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Starts & Sits for MLB Week 19 - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball
Welcome back RotoBallers! Big week in fantasy leagues as we approach the end of the season and playoffs! As always, we are here with our starting pitcher starts and sits series to help you set those winning lineups for the week ahead! For those who are not familiar, RotoBaller puts out a weekly grid of... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/17/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 8/17/2022 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Nine games on the night slate, and a pretty decent afternoon slate as well. We will just stick to these night games for this analysis, but follow me on Twitter for some afternoon slate thoughts!... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/15/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 8/15/2022 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. A bigger than usual Monday slate - lots to talk about, so let's talk about it! Top Hitters for 8/15/22 Aaron Judge ($6,500 DK) vs. Ryan Yarbrough It feels like we should only be paying... Read More
Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 19
Welcome back! It's Week 19 of our fantasy baseball Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups series! We went through a tough stretch there where there was really nobody on waivers inspiring any confidence. We are really seeing this week how soft the ownership levels have gotten as the season gets closer to its end. Plenty of... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 19
What's up what's up! It's Jon Anderson filling in this week to recommend some two-start streaming options for Week 19 of the fantasy baseball season. Week 19!? Holy cow, the season is flying by. This weekly fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups column aims to identify starting pitchers expected to make two starts in the upcoming... Read More
Starts & Sits for MLB Week 18 - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball
Welcome back RotoBallers! We are just a few days in after the All Star break, and we'll have a loaded week of games coming up. As always, we are here with our starting pitcher starts and sits series to help you set those winning lineups for the week ahead! For those who are not familiar,... Read More
Breakout Hitters for Fantasy Baseball - MLB Batters Rising for Week 18
Welcome back to another edition of my "Breakout Hitters To Watch" series. What we're doing here is taking a good, close look at the hitting data each week to see which hitters are standing out the most. At times this year, I have gone away from the "breakout" term to just highlight hitters that have... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/12/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 8/12/2022 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Another huge Friday slate on the board! It looks like a bit of a tougher one as well with no pitching plays immediately sticking out - so let's dive into it. I've been running... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/10/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 8/10/2022 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We have plenty of action on the night slate tonight, so we'll just stick to that main slate of games for our analysis here. Let's talk about this Wednesday group of baseball games! Top... Read More
Fantasy Baseball Stat Outliers for Week 18 - Course Corrections Coming?
Welcome back to RotoBaller! I'm Jon Anderson, and today we are back for another edition of the OUTLIERS series. Every week (or so), we will be looking into the season-long and recent data to identify outlier data points. We will then dive into the numbers and talk about why those numbers are outliers, and what... Read More
Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 18
Welcome back! It's Week 18 of our fantasy baseball Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups series! We went through a tough stretch there where there was really nobody on waivers inspiring any confidence. We are really seeing this week how soft the ownership levels have gotten as the season gets closer to its end. Plenty of... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/8/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 8/8/2022 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Short, boring slate on Monday - but that doesn't mean we can't hammer down a good lineup and make some cash! Top Hitters for 8/8/22 Aaron Judge ($6,400 DK) vs. Logan Gilbert Judge hasn't... Read More
Starts & Sits for MLB Week 17 - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball
Welcome back RotoBallers! We are inching closer and closer to playoff time, and these are critical weeks for fantasy players! As always, we are here with our starting pitcher starts and sits series to help you set those winning lineups for the week ahead! For those who are not familiar, RotoBaller puts out a weekly... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/6/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 8/6/2022 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Saturday slate, I'm JonPGH filling in here, let's check out this night slate! Top Hitters for 8/6/22 Ketel Marte ($4,700) vs. Antonio Senzatela The models are loving the snakes tonight against Senzatela. He has... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/5/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 8/5/2022 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. This is a gorgeous slate, I'm very excited for it. There are potential slight weather issues, so keep an eye on that as we approach the evening hours. Showers/tstorms will be haphazardly scattered across the... Read More
