Nick Mariano's Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Most teams have played roughly 45 games this season, meaning we're nearly 28% of the way through our glorious return to full-season baseball. Mind the marathon factor and adjust your appetite for risk accordingly given your standings, be mindful of targeting certain categories and […]

Catchers to Stream - Week 9 Waiver Wire

It's your resident catcher advocate here, with my weekly defense for baseball's most maligned position. Instead of giving into easy narratives about the lack of talent at the catcher position and how they're the kickers of fantasy baseball, I'm here to create a place where catchers are celebrated for how they can help our teams. […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/23 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.     High-Priced Aces These are your studs who are worth paying up for on this slate. It makes sense to deploy these guys as your cash game plays on FanDuel and as your SP1 on DraftKings […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks & Avoids for 5/23/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 5/23/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.      Top Tournament Stacks for 5/23/21 This section will highlight the top tournament lineup stacks of the day (depending on the size of the slate) and help you identify the pitchers that are best suited to pick […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - May 23, 2021

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 5/23/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. It's a 10-game full slate on Sunday and the weather is ripe for hitting all around the league. And you're going to need to […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Sunday 5/23

Welcome to another edition of our daily fantasy baseball streamers! Are you playing in leagues with daily moves and looking to beef up those rosters? We here at RotoBaller are there for you and all of your streaming needs. Whether you are just trying to get that elusive category win or you are trying to […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/23/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Today's slate is a little more straightforward than yesterday's fragmented one on DraftKings. We have a 10-game main slate that starts at 1:05 pm Eastern in the traditional matinee baseball format on Sundays. We've got four pitchers in five-figures, but it thins out a little after that. Should we pluck both starters from that upper […]

FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks (5/23/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

As is customary on Sundays, we have a very large slate to dissect with lots of batting and pitching options for us to consider. The arms aren't this best on this Sunday slate so we will need to figure out which one can get us a few strikeouts and a win while also choosing between […]

Marcell Ozuna Is Hitless In Win Saturday

Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in a 6-1 win over the Pirates on Saturday. Despite having three hits including a home run in Friday's game, Ozuna has been mired in a cold spell over his last seven games, hitting 4-for-31 with seven strikeouts over that span. Ozuna has not lived […]

Guillermo Heredia Sitting On Saturday

Atlanta Braves outfielder Guillermo Heredia is heading to the bench for Saturday's game against Mitch Keller and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ender Inciarte is getting the start in center field and batting eighth in the game. Heredia has been the team's regular center fielder lately and has been producing well for the team. He's made six […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates - Week 9

Baseball has seen the rate of injury continue to rise over the past few years. In fantasy, if someone is not in the medical field, it is hard to gauge how long a player will be out and whether they need to be replaced in a lineup. Sometimes this could mean playing a dead roster […]

Updated Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Rankings

What's up RotoBallers. Today we are bringing you our updated fantasy baseball dynasty rankings for May and the 2021 MLB season, courtesy of lead analyst and senior editor editor Pierre Camus. Dynasty leagues, or keeper formats, continue to become more and more popular in the fantasy sports landscape. For those of you who are playing in […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 9

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 9 of the MLB season (5/24 through 5/30). This weekly piece should be helpful for anyone looking to gain an edge in their league. If you need a fill-in for an injured player or want to exploit some plus matchups to gain an edge on your […]

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Relief Pitcher Rankings

The second half of May means the weather is getting warmer and we're going from 25% of the season down to 33% in the books. You should know how aggressive to be in targeting prospective saves as well as how loosely you can play it with your ratios. This is geared towards traditional 5x5 roto […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/22 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/16 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.     High-Priced Aces These are your studs who are worth paying up for on this slate. It makes sense to deploy these guys as your cash game plays on FanDuel and as your SP1 on DraftKings […]

MLB DFS Lineup Picks - Early Slate (5/22/21): DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball

Hello there, MLB DFS grinders! It's Saturday, and that means we have yet another split slate of MLB games today with seven games in the afternoon and six games on the main evening slate. While most of our MLB DFS coverage here at RotoBaller is geared towards the main slate, I wanted to give you […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Saturday 5/22

Welcome to another edition of our daily fantasy baseball streamers! Are you playing in leagues with daily moves and looking to beef up those rosters? We here at RotoBaller are there for you and all of your streaming needs. Whether you are just trying to get that elusive category win or you are trying to […]

Bryse Wilson Recalled, Starting Saturday

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Bryse Wilson has been recalled from the minors and will make the start on Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He pitched well in a spot start earlier this month versus the Toronto Blue Jays. Wilson has struggled outside of that start, but could be a possible streaming option. The Pirates offense […]

Friday Focus: License to IL

Even before Mike Trout (calf) suffered a calf strain that will keep him out of action until the season's second half, the debate was raging amongst fantasy managers: How many injured list slots should there be? It often feels like the players are landing on the trainer's table more than ever before, but that's actually true […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/21/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.     High-Priced Aces These are your studs who are worth paying up for on this slate. It makes sense to deploy these guys as your cash game plays on FanDuel and as your SP1 on DraftKings […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/21/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We’re set for our usual jumbo-sized Friday night slate, one that offers us a bevy of options at every point on the salary scale and sees some of the biggest names in pitching on the bump. However, the interesting angle tonight is that a lot of those high-salaried arms are in particularly tricky matchups, setting […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 5/21/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 5/21/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.   A massive 15-game slate on the board for this Friday! No weather issues either. That gives us 30 starting pitchers and 240 hitters to choose from. Here we go!        Top Tournament Stacks […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 5/21/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 5/21/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 15-game slate with plenty of value to go around. It's a loaded one, the first full slate of the season. There […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 5/21 - PrizePicks

Hello everybody and welcome! The 2021 MLB season and alive and well and that means our new friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or single […]

William Contreras Blasts Three-Run Homer

Atlanta Braves catcher William Contreras smacked his fourth home run of the season during Thursday's loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was a three-run shot to left field off righty Wil Crowe in the second inning. Contreras has been able to hold his own since joining the Braves roster. He's slashing .255/.364/.574 with four home […]

Drew Smyly Tosses Quality Start Versus Pirates

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Drew Smyly had one of his better outings of the season against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. Smyly went six innings, allowing six hits and three earned runs, while striking out seven batters. He struggled heavily to start the season, but it appears Smyly is finally finding his groove. However, the […]

The Power of Youth - Catcher's Corner Episode 8

Hosts Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) and Sami Akleh (@Believe_Sami) chat with Fantrax prospect hound Eric Cross (@EricCross04) about what we can expect from some young starting pitchers for the rest of 2021, and then "E.C." gives some predictions of when some of the top prospects in baseball may be up in 2021 and if fantasy managers […]

Dynasty Baseball Risers and Fallers - Hitters

Baseball is a game where patience is rewarded. Identifying prospects with fantasy potential and seeing them develop over the course of years is the most rewarding feeling there is. Dynasty leagues provide fantasy baseball managers with this very sense of gratification. Of course, many times a player doesn't ever pan out. Aging stars on the […]

Bullpen Report: Bullpens Keep on Changing

Another week, more bullpens changing around the league. I mean at this point you do not need to be told how important it is to stay up to date on bullpens and how they are shaking out. Unlike many other positions, the turnover is not due to injury. In many cases, teams are just moving […]

Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 8

And the injuries just keep on piling up. As I'm wrapping this article up on Monday night, we've seen today alone Mike Trout exit with a calf strain, Taijuan Walker exit with side tightness, Kevin Pillar was hit in the face by a pitch, and Danny Duffy, Giancarlo Stanton, Jeff McNeil, Michael Conforto and Huascar […]