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Nick Mariano

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Lead MLB/NFL Fantasy Analyst, Forecaster, and Editor here at RotoBaller, where I've been since 2015. I also spent two seasons writing for MLB.com's Fantasy411 Department. --- 2024 FSWA Award Winner for Best Ongoing Baseball Series (Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitchers). Bullpen Coach. Consistent top FantasyPros accuracy finishes, including No. 1 (2018) and No. 2 (2023) in MLB and four-time top-15 ranker in their fantasy football weekly accuracy competition as well. --- NY born and raised, but now you can find me in Boston with my awesome Star Baker of a wife and doofy doodle dog. Addicted to apples, peanut butter, learning about cognitive biases, and baseball cards. Lots of baseball cards...

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Jameis Winston - NFL DFS Picks, Waiver Wire, Fantasy Football Rankings

Waiver Wire Express - Week 9 Lightning Round Including Ladd McConkey, Cedric Tillman, Jameis Winston, Keon Coleman, Isaac Guerendo, Cade Otton

Let's gear up for the spooky Halloween season by stocking up on candy and key adds with an early look at next week. There were all sorts of upsets, key performances, and injuries for us to sort through. Throw on your best waiver hero costume as you read our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning […]


Derrick Henry - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Rest-of-Season Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 8 Updates for Top 200 (2024)

We had another blizzard of news items to absorb in Week 7, which demands another updated rest-of-season rankings table! Football remains cursed by the injury gods while trades and a looming suspension continue to shake the landscape for our Week 8 fantasy football half-PPR rankings for the rest of 2024, as of October 24. Check […]


NFL Weekend Watchlist - Top 10 Players Who Will Shape Week 8: Tua Tagovailoa, Kareem Hunt, more

To the shock of no one, Miami ranks dead last in passing yards per game (159.3) since Tagovailoa left Week 2 with a concussion. The measly mark has left Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle on ice but no...


Predicting The 2024 NFL Playoff Contenders Ahead Of Week 8

Detroit showed brilliant resolve by defeating the Vikings by two points the week after losing their defensive anchor in Aidan Hutchinson. They roared to life with three second-quarter TDs but allo...


Jauan Jennings - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Football Pickups to Target for Week 8 (2024)

We're certainly taking our injury lumps this season as we push through the fantasy season's halfway mark! This writer sure hopes you're thriving in the face of adversity, though we have reinforcement options to explore. As always, joining our famous waiver wire pickups list and our weekly fantasy football waiver wire columns by position, this column […]


NFL Rushing Leaders After Week 7: Derrick Henry Pads Lead, Jahmyr Gibbs Pops

King Henry continues to look like the perfect fit for a Baltimore team equipped to bully opponents with the ground game. His 169 rushing yards in Week 7’s win over Tampa Bay were the second ...


Mariano's Hot Take: 10 Reasons Why The Dallas Cowboys Won't Make The NFL Playoffs

The 2024 Dallas Cowboys were able to enjoy a breather on their Week 7 bye after getting blown out by the Detroit Lions. While anything can happen in the NFL, there are many reasons to explore why the Cowboys are not poised to make the playoffs this year. From ownership and coaching down to personnel […]


Jalen McMillan - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

Waiver Wire Express - Week 8 Lightning Round Including Alexander Mattison, Jonnu Smith, Jameis Winston, Ray Davis, Ladd McConkey, Ricky Pearsall

We hope you all had a wonderful, successful weekend in the fantasy football trenches! Halloween is approaching so let us help you find more treats than tricks in the upcoming waiver run. There's plenty to cover so let's rev up our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 8 of the 2024 […]


10 Reasons Why The Dallas Cowboys Won't Make The Playoffs

The Cowboys’ schedule coming out of their bye brings five straight games against contenders. Two road games against San Francisco and Atlanta before back-to-back home games versus Philadelphia and...


