DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/23/17): MLB DFS Advice

This Sunday has a full slate of games, so it's time to build some lineups. With several different contests being offered on DraftKings, you'll have lots of different lineup options. For our purposes, the following picks have been made for contests running all day.  In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 24

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of streaming and waiver wire advice. This is your one stop guide to address lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, April 24th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and […]

2017 Prospects: Top 30 Impact Rookies for Fantasy Leagues (Week 3)

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. Talk about some big news on just a normal Tuesday, Starling Marte […]

Two-Start Pitcher Streamers (Week 4): Head-to-Head Leagues

As a new week is upon us, it's time to get rid of that bench bat or middle reliever you have hanging around. Instead, maximize your roster slots with some pitchers who have two starts this week and are probably still available in your league. Here are the top two-start pitchers to stream for Week […]

Hitter Steamers (Week 4): Head-to-Head Leagues

Welcome back, RotoBallers! As a reminder, in this piece we're looking for weekly streamers, which means players who are less than 50% owned in Yahoo! leagues and who have a good chance to play a full complement of games in the week. I usually stick to players who have seven games, but because I do […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/21/2017): MLB DFS Advice

Happy Friday, my dear friends and fellow daily fantasy sports aficionados. We have a completely full slate of action set to begin tonight at 7:05 EDT. All 30 teams will be in play and for one of the first times this season, they'll all be participating in the Main contest in FanDuel. That means more player […]

MLB Closers & Saves Report - Week 3

After a relatively quiet start to the season, bullpen-wise at least, this week brought a few important ninth inning changes. Some might be temporary, some might be more permanent, but all will be critical to fantasy players over the next few weeks. Let's take a look at what happened in the bullpens around Major League […]

Week 4 Head-to-Head Category Pickups

Playing in weekly head-to-head category leagues requires a different strategy than other formats. Depending on your league size, you can tip the balance of your lineup week after week by making shrewd pickups off the waiver wire. In some leagues, a difference of one or two, say, steals can win the category for the week. […]

Power Risers and Fallers: Week Three

Welcome back to this investigative piece where we examine players who have seen some notable changes in their power profiles -- for better or for worse -- in 2017. As usual, you don’t need me to tell you that Miguel Sano or Aaron Judge are strong or that Jarrod Dyson and Billy Hamilton are toward […]

Yahoo MLB DFS Advice (4/20/17): Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks

Happy  Thursday morning, early afternoon, or whenever you happen to be reading this. In any case there are four afternoon games and seven evening games. That's a total of 11 games on the slate and I'm going to focus on the evening games that are connected to the large prize pools.  Yahoo has some great value […]

Week 3 Waiver Wire: Catchers

This past weekend, people celebrated a miracle. We're speaking of Austin Hedges actually getting some hits, including two homers. Easter was pretty cool, too. The San Diego catcher's bat came alive and possibly saved his starting job... for now. If you think that we're going to be suggesting that you pick up Hedges on the […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/20/2017): MLB DFS Advice

With several afternoon games, there is a smaller main slate for Thursday night. There is still a nice offering of elite options at pitcher, highlighted by Noah Syndergaard, Danny Duffy, Stephen Strasburg, and James Paxton. Fanduel pricing has tightened since Opening Day, so if you want to fit any of them into your lineup, it'll […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 20th

Happy tax day and welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. This is your one stop guide to plug lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Thursday, April 20th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/19/17): MLB DFS Advice

We have 15 games on the slate today, which means every team is in action. I'll be covering picks from the early and main slate, just to hit on all the points. Some top aces on the mound today, so if you are going to try and fit them in, you will need some savings […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/18/17): MLB DFS Advice

Tuesdays and Fridays during the MLB season are beautiful. Well, there going to be, and here's why. We get to spend them together, making lineups, pocketing some cash and hopefully each and every one of us ends up cashing one of those big, goofy, Happy Gilmore-like checks. Before I get into player stacks and individual […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 19

Happy tax day and welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. This is your one stop guide to plug lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Wednesday, April 19th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/18/17): MLB DFS Advice

We have a huge 15 game slate tonight. DraftKings also has the massive $444 Home Run, which features $700,000 in prizes, including $100,000 to first. It's one of the biggest tournaments of the year, and it's always a fun sweat if you're in it.  In this article, I will be providing you with my daily […]

Matt Bush (RP, TEX) - Fantasy Baseball's Next Elite Closer?

