordinarily do not deserve it. Thus is the case with my (very) deep league wavier wire pickups for this week. Being near the bottom of the standings has its privileges for those I have selected. They should […]
Full Story »Jeff Locke (SP, PIT) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Most Leagues ANALYSIS: If the rebounding Jeff Locke is still available in your league, you better Locke him up. His biggest problem last year was his inability to go deep into games due to high pitch counts as a result of walking a ton of batters. It appears his stint in […]
Full Story »Matt Garza (SP, MIL) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Most Leagues ANALYSIS: Matt Garza has been a model of consistency since he came up to the big leagues in 2006 with the Twins. In the eight of his nine seasons in which he has thrown at least 80 innings, Garza has posted an ERA between 3.30 and 4.00. His biggest […]
Full Story »Buy and Sell: Biggest First Half Disappointments for Fantasy Baseball
You were pretty excited and confident after your draft. You bragged to your buddies about your awesome fantasy baseball team full of sleepers and counted your winnings before the first pitch. Now, with the All-Star break upon us, you’re left thinking, why me? If you feel this way, you probably drafted one or more of the below […]
Full Story »Strength of Schedule Analysis - NFC East: Fantasy Football Draft Strategy
Fantasy Football Matchup Analysis and Draft Prep: NFC East Strength of Schedules Welcome back to the Rotoballer Strength of Schedule series! Over the course of eight beefy, diesel articles, we will examine every team’s schedule with an eye toward how it will impact your fantasy football aspirations and how it should impact your 2014 fantasy football […]
Full Story »Buy and Sell These Starting Pitching of The First Half
Don't Be Afraid To Go All In! The All Star Break is behind us and I think most baseball fans will agree that this season will go down in baseball lore as the year of the torn UCL. Tommy John surgery has ended the seasons of several fantasy superstars and there could be more […]
Full Story »New York Giants 2014 Fantasy Football Analysis and Team Outlook
Leaving 2013 Behind I’m sure that Fantasy Football Owners who drafted New York Giant players last season would rather not be reminded of the fantasy futility that plagued Big Blue’s disastrous 2013 campaign. The horror of the Giants' six game losing streak to start the season carried over to fantasy football lineups as perennial […]
Full Story »DFS Lineup Picks for 7/18: Advice & Expert Picks for FanDuel and DraftKings
We're Going DFS Deep! Starting Pitcher Sleepers For 7/18 Are you just sick and tired of seeing your seasonal fantasy baseball team at the bottom of the standings? Can’t seem to make up ground even though you watch the games every night, and are very active on your league’s waiver wire (and even downloaded RotoBaller's FREE iPhone […]
Full Story »Sam Fuld (OF, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Very Deep / AL-Only Leagues ANALYSIS: "The Legendary Sam Fuld" is amazing. Amazing because he robs people consistently of homers. Unfortunately, defense doesn't matter for fantasy purposes. On the season Sam Fuld is hitting for a .269 AVG, with 2 HRS, 20 runs scored,17 RBIs, and 11 steals. Not very useful for […]
Full Story »Chris Young (SP, SEA) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in Very Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: What to make of Chris Young? With an 8-6 record and a 3.15 ERA it would appear that Young is on his way to a remarkable season. In all likelihood if he does continue to win games and stymie hitters the way he has, then his year […]
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