MLB DFS Prop Picks for 5/26 - 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 […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 5/26 - Monkey Knife Fight

Wednesday brings a busy slate of MLB games and Monkey Knife Fight has contests for all of them, offering many chances to play and win! Top pitching prospect Alek Manoah is making his major league debut for the Toronto Blue Jays after the 2019 first-round pick had a 0.50 ERA and 0.56 WHIP in his […]

MLB DFS Lineup Picks - Early Slate (5/26/21): DraftKings, Daily Fantasy Baseball

Hello there, MLB DFS grinders! We have a split Wednesday slate and the focus on this article will be DK for their four-game early only slate. While most of our MLB DFS coverage here at RotoBaller is geared towards the main slate, I wanted to give you some of my favorite pitchers and bats for […]

Liam Hendriks Saves The Day For White Sox

Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendricks picked up his tenth save of the season in Tuesday's victory versus the St. Louis Cardinals. The White Sox were up 8-3 entering the top of the ninth inning, but reliever Garrett Crochet loaded the bases and that would lead manager Tony La Russa to turn to his closer. […]

Nick Madrigal Hits Three Singles In Victory

Chicago White Sox second baseman Nick Madrigal went 3-for-4 with three singles and a RBI in Tuesday's victory versus the St. Louis Cardinals. Madrigal has been in a bit of a slump over the last couple of weeks, but his bat is starting to come alive with seven hits over his last 18 at-bats. Madrigal […]

Jose Abreu Knocks In Four Runs

Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and four RBI in Tuesday's victory versus the St. Louis Cardinals. The home run was a moonshot off of Jack Flaherty in the bottom of the fourth inning to give the White Sox 7-2 lead at the time. Abreu has played […]

Lucas Giolito Picks Up Fourth Win

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito put together another nice start in Tuesday's victory versus the St. Louis Cardinals. Giolito picked up a quality start with six hits, two runs (one earned), zero walks and strikeouts over six innings. Giolito had a bit of a rough patch a few starts ago, but he has […]

Yasmani Grandal Left Out Of Tuesday's Lineup

Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal will have a routine day off on Tuesday versus the St. Louis Cardinals. Grandal has been off to a cold start offensively this season, but he has hit two home runs over the past week. Grandal will be replaced by Zack Collins. Collins will bat seventh and should be […]

Willy Adames to the Brewers - Fantasy Impact

We've had quite a few minor trades already happen this season, but on Friday we had the biggest trade yet in terms of potential fantasy impact for this season as the Rays and Brewers completed a four-player deal. Here's how that broke down: Brewers receive: SS Willy Adames, RHP Trevor Richards Rays receive: RHP J.P. Feyereisen, […]

Statcast Hitter Studs and Duds - Sweet Spot Analysis for Week 9

Barrel rate is one of the best measures of a hitter's power. In order to earn a barrel, a player needs to have enough exit velocity, which we measured last week, and the proper launch angle. Specifically, a ball can travel anywhere between 8-50 degrees depending on how high an exit velocity was produced. Although […]

Video: xwOBA Risers & Fallers (wPC+)

Pierre Camus and Nick Gaut review Statcast underachievers and overachievers for xwOBA. Which hitters are worthy waiver wire adds and who should fantasy baseball managers be concerned about? Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us on iTunes and BlogTalkRadio as well! Be sure to […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/25/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/25 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.     Overview This is probably the most ace-heavy slate since Opening Day. Tonight we have Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer, Joe Musgrove, Jack Flaherty, Corbin Burnes, Lucas Giolito, Clayton Kershaw, and Kevin Gausman all on the board. […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/25/21): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a 13-game main slate on tap tonight, and it's a doozie. There are a lot of nice pitching options priced all across the board. Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer lead the way up top, but may not be necessary with some of the strong options in the $9K and $8K range, not to […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 5/25 - Monkey Knife Fight

Tuesday offers a full slate of Major League Baseball games and Monkey Knife Fight has contests for all of them, meaning lots of chances to play and win! There are some star pitchers on the bump Tuesday, including Jacob deGrom making his return to the Mets. Corey Kluber, Max Scherzer, Aaron Civale, Rich Hill, Jose […]

