Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 6/28/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 6/28/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 9-game slate on tap tonight, and there should be a lot of offense. Like A LOT OF OFFENSE!!!! The pitching in […]

DraftKings MLB Lineup Picks (6/28/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have a nice-sized Monday slate to dissect with lots of batting and pitching options for us to consider. We have some good pitching options on this slate so we will need to figure out which one can get us a few strikeouts and a win while also choosing between some great offenses like Houston, […]

Eduardo Rodriguez Earns Sixth Win Sunday

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez earned his sixth win of the year Sunday, throwing six innings and allowing only two runs on five hits and no walks to the New York Yankees. He struck out eight batters. This is Rodriguez's second consecutive quality start, and only his fourth for the season. It's also […]

Christian Vazquez Hits Fourth Homer Sunday

Boston Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez finally hit his fourth homer of the season Sunday, ending a drought that saw him without a long ball since May 20. He went 2-for-3 with two RBI. He now has a four-game hit streak and three consecutive two-hit games. If an impatient fantasy manager has dropped Vazquez, now […]

Rafael Devers Homers, Drives In Four Sunday

Boston Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers led the way against the Yankees Sunday, going 3-for-4 with a three-run home run and four RBI. The home run came in the first inning off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, traveling an estimated 454 feet over the right-field fence. Devers now has an OPS of 1.040 over his […]

Xander Bogaerts Scores Twice Sunday

Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts scored two more runs Sunday, going 2-for-4 with a double against the New York Yankees. Bogaerts now has a modest three-game hit streak and has scored five runs in that span. He's elevated his OPS all the way to .948, and his 13 home runs, five steals, 48 runs, […]

J.D. Martinez Hits 15th Home Run

Boston Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez went deep Sunday, launching his 15th home run of the season to dead centerfield off New York Yankees starter Gerrit Cole in the third inning. Martinez went 1-for-4 in the contest with a walk and two runs scored. After a torrid April, Martinez has slowed significantly in the […]

Alex Verdugo Scored A Run Sunday Amid Rare Lull

Boston Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo went 1-for-5 with a double and a run scored in Sunday's game against the New York Yankees. It was his first extra-base hit since June 19. Verdugo has struggled over his last seven games, slashing just .148/.281/.185 with nine strikeouts and no RBI in 27 at-bats. Despite the recent […]

Kike Hernandez Leads Off With A Homer Sunday

Boston Red Sox utility man Kike Hernandez returned to the leadoff spot Sunday and made the most of it, delivering a home run off Gerrit Cole's first pitch of the game to set the tone in a win over the New York Yankees. Hernandez went 2-for-5 with his seventh home run of the year, a […]

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

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. The calendar is about to creep into July as we cross the season's halfway checkpoint. While you may feel your fantasy team's lot in life is sealed, I assure you that tons of action lay before us. Stay strong and keep your finger on […]

Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 14

Welcome to Week 14! We have cleared the halfway mark of the regular season, and time is flying! I'm excited for the handful of names I'm going to write up in this piece. Various pitchers from all kinds of different backgrounds have burst onto the scene lately and I think we can really find some […]

Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14

We have completed another week of MLB action, and we have once again been littered with injuries. Both good and bad things arise from injuries. Let's start with the bad, which means losing a player, sometimes a key player, from your roster. The good is a chance to add a new player, and certain players […]

1B and 3B Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14

The dog days of summer are here. Fewer prospects are being called up these days and the trade deadline is still far off. That doesn't mean there aren't interesting names on the waiver wire, though. You simply have to know where to look. In this column, we will evaluate corner infielders (1B/3B) who are rostered […]

Catchers to Stream - Week 14 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. […]

Points League Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 14

We'll be doing this roundup of points leagues every week here at RotoBaller, with waiver wire targets and streaming pitchers being evaluated in terms of the different scoring systems of ESPN, Yahoo!, CBS, and Fantrax. Player values can vary wildly from platform to platform, so we'll make sure to highlight where players are the best […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Week 14

Hey look at that! Another no-hitter, and this time it's four Chicago Cubs pitchers who combine to shutdown the Dodgers for the MLB record-tying seventh no-hitter of the season. And this also comes after MLB's crackdown on pitchers using foreign substances. So it seems safe to say that the Year of the Pitcher is still […]

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts for Week 14

Welcome to the top hitter streamers column for Week 14 of the MLB season (6/28 through 7/4). 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 in order to gain an edge […]

Chris Sale To Throw BP Session On Wednesday

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale (elbow) will take another step forward in his recovery from Tommy John Surgery on Wednesday when he throws two innings of live batting practice. The Red Sox ace came out of Saturday's 15-pitch session to live hitters "feeling great" and a scheduled rehab assignment is surely on the […]

Rookie Report: Prospect Risers and Fallers for Week 13

Welcome to the latest edition of RotoBaller’s Recently Promoted Prospects series for fantasy baseball! Here I discuss some recently promoted MLB prospects and rookies , making note of what I think their upside could be for fantasy baseball managers, and whether they are potential risers or fallers. We have seen 139 rookies make their MLB […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 6/27/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 6/27 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.      Top Tournament Stacks for 6/27/21 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 […]

MLB Betting Picks for Sunday 6/27 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Welcome back to another MLB betting picks article here at RotoBaller! We have a full slate of MLB action on tap today and some games that definitely grab my attention with some elite spots for both hitters and pitchers. I usually play pretty light in DFS on Sunday and focus more on betting - especially […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 6/27 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 6/27 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 […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - June 27, 2021

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 6/27/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. Alright, after a four-game "Main" slate on Saturday, we've been blessed with a full-sized 12-game slate running on Sunday. Huzzah! You'll need to be […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 6/27/21 (Premium Content)

What's up, RotoBallers! We have made it to lucky Week 13, and I'm happy to report that Week 12 was a positive one for the books. We didn't have any massive nights to boost our profits skyward (though Monday was very close), but six out of the 7 nights were positive, and I'm confident that […]

FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks (6/27/21): 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. We have some good pitching options on this slate so we will need to figure out which one can get us a few strikeouts and a win while also choosing between […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/27/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Sunday, gang! Hope you all had a great Saturday. We have a nice 12-game slate this afternoon, so let's jump right into it and see how we can optimize our DraftKings MLB DFS lineups. We have a slight worry regarding the weather in St. Louis, however, I don't think it'll be enough to prevent […]

Connor Wong Makes First Career Start

Boston Red Sox catcher Connor Wong made his first career start Saturday against the New York Yankees, and went 1-for-3 with a single. He struck out in both his other at-bats. Wong was originally scheduled to start Sunday, but was moved up to pair with Nathan Eovaldi. This pairing was quite successful, and Wong can […]

Hunter Renfroe Delivers Three Infield Hits

Boston Red Sox outfielder Hunter Renfroe had some good fortune Saturday, going 3-for-4 with three infield hits. He drove in one run. Renfroe has hit the ball hard all year, with an average exit velocity in the 77th percentile and a max exit velocity in the 94th velocity, but sometimes it's just better to be […]

Xander Bogaerts Has Three More Hits Saturday

Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts had another practically perfect day at the plate Saturday, going 3-for-3 with a double, a sacrifice fly, one RBI, and two runs scored. He now has a 21-game on-base streak and raised his season OPS to .943. With 13 homers, five steals, 46 runs, and 46 RBI, there's no […]

Adam Ottavino Records Fifth Save Saturday

Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Adam Ottavino recorded his fifth save Saturday, throwing 1 1/3 innings to finish the game against the New York Yankees. Ottavino entered with two outs and the bases loaded in the eighth inning and managed to escape the jam, but he did allow one run to score in the bottom […]