Tony Pollard - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

Rest-of-Season Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 7 Updates for Top 200 (2024)

Week 6 was no slouch in providing highlights, lowlights, and even trades for us to digest, which means it's time for an updated rest-of-season rankings table! We have a steady diet of breakouts, busts, and injuries coming in to track for our Week 7 fantasy football half-PPR rankings for the rest of 2024, as of […]


NFL Weekend Watchlist - Top 10 Players Who Will Shape Week 7: Patrick Mahomes, Russell Wilson, more

In a Super Bowl LVIII rematch, Mahomes will miss key offensive pieces in running back Isiah Pacheco (leg) and Rashee Rice (knee). While Kareem Hunt and JuJu Smith-Schuster looked good in Week 5 an...


Predicting The 2024 NFL Playoff Contenders

The two-time defending Super Bowl champions haven’t made it look pretty, but they sit at an undefeated 5-0 come off of their bye. The loss of wide receiver Rashee Rice (knee) is massive, but JuJu ...


Tyler Allgeier - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Football Pickups to Target for Week 7 (2024)

We're nearing the halfway mark of our fantasy regular season, which means you should know how risky you should be with that free-agent wallet. As always, joining our famous waiver wire pickups list and our weekly fantasy football waiver wire columns by position, this column focuses on suggested waiver wire bidding percentages in fantasy football leagues […]


Romeo Doubs - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

Waiver Wire Express - Week 7 Lightning Round Including Isaac Guerendo, Ty Chandler, Kimani Vidal, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Romeo Doubs, Drake Maye

Congratulations on (mostly) making it through another injured-filled week as we push onto the heart of October. We saw plenty of standout performances from relatively unknown names, which is what waiver dreams are made of! Let's wade through it with our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 7 of the 2024 […]


Ja'Marr Chase - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS and Betting Picks

Rest-of-Season Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 6 Updates for Top 200 (2024)

Each week of football brings a new wave of injuries and breakouts to adjust for so let's reset expectations with an updated rest-of-season rankings table! There's plenty of news to incorporate into our Week 6 fantasy football half-PPR rankings for the rest of 2024, as of October 10. Check where key players shifted to, such […]


Tank Bigsby - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

Waiver Wire Express - Week 6 Lightning Round Including Tank Bigsby, Josh Downs, Darnell Mooney, Ladd McConkey, Caleb Williams, Alec Pierce

Week 5 brought plenty of highlights and heartbreak for fantasy teams as upsets and injuries continued to rattle the finest of organized plans. There are gems to be unearthed amidst the chaos, but you must identify your team's needs and know where to look. Stay one step ahead of the curve with our fantasy football […]


JuJu Smith-Schuster - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers NFL Injury News

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Football Pickups to Target for Week 6

If you thought that fantasy football would settle down in October, then you were sorely mistaken! Week 5 brought yet another wide variety of upsets, injuries, and surprises. As always, joining our famous waiver wire pickups list and our weekly fantasy football waiver wire columns by position, this column focuses on suggested waiver wire bidding percentages […]


Malik Nabers - Fantasy Football Rankings, WR, Waiver Wire, NFL DFS, Rookies

Rest-of-Season Fantasy Football Rankings: Week 5 Updates for Top 200 (2024)

We here at RotoBaller are constantly tweaking our analysis, so it's only right that each week we deliver a fresh batch of rest-of-season rankings! We've got all new ingredients to adjust for thanks to key injuries, a few spicy breakouts, and another week of recovery for stars on the shelf in our Week 5 fantasy […]


Justin Fields - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Football Pickups to Target for Week 5

With four weeks of fantasy football and the month of September in the books, you might think you know which trends are real and which of your teams is destined for greatness. But there's still plenty of football to be played with all sorts of injuries, bye-week crunches, waiver heroes, and crazy circumstances to emerge. […]


Tre Tucker - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

Waiver Wire Express - Week 5 Lightning Round Including Dontayvion Wicks, Bucky Irving, Rico Dowdle, Xavier Legette, Tucker Kraft, Justin Fields

