Closers and Saves Report - Week 5 Waiver Wire

For all the wildness that has already happened in bullpens across the league this season, this week was a nice little respite. That's not to say that nothing went down, just that it wasn't an overwhelmingly non-stop bullpen news week like every other week had been. We have a few committees settling into more specific […]

Bullpen Report: Closer Carousel Keeps Turning

We are just three weeks into the baseball season, but it may feel like longer because there has been an influx of news and developments that have impacted fantasy. There has been no position that has seen more changes than at relief pitcher. We have already seen a number of changes to teams' late-inning usage […]

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 70 Relief Pitcher Rankings

Welcome to the first version of my 2021 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a weekly peek at my top 70 relievers moving forward. This is geared towards traditional 5x5 roto leagues, with the understanding that RPs are as volatile as it gets. You'll notice that I leave off most injured players because throwing […]

The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Rankings

Another week, another update to my 2021 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take stock of my top 101 SPs moving forward. This is the first "full" version of the year where the ranks table below comes with this google sheet that accompanies the table and adds a smattering of stats. Do note that I […]

The Big Picture - Backstops Balling Early

A necessary evil. A statistical sinkhole. A dark cloud hanging over your roster. That's how the catcher position is largely viewed these days. Much like the tight end position in fantasy football, if you don't grab one of the top three or four performers on draft day, you might as well just wait it out […]

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 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 […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/23 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/23 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 based […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball (DFS) Cheat Sheet. Stacks, and Avoids for April 22, 2021

  MLB DFS Premium Cheat Sheet for 4/22/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    Top Tournament Stacks for 4/20/21 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 […]

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 […]

Adolis Garcia Flexes His Muscles Again

Texas Rangers outfielder Adolis Garcia was moved up to the clean-up spot on Wednesday and he responded with two hits and a home run during the club's 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. The toolsy rookie drove in three runs with his homer off reliever Mike Mayers who was charged with a blown save. […]

Nate Lowe Has Two Hits, Slugs Fifth Homer

Texas Rangers first baseman Nate Lowe went 2-for-4 during Wednesday's 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. The former Rays player also slugged his fifth home run of the season and reached base a third time via the walk. He's already surpassed his homer total from 2020 (four in 21 games) and is set to […]

Mike Foltynewicz Allows Three Homers But Rangers Win

Texas Rangers pitcher Mike Foltynewicz turned in a quality start on Wednesday but he was touched up for three solo home runs during the club's 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. The veteran right-hander allowed seven hits but no walks, which helped limit the damage. He has now allowed eight home runs in 22 […]

Willie Calhoun Not In Wednesday's Lineup

Texas Rangers outfielder Willie Calhoun is absent from the team's starting lineup on Wednesday. The Rangers are slated to face left-hander Jose Quintana and the Los Angeles Angels. Adolis Garcia is getting the start at designated hitter, where Calhoun has made his last three starts. Calhoun also sat against lefty John Means on Sunday, so […]

David Dahl Sitting Against Lefty On Wednesday

Texas Rangers outfielder David Dahl is not in the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against lefty Jose Quintana and the Los Angeles Angels. The team is going with Eli White in left field and Adolis Garcia at designated hitter. The left-handed Dahl has gone just 5-for-31 against lefties with 12 strikeouts this year, though he […]

Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 4

This week I want to start off by giving a shoutout to a guy who just missed making the cut for this column, but has still gotten off to a good start. Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Luke Raley hit his first career home run on Friday, and is currently slashing .267/.313/.533 through the first seven […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts from Week 3

Welcome to the 2021 edition of "Are You For Real?" This is a weekly column where we dissect surprisingly good starts from under-rostered and unheralded hurlers to try and determine whether they can maintain their performance, or if it was just a flash in the pan. Week 3 was another good one in the baseball […]

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 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 […]

Jordan Lyles Solid In Loss To Angels

Texas Rangers pitcher Jordan Lyles battled for six innings on Tuesday and allowed three runs in the club's 6-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. The veteran right-hander threw lots of strikes (69%) and whiffed five batters. Lyles allowed just five hits but three of them went for extra bases — including a solo homer […]

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 […]

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 […]

Joely Rodriguez Records First Hold On Monday

Texas Rangers relief pitcher Joely Rodriguez was activated from the injured list this past weekend and has already made two appearances since then. His second appearance came on Monday against the Los Angeles Angels. Rodriguez pitched a scoreless eighth inning, allowing no hits or walks while striking out two. He earned his first hold of […]

Ian Kennedy Earns Fourth Save On Monday

Texas Rangers closer Ian Kennedy closed out the team's 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday to earn his fourth save of the year. Kennedy pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two hits and no walks without recording a strikeout. Kennedy has a 2.57 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP through seven appearances on […]

Adolis Garcia Continues To Make Presence Felt

Texas Rangers outfielder Adolis Garcia continued his strong play on Monday night and has been a revelation for the club since being recalled from the alternate training site. The 28-year-old rookie out of Cuba slugged his second home run of the season during the club's 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels. Garcia also added […]

Kohei Arihara Strikeout Rate Continues To Rise

Texas Rangers pitcher Kohei Arihara struck out six Los Angeles Angels batters during the club's 6-4 victory on Monday. He threw 5 2/3 shutout innings and allowed just two hits and two walks. The veteran hurler, who pitched for six seasons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league, entered his career in North America with just […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 20th 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 […]