Points Leagues (H2H) Waiver Wire Adds and Streamers - Week 26

Welcome back for another week of advice for points league waiver wire moves. This segment will include waiver wire adds, drops, and streaming pitchers for the upcoming week. This article will be geared specifically toward points leagues. Every points league is different, so keep that in mind. Walks and extra base hits are more valuable, […]

Hitter Streamers (Week 26) - Head-to-Head Leagues

Welcome back to my hitting streamers column for Week 26, taking a look at hitters to add or stream off the waiver wire for this week's scheduled games. To keep things simple, I pick from players who are 50% owned or less and who play at least seven games in the week.  If someone jumps […]

Tommy Pham Reaches Four Times Friday Versus Toronto

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Tommy Pham continued a torrid hot streak Friday versus the Blue Jays. For the third straight game, he drove in two runs. Over the last four games, he is 10-for-17 with three walks. Over those four games, Pham has five runs scored, two homers and six RBI. His batting average with […]

Austin Meadows With Big Game Friday

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Austin Meadows showed the potential that had people raving about him Friday versus Toronto. He came in as a pinch-hitter and would go 3-for-3 with two runs scored and three driven in. Meadows would even steal his first base with the Rays. Meadows was a key piece in the trade that […]

Ji-Man Choi Injured Friday

Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Ji-Man Choi (knee) left the game early on Friday with left knee soreness. Choi was productive before leaving, posting two hits (one double) and two runs scored in three plate appearances. The left-handed slugger is a part-time player for Tampa and is hitting .267/.350/.513 with 10 home runs and 32 […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (9/22/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have a small three-game slate which starts at 4 pm and then the nine-game slate which starts at 7 pm. There are plenty of options on the slates you want to be paying up for and have some interesting matchups as we move closer to the end of the season. In this article, I […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (9/21/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

The Cubs have returned to their regular schedule of playing in the afternoon on Fridays, so we're back to a 14 game Main slate - but it's an attractive one! We've got a number of household names on the bump and a lot of important baseball to be played still (tight division races!), so tonight […]

Joey Wendle (2B/3B/OF, TB) - Week 26 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 34% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tampa Bay Rays utility man Joey Wendle has a .302/.354/.439 slash line this season, coming out of nowhere to be a vital piece of the Rays and fantasy lineups. Wendle not only has a current five game hitting streak, but also has […]

Willy Adames (2B/SS, TBR) - Week 26 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 24% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Willy Adames has a seven game hitting and has produced a .320/.399/.491 line with seven homers, five steals, and 49 R+BI since the beginning of August. Of his 12 extra-base hits in that time period, three have come […]

Kevin Kiermaier (OF, TB) - Week 26 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 31% of leagues ANALYSIS: Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier is only slashing .222/.287/.380 over 358 plate appearances this season, but he has turned it on as of late. After posting a .276/.338/.450 slash line last season, he has a .255/.310/.457 slash line in the second half, including four […]

Holds Leagues - Waiver Wire Pickups and Adds for Week 26

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 26. One-inning middle relievers are the constant sources for holds and specialists can manage to secure a hold even with one out. However, while specialists can get many […]

Week 26 Waiver Wire: H2H Category Streamers

I like to consider myself a pioneer of the streaming approach. I won a league about seven years ago by 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 […]

C.J. Cron Drives In Three Runs Thursday Versus Toronto

Tampa Bay Rays first baseman C.J. Cron came in off the bench to add some offensive support Thursday versus the Blue Jays. He would contribute a three-run single that capped the scoring for Tampa Bay. In the previous four games where he recorded an at-bat, he would go 5-for-13 with two walks, two runs scored […]

Matt Duffy Scores Twice Thursday Versus Toronto

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Matt Duffy scored twice Thursday versus the Blue Jays. He would go 2-for-5 and score twice in the game. He has hits in nine of his past ten games, including going 4-for-10 with three runs scored and two driven in over the past two games. He is now batting .300 […]

Mallex Smith Steals Two Bases Thursday Versus Toronto

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Mallex Smith continued his campaign of speed Thursday versus the Blue Jays. He would steal two bases to raise his seasonal total to 35. The 35 steals is second in the American League. He also raised his batting average to .301, which is ninth in the American League. There has not […]

