FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/17/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

23 of the 30 teams have already completed the first third of their 2020 season. It's flying by far too fast, but every second is a blast, and today feels like a good day for the bats. Some of baseball's biggest stars are hitting their way into form, and it's amazing how good some of […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings - August 17, 2020 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/17/2020. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have an 11-game slate on tap tonight and there should be plenty of offense to target. There are technically no aces on the […]

J.A. Happ Pitches Well On Sunday

New York Yankees starting pitcher J.A. Happ held the Red Sox to one run over 5.2 innings on Sunday. Happ’s performance was significantly less impressive under the hood, as the 37-year-old posted a 9.3% swinging-strike rate and a 40% hard-hit rate for the night. Happ’s performance looks even worse when considering that the Red Sox […]

Aaron Judge Feeling Back To Normal

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (calf) said that he felt like he could play on Sunday and is likely to come off of the IL as soon as he’s eligible. Judge was suffering from general lower body tightness after playing four games on the turf at Tropicana Field, and the outfielder was ultimately diagnosed […]

Yankees To Activate Aroldis Chapman On Monday

New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman is expected to rejoin the team on Monday after a lengthy coronavirus-related absence. Manager Aaron Boone was clear that Chapman would reclaim the closer role despite Zach Britton’s success, so Britton’s value takes a significant hit as a result. With a career 2.23 ERA and 30% K-BB, Chapman should […]

Injuries, Struggling Studs, 2-Start Streamers and Mail Bag! - Bases Loaded Pod

Mike Kurland (@Mike_Kurland) and Chris Clegg (@RotoClegg) get together to discuss recent news and notes, give a few 2-start streamers to target and then we get into struggling studs. Subscribe to the Bases Loaded podcast, part of RotoBaller Radio's Podcast Network. Like and Subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and […]

Yankees Call Up Miguel Andujar

New York Yankees third baseman and outfielder Miguel Andujar was called up from the team’s alternate site with second baseman DJ LeMahieu (thumb) landing on the IL. With Clint Frazier raking and Mike Tauchman playing well, Andujar figures to compete primarily with Mike Ford for playing time at DH. Ford has been struggling with his […]

Yankees Place DJ LeMahieu On 10-day IL

New York Yankees second baseman DJ LeMahieu (thumb) was placed on the 10-day IL on Sunday. LeMahieu sprained his left thumb during Saturday’s game against the Red Sox, and he’ll now miss at least the next 10 days recovering. Although his exact timeline is unclear, LeMahieu missed two and a half weeks with a sprained […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 16th 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 […]

James Paxton Nearly Touches 95 MPH

New York Yankees starting pitcher James Paxton continued his trend of improvement on Saturday with a five inning, three run start against the Red Sox. Paxton’s fastball got up to 94.8 mph during Saturday’s start, his highest mark this season, and his 93 mph average fastball velocity in his past two starts is up from […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/16/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Sunday baseball, one of the great ways to spend your off time. Today's feature is the perennial Cy Young candidate, Max Scherzer. He looks to continue his dominance against the hot-hitting Baltimore Orioles as we wrap up another weekend of baseball. In this article, we'll identify players who will help you win a cash game […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/16/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

It's Sunday, so that means it's time to take down this eight-game slate filled with afternoon baseball. So crack open a cold one and enjoy the games as you watch your DraftKings players go to work. Let's cash in with some winners! I'll take a look at each position and build a lineup using my […]

MLB DFS Top Tournament Stacks and Avoids for August 16th, 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 8/16/20  Zack Wheeler vs New York Mets #RevengeGame! Wheeler comes into Sunday's start […]

DJ LeMahieu Departs Saturday’s Game Early Due To Injury

New York Yankees second baseman DJ LeMahieu exited Saturday’s contest against the Red Sox after being checked on by the club’s training staff. Tyler Wade took his place at the keystone and would figure to see the vast majority of time there should LeMahieu’s absence be an extended one. Entering play Saturday, LeMahieu was leading […]

Aaron Judge Hopes To Resume Baseball Activities Monday

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (calf) is receiving treatment on his ailing calf and doing lower body workouts with the hope that he can resume baseball activities on Monday. Manager Aaron Boone said, "he's feeling pretty good, we're hoping that this goes well and is a short amount of time." Judge's calf strain was […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/15/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Get ready for another Saturday of MLB action, with seven games on the main slate. It looks like a good spot for a contrarian Orioles' stack against lefty Patrick Corbin, whose velocity is down two MPH this season. The O's rank second in baseball with a .391 wOBA against southpaws. In this article, we'll identify […]

The Cut List (Week 5) - Time to Let Go?

