Sprint Speed - Hitter Risers & Fallers (wPC+)

Pierre Camus and Nick Gaut review Statcast risers and fallers for sprint speed. Which hitters are worthy waiver wire adds and who should fantasy baseball managers be concerned about? Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us on iTunes and BlogTalkRadio as well! Be sure […]

DraftKings MLB DFS: Slate Breakdown for Friday, April 23

Welcome back to my little corner of RotoBaller where I have been graciously allowed to roam somewhat free on DFS analysis on Tuesdays and Fridays. For more details throughout the day, you can follow me on Twitter @JonPGH. Today I will focus less on my own verbose advice and just present you all with the […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 4/23/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/23/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    Top Tournament Stacks for 4/23/21 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 […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/23/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Friday, Rotoballers! It's time to throw out the first pitch on another weekend of DFS, and we've got 14 games on the menu. Of course, the actual first pitch of the weekend comes from Wrigley Field at 2:20 pm ET in the Milwaukee Brewers-Chicago Cubs game, but those are the only two teams we […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/23/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have a typically expansive Friday night FanDuel slate, with only one game, a Brewers-Cub afternoon tilt at Wrigley, not included. The ledger shapes up as an interesting mix of some aces and some particularly vulnerable starters, which always makes it a fun night for sifting through hitters and attempting to identify those under-the-radar opportunities […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 4/23 - Monkey Knife Fight

Friday offers up a full schedule of games in Major League Baseball and Monkey Knife Fight has contests for all to make the games more fun and give you chances to win! There are a few interesting pitching matchups: Toronto’s Steven Matz taking on Tampa Bay’s Tyler Glasnow and Cincinnati’s Sonny Gray visiting St. Louis […]

Fantasy Baseball Buy Lows and Sell Highs - Trade Targets for Week 4

Sometimes fantasy baseball can resemble the stock market. You want the best portfolio of players without having to pay too much for them. Sometimes to achieve the optimal team, you need to make trades. The best way to gain added value is to trade away an over-performing player for one in a rut. This way, […]

Frankie Montas Hit Hard By Twins On Wednesday

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Frankie Montas allowed six runs in only four innings in a no-decision versus the Twins on Wednesday. Montas now has two good starts and two bad starts on the season which has his numbers looking worse than he's actually pitched. Montas has a 6.75 ERA, but his SIERA is at a […]

Seth Brown Collects Three Hits In Wild Win Over Twins

Oakland Athletics outfielder Seth Brown went 3-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two RBI and two runs scored in a 13-12 win over the Twins in 10 innings on Wednesday. Brown has been heating up lately with six hits in his last three games and has been the team's primary starter in right field. […]

Fantasy Baseball Night In Review: Wednesday, April 21

Welcome to the RotoBaller MLB Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy baseball takeaways from the games played during last night's slates. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Thursday 4/22

Baseball is back, and fantasy managers in daily leagues no doubt already have holes to fill with streamers. Fortunately, RotoBaller has you covered with daily streaming picks. Each day, RotoBaller will provide you with some of the best streaming options to consider in fantasy baseball daily leagues. Additionally, these recommendations can be useful for fantasy […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 22nd 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 […]

Jake Diekman Earns Save For A's Versus Twins

Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Jake Diekman pitched a clean seventh inning with two strikeouts to earn the save in Game 2 of a doubleheader with the Twins on Tuesday. Lou Trivino had been operating as the closer for Oakland, but manager Bob Melvin opted to play the matchups in this game. Trivino was called on […]

Lou Trivino Whiffs Two In Sixth Inning To Earn Second Hold

Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Lou Trivino struck out both batters he faced to escape the sixth inning and earn his second hold of the season. Trivino had been operating as the closer for Oakland, but manager Bob Melvin called on Trivino with two RHB coming up and the tying run on base, so he's clearly […]

