Top MLB DFS Tournament Stacks and Avoids for August 4th, 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 8/4/20  Chicago White Sox vs. Brandon Woodruff The White Sox offense continues to […]

First Base and Third Base Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3

Entering week three, we are entering a ton of unknowns. Which players have COVID-19? Which schedules will be altered? Who is pitching which days? Essentially, it is chaos and we need to embrace the craziness. Before we dive in, we need to keep a few things in mind: We focus on players rostered in 5x5 […]

Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups For Week 3

We’re already through two weeks of the MLB season, and although the remainder of the season remains uncertain, fantasy players should continue being active on waivers as if the season will finish on schedule. Trying to predict how the rest of the season will pan out structurally is a fruitless exercise, and it’s valuable to […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 101 Starting Pitchers Weekly Rankings

Welcome to the Week 3 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a look weekly at where the top 101 SPs stand moving forward in this strange sprint season. You can check out my weekly Top 65 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks as well. David Emerick rolled out an introduction to our Baller Ranks here, and also […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 65 Relief Pitchers Weekly Rankings

Welcome to the Week 3 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a look weekly at where the top 65 RPs stand moving forward in this strange sprint season. You can check out my weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks as well. David Emerick rolled out an introduction to our Baller Ranks here, and also […]

The Baller Ranks: Top 200 Hitters Weekly Rankings (Week 3)

Welcome to fantasy baseball if MLB's season were more like the XFL. Between injuries, illness, and inexplicable flukes, this season has already shown the potentially disastrous consequences of an otherwise quiet road-trip to Atlanta. This weeks' news about the Miami-Philadelphia and St. Louis-Milwaukee situations has provided new variables, and managers are scrambling to keep up […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 3rd 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 […]

Jonathan Hernandez Dominates In Two Innings

Texas Rangers reliever Jonathan Hernandez came into Sunday's game and dominated the San Francisco Giants in the late innings. Hernandez pitched two innings and struck out four Giants with one walk given up. He gave up the walk to lead off the eighth inning but came back with back-to-back-to-back swinging strikeouts of Pablo Sandoval, Chadwick […]

Joey Gallo Continues To Demolish Southpaws In 2020

Texas Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo clobbered left-handed pitching in 2019 and appears to be off to the same torrid start against southpaws to open this year following another blast Sunday. All three of Gallo’s home runs in 2020 have been against lefties, which shouldn’t be surprising considering he amassed a 1.174 OPS in 75 at-bats […]

Danny Santana To Injured List With Forearm Strain

Texas Rangers utility Danny Santana (forearm) has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a forearm strain. Santana has been out of the lineup the past few days, so it makes sense that it was something more serious than just rest. He has struggled to start the year, with just one hit through 17 […]

Where Have the Steals Gone? (Hint: Not Your Fantasy Team)

A common refrain among baseball analysts and fantasy managers is that the 2020 MLB season is meaningless. We can't extrapolate anything useful from a 60-game season. The numerous injuries, illnesses, and opt-outs make for an unreliable data sample. If you chose to play season-long fantasy baseball, you don't care. You still want to win, asterisks […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 2nd 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 […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 3 (8/3-8/9)

Welcome to RotoBaller's weekly article of two-start pitcher streamers for 2020! Successfully streaming pitchers can literally be a game-changer when it comes to fantasy baseball. When it comes to daily leagues, two-start streams aren't that important, since you can stream every day. But when it comes to weekly leagues, two-start streams become exponentially more important. […]

Rougned Odor Exits Early With Oblique Injury

Texas Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor departed Saturday’s game against the Giants due to what has been deemed tightness in his right oblique. Prior to his departure, Odor went 0-for-2 at the dish, dropping his batting average on the year to .125. Nick Solak shifted over to second base upon Odor’s departure, and he figures […]

Kolby Allard Not Slated For More Than 60-70 Pitches Sunday

Texas Rangers left-handed pitcher Kolby Allard is taking injured All-Star Corey Kluber’s spot in the starting rotation for Sunday’s contest against the Giants. Allard hasn’t pitched during the 2020 regular season yet, which will limit him to about 60-70 pitches, per manager Chris Woodward. “I’m looking at three, four innings, tops,” Woodward said, “I don’t […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/1/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

