Buy or Sell - Undervalued and Overvalued Players for Week 10
One man's trash is another man's treasure. This is what I tell myself when I'm bidding $6 for Ryan Braun in an Ottoneu league where I need OF help or adding Zack Godley to a pitching staff that has underperformed. These players aren't without warts and could never turn back to top form this season, […]
Derek Dietrich has Second-Straight Three-Hit Performance on Friday
Miami Marlins outfielder Derek Dietrich was the lone bright spot on offense in the Marlins loss Friday with his second-straight three-hit performance. Dietrich finished 3-for-4 against the Diamondbacks with a double while scoring the team's only run of the night. Friday's performance continued the hot streak Dietrich has seen over the last month, where he […]
Brett Graves Throws Three Shutout Innings in Win Friday
Continuing to rehab from a left oblique strain, Miami Marlins pitcher Brett Graves threw three shutout innings to earn the win on Friday with Double-A Jacksonville. Graves allowed only three hits and one walk while striking out three in his fourth appearance of the season. Making three starts with Jacksonville in addition to his relief […]
Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for June 3
Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. 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 available on […]
Marlins Acquire Peter O'Brien from Dodgers
The Miami Marlins acquired power-hitting first baseman Peter O'Brien from the Dodgers for cash on Friday, according to South Florida Sun-Sentinel writer Matthew DeFranks. O'Brien averaged almost 22 home runs a year over six seasons in the minors, and this season he already has seven home runs in 112 plate appearances. While the power is […]
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for June 2
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 […]
DraftDaily Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/1/18): MLB DFS Lineups
In preparation for today's freeroll on DraftDaily, below you can find my recommended lineup picks. If you've never played on DraftDaily before, it is fairly similar to the other sites, but you tend to lose more points. Points are taken away for strikeouts and home runs allowed, but you also earn points for sacrifice flies. […]
FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (6/1/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
As we welcome the month of June, hopefully much of the Spring showers are behind us. The rain - and rainouts - have gotten a bit out of hand. Does it sound like I got burned by the Yankees - Orioles rainout? Because I most certainly did. Anywho, beautiful 15 game slate on deck for […]
Updated Outfielder Rankings (May) - 2018 Fantasy Baseball
We have made it to the end of May in fantasy baseball. Now is the time everyone starts to take a hard look at their roster to make improvements and changes. At Rotoballer we are going to help you out by reshuffling the deck and updating the outfield rankings as a tool in reshaping your […]
MLB Closers and Saves Report Week 10
The Mariners and Rays lit up the stove last week with the first major trade of the season, with the Rays sending Alex Colome and Denard Span to the Mariners. Colome had finally started to figure things out as the Rays closer, but he immediately moved into a setup role behind Mariners star closer Edwin […]
Week 10 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 […]
Brad Ziegler Removed from Closer Role
Before Thursday night's game, Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly confirmed that relief pitcher Brad Ziegler will no longer be the closer going forward, according to Joe Frisaro of MLB.com. Kyle Barraclough seems to be the best candidate to replace Ziegler, having posted a 1.48 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 9.99 K/9 over 24 1/3 innings this […]
Week 10 Points League Waiver Wire Targets and Drops
Welcome back for another week of advice for points league waiver wire moves. This segment will include waiver wire adds, drops, and streaming pitchers for the upcoming week. This article will be geared specifically toward points leagues. Every points league is different, so keep that in mind. Walks and extra base hits are more valuable, […]
Kyle Barraclough Could Take Over as Miami's Closer
In a post-game interview on Wednesday night, Marlins manager Don Mattingly suggested that reliever Kyle Barraclough could get a chance at save opportunities in lieu of struggling closer Brad Ziegler going forward. Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports that Mattingly mentioned Barraclough as the one most likely to take over as closer, with Drew Steckenrider and […]
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for June 1
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 […]
Brad Ziegler Blows Save Against Padres, Falls to 0-5
Miami Marlins closer Brad Ziegler blew his first save of the season on Wednesday night, as the Padres got the walk-off 3-2 win over the Marlins. Ziegler recorded only one out in the appearance, allowing two runs — one earned — on two hits and two walks. It's yet another bad outing for Ziegler, who […]
Jose Ureña Throws Team-Best Fifth Quality Start
Miami Marlins starter Jose Ureña recorded his fifth quality start of the season on Wednesday, exiting the game after six innings of work while in line to earn his first win of the season. Ureña allowed one run on a season-low three hits and two walks while striking out six, his fifth start of the […]
FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/31/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
We have a nine-game slate on tap for this Thursday, where we will likely see Clayton Kershaw back. He has been on the DL for nearly a month and will make his return against the Phillies. The initial worry is that he won't be going deep into games and is, therefore, not worth his salary. In […]
Miguel Rojas Leading Off Again On Wednesday
Miami Marlins third baseman Miguel Rojas is again leading off on Wednesday against Clayton Richard and the Padres. After spending most of his recent games hitting out of the bottom third of the lineup, Rojas went 2-for-4 after being moved to leadoff on Monday and had a day off on Tuesday. The 29-year-old only carries […]
2018 Prospects - Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 9)
Hello everyone, and welcome to my weekly Top-30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies! In this series, I will be going over the top prospects in baseball and discussing which ones figure to have an impact for the rest of this fantasy baseball season. This was an underrated, but crazy week of prospect promotions. Franklin Barreto, […]
Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts (Week 9)
Welcome to our surprising starts series. Every week we’ll be going over a few surprising starting pitcher performances around the majors to determine whether these starts were smoke and mirrors or something more. This week we saw two Oakland right-hander's shut down the scuffling Diamondbacks. We also saw one of the key pieces to the […]
Updated First Base Rankings (May) - 2018 Fantasy Baseball
With a quarter of the regular season complete, it seems only appropriate to canvas things to update our perspective of how things have changed since the start of the season. Thus far, we have covered starting pitchers and relief pitchers. Today, let’s take time to look at the first baseman rankings. As a whole, first […]
Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets For May 30
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 weakest categories and target players who may be available […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/29/18): MLB DFS Lineups
We have a monster 14-game slate to break down today, and there are some great options across the board. There are a few high-priced pitchers on the slate you should be looking to pay up for, along with plenty of bats you want to jam into your lineups. In this article, I will be providing you […]
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets or May 29
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 (5/28/18): MLB DFS Lineups
We have a packed holiday slate on Memorial Day. There are 16 games (NYM/ATL doubleheader). Half of the games have an over/under of at least nine total runs, including an 11.5 projected total at Coors Field. On the down side, only two teams are heavy favorites (at least -190 odds): Cleveland and Boston. It will […]
Updated Third Base Rankings (May) - 2018 Fantasy Baseball
We are a quarter of the way through the regular season for Major League Baseball (almost a third of the way now), so our premier staff at RotoBaller has updated our rest-of-season fantasy baseball rankings. We've been going around the diamond over the last few days and now it's time to turn our attention to […]
Week 9 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers
You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 9! 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 9, which […]
Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets For May 28
Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. 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 available on […]
Week 9 Waiver Wire - First Base (1B) and Third Base (3B)
The Corner Store is open! It is week nine and there are still so many good options on the waiver wire. Continue to stay fluid with your lineup and ride the hot hand. Don't get attached. However, make a decision and initiate movement to get that player. Do not let someone else grab them while […]