Jose Ramirez Hits .245 In May, Now Hitting .213 On Season

Cleveland Indians second baseman Jose Ramirez followed up his atrocious month of April with a slightly less atrocious May. The consensus top-10 pick going into the year now has just four home runs and 17 RBI through 56 games. Despite his struggles, there is still a good amount to like about his peripheral numbers. He […]

Francisco Lindor Starts Friday's Game With a Home Run

Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor led off Friday's game with a home run, his eighth of the season. It was his only hit of the game, as he finished 1-for-4 and brought his slash line to .282/.357/.477. Lindor is starting to get hot, and he should soon be one of the best fantasy assets as […]

Trevor Bauer Struggles But Keeps the Box Score Looking OK

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer struggled a bit on Friday, allowing six runs (two earned) on nine hits and a walk. He struck out eight and threw 81 of his 111 pitches for strikes. Bauer wasn't great in this one but he and his fantasy owners kind of got away with it since four […]

Mike Freeman is Starting at Third Base

Cleveland Indians infielder Mike Freeman is drawing a rare start for the Tribe in Friday's game against the Chicago White Sox. Freeman normally only plays on rest days for Jose Ramirez. However, Ramirez is sliding over to designated hitter for this contest, so that opens up third base for Freeman. The veteran lefty infielder will […]

Oscar Mercado, Jordan Luplow Receiving A Rest

Cleveland Indians outfielders Oscar Mercado and Jordan Luplow are not in the starting lineup on Friday. Leonys Martin is in center field and is hitting ninth, while Greg Allen makes the start in right field and is batting seventh against White Sox starting pitcher Dylan Covey. Mike Freeman also draws in at third base and […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 9 Waiver Wire

There are currently at least NINE bullpens in Major League Baseball operating with a closer-by-committee approach. While it has been heavily discussed and essentially proven to be the best option in a "real" game, it sure makes for a headache in the fantasy baseball world where there can oftentimes be a bicycle race (✔) to […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/31/19): MLB DFS Lineups

It's a fun Friday! We have a full fifteen game slate on our hands with a bunch of aces and plenty of arms to pick on. There's only one total under eight runs and it's a game with two young arms pitching. Joey Lucchesi is looking like the most popular play on the slate and […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/31/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

With no early games, we've got a exciting 15 game main slate and a fun Friday night of baseball ahead. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on 5/31/2019. The picks will range from some of the elite players to mid-priced options and value plays. We also […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox (5/31/19)

Welcome to the Friday, May 31st Birthday edition of Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox. Discussing baseball is as fun as the game itself. It has a way of bringing people together to share different opinions about the sport we all love. A similar action can be done with fantasy baseball where we not only […]

Top MLB Betting Picks for Today's Slate (5/31/19)

Welcome to the Friday, May 31st edition of Rotoballer's MLB Betting Picks. I will be serving up some of my top options on tonight's 15 game slate. In this article, we will dive into the numbers and pick out my top recommended betting picks for today's slate. Feel free to hit me up on Twitter […]

Carlos Carrasco Struggles Again on Thursday

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco struggled on Thursday against the White Sox, allowing six runs on 10 hits and a walk in 6 1/3 innings. He did strike out seven, but it was overall a rough start. The loss dropped his record to 4-6 and raised his ERA to 4.98. Carrasco has the talent […]

Tyler Naquin Making Progress In His Rehab Stint

Cleveland Indians outfielder Tyler Naquin (calf, knee) is scheduled to serve as the designated hitter in Friday's game for Triple-A Columbus. After that, he is scheduled to play nine innings in the outfield before having off on Sunday. The team will then reassess his status on Monday. Naquin is nearing a return from the 10-day […]

Leonys Martin is Resting on Thursday

Cleveland Indians outfielder Leonys Martin (rest) is out of the starting lineup for Thursday's game against the Chicago White Sox. The speedy veteran outfielder will get the day off against the left-handed pitcher. Oscar Mercado will play center field and bat second versus lefty Manny Banuelos. Mercado is a decent cheap DFS option for Thursday's […]

Cubs Signing Carlos Gonzalez

The Chicago Cubs are signing free-agent outfielder Carlos Gonzalez to a minor league deal on Thursday, according to a source. Gonzalez was released by the Indians and would give the Cubs some outfield depth if he's called up. The 33-year-old Venezuelan hit just .210/.282/.276 with two homers and seven RBI in 105 at-bats for the […]

Bobby Bradley Doing Well In Triple-A

Cleveland Indians first base prospect Bobby Bradley is a name for fantasy owners to keep an eye on. Bradley currently is hitting .282 with a .954 OPS for Triple-A Columbus. Bradley also has shown some power with 14 home runs. With the Indians struggling at offense all year, it would make sense for them to […]

