Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 10
Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. Here are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, April 10th. It's a new week and a new opportunity for owners to build upon leads or dig out of the basement. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball […]
Hitter Streamers (Week 2): Head-to-Head Leagues
Welcome back to my hitting streamers column for Week 2, taking a look at hitters to add or stream off the waiver wire for this week's scheduled games. To keep things simple, I pick from players who are less than 50% owned and who play at least seven games in the week. If someone jumps […]
FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/8/17): MLB DFS Advice
What a beautiful slate we have today. Full 15 games for the All-Day, and a fat 10 game Main slate on FanDuel for the first Saturday of the 2017 MLB season. We have a plethora of big name pitchers, including the best in the business, and the power-hitting Madison Bumgarner. The weather looks promising across […]
DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/8/17): MLB DFS Advice
What a beautiful slate we have today. Full 15 games for the All-Day, and a fat 10 game Main slate on Draftkings for the first Saturday of the 2017 MLB season. We have a plethora of big name pitchers, including the best in the business, and the power-hitting Madison Bumgarner. The weather looks promising across the […]
DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/7/17): MLB DFS Advice
Friday features baseball all day. With games starting in the afternoon and running through evening, there will be several different contests to participate in on DraftKings. It's still very early in the season, but some players have already began to emerge as fantasy stars. Some of those guys will be in action Friday. In this […]
Week 1 Waiver Wire Watch List
Welcome to the Week 1 Waiver Wire Watch List. Each week we’ll be updating this list full of players who may not be quite ready to be picked up (depending on your league size and format), but who need to be on your radar. We’ll look at eight players each week and keep tabs on players […]
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 7th
Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. Let's talk pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Friday, April 7th, some of which can be applied to DFS games as well. You're busy. I'm busy. Shall we get to it?Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: Fantasy […]
DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/5/17): MLB DFS Advice
It's always interesting to see how Coors changes teams owned percentages. For example, the Rockies had a great matchup last night, and they were only owned around 10-15%, but they always seem to be owned closer to 40% in Coors. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks […]
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 6th
Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. Below are some pitcher and hitter streamer targets for Thursday, April 6th, which can be applied for DFS games as well. You're busy. I'm busy. Shall we get to it?Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: Fantasy […]
2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 1)
Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies. In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. We are officially underway in the 2017 Major League Baseball season! Who […]
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 5th
Over the offseason, there was much ado about the home run surge of 2016. Would it continue into 2017 or was regression looming? One game into the MLB season, and we already have 30 home runs - a 5,400 home run pace. Yasmani Grandal, Rougned Odor, and Khris Davis have already popped two apiece, as has […]
FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/3/17): MLB DFS Advice
We have a nine game slate to kick off the week and start MLB season. Opening day part two, and we start the main slate at 1pm, so get your lineups set early. Fanduel is now offering late swap, and non late swap contests. So be sure you have the right one selected, and get […]
Week 1 Waiver Wire - First Base (1B) and Third Base (3B)
The season is officially underway and waivers are finally open to all antsy fantasy owners who are already desperate for help. Whether you're dissatisfied with your current starters or are scrambling for a replacement for Adrian Beltre or Anthony Rendon, these corner infielders could step right in and help your fantasy team. Third base is as deep […]
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week 1
Baseball season is here, which means it's time to maximize your innings and start grabbing pitchers with two starts this week. Week 1 is the toughest week to find under-the-radar options, since every team is trotting out their top starters to begin the week. The staggered schedule makes things harder as some teams won't even […]
Week 1 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups
We're back Rotoballers! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 1, and will be updated as more starters are announced. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on […]
Week 1 Waiver Wire: 25-50% Owned Pickups
