Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox (6/3/19)
Welcome to the Monday, June 3nd 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 […]
CC Sabathia Activated For Sunday Night Baseball
The New York Yankees have activated starting pitcher CC Sabathia for Sunday night's game versus the Red Sox. The veteran landed on the IL on May 23 with a lingering left knee issue after beginning the season 3-1 with a 3.48 ERA. It's not a good matchup for him tonight with a probable pitch count […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/2/19): MLB DFS Lineups
Welcome to Sunday baseball! We have 15 games on the slate today, but DK has decided to make the first nine of the main slate. We'll be focusing on those nine games, with one in Coors Field and no projected total under eight runs. Giolito has figured out how to make the White Sox favorites, […]
Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 10
Week 10 provides a number of young arms and a few pitchers whose limitations make them easy to overlook. I’m particularly excited about the Indians’ calling up Zach Plesac. I’m not sure what happens when Mike Clevinger gets back, but Plesac looks like a legitimate SP2 talent. A reminder before we begin: This column focuses […]
Nick Mariano's Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Shake off that "Oh, it's still early in the season" attitude, because it's now June and while status quos can still change, those trends you were shaking off need to be taken seriously. Not as law -- never allow anything to go unquestioned -- […]
Buy or Sell - Undervalued and Overvalued Players for Week 10
May is coming to an end, but luckily, buy and sell windows are still open on a certain set of players discussed in today's piece. There is nothing worse than seeing one of your guys underperform, but if that is the case, eight times out-of-ten it is most prudent to hold on until they at […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (6/1/19): MLB DFS Lineups
As usual Saturday brings us a loaded day of baseball with a full 15 games spread across the afternoon and evening. The main slate of the days sees eight games taking place from 7:15 pm onward, and is the premium slate on DraftKings today. In terms of the lines, the Diamondbacks are the favorites, with […]
MLB DFS Top Value Plays for Saturday June 1st, 2019 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for June 1st, 2019. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. These are daily outlier value plays or lesser thought of guys. They normally lay outside of the main pool of players that […]
Aroldis Chapman Earns 16th Save To Close Dominant May
New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect ninth inning against the Red Sox on Friday night to earn his 16th save of the season. It was Chapman's 11th save in a dominant month of May in which he allowed just five hits and one earned run across 11 1/3 innings. He now has […]
Clint Frazier Out Against Red Sox
New York Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier is not in the starting lineup on Friday. Cameron Maybin gets the nod in right field and will hit eighth against Red Sox left-handed starting pitcher Chris Sale. Maybin is hitting .188 with an RBI in 16 career at-bats against Sale. He's also hit just .222 (4-for-18) with five […]
Luis Severino Playing Catch Friday
New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Severino (shoulder) is playing catch before the game on Friday. Severino has yet to pitch for the Yankees this year and will not be back before the All-Star break. He was an All-Star for the second straight season in 2018 when he went 19-8 with a 3.39 ERA, 1.15 […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/31/19): MLB DFS Lineups
It's a fun Friday! We have a full fifteen game slate on our hands with a bunch of aces and plenty of arms to pick on. There's only one total under eight runs and it's a game with two young arms pitching. Joey Lucchesi is looking like the most popular play on the slate and […]
MLB DFS Top Value Plays for Friday May 31st, 2019 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for May 31st, 2019. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. These are daily outlier value plays or lesser thought of guys. They normally lay outside of the main pool of players that […]
Top MLB Betting Picks for Today's Slate (5/31/19)
Welcome to the Friday, May 31st edition of Rotoballer's MLB Betting Picks. I will be serving up some of my top options on tonight's 15 game slate. In this article, we will dive into the numbers and pick out my top recommended betting picks for today's slate. Feel free to hit me up on Twitter […]
Didi Gregorius Could Return Next Week
New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius (elbow) could return on the team's upcoming road trip to Toronto and Cleveland which starts next Tuesday. He will be able to return once he's able to play nine innings at shortstop in back-to-back rehab games, according to manager Aaron Boone. Gregorius has two hits in 10 at-bats with […]
Giancarlo Stanton To See Live At-Bats Soon
