MLB Daily Fantasy Baseball Patrol: Pitchers for FanDuel, DraftKings (5/28/16)

Another fun Saturday is on tap for you DFS lovers. It's a full slate with plenty of pitching, including Madison Bumgarner, Noah Syndergaard, and the 2016 debut of Yu Darvish. In this article, I’ll be providing you with the top starting pitcher streamers for daily fantasy baseball (DFS) and for seasonal leagues for 5/28/16. These […]

Yesterday's Studs and Duds: Fantasy Baseball Recap from 5/27/16

Every day, we will be taking a quick look at the best and worst fantasy baseball performers from yesterday's games. Friday reminded us how amazing (and frustrating) baseball can be, as a can't-miss prospect struggled, while an undrafted 29-year-old continued his resurgence. Here's a quick look at those who impressed, and those who want to […]

Top 5 Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week Nine

A wise fantasy baseball manager never rests. He is never satisfied with his team and is always on the hunt for the player that can help in both the present and future. For this article, we’ll focus on the present, as we present the top pitcher streamers who’ll be making two outings this week. We do this every week, […]

Colby Lewis (SP, TEX) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Leagues OWNED IN: 31% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: I know Colby Lewis was detonated for six ER in five IP vs the hapless Angles in his last start. Everyone deserves one mulligan right? Colby Lewis deserves to be given a second look even after his one bad start in 2016. […]

Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers from Week 8: Sal Perez, J-Mart, Mazara, and More

It's Week 8 of Risers and Fallers. The weather is warming up, and so are many hitters around baseball. Some of these guys won't remain on your league's waiver wire for long. There's a nice influx of youth around the game and some of the top prospects could soon get the call to the big […]

Week 8 Waiver Wire: First Base and Third Base

As the season progresses, it becomes simultaneously easier and harder to mine the waiver wire for production. It’s more difficult in the sense that top performers have mostly been plucked away already, but easier to find players whose early struggles have obscured recent success. The usual caveats about sample size and arbitrary endpoints aside, using […]

Bullpen Waiver Wire Pickups For Week Eight

While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we’ll highlight today include some elite setup men that have proven to be closer candidates to target off the waiver wire for Week 8 of the fantasy baseball season. The more likely a team is to win, the more likely a pitcher will be eligible […]

AL-Only Leagues: Deeper Waiver Wire Pickups For Week Eight

As May comes to an end, we are about to close the chapter on the first third of the season. No fantasy team is a lost cause at this point, but if your team is floundering, the time to pick up the pace and still have a reasonable shot at competitiveness is beginning to wane. […]

Yesterday's Studs and Duds: Fantasy Baseball Recap from 5/25/16

Every day, we will be taking a quick look at the best and worst fantasy baseball performers from yesterday's games. There were several high-scoring games and a couple of pitchers' duels. Here's a quick look at those who impressed on Wednesday, and those who want to pretend the day never happened. Editor’s Note: To read […]

Jake Lamb (3B, ARI) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Deep Mixed Leagues, NL-Only Leagues OWNED IN: 22% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Jake Lamb might be the most under-appreciated player in fantasy baseball right now. He’s hitting a robust .272/.353/.517 with six homers, two steals, and 44 R+RBI. Those numbers have been enough to put him in the top 10 third basemen in the Yahoo […]

MLB Ready Prospects: Top 30 Fantasy Rankings for Impact Rookies (Week 8)

Colin Moran was finally promoted in an effort to actually provide some positive production out of the third base position. He is by no means a must-own prospect and could actually himself be replaced by Alex Bregman who is absolutely tearing up Double-A right now. But based on his track record, Moran could provide fantasy […]

Week 8 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

What’s up RotoBallers. As always, we are here to help with pitcher matchups every week of the season and help win some leagues. Below are all of the projected starting pitching matchups for Week 8, including our recommendation on whether to start or sit them for your fantasy baseball teams. Next to each matchup below, we also have […]

Yesterday's Studs and Duds: Fantasy Baseball Recap from 5/23/16

Monday night was an interesting collection of games, but the Pirates started at noon and we had a consistent flow of action until past midnight on the east coast. Can't argue about that. Oh, and Miguel Cabrera is still really, really good. Here's a quick rundown of those who impressed on Monday, and those who […]

Checking In: Top MLB Prospects from Week 7 & Their Fantasy Baseball Outlooks

Another week… another batch of prospects. We all love our prospect fix, and I’m just glad to give you more of it. If you want any prospects covered in the future, reach out to me @gindy101 and I’d be glad to discuss them in future weeks. What you have here below is a review of […]

Overrated/Underrated Week 8: Sell Shields, Buy Hendricks

Week 1 (OF/SP) | Week 2 (OF/SP) | Week 3 (SS) | Week 4 (1B) | Week 5 | Week 6 (SP) | Week 7 (2B) * * * Comin' atcha hot: this week's daily dose of player ownership discrepancies and misvaluations. Depending on the depth and settings of your league, there's a chance you […]

