Max Fried To Start Rehab Assignment Sunday

Atlanta Braves left-hander Max Fried (forearm) will start a minor-league rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday. Last year's National League Cy Young runner-up has been on the injured list since May 9 with a left-forearm strain, but he's getting close to returning to Atlanta's starting rotation. The 29-year-old southpaw will take the next step […]

Ozzie Albies Picks Up Two Hits Wednesday

Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies went 2-for-5 with a run scored in an 8-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday. Albies scored the Braves' first run of the contest when he crossed the plate on a Matt Olson single in the top of the first inning. The 26-year-old infielder is putting together another […]

Austin Riley Homers Versus Guardians Wednesday

Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley went 2-for-5 with a homer and two runs in an 8-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday. Riley's first-inning solo homer had an exit velocity of 96 MPH and traveled 357 feet while pushing Atlanta's lead to 6-0. The 26-year-old has hit at least 33 homers in each […]

Marcell Ozuna Notches A Pair Of Hits Wednesday

Atlanta Braves outfielder/designated hitter Marcell Ozuna continued to stay hot at the plate during Wednesday's 8-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians, going 2-for-5 with two singles. The slugger has been on a tear since May, batting .309 with 15 bombs. Across 70 games overall this season, Ozuna owns a .257/.332/.494 slash line with 17 homers, […]

Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups: Colton Cowser, Anthony Volpe, Will Benson, Alek Manoah, more

Welcome RotoBallers to our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings list for Week 16 - July 3 through July 9 to help you stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. Baltimore Orioles top prospect Colton Cowser made his MLB debut on July 5. Cowser went 1-for-3 with an […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Reports for Pitchers - Updates for Yu Darvish, Clayton Kershaw, Shohei Ohtani, Framber Valdez, more

With the MLB All-Star break fast approaching, several key pitchers are dealing with injuries. Hopefully, most of these hurlers will return soon after the pause in regular season action. There are still a few days of games remaining before the All-Star festivities, so it's important to monitor players that could affect fantasy lineups. Let's take […]

Sean Murphy Smashes Four Hits In Braves Win

Atlanta Braves catcher Sean Murphy logged four hits in an 8-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians Wednesday. The Braves had 19 hits and one of the hits was Murphy's 15th home run of the season. Amongst his colleagues, he's tied first with Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez in homers and second with Texas Rangers […]

Do These Prospects Matter for Fantasy Baseball? Jackson Chourio, Harry Ford, Heston Kjerstad, Kyle Manzardo, Joey Cantillo, more

The 2023 Futures Game rosters have been announced. With a break in the minor league baseball schedule before this event, this seemed like a good time to focus on those players on the Futures Game rosters that have not yet been covered in this space this season. The next two weeks will feature extended names […]

RIVAL Fantasy MLB DFS Props - Over/Under Picks for Wednesday, July 5th, 2023

Welcome to our new series covering RIVAL Fantasy picks for MLB! We will focus on two fantasy contest types offered on RIVAL - Challenges and FantasyBook (Over/Under). Challenges are H2H matchups between two MLB players. You choose which one you think will score the most fantasy points, then place a bet to back it. If […]

Main Slate - DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/5/23): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers! I'm excited to be covering another fun DFS slate. The MLB season has been good to me in the early going, so I'm looking forward to sifting through another crop of games. Let's break down my favorite plays from today's main slate! With only a couple of day games today, we're left […]

PrizePicks MLB DFS Prop Picks - Today's Over/Under Props for Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Welcome to our PrizePicks MLB DFS prop picks for Wednesday, July 5, 2023. The 2023 MLB season is underway here at RotoBaller, and we have you covered with some terrific plays from our friends over at PrizePicks. PrizePicks is a great DFS fantasy picks site where you can choose to select plays in terms of […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 7/5/23

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. You guys get a pinch hitter in here for the next couple of days. You have likely seen stuff done by me in various places on the RotoBaller site, most likely in college football or college basketball. I'm an MLB grinder, too...surprise, surprise. Some […]

Top 250 Dynasty Prospect Rankings for Fantasy Baseball (July Updates)

Welcome back RotoBallers to the July update of our MLB team's dynasty fantasy baseball prospects rankings for the 2023 season. With three months of the MLB season in the books, it's time to check in on some fantasy baseball dynasty prospects! Below in this article, you can find our updated top 250 MLB prospect rankings […]

Max Fried Throws Live Batting Practice Tuesday

Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker said that left-hander Max Fried (forearm) threw live batting practice on Tuesday, and it went well. When asked if Fried's next step would be a minor-league rehab assignment, Snitker said the team will see how Fried feels on Wednesday first. If the 29-year-old southpaw is feeling good and is cleared […]

