FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (4/23/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

Despite several teams getting a night off Monday, the slate to begin the week is an intriguing one with many of the team's best offenses still to choose from. Pithcing ownership figures to be condensed largely to either Gerrit Cole or the mispriced Mike Leake. Deciding which of those two to build around in cash […]

Week 4 Start/Sit Matchups - Starting Pitchers

You know what it is--it's my updated starts/sits column for Week 4! Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back again this year with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. This is our fifth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 4, which […]

Stephen Piscotty (OF, OAK) - Week 4 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 25% of leagues ANALYSIS: Oakland Athletics outfielder Stephen Piscotty struggled at the beginning of his career in Oakland, but he has turned it on lately as the A's bats have awakened. He's up to .299 and has five multi-hit games in the past week. Piscotty disappointed […]

The Cut List (Week 4): Time to Let Go?

Welcome to the fourth edition of the Cut List! I hope my suggestions have helped everyone sort their rosters out over the past few weeks. We’re slowly reaching that point where we can start trusting sample sizes, but we’re not quite there yet. My goal with this weekly column is simple: I want to provide […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets For April 23

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. It may only be April, but it's never too early to start streaming. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis […]

Marcus Semien Hit HR And Scored All Three Runs

Oakland Athletic shortstop Marcus Semien served as the spark plug and the offense needed in support of Sean Manaea's no-hitter. Semien hit his second homer of the season in the fifth off Chris Sale. He ended the night 2-for-3 with one RBI and all three runs for the Athletics. Semien got off to a slow […]

Sean Manaea Throws No-Hitter Against Potent Red Sox

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manea pitched a no-hitter against the offensively explosive Red Sox in a 3-0 win on Saturday. Even more remarkable was he outpitched ace Chris Sale in the effort. Coming into the game, Manaea had a career 13.50 ERA against the Red Sox with a record of 1-2. To start the […]

Paul Blackburn Begins Throwing Program

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Paul Blackburn (forearm) threw on Saturday as scheduled, according to Martin Gallegos of The Mercury News. The plan is for him to pitch every other day to continue to build up his arm strength. There is no timeline for his return. Manager Bob Melvin said, "I think he felt pretty good […]

Yusmeiro Petit Returns From Family Leave

Oakland Athletics reliever Yusmeiro Petit was activated from family emergency leave, according to Martin Gallegos of The Mercury News. Petit was spending time in Venezuela with his mother who is battling a serious illness. It is understandable that it will be on the mind of Petit on a daily basis and thus justifiable if he […]

How Superior Setup Men Provide Value to Closers - AL Focus

The goal of the previous column in this series was to propose that the home runs allowed by relief pitchers have a significant impact on fantasy teams, even when those pitchers do not make the roster. While a baseball truism on some levels, home runs given up late in games tend to diminish the number […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for April 22

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire all season long. This article, now in its second year, runs seven days a week. It may only be April, but it's never too early to start streaming. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on a daily basis […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week 4

For those looking for a jump on the Week 4 starting pitcher streaming process, you’ve come to the right place. Here, we breakdown the list of two-start pitchers into two groups, based on Yahoo fantasy baseball ownership levels. In the past, I try to provide you with three streamers who are under 50 percent owned […]

Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 4

Is it time to overreact yet? This is what many fantasy owners are asking themselves and our writers at RotoBaller, but it's not the question you should be asking. It may be the early portion of a long season, but clearly some trends are forming. The question is: how much longer are you going to […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/20/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We finally get a Friday with all 30 teams in one slate (KC/DET is a double-header). Do not mess this up for us, weather! Now that most teams have played at least 15 games (c’mon, Minnesota), I’ll start to use 2017 and 2018 stats when addressing a player’s ISO. In this article, I will be […]

Fun With Small Sample Sizes - Fantasy Reflections

We’ve talked plenty about the fact that it’s still early in the season, almost exclusively in the context of remaining calm and exercising patience. Enough of that stiff upper lip crap. Let’s take a moment to revel in the loony numbers gifted to us by small sample sizes. Maybe they’re indicative of a tangible change […]

Holds Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds for Week 3

While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we’ll highlight today include some elite setup men to target off the waiver wire in Week 3. Bottom line: the more likely an MLB team is to win, the more likely these pitchers will be eligible to earn the holds that could be the […]

