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Dan Palyo

2256 articles

Dan Palyo is a fantasy sports analyst and editor at RotoBaller, a multi-award-winning fantasy sports media company. He has been playing fantasy sports for more than 25 years and has been writing about fantasy sports for the past eight years. Dan covers DFS, season-long fantasy, and sports betting content across MLB, NFL, and NBA. He has been with RotoBaller for over five years and has served in several roles, including co-editor of the MLB and NFL teams and head editor of NBA content. He also oversees the site’s DFS and betting coverage. An award-winning member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association (FSWA), Dan won the 2021 FSWA Basketball Writer of the Year Award. He was also nominated in 2024 for Best DFS Writer and Best Baseball Writer of the Year, and in 2025 for Best Research Article. Dan enjoys diving deep into analytics across multiple sports. In baseball, he specializes in breaking down starting pitcher arsenals and betting strikeout props. During the NFL season, he develops his own offensive matchup ratings and projected game outcomes. In basketball season, he focuses on waiver wire analysis and NBA player prop content. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) @ThunderDanDFS.

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Trey Yesavage - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Thunder Dan's MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today: Best Pitcher K Props (5/25/2026)

Happy Memorial Day, friends. Baseball, burgers, hot dogs, and maybe even some beers all go perfectly together as we kick off summer and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our great nation. The weather is finally set to warm up a bit here on the East Coast, and we get a bunch […]


Travis Bazzana - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 9 (May 25 - May 31)

Are some of your batters failing to live up to expectations? Don't go dropping guys like Corey Seager just yet, but marginal hitters can and should be dropped for more productive players who are constantly available on the waiver wire! Use those moves and spend that FAAB, you don't win any prizes at the end […]


Zebby Matthews - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups - icon rotoballer

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Pitchers On The Rise (Week 8)

That's right, it's time once again to break down some starting pitchers who are enjoying successful starts to the 2026 season. This week's trio of pitchers is an interesting one, as I'll delve into one highly-rostered veteran (Michael King) and a couple of younger arms who may be available on your waiver wire in J.T. […]


Jacob deGrom - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Thunder Dan's MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today: Best Pitcher K Props (5/22/2026)

The weather has cooled off here on the East Coast, and the weather just may favor the pitchers in a lot of these ballparks today. I'm Thunder Dan, and after going 7-1 on my picks in Wednesday's MLB bets article here at RotoBaller, I'm back with a massive K prop card for today's slate! I'll […]


Chris Sale - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

MLB Best Bets: Top Player Props & Novig Market Picks (Wednesday, 5/20/26)

I'm back with another full-slate breakdown of Wednesday's MLB games, May 20. As usual, I have a blend of game bets and player props, with my specialty being a focus on strikeout props for starting pitchers! If you're reading this, I'll assume you also bet on baseball regularly. Today's picks will all be using the […]


Zack Wheeler - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB News, DFS Picks, Betting

Projecting Rest of Season Top 10 Starting Pitchers in 2026 Fantasy Baseball

If you took a starting pitcher in the early rounds of drafts this spring, I hope it was Paul Skenes, Cristopher Sanchez, or Chris Sale. Managers who clicked Tarik Skubal, Logan Gilbert, or Logan Webb might be regretting those decisions. Personally, I have too much exposure to Eury Perez on my rosters and not enough […]


Carson Benge - Fantasy Baseball Rookies, Prospects, Sleepers, Breakouts

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 8 (May 18 - May 24)

Welcome back to my weekly fantasy baseball waiver wire column for hitters. I'm Thunder Dan, and I have the need to stream! Why hold marginal players week to week when we can hunt for the best matchups and find hitters emerging from the waiver wire? My weekly hitters, streamers, fantasy baseball waiver-wire pickups column will identify hitters with […]


Shane McClanahan - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News, Starting Pitchers

Thunder Dan's MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today: Best Pitcher K Props (5/18/2026)

Sometimes Mondays suck. Okay, let's be serious - most of the time, Mondays suck. But the weather here on the East Coast is going to be hot, giving us the first real glimpse of what summer has in store, and we have a lot more MLB action on the diamond than usual, as we have […]


