Fantasy Baseball Week Three Waiver Wire: Starting Pitchers
With almost 10 percent of the season in tow, we've got more than enough statistical firepower to make wide, sweeping statements about every single player! Well, alright, so we're not going to do that. Keep a level head, folks. It's still just April. Breathe. Now exhale sharply and read on about some April arms we […]
FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/21/2017): MLB DFS Advice
Happy Friday, my dear friends and fellow daily fantasy sports aficionados. We have a completely full slate of action set to begin tonight at 7:05 EDT. All 30 teams will be in play and for one of the first times this season, they'll all be participating in the Main contest in FanDuel. That means more player […]
Week 4 Head-to-Head Category Pickups
Playing in weekly head-to-head category leagues requires a different strategy than other formats. Depending on your league size, you can tip the balance of your lineup week after week by making shrewd pickups off the waiver wire. In some leagues, a difference of one or two, say, steals can win the category for the week. […]
DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/21/17): MLB DFS Advice
There are no afternoon games Friday, meaning it's a normal evening slate of games on DraftKings. With 15 games on the docket, there will be plenty of options to choose from. While some expensive pitching targets exist for Friday, the key will be to find value on the mound in order to afford some big-time hitters. In […]
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 21
Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. This is your one stop guide to address lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Friday, April 21st. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and […]
Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (4/20/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks
Happy Thursday morning, early afternoon, or whenever you happen to be reading this. In any case there are four afternoon games and seven evening games. That's a total of 11 games on the slate and I'm going to focus on the evening games that are connected to the large prize pools. Yahoo has some great value […]
Champ or Chump: Eric Thames & Francisco Lindor
Fantasy championships are never won in April, but it still feels good to be at the top of the standings. Eventually things will stabilize, making it more challenging to make a significant jump in a short period of time. When that happens, you definitely want to be in the hunt instead of an also-ran. Chances […]
Contact Rate Risers and Fallers: Week 3
Welcome, fellow RotoBallers! We now have a decent enough sample size in the early MLB season to look at some key offensive trends. Among those trends we will follow each week is contact rate. A sudden increase or decrease in contact rate could signal the beginning of an extended hot or cold streak. Each week […]
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 20th
Happy tax day and welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. This is your one stop guide to plug lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Thursday, April 20th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our […]
Luis Severino and Jimmy Nelson: The Hit and Run with Joe Pisapia
Two pitchers have risen from the ashes! @JoePisapia17 will tell you if you can believe in hot starts of Luis Severino and Jimmy Nelson in this RotoBaller Hit and Run video. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday and Sunday between 5-8 PM EST. […]
FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/18/17): MLB DFS Advice
Tuesdays and Fridays during the MLB season are beautiful. Well, there going to be, and here's why. We get to spend them together, making lineups, pocketing some cash and hopefully each and every one of us ends up cashing one of those big, goofy, Happy Gilmore-like checks. Before I get into player stacks and individual […]
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 19
Happy tax day and welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. This is your one stop guide to plug lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Wednesday, April 19th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our […]
Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (4/18/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks
Happy Tuesday morning, afternoon or whenever you happen to be reading this. In any case there is a full slate of games on Tuesday. That's a total of 15 games on the slate as the whole league is in action. Yahoo has some great value options to choose from for DFS games so let's get down to […]
Points League Waiver Wire Week 3
Let's look for some Easter eggs this week! Week 3 is where we're beginning to get that point in the season where you can see who is poised for a breakout, and who is just a flash in the pan. Now, since we're looking at points leagues, we don't mind those flashes in the pan, […]
Week 3 Waiver Wire: Outfield
Welcome back to the Outfield Waiver Wire, where we take a look at the best outfielders available in at least 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. Consider this column your recommendations for Week 3 outfield waiver wire pickups. Any and all advice at this point in the year carries the implicit caveat of "It's April." Don't get carried […]
Week 3 Waiver Wire Watch List
Welcome to Week 3 of The Watch List. We introduced this piece last week, but here’s a friendly reminder for those who forgot. Each week we’ll be updating this list full of players who you aren’t quite ready to be pick up, but who need to be on your radar. We’ll look at eight players […]
Week 3 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups
What's up RotoBallers? We are back with our weekly starting pitcher matchup recommendations. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 3, and our recommendation on whether you should start or sit the pitcher. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting […]
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 18
Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. This is your one stop guide to plug lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, April 18th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools […]
DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/17/17): MLB DFS Advice
Even with a shorter slate this Monday, there are plenty of intriguing games to watch, including an 11:05 AM eastern time start in Boston. With several different contests being offered on DraftKings, you'll have lots of different lineup options. For our purposes, the following picks have been made for contests running all day. In this article, […]
Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (4/17/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks
Happy Easter Sunday! Or Happy Monday morning and/or Monday afternoon or whenever you're reading this. In any case there is one afternoon game and nine evening games on Monday. That's a total of 10 games on the slate for Monday so I'm going to focus on the nine evening games. Yahoo has some great value options to choose from for […]
Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 17
Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. Use this column to plug lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, April 17th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: […]
K-Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 2: Buy or Sell?
We’re constantly trying to come up with new features that will help you dominate your fantasy leagues. Last year we built a tool that identifies the biggest trends in a pitcher's strikeout rate over the last thirty days. The tool is for Premium subscribers only, and can be found here. With our sample size being so small this early in […]
FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/16/17): MLB DFS Advice
Happy Easter! In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on 4/16/17. Enjoy the read and good luck out there today! You can read our DraftKings and Yahoo DFS lineup picks as well. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to me on […]
DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/16/17): MLB DFS Advice
Happy Easter! In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 4/16/17. Enjoy the read and good luck out there today! You can read our FanDuel and Yahoo DFS lineup picks as well. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to me […]
DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/15/17): MLB DFS Advice
Who's ready to get rowdy? Welcome to Saturday DFS, RotoBallers. Today we have a full plate of baseball, split between a 10-game Early Slate and a five-game Main Slate. Mother Nature looks to be fairly cooperative, with only the CWS-MIN game in Minneapolis looking like a serious storm risk for the second consecutive day. There […]
Hitter Streamers (Week 3): Head-to-Head Leagues
Welcome back, RotoBallers! The streamers are off to a good start thus far, and the week three options are looking even better. As a reminder, in this piece we're looking for weekly streamers, which means players who are less than 50% owned in Yahoo! leagues and who have a good chance to play a full […]
FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/15/17): MLB DFS Advice
Who's ready to get rowdy? Welcome to Saturday DFS, RotoBallers. Today we have a full plate of baseball, split between a 10-game Early Slate and a five-game Main Slate. Mother Nature looks to be fairly cooperative, with only the CWS-MIN game in Minneapolis looking like a serious storm risk for the second consecutive day. There […]
Domingo Santana (OF, MIL) – Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 28% in Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: It’s no secret that Santana packs plenty of power in his swing, as his career HR/FB rate is 28.4%. He has displayed that with two early season home runs and three doubles. However, he has been too passive at the plate […]
FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/14/17): MLB DFS Advice
Happy Friday to us, my fellow Rotoballers. Let's kick this weekend off right, and by "right," I mean above the cash-line. On deck for today we have a 15 game slate. There is an Early Only contest with two games, starting at 2:20 Eastern, as well as the All Day contests starting then as well. The […]
Week 2 Waiver Wire - Deep Points Leagues
Points leagues are a different beast compared to rotisserie leagues, because you're looking for someone who can fill the whole stat sheet, and when you can find some of those guys on the wire, they're golden. Here are a few guys who can contribute in deep points leagues, one at each position to consider for the […]