FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/8/19): MLB DFS Lineups

What's up RotoBallers! Welcome back to another fun-filled Monday of DFS action and our daily fantasy baseball analysis. Tonight's main slate starts at 7:05 pm eastern, covering eight games. There's also three other slates: and express, late night, and after hours. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 4/8/19 - Monkey Knife Fight

A new week starts and while hockey and pro basketball are taking a break, baseball season is going to keep chugging along, with a 10-game schedule. There are a couple of thoughts based on early-season results. One, don’t get too hyped about one or two good performances. This applies particularly to starting pitchers, especially those […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 1 Waiver Wire

Welcome back, baseball. We missed you. Your offseason was mostly boring, so here's hoping you make up for it with a great season. So far, you're off to a good start. Okay, enough. Closers and Saves Report is back for another year of looking over all of the important bullpen news of the week. With […]

Wily Peralta Gives Up Grand Slam

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Wily Peralta was tentatively slated to be in the mix for closing duties in KC this season, but that dream should be pretty much dead by this point. Coming into Saturday's game with the Tigers, Peralta had already allowed three earned runs in just 2 1/3 innings pitched. His ERA […]

Hunter Dozier Connects For First Homer

Kansas City Royals third baseman Hunter Dozier had been off to a glacial start as he'd only knocked one hit in his first four games, but he made the right kind of contact on Saturday and drove his first home run of the season out of the park. Dozier's two-run shot in the seventh inning […]

Whit Merrifield Stretches Hit Streak With HR

Kansas City Royals second baseman/outfielder Whit Merrifield drilled his first home run of the season on Saturday to extend his 2019 hit streak. Merrifield has now hit safely in all seven games this year, and he's filled up the score sheet by already racking up a double, a triple, a home run, eight runs scored, […]

Jorge Soler Hits First Homer Of 2019

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler knocked his first home run of the season on Saturday against the Tigers. Soler hit a solo shot to lead off the seventh inning, tying the game at two runs apiece, but after the Royals took the lead, the bullpen coughed it up in the bottom half of the […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/6/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have a full day of games but they are split into an early slate and a late slate, so I'll bring a few options from each slate. There is no super expensive pitcher on the slate, so you can look elsewhere if you want to spend down. In this article, I will be providing […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/6/19): MLB DFS Lineups

Saturday brings us a strange day for DFS. There are really no stand out pitchers on either of the two main slates. Yes there are good pitchers but their matchups mean that there is no must use option. That presents some interesting strategies for GPP, as we could see a lot of the big bats […]

Kyle Zimmer (SP/RP, KC) - Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 1% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Royals' bullpen is, predictably, a mess. Brad Boxberger, Wily Peralta, and Jake Diekman all sport ERAs of 8.00 or higher, and while both Boxberger and Ian Kennedy have successfully nailed down a save, they've each blown one as well. None of the […]

Ian Kennedy (SP/RP, KC) - Waiver Wire Pickups Week 2

BALLER MOVE: Add in AL-only and 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 10% of Leagues ANALYSIS: After back-to-back disappointing seasons as a starter, it appears that Ian Kennedy may have found his new niche in Kansas City. He debuted this season in the eighth inning, preserving the team’s two-run advantage by throwing a clean frame. In […]

Homer Bailey Survives First Outing

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Homer Bailey got through Day 1 of his KC career with only a few bumps and bruises, and he got the praise of his manager. Manager Ned Yost was complimentary of Bailey's first outing, and he specifically noted that Bailey's "splitter was good." Bailey allowed three earned runs in five […]

Whit Merrifield Carries Over His Hitting

Kansas City Royals utility man Whit Merrifield has become a hit machine. While the 2019 season is only five games in, Merrifield is working on a 25-game hit streak dating back to last year. Merrifield is only hitting .238 so far this season, but he's got the hit streak going and has already racked up […]

Alex Gordon Knocks In Four

On Wednesday, Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon drilled a meatball out over the center field wall in KC for his first home run of the season. Up to bat with two on in the fifth inning, Kyle Gibson laid out up for Gordon right over the heart of the plate, and Gordon was able […]

Adalberto Mondesi Hits Inside-the-Park HR

After Opening Day, Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi told reporters that he expected to hit an inside-the-park home run at Kauffman Stadium since he had smacked a pair of triples with such ease. Since Mondesi is one of the fastest runners in the league, everyone nodded along and agreed that it would eventually happen. […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/4/19): MLB DFS Lineups

