Biggest Brl/BBE% Gainers - Statcast Review for Fantasy Baseball Hitters

Often when it comes to fantasy baseball, we get overloaded with statistics and it becomes hard to sort out what's useful from what's misleading. Many experts can write pages about why they swear by certain stats as being the most predictive for future success or accurate in reflecting who had a good season. While the... Read More

How Will the MLB Lockout Impact Top AL East Prospects?

As every baseball fan knows, the sport has been mired in a lockout this offseason. While we don't need to get into all the specifics here, I highly recommend following Evan Drellich for easy-to-digest information on the lockout and also reading this interesting tidbit on the tax laws and their implications for the owners. As... Read More

Could Cowboys Move On From Amari Cooper?

When discussing the future of his team, Dallas Cowboys COO Stephen Jones (son of Jerry Jones) suggested that the team is continuing to have conversation about what to do with wide receiver Amari Cooper's contract. The veteran is owed $20 million in 2022, a number that is fully guaranteed if he remains on the team... Read More

Justyn Ross Medically Cleared For Football

Clemson wide receiver Justyn Ross (foot) announced at the NFL scouting combine on Wednesday that he is medically cleared for football activities. While Ross will only do the bench press at the combine -- and be put through individual medical evaluations -- this is a big step for one of the draft's most intriguing prospects.... Read More

Giants Cut Tight End Kyle Rudolph

The New York Giants cut veteran tight end Kyle Rudolph on Wednesday, ending his one-year stint with the team. The move clears $5.2 million in salary cap space for a team that has one of the smallest available pools of cap money in the league. While Rudolph only had 257 yards and one touchdown for... Read More

Kliff Kingsbury, Steve Keim Reach Contract Extensions

Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury and general manager Steve Keim both signed contract extensions with the team on Wednesday and will be under contract through the 2027 season. Despite seemingly failing to meet expectations, the Cardinals have gotten better each year under Kingsbury, going from five wins in his first year to eight wins... Read More

Buying Back in on Alec Bohm

Let's start with a cliché because those are always fun. We've heard over and over again that "prospect growth is not linear." Well, there might not be a better example of that in the current MLB landscape than Bohm, who was drafted third overall in 2018 and quickly moved through the minor leagues, hitting .291... Read More

Outfielders to Fade - 2022 ADP Busts

We love finding value when it comes to fantasy drafts. We love it so much that we've made the term "sleeper" almost meaningless, throwing it around in all sorts of situations. We want to know who the next Cedric Mullins or Robbie Ray might be. But sometimes winning a league can actually come down to... Read More

Noteworthy Hitting Leaders (Chase Rates) - Statcast Review for Fantasy Baseball

As the MLB and MLBPA keep working towards ending the lockout and getting baseball back into our lives, we've been keeping the offseason content going by digging into some 2021 stats. While we all obviously want the lockout to end, this is a useful time to do your research and have a better understanding of... Read More

Noteworthy Hitting Leaders (Pull Rate) - Statcast Review for Fantasy Baseball

As the MLB and MLBPA keep working towards ending the lockout and getting baseball back into our lives, we've been keeping the offseason content going by digging into some 2021 stats. While we all obviously want the lockout to end, this is a useful time to do your research and have a better understanding of... Read More

Pitchers' and Catchers' Report: Volume 2 - Catcher's Corner Episode 23

Eric (@SamskiNYC) and Sami (@Believe_Sami) continue their preseason breakdown of pitchers and catchers being drafted in the same ADP range. They discuss if they'd take Willson Contreras over either Yasmani Grandal or Daulton Varsho and then break down the second tier of starting pitchers to explain why they love Shane Bieber, are back in on... Read More

Making the Case for Dylan Bundy

Earlier this week, I started writing an article about my favorite late-round starting pitchers for draft-and-hold formats and found myself digging into Dylan Bundy. I wasn't really expecting to find much that would make me want to draft him anywhere, but I was intrigued enough by the projection systems giving him consistent innings in Minnesota... Read More

Noteworthy Hitting Leaders (xSLG) - Statcast Review for Fantasy Baseball

There are stats for everything now. It's great, but it can also be overwhelming at times. Depending on where we look, we can tell ourselves all different types of narratives about a player. As a result, I've always been a proponent of identifying the stats that you find to be most useful/beneficial and focusing on... Read More

Exit Velocity Leaders - Statcast Review for Fantasy Baseball

As we wait for MLB and the MLB Player's Association to work through the lockout issues and move forward with the 2022 baseball season, we've been digging into a few players that stand out as good fantasy investments based on their 2021 Statcast numbers. As with evaluations of any metric, these should be taken as... Read More

Bears Hire Former Colts Defensive Coordinator Matt Eberflus as Head Coach

On Thursday, the Chicago Bears hired former Colts Defensive Coordinator Matt Eberflus to be their head coach. Eberflus took a Colts defense that was ranked 26th and 27th in total defense before he arrived and made them a top-10 unit. The Colts never featured tremendous pass rush rates and blitzed at one of the lowest... Read More