Breakout Hitters for Fantasy Baseball - MLB Batters Rising for Week 17
Welcome back to another edition of my "Breakout Hitters To Watch" series. What we're doing here is taking a good, close look at the hitting data each week to see which hitters are standing out the most. At times this year, I have gone away from the "breakout" term to just highlight hitters that have... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/3/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 8/3/2022 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We have a split slate today, and I'm going to cover both - but we're not going to explain the picks as much because of it. I'm mainly using my projection system, which has been... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/1/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 8/1/2022 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. It's August, which means we have two months left of full MLB DFS slates. The competition gets a little tougher as the casual player shifts their focus towards football season, but we can still print... Read More
Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 17
Welcome back to Week 17 of our fantasy baseball Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups series! We went through a tough stretch there where there was really nobody on waivers inspiring any confidence. As expected, ownership levels have loosened up as some fantasy managers tune out - and we have some opportunity here to bolster our... Read More
Starts & Sits for MLB Week 16 - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball
Welcome back RotoBallers! We are just a few days in after the All Star break, and we'll have a loaded week of games coming up. As always, we are here with our starting pitcher starts and sits series to help you set those winning lineups for the week ahead! For those who are not familiar,... Read More
Andrew Benintendi Traded to Yankees - Fantasy Baseball Impact
Big news broke on Wednesday night as it was reported that the Yankees are acquiring Andrew Benintendi from the Royals for a package of prospects. The speedy outfielder has been awesome for his fantasy managers this year, and this move has the potential to make a big impact on his production moving forward, so we... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 7/29/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 7/29/22 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. A big, beautiful Friday slate in late July, the best! Tons to talk about and get to, so let's start it up. Top Hitters for 7/29/22 Dodgers vs. Chad Kuhl 1.91 DraftKings points have... Read More
Breakout Hitters for Fantasy Baseball - MLB Batters Rising for Week 16
Welcome back RotoBallers from the All-Star break, and to another edition of my "Breakout Hitters To Watch" series. What we're doing here is taking a good, close look at the hitting data each week to see which hitters are standing out the most. We'll get back to basics this week after going a little bit... Read More
Hitters To Have A Big Second Half? Strikeout Rate Improvements for Fantasy Baseball
One good way to find hitters to help your fantasy team during the stretch run is to see which hitters have been striking out less as the year has gone by. The strikeout rate is far from the only thing to consider with a hitter, and it's probably not even the most important statistic -... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 7/27/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 7/27/22 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We have a seven-game slate starting at 2:00 and then a five-game slate at 6:40 (Eastern). I'm going to mainly focus on the 2:00 slate, but the FanDuel lineup is the all-day slate, because their... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 7/25/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 7/25/22 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We are BACK. It feels almost Opening Day-ish, and I'm excited to get back into the DraftKings lobby! Let's crush the slate! Top Hitters for 7/25/22 Brandon Lowe ($4,900 DK) vs. Austin Voth He... Read More
Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 16
The second half is fully underway, and the toughest weeks are ahead. Some pitchers are improving, and some rookies are showing that they can stick - so we have some opportunity to bolster our rotations here in late July. As we have been all season, we'll be looking for starting pitchers with strong K-BB ratios,... Read More
Starts & Sits for MLB Week 15 - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball
We are back from the All-Star break, continuing the starting pitcher starts and sits series! It's sure to be a wild second half. We've had some trouble finding cheap pitching options lately, and we've seen a lot of the fringe guys get drilled on the mound. We hope this chart helps you navigate the tough... Read More
Another Fantasy Baseball Podcast: #17 - Projections & DFS Talk with @DerekCarty
@DerekCarty joins the show to talk about The Bat projections, how they work, what all goes into it, and how to use them! Jon and Derek also talk some general MLB DFS strategy and more! Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel SiriusXM 87) - every weekday morning between 6-7 AM ET,... Read More
Breakout Hitters for Fantasy Baseball - MLB Batters Rising In The Second Half
Welcome back RotoBallers from the All-Star break, and to another edition of my "Breakout Hitters To Watch" series. What we're doing here is taking a good, close look at the hitting data each week to see which hitters are standing out the most. I want to do something different for this edition, we're going to... Read More
