White Sox Close To Hiring Tony La Russa?

The Chicago White Sox could officially name Tony La Russa as their new manager as early as Thursday. La Russa got his start in the big leagues in 1979 with the White Sox, and rumors have been swirling for more than a week that he'd land there. The 76-year-old won three straight American League pennants […]

2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values Based On Contact Quality

In part one of this series, I established that zxwOBAcon is the primary driver of season-to-season changes in xwOBAcon and that the biggest risers in zxwOBAcon each season tend to be rebound candidates. Furthermore, rebound candidates recover all of their zxwOBAcon losses more often than not and frequently outperform their season x zxwOBAcon in season […]

Warning Signals in Shift Increases: Part One

Shifts work. Not all the time and not against everyone but eventually there is a sufficient amount of data on a player to be able to draw some pretty strong conclusions about what advantages can be gained by shifting. There are good reasons that Joey Gallo was shifted against 98.5% of the time in 2020. Not everyone […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 6: English Premier League

Last weekend started with a bang; a correct pick and a correct score prediction (at +1150) in our first game. In the next two games, we were let down with corners. Sheffield United did avoid defeat as part of the single-game parlay but mustered just two corners to Fulham's five. Leicester also managed just two […]

Dissecting Contact Quality In Search Of Fantasy Bargains

Of the 1,015 hitters sampled(1) between 2015 and 2019, there were only 14 instances of hitters making more productive contact against pitches outside of the strike zone than against pitches inside of the strike zone based on xwOBAcon. Based on the same sample, the average hitter was a whopping .116 points better against pitches inside […]

White Sox Interview Tony La Russa

The Chicago White Sox have interviewed Tony La Russa for their managerial opening, and he remains a top candidate in their search, according to two sources. General manager Rick Hahn and executive vice president Kenny Williams each spoke with the 76-year-old. La Russa managed the White Sox from 1979-86 before moving to the Athletics and […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 5: English Premier League

Two weeks ago saw some of the craziest scorelines in Premier League history. Champions Liverpool shipped in seven goals against a team who survived relegation on the final day of last season, while Manchester United was busy having six stuck past them at home. For us, picking Leeds United vs Manchester City BTTS & over […]

White Sox Mutually Part Ways With Rick Renteria

The Chicago White Sox mutually agreed to part ways with manager Rick Renteria on Monday. The team also parted ways with pitching coach Don Cooper on Monday. General manager Rick Hahn is looking for something a bit different moving forward as the White Sox move from a rebuilding phase to their goal of winning multiple […]

How I Won Tout Wars

I am extremely fortunate to be able to write an article entitled, “How I Won Tout Wars.” It is truly a humbling experience, and I am both excited and proud to pen today’s words. Including all of the draft preparation that I describe in my aforementioned articles, here a few of the reasons that (I […]

EPL Betting Picks for Matchweek 4: English Premier League

The English Premier kicked off again in September, barely a month after last season finished late due to the Covid-19 pandemic, teams are back playing in empty stadiums. As we did after the EPL restart last season, we're going to look at the weekly schedule and make some betting picks for each Matchweek. Picks total […]

2020 Expectations vs Reality (Hits and Misses): WPC+ Videocast

Pierre Camus and Nicklaus Gaut share the players they were the most right and wrong about in 2020 by comparing their preseason rankings to actual performance. 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 also tune […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (10/2/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

The MLB scheduling gurus are at it again with a wacky, two-game slate with games starting five hours apart. This will make things a little tricky in DFS as we likely won't have the Cardinals or Padres lineups before the Cubs and Marlins get underway. Beyond that, as of this morning, the Padres don't even […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (10/2/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

And then there were two. After the Cubs-Marlins rainout and the Padres' offensive explosion, we head into Friday with only a two-game slate.  Not getting too cute with pitching would be my approach. There is really only one clear option, outlined below, so you can always differentiate with bats. Yu Darvish remains the obvious pitching target. […]

Tim Anderson Picks Up Three Hits In Game 3 Loss

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson went 3-for-5 in Thursday's Game 3 wild-card loss to the Oakland Athletics. Anderson carried his strong regular season into an impressive wild-card performance. Anderson was 9-for-14 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored in the series. Anderson finished the regular by hitting .322 with 10 home runs, […]

Dane Dunning Pulled Early In Game 3

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Dane Dunning only last two-thirds of an inning in his Game 3 start against the Oakland Athletics in the wild-card series on Thursday. It was expected that the rookie would be on a short leash, and after allowing a pair of hits, manager Rick Renteria pulled the plug. Dunning is […]