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 37% of Yahoo Leagues ANALYSIS: After getting torched repeatedly to start the season, and blowing multiple games, the Rangers have finally done something about it by placing Sam Dyson on the disabled list. This is the best possible situation for most folks involved. Dyson can have time to work out his […]

Week 3 Waiver Wire Watch List

Welcome to Week 3 of The Watch List. We introduced this piece last week, but here’s a friendly reminder for those who forgot. Each week we’ll be updating this list full of players who you aren’t quite ready to be pick up, but who need to be on your radar. We’ll look at eight players […]

Week 3 Waiver Wire - First Base (1B) and Third Base (3B)

As we get into the thick of things this April, the injuries are starting to pile up. Fortunately, some of the lesser-owned players are starting to heat up and show that fantasy value can always be found if you look hard enough. The corner infield positions traditionally offer power with the potential for high averages, […]

Week 3 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

What's up RotoBallers? We are back with our weekly starting pitcher matchup recommendations. Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 3, and our recommendation on whether you should start or sit the pitcher. If you've got any questions about which pitchers can capitalize on a juicy matchup and which ones might be worth putting […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 18

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. This is your one stop guide to plug lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, April 18th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/17/17): MLB DFS Advice

Even with a shorter slate this Monday, there are plenty of intriguing games to watch, including an 11:05 AM eastern time start in Boston. With several different contests being offered on DraftKings, you'll have lots of different lineup options. For our purposes, the following picks have been made for contests running all day.  In this article, […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for April 17

Welcome back to Streaming Wars, your daily source of waiver wire and streaming advice. Use this column to plug lineup holes, stream pitchers, or target categories of need. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, April 17th. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball draft tools and resources: […]

K-Rate Risers and Fallers for Week 2: Buy or Sell?

We’re constantly trying to come up with new features that will help you dominate your fantasy leagues. Last year we built a tool that identifies the biggest trends in a pitcher's strikeout rate over the last thirty days.  The tool is for Premium subscribers only, and can be found here. With our sample size being so small this early in […]

Week 3 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. We’re looking at a […]

MLB Closers Report - Week 3

It's been a wild start to the season, with bees, cats, and squirrels all already playing a part in Major League games. But what about that other strange animal that plays a much bigger part in baseball and especially in fantasy? I'm talking about closers. It's been a wild first few games for them too. […]

DraftKings Lineup Picks & Sleepers (4/15/17): MLB DFS Advice

Who's ready to get rowdy? Welcome to Saturday DFS, RotoBallers. Today we have a full plate of baseball, split between a 10-game Early Slate and a five-game Main Slate. Mother Nature looks to be fairly cooperative, with only the CWS-MIN game in Minneapolis looking like a serious storm risk for the second consecutive day. There […]

Hitter Streamers (Week 3): Head-to-Head Leagues

Welcome back, RotoBallers! The streamers are off to a good start thus far, and the week three options are looking even better. As a reminder, in this piece we're looking for weekly streamers, which means players who are less than 50% owned in Yahoo! leagues and who have a good chance to play a full […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (4/15/17): MLB DFS Advice

Who's ready to get rowdy? Welcome to Saturday DFS, RotoBallers. Today we have a full plate of baseball, split between a 10-game Early Slate and a five-game Main Slate. Mother Nature looks to be fairly cooperative, with only the CWS-MIN game in Minneapolis looking like a serious storm risk for the second consecutive day. There […]