Kris Bryant Collects Three Hits On Thursday

San Francisco Giants outfielder/third baseman Kris Bryant went 3-for-5 with two double, one RBI and one run scored during a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday. The newly acquired Giant delivered a game-winning RBI double in the top of the 10th inning off of Diamondbacks relief pitcher Tyler Gilbert. The four-time All-Star has […]

OwnersBox MLB Lineup Picks (8/6 - 8/12) - Weekly Fantasy Baseball

Welcome back RotoBallers! We've made it to August, 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 […]

Evan Longoria Begins Rehab Assignment Thursday

San Francisco Giants third baseman Evan Longoria (shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Sacramento, according to Maria Guardado of MLB.com. Longoria has been out since the beginning of June with a left shoulder sprain, but prior to that he'd been slashing .280/.376/.516 with nine homers, one steal, 30 RBI and 28 […]

Brandon Belt Activated From Injured List

San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt (knee) was activated from the injured list on Thursday, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. Belt has been sidelined since late June with right knee inflammation after suffering the injury on an awkward slide into home. He'd been limited by several injuries this year, but […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 8/5/21 (Premium Content)

Hey RotoBallers! Welcome to Week 19 of the MLB season. It's been one to forget for my handicapping thus far, but I've still learned a ton about my process and my optimal process for analyzing teams, finding value in lines, and reflecting on results from a day ago. I hope to continue providing sound analysis […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/5/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Thursday gang! Hope you all have had a great week so far. We have a nice 5-game slate this afternoon, with no outstanding weather issues. So let's get after it today.  We're looking at a Coors slate here, and despite Antonio Senzatela being better at Coors than on the road, because we're able to […]

Mike Yastrzemski Was Available To Pinch-Hit On Wednesday

San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski (hamstring) was scratched from the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks due to hamstring tightness. However, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Yastrzemski was available to pinch-hit in the game. Yastrzemski felt tightness in his hamstring during batting practice and let manager Gabe Kapler […]

Fantasy Baseball Streamers - Waiver Wire Picks for Thursday 8/5

Sadly, baseball is nearing an end, and fantasy managers in daily leagues, no doubt, already have holes to fill with streamers. Fortunately, RotoBaller has you covered with daily fantasy baseball 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 […]

Brandon Belt Likely To Be Activated From Injured List Thursday

San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt (knee) will be with the club in Arizona on Thursday ahead of the team's game against the Diamondbacks. The expectation is that he will be activated from the injured list and available for the game. Belt has been sidelined with right knee inflammation since late June. Darin Ruf […]

Kevin Gausman Expected To Go On Paternity Leave Thursday

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Kevin Gausman told reporters that he's expecting to go on paternity leave on Thursday. He and his wife are expecting their second daughter on Friday. The timing seems to be pretty ideal for Gausman, the Giants and his fantasy managers. Gausman pitched against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday, allowing just […]

Tommy La Stella Reaches Four Times In Return

San Francisco Giants infielder Tommy La Stella came off the injured list Wednesday and got the start at third base batting second. He went 2-for-2 with two walks and a run scored before being lifted for a pinch-runner. La Stella showed no signs of rust despite the fact that this was his first game since […]

Donovan Solano Hits Fifth Homer

San Francisco Giants second baseman Donovan Solano continued his hot hitting Wednesday, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a run scored. The solo home run, off Arizona Diamondbacks' starter Zac Gallen, was Solano's fifth of the year. Solano has been on fire over his last seven games, putting up a .429/.448/.750 slash […]

Alex Dickerson Hits Three-Run Shot

San Francisco Giants outfielder Alex Dickerson had a nice night at the plate Wednesday, going 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, three RBI, and two runs scored. Despite only having four hits in his last 17 at-bats, Dickerson has put up a .706 slugging percentage in his last seven games. He now has a […]

Brandon Crawford Steals Ninth Bag

San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford continued his renaissance season Wednesday night, going 1-for-5 with his ninth steal of the season. Crawford is becoming more opportunistic as the season goes on, with five of those nine coming in his past 30 games. Crawford has enjoyed an outstanding season with an .895 OPS, 18 homers, 58 […]

Kevin Gausman Bounces Back Wednesday

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Kevin Gausman had endured three consecutive tough outings entering Wednesday's matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but he appeared to once again be in all-star form for this one. Gausman allowed just one run on five hits and no walks in six innings while striking out eight batters, leading him to […]

