Mike Ford Recalled From Alternate Site

New York Yankees first baseman Mike Ford has been recalled from the team's alternate site ahead of Tuesday's game with the Braves. With Luke Voit (knee) expected to be sidelined until mid-May and Jay Bruce retiring, the Yankees have a vacancy at first- and Ford is a possible option to fill it. The 28-year-old had […]

Statcast Hitter Studs and Duds - Whiff Rate for Week 4

We're back in the swing of things, literally, with a closer look at hitters who are making quality contact and those who aren't. This week, our Statcast focus is Whiff Rate entering Week 4 of the 2021 fantasy baseball season. Whiffs are simply calculated as the number of swings and misses divided by the total […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/20/21): MLB DFS Lineups

We have a weird slate of games today, a 13-game slate. The slate starts at 6:30 pmEST, adding five games to the 8-game main slate on FD that starts at 7:05 pmEST. Overall the weather looks ok outside of later rain in Detroit and a few wind spots, but nothing crazy. In this article, I […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks & Avoids for 4/20/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheat Sheet for 4/20/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    Top Tournament Stacks for 4/20/21 This section will highlight the top tournament lineup stacks of the day (depending on the size of the slate) and help you identify the pitchers that are best suited to pick […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 4/20 - Monkey Knife Fight

Tuesday brings a busy MLB schedule and Monkey Knife Fight is there with contests to play and win for every game on the board. There are some fascinating pitching matchups, with Carlos Rodon and Zach Plesac squaring off in a White Sox-Indians game. Zac Gallen and Luis Castillo are on the mound with the Diamondbacks […]

Bell's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 4/20/2021

What's up, RotoBallers! We have made it to Week 4of Bell's Best Bets. Week 3 didn't provide the massive turnaround that I had hoped it would, but we did end the week on a positive Sunday after just treading water with a .500 average towards the back half of the week. That means THIS is […]

Luis Severino Expected Back This Summer

New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Severino (elbow) is expected back between June and August. Severino is recovering from Tommy John surgery and hasn't thrown a pitch in the majors since appearing in three games in 2019. Severino owns a career 3.46 ERA in five seasons and is still just 25 years of age. Outside […]

Luke Voit Expected Back In Mid-May

New York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit (knee) is expected back around mid-May. The slugger underwent surgery in March and has yet to pick up a bat, but was fielding grounders on Sunday. Voit has hit 57 home runs over the past three seasons and is a big part of the middle of the Yankees […]

Giancarlo Stanton Clubs Third Homer Of Season Sunday

New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday's loss to the Rays. Stanton's homer was his third of the season- and his second in the last three games. The 31-year-old slugger continues to hit the ball hard, as evidenced by his whopping 60.6 percent […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/19/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Monday, Rotoballers! We kick off another week of MLB DFS with a six-game slate. The Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox kick things off nice early with the traditional Boston Marathon day game. Still, we will be solely looking at the night games, starting with San Francisco-Philadelphia and St.Louis-Washington at 7:05 pm Eastern. […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 19th 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 […]

The Cut List: Week 4 - Time to Let Go?

Welcome back to the Cut List. This is our weekly article looking at players who fantasy managers should consider cutting from their teams. We'll look at players who are worthy of a drop, worth monitoring for replacing and someone on the hot seat but worth holding on to... for now. We'll also revisit the previous week's […]

Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 4

Injuries and game postponements have already forced fantasy managers to get creative with their rosters this season, making waivers as important as ever. In addition to shoring up fantasy lineups in the short term, valuable waiver pickups can also become mainstays in fantasy lineups and generate trade value for fantasy managers. It's worth noting that […]

Gerrit Cole Fans 10 In Loss To Rays

New York Yankee starting pitcher Gerrit Cole had another excellent outing despite being charged with the loss on Sunday against the Rays. Cole pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs- two of them earned- on five hits with 10 strikeouts compared to no walks. The 30-year-old ace posted an excellent 34 percent CSW (called strikes […]

Luke Voit Could Resume Swinging As Soon As Tuesday

New York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit (knee) could resume swinging a bat on Tuesday, per manager Aaron Boone. Boone said that Voit- who was taking grounders on the field before Sunday's game against the Rays- is doing really well in his recovery from a partial meniscus tear in his left knee. The slugger seems […]