Jaguars May Not Hire Byron Leftwich After All

After earlier reports that Byron Leftwich was set to be the next head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, reports surfaced early on Wednesday that the negotiations were held up because Leftwich wanted Jacksonville to get rid of General Manager Trent Baalke to hire Adrian Wilson, who is Vice President of Pro Scouting for the Arizona... Read More

Dan Quinn Will Remain as Cowboys Defensive Coordinator

Dallas Cowboys Defensive Coordinator Dan Quinn has told teams that he will remain with the Cowboys next year and not pursue any more head coaching positions. Six teams had requested interviews with Quinn, but he decided to return in pursuit of a Super Bowl. The Dallas defense under Quinn this year finished as the number... Read More

Elijah Mitchell Doesn't Practice on Wednesday

San Francisco 49ers running back Elijah Mitchell (knee) didn't practice today. Joining him on the sideline was the team's left tackle Trent Williams, who suffered an ankle injury in Saturday's win. Now, it's obviously early in the week and we should expect these two to play in the biggest game of the year. However, fantasy... Read More

Mohamed Sanu Activated from Injured Reserve

The San Francisco 49ers have activated Mohamed Sanu from the injured reserve ahead of this weekend's NFC Championship game. However, this does not mean Sanu will slide right back into his old role. Jauan Jennings has come on for the 49ers over the last few weeks and has proven to be a solid chain-mover for... Read More

New Giants GM Plans to Build Offense Around Daniel Jones

In his introductory press conference today New York Giants General Manager Joe Schoen said the team would "build an offense to accentuate what Daniel does best." This is good news for fantasy managers who roster Jones in dynasty leagues and good news for Daniel Jones' fantasy value next season. Jones was actually solid in his... Read More

SNF NFL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - Chiefs vs Bills Showdown

Happy Sunday, RotoBallers! What an up and down first weekend of the NFL playoffs we had, with some fun games and a couple of utter blowouts. However, we have a great game to close out the Divisional Round on Sunday night as the Bills (11-6) head to Kansas City to take on a Chiefs team... Read More

Emmanuel Sanders Remains Healthy Following Wild-Card Weekend

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (knee) made his return from injury for the Bills' playoff game against New England and caught two passes for 36 yards and a touchdown. He come out of that game healthy and was able to practice in full all week, meaning he will remain active against a Chiefs team... Read More

Travis Kelce Could Be In For Tough Matchup Versus Bills

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce draws a difficult matchup on Sunday against the Bills. In particular, Bills linebacker Matt Milano, who the team usually uses to cover opposing tight ends, has given up the fewest yards per target in the NFL (min. 150 targets) since 2017. Milano also leads the NFL in coverage... Read More

Packers Could Have Fully Healthy Offensive Line For Playoffs

Green Bay Packers right tackle Bully Turner (knee) returned to practice on Wednesday for the first time in a month. This is just a week after the Packers welcomed back starting left tackle David Bakhtiari, meaning that the Packers could have their starting offensive line fully healthy for the first time in over half the... Read More

Leonard Fournette Returns To Practice Wednesday

Tampa Bay Bucs running back Leonard Fournette (hamstring) was designated to return from Injured Reserve and returned to practice on Wednesday. This was always the expectation, but it's nice to see the plans fall into place. Fournette should be officially activated from IR before Sunday's wild-card game against the Philadelphia Eagles and return to his... Read More

Micah Parsons, Tyron Smith Activated From COVID-19 List

Dallas Cowboys star linebacker Micah Parsons and left tackle Tyron Smith were both activated off of the COVID list on Wednesday, making it seem likely both will be able to suit up for the first round of the playoffs against the 49ers. Given how run-heavy the 49ers are and how dynamic their playmakers are in... Read More

Biggest Brl/BBE% Fallers - Hitters

Welcome to part two of my pre-season series on 2021 barrel rate risers and fallers. In the first part, I looked at the players who showed the biggest barrel rate improvement in 2021 and broke down whether or not we should believe that success will carry over into 2022. In this article, I'll look at... Read More

Week 18 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

For many of you, the fantasy football season is over. I know the last few weeks made it particularly difficult, but I hope it ended on a high note for you. At the end of the day, we all started playing this game because it was fun, so even though the season can be tilting... Read More

Eagles Non-Committal On Whether Jalen Hurts Will Play

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni has said that he still hasn't decided if he will play his starters on Saturday against the Dallas Cowboys, including quarterback Jalen Hurts. The Eagles have clinched a playoff spot and are currently the seventh seed but could only move to the sixth seed with a win and some... Read More

Giovani Bernard Back At Practice And Hoping To Return Sunday

Tampa Bay Bucs running back Giovani Bernard (knee) was working with training staff at practice on Thursday but head coach Bruce Arians said the team was hopeful they might get him back as soon as Sunday. With Leonard Fournette on the IR and Ronald Jones (ankle) not practicing, Bernard could return to a situation where... Read More