Tommy Pham Continues Hot Streak Thursday

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Tommy Pham followed up his huge Wednesday game with another strong effort Thursday versus Toronto. Wednesday, Pham hit two homers. Thursday, he would go 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two runs driven in. Over his past four games, he has gone 9-for-18 to boost his batting average with the Rays […]

Joey Wendle Continues ROY Campaign Thursday

Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Joey Wendle is putting together a case to be the American League Rookie of the Year. Thursday he would drive in two runs while scoring another. He leads AL rookies in batting average, OBP and bWAR. He is second in hits, doubles and stolen base. He is on pace to […]

Sergio Romo Blows Save Thursday Versus Toronto

Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Sergio Romo was the last pitcher on the mound Thursday versus the Blue Jays in a major comeback loss. The Rays were up 8-2 going into the bottom of the ninth. Reliever Jaime Schultz would get rocked while getting only one out while being credited with four runs allowed. Romo […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/20/18): MLB DFS Lineups

We've got just one slate on DraftKings tonight, but covers seven games being played, giving us lots of different lineup possibilities. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 9/20/18. The lineup picks will range from some of the elite players to mid-priced options and value […]

Rookie Report: Recent MLB Prospect Call-Ups (Week 25)

In this week's Rookie Report, we'll be taking a look at several catchers making an impact in fantasy this month. Francisco Mejia made a splash in his first start for the Padres, hitting his first and second career home runs while driving in four in the 6-2 win over the Reds. While Mejia may have […]

Power Risers/Fallers for Week 25: Buy or Sell?

Welcome to Week 25 of the 2018 MLB season and a new week of our investigation into the steepest power trenders in baseball, whether those trends are positive or negative. We have somehow blown by into mid-September, which means the homestretch of 2018 is upon us. Most fantasy baseball leagues have already had their trade […]

Champ or Chump: Blake Snell and Javy Baez

The Tampa Bay Rays would be leading three of baseball's six divisions with their current record, success largely the result of the successful "opener" strategy and Blake Snell's breakout campaign. It'll probably take fantasy owners all winter to figure out how to use openers to our advantage, but Snell's skills should be easy enough to […]

Joey Wendle Reaches Base Eight Straight Times

Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Joey Wendle came close to tying a team record Wednesday versus the Rangers. He would reach his first four times in the game which extended his streak to eight straight plate appearance reaching safely. In his ninth appearance with a chance to tie the team record, he would ground out. […]

Jake Bauers Hits Pair of Doubles in Rays Win

After struggling through the month of August and into early September, Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Jake Bauers continued to show signs that he's slowly heating up as he recorded a pair of doubles in the Rays' 9-3 win over the Texas Rangers. The two doubles were Bauers' only hits of the night as he […]

Tommy Pham Homers Twice in Rays Win

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Tommy Pham launched his 18th and 19th home runs of the season in the Rays' 9-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night. Entering the game, Pham had only had one home run in the month of September, and had three total since being traded to Tampa Bay at the […]

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

We have a smaller seven-game slate, where there is one clear top pitching option that you want to pay up for. This leaves plenty of space in tournaments if you choose to pay down since you will have extra salary available. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (9/19/18): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We've got a pretty health slate of games on deck tonight for the 7:05 Main slate, which consists of 10 games. It features a few upper tier pitchers and quite a few with a strikeout projection of six or more, which should add some spice to tournament selection. As it's customary at this point, let's […]

Austin Meadows Coming Up Thursday

The Tampa Bay Rays will call up outfield prospect Austin Meadows and pitchers Hoby Milner, Austin Pruitt and Chih-Wei Hu from Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Meadows was a key piece in the trade that sent starter Chris Archer to the Pirates this summer. The outfielder hit an impressive .344/.396/.771 with 10 homers and 22 RBI […]

Tyler Glasnow (SP/RP, TB) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 20% of leagues ANALYSIS: You know the wide range of outcomes you’re getting with Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow, yes? Everyone was quick to point out his horrible outing against Toronto, so I know you know the floor. People aren’t as vocal when someone is […]

Week 25 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

With only a couple of weeks left in the fantasy (and regular) baseball season, I'm sure you can all see the light at the end of the tunnel. This grueling marathon is almost over. But you need to finish strong! Whether you're locked in a head-to-head battle for the championship or trying to climb the […]