DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/10/17): MLB DFS Advice

Monday brings another day with a few different slates on DraftKings. With games running from the afternoon till the evening, there will be several lineup options. However, with just 10 games on the docket, finding the right mix of players to use could be a bit more difficult. You'll want to find productive guys who […]

Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (4/10/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

Happy Sunday night and/or Monday morning!  With five afternoon games and five evening games there's a total of 10 games on the slate for Monday. I'm going to provide options for all of the games. Yahoo has some great value options to choose from for DFS games so let's get down to business. In this article, […]

Week 2 Waiver Wire - Outfield

First, a programming note: This feature will now be published on Mondays, rather than Wednesday as it was last week. The content, of course, remains unchanged. In this space, we'll take a look at the best outfielders available in at least 50 percent of Yahoo leagues. Consider this column your recommendations for Week 2 outfields waiver wire pickups. […]

Week 2 Waiver Wire - First Base (1B) and Third Base (3B)

One week down, 25 more to go. It's still a bit premature to react to slow starts or big games, but you may have roster space that needs filling or end-of-roster players that don't need to be kept. The corner infield positions traditionally offer power with the potential for high averages, so you may want […]

Week 2 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Did you survive the first week of games? Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 2, 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 […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 10

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. Here are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, April 10th. It's a new week and a new opportunity for owners to build upon leads or dig out of the basement. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball […]

Week 2 Cut List: Players on the Chopping Block

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the 2017 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. […]

Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 1

The first week of the season is nearly at its end. Are you ready to cut bait on some of those later round picks already? Dying to scoop up that utility player off to a hot start? Itching to grab that setup man next in line for saves once the closer loses his job? It […]

ADP Champs or Chumps - Chris Devenski & Andrew Toles

The 2017 season is still far too short of a sample size to conclude anything using numbers, but the human element of player deployment is beginning to come into focus. If a player's role differs drastically from what we thought it would be during draft season, his value could explode. Getting these guys on your […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/7/17): MLB DFS Advice

I can't really explain how excited I am that baseball is back. This week actually feels surreal with basketball, that big golf event down at Augusta, and the boys of summer returning to the diamond. Year after year, baseball sneaks up on me - despite me anticipating it! - and I think it's due to […]

Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (4/7/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

We have quite a few games to choose from today and tonight. Every single team in the league will play today or tonight. Max Scherzer is taking the mound, which is very important. Find out who else is important. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/7/17): MLB DFS Advice

Friday features baseball all day. With games starting in the afternoon and running through evening, there will be several different contests to participate in on DraftKings. It's still very early in the season, but some players have already began to emerge as fantasy stars. Some of those guys will be in action Friday.  In this […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire Watch List

Welcome to the Week 1 Waiver Wire Watch List. Each week we’ll be updating this list full of players who may not be quite ready to be picked up (depending on your league size and format), but who need to be on your radar. We’ll look at eight players each week and keep tabs on players […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 7th

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. Let's talk pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Friday, April 7th, some of which can be applied to DFS games as well. You're busy. I'm busy. Shall we get to it?Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and weekly lineup […]

Week 1 Waiver Wire: Catchers

The first week of the baseball season is maddening in so many ways. The schedule stops and starts worse than a senior citizen driver who isn't sure if the light is turning red or not. Judging players in these first few days is difficult. It also means that people shouldn't make any snap judgments yet. […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/5/17): MLB DFS Advice

It's always interesting to see how Coors changes teams owned percentages. For example, the Rockies had a great matchup last night, and they were only owned around 10-15%, but they always seem to be owned closer to 40% in Coors. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 6th

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. Below are some pitcher and hitter streamer targets for Thursday, April 6th, which can be applied for DFS games as well. You're busy. I'm busy. Shall we get to it?Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and weekly lineup […]

2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 1)

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. We are officially underway in the 2017 Major League Baseball season! Who […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 5th

Over the offseason, there was much ado about the home run surge of 2016. Would it continue into 2017 or was regression looming? One game into the MLB season, and we already have 30 home runs - a 5,400 home run pace. Yasmani Grandal, Rougned Odor, and Khris Davis have already popped two apiece, as has […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/4/17): MLB DFS Advice

Good morning, fellow RotoBallers. It's the first Tuesday of the season. What we have on deck tonight is a lovely slate of baseball - specifically, daily fantasy baseball, for our purposes. The eight-game Main contest begins at 7:05 tonight, so get those lineups locked and loaded before your East coast guys take the field. FanDuel […]

Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (4/4/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

Baseball is back, and we couldn't be happier. It's definitely very difficult to predict a player's performance this early in the season (granted it's always difficult) so I have focused heavily on past success. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for Yahoo on 4/4/17. The DFS lineup […]

Using Sabermetrics For Fantasy Baseball Part 13: Barrels For Pitchers

Last time, we looked at Barrels, a stat combining exit velocity and launch angle to measure how often a batter makes quality hard contact. As much as batters want to hit a Barrel every time, pitchers want to avoid them at all costs. Yet there is some evidence that pitchers do not have the same […]

Streaming Wars: Exploiting the Waiver Wire to Win Your League

Welcome to Streaming Wars, a new column offering waiver wire recommendations for the next day. Streaming goes by many names such as micromanaging, churn and burn, etc. Whatever you call it, the goal is the same - to fully leverage your weakest roster spots. Streaming is not for everybody, but it is for mostbody. Sometimes, you'll have […]

Week 1 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

We're back Rotoballers! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 1, 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 […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/2/17): MLB DFS Advice

Baseball is Back! Opening day part one is upon us and we have a small three game slate to kick off the season. Monday has a full slate of games, but some action on a Sunday is always fun. Since this is the start of a new season, that means we have no currents stats […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/2/17): MLB DFS Advice

MLB is officially back! I couldn't be more excited to start the season off for the RotoBaller readers. This is not the big slate that Monday is, but it is the first official MLB action. There are only three games to choose from tonight. The San Francisco Giants should be able to hit in Arizona. […]

Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/2/17): MLB DFS Advice

Let's get the season underway! The San Francisco Giants are ready for opening day, and so am I. This should be a very exciting season, and Yahoo has some great value options to choose from. Let's get down to business. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks […]

Turning Two: Who Will Earn 50 Saves in 2017?

Welcome back to our sixth edition of Turning Two. We've now discussed candidates for 50 HR, .350 BA, 300 K, 20 W, and 20/20 campaigns for the 2017 season. This week's topic focuses on the one position we have yet to cover, the most mystical of fantasy players, closers. Reaching 50 saves is an impressive, yet not rare, feat. Since […]

Using Sabermetrics for Fantasy Baseball Part 12 - Barrels for Batters

If you've watched a baseball broadcast in the so-called Statcast Era, you have undoubtedly noticed the broadcasters commenting on a batted ball's exit velocity, or EV. Many have taken to using stats like Hard% and Soft% to forecast how a player should be performing, expecting larger Hard% rates to produce larger BABIP figures. There is […]

Deep League Closer Handcuffs

"Don't overpay for saves." As dedicated fantasy baseball players, we've heard it a million times. When you start to see closers fly off the boards in your draft, however, it's tough not to pull the trigger so you don't get stuck with Jim Johnson as your lead fireman. There's no need to panic though. Given […]