MLB DFS Prop Picks for 8/19 - Monkey Knife Fight
The 2021 MLB Season is moving along nicely and we are having a ton of fun with pitcher strikeouts props so far. We will be here week in and week out offering up advice for some of the best prop picks in the industry with Monkey Knife Fight. Our friends at Monkey Knife Fight offer […]
OwnersBox MLB Lineup Picks (8/20 - 8/26) - Weekly Fantasy Baseball
Welcome back RotoBallers! We're almost to September already, and we're back at it this week with another juicy contest on OwnersBox! This week's free RotoBaller contest has a $1,000 cash prize pool - for new users it's completely free to enter with code MLB10! All new OwnersBox users also get a free year of RotoBaller […]
A.J. Puk (RP, OAK) - Week 21 Waiver Wire Pickups
BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 5% of leagues ANALYSIS: Especially with his injury concerns; it always felt like the closer A.J. Puk got to the majors, the further away he actually ended up. For how raw he was coming out of Florida in 2016 as the sixth overall pick, he transitioned […]
Digging Deeper - Waiver Wire Options for Week 21
Welcome back to the NL-only and AL-only pickups column. Each week, I'll look at five players who are under 15% rostered in Yahoo! leagues and who can be considered as options to add in deep-league formats, such as 15-teamers or AL or NL-only leagues. I'll also include a recommendation for what to do with each […]
FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/18/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
It's a busy day in Major League Baseball and FanDuel is all over the place this Wednesday as they've got slates starting at six different times ranging from 12:35 pm ET through 9:40 pm ET. For our purposes, we'll be focusing on the 10-game Main Slate which locks at 7:00 ET. It's a fun slate, […]
Chris Bassitt Diagnosed With Fractured Cheekbone
Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Chris Bassitt (head) has been diagnosed with a fractured cheekbone and maxilla. He is slated to undergo surgery in three-to-five days after the swelling subsides. Most importantly, Bassitt's vision is 20-20, so he didn't sustain any eye damage from the comebacker he was hit by on Tuesday. We don't have a […]
Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 8/18/21 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/18/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 10-game slate on tap tonight, and it is an interesting one. There are some clear-cut pitching options up top, but there […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/18/21): MLB DFS Lineups
Happy Wednesday, Rotoballers! There are five afternoon contests on tap, and it leaves us with a 10-game evening slate. The greatest rivalry in baseball starts the proceedings as the Red Sox wraps up their series versus the New York Yankees. Then, we get baseball the entire night until the Pirates and Dodgers begin the final game […]
Chris Bassitt Receives Stitches And Undergoes Tests
Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Chris Bassitt (head) was taken to the hospital on Tuesday night after he was hit in the head by a comebacker in Tuesday's game against the Chicago White Sox. Athletics manager Bob Melvin told the media that Bassitt received some stitches and underwent tests to detect potential fractures. Melvin said that […]
Chris Bassitt Exits After Being Hit In Head By Line Drive
Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Chris Bassitt (head) was removed from the game by cart after being struck in the head by a line drive, according to Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun Times. In the bottom of the second inning, White Sox outfielder Brian Goodwin hit a line drive back up the middle that […]
Elvis Andrus Reinstated From Paternity List
Oakland Athletics shortstop Elvis Andrus has been reinstated from the paternity list and is batting ninth on Tuesday versus RHP Reynaldo Lopez and the White Sox. Andrus has had a rough first season in Oakland as he's batting just .231 with a .587 OPS. He's striking out 16.6% of the time which is much better […]
A.J. Puk Thriving In Relief Role For Oakland
Oakland Athletics relief pitcher A.J. Puk threw another scoreless inning Monday at the White Sox to bring his season total up to 7 1/3 shutout innings as a reliever. Puk is the top pitching prospect in the A's organization, but he has not been able to stay on the field thanks to a litany of […]
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 8/17/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 8/17 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 […]
Mark Canha Collects Two Hits Versus White Sox
Oakland Athletics outfielder Mark Canha went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a loss to the White Sox on Monday. Don't let his .246 batting average deceive you, Canha has been one of the most valuable players in baseball batting leadoff for a good A's lineup. He's got a strong 12.4% walk rate to put up […]