Thursday, April 4th brings us yet another completely split featured slate with two sets of four games. The first slate kicks of at 1:05 pm with the second slate starting at 6:10 pm. The second slate is officially denoted as the “main” slate, but as both are considered featured you will find picks from both […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/4/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have another odd slate with both early and late games. Unfortunately, there are only eight total games, with only three coming after 7 PM EST. This article will focus on the "All Day" slate, allowing you to play either late or early games, depending on what slate you like better. In this article, I […]

Royals Acquire Andrew Susac

The Kansas City Royals acquired catcher Andrew Susac from the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday in exchange for cash considerations. Susac has hit just .221/.283/.373 with seven home runs and 35 RBI in five big league seasons with the Giants, Brewers and Orioles and will merely be depth for KC with Salvador Perez out for the […]

Kyle Zimmer Finally Reaches The Bigs

Kansas City Royals pitcher Kyle Zimmer finally did it. Drafted in the first round of the 2012 draft, Zimmer has been snakebit when it came to injuries for his entire career, having gone through multiple surgeries and lost seasons due to arm issues. However, his dream came true on Sunday as Zimmer made his major […]

Homer Bailey Scheduled For Wednesday's Start

The Kansas City Royals have finally stopped being coy and officially announced that Homer Bailey will start Wednesday's game against the Twins. Bailey hasn't officially been added to the major league roster yet, but he was seen in the clubhouse on Saturday, spoiling any possible surprise. The 32-year-old is a prime example of the power […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 4/2/19 - Monkey Knife Fight

We are early in the baseball season, which means it’s time to make rash judgments based on small samples! Okay, maybe that’s not the ideal approach, but as the games start to accumulate, some of these early trends are going to be worth paying attention to. As always, match-ups will play an important role in […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts from Week 1

Welcome to our Surprising Starts series, where every week we look at lower-owned starting pitchers who have performed unexpectedly well in their last outing(s). Even though the first week had just four days of baseball, there were so many surprising starts to chose from that it was hard to decide which pitchers to break down. […]

Homer Bailey Likely To Start Wednesday

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Homer Bailey is likely to make his season debut on Wednesday against the Twins. Bailey isn't currently on the 40-man roster, but the Royals will likely option another pitcher to Triple-A Omaha to make room for the veteran right-hander. Pitching coach Cal Eldred confirmed that Bailey threw 6 1/3 innings […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Watch List

As important as it is to be active on the waiver wire, snagging that next hot bat or pitcher on a roll before anyone else can, let's be honest--there are only so many roster spots. That's why your watch list is just as important as your waiver wire activity, and perhaps even more so. Throughout […]

Updated Week 1 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

Opening Day is finally here! Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 1. We are back again this year with our weekly starting pitcher matchups and recommendations. In case you missed it, this is our sixth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly. Below are […]

Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 1

After an offseason that somehow felt even more interminable than usual, the 2019 season is underway. Teams have only played two or three games at this point (Athletics and Mariners notwithstanding), so you certainly shouldn't be looking to do anything drastic yet. No matter how scared you might be about Chris Sale's velocity, pushing the […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week 1

The 2019 season is officially underway! After months of preparing for drafts, now owners will turn their attention to finding the best values off the waiver wire. Owners looking for two-start pitchers in this first week of the season are going to have to dig their way through the back end of team's rotations. While […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups - After The Draft

Howdy, RotoBallers, and welcome to our all-encompassing waiver wire piece that is meant to follow your drafts and beat the mad rush to the WW grocery store once games start. In light of this, join me as we go position-by-position and look at players whose Yahoo ownership rate is 30% or under. I'll highlight some […]

Ian Kennedy An Option For Saves In KC

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Ian Kennedy entered the regular season having started 277 straight games since his most recent relief outing in the majors. That run ended on Opening Day when he pitched the eighth inning for his first relief outing since Sept. 23, 2009. Kennedy then earned his first professional save on Saturday. […]

Jorge Soler (OF, KC) - Week 1 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ team leagues OWNED IN: 22% of leagues ANALYSIS: Soler slashed .265/.354/.466 over 61 games in 2018 before breaking his foot, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season. Combined with a BABIP of .340, a wOBA of .354, an ISO of .202, and a wRC+ of 123, Soler was an […]