League Winners: Players To Stash For the Stretch Run - 2024 Fantasy Basketball

The All-Star Break is upon us and while it's nice to have some time off from setting lineups, making DFS lineups, and placing bets. It's also a nice time to look ahead and what moves you can make to put your team in the best position possible to win a fantasy basketball title. Remember, the […]

Later-Round Pitcher Values for WHIP - Fantasy Baseball Draft Targets (2024)

When drafting pitchers, we usually prioritize strikeouts, ERA, wins, and saves before the fifth category in standard 5x5 leagues - WHIP. Plenty of very effective pitchers in Major League Baseball manage run prevention with elite control, great groundball rates, or the ability to induce soft contact. I have always held that WHIP was an underrated […]

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds and Weekly Planner: Week 17 (2/12-2/25)

Welcome to the mega-week that is Week 17 as most leagues lump together the half-week of NBA games before and after the NBA All-Star break together. The key to winning fantasy basketball leagues is NOT about how you draft, but what you do afterward with waiver additions and trades. And while you might make a […]

Thunder Dan's NFL Prop Bets for Super Bowl LVIII: Expert Player Props Picks

The Super Bowl is rapidly approaching and there's simply no sports event that invites more gambling than this one. While I will have bets on the outcome of the game, most of my action will be on player props and there's certainly no shortage of props and bets available for this highly anticipated rematch of […]

Super Bowl NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Expert Picks and Lineups (Premium Content)

For the Super Bowl, I am going to break down this game as much as I can with some angles that we can attack for single-game DFS contests on both FanDuel and DraftKings and I'll make sure to include a few different sample lineups (one safer for cash, one riskier for GPPs) for both sites […]

Correlations and DFS Stacks for Super Bowl LVIII

The Super Bowl is finally just days away. The rematch of two heavyweights should make for a fantastic game and I'm going to attempt to give you some ideas for how to build your single-game DFS lineups for the big game. I first attempted this type of research two years ago for the Bengals-Rams matchup. […]

Who's The Greatest? Top 10 MLB Starting Pitchers of All Time

I've spent the last four months writing exclusively about NFL football and NBA basketball. But I'm excited to get back to writing about my favorite sport and America's original pastime - baseball. When I sat down to start writing this article, I thought it would be pretty easy to come up with my top ten. […]

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds and Weekly Planner: Week 16 (2/5-2/11)

Week 16 is our last full week before the All-Star break. Most leagues take the games leading up to and following the break and lump them together into one big week for Week 17, and I will make sure to have you covered for that wild week, too, don't worry. Injuries continue to pile up […]

Free NBA Betting Picks and Best Bets (1/31/24)

With nine games in the Association tonight, there's no shortage of action for us to wager on. Nearly half of the games are projected blowouts with double-digit spreads, but that leaves another 4-5 games that are ripe for bets. One game I am not taking a side on just yet is the OKC-DEN game as […]

Expert NBA DFS Picks for DraftKings and FanDuel (1/31/24)

Happy Hump Day, RotoBallers, as Wednesday brings us nine NBA games and an eight-game DFS slate on both FanDuel and DraftKings (the late game between Portland and Milwaukee is not available on either site). It's day two of our brand new look for our free NBA DFS picks and I am hoping our new format […]

NBA DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks - Today's Top Lineups (1/30/24)

Welcome, RotoBallers, to a brand new look for today's free NBA DFS picks for FanDuel and DraftKings on January 30th! As our head NBA editor, I decided to redesign our daily article to give you, our readers, the most detailed and insightful first look at the day's NBA DFS slate. The key to being successful […]

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds and Weekly Planner: Week 15 (1/29-2/4)

As we turn the calendar over to the month of February this week, we inch closer to the actual NBA trade deadline and the deadline for deals in your fantasy league, too. While this article isn't about trades, I do want to remind you to constantly evaluate and re-evaluate your roster as we come down […]

NFL Conference Championships NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Expert Picks and Lineups (Premium Content)

  All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.  Premium NFL DFS Cheat Sheet - Conference Championship AFC Championship Kansas City @ Baltimore (44.5 O/U) This is the game with the significantly lower total, so a lot of folks will be stacking the NFC game instead. That's probably the right move, but […]

DFS Lineup Anchors: RBs and WRs for Conference Championships DFS Lineups

All other Premium Tools and Content can be accessed on the premium dashboard. This piece looks at the top running backs or wide receivers to build your cash or tournament lineups around. Most weeks, I will recommend two running backs and two wide receivers who you can use as building blocks, but occasionally a tight […]

Midseason MVPs of Fantasy Basketball: SGA, Anthony Davis, Derrick White, and Others

While we are not quite at the All-Star Break just yet, we have hit the actual middle of the NBA schedule as most teams have played at least half of their regular season games. That means, if anything, that we are beyond halfway through the Fantasy Basketball schedule as we are in Week 14 and […]

