MLB Betting Picks (8/4/2020) - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines
We opened the second full week yesterday and it's still hard get a true grip on how games are rolling. Pitchers' leashes are shorter than ever, while some guys are dropping like flies, and it's not necessarily always COVID related. For the most part, hitters have remained at a big advantage and the teams we […]
Top MLB DFS Tournament Stacks and Avoids for August 4th, 2020 (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. Top Avoids of the Day for 8/4/20 Chicago White Sox vs. Brandon Woodruff The White Sox offense continues to […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/4/20) - MLB DFS Lineups
We head into Tuesday night with a ten-game slate on tap and plenty of nice targets for your DraftKings lineups. Coors Field should be alive and well with Kevin Gausman pitching for the Giants and German Marquez for the Rockies. There are some other nice spots to target bats as well with the Angels, Astros, […]
Luis Urias Could Return Soon
Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Luis Urias (COVID-19) could return soon to the big league club. Urias who had tested asymptomatic positive for COVID-19 is at the teams training facility in Appleton. Manager Craig Counsell said that Urias is getting close to his return, but that he only has two weeks of baseball activities in. Urias will […]
Ryon Healy Recalled By Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers have recalled corner infielder Ryon Healy from their alternative training site. Healy was signed away from the Seattle Mariners this offseason. Healy has shown pop in his career with 69 career homeruns in 401 games and owns a respectable .261 career batting average. After a rough 2019 campaign, Healy will function has […]
Brett Anderson Activated, Set To Make Debut
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brett Anderson (blister) has been activated from the injured list on Monday. Anderson would have made his debut sooner if not for the coronavirus outbreak on the St. Louis Cardinals roster. The 32-year-old won't strike out many batters, but posted a 3.89 ERA and ate up a decent amount of innings, 176.2, […]
First Base and Third Base Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3
Entering week three, we are entering a ton of unknowns. Which players have COVID-19? Which schedules will be altered? Who is pitching which days? Essentially, it is chaos and we need to embrace the craziness. Before we dive in, we need to keep a few things in mind: We focus on players rostered in 5x5 […]
Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 3
We’re already through two weeks of the MLB season, and although the remainder of the season remains uncertain, fantasy players should continue being active on waivers as if the season will finish on schedule. Trying to predict how the rest of the season will pan out structurally is a fruitless exercise, and it’s valuable to […]
Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire - Week 3
11 days of baseball down, hopefully another 58 to go. For all those who picked up Pablo Lopez, or Matt Shoemaker for two starts, it was a rough way to start the season. That’s just the reality of how this year is going to play out. The schedule will take completely unforeseen turns at a […]
The Baller Ranks: Top 101 Starting Pitchers Weekly Rankings
Welcome to the Week 3 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 65 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks as well. David Emerick rolled out an introduction to our Baller Ranks here, and also […]
The Baller Ranks: Top 65 Relief Pitchers Weekly Rankings
Welcome to the Week 3 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a look weekly at where the top 65 RPs stand moving forward in this strange sprint season. You can check out my weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks as well. David Emerick rolled out an introduction to our Baller Ranks here, and also […]
The Baller Ranks: Top 200 Hitters Weekly Rankings (Week 3)
Welcome to fantasy baseball if MLB's season were more like the XFL. Between injuries, illness, and inexplicable flukes, this season has already shown the potentially disastrous consequences of an otherwise quiet road-trip to Atlanta. This weeks' news about the Miami-Philadelphia and St. Louis-Milwaukee situations has provided new variables, and managers are scrambling to keep up […]
Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings - August 3, 2020 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/3/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have an 8-game slate on tap tonight with some decent pitching and more importantly, Coors Field is in play. The value will be […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/3/20): MLB DFS Lineups
We might be faced with daily threats to our fantasy sanity but we've made it to the third week of baseball. We're not promised tomorrow but it looks like we'll have tonight. We're going position by position on DraftKings, with an eight-game Main Slate for our evening pleasure. The Rockies are still playing at home, […]
MLB DFS Top Tournament Stacks and Avoids for August 3rd, 2020 (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. Top Avoids of the Day for 8/3/20 Mike Soroka vs. New York Mets Soroka is an excellent young pitcher […]
FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/3/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
We start a new week with eight games on the main slate today. With several teams affected by COVID-19 last week, a lot of teams have not set their rotation and it's left a lot of uncertainty in the air for teams and their pitching rotations. However, there are still a few aces taking the […]
Ryan Braun Lands On 10-Day IL With Finger Injury
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder/first baseman Ryan Braun (finger) has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to a right finger infection that kept him out of the lineup Wednesday, but has since gone in the wrong direction. Braun has begun the year 3-for-13 at the dish with two RBI and four strikeouts, with his former […]
Nick Mariano's Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. I know we're limping along, but baseball is still moving forward. We're balancing more than ever before when it comes to analyzing here. Postponed games, shortened doubleheaders, expanded rosters, teams in quarantine, and a sprint-style season. These first few weeks will be formatted differently, […]
Where Have the Steals Gone? (Hint: Not Your Fantasy Team)
A common refrain among baseball analysts and fantasy managers is that the 2020 MLB season is meaningless. We can't extrapolate anything useful from a 60-game season. The numerous injuries, illnesses, and opt-outs make for an unreliable data sample. If you chose to play season-long fantasy baseball, you don't care. You still want to win, asterisks […]
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 3 (8/3-8/9)
Welcome to RotoBaller's weekly article of two-start pitcher streamers for 2020! Successfully streaming pitchers can literally be a game-changer when it comes to fantasy baseball. When it comes to daily leagues, two-start streams aren't that important, since you can stream every day. But when it comes to weekly leagues, two-start streams become exponentially more important. […]
Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates for Week 3
Injuries are commonplace in all sports. Baseball has seen the rate of injury continue to rise over the past few years. In fantasy, if someone is not in the medical field, it is hard to gauge how long a player will be out and whether they need to be replaced in a lineup. Sometimes this […]
Lorenzo Cain Opts Out Of 2020 Season
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain has opted out of the 2020 season due to concerns related to COVID-19. This is a crushing blow to the Brewers and fantasy owners who were looking for a bounceback from Cain after a subpar 2019 season. Cain was off to a solid start in 2020, batting .333 in 18 […]
MLB DFS Top Tournament Stacks and Avoids for August 1st, 2020 (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. Top Avoids of the Day for 8/1/20 Christian Yelich vs. Jack Flaherty The last time that Yelich was mentioned […]
Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap
Welcome to the July 31st 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 […]
Trent Grisham Showing He Belongs
San Diego Padres outfielder Trent Grisham went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer Wednesday against the San Francisco Giants. The 23-year-old is settling nicely as the Friars No. 2 hitter, blasting his second dinger of the year off Giants reliever Shaun Anderson in the fourth inning. Grisham is off to a solid start, slashing .286/.400/.571 with […]
Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap
Welcome to the July 30th 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 […]
Brandon Woodruff Dominant In Win On Wednesday
Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff struck out 10 batters and retired 17-in-a-row during a dominant stretch of the 3-0 win over the Pirates. The right-hander recorded 20 swings and misses total, doing so with four different pitches. Woodruff’s first two starts of 2020 have been impressive, and he looks like the ace that the Brewers envisioned. […]
Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings - July 30, 2020 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools are accessible on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 7/30/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have an 8-game slate on tap tonight with a few strong pitching options which makes finding potential value all that much more important so […]
Josh Lindblom Expected To Make Next Start
Milwaukee Brewers right-handed pitcher Josh Lindblom left Tuesday’s start against the Pittsburgh Pirates due to back spasms, but he is still expected to make his next start, which could come Monday at home against the Chicago White Sox. Lindblom lasted just 3.2 innings in his first Major League start since 2014, compiling five strikeouts while […]
Lorenzo Cain Not In Lineup Wednesday
Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Lorenzo Cain will get a day off Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, with Ben Gamel patrolling center field in his absence. Manager Craig Counsell specifically mentioned that there were no injury concerns with Cain moving forward, but that he was merely giving the 34-year-old an opportunity to get off his feet. […]