Week 4 means somehow a quarter of the football season is about to be in the books, even though it feels like we just started yesterday. Every NFL slate shakes up the Etch-A-Sketch, rewriting team trajectories and our fantasy futures with them. At the end of the day, though, some things do stay the same […]

Freaky Friday can only mean one thing ... RotoBaller's Week 3 Rankings: Clash Of The Titans! You want to be the best? You have to beat the best, so all season I'll be putting my work up against our resident living legend, Nick Mariano. Last week, I took down the round, pushing James Cook against […]

Whether it's Week 3 or Week 10, the fantasy football season can pass you in a blink once it hits full swing. Every NFL slate rewrites team trajectories, and weeks feel like an eternity at times. At the end of the day, some things stay the same -- regardless of format or flavor, touches, targets, […]

Welcome back to our Week 2 RotoBallers' Rankings Clash Of The Titans! They say if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best — so here goes nothing. Last week, Nick and I battled to a tie thanks to Ricky Pearsall, though I'm granting him an undisputed win for the epic […]

Football season is here! With that out of my system, we can't very well calculate changes in snap share without prior data for comparison -- but that won't stop me from grinding what fantasy usage we've seen. Regardless of format or flavor, touches, targets, and opportunities rule the day. Talent be darned, opportunities have always […]

Just like that, football season's upon us. Seriously, how did that happen so fast? Regardless of the answer, it's high time we get down to business. Drafting's great and all, but the dirty little secret is most players wind up hurt or dropped — and it's our in-season decision-making abilities that truly drive success. Couldn't […]

You can feel the electricity of fantasy draft season in the air... It's awesome. Months of preparation boil down to a small handful of drafts you really care about, and it's my job to get your running back plan in perfect working order. Especially in wild home league drafts where you need to expect the […]

At this point in draft season, most of us seasoned fantasy degenerates already have our top-150 memorized with no need for a laptop. Sure, the order's a little different every time, but all in all, the top dozen rounds or so contain all the same names. That said, once starters are all rostered, all ADP-related […]

Another football season on the horizon means plenty of well-defined fantasy lines drawn in the sand between spreadsheet quants, tape bros, and ball-knowers alike. Sure, a short list of the most elite players in the game draws consensus, but fantasy football's won on the margins. Anyone can auto-draft a fantasy squad through a half dozen […]

With just mere days until the NFL kickoff, there's no turning back now. Welcome back for the fifth installation of my RotoBaller breakout series -- it's been such a blast, and I'm shaping my personal plan while we're at it. By now, we've all but solved this puzzle, now sitting on the verge of fantasy […]

Welcome back for this next installation of my RotoBaller breakout series — it's been a blast, and I'm learning a bunch while we're at it. By now, we're three workshop visits deep and on the verge of fantasy glory—no stopping what cannot be stopped. In case you've missed it, we're spending August at the Build-A-Breakout […]

To Hero RB or not to Hero RB (and when), that is the question in fantasy football... Allow me to come clean before we kick things off. For years, I didn't put much (if any) thought into altering strategies based on scoring format. Instead of performing any necessary due diligence, I took the easy way […]

Appreciate all your positive feedback on this breakout series; the readers here rock. Please keep feeling free to message me on social media with thoughts or questions -- I love hearing back from all of you. Electricity's in the air -- we're just a couple of weeks away from NFL football that counts, and the […]

Every new fantasy football season means a thousand proposed ways to skin the cat without scratching its backside. We've all heard the time-tested adages before -- "Draft your guys," "Just pick good players on good teams," and my personal favorite, "ADP is comprised mostly by losers." While these macro strategies will generally set you on […]

Welcome to my quarterback fantasy football breakouts article, looking at undervalued QBs to target in 2025 fantasy drafts. With the summer coming to an end, we have another football season on the horizon, which means plenty of well-defined fantasy lines in the sand between spreadsheet quants, tape bros, and ball-knowers alike. Sure, consensus may agree […]

The term league winner gets tossed around the fantasy streets pretty often these days, and despite probably being overused, that doesn't mean they don't exist. A lot of work has been done on the topic. The fact remains that not only will most draft picks return negative value, but only a small handful truly move […]

Drafting's the best part of the year, I get it. It's tremendous and absolutely a ton of fun, but let's be honest -- fantasy baseball's won with in-season management. When the head honchos here at RotoBaller asked me to take on the points leagues SP waiver wire duties, I was honored -- there may not […]

With Saint Patrick's Day firmly in the rearview mirror, we're officially rounding third and heading for home! After months of preparation spent digesting mountains of data, there are always some things bound to slip through the cracks. For me, that gap usually manifests as relievers — usage can be wonky, performance inconsistent, and roles always […]

Welcome back to my pitchers to target for Underdog best ball drafts. In case you missed it, you can see my Underdog hitters to target article as well. I took the liberty of running Underdog's custom scoring through my aggregated pitching projections to identify the best values when compared to the average draft position. Keep […]

Best Ball continues to earn more and more of the fantasy market share because it checks all the millennial boxes in this age of instant gratification. The lobbies fill fast, drafts happen even faster, and there's zero in-season management. That's right — no trades, adds, waivers, or FAAB. Even the scoring is done automatically by […]

Developing a solid draft plan is one thing, but it doesn't mean a thing without accounting for its execution. I've remained loud and clear on my stance entering the 2025 fantasy baseball season — league-wide scoring's trending downward despite the inception of a universal designated hitter. Securing everyday hitters that check all my boxes has […]

It's my second assignment at RotoBaller and still just as excited to be here with my people, covering my first fantasy love — points leagues. I can't even remember how long ago my high-stakes, head-to-head CBS home league started but it's safe to say the players we drafted in the first round have long since […]

A hearty hello and a hi-yo Silver to all my new friends out there in the RotoBaller universe. I'm so honored to be a part of your fantasy family, being on the other side of the computer screen as a fan and reader for years. The weather is getting warm and spring training games on […]