We've turned the page to August and we're still rolling along with MLB DFS, despite a mounting array of scheduling/coronavirus-related issues piling up. There are 11 games to choose from on the Saturday main slate. Be sure to double-check the weather, starting lineups, and postponements before finalizing your roster. I'll be going through some of […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates for Week 3

Injuries are commonplace in all sports. Baseball has seen the rate of injury continue to rise over the past few years. In fantasy, if someone is not in the medical field, it is hard to gauge how long a player will be out and whether they need to be replaced in a lineup. Sometimes this […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the August 1st 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 […]

MLB Betting Picks (8/1/2020) - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Welcome back, RotoBallers! Well, we've made it to August, and (so far) we still have baseball! Here's hoping the number of positive tests begins decreasing so we can finish this season. I started out slow for the first few days, but since Steve picked back up on this series on Tuesday, I heated up quickly! […]

Champ or Chump: Isiah Kiner-Falefa

Roughly a week into the season, no fewer than 20 percent of MLB teams are shelved due to coronavirus concerns. In all probability, your roster has a ton of players who are too good to drop yet aren't playing in the immediate future. Most of the affected players haven't been placed on the IL yet […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 2 Waiver Wire

Hey. Hey...Umm, there's baseball! It's pretty much already a mess and who knows how long this season will actually last, but for now? Baseball. We have it. And that's great. Summer's favorite sport is back on our TVs and in stadiums near us that we aren't allowed to go to. But: still baseball. Fantasy leagues […]

Mike Minor Roughed Up By The Bay

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Mike Minor did not have the start many would've expected on Friday night against the San Francisco Giants. Minor pitched five and two-thirds innings but gave up nine hits, six earned runs, two walks, and one home run while only striking out three Giants. It all unraveled in the fifth inning […]

Shin-Soo Choo Leading Off, Willie Calhoun Batting Sixth

Texas Rangers outfielders Shin Soo-Choo and Willie Calhoun are both in Friday's lineup against the San Francisco Giants. Choo is off to a slow start to 2020, as he is just 1-for-13 with one RBI in five games while Calhoun is hitless in 11 at-bats. Perhaps both players can get going in a favorable matchup […]

FanDuel MLB DFS Lineup Picks (7/31/20): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

It's Friday which means another jam-packed MLB slate. We've got 12 games on the main slate which will provide no shortage of options on how to build our lineups. A rainout between the Reds and the Cubs on Thursday adds two more intriguing arms to the Friday slate as Luis Castillo and Yu Darvish will join a deep collection […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the July 31st 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 (7/31/20) - MLB DFS Lineups

It's Friday, which means we've got a full slate of games (well, besides those two games that aren't playing for COVID safety concerns). There are a ton of good pitching options on the slate today, so have fun messing around with the potential hitting combinations that allow you to roster high-upside arms but be sure […]

Jose Leclerc Lands On 45-Day Injured List

Texas Rangers closer Jose Leclerc (shoulder) has landed on the 45-day injured with a grade 2 teres major strain in his right shoulder. This is awful news for the Rangers, Leclerc and fantasy owners. Leclerc suffered the injury on Wednesday as he was warming up for a save opportunity, but had to stop and didn’t […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the July 30th 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 […]

Todd Frazier Collects Three Extra-Base Hits

Texas Rangers first baseman Todd Frazier had himself a game on Wednesday in a 7-4 comeback win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Frazier finished the evening 3-for-4 with two doubles, one home run, and one RBI. According to the broadcast, it was the first time in Frazier's career that he had three extra-base hits in one […]

Jose Leclerc Held Out Wednesday With Shoulder Tightness

Texas Rangers closer Jose Leclerc did not enter Wednesday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks due to tightness in his right shoulder. Instead, Nick Goody entered the game and converted the save situation. The Rangers seem to believe that it is not a long-term concern for Leclerc, but if he has to miss more time, Goody […]