Mike Moustakas Racks Up Three More RBI

Kansas City Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas continues to be a one-man wrecking crew for the Royals. On Sunday, Moustakas drove in three runs on a double and sacrifice fly, giving him 23 RBI on the season. With eight home runs on the season, he’s more than doubled the total hit by any other Royals […]

Jake Junis Posts Fifth Quality Start

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jake Junis was back at it again on Sunday as he steamrolled the Detroit lineup. Junis struck out eight over seven innings, and he allowed two earned runs on eight hits. Junis has now posted a quality start in five of his seven starts this year, but he continues to […]

Whit Merrifield Steals Three Bases On Sunday

Kansas City Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield is a throwback player. He’s the epitome of hustle, and that was on display Sunday when he stole three bases and manufactured a pair of runs to help Kansas City nail down a win against the Tigers. For example, in the first inning, Merrifield turned a deflected ground […]

Alex Gordon (OF, KC) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 3% of leagues ANALYSIS: Kansas City Royals Alex Gordon is having a revival in 2018. He hit .333 with two home runs last week, earning a mention for deeper leagues. The 34-year-old is a part time player at this point is his career, but he is […]

Jorge Soler (OF, KC) - Week 6 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 32% of leagues ANALYSIS: Up until this season, Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler was most known for being the trade chip that netted Wade Davis for the Chicago Cubs. After being expected to fill a major role for the Royals in 2017, Soler struggled to the tune […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire Watch List

Whether it’s a post-hype sleeper, a late blooming prospect or a hanging-on veteran, it pays to keep tabs on anyone and everyone who could potentially be a useful piece at some point during the fantasy season. You just never know when you’ll need to dip into the waiver wire to help plug a hole. This […]

Week 6 Outfield Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome to May, Rotoballers. Summer is around the corner, and it's time for us to dig deeper into the wire to find players that your competition will overlook to their detriment. While they grasp names, ballers grasp glory. And because we're looking for glory, the training wheels are coming off. No longer is 50% ownership […]

Week 6 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 6! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 6, which […]

Alex Gordon Will Sit Sunday

Kansas City Royals center fielder Alex Gordon (rest) will sit on Sunday against the Detroit Tigers. Gordon has gotten off to a good start this season but has hit just .182 against southpaws to this point. He will be out of the lineup Sunday with the Royals facing lefty Matthew Boyd.

The Cut List (Week 6): Time to Let Go?

Welcome to Week 6 of the Cut List. This week features standard league viable options who’ve been too cold for too long. All of these players are safe cuts in standard formats. Since I’m here to help, I want to introduce Baseball Savant’s hitting and expected stats leaderboards to those of you who haven’t seen […]

Lucas Duda With Another Multihit Game

Kansas City Royals first baseman Lucas Duda is a famously temperamental hitter, and he may be getting hot. For the third time in five days, Duda had a multihit game on Saturday. Duda had a pair of doubles against the Tigers, and this follows up five singles in his previous 14 at-bats. He hasn't started […]

Jason Hammel Posts Ugly Quality Start

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jason Hammel pushed the term “quality start” to its breaking point Saturday as he threw 6 1/3 innings and allowed three earned runs on 10 hits and a walk. Hammel was eventually hung with a loss as well when the Royals offense sputtered and was unable to match the three […]

Jorge Soler Hits Safely For 10th Straight Game

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler continued his hot streak by smacking two singles on Firday, extending his hit streak to 10 games and on-base streak to 19 games. One of Soler’s singles was also absolutely smoked, as he hit a grounder through the hole at 109 MPH. Soler has been on fire recently, and […]

Alcides Escobar Extends Hit Streak

Kansas City Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar has developed a bit of a pattern, and he extended it by hitting safely in his third straight game on Friday. This now means Escobar is entrenched in his fourth straight 3-game hit streak. Escobar has hit safely in three straight games four separate times over his last 15 […]

