Sam Bradford (QB, StL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Short-term add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Let's throw out last week’s game against SF and look forward to this week’s matchup against the Jaguars.  Bradford's Week Five value rises exponentially on the strength of this layup of a matchup that should see him throw for several TDs and a few hundred yards.  The only caveat is... Read More

Alex Smith (QB, KC) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Smith continued his renaissance in Week Four with a 288-yard, three-TD game against the 0-4 Giants.  Week Five should represent a more challenging matchup against the Titans, who manhandled Jets' rookie QB Geno Smith last week and have the ninth-ranked defense in the NFL.  Smith is a conservative choice who supplements his passing game with... Read More

2013 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 5 Quarterbacks (QB)

In this space, we will highlight recommended fantasy football waiver wire pickups to consider as candidates for Week Five of the 2013 fantasy football season, and your fantasy football rosters.     2013 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 5 Quarterbacks    Alex Smith (QB, KC):  Smith continued his renaissance in Week Four with a 288-yard, three-TD game against... Read More

Andy Dalton (QB, CIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stash in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Dalton is looking like a more efficient version of his 2012 self.  He is still a mid-tier QB who makes for a good real football player but a fairly unexciting fantasy option.  Dalton has thrown for 282, 280 and 235 yards with five TD and three INT in three games.  He needs... Read More

Ryan Tannehill (QB, MIA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stash in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: If you had bet that the Dolphins would be 3-0 at this point in the season, you would be in the black.  One reason the Fish were able to takedown the Colts and Falcons is Tannehill’s 66.4% completion rate, which ranks among the best in the NFL, placing in the top... Read More

Geno Smith (QB, NYJ) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Continue Scouting ANALYSIS: Geno Smith is coming off an impressive fantasy performance in which he threw for 331 yards and added a rushing TD in a 27-20 win over a mediocre Buffalo Bills team.  Smith showed flashes throughout, including  scrambling in for a TD and later connecting for a long TD pass to Santonio Holmes in the fourth quarter... Read More

2013 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 4 Quarterbacks (QB)

In this space, we will highlight recommended fantasy football waiver wire pickups to consider as candidates for Week Four of the 2013 fantasy football season, and your fantasy football rosters.     2013 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 4 Quarterbacks    Geno Smith, QB, New York Jets Geno Smith is coming off an impressive fantasy performance in... Read More

Alex Smith (QB, KC) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Andy Reid favors the passing game and it looks like he is already rejuvenating Smith’s career.  Through two games, Smith has utilized a conservative passing approach that has him completing 42 out of 70 passes for an average yards per completion of 5.66.  He is going to be careful with the ball and... Read More

Philip Rivers (QB, SD) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE:  Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Rivers’s Week Two performances against the over-discussed Eagles more than made up for his subpar Week One game against the Texans.  Rivers eviscerated the Eagles D, going for 419 yards, three TDs and a 76.6% completion rate.  Upcoming games against Tennessee, Oakland, Dallas, Indianapolis and Jacksonville are not particularly... Read More

Matt Schaub (QB, HOU) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: In his first two games, Schaub has had 45 and 48 pass attempts, putting him second in the league in PA behind only Joe Flacco. Schaub benefits from a stud offense with Arian Foster, Andre Johnson and DeAndre Hopkins that will open up the field and score points.  The Texans put up 298 passing yards against the... Read More

Sam Bradford (QB, STL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE:  Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS; Bradford followed up his Week One 299-yard performance with an even better Week Two stat line. 352 yards, three TDs and 55 pass attempts. He has thrown the ball 93 times in two starts and the Rams are looking like a pass-happy offense. Bradford completed passes to 10... Read More

2013 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 3 Quarterbacks (QB)

In this space, we will highlight recommended fantasy football waiver wire pickups to consider as candidates for Week Three of the 2013 fantasy football season, and your fantasy football rosters.     Waiver Wire Pickups for Wide Receiver and Defense - 2013 Fantasy Football Week 3   Sam Bradford: Bradford followed up his Week One 299-yard performance with... Read More

Sam Bradford (QB, STL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Stash (All Leagues) ANALYSIS: Sam Bradford, former #1 pick, is finally looking like the player the Rams expected him to be when they drafted him. He put up 299 yards passing against a solid Cardinals' secondary, while leading the Rams to 14 points in the fourth quarter for a come-from-behind 27-24 win.  Bradford did... Read More

