Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - August 23, 2020

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/23/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. It's an interesting Sunday, as DraftKings and FanDuel have widely different games being used on their Main slates. DraftKings is going with a mini-slate […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 22nd 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 topics […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/22/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

Saturday night's DraftKings slate will feature 10 games with the Mets and Yankees game being postponed. We've had a rash of high-run total games in recent slates and that should continue tonight with a limited number of trustworthy arms mixed in with a ton of gas-cans that are ready to ignite. As has been noted […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings - August 22, 2020 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/22/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a pair of 10-game slates on FanDuel and DraftKings today and the pitching options are...interesting. As in, three of the priciest pitchers […]

Jorge Soler Hits His Sixth Home Run

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler hit a three-run home run in the first inning of Friday's game against the Minnesota Twins, his sixth home run of the year. It was his first home run since August 8th, ending a dry spell of nearly two weeks. Soler is slashing .255/.336/.489 on the season. His hard-hit […]

Hunter Dozier Goes Yard In Royals Win

Kansas City Royals third baseman Hunter Dozier helped lead the team to a win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday. Dozier went 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and two runs in the game. Through 10 games this year, Dozier is slashing .219/.359/.500 with three home runs, seven RBI and five runs. Hitting in […]

Danny Duffy Earns Second Win On Friday

Kansas City Royals pitcher Danny Duffy turned in a solid outing on Friday against the Minnesota Twins, earning his second win to improve to 2-2 on the year. Duffy pitched five innings and allowed four hits, two walks and one earned run while striking out six. Through four starts in August, he has a 3.15 […]

Jakob Junis Set For Bullpen Session Friday, Eyeing Return

Kansas City Royals right-handed pitcher Jakob Junis was scheduled to throw a “pretty intense” bullpen session at the club’s alternate site Friday as he makes his way back from the injured list. Dealing with back spasms, Junis could return as early as next week if all goes well in his latest bullpen. The righty has […]

Salvador Perez Lands On Injured List Due To Vision Issues

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to left eye central serous chorioretinopathy. The ailment has been affecting Perez on and off over the past week, but that hasn’t stemmed his production as his .359 xBA ranks within the top two percentile of all batters in the […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/21/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

We head into a Friday night 13 game with only the Mets and Yankees taking the night off due to the Mets' potential COVID cases. As Bubba mentioned yesterday, it's been hot on the west coast, so look to attack some of those big offenses, and really even the ones you normally don't consider potent […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings - August 21, 2020 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/21/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 12-game slate on tap tonight and it is full of not so good to really bad pitching. There are a few […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for Friday, August 21st - Monkey Knife Fight

Baseball season is underway and although there have been some bumps along the way, the show continues to move forward into the 2020 season. Of course, along with MLB 2020 season, comes MLB Monkey Knife Fight Prop Picks. Be sure to check back here regularly to see which picks I am targeting on any given […]

Adalberto Mondesi Leads MLB In Steals, Slumping At Dish

Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi has so far done in 2020 exactly what owners hoped for at the start of the year -- for him to steal bases. His six steals led the Majors entering play Thursday, but so did his four caught stealings. For those that ponied up for Mondesi, there was also […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 200 Hitters Weekly Rankings (Week 5)

When I started writing up the column for this week, it was going to focus on the esteemed gentlemen of Fernando Tatis Jr. and Bo Bichette as well as the broader shortstop landscape. Then I started looking at first base and DH and got fixated on what was happening with Cody Bellinger and Shohei Ohtani, […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 101 Relief Pitchers Weekly Rankings

It's already time for the Week 5 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a weekly dive into where the top 101 RPs stand moving forward in this strange sprint season. You can check out my weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks as well. I've updated this piece through Aug. 18. David Emerick rolled out […]

Top 50 Prospects for Fantasy Baseball Redraft: Week 5 Rankings

The Top 50 redraft prospects list is back for another week and we continue to see a lot of movement on the list as teams rely heavily on young players in 2020. Rays' two-way player Brendan McKay has been removed from the list after news broke Tuesday afternoon that stated the prospect will be undergoing […]