MLB Betting Picks for Tuesday 5/25 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Welcome to another day of RotoBaller’s free MLB Betting Picks. Our betting team is here to bring you top notch insight, including analysis, trends, stats, and more! A full disclaimer that I'm not even close to a professional, but I thoroughly enjoy doing research and making what I see to be educated picks. There's a lot […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 5/25/21 (Premium Content)

Hey RotoBallers! I felt like Week 8 was my time to get back on track. The number 8 is my go-to/lucky number after all. Well, it didn't quite turn out that way. Wednesday was a great day, but everything that surrounded it, including a bloody Sunday, brought us crashing back down to earth. I'm changing […]

Lance Lynn Picks Up Fifth Victory

Chicago White Sox starting pitching Lance Lynn continued his strong season on Monday versus the St. Louis Cardinals. Lynn flirted with a no-hitter into the top of the sixth inning. Lynn picked up his fifth victory and allowed three hits, one run, three walks and four strikeouts in seven innings. Lynn now owns an impressive […]

Andrew Vaughn Starting To Show Power

Chicago White Sox first baseman/outfielder Andrew Vaughn went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Monday's victory versus the St. Louis Cardinals. Vaughn's home run off of Kwang Hyun Kim in the bottom of the sixth inning would give the White Sox a 2-1 lead and be enough to help lead his team to victory. […]

Lineup Takeaways - Week 8 Lineup Trends

Week eight of the MLB season is in the books. There are new injuries, players landing on the COVID injured list, and many more developments that are causing lineups to alter. Let’s try to figure out what is noise and what really matters. Just a reminder, I have added a 'Fantasy Fallout' section to the […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Monday 5/24

Welcome to the 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. Each day RotoBaller will provide you with some of the best streaming options to consider […]

The Best Pitches of 2021 By The Numbers

There is so much to look at when evaluating pitchers in 2021. The amount of data we have is incredible. At the time of this writing, there had been 186,220 pitches thrown this season. I wanted to examine the individual pitch types and see which pitchers have been most effective with each. I am mostly focusing […]

Points League Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 9

We'll be doing this roundup of point league happenings 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 […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/24/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Monday, RotoBallers! There are eight games on the MLB schedule today, but one is a day game, and the other starts a little too early to catch the featured slate. Therefore, we've got six games and 12 lineups to peruse as we fill our DFS rosters for the first time this week. It kicks off […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/24/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have eight games today, but the Jays and Rays end the wraparound weekend series in Dunedin for the matinee, so that game is off of the FanDuel main slate. So are those jerks in Miami that thumbed their nose at MLB and start a half hour earlier than everyone else on the East coast. […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/24/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/24 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 and Avoids for 5/24/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 5/24/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.   It's a light six-game slate today, but there is still a deep player pool of viable options. Pitching is solid enough to the point where we shouldn't see super concentrated ownership, so this is a good […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 5/24/21 (Premium Content)

Hey RotoBallers! I felt like Week 8 was my time to get back on track. The number 8 is my go-to/lucky number after all. Well, it didn't quite turn out that way. Wednesday was a great day, but everything that surrounded it, including a bloody Sunday, brought us crashing back down to earth. I'm changing […]

Dallas Keuchel Fails To Record Out In Fifth Inning

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel picked up another no-decision on Sunday versus the New York Yankees. The veteran left with the bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth and no outs recorded. He would finish with a final line of six hits, three runs (one earned), two walks and struck out four […]

Andrew Vaughn Has Big Pinch-Hit Home Run

Chicago White Sox first baseman/outfielder Andrew Vaughn came up with a big pinch-hit home run versus the New York Yankees in Sunday's loss. Vaughn hit the solo blast off of closer Aroldis Chapman to tie the game 4-4 at the time. Vaughn had been in a slump entering the game and didn't get the start […]

Yasmani Grandal Hits Sixth Home Run

Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal went 1-for-2 with a walk and a solo home run in Sunday's loss versus the New York Yankees. Grandal has been off to a very slow start offensively, but six of his 12 hits on the season have been home runs. He has also drawn 37 walks on the […]