New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton (calf) ran on the field and hit in the cages on Thursday, and manager Aaron Boone said the slugger is expected to ramp up with live at-bats soon. Stanton has been out since early April and was recently pulled off his minor league rehab assignment after injuring his calf. […]
CC Sabathia To Start Sunday, Dellin Betances' Rehab Progressing
New York Yankees starting pitcher CC Sabathia (knee) will get the start on Sunday against the Red Sox, according to Yankees manager Aaron Boone. Sabathia has been sidelined since May 23 and looks to return on the first day he is eligible. He'll continue to be a decent streamer in deeper leagues with a powerful […]
Aaron Judge Gets Outfield Work In Thursday
New York Yankees star outfielder Aaron Judge (oblique) took ground balls in the outfield Thursday. Judge, who has been out for the past five weeks, looks to be progressing nicely, with no setbacks coming so far from his first few sessions with the bat. If he can continue to ramp up his rehab and swing […]
Clint Frazier Not In Lineup Thursday
New York Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier is not in the starting lineup on Thursday. Cameron Maybin will replace him in right field and will hit eighth against Red Sox left-handed starting pitcher Chris Sale in the series opener against the division-rival Red Sox. Maybin is hitting a nice .282 in his 71 at-bats for the […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/30/19): MLB DFS Lineups
Another 10 games for us on Thursday, with another interesting split. There are three afternoon games, five traditional evening slate games and then another two games out on the West Coast. As for the DFS slates this has been split into two, with the afternoon games on one slate and the remaining seven on the […]
FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (5/30/19): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
There are 10 games on the schedule today, but there are smaller contests for a two-game early slate. I will be focusing my research on the seven-game main slate. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for FanDuel on 5/30/2019. The picks will range from some of the elite […]
Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox (5/30/19)
Welcome to the Thursday, May 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 […]
Gleyber Torres Continues May Tear
New York Yankees infielder Gleyber Torres continued his red-hot form as May concludes. As the club wrapped up their series victory against the San Diego Padres, the 22-year-old drilled a two-run home run in the seventh, extending his club's lead to 7-0. It was Torres' 14th home run of the season, but his recent stretch […]
James Paxton Allows No Hits In Return
The New York Yankees defeated the San Diego Padres Wednesday afternoon in the Bronx as starter James Paxton returned. The Canadian left-hander lasted just four innings, but allowed no hits, striking out seven and walking a pair. It was his first start in over three weeks as he was sidelined with a knee injury. The […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/29/19): MLB DFS Lineups
We have a few early games that we'll be ignoring, but focusing on a fun nine game main slate. We have a bonafide ace in Blake Snell and plenty of gas-can pitchers to pick on. We also have the dynamic of a game in Coors Field, which always shakes things up a bit in tournaments. […]
Aaron Hicks Will Rest on Wednesday
New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks (rest) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the San Diego Padres. The 29-year-old missed the start of the year with a back injury, and since his season debut on May 15, Hicks has only managed nine hits and one home run in 43 at-bats, to go […]
Gary Sanchez Out of the Lineup on Wednesday
New York Yankees Gary Sanchez (rest) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the San Diego Padres. The 26-year-old is enjoying a nice bounce back season in 2019 with 17 home runs, 33 RBI, 23 runs scored and a slash line of .264/.335/.657 through 37 games played. Austin Romine is behind the plate […]
James Paxton Activated From Injured List
New York Yankees starting pitcher James Paxton (knee soreness) has been activated from the 10-day injured list on Wednesday, as relief pitcher Joe Harvey has been sent to Triple-A as a corresponding move. Paxton will make this afternoon’s start in the series finale against the Padres, and will have a limit of 75-80 pitches according […]
Power Hitting Risers & Fallers for Week 9 - Buy or Sell?
Welcome to this week's Power Hitting Risers & Fallers. All stats are full season through Monday, May 27th (unless otherwise noted). In what amounts to mostly an accident, this week is almost entirely about fallers in one sense, because three of the five risers are players that Statcast isn't very enamored with despite double-digit home […]
Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox (5/29/19)
Welcome to the Wednesday, May 29th 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 […]