Week 4 Waiver Wire - H2H Category Streamers

I like to consider myself a pioneer of the streaming approach. I won a league about seven years ago completely ignoring saves and just stacking up the starts each week. While streaming is undoubtedly more directly associated with pitching, there's plenty of value in streaming for offense as well. Maybe you have a stacked roster […]

Trayce Thompson Traded To White Sox

Oakland Athletics outfielder Trayce Thompson, brother of Warriors' guard Klay Thompson, has seen his time in Oakland come to a quick conclusion. The A's have traded Thompson to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Thompson was originally drafted by the White Sox in the second round of […]

Streaming Wars - Waiver Wire Targets for April 20

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. This article, which began last season, runs seven days a week. Even with only a week and a half of the season in the books, we are always ready to stream. For those who are newcomers to this feature - use this column on […]

Blake Treinen Blows Second Save of Season on Wednesday

Oakland Athletics closer Blake Treinen allowed Tyler Saladino to score on a Tim Anderson single in the bottom of the ninth inning, blowing his second save of the season. Despite blowing the save, Treinen still has an impressive 0.87 ERA over six games. For now, Treinen is safe as Oakland's closer, however, a few more […]

Stephen Piscotty Stays Hot on Wednesday Against White Sox

Oakland Athletics outfielder Stephen Piscotty extended his hitting streak to eight games on Wednesday, going 2-for-6 with two runs scored. Piscotty has been on fire for the Athletics and is hitting .295 with one home run and 11 RBI. Piscotty hit eighth on Wednesday, but with his current hot streak, there is a chance he […]

Matt Olson Hits Walk-Off Single Against White Sox on Wednesday

With the game in the bottom of the 14th inning, Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson stepped to the plate and hit a walk-off single to give his team the victory. Olson had an overall solid game, going 4-for-6 with three RBI. The Athletics first baseman has been a mixed bag in 2018, hitting .239 […]

Andrew Triggs Offers Potential for Big Rewards

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Andrew Triggs has an outing against one of the more strikeout-happy teams in the majors, the Chicago White Sox, on Wednesday, presenting the opportunity for a big day. Triggs has struck out 17 in 15 2/3 innings this season and the White Sox are averaging 10.4 strikeouts per game through 14 […]

Statcast Pitcher Risers/Fallers - BABIP (Week 3)

RotoBaller embarks on a new series this year using Statcast to extrapolate, dig into, and commiserate over data to examine pitching performance. The weekly series will be dynamic as we fine-tune our findings and I enlighten myself on the information and tools at my disposal. This week we'll focus on a popular batted-ball metric, Batting […]

2018 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 3)

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. It continues to be the waiting game for Atlanta to call up […]

Week 3 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

We’re over halfway through April and while nearly all data points are far from settled, they’re all we’ve got. Trends in plate discipline metrics can start to surface around this time, but please don’t go blindly extrapolating hot or cold starts into full-season lines. Let’s look at some arms performing well at various magnitudes throughout […]

Stephen Piscotty Finally Heating Up

Oakland Athletics outfielder Stephen Piscotty went 2-for-3 Tuesday night against the White Sox. He finished with a run, three RBI and two doubles. Piscotty continues his recent hot streak, raising his average to .295. In the last week, Piscotty is hitting .440 with a homer, three runs and four RBI while hitting at the bottom […]

Trevor Cahill Breezes To Victory In Return

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Trevor Cahill went seven scoreless innings in a 10-2 win against the White Sox on Tuesday. He struck out eight batters and only walked two. Cahill had a 4-3 record with a 4.93 ERA in 2017. This was the best return to Oakland he could have imagined. Cahill will have another […]

Trayce Thompson Designated For Assignment

Oakland Athletics outfielder Trayce Thompson was designated for assignment on Tuesday, according to Jerry McDonald of The Mercury News. The transaction was done because space was needed to be made for starter Trevor Cahill to be promoted to start on Tuesday against the White Sox. Thompson only played three games for the Athletics and went 1-for-7 […]

Trevor Cahill Starting for Athletics on Tuesday

It was reported Monday that Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Trevor Cahill was likely to start on Tuesday, but now it's official. Cahill will make his 2018 debut with the Athletics as he faces off against the White Sox. Cahill shined to begin 2017 but struggled after being traded to the Royals, pitching 10 games with an […]