MLB Starting Pitcher Depth Charts for Fantasy Baseball: Week 8

To see our tiered staff rankings for starting pitchers, head over to our fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. You can easily filter and export all sorts of rankings and tiers - mixed leagues, points leagues, top prospects, and more! Starting pitchers get you 40% of the key stats in 5x5 leagues, and are sometimes even more important in H2H and points […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/24/16): MLB DFS Advice

We've got a monster schedule for Tuesday with 14 night games. FanDuel is offering an All Day slate as well, but for the purpose of this article, I'm going to focus on the main slate. This slate features a heavy dose of games with projected run totals of 8.5 or more. As for the heaviest […]

Yesterday's Studs and Duds: Fantasy Baseball Recap from 5/22/16

There were some rainy games on Sunday, but all but one game in Pittsburgh finished without issue. There were some dominant pitching performances alongside some impressive hitting numbers. All in all, it was a great Sunday of baseball, and we're left wondering if David Ortiz is playing the best baseball of his life. Here's a […]

Top Hitter Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 8

Whether it’s because of an injury or poor performance, there are always opportunities to stream players off the waiver wire. The best players to stream are those who are under-owned and face appealing match-ups for the upcoming week. Here are five players who are readily available in Fleaflicker leagues and have attractive match-ups during the […]

Top 5 Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Week Eight

A wise fantasy baseball manager never rests. He is never satisfied with his team and is always on the hunt for the player that can help in both the present and future. For this article, we’ll focus on the present, as we present the top pitcher streamers who’ll be making two outings this week. We do this every week, […]

The Cut List (Week 8): Players To Consider Cutting Bait On

The Cut List curse continues, as some more players are heating up just after I write about them here. I'm looking at you Adam Wainwright. Anyway, June is fast approaching. Some of those highly touted prospects could be up soon and that means it's time to trim the fat on your rosters to make room. […]

FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/23/16): MLB DFS Advice

Welcome to another fun week of FanDuel. There are twelve games on the slate but not all are available on FanDuel. If you want action on Game 1 of the Indians-White Sox doubleheader, you need to pick the Early Only games (four games total) while Game 2 is included in the Main Slate (10 games total). […]

Sam Dyson (TEX, RP) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 58% of Fleaflicker Leagues ANALYSIS: The Shawn Tolleson saga is finally over for now. He went out in grand fashion as Khris Davis crushed a grand slam to effectively end Tolleson's reign as the Rangers' closer. Sam Dyson has racked up two saves since taking over the […]

MLB Podcast on RotoBaller Radio: The Fantasy Fern Man Discusses Park Factors, Saves & Steals

RotoBaller is very excited about the start of year two on very own radio station. You can now find new weekly shows on BlogTalkRadio live or on demand, and on iTunes under podcasts. Also stay tuned for more shows being added as the season goes on. Every week, RotoBaller Radio host John "The Fern Man" Dietter will be […]

2016 Average Exit Velocity Leaders, Hard-Hit Leaders From the Last Month and More!

Welcome to this little discussion on batters who are smoking the ball. I wrote a similar column a few weeks ago, and thought it would be fun to make this a regular column throughout the season. When analyzing hitters, we love seeing that they’re making solid contact and really putting a charge into the ball. […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (5/22/16): MLB DFS Advice

More rain is once again in the forecast for parts of the country today, but there will still be plenty of MLB action to take in. As always, just be sure to check your final lineup to confirm there haven't been any game postponements. Several players head into today on some hot streaks, and while […]

MLB Hitter Cheat Sheet (5/21/16): Daily Fantasy Baeball Value Picks

Welcome to the weekend, RotoBallers. While I enjoy celebrating my fifth anniversary with my lovely wife today, you all will be enjoying a full slate of Saturday baseball. You will also be raking in the dough on DFS, assuming you read this article of course. Since I want everyone to celebrate with me on this […]

Bullpen Waiver Wire Pickups For Week Seven

While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we’ll highlight today include some elite setup men that have proven to be closer candidates to target off the waiver wire for Week 7 of the fantasy baseball season. The more likely a team is to win, the more likely a pitcher will be eligible […]

Sam Dyson (RP, TEX) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues OWNED IN: 24% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Sam Dyson was the closer for the Rangers last season in the playoffs after Shawn Tolleson had a string of bad outings. After being reinserted into the closing role this season Tolleson is again struggling and on Tuesday he gave up a walk-off grand […]

MLB Daily Fantasy Baseball Patrol: Pitchers for FanDuel, DraftKings (5/18/16)

Welcome to another wild Wednesday of DFS! In this article, I’ll be providing you with the top starting pitcher streamers for daily fantasy baseball (DFS) and for seasonal leagues for 5/18/16. These streamers will range from high-priced / high-ownership options to low-priced / low-ownership options, and will be sleepers and value picks for your cash […]