FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/10/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We've got all 30 teams in action on today's all day slate, which starts at 2:20pm eastern. The main slate covers all but the Brewers-Cubs matchup and starts at 7:05pm. Another exciting Friday night of baseball on deck. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on […]

Digging Deeper: AL-Only Waiver Wire Report for Week 6

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 […]

Rest of Season Shortstop Rankings (May Update)

The calendar's turned to May and we're whipping it around the horn for a Rest-of-Season update of our mixed rankings analysis. RotoBaller writers Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Bill Dubiel and Scott Engel want you to crush the competition and know that rankings can't end on draft day. Check out our fantasy baseball rankings dashboard for the […]

Jake Newberry Gives Up More Home Runs

Kansas City Royals reliever Jake Newberry was called upon to put out the fire in the third inning of Wednesday's shellacking by the Astros, and he did escape a jam by only allowing a sacrifice fly. Unfortunately, Michael Brantley put one in the seats off him in the next inning, and that now makes three […]

Jorge Lopez Loses Again

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jorge Lopez is stuck in a bad way after getting shelled by the Astros on Wednesday. Lopez surrendered six earned runs in 2 1/3 innings while allowing three home runs to Houston. It's Lopez's worst outing of the season, and it makes his fifth straight turn where he's allowed four […]

Martin Maldonado Ejected In Blowout

Kansas City Royals catcher Martin Maldonado was one of a host of Royals who couldn't find his way at the dish on Wednesday, but he hit poorly for less innings than any of his teammates. With KC trailing 9-0 in the top of the seventh inning, Maldonado struck out looking on a pitch that was […]

Today and Tomorrow's Starting Pitcher Rankings (5/9, 5/10)

Welcome back RotoBallers! Below you will find our fantasy baseball and DFS rankings for all of the projected starting pitchers for today (Thursday, May 9th) and tomorrow (Friday, May 10th). The concept is pretty straight forward. We round up our daily pitcher rankings, which will hopefully help you make your start/sit lineup decisions for both season-long […]

MLB DFS Top Value Plays for Thursday May 9th, 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 9th, 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 […]

MLB DFS Top Player Avoids & Tournament Stacks (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, a few hours before games begin that day.   Top Avoids of the Day for 5/9/19  Note: We will be […]

MLB DFS Top Value Plays (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for today's games. The picks will target the main slate and are written a couple of hours before the main slate to ensure that maximum value can be achieved. These are daily outlier value plays or […]

Power Hitting Risers & Fallers for Week 6 - Buy or Sell?

Welcome to this week's Power Hitting Risers & Fallers. All stats are full season through Monday, May 6th (unless otherwise noted). At some point, we'll start tracking in-season trends again, but for now, some more players based on their years to date. Your weekly reminders: When a Statcast ranking is mentioned, a minimum of 25 […]

Rest of Season Outfielder Rankings (May Update)

The calendar's turned to May and today we'll look to the outfield for the next part of our Rest-of-Season rankings update and analysis. RotoBaller writers Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Bill Dubiel and Scott Engel want you to crush the competition and know that rankings can't end on draft day. Check out our fantasy baseball rankings dashboard […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/8/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have 15 games on tap today, with the action starting at 12:35 PM. We will include players from the all-day slate. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on 5/8/2019. The lineup picks will range from some of the elite players to mid-priced options and value […]

Today and Tomorrow's Starting Pitcher Rankings (5/7, 5/8)

Welcome back RotoBallers! Below you will find our fantasy baseball and DFS rankings for all of the projected starting pitchers for today (Tuesday, May 7th) and tomorrow (Wednesday, May 8th). The concept is pretty straight forward. We round up our daily pitcher rankings, which will hopefully help you make your start/sit lineup decisions for both season-long […]

Adalberto Mondesi Blasts Mammoth Homer

Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi was at it again in Monday's losing effort to the Astros. With the Royals trailing by one in the top of the fifth inning, Mondesi took a Gerrit Cole fastball out to the deepest part of the park for a two-run shot. The 443-foot blast put KC in the […]

Glenn Sparkman Recalled, Placed In Bullpen

Last week, the Kansas City Royals leaned on pitcher Glenn Sparkman to make a spot start for them, and he looked great as he tossed seven shutout innings against the Rays. He was quickly sent back down, but now he's back for a while. Unfortunately, manager Ned Yost has decided to send him to the […]