Matt Chapman Homers In Third-Straight Game Monday At Chicago
Oakland Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in a loss to the White Sox on Monday. It was Chapman's third-straight game with a homer as he seems to have found his power stroke after struggling most of the season. Most of Chapman's issues stem from a sky-high 31.7% strikeout rate, […]
Frankie Montas Labors In Loss To White Sox
Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Frankie Montas allowed three runs across five innings to drop his record to 9-9 with a loss to the White Sox on Monday. Montas had traffic on the bases all night as he allowed eight hits and three walks against six strikeouts. This snaps a six-game streak where Montas went at […]
Daily Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap
Welcome to the August 17th 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 […]
Are You For Real? Surprising Pitcher Starts from Week 20
Welcome to Are You For Real?, a weekly column where we look at pitchers who turned in surprisingly good starts and try to determine whether they are the real deal. It was apparently the week of the lefty and the week of the Diamondback, as we're breaking down three southpaws in this piece, including two […]
The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Rankings
We've got nearly six weeks left in the fantasy baseball season, which means it is crunch time. You must maintain focus even as fantasy football's siren song calls you to the boulders. Let's stay ahead of the curve with an update of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks! This google sheet accompanies the table below and adds […]
Statcast Hitter Leaderboard - Second-Half Exit Velocity
We're a month removed from the All-Star break so it's time to narrow our focus on second-half stats. In other words, it's time to look the players on your roster in the eye and ask, "What have you done for me lately?" They won't respond, but it's a good mental exercise for you to practice. […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/17/21): MLB DFS Lineups
We have a 15-game main slate on tap tonight, and it's a loaded one. We have some solid pitching options at different price points and a lot of solid spots for bats. This makes for a lot of different ways to build, which is really nice. Coors is in play but may not be the […]
Josh Harrison Returns To Lineup Monday
Oakland Athletics second baseman Josh Harrison (quad) is back in the starting lineup for the series opener with the White Sox on Monday night. Harrison exited Thursday's game with a mild quad strain and had missed the past few games while dealing with the injury. Fortunately it seems that it was a minor issue, and […]
MLB DFS Prop Picks for 8/16 - PrizePicks
Hello everybody and welcome! The 2021 MLB season is alive and well and that means our new friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or single […]
Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - Waiver Wire Picks for Monday 8/16
Welcome to the another edition of our daily fantasy baseball streamers! Are you playing in leagues with daily moves and looking to beef up those rosters? We here at RotoBaller are there for you and all of your streaming needs. Each day RotoBaller will provide you with some of the best streaming options to consider […]
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 8/16/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 8/16 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 […]
Daily 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 […]
Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 8/16/21 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 8/16/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 10-game slate on tap tonight, and it is an interesting one. There are some elite pitchers in Gerrit Cole, Kevin Gausman, […]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/16/21): MLB DFS Lineups
Happy Monday, Rotoballers! Thanks to a postponement from earlier this year, we are treated to a 10-game slate to begin the week. The extra game is quite the spectacle as Shohei Ohtani takes aim in the batter's box versus the New York Yankees once again in 2021. Outside of that must-watch contest, we get the […]
Top 20 Fantasy Baseball Prospects: Week 21
The 2021 fantasy baseball season continues to fly by and we've hit Week 21. Playoffs in many fantasy leagues are just around the corner. This ranking began the season as a Top 50 list looking at the premium prospects around the minors that could help during 2021 but as time progressed – and the window […]
FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (8/16/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
After a small four-gamer last Monday, FanDuel has a busy Monday with a ten game slate today. Despite the large slate, only two of the pitchers check in priced over $10,000. This looks like a solid night to go cheaper on pitching and load up on bats. The only rain chance is in Cincinnati. I […]