Eric Cross' Top 50 Dynasty Rankings for Fantasy Baseball (August 2023)

Another month has flown by, and with it comes another update to my Top 500 overall dynasty rankings. We've seen plenty of movement within the top-50 with a couple of some names falling this season, a major injury to a top-5 arm, and plenty of risers as well. As I have previously, I'll be posting […]

Free MLB Player Props - Today's Prop Betting Picks for Hitters and Pitchers (8/18/23)

We're set for another big stretch-run Friday night slate in MLB that's light on elite pitchers. However, we do have one very good strikeout arm on the mound in a favorable matchup, and a Coors Field game informs two of our three hitter props. Attention, fellow sports bettors! We have exciting news to share as […]

Breakout Hitters Watch for Fantasy Baseball - Matt Olson, Ha-Seong Kim, Omar Narvaez

Welcome RotoBallers to our fantasy baseball breakout hitters article for Week 21. As always, we are here to bring you a few MLB hitters whose advanced metrics are popping out. My name is Joshua Costello, and I will be giving you 3-5 hitter names that seem to have sustainable improved production this season. Most of […]

Overvalued, Undervalued Trade Targets - Buy/Sell for Fantasy Baseball (Week 21)

Making the right trades can be crucial to championship success in fantasy baseball. It's almost as important as the draft, if not more. While most trades can have a significant impact on your fantasy team, it’s the deals where you acquire undervalued players and witness their production improve that can really tip the scales in […]

Evan Longoria Starting Rehab Assignment Thursday

Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Evan Longoria (back) is starting a minor-league rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Thursday night. Longoria suffered a setback with renewed stiffness in his lower back earlier this month, but it looks like he's made progress and is approaching a return to the big leagues. The 37-year-old veteran has been out […]

Zac Gallen Looks To Dominate The Padres Again Thursday

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen will look to dominate the Padres for the second consecutive start Thursday night in San Diego. The right-hander tossed six scoreless innings while allowing just four hits and a walk against eight strikeouts in a winning effort against the Padres his last time out. In fact, he has now tossed […]

Jordan Lawlar Showing Why He Got Promoted

Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop prospect Jordan Lawlar went 2-for-3 with a walk on Wednesday for Triple-A Reno. The Diamondbacks top prospect was promoted to Reno three days ago and been off to a hot start. In his first two games, the 21-year-old has gone 3-for-7 with a homer, two runs, four RBI and three walks. Lawlar […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/17/23 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Happy Thursday, RotoBallers! It's a smaller-than-usual slate for our weekend warmup, with only four games on our DFS plate. Tonight's action starts at 7:15 PM EST with tilts between Detroit-Cleveland and New York-St.Louis. Then, the slate wraps up at 10:10 PM EST with a West Coast […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects To Stash - Updated Rankings for 2023 Redraft (Week 21)

We might only have 6-7 weeks left in the fantasy baseball season, but there's still plenty of time to improve your spot in the standings and make that championship or money push. Being ahead of the curve on some potential prospect promotions can certainly help you achieve those goals. If you have a bench spot […]

DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/17/23): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups

We have a light Thursday to begin with, then it's chopped aside from that. The two early games are fairly boring for DFS purposes, but I know you'll still play just like I will. The early is fairly simple. Stack Boston and Seattle, run Kirby and Sale. You can get creative and try to run […]

Christian Walker Launches Two Homers On Wednesday

Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker went 3-for-3 with two two-run home runs and two walks, beating the Rockies 9-7 on Wednesday. Walker's first homer came in the first inning off Colorado's left-handed starter Austin Gomber. In the eighth frame, the 32-year-old launched his second two-run shot of the afternoon versus righty reliever Tyler Kinley. […]

Jordan Lawlar - Fantasy Baseball Prospects Outlook and Analysis

PROSPECT: Jordan Lawlar, SS, Arizona Diamondbacks ANALYSIS: Last week, I didn't believe there was a high chance that Jordan Lawlar would be up with Arizona this season. Now I'm starting to think he might. Lawlar was recently promoted to Triple-A after slashing .263/.366/.474 with 23 doubles, 15 home runs, and 33 steals in the Double-A […]

Corbin Carroll Getting A Breather Wednesday

Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll is taking a day off on Wednesday with the team facing the Colorado Rockies. It's just a day off for Carroll, who has fallen on hard times at the plate. The 22-year-old has really struggled in the second half of the season to this point, going 22-for-105 (.210) with three […]

Carson Kelly Fantasy Baseball Updates - Ben Rosener’s MLB Beat

Major League Baseball’s regular season continues, and with it comes the daily influx of baseball news that fantasy managers missed in the winter months. Lineup news, regular waiver wire moves, pitching assignments, and bullpen usage. This column aims to cover any fantasy baseball news, big or small, and how it pertains to your fantasy team. […]