Shota Imanaga - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB News

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Pitchers On The Rise (Week 7)

This week, I'd like to switch things up and focus on pitchers already on your rosters. Instead of deciding if you should pick up an emerging pitcher off the wire (we already have a lot of content that is geared towards that), I'd like to drill down on three starters who are pitching well ahead […]


Spencer Strider - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News

Thunder Dan's MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today: Best Pitcher K Props (5/15/2026)

Friday night baseball is right up there for me with some Friday night NBA hoops or Sunday afternoon NFL football. We almost always get every MLB team in action and a new slate of weekend series kicking off. There are some really fun matchups this weekend, as the MLB schedule makers have given us intrastate […]


Riley O'Brien - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Closers and Saves, MLB Bullpens

Projecting Rest of Season Top 10 Closers in 2026 Fantasy Baseball

Let's not sugarcoat it, the 2026 season has been a bloodbath for closers! Many of the players you thought would be racking up saves for your fantasy team are already injured or have been demoted due to poor performance. At the same time, the void left behind by those failed closers is being filled by […]


Jacob Misiorowski - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Prospects, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire

MLB Best Bets: Top Player Props & Novig Market Picks (Wednesday, 5/13/26)

It's another action-packed slate of MLB games on the docket today, with some great pitching matchups, a few elite spots for bats, and quite a few strikeout prop targets as well! I have a little bit of everything for you today! If you're reading this, I'll assume you also bet on baseball regularly. Today's picks […]


Spencer Steer - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 7 (May 11 - May 17)

It's a special Mother's Day edition of my weekly waiver wire bats, and a big shout-out to all the moms out there that keep the world (and baseball) going strong. MLB has a great Mother's Day tradition going with players honoring their moms, and I'd like to tell mine (if she ends up reading this) […]


Janson Junk - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Prospects Waiver Wire Pickups

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Pitchers On The Rise (Week 6)

It's yet another edition of starting pitcher breakouts or fake outs, and this week we will be looking closely at three pitchers who are widely available in most fantasy baseball leagues. We have a Logan Henderson sighting in Milwaukee, a Jack Kochanowicz turnaround in Los Angeles, and a Janson Junk transformation in Miami to explore! […]


Jesus Luzardo - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Top 101 Starting Pitchers

Thunder Dan Palyo's MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today: Best Pitcher K Props (5/8/2026)

Wow, what a loaded slate for strikeout props today! I have eight spots circled tonight, with a lot of big power arms in good spots and the exciting debut of one of the most prolific strikeout pitchers in the minor leagues this season. That doesn't even count Robbie Ray, who will be an auto-bet later […]


Bryan Woo - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

MLB Best Bets: Top Player Props & Novig Market Picks (Wednesday, 5/6/26)

Welcome back to another full-slate betting breakdown! Wednesdays bring us a nice combination of afternoon and evening action, and today's slate has no shortage of targetable games either. Last week, we hit on the majority of the bets in this piece, which is a blend of game bets and player props for today's MLB contests. […]


Cam Schlittler - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News

Thunder Dan Palyo's MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today: Best Pitcher K Props (5/4/2026)

After a 4-1 record on my K prop picks yesterday, I'm ready to run it back today on a magnificent Monday slate of MLB games. Or, I'm ready to be humbled again... but I'm going to remain aggressive with the strikeout-over props today, as we have some very talented pitchers in good spots. I'll offer […]


Brooks Lee - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Rankings, MLB DFS Picks

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 6 (May 4- May 10)

The first full week of May brings us a ton of baseball games! We have 12 teams playing a full seven-game schedule and some really big intradivisional series as well. The Cubs have a four-game set with the Reds as the top two teams in the NL Central match up, while the first-place Guardians host […]


Max Meyer - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Pitchers On The Rise (Week 5)

Another week of baseball games is in the book, and we have some more young pitchers emerging on the scene to discuss. This week, I'm going to dig into the first two starts of the Payton Tolle era in Boston, a potential new ace on the White Sox in Davis Martin, and a possible post-hype […]