NL-Only and AL-Only Waiver Wire for Week 4

Activity on the waiver wire has gotten off to a hot start, as fantasy managers across all formats now have about three weeks worth of baseball to evaluate. As players get their feet wet this season and start to either heat up or cool down and playing time gets squared away, there's a lot of […]

Jesus Luzardo Earns First Win In Second Game Of Doubleheader

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Jesus Luzardo pitched 5 1/3 innings of shutout baseball to earn his first win of the season Tuesday against the Twins. Luzardo allowed only two hits and a walk while striking out six. The 23-year-old lefty now has at least six strikeouts in three of his four starts this year and […]

Bell's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 4/21/2021

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 […]

MLB Betting Picks for Wednesday 4/21 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

We open this fine week with back-to-back 2-0 nights! The games didn't go exactly as I had expected, but wins are wins I'm starting to get a better feel for how teams are playing, but guys are dropping like flies to COVID or injuries, so it's important to continue to pay attention to each teams' […]

MLB DFS Lineup Picks - Early Slate (4/21/21): DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball

We have a split slate of MLB games today and for once both FanDuel and DraftKings ran the same slates! While most of our MLB DFS coverage here at RotoBaller is geared towards the main slate, I wanted to give you some of my favorite pitchers and bats for this five-game "early only" slate that […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 4

We are now four weeks into the MLB season and some interesting trends are beginning to emerge with the rookie class of 2021. The pitching has been better than expected, but the hitters have been a disappointment outside of a handful of (unexpected) players. There have been fewer than 10 hitters that have produced better-than-average […]

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

It's getaway day in MLB, so only six games permeate the main night slate. Only one pitcher tips the five-figure scale. Can we get away with a fade here? Are there enough other options to gain an advantage by using a cheaper pitcher? We'll get into that. Rain could affect the start time of the […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 21st 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 […]

Fantasy Baseball Night In Review: Tuesday, April 20

Welcome to the RotoBaller MLB Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy baseball takeaways from the games played during last night's slates. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets […]

Elvis Andrus Steals Two Bases Versus Twins

Oakland Athletics shortstop Elvis Andrus went 1-for-2 with a walk and two stolen bases in a win over the Twins on Tuesday. The steals were the first ones for Andrus this season as he's gotten off to a miserable start in his first year with Oakland. Andrus' hit today raised his batting average to an […]

Mitch Moreland Homers Twice In First Game Of Doubleheader

Oakland Athletics first baseman Mitch Moreland went 2-for-3 with two homers and three RBI in a win over the Twins in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader. Moreland got the scoring started in the second inning with a two-run shot for his first home run as a member of the A's. Moreland wasn't done there […]

Sean Manaea Spins Seven-Inning Complete-Game Shutout

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea fired seven innings of shutout ball against the Twins to earn a complete game in Tuesday's doubleheader. Manaea allowed six hits and a walk, but used seven strikeouts to keep Minnesota off the scoreboard in its first game since Friday due to COVID protocols. The left-hander got hit hard […]

Matt Olson Clubs Grand Slam In First Game Of Twin Bill

Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson went 1-for-4 with a grand slam in a win over the Twins in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday. Olson is off to a hot start this season with four homers and a .571 slugging percentage through 14 games. The 27-year-old is crushing the ball thus far […]

Stephen Piscotty Activated From Paternity List

The Oakland Athletics have activated outfielder Stephen Piscotty from the paternity list. He will rejoin the team prior to their series against the Minnesota Twins, which is set to begin on Tuesday with a doubleheader. The Athletics DFA'd outfielder Ka'ai Tom in a corresponding move. Through 11 games this year, Piscotty is slashing .250/.333/.531 with […]

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 […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Tuesday 4/20

Welcome to the another edition of MLB Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers! Week 2 is in the books and we here at RotoBaller are there for all of your streaming needs. Whether you are just trying to get that elusive category win or you are trying to give your pitching staff a lift because you own […]