We hope your fantasy football teams are healthy and thriving through four weeks but reality says most of you need help somewhere. With most of four weeks in the books, we've seen many upsets and injuries that have shaken most preseason plans. Let's finish September strong and hit the fantasy midseason with a plan that […]


Spencer Schwellenbach - Fantasy Baseball Prospects, Draft Sleepers, MLB Rookie Rankings

Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (September 23 - September 29)

Welcome to the final week of the season, where we all finish with our best decisions thanks to our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 27 -- Monday, September 23 through Sunday, September 29. Keep it locked in here as teams shuffle their rotations for playoff assignments. We'll do our best to lay out […]


Ja'Marr Chase - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS and Betting Picks

Rest of Season Half-PPR Rankings: Fantasy Football Top 200 for Week 4 (2024)

Three weeks of the season are behind us as we continue to get our bearings amidst a wacky 2024 season with some rest-of-season rankings! We are juggling several injury question marks while we await the arrival of tight end production in our Week 4 fantasy football half-PPR rankings for the rest of 2024, as of […]


Sam Darnold - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Football Pickups to Target for Week 4

Three weeks of the 2024 fantasy football season have some of you taking up other hobbies but we here press on preparing for another waiver run. Folks might start to panic now so be sure you're watching for who shortsighted teams are dropping too. As always, joining our famous waiver wire pickups list and our weekly […]


Jauan Jennings - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Week 4 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include Darnell Mooney, Jauan Jennings, Bucky Irving, Sam Darnold, Cole Kmet, Jalen Nailor

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to another edition of our NFL waiver wire rankings. What a week of NFL action in Week 3 as Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold shredded the Texans' secondary for four touchdowns while San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings erupted for 11 catches for 175 yards and three touchdowns. There were more […]


Bucky Irving - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, NFL Injury News

Waiver Wire Express - Week 4 Lightning Round Including Bucky Irving, Jauan Jennings, Cole Kmet, Sam Darnold

Welcome to another quick scan of the waiver landscape after another chaotic week of football. The first three weeks have brought all kinds of upsets, injuries, and heroic performances. We hope you've started hot because it's time to further crank it up with our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 4 […]


Trevor Story - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Nick Mariano's Week 27 Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. It's always bittersweet to reach the last waiver roundup of the season, but I know many of you have run a hard race, and now we're here to bring those titles home. Many small pieces of context will inform your approach, with specific head-to-head […]

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Victor Robles - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Waiver Wire, MLB DFS Picks

Week 27 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Luisangel Acuna, Victor Robles, Trevor Story, Luke Weaver, A.J. Puk, Landon Knack

There is only one more week left of the MLB regular season. It's championship or bust. We are back with the final edition of our weekly waiver wire advice column to help secure those fantasy baseball championships. Today, we review our MLB team's Week 27 (September 23 - September 29) of the 2024 MLB season. Let's […]


Carlos Rodon - Fantasy Baseball Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups - icon rotoballer

Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (September 16 - September 22)

The last weeks of the fantasy baseball season are here as we barrel towards the finish line with our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 26 -- Monday, September 16 through Sunday, September 22. We remain vigilant in monitoring fluid rotation situations as rookies, rehabs, and more hammer the home stretch. Bookmark us for […]


De'Von Achane - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Rest of Season Half-PPR Rankings: Fantasy Football Top 200 for Week 3 (2024)

Running backs continue to run the world while another week of injuries slammed fantasy teams, so let's sift through our new reality with rest-of-season rankings! We don't want to overreact but we must recalculate with our Week 3 fantasy football half-PPR rankings for the rest of 2024, as of September 19. Check where key players […]


Samaje Perine - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Week 3 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups Include Carson Steele, Quentin Johnston, Hunter Henry, Ty Chandler, Jalen Nailor, Bucky Irving

Howdy RotoBallers! It's time to focus on who to pick up for Week 3 that could boost your fantasy football teams. There were a lot of critical injuries on Sunday, including Kansas City Chiefs star running back Isiah Pacheco, who will go on injured reserve after initial tests revealed he suffered a fractured fibula in […]


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