Garrett Crochet Leaves Game 3 With Forearm Tightness

Chicago White Sox left-handed pitcher Garrett Crochet (forearm) was pulled from Game 3 of Thursday’s wild-card series versus Oakland after just nine pitches due to forearm tightness. Crochet struck out both batters that he faced, giving him a combined 6 ⅔ scoreless innings this season with 10 strikeouts. The nature of forearm tightness is never […]

Eloy Jimenez Departs Game 3 Early With Foot Injury

Chicago White Sox outfielder Eloy Jimenez (foot) returned to the club’s starting lineup for Game 3 against Oakland on Thursday, but after giving it a go for two at-bats -- including a double -- he was lifted due to persistent foot soreness. James McCann entered the lineup as the designated hitter in his place. Jimenez […]

Dane Dunning Tabbed For Game 3

The Chicago White Sox have named rookie starting pitcher Dane Dunning the Game 3 starter of Thursday’s wild-card matchup against the Oakland Athletics. Dunning performed well in seven starts for the White Sox and was 2-0 with a 3.97 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 34 innings over seven starts. Dunning is coming off of his […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (10/1/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

We head into Thursday with 5 game slate. We have a Game 3 matchup between the White Sox and A's, then four more NL Wild Card matchups to round out the slate. Some elite arms take the hill but some nice spots to attack with bats are in play as well. Not getting too cute […]

Top MLB DFS Tournament Stacks and Avoids for October 1, 2020 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We will be releasing our Premium MLB DFS picks every single day of the week for the entire MLB and fantasy baseball season and postseason.   Top Avoids of the Day for 10/1/20  Brandon Woodruff @ Los Angeles Dodgers Woodruff was amazing in his final […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 10/1/20 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 10/1/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. With some of the Wild Card series already decided, we have only a 5-game main slate of playoff action. There are some elite pitchers […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (10/1/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

After a historic eight-game day of postseason baseball Wednesday, we get to run it all back roughly 10 hours later with an equally epic five-game slate that features at least one club in each having its collective backs to the wall. With that in mind, if clubs deploy unconventional methods that make it seem like […]

Dallas Keuchel Roughed Up In Game 2

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel picked up the loss in Game 2 versus the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. Keuchel got burned by some bad defense, but still struggled outside of that. The lefty only lasted 3 1/3 innings and allowed six hits, five runs (three earned), zero walks and four strikeouts. The White […]

Yasmani Grandal Goes Yard In Game 2 Loss

Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal hit his second home run in as many games on Wednesday against the Oakland Athletics. It was his only hit in four at-bats on Wednesday. Grandal is now 2-for-7 with a pair of walks so far in the wild-card series. Grandal came into the playoffs in a slump, but […]

Edwin Encarnacion Back In Lineup At Designated Hitter

Chicago White Sox designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion is back in the lineup and hitting fifth in Game 2 of the White Sox wild-card series against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. Encarnacion sat out Game 1 of the wild-card series, but will get the start against right-handed pitcher Chris Bassitt. Encarnacion struggled greatly at the plate […]

Eloy Jimenez Remains Sidelined On Wednesday

Chicago White Sox outfielder Eloy Jimenez (foot) will be absent from the lineup in Game 2 of the White Sox's wild-card series against the Oakland Athletics. Jimenez was hopeful that he would be in the lineup Wednesday, particularly after missing Game 1. It will be outfielder Leury Garcia taking his place again in left field […]

Effects of an Innocuous Move: Brian Goodwin to Cincinnati

If you would've told me at the start of the 2020 season that one of the two moves made by the Cincinnati Reds at the Trade Deadline would be for a Major League outfielder, I would've been forced to assume that any four Reds outfielders had been suspended for the season for pulling some sort […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (9/30/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We've never seen an MLB playoff slate like this before and likely never will again: all 16 teams are in play for an action-packed daylong main slate. There are some interesting pitching options to consider and plenty of value bats to pick from, as well as some enticing stacks to target. I'll be providing you […]

Jose Abreu Slugs Home Run In Game 1

Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in his playoff debut on Tuesday against the Athletics. Abreu is coming off of a dominant regular season, but had been in a funk heading into Monday’s contest. The MVP candidate will look to keep the momentum going against […]

Lucas Giolito Dominates Athletics In Game 1

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito shined against the Oakland Athletics in Game 1 of their wild-card series. Giolito went seven innings and allowed just two hits, one run, one walk and recorded 8 K’s. It was an impressive performance in his first ever playoff outing and the White Sox are now one win […]