Jordan Walker - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News

MLB Home Run Player Prop Bets Today: Best Hitter HR Props (5/3/2026)

It's shaping up to be a beautiful day for baseball with very few weather concerns across the country. Sundays in the springtime are made for baseball, and today's crop of MLB games brings us ample opportunities for wagering on player props. We are going to ride some hot bats today and target a few major […]


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MLB Best Bets: Top Player Props & Novig Market Picks (Wednesday, 4/29/26)

Welcome, baseball bettors, to my first comprehensive slate of MLB bets for the 2026 season. If you follow our HR prop picks or strikeout prop bets here at RotoBaller, you know that we are betting on baseball daily. Today's article will break down the MLB slate for Wednesday, April 29, 2026, and I'll offer up […]


Payton Tolle - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Prospects

Thunder Dan Palyo's MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today: Best Pitcher K Props (4/28/2026)

Last Friday, I ended up on a lot of unders in this piece, including Paul Skenes, who promptly went out and nearly pitched seven perfect innings to go over his prop line for the first time. Taking unders on stud pitchers (Cole Ragans did the same thing to me the following day) is a risky […]

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Angel Martinez - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 5 (April 27 - May 3)

We return to some normalcy this week, with the Mexico City games behind us, and no funky 5-game weeks. The calendar turns over to May late in the week, and we are finally starting to see the landscape of MLB take shape with what teams and players look like after a full month of baseball. […]


Will Warren - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Pitchers On The Rise (Week 4)

Every week, the pitchers I choose to analyze in this article change from the time I start to plan it out to when I actually sit down to write it. Case in point, I was going to write about the rather boring Justin Wrobleski in this feature today, but ditched him at the last minute […]


Nathan Eovaldi - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Thunder Dan Palyo's MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today: Best Pitcher K Props (4/24/2026)

It's a funky Friday for strikeout props, with me -- the guy who hates betting unders -- finding myself on more of them than overs. But we'd be foolish not to follow the data, and that's where it's pointing me today! I'll offer up a few of my top picks here today, but you'll need […]

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Ian Happ - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

MLB Home Run Player Prop Bets Today: Best Hitter HR Props (4/22/2026)

Warmer temperatures are expected across the country today, which should favor the bats and increase the likelihood of some more long balls. We have quite a few "gas cans" on the bump today, who can we target with hitters, so I expanded my home run picks to five, including my longshot bet at +800 odds! […]

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Moises Ballesteros - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, MLB Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Top Hitter Streamers and Starts - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 4 (April 20- April 26)

The season is rolling right along, and we have nearly a full month of games under our belt. The fantasy baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint, but it's important to stay competitive early in the year and at least give your team an opportunity to get hot down the stretch. So sitting on […]


matt olson fantasy baseball rankings draft sleepers mlb injury news

MLB Home Run Player Prop Bets Today: Best Hitter HR Props (4/20/2026)

We have a smaller slate today than usual, with quite a few teams getting a day off before their next series. But with ten games to choose from, there are certainly still some juicy spots for home run props, don't worry! It's cold again here on the East Coast, but we have some favorable weather […]

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Joey Cantillo - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Breakouts or Fake Outs? Pitchers On The Rise (Week 3)

Another week has come and gone, and we're now getting a larger sample size from our starting pitchers, with most pitchers now having three or four starts under their belts. This week, I'll look at three new pitchers who have performed well, and all three are pitchers who are likely already rostered in standard-sized leagues. […]


Cam Schlittler - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, MLB Injury News

Thunder Dan Palyo's MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today: Best Pitcher K Props (4/17/2026)

There are not too many aces on the mound today, with the one high-profile matchup coming when Logan Gilbert and Jacob deGrom square off out in Seattle. That certainly doesn't mean that we won't still attack the strikeout prop market aggressively today, though, as we have a full slate of MLB action tonight with all […]

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Removed From Sunday's Start With Hamstring Discomfort
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