Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Relief Pitcher (RP)

The comedian Lewis Black has a fantastic bit about the dumbest thing he’s ever heard in his life. After relaying the thing in question, he cautions the audience, “Don’t think about that sentence for more than three minutes, or blood will shoot out your nose.” This is more or less how it felt trying to […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/18/17): MLB DFS Advice

The afternoon slate once again dominates this Thursday, but there's enough action in the main slate to put in a bunch of lineups and keep an eye on the box scores all day long. Offense should also be abundant with several games with a total of nine or higher and with no totals below eight. […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Starting Pitcher

The time for chalking things up to “just April shenanigans” has come and gone, and we here at RotoBaller felt that it was time for a rankings update with roughly 20 percent of the season in the books. Of course, now we’re closer to 25 percent but don’t worry -- we’ll always bring you the […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/18/17): MLB DFS Advice

This is a day that is broken up into two different slates. There are nearly an even amount of games early and late. This article will focus around players on both slates, and will hopefully allow you to create lineups for each of the slates. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily […]

Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (5/17/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

Happy Wednesday morning, or afternoon, or whenever you happen to be reading this. There are 15 games on the docket Monday with 11 of them happening in the evening. All 11 of the night games are connected to the GPP's so they're the ones that I'll be focusing on as a result. It's unfortunate that the Clayton Kershaw and Johnny Cueto matchup at AT&T Park is […]

Week 7 Waiver Wire - Starting Pitchers

Wow, we’re already past the middle of May. Time flies when you’re…confused. We're still bumbling through some early storylines and wondering what to make of folks like Jason Vargas, Andrew Triggs, A.J. Griffin, Ervin Santana, Mike Leake, etc. But for right now, all we can do is look at what else is available and pad […]

Contact Rate Risers and Fallers - Week 7

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We are now in the midst of the MLB season, so it's a good time to look at some key offensive trends. Among those trends we will follow each week is contact rate. A sudden increase or decrease in contact rate could signal the beginning of an extended hot or cold streak, leading […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Outfield (OF)

The comedian Lewis Black has a fantastic bit about the dumbest thing he’s ever heard in his life. After relaying the thing in question, he cautions the audience, “Don’t think about that sentence for more than three minutes, or blood will shoot out your nose.” This is more or less how it felt trying to […]

2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 7)

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. I was happy to have to do a little re-ordering of my […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 17

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop resource for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Wednesday, May 17th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: Fantasy baseball draft kit Fantasy baseball rankings Team Sync platform and […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/16/17): MLB DFS Advice

After yesterday's mess of pitching options, it's a relief to have some real studs on the mound on this 15 game Tuesday. Two games are taking place today in the late afternoon, so FanDuel has a few options for us today: Early Only (2 games), All Day (15) and Main (13), which begins at the […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Shortstop

The time for chalking things up to “just April shenanigans” has come and gone, and we here at RotoBaller felt that it was time for a rankings update with roughly 20 percent of the season in the books. Kyle Bishop and I felt that the world needed to know what we thought after a month-plus of […]

Waiver Wire Points Leagues - Week 7

The season is just flying by and as we're halfway through May, it's time to figure out where you stand. It's a little too early to be a seller or a buyer, but some of these waiver wire pickups are more than just fodder. These guys can give you the extra few points to put […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/16/17): MLB DFS Advice

We have a huge slate tonight, and DraftKings is featuring "Arcade Contests." They look interesting if you are looking for huge scoring nights. This article should be used for the normal games, though. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings on 5/16/17. The DFS lineup […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 16

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, May 16th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: Fantasy baseball draft kit Fantasy baseball rankings Team Sync platform […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Third Base (3B)

The comedian Lewis Black has a fantastic bit about the dumbest thing he’s ever heard in his life. After relaying the thing in question, he cautions the audience, “Don’t think about that sentence for more than three minutes, or blood will shoot out your nose.” This is more or less how it felt trying to […]

Week 7 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Your friendly neighborhood @Roto_Dubs is back with his weekly starting pitcher matchups. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 7, and will be updated as more starters are announced. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting on the pine against […]

Week 7 Cut List: Players on the Chopping Block

Welcome back to the Cut List. Each weekend from now until the end of the season, I’ll be offering my thoughts on players who don’t deserve to keep drawing a nonexistent salary on your fake baseball teams. A column like this can be a tricky thing so early in the year. While the sample sizes […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Second Base

The time for chalking things up to “just April shenanigans” has come and gone, and we here at RotoBaller felt that it was time for a rankings update with roughly 20 percent of the season in the books. Kyle Bishop and I felt that the world needed to know what we thought after a month-plus of […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (5/13/17): MLB DFS Advice

Welcome to the weekend RotoBallers. Today is another beautiful Saturday comprised of a full slate of baseball. DraftKings has these 15 games broken down into six early games starting at 1:05 ET and a nine game main slate starting at 7:05 ET. I myself will be on the links during the early games but will […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: First Base (1B)

The comedian Lewis Black has a fantastic bit about the dumbest thing he’s ever heard in his life. After relaying the thing in question, he cautions the audience, “Don’t think about that sentence for more than three minutes, or blood will shoot out your nose.” This is more or less how it felt trying to […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/13/17): MLB DFS Advice

Welcome to the weekend RotoBallers. Today is another beautiful Saturday comprised of a full slate of baseball. FanDuel has these 15 games broken down into six early games starting at 1:05 ET and a nine game main slate starting at 7:05 ET. I myself will be on the links during the early games but will […]

Updated May Rankings and Tiers: Catchers

The time for chalking things up to “just April shenanigans” has come and gone, and we here at RotoBaller felt that it was time for a rankings update with roughly 20 percent of the season in the books. This round features rankings from myself and my Reddit-famous brochacho Kyle Bishop, though it should be noted […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 12

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Friday, May 12th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: Fantasy baseball draft kit Fantasy baseball rankings Team Sync platform […]

Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (5/11/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

Happy Thursday morning, or afternoon, or whenever you happen to be reading this. There are 11 games on the docket Wednesday with two afternoon tilts and the rest happening in the evening. All nine of the evening games are connected to the GPP's so they're the ones that I'll be focusing on as a result. The start times range from 7:05 to 10:15 EST. […]

Digging Deeper: Week 6 AL Waiver Wire Targets

Welcome back to Digging Deeper! I'll be taking a look at some deeper AL waiver wire options for Week 6 of the fantasy baseball season. The pitching pool in the AL is weak. I mean it's so weak that I couldn't find any suitable options at or under 20% owned. So, for those of you in […]

Week 6 Waiver Wire: Catchers

The state of fantasy baseball catchers is pretty dismal. How bad is it? The catching leaders in both home runs and RBIs have half of what the Major League leaders have in those categories. It's not only that, it's that they are so SLOW in getting these numbers.  The rest of your lineup may be […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/11/17): MLB DFS Advice

Thursday has a nice main slate that features a few teams that make for good stackable options, with the Rangers, Rockies, and Twins standing out as teams I will have multiple players from. Nearly every starting pitcher on the slate has risk in one form or another, making this an interesting slate to play. With […]

Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (5/10/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

Happy Wednesday morning, or afternoon, or whenever you happen to be reading this. There are 14 games on the docket Wednesday with five afternoon tilts and the rest happening in the evening. All nine of the evening games are connected to the GPP's so they're the ones that I'll be focusing on as a result. The start times range from 7:05 to 10:10 EST. Yahoo […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for May 11

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to bolster your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Thursday, May 11th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: Fantasy baseball draft kit Fantasy baseball rankings Team Sync platform […]