Jay Bruce Plans To Retire After Sunday's Game

New York Yankees first baseman/outfielder Jay Bruce plans to retire following Sunday's game against the Rays. An emotional Bruce told reporters that he felt he wasn't performing at the level he expects of himself, which is ultimately why he decided to step away from the game. The veteran slugger will be available off the bench […]

Catchers to Stream - Week 4 Waiver Wire

It's your resident catcher advocate here, with my weekly defense for baseball's most maligned position. Instead of giving into easy narratives about the lack of talent at the catcher position and how they're the kickers of fantasy baseball, I'm here to create a place where catchers are celebrated for how they can help our teams. […]

Points League Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 4

We'll be doing this roundup of point league happenings every week here at RotoBaller, with waiver wire targets and streaming pitchers being evaluated in terms of the different scoring systems of ESPN, Yahoo!, CBS, and Fantrax. Player values can vary wildly from platform to platform, so we'll make sure to highlight where players are the […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers: Week 4

Hoo boy. This one is going to be rough. OK before we get to this week's streamers, we'll recap how our first two weeks have gone. The winning pick from Week 2 ended up being JT Brubaker, who just narrowly edged out Jordan Montgomery for the Column MVP. And so far in Week 3, Huascar […]

Lineup Takeaways - Week 3 Lineup Trends

Week three of the MLB season is in the books. There are new injuries, players landing on the COVID IL, and much more that are causing lineups to alter. Let’s try to figure out what is noise and what really matters. Just a reminder, I have added a 'Fantasy Fallout' section to the team breakdowns. […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 18th 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 […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 4/18/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/18/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    Top Tournament Stacks for 4/18/21 This section will highlight the top tournament lineup stacks of the day (depending on the size of the slate) and help you identify the pitchers that are best suited to pick on […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/18 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/18 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.   High-Priced Aces These are your studs who are worth paying up for on this slate. It makes sense to deploy these guys as your cash game plays on FanDuel and as your SP1 on DraftKings based […]

Bullpen Report: Shaking Things Up in Week 3

We have already seen a lot of FAAB spent on pitchers that have been named the closer. It happens every year. Whenever a new closer is named, especially if it is one that can miss bats – fantasy players love a pitcher that can miss bats. And the logic behind spending up on a pitcher […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/18/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

As per usual, our Sunday is split up and the matinee is the main slate. A little more than half the league is in action for the main slate with eight games going on. Three of the 16 pitchers will cost you five figures. Are any of them worth it? Don't worry, we still have […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/18/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Rise and shine, Rotoballers, we've got a fun slate on tap this Sunday afternoon. The DraftKings main slate features nine games and nine hundred ways to go about creating lineups. Two of the best pitchers will toe the rubber as Shane Bieber will take on the Reds in his first start since his nine-inning, 11 […]

Rougned Odor Belts First Homer Of Season

New York Yankees second baseman Rougned Odor clubbed his first home run of the season in a 6-3 loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday. Odor's home run was clobbered- as it traveled 443 feet at an exit velocity of 110.6 MPH. The veteran infielder is scuffling at the plate, though he's going to get plenty […]

Aaron Judge Notches RBI Double

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge went 1-for-4 with an RBI double and a pair of strikeouts in a 6-3 loss to the Rays on Saturday. The exit velocity on Judge's double was 107.9 MPH, a rocket that scored DJ LeMahieu in the bottom of the seventh inning. Judge's Statcast page is littered in red, […]

DJ LeMahieu Collects Fifth Multi-Hit Game

New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu went 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored in Saturday's 6-3 loss to Tampa Bay. LeMahieu got the scoring started for New York in the bottom of the second inning, singling home Gary Sanchez to tie the game at one. The 32-year-old impressively has at least […]

Jordan Montgomery Fans Seven In Losing Effort

New York Yankees starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery was charged with his first loss of the season on Saturday against the Rays. Montgomery pitched six innings, allowing four runs on two hits with seven strikeouts compared to two walks. The 28-year-old southpaw had 1-2-3 innings in four of his six frames but ran into trouble with […]