BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately. ANALYSIS: Need stolen bases? Need Everth Cabrera insurance in case he gets suspended? Run and add 22-year-old Houston shortstop Jonathan Villar to your team immediately! Villar stole 4 bags last week in his first taste of the majors after swiping 31 bases in 91 minor league games for the Astros Triple-A […]
Full Story »DraftStreet Deals - MLB Lineups Advice for Daily Fantasy Baseball - July 30, 2013
One of the best ways to succeed in your daily salary cap league over at DraftStreet is by discovering the best bargains for a given day. A couple of typical guidelines when attempting this feat is to look at batter/pitcher match-ups and righty/lefty splits. The thought process for today's picks is easily noticeable. Here are […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three Up for Week Eighteen
With seventeen full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise heading into Week 18: 1) Jayson Werth (OF, WAS): Even at the time the Nats signed Werth to a 7-year $126M, deal the consensus was that Werth couldn't possibly play […]
Full Story »Jose Cisnero (RP, HOU) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Earlier today, Houston's closer Jose Veras was dealt to the Detroit Tigers. With the closer's role now vacant for the Astros, Jose Cisnero is expected to become the main beneficiary for saves. If the team chooses an alternative option or opts to use a committee, Wesley Wright and Josh Fields […]
Full Story »Daily League Fantasy Baseball: Exclusive Picks and Results from July 26th
A few weeks back, RotoBaller.com launched an exclusive Expert Picks of the Day newsletter service. The goal of this service is to provide our readers with expert player recommendations, analysis and picks for daily leagues - delivered right to their email inboxes! How does it work? Your subscription entitles you to exclusive research and analysis performed by our staff […]
Full Story »MLB Lineups Advice for Daily Fantasy Baseball (Fanduel) - July 29
Monday's nine-game MLB schedule isn't as jam-packed as some days, but there is still plenty of punch for fantasy baseball daily leaguers in a schedule that highlights divisional play. The Cardinals-Pirates and Red Sox-Rays are the headliners, but there's plenty of other intriguing matchups as well throughout the night. Since the game at Fenway starts […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Make Smarter Moves and Maximize your Value
As the calendar gets ready to turn to August, the stretch run is coming into sight. Rotisserie fantasy owners must look at where they'll be able to pick up ground in their leagues and where they have room to give. The concept is simple but very often overlooked. Not all fantasy stats (HR, R, K, […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball BOLD! A Second-Half Predictions Thread (UPDATED)
UPDATED: July 29th Looks like Ryan Rufe hit the nail on the head with this one: "Albert Pujols will go under the knife in August and miss the remainder of the season"... And it seems like this is also coming to fruition: "A-Rod will do almost nothing of substance to help the Yankees."... Wow, I wonder what […]
Full Story »Live Chat: Fantasy Baseball Advice (7/28) - Sabathia, Nava, Prado, Lawrie & More
The following are the transcripts from the RotoBaller Live Chat that took place on July 28th, 2013. Fellow RotoBaller Tyler Petagine talks fantasy baseball, waiver wire, trades and more with some RotoBaller.com readers. As always, you can get some LIVE quick hit advice in RotoBaller’s fantasy baseball chat room. Let’s win some leagues! 17:47 […]
Full Story »Eduardo Nunez (3B, SS, NYY) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Continue Scouting ANALYSIS: Entering the season, the 26-year-old was handed (not earned) the starting shortstop role, thanks to a Derek Jeter injury. Being given a prime opportunity to prove himself as a regular, Nunez failed to take advantage. In an April to be forgotten, he batted a putrid .203 with a 13/7 K/BB […]
Full Story »MLB Closers and Saves Update (Week 18)
Raged on Roids I want to start off by saying that what Ryan Braun did is wrong, especially the fact that he lied about using steroids, HGH or any PED. The point of all of this is that I am completely exhausted with the media's constant obsession with the the latest PED news. Do we […]
Full Story »FanDuel Four For Free - MLB Lineups Advice for Daily Fantasy Baseball - July 28, 2013
Oakland's Jarrod Parker has been on an absolute roll through June and July, but I do not recommend paying the price for him this afternoon. In two starts versus the Halos this season, the 24-year-old hurler has managed just 9 1/3 innings while struggling to the tune of a 4.82 ERA and 2.25 WHIP. A […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Musings: Rehabbing Roster Help and More
I’m trying my best not to sing the chorus of Randy Travis’s “I Told You So”, but if you didn’t take my advice two weeks ago to dump Ryan Braun and get what you could out of him, well... I told you so. I know a guy who got Josh Hamilton for Braun the day […]
Full Story »Fantasy Baseball Advice: Under-the-Radar Two-Start Matchups for Week 18
There are a bunch of two-start guys for Week 18, so this week I'm going to break down some of the fringier ones. At least a few of these guys should be available on your waiver wire, so if you need an option for your stretch run or a pre-playoff matchup, this is the place! […]
Full Story »Junior Lake (3B, OF, CHC) - Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: With a name sounding like a summer camp or amusement park, Lake has been flat-out raking since making his debut last week. The young third baseman has batted .484 while recording four multi-hit games in his first 7 major-league games. A slight regression is inevitable, but an impressive strikeout rate […]
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