Terrelle Pryor (QB, OAK) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately (All Leagues) ANALYSIS: Raiders fans should be thanking the late Al Davis for believing in Smith’s ability to lead a team.  If he keeps up his performance, he may single-handedly take the Raiders out of the Jadeveon Clowney sweepstakes.  Pryor's value is in his running game-- 13 rushes for 112 yards, parallel to... Read More

Geno Smith (QB, NYJ) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Continue Scouting (Add in Deep Leagues) ANALYSIS: Smith is coming off an impressive debut in which he passed for 256 yards and rushed for an additional 47 yards on six scrambles.  Plenty of skeptics expected more than one INT in 38 pass attempts, but he did a decent job avoiding the mistakes that plagued... Read More

2013 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 2 Quarterbacks (QB)

In this space, we will highlight recommended fantasy football waiver wire pickups to consider as candidates for Week Two of the 2013 fantasy football season, and your fantasy football rosters.  If your weekly auctions have run, then these QBs might be hanging around the waiver wire as free agents. Let's win some leagues!   Waiver Wire Pickups... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three Up for Week 22

With twenty-one full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise heading into Week 22: 1) Evan Longoria (3B, TAM): We already knew he was a great player, but coming off an injury-riddled 2012, there was concern about how good Longoria... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three Up for Week 21

With twenty full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise early in Week 21.   Three Up for Week 21 1) Brandon Belt (1B, SFG): Belt's sudden pop makes him a very attractive pickup for UTIL or CI spots on... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Second Base (August Update)

The first four months of the 2013 fantasy baseball season are complete, and we've gotten a good look at which players are establishing themselves as contributors and which guys are struggling. Every month, RotoBaller  updates our original preseason rankings at every position.  Today, we’re going to look at second basemen, a position where we’ve seen some significant changes in... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three Up for Week Eighteen

With seventeen full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise heading into Week 18: 1) Jayson Werth (OF, WAS): Even at the time the Nats signed Werth to a 7-year $126M, deal the consensus was that Werth couldn't possibly play... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three Up for Week Seventeen

With sixteen full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise heading into Week 17: 1) Tim Lincecum (SP, SF): The resurgence of Timmy Lincecum is upon us. Fresh off a 148 pitch no-hitter, Lincecum has rebounded to look more and... Read More

Jhoulys Chacin (P, COL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Chacin sits at the midway point of the season with a 9-4 record, 3.50 ERA and 1.26 WHIP. He's been dominant in his last seven starts, going 6-1 while allowing more then two earned runs in just one of those starts, shaving a full point off of his ERA in... Read More

Kelly Johnson (2B/3B/OF, TAM) - Waiver Wire Analysis

BALLER MOVE: Continue Scouting ANALYSIS: Kelly Johnson is now owned in fewer than 50% of leagues despite a recent short streak that saw him put up 2 HR, 5 RBI and 5 R in his last six games played. However, outside of those couple of games, he's put up a lot of 0-fers. Given his... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three Up for Week Sixteen

With fifteen full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise heading into Week 16:     1) Kyle Seager (2B/3B, SEA): Up through mid-June, Seager played up to his draft position. Recently he’s taken off, playing himself into a higher... Read More

Leonys Martin (OF, TEX)

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Since May, Martin has become a stolen base leader, with 18 SB, good for top-10 in the AL, despite having 100 fewer AB than most. He has also displayed modest power with 5 HR and a 12.8 HR/FB rate, which projects out to solid double-digit homerun power over a full... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three up for Week Fifteen

With fourteen full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise heading into Week 15: 1) Eric Hosmer (1B, KC): Up until several weeks ago, Hosmer was a leading candidate for biggest bust of 2013. At the end of May, he... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three up for Week Thirteen

With twelve full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise midway through Week 13: 1) Jay Bruce (OF, CIN): It’s was only a matter of time before Bruce ended up in the Three Up list. He is a prolific power... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three up for Week Twelve

With eleven full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise heading into Week 12: 1) Max Scherzer (SP DET): It seems a bit odd to start praising a pitcher with a 10-0 record as a player on the rise, but... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Advice: Three up for Week Eleven

With ten full weeks of the 2013 season in the books, today RotoBaller casts a critical eye on three players who are on the rise heading into Week 11: 1) Howie Kendrick (2B, LAA): Kendrick’s been a draft-day teaser since 2007 when he had a .322 BA in 88 games. The thought was that he... Read More

Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Second Base (June Update)

The first two months of the 2013 fantasy baseball season are complete, and we've gotten a good look at which players are establishing themselves as contributors and which guys are struggling.  Every month, RotoBaller will update our original preseason rankings at every position.  Today, we're going to look at second basemen, a position where we've seen some significant changes in... Read More