Week 6 Waiver Wire - Second Base (2B) and Shortstop (SS)

Welcome to week 6 of the fantasy baseball season. We’re continuing our mission to find you the best and brightest players on the Week 6 waiver wire with second base and shortstop eligibility. As is always the case, we will say hello to three new names, while we bid three old players adieu (two by […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 10

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Wednesday, May 10th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: Fantasy baseball draft kit Fantasy baseball rankings Team Sync platform […]

Michael Conforto - Budding Superstar or Extraordinary April?

We all know the timeless adage, "Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again.” At least that's the version I learned from George W. Bush. As of May 1st, 2016, Michael Conforto was sporting a 196 wRC+ fueled by a 1.118 OPS, a .411 BABIP, and 6.9% […]

Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (5/8/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

Happy Monday morning, or afternoon, or whenever you happen to be reading this. There are 10 games on the docket Monday night and the start times range from 7:05 to 10:10 EST. All 10 of the evening games are connected to the GPP's so they're the ones that I'll be focusing on as a result. Yahoo has some great value options to choose from […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire Watch List

Welcome to Week 6 of The Watch List. We have had a few iterations already, but here’s a friendly reminder for those who forgot: Each week we’ll be updating this list full of players who you maybe aren’t quite ready to pick up (depending on league size, of course), but who need to be on […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 9

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, May 9th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: Fantasy baseball draft kit Fantasy baseball rankings Team Sync […]

Week 6 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 6, and will be updated as more starters are announced. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/7/17): MLB DFS Advice

This Sunday has a full slate of games, so it's time to build some lineups. 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, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy […]

Champ or Chump: Jay Bruce & Ryan Zimmerman

Fantasy baseball owners tend to roster two types of players. The first type is the flavor of the moment, whoever is hot lately or has scouts drooling over their potential. The second type is the boring veteran whose track record is so consistent he has to be valued highly. This approach frequently leaves the players […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire: Deep Points Leagues

Points leagues are a different beast compared to rotisserie leagues, as you are looking for someone who can fill the whole stat sheet, and when you can find some of those guys on the wire, they are golden. Here are a few guys who can contribute in deep points leagues, one at each position to […]

Week 6 Cut List: Players on the Chopping Block

Welcome back to the Cut List. Each weekend from now until the end of the season, I’ll be offering my thoughts on players who don’t deserve to keep drawing a nonexistent salary on your fake baseball teams. A column like this can be a tricky thing so early in the year. While the sample sizes […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 8

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, May 8th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: Fantasy baseball draft kit Fantasy baseball rankings Team Sync […]

Strikeout Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 5: 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 […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/6/17): MLB DFS Advice

Happy Saturday RotoBallers. I am sorry that I don't have a cool Star Wars theme or a holiday that encourages heavy drinking to tag along like the past two days. Just your normal, boring, beautiful Saturday with a full slate of baseball. DraftKings has split up the games into a three game early slate, and a […]

Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 6

It seems that Thames Fever has been replaced by Marwin Mania! In the same way I chose not to go into detail on Eric Thames, I won't regurgitate what has been said about Marwin Gonzalez on numerous waiver wire and streamer posts already. My simple advice: grab him if you can, then sell quickly. Moving on […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/6/17): MLB DFS Advice

Happy Saturday RotoBallers. I am sorry that I don't have a cool Star Wars theme or a holiday that encourages heavy drinking to tag along like the past two days. Just your normal, boring, beautiful Saturday with a full slate of baseball. FanDuel has split up the games into a three game early slate, and […]

Sell High Candidates - The Hit & Run with Joe Pisapia

In this "Hit and Run" Video, industry veteran Joe Pisapia (@JoePisapia17) targets some "Sell High" candidates that you need to move before you regret it. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every Saturday and Sunday between 5-8 PM EST. You can find new weekly podcasts on BlogTalkRadio live […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/5/17): MLB DFS Advice

Friday brings a full slate of games, with all 30 teams in action. That means that the lineup combinations are nearly limitless. As always, picking the right starting pitchers, along with a mix of big bats and sleepers will be key. For our purposes, the following picks have been made for contests running all day.  In this article, […]

Power Risers and Fallers: Week Five

Welcome back to this investigative piece where we examine players who have seen some notable changes in their power profiles -- for better or for worse -- in 2017. As usual, you don’t need me to tell you that Miguel Sano or Aaron Judge are strong or that Jarrod Dyson and Billy Hamilton are toward […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 5

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your neediest categories on Cinco de Mayo. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Friday, May 5th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: Fantasy baseball draft kit Fantasy […]

2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 5)

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. So we’ve been able to see some of Cody Bellinger over the […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/04/17): MLB DFS Advice

This Thursday's slate features a lot of day games, which means the most fun slate to play will be the all-day slate. Though generally it is advisable to pay up at pitcher, there should plenty of offense today, which means I'll be looking for a bargain on the mound. One situation to keep an eye […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/3/17): MLB DFS Advice

Once again, we have another huge 15 game slate. There are a few elite arms to go along with some sneaky stacking options tonight.  In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 5/3/17. The DFS lineup picks will range from some of the elite players […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/03/17): MLB DFS Advice

It's Wednesday, which means there are 15 games on the slate, and every player is in play tonight. Both main sites are running some great contests whether you are looking for big tournaments or cash games, so take a look. Solid pitching on the slate, so you will need to find some value if you […]

Digging Deeper: Week 5 NL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back to our Week 5 edition of Digging Deeper, our weekly column where we will focus on deep league waiver wire options. My counterpart Tom Bellucco will be handling the American League while I focus on the National League. For those that have played in limited size leagues, you are well aware that at-bats and innings are the […]

Top 350: Updated May Rankings and Tiers

Welcome back RotoBallers. The first month of the MLB season is in the books, and a lot has changed. Below you will find our updated May fantasy baseball tiered rankings (top 350) for mixed leagues. Below you will find consensus rankings from Kyle Bishop and Nick Mariano, looking at updated values and rankings from this point forward. Feel free to click […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/02/17): MLB DFS Advice

Tuesday is normally the enemy for me. For years, it's been getting by with little to no flack for essentially being Monday, but worse. It doesn't deserve a free pass. That all changes when baseball season comes around, though, because Tuesday means e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e is playing. Yes, we have all 30 teams taking the field tonight, […]

Week 5 Waiver Wire - Second Base (2B) and Shortstop (SS)

We are officially into May, which means every article you read will mention that readers will get to see the words “small sample size” and “stabilization point” with far less regularity, but breaking that very promise by mentioning that they won’t mention them. It’s that time of the baseball season. Speaking of stabilization, the own […]

Zack Wheeler (SP, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 21% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Zack Wheeler continues to be close but not quite there in his return from Tommy John. He faced the Nationals twice in the last eight days, giving up five runs over 11 2/3 innings, a victory with the way the Nats offense is going right now. […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 4

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming and waiver wire advice. Use this column to address your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Thursday, May 4th. Let's get to it. Editor's Note: Our friends at Fantrax have even more fantasy baseball advice columns and videos to help improve your teams. Be […]