Sean Murphy Starting On The Bench

Atlanta Braves catcher Sean Murphy will get a day off on Tuesday as the team takes on the Cleveland Guardians. Travis d'Arnaud will catch starting pitcher Kolby Allard and hit fifth in the batting order against Guardians right-hander Shane Bieber. It's likely a routine day of rest for Murphy, who has been one of the […]

DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (7/4/23): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Fourth of July, RotoBallers! I hope everyone is celebrating (safely!) with friends and family and enjoying some great games today. Out of eight games, five are being played in a dome. Games in New York and Boston have mild weather concerns but keep an eye out nonetheless. That leaves Minnesota with game temperatures in […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 7/4/23

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 7/4/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Today's article covers the 8-game "Early slate" on DraftKings. Those same eight games are chopped up into slates on FanDuel (they never make it easy) so if you are building lineups for those games, all […]

DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (Late Slate - 7/4/23): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups

Most of the action on our Independence Day here in the States is during the day, but we still have five cities giving us some fireworks involving a wooden bat and a rawhide ball. This article contains my picks for the five-game late slate on July 4, 2023, for both DraftKings and FanDuel, which locks […]

Week 15 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include TJ Friedl, Anthony Volpe, Aroldis Chapman, Brayan Bello, more

Welcome back RotoBallers, to another edition of the fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 15 -- July 3 through July 9. We have one more week until the All-Star break and are about halfway through the regular season. More top prospects are being called up to the big leagues, and some are producing for […]

Ranking the 2023 Rookie Starting Pitchers for Fantasy Baseball Redraft Leagues

The 2023 season has been the year of the rookie starting pitcher. Some have been summoned from the minors, performed well, and stuck around, while others have burned bright only to fizzle out and be relegated back to their triple-A affiliates. With half of a season and a full offseason ahead, which rookie arms should […]

Deeper Hitter Pickups for Fantasy Baseball: Waiver Wire Report for Week 15

We’re coming up on Week 15 of the fantasy baseball season. The heat gets turned up a bit in July, but you can't let the heat melt your brain. Fantasy baseball necessitates hyper-vigilance, especially in deeper leagues where the waiver wires are quickly stripped of talent. This weekly article will outline the upcoming schedule, two-start […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 7/3/23

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 7/3/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. It's a weird bunch of games here on Monday, but our focus here will be on the six-game main slate for FD and DK that locks at 7:05. Only weather to watch tonight is in […]

Ronald Acuna Jr. Steals Two More Bases

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. just doesn't stop. The talented All-Star outfielder went 2-for-3 with a run scored, a double, two stolen bases, a walk and a strikeout in Sunday's 6-3 win over the visiting Miami Marlins. Acuna is in the midst of a 13-game hitting streak in which he's gone 20-for-52 (.385) with […]

Free MLB Betting Picks - Today's Best Bets, Expert Predictions, Odds (7/3/23)

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 […]

PrizePicks MLB DFS Prop Picks - Today's Over/Under Props for Monday, July 3, 2023

Welcome to our PrizePicks MLB DFS prop picks for Monday, July 3, 2023. The 2023 MLB season is underway here at RotoBaller, and we have you covered with some terrific plays from our friends over at PrizePicks. PrizePicks is a great DFS fantasy picks site where you can choose to select plays in terms of […]

Points League Hitters: Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 15

Welcome to Week 15 and our fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for hitters. These fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups are for the week of July 3 - July 9, 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 […]

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

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. July is here and that means we can truly start calling this the second half of the fantasy baseball season. Does that encourage or frighten you? Maybe a little of both? Don't ease up now and start the back nine strong with some waiver […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Fantasy Baseball SP Pickups and Starts (July 3 - July 9)

Welcome back to our Two-Start Pitcher Streamers article - Waiver Wire Streamers and Starts for Week 15, from July 3 to July 9. With plenty of teams with seven games on their schedule this week, we're looking at a bunch of two-start pitchers. There are very few safe streamers this week, but there are still […]

All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 7/2/23

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to our daily MLB DFS picks and recommendations! Whether you're a seasoned veteran or new to the game, I'm here to provide the insights and recommendations you need to gain a competitive edge and maximize your winnings. Each day, I'll share my top […]

Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups For Fantasy Baseball - Week 15

This article will discuss fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for the outfield in Week 15 - July 3 through July 9. Whether injuries derail your team or you’re ready to give up on your draft day darlings, navigating the waiver wire will be crucial to finding long-term success in fantasy baseball.  As we move through […]