Jakob Junis Struggles Against Astros

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jakob Junis labored through 5 1/3 tough innings against the Astros on Monday before he was lifted from the game. Houston scored in four of the six innings in which Junis took the hill, and he allowed three home runs in the game. There was some early hype that Junis […]

SIERA Studs and Duds for Week 6

Welcome back to RotoBaller’s pitchers advanced stats and StatCast studs and duds article series! Each week we will select an advanced stat, choose two studs and two duds, and analyze what those stats could mean for future fantasy output. The next stat we will use is one that has been highly useful in terms of […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 5/7/19 - Monkey Knife Fight

As baseball moves closer and closer to the three true outcomes (home runs, walks and strikeouts) the strikeout numbers can be alarming. At this point in the 2019 season, pitchers are averaging 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings, very close to one per inning. By comparison, 20 years ago, in 1999, that number was 6.5 strikeouts […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/7/19): MLB DFS Lineups

For Tuesday's slate of Major League Baseball games, I'll be focusing on all of the contests (first pitch of 7:05 PM EST and later). Be sure to double-check the weather and the lineups before finalizing your roster. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 5/7/19. […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/7/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have 15 games on tap today, with the action starting at 6:10 PM. We will dive into games from the main slate starting at 7:05 PM which includes 13 games. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on 5/7/2019. The lineup picks will range from some […]

Ryan O'Hearn Feasts On Tiger Pitching

Kansas City Royals first baseman Ryan O'Hearn is finally getting his shot in the bigs, but he's struggled so far. O'Hearn has blasted a couple homers to show off his prodigious power, but for the most part, he's been pretty quiet. This weekend against the Tiger though, O'Hearn was a happy camper. O'Hearn went 6-for-10 […]

Kelvin Gutierrez Continues To Hit

Kansas City Royals third baseman Kelvin Gutierrez continues to see regular playing time because he continues to find a way to get it done at the plate. Gutierrez went 1-for-4 on Sunday and drove in another run, giving him 10 RBI in his first nine MLB games. Gutierrez particularly enjoyed the series in Detroit as […]

Ian Kennedy Walked Off By Detroit

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Ian Kennedy has been surprisingly effective in a short-term relief role this season, but his old problems came back to haunt him on Sunday. Brought on to pitch in the 10th inning of a tie game, Kennedy scattered two singles amongst two outs to start the inning. However, with two […]

xBA-BA Leaders - Statcast Hitter Studs and Duds (Week 6)

This week, we're going back to the basics to look at batting average. Of course, with Statcast we are able to dig deeper than that and look at how hitters are either underperforming or overperforming by comparing their averages to expected stats, or xBA in this case. Expected stats for an all-encompassing stat like average […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/6/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Tonight's main slate starts at 7:05 pm eastern and covers nine games. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on 5/6/2019. The lineup picks will range from some of the elite players to mid-priced options and value plays. You can also read more DFS lineup picks for […]

Billy Hamilton Continues To Flail

The Kansas City Royals lineup certainly isn't devoid of speed, but one of the fastest members, outfielder Billy Hamilton, just still can't figure out how to get to first base regularly. This isn't a new problem for Hamilton, but it's gotten worse over the last week as he is now just 2-for-21 over his last […]

Alex Gordon Records Five RBI In Blowout

Kansas City Royals outfielder and recent Fountain of Youth imbiber Alex Gordon blew up the Tigers on Saturday as he drilled his sixth home run of the year and drove in five runs. The 35-year-old, who credits his complete turnaround to a mechanical change in his stance made late last season, is now hitting .299 […]

Jorge Soler Knocks In Two Runs Again

Kansas City Royals slugger Jorge Soler played his part in the rout of the Tigers on Saturday by driving in a pair of runs on a couple of hits. Soler is only hitting .254 on the season and is striking out a whopping 34% of the time, but he's made improvements to both in the […]

Whit Merrifield Knocks Fifth Home Run

Kansas City Royals second baseman/outfielder Whit Merrifield set the tone for the team's destruction of Detroit on Saturday when he led the game off with a double. He'd later add a home run in the fifth inning, giving him six extra-base hits in his last five games. Merrifield was coming off an empty performance on […]