Matt Harvey Lasts Just Three Innings In Royals Debut

Former All-Star pitcher Matt Harvey made his first start as a member of the Kansas City Royals in Game 2 of Wednesday's double-header against the Cincinnati Reds, but the outing didn't last long. Harvey was hit hard in the game, giving up two home runs and a total of three earned runs over three innings […]

Brad Keller Pitches 6 2/3 Scoreless Innings On Wednesday

Kansas City Royals pitcher Brad Keller continued his hot start to the 2020 season on Wednesday against the Cincinnati Reds. Keller pitched 6 2/3 innings and allowed three hits, three walks and no runs while striking out five. He's now 3-0 on the year and yet to allow a run over three starts and 17 […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/18/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Even with a handful of day games Tuesday, the main slate is still chock full of talent at every position. So long as the Reds are given the thumbs up to get back into action after a positive COVID-19 test over the weekend, this should mark the first time since the early portion of the […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/18/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

We head into Tuesday night with a nice 11 game slate on tap. There is a nice mix of pitching and bats to attack tonight. It has been hot on the west coast, so do not forget to focus on some of those big offenses. There are some nice "free square" values as well to […]

Salvador Perez Sees Eye Specialist, Uncertain For Wednesday

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez would not have been available for Tuesday’s contest against the Reds due to a fluid-filled particle in his left eye. Perez was sent to see a specialist and will now be viewed as day-to-day moving forward, putting his availability for Wednesday’s doubleheader in question. His Statcast metrics back up […]

Matt Harvey To Make Season Debut Wednesday, Start In DH

Kansas City Royals right-handed pitcher Matt Harvey has been brought up to the active roster to start one of the two contests in Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Reds. Harvey pitched for Cincinnati in 2018, which was the last time that he had sustained success on a big league mound. The injury to Jakob Junis (back) […]

Hot Prospects To Watch: Tigers Rookies and Low-Owned Youngsters

Perhaps there's nothing more tantalizing in fantasy baseball than drafting an up-and-coming prospect or rushing to the waiver wire to bid on a Triple-A call-up. With no minor leagues this year, our favorite prospects are now playing on taxi squads, making it difficult for us to fantasize about since we can't get eyes on their […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 18th 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 topics […]

2020 K% Decreases: Buy, Sell, or Hold

Faster than most stats, the strikeout rate for batters stabilizes quickly. While not a guarantee of the future, once we have 60 plate appearances we can start making some judgments on where batters are at in their plate discipline and what we might expect going forward. Last week, we took a look at some of […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 101 Starting Pitchers Weekly Rankings

Welcome to the Week 5 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a look weekly at where the top 101 SPs stand moving forward in this strange sprint season. You can check out my weekly Top 101 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks as well. David Emerick rolled out an introduction to our Baller Ranks here -- I suggest […]

Salvador Perez Leaves Mondays Game With Eye Issue

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez (eye) got the day off on Sunday as he was dealing with blurry vision in his left eye. He went to visit an eye specialist on Monday who determined he had a pocket of fluid formulating in his eye that would eventually disappear and essentially cleared him to play […]

Kris Bubic Suffers Third Loss On Monday

Kansas City Royals pitcher Kris Bubic fell to 0-3 on the year after Monday's 4-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Bubic pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed four hits, four walks and two earned runs while striking out four. The 22-year-old rookie has a 5.12 ERA and 1.34 WHIP on the year with 19 strikeouts […]

Salvador Perez Returns To Lineup Monday

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez is back among the starting nine for Monday’s series finale against Minnesota and right-hander Kenta Maeda. Perez had been scratched from the lineup Sunday due to blurred vision that the team was concerned could be the start of a migraine, but he appears well enough to take to the […]

H2H Points League Pickups, Waiver Adds: Week 5

We almost had it. With the return of the St. Louis Cardinals, we almost had the full league in action. Not so fast, suckers! The pandemic struck again, this time snipping the Reds right out of the schedule. But all we can do is march on and try to win each week. Oh, and trawl […]