Digging Deeper: AL-Only Waiver Wire Report for Week 9

Every week in baseball, a significant player will hit the disabled list, slip into a slump, or get traded out of a good spot. How fantasy owners adapt to these situations can make or break the season as a whole. One lousy add might not hurt the long-term standing of a team, but failing to […]

Sauceda's Slants: Buy Low Report - 8 Hitters to Target

There’s something positively blissful about scanning your rosters and seeing double-digit — or *gasp* single-digit! — ranks up-and-down the roster. But let’s be clear: these stats are in the past. They’re already banked. They shouldn’t overpower our valuation of them going forward because, really, that’s all that matters — what are they likely to produce […]

MLB DFS Top Value Plays for Thursday May 30th, 2019 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for May 30th, 2019. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. These are daily outlier value plays or lesser thought of guys. They normally lay outside of the main pool of players that […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/30/19): MLB DFS Lineups

Another 10 games for us on Thursday, with another interesting split. There are three afternoon games, five traditional evening slate games and then another two games out on the West Coast. As for the DFS slates this has been split into two, with the afternoon games on one slate and the remaining seven on the […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/30/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

There are 10 games on the schedule today, but there are smaller contests for a two-game early slate. I will be focusing my research on the seven-game main slate. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on 5/30/2019. The picks will range from some of the elite […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox (5/30/19)

Welcome to the Thursday, May 30th edition of Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox. Discussing baseball is as fun as the game itself. It has a way of bringing people together to share different opinions about the sport we all love. A similar action can be done with fantasy baseball where we not only discuss […]

Carlos Santana Has a Huge Game on Wednesday

Cleveland Indians first baseman/designated hitter Carlos Santana had a huge game on Wednesday, going 3-for-4 with two walks, four runs scored, and five RBI. Santana hit a home run, a triple, and a double, falling just a single shy of the cycle. It was a huge game for Cleveland's best offensive player, lifting his line […]

Oscar Mercado Hits Three Singles on Wednesday

Cleveland Indians rookie outfielder Oscar Mercado hit three singles on Wednesday, going 3-for-6 with two runs scored. The rookie is having an impressive start to his career, hitting .333/.404/.476 in the early going. He won't provide much in terms of power, but he can get on base and he'll steal bases. He should be owned […]

Francisco Lindor Gets Three Hits on Wednesday

Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor smacked three hits on Wednesday, going 3-for-6 with two runs scored and an RBI. All three of Lindor's hits were singles, as he raised his slash line to .289/.358/.472. After a slow and late start to the season, Lindor has turned it on and will soon again be one of […]

Brad Hand Earns a Save in a Five-Run Game

Cleveland Indians closer Brad Hand earned his 15th save of the season in a game Cleveland won 14-9. Hand got the last two outs after a pair of Cleveland relievers decided to make the game interesting in the ninth inning. Hand has been excellent this season, posting a 1.19 ERA and allowing just a .165 […]

Shane Bieber Struggles But Gets Win

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Shane Bieber was roughed up for six earned runs in five innings Monday night in Boston. The Indians offense bailed Bieber out, however, as they tagged Boston for 14 runs giving Bieber his fourth win of the season. It's hard for fantasy owners to complain given Bieber has 31 strikeouts in […]

Jordan Luplow Resting Wednesday

Cleveland Indians outfielder Jordan Luplow is not in the starting lineup on Wednesday. Greg Allen is getting the start in left field and is batting seventh against Red Sox starting pitcher Ryan Weber. Allen has some speed for those in AL-only leagues if he plays enough, but he has just five hits in 47 at-bats […]

Power Hitting Risers & Fallers for Week 9 - Buy or Sell?

Welcome to this week's Power Hitting Risers & Fallers. All stats are full season through Monday, May 27th (unless otherwise noted). In what amounts to mostly an accident, this week is almost entirely about fallers in one sense, because three of the five risers are players that Statcast isn't very enamored with despite double-digit home […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox (5/29/19)

Welcome to the Wednesday, May 29th edition of Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox. Discussing baseball is as fun as the game itself. It has a way of bringing people together to share different opinions about the sport we all love. A similar action can be done with fantasy baseball where we not only discuss […]

Top 30 Impact Prospects for Redraft Leagues (Week 9)

The Top 30 list continues to leak prospects. This past week, hitters Cavan Biggio and Josh Naylor, as well as pitcher Mitch Keller were beckoned to The Show. And both hitters had immediate impacts on their teams over the weekend, while Biggio taking the cake on Sunday with a three-hit performance, which included a home […]