Ian Kennedy Tosses Six Shutout Innings

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Ian Kennedy posted his fourth quality start of the season on Friday against the Tigers by throwing six shutout innings at home. Kennedy was off to a fast start to the season before stumbling for a few outings, but he seems to be back on a roll. He’s always a […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/5/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We've got a busy Saturday on tap for us on this Cinco de Mayo with four slates on DraftKings. All thirty teams are playing today, with the main slate starting at 7 pm eastern. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 5/5/18. The lineup picks […]

Eric Skoglund Hit Hard By Detroit

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Eric Skoglund was coming off a strong performance against the White Sox last week, but the Tigers poured cold water all over him on Thursday. Skoglund surrendered five earned runs and eight hits in just 4 2/3 innings of work, but his offense bailed him out enough to let him […]

Salvador Perez Homers In KC Win

He’s only been back for 11 games, but Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez has picked up right where he left off last season. Salvy ripped his second home run of the season on Thursday, and a double helped bring his batting average up to .304 this year. Perez seems to be fully recovered from […]

Lucas Duda Singles In Four Runs

Kansas City Royals first baseman Lucas Duda racked up three singles against the Tigers on Thursday, and they came at critical moments en route to the win. Duda cracked all three singles with runners in scoring position, and he finished with four RBI on the day. Duda has hit about as well as expected, but […]

Alex Gordon Blasts Tigers

Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon has become synonymous with poor offensive performance over the last two years, but an early disabled list stint appears to have somehow righted his ship. On Thursday, Gordon smashed his second home run in the last three days, and he’s hitting .372 since coming off the disabled list on […]

Jorge Soler Homers In Win

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler seems to have shifted from power hitter to contact hitter, but he still has prodigious pop in his bat when the moment strikes. It struck in the fifth inning on Thursday, and Soler sent one 441 feet into the stands. Soler’s .312 batting average has been raising eyebrows, but […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 5

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. This article, which began last season, runs seven days a week. We are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis to improve upon your neediest categories, and target players who may be […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/4/18): MLB DFS Lineups

It is a full 15-game slate on Friday with seven games boasting an over/under of at least nine total runs. The CLE/NYY matchup leads the way with ten total projected runs and New York is the strong favorite. More on them much later (Hint: it isn’t good for Josh Tomlin). Speaking of heavy favorites, only […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire - H2H Category Streamers

I like to consider myself a pioneer of the streaming approach. I won a league about seven years ago completely ignoring saves and just stacking up the starts each week. While streaming is undoubtedly more directly associated with pitching, there's plenty of value in streaming for offense as well. Maybe you have a stacked roster […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/3/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have a splits slate of games where the early slate starts at 1 pm, so there will be a few players from each slate. There are some fantastic pitching options on the slate, so you will need to find some value plays out there to fit these aces in your lineups. In this article, […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/3/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We've got a big Thursday on DraftKings today, full of ten games split over four different slates. The 1pm eastern slate is the biggest, with six games, while the main slate at 7pm has four. In this article, I will be recommending players on every slate. In this article, I will be providing you with […]

Power Risers and Fallers for Week 5: Buy or Sell?

Welcome to Week 5 of the 2018 MLB season and the first week of our investigation into the steepest power trenders in baseball, whether those trends be positive or negative. As the season turns the corner into the month of May, the window of opportunity to snag a surging slugger or to deal a down-and-out […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/2/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Two pretty attractive schedules on deck here with five games in the matinee and nine games this evening for the Main slate. Luckily for us there are a handful of good-to-great pitchers in each, and the rest we can pick on with bats. We've got nine games in the Main slate this evening and none […]

Jorge Soler Continues To Rake

Kansas City Royals outfielder Jorge Soler was a known quantity coming into 2018 -- a post-hype sleeper who packed a prodigious punch when he made contact but whose bat could cool an entire section of the stadium with all the whiffing it did. He got a surprise opportunity to start after Jorge Bonifacio got popped […]

Danny Duffy Smacked Around By Red Sox

Kansas City Royals ace Danny Duffy was battered by the BoSox on Wednesday. Duffy surrendered 10 hits in just 6 2/3 innings, including four home runs. Duffy was particularly victimized by Mookie Betts, who went yard three times in the game. This makes three straight poor outings for Duffy, as he’s given up 26 hits […]