Welcome back to the Cut List, where we're about to call an audible--or, for a more baseball-appropriate term, throw a changeup. This article now reviews several of ESPN's 25 most dropped players in the past week and, in order from most dropped to least (with some exclusions for injuries or opt-outs), determines how reasonable that […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 15th 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 […]

2020 K% Risers: Buy, Sell, or Hold

Heading into Thursday's action, most teams had played at least 15 games, officially passing the quarter-pole of the 2020 season and giving us a large group of players that have reached at least 60 plate appearances. This is an important milestone in terms of looking at strikeout rates, as the metric is one of the […]

Gleyber Torres Collects Four Hits On Friday

New York Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres went 4-for-4 against the Red Sox on Friday, giving him eight hits over his last six games. Torres got off to an awful start to the season with only five hits over his first 12 games, and his performance over the rest of the season should look more like […]

Gary Sanchez Homers In Back To Back Games

New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez homered for his second consecutive game on Friday with a 457 ft blast against the Red Sox. With a 110 mph exit velocity and a 1.000 xBA, Sanchez’s home run was literally a no-doubter, and the 27-year-old appears to be heating up after a slow start to the season. […]

Gerrit Cole Looks Good On Friday

New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole held the Red Sox to one run over seven innings on Friday, striking out eight and allowing just four baserunners (no walks). Cole’s velocity is still down a tick from last season, but that hasn’t stopped the 29-year-old from posting a stellar 2.76 ERA with a 30% strikeout […]

Clarke Schmidt Lurking As Rotation Replacement

New York Yankees starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt could be an option for the Yankees rotation in 2020 after he pitched the best ball of his career down the stretch in Double-A in 2019. Schmidt was also shining in spring training and during summer camp before being reassigned to the alternate training site. The 24-year-old right-hander […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/14/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

After a strange five-game slate last night, we've got a full 13-game slate on tap today with only the Cardinals and White Sox game not playing. There are some prime spots to target, as well as some nice pivots to differentiate your lineups, which can be found here and also in the value plays article […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/14/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Thursday's four-game main slate felt a lot like when you wake up in a hotel that advertised a continental breakfast, but really just had some stale bagels and muffins lying around. Friday, however, provides us a full-brunch bar, omelet station included. We've got a 13 game slate on tap with multiple aces taking the hill, […]

Aaron Judge Headed To Injured List With Calf Strain

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to what manager Aaron Boone is deeming a Grade 1 right calf strain. The Yankees seem unfazed about the move being a long-term ailment for Judge, who enters Friday with a big league-leading nine home runs. With Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring) […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 4 Waiver Wire

For a season chock full of bullpen changes and injuries already, this week was a slight cool down period. In other words, this would still probably have been a bigger bullpen news week during a normal season, but for this particular season, it seemed like a much-welcomed downswing. There were still depth chart changes, there were still […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 14th 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 Prop Picks for Friday, August 14th - Monkey Knife Fight

Baseball season is underway and although there have been some bumps along the way, the show continues to move forward into the 2020 season. Of course, along with MLB 2020 season, comes MLB Monkey Knife Fight Prop Picks. Be sure to check back here regularly to see which picks I am targeting on any given […]

Top 50 Prospects for Fantasy Baseball Redraft: Week 4 Rankings

We're now a little over a sixth of the way through the 2020 MLB season and it's already shaping up to be an interesting year for freshmen players. While the two best rookies have been hitters, we've also seen impressive depth on the mound. Many of the top bats have underperformed or been stuck at […]