Jesus Luzardo Fires Six Shutout Innings Versus Giants

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Jesus Luzardo dominated the Giants on Saturday firing six shutout innings at his Bay Area rivals. The rookie left hander struck out seven while allowing five hits and no walks in the dominant effort. Luzardo induced a whopping 15 swinging strikes on just 90 pitches as he lowered his season-ERA to […]

Justin Dunn (SP, SEA) - Week 10 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 17% of leagues ANALYSIS: Solid starting pitching became more and more scarce as the year has progressed so finding someone who could bump up your fantasy team's pitching stats in the final week of the season could be what puts you over the edge. Justin Dunn is someone […]

Chris Bassitt Throws Gem Vs Giants

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Chris Bassitt threw 6 2/3 shutout innings with seven strikeouts in a win over the Giants Friday. Bassitt allowed just three hits and three walks while improving his record to 5-2 on the season. Bassitt isn't the flashiest arm for fantasy as his strikeout rate is just 20.8 percent, but he's […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the September 19th 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 […]

Must-Add Category Streamers for the Final Stretch

Sadly, just 10 days of baseball remain in the MLB regular season and the fantasy season. At least the commissioner was nice enough to let everyone into the postseason, so there'll be plenty more ball games on the tube to watch. Unfortunately, fantasy leagues don't work that way. You're in the last leg of the […]

The Cut List (Week 10) - Time to Let Go?

Welcome back to the Cut List, already perhaps the final one of the year with the season ending on September 27. Either way, it's crunch time. In recent weeks we switched up the format of this article a bit, to cover a larger pool of players and to discuss trends being seen by fantasy baseball […]

A.J. Puk Should Be Ready For Spring Training

Oakland Athletics reliever A.J. Puk (shoulder) is expected to be fully recovered from his recent surgery by the time spring training rolls around. Puk was shut down at the start of September after suffering a setback in his throwing program. The 25-year-old is ranked as the club's No. 1 prospect, per MLB Pipeline, and has […]

Marcus Semien Looks To Continue Hot Streak

Oakland Athletics shortstop Marcus Semien has started to heat up at the plate over the past week. The 30-year-old is slashing .292/.393/.625 with two homers, 11 RBI, and a stolen base across his last seven games. Semien has not fully replicated his breakout 2019 campaign, as owns a .229 average across 179 at-bats in 2020, […]

Jesus Luzardo Sees Next Start Moved Up To Saturday

Oakland Athletics pitcher Jesus Luzardo will move up to start Saturday’s game against the San Francisco Giants. Luzardo was scheduled to pitch on Sunday, but for some reason, the team decided to change their rotation. Frankie Montas just returned from the paternity list, so perhaps they want to give him an extra day of rest […]

Finish Strong in 2020 (Adds, Drops, Streamers): WPC+ Videocast

Pierre Camus and Nicklaus Gaut discuss which hot hitters and two-start streamers to add for the final week of the season, as well as big-name players to drop. 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 to […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (9/18/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

It's hard to believe, but we're approaching the last week of the regular season. With so few games left before the playoffs, I intend to treasure each and every full slate of baseball we get from here on out. Friday night brings us another fun slate with a myriad of ways we can construct successful […]

Hitter Streamers for Fantasy Baseball Week 10

Welcome back to another installment of the hitting streamers column! This edition is for September 21 through September 27. As will be the case every week, I will offer a couple of worthy streamers for each position (catcher, corner infield, middle infield, outfield) based on the number of games the players have for the upcoming […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the September 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 […]

Liam Hendriks Earns Five-Out Save At Colorado

Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Liam Hendriks was called on in the eighth inning to protect a two-run lead at Colorado on Wednesday and was able to hold on for the save. Hendriks allowed one hit and struck out two as the closer nailed down his league-leading 13th save. Hendriks came out of nowhere in 2019 […]

Tommy La Stella Extends Hitting Streak To Six

Oakland Athletics second baseman Tommy La Stella went 2-for-4 with a run scored in a win over the Rockies Wednesday. La Stella extended his hitting streak to six games as the 31-year-old has been rock-solid since being traded to Oakland from the Angels. Since the trade, La Stella his batting .297 with a strong .370 […]