Mike Yastrzemski Scratched Wednesday

San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski (hamstring) was scratched from Wednesday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a tight right hamstring. The severity of Yastrzemski's hamstring injury is unknown at this time, and he's considered day-to-day. Fantasy managers should remove the 30-year-old from their lineups. Thairo Estrada replaces Yastrzemski and will handle right field duties […]

Tommy La Stella Returns For Giants

San Francisco Giants infielder Tommy La Stella (hamstring) returned from his rehab assignment and was reinstated from the 60-day injured list, according to MLB.com. In other moves, left-handed pitcher Conner Menez was designated for assignment, while starter Anthony DeSclafani was placed on the 10-day injured list. La Stella has been out of action since early […]

Anthony DeSclafani Goes On Injured List

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani (shoulder) was placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Aug. 3, with right shoulder fatigue, according to MLB.com. The 31-year-old has pitched well this season with a 3.28 ERA and 1.07 WHIP despite struggling against the division rival Los Angeles Dodgers. Fantasy managers should hang on to […]

Mike Yastrzemski Trending Upward After Solid July

San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski had his best month of the year so far in July. He slashed .237/.305/.505 with seven home runs, 16 RBI and 14 runs through the month. He's continued to hit for power in the early going of August as he doubled in his first game of the month and […]

Curt Casali Hits Fifth Homer Of season Tuesday

San Francisco Giants catcher Curt Casali scored his team's only run in Tuesday's 3-1 loss to the Diamondbacks, going 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk. Casali clobbered a fifth-inning Madison Bumgarner fastball into the left-field seats for his fifth HR of the season. The veteran backup has performed pretty much as expected […]

Aaron Sanchez Has Scoreless Relief Outing Tuesday

San Francisco Giants pitcher Aaron Sanchez pitched three scoreless innings out of the bullpen in Tuesday's 3-1 loss to the Diamondbacks. Sanchez allowed a hit and four walks with a strikeout. It was the 29-year-old's second appearance since returning from the injured list with right biceps tightness. Sanchez started the season in the Giants' rotation […]

Johnny Cueto Takes Tough Loss Tuesday

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Johnny Cueto fell to 7-6 despite turning in a decent start in Tuesday's 3-1 loss to the Diamondbacks. Cueto pitched 5 innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits and four walks with seven strikeouts. However, he was out-dueled by former teammate Madison Bumgarner. Cueto has been erratic this […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 8/4/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 8/4 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 […]

Kevin Gausman Struggling Over His Last Three Starts

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Kevin Gausman has been one of the best pitchers in fantasy all year long, but he's hit a bit of a rough stretch lately. He's failed to reach the end of the fifth inning in each of his past three starts. Over that three-start stretch, he's pitched a total of […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Pitcher Starts from Week 18

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. With the trade deadline behind us we're entering the home stretch in fantasy baseball. The leagues are shrinking down to the contenders, and we need […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects: Week 19

The trade winds blew long and hard through Major League Baseball last week. As the dust begins to settle around the league, many prospects have been impacted in different ways — although the moves affected prospects from a dynasty perspective more so than from a 2021 redraft angle. The list lost Reid Detmers — who […]

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Rankings

August is now upon us, which means two months of the fantasy baseball season remain! There is still plenty of ball to be played with workload limitations creeping up on us (and tack fallout still making itself known), so let's look back at July stats with an update of my weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks. This […]

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Relief Pitcher Rankings

Welcome to the final one-third of the season, fellow RotoBallers. August is here and I'm moving my usual publication of this around because the FAAB Sunday after the trade deadline is special. Pitchers are settling into new uniforms and new roles, so let's check in on my top 101 RP Baller Ranks, which are geared […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - Waiver Wire Picks for Wednesday 8/4

Baseball is back, and fantasy managers in daily leagues no doubt already have holes to fill. The easiest way to do that is with streamers. Fortunately, RotoBaller has you covered with daily streaming picks. Each day, RotoBaller will provide you with some of the best fantasy baseball streaming picks - options to consider in fantasy […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/4/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers! As is usually the case for the middle of the week, we've got a split schedule on our hands. It leaves us with 11 games to occupy our evening slate and plenty of options on the pitching and hitting side. It all starts on the East Coast at 7:05 pm with divisional matchups […]