Early Slate - DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/16/23): MLB DFS Lineups

Our Wednesday is pretty chopped up today. We have four early games, three renegades that dared start before 7 PM Eastern, and eight normal games. We will concentrate on the four-game afternoon slate on Getaway Day. Of course, FanDuel had to make this far less interesting and chop off the left coast afternoon games. This […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/16/23 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers! Eight games populate the featured contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. There are a few games earlier in the day, but they are not a part of either site's main slate. Tonight's action starts at 7:05 PM EST with an East Coast matchup […]

Paul Sewald Earns 24th Save Of Season Tuesday

Arizona Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald picked up his 24th save of the season in Tuesday's 8-5 win over the Rockies. Sewald came in to pitch the bottom of the ninth inning up by three. He allowed a leadoff single, got the first out on a strikeout, allowed back-to-back singles, got the second out on a […]

DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/15/23): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups

We're back at it on a Tuesday after writing the DFS article yesterday. We have a slate with plenty of offense and awful pitching options. I usually don't start my lineups with the offense, but tonight I will do so. I like only two options on the board tonight on the bump, and neither one […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/15/23 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Happy Tuesday, RotoBallers! 13 games populate the featured contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. There are two games earlier in the day, but they are not a part of either site's main slate. Tonight's action starts at 7:05 PM EST with an East Coast matchup between […]

Week 21 Waiver Wire Rankings: TJ Friedl, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Zack Gelof, Brady Singer, Gavin Williams, Cole Ragans, and more

Welcome back RotoBallers, to another edition of the fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 21 -- August 14 through August 20. There are just over 45 days left of the regular season to be played as fantasy managers scout the waiver wire to help them add pieces for a championship run. More top prospects […]

Merrill Kelly Fans 11 Monday, Takes No-Decision

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Merrill Kelly took a tough no-decision in Monday's 6-4 loss to the Rockies. After exiting his last start early with a leg cramp, Kelly pitched six innings in this start, allowing two runs on five hits (including two solo home runs) and a walk with 11 strikeouts. The 34-year-old has had […]

Christian Walker Goes Yard In Loss To Colorado

Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, three RBI, and a strikeout in a 6-4 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Monday. Walker was responsible for 3/4 of the D-Backs run production in this one. He put Arizona on the board in the top of the first inning […]

Diamondbacks Option Jake McCarthy To Triple-A

The Arizona Diamondbacks optioned outfielder Jake McCarthy to Triple-A Reno on Monday and recalled outfielder Kyle Lewis from the minors in a corresponding move. Lewis is serving as the designated hitter for Arizona and is batting fifth in the lineup on Monday against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. The 26-year-old McCarthy has a career-high […]

Jordan Lawlar Promoted To Triple-A

The Arizona Diamondbacks are promoting shortstop Jordan Lawlar, the team's top overall prospect per MLB Pipeline, to Triple-A Reno on Monday. Lawlar is the third-ranked shortstop prospect and the No. 10 prospect in all of baseball. He gets the promotion after slashing .263/.366/.474 with 15 home runs, 23 doubles, three triples, 48 RBI, 33 stolen […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/14/23 (Premium Content)

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 8/14/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Just eight games on a Monday, but that's plenty of action to have a pretty fun DFS slate. Let's see where we want to go...   Starting Pitchers Each day we try to give you […]

DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/14/23): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups

We're back at it on a Monday after a fantastic trip to OBX with the family for a vacation. I want to thank Dan Palyo and Tommy Bell for covering my articles last week. I have been really into DFS lately, so I added my chart to the article today, which I will explain later. […]

Free MLB Betting Picks - Today's Best Bets, Expert Predictions, Odds (8/14/23)

Happy Monday, RotoBallers! As a washed baseball player myself, it's simply not enough to get my fix in a men's league, so here I am betting on the pros from my couch. I'm stoked to be back to provide some MLB picks again this year. We had a rough regular season in the articles in […]

Paul Sewald Records Back-To-Back Saves

Arizona Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald picked up his 23rd save of the season Sunday in a 5-4 win over the San Diego Padres. Sewald tossed a scoreless ninth, allowing just a walk while striking out one. After a blown save in his first opportunity with Arizona, Sewald has bounced back with a couple of scoreless […]

Points League Hitters: Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 21

Welcome to Week 21 and our fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for hitters. These fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups are for the week of August 14 - August 20, looking at players below ~50% rostered on ESPN, Yahoo!, or Fantrax. We'll be doing this points league roundup every week here at RotoBaller because we know […]

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Taking A Seat On Sunday

Arizona Diamondbacks infielder/outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is not in the lineup for Sunday's series finale against the San Diego Padres. This looks to just be a day of rest for the 29-year-old, who's been hot over the last few weeks. He's rocking a 1.010 OPS across the last 12 contests (44 at-bats). Overall, he's slashing […]