Mike Fiers Tames Coors Field For Win

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Mike Fiers allowed one earned run in six innings pitched to earn a win at Colorado on Wednesday. Fiers gave up seven hits, but didn't walk a batter to escape baseball's toughest pitching environment with a victory. Fiers only struck out four which is common for him as he averages just […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 200 Hitters Weekly Rankings (Week 9)

Last week I wrote that the schedule had begun to have an outsized impact on value. At this point, it's not impacting projected value even more than recent performance. There are exceptions to that, but that's the overarching rule this week. Paul Goldschmidt's value has been buoyed by this aspect for much of the season. […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 101 Relief Pitchers Weekly Rankings

We're already on the back nine of September, barreling towards the end of fantasy baseball, which means the Week 9 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks are here for a weekly dive into how the top 101 RPs stand for the home stretch. You can check out my weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks as well. […]

Week 9 MLB Closers & Bullpen Usage Report

Monitoring bullpens in 2020 will be a vital task each and every day. Because of this, we'll be publishing a weekly article at RotoBaller that tracks which bullpens are being taxed and which pitchers within that bullpen are being heavily used. The idea of this column is to help you gain an inside track into which […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the September 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 […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/16/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

It's a nine-game slate tonight and we have four aces ready to take the mound, all of which have average to above-average matchups. It gets dicey at pitcher after the top tier, though, so making the right selection at SP2 will be a difficult yet crucial endeavor. There are plenty of gas-can pitchers for offenses […]

Stephen Piscotty Considered Day-To-Day

Oakland Athletics outfielder Stephen Piscotty (knee) is considered day-to-day, according to trainer Nick Paparesta. The 29-year-old was absent from Tuesday's starting lineup after crashing into the outfield wall on Monday. Thankfully, it seems Piscotty managed to avoid any significant injury, and he will likely be back in the coming days. If he does miss any […]

Matt Chapman Undergoes Successful Hip Surgery

Oakland Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman (hip) underwent successful labrum-repair surgery on his right hip on Tuesday afternoon. The 27-year-old was recently shut down for the remainder of the 2020 season due to the ailment. The surgery comes with a four-month recovery period, which means Chapman will be ready for the start of the 2021 […]

Chad Pinder Will Miss Remainder Of Regular Season

Oakland Athletics second/third baseman Chad Pinder is currently on the 10-day injured list due to a right hamstring strain, with the news coming down Tuesday that he is done for the remainder of the regular season. Pinder was set to see full-time duties at the hot corner with Matt Chapman (hip) also out for the […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts from Week 8

Welcome back to "Are You For Real?" Each week, we look at lower-owned starting pitchers who have performed unexpectedly well in their last outing(s). The lefties were on display this week, as we saw two strong outings from AL southpaws Jordan Montgomery and Justus Sheffield. And of course we're going to break down the most […]

Stephen Piscotty Absent From Tuesday’s Lineup

Oakland Athletics outfielder Stephen Piscotty was not among the club’s starting nine for Tuesday’s contest against Colorado after he left play Monday due to a sprained right knee. Robbie Grossman remains in the lineup in his place, batting third while playing at Coors Field, making him a highly-appealing DFS commodity. With Matt Chapman (hip) set […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the September 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 […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 101 Starting Pitchers Weekly Rankings

The penultimate week of the 2020 fantasy baseball season is here, meaning you need the Week 9 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks to help analyze where the top 101 SPs stand moving forward. You can check out my weekly Top 101 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks as well. David Emerick rolled out an introduction to our Baller Ranks […]

Top MLB DFS Tournament Stacks and Avoids for September 15th, 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 9/15/20  Matt Boyd vs. Kansas City Royals I can feel you out there, […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/15/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

We have a sizeable 12-game slate on DraftKings as the MLB season continues to roll on after the madness of the first NFL weekend has been subdued. There are a few elite pitching options today to go along with a handful of appealing stack options, while we have another Coors Field game coming in with […]