Wow, we're really here. After all this time, baseball is truly back. Happy Opening Day RotoBallers! In light of this, let's give that free agent pool one last look over before the stats start flying. Today, we'll look at players who are owned in 25-50% of Yahoo leagues and see who stands out. You can […]
Using Sabermetrics for Fantasy Baseball Part 12 - Barrels for Batters
If you've watched a baseball broadcast in the so-called Statcast Era, you have undoubtedly noticed the broadcasters commenting on a batted ball's exit velocity, or EV. Many have taken to using stats like Hard% and Soft% to forecast how a player should be performing, expecting larger Hard% rates to produce larger BABIP figures. There is […]
The Latest Bullpen Updates You Need to Know for Your Drafts
We're less than a week away from Opening Day and on the verge of a huge fantasy draft weekend. It's finally time for baseball season to be in (don't say "full swing" don't say "full swing") full effect! Many fantasy leagues have already drafted, but there is still a waiver wire to scour and buy-low/sell-high […]
American League Outfielders: Overvalued and Undervalued
With the MLB season right around the corner, we are in high-season for fantasy baseball drafts. Before you enter your draft room this year, it would behoove you to check out our ADP analysis pieces here at RotoBaller. We will ensure you have a good working knowledge of how players are being viewed, when to grab […]
Starting Pitcher (Part 2): Updated March Rankings and Tiers
We rolled out our final update on 2017 rankings this past weekend. While there haven’t been seismic shifts, some players have naturally seen their stocks rise or fall since our initial valuations were made in December. We’re gathered here today to look at part one of our outfield rankings, tiers, and auction values, which have certainly seen some […]
2017 Prospects - Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Drafts
Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. Opening Day is almost upon us. As I am writing this, we […]
Shortstop ADPs - Overvalued and Undervalued
Now that the first day of spring has passed, we are now entering the prime season for fantasy baseball drafts. Before you enter your draft room this year, it would behoove you to check out our ADP analysis pieces here at RotoBaller. This will ensure that you have a good working knowledge of how players […]
Top Power-Metric Gainers - What to Expect in 2017
The baseball universe is really coming into its own when it comes to advanced data metrics that we can parse through, with hard-hit rates, exit velocities, spray charts and batted-ball outcomes all becoming accessible tools to throw in the toolkit before we go digging for answers. Today's piece caps off our short series looking at […]
Jim Turvey's 10 Bold Predictions for 2017
One of my favorite preseason series here at RotoBaller has been the “10 Bold Predictions” series. It allows authors to pump up a few of the players and teams they like (and deflate the guys they dislike), while also going on record with actual stats and metrics. Be sure to check out just how wonky […]
Relief Pitchers - Updated March Rankings and Tiers
We rolled out our final update on 2017 rankings this past weekend. While there haven’t been seismic shifts, some players have naturally seen their stocks rise or fall since our initial valuations were made in December. We’re gathered here today to look at relief pitcher rankings, tiers, and auction values, which have seen a bit of movement. As […]
Shortstop: Updated March Rankings and Tiers
Just like second base, shortstop is a deep position this year. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the tiers. As before, this round of rankings features picks from Kyle Bishop, Nick Mariano, Bill Dubiel, Brad Johnson, Harris Yudin and myself. Check out all of our updated rankings. Adjust your league size, and export your rankings. Tiers, […]
First Base ADPs - Overvalued and Undervalued
In this piece, I'll lay out some first basemen who are shaping up as great values in fantasy drafts and also a few who are not worth their current prices. All ADP data can be found using our awesome rankings wizard. The first base position is an interesting one in fantasy. There's a clear top-three at […]
Top 100 Keeper Values for 2017
What's up RotoBallers. Welcome back to the finale of my series on keeper leagues. Today we'll take a look at the final product, the top 100 Keeper Values, after analyzing each tier at every position this offseason. Keeper Value Rankings are intended for Keeper Leagues in which a fantasy owner must forfeit a designated draft round […]
Outfield (Part 2): Updated March Rankings and Tiers
We rolled out our final update on 2017 rankings this past weekend. While there haven’t been seismic shifts, some players have naturally seen their stocks rise or fall since our initial valuations were made in December. We’re gathered here today to look at part two of our outfield rankings, tiers, and auction values, which have seen a bit […]
Second Base ADPs - Overvalued and Undervalued
In this piece, I'll lay out some second basemen who are shaping up as great values in fantasy drafts and also a few who are not worth their current prices. All ADP data can be found using our awesome rankings wizard. The top half of the second base position is littered with talented players, from expected […]