Free NBA Betting Picks and Best Bets (1/22/24)

After a thrilling weekend of NFL playoff games in the Divisional round, we have no football for an entire week and the NBA takes center stage in the sports world once again! It's Monday and we have a lovely eight-game slate on top. Unfortunately, we do have some major mismatches that carry double-digit spreads (three […]

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds and Weekly Planner: Week 14 (1/22-1/28)

Most teams will hit the halfway point of their schedule at some point this week! We are officially into the meat of the schedule with the NBA trade deadline approaching in only a few weeks, too. If you have been slacking off or paying too much attention to football, it's time to get your rosters […]

NFL Divisional Playoffs NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Expert Picks and Lineups (Premium Content)

  All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.  Premium NFL DFS Cheat Sheet - Divisional Round Playoffs We have reached the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, meaning just 8 teams remain and will battle it out for the remaining four spots left in the championship round. With only 4 games, […]

DFS Lineup Anchors: RBs and WRs for Divisional Playoff DFS Lineups

All other Premium Tools and Content can be accessed on the premium dashboard. This piece looks at the top running backs or wide receivers to build your cash or tournament lineups around. Most weeks, I will recommend two running backs and two wide receivers who you can use as building blocks, but occasionally a tight […]

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds and Weekly Planner: Week 13 (1/15 -1/21)

We kick off a huge week in the Association with the annual MLK slate - 11 games on a Monday! The NBA has long embraced MLK Day and has used it both to do community outreach and to promote its product. While I love the big Monday slate, it does create some inequity in the […]

Free NBA Betting Picks and Best Bets (1/15/24)

Happy MLK Day, RotoBallers, and I hope this finds you well, perhaps even with a day off from work. MLK Day has become a big day for NBA basketball traditionally and we have a full slate of games (11) with some early afternoon and late afternoon starts. If you weren't aware, I spend a lot […]

Wild Card Weekend NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Expert Picks and Lineups (Premium Content)

  All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Wild Card Weekend of the NFL Season! Each week, I'll be bringing you our famous NFL DFS Cheat Sheet with expert research and picks for cash games and GPPs. Here are a few notes about the sheet. We are officially now using […]

DFS Lineup Anchors: RBs and WRs for Wild Card Weekend DFS Lineups

All other Premium Tools and Content can be accessed on the premium dashboard. This piece looks at the top running backs or wide receivers to build your cash or tournament lineups around. Most weeks, I will recommend two running backs and two wide receivers who you can use as building blocks, but occasionally a tight […]

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds and Weekly Planner: Week 12 (1/8-1/14)

The injuries are piling up and therefore the waiver wire is getting thinner and thinner when it comes to finding players to add who can make an impact for your team. Does that mean you should just "churn and burn" players through streaming? Maybe, but some leagues have pretty tight restrictions on how many player […]

Week 18 NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Expert Picks and Lineups (Premium Content)

  All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Week 18 of the NFL Season! Each week, I'll be bringing you our famous NFL DFS Cheat Sheet with expert research and picks for cash games and GPPs. Here are a few notes about the sheet. We are officially now using […]

DFS Lineup Anchors: RBs and WRs for Week 18 DFS Lineups

All other Premium Tools and Content can be accessed on the premium dashboard. This piece looks at the top running backs or wide receivers to build your cash or tournament lineups around. Most weeks, I will recommend two running backs and two wide receivers who you can use as building blocks, but occasionally a tight […]

Fantasy Basketball Waiver Wire Adds and Weekly Planner: Week 11 (1/1-1/7)

Happy New Year to all of you and let's hope that 2024 will bring us even more NBA excitement. It's been a pretty fun first third of the season with some young players emerging as elite fantasy players, the in-season tournament, and what I thought was a really solid slate of Christmas Day games this […]

Las Vegas Raiders D/ST - Week 17 Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks

BALLER MOVE: Start in 12+ team leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: Top-12 D/ST ANALYSIS: The Las Vegas Raiders might be the hottest defense in the league right now. They've scored four defensive touchdowns in the last two weeks in wins over the Chargers and Chiefs. In those wins, the Raiders forced an incredible seven turnovers combined! A […]

Chig Okonkwo - Week 17 Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks

BALLER MOVE: Start in 12+ Team Leagues POSITIONAL VALUE: TE1 ANALYSIS: The Tennessee Titans have nothing but pride left to play for as they've been eliminated from the playoffs. But they can play the spoiler role this week if they were to upset their division rival Houston Texans on the road. The uber-talented and ultra-athletic […]

Brandon Aubrey - Week 17 Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks

BALLER MOVE: Start in All Formats POSITIONAL VALUE: Top-3 Kicker ANALYSIS: The Cowboys' rookie kicker continues to be perfect on the season, connecting on all 33 of his field goal attempts through the first 16 weeks. He's 42 for 45 on extra points, too. With the Cowboys having a pretty prolific offense this year, Aubrey […]