Garrett Richards Logs Three-Inning Save At Rays

Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Garrett Richards tossed three shutout innings to collect the save in a 4-0 win at Tampa Bay on Thursday. Richards allowed one hit and one walk while picking up four strikeouts in his second save this season. Fantasy managers shouldn't rush out and add the former starter, however, as this […]

Logan Webb Pitches Gem Thursday

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Logan Webb played a large role in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Brewers, snapping the team's four-game losing streak. Webb pitched 7 innings, allowing a single run on four hits and a walk with 10 strikeouts. The 24-year-old has been fantastic this season, going 8-3 with a 2.56 ERA, 1.09 […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 9/3/21 (Premium Content)

MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 9/3 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.    Top Tournament Stacks for 9/3/21 This section will highlight the top tournament lineup stacks of the day (depending on the size of the slate) and help you identify the pitchers that are best suited to pick on if […]

Eduardo Rodriguez Fires Six Shutout Innings In Win Over Rays

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez picked up his 11th win of the season on Thursday with six shutout innings at Tampa Bay. Rodriguez allowed just four hits and collected six strikeouts against only one walk. The left-hander was due for a strong start as he's been much better than his 4.88 ERA would […]

Ian Happ Stays Hot With 18th Homer

Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ went 2-for-6 with a two-run home run in Thursday's victory versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Happ gave the Cubs a 5-3 lead with his blast in the bottom of the seventh inning. Despite having a very rough first half, Happ has turned things on in the second half of the season […]

Rafael Ortega Hits Ninth Home Run

Chicago Cubs outfielder Rafael Ortega went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run in Thursday's victory versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ortega sent a blast to right field in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game 3-3 at the time. The outfielder has mainly been leading off in the second half and has been […]

Keegan Thompson Struggles In Latest Start

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Keegan Thompson struggled in Thursday's start versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Thompson was only able to make it through 1 2/3 innings and allowed four hits, three runs, two walks and struck out three on the evening. The young pitching prospect was great out of the bullpen for the Cubs in the […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 9/3/21 (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 9/3/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 14-game slate on tap tonight, and it is a loaded one. We have high totals all across the board, which means […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/3/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Friday, Rotoballers! The first weekend of September greets us with 14 games to watch tonight. The Pirates and Cubs kick things off earlier with a 2:20 pm Eastern start and won't make the DraftKings featured slate. Alas, we will have to watch the matchup between Steven Brault (who only makes me think of Arrested Development) […]

Mike Minor Allows Two Earned Runs In Thursday's Loss

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Mike Minor had a solid outing in a losing effort against the Cleveland Indians on Thursday. He pitched five innings and allowed five hits, no walks and three runs (two earned) while striking out four. Minor has been consistently limiting the damage in his starts over the past few months, […]

MLB DFS Prop Picks for 9/3 - PrizePicks

Hello everybody and welcome! The 2021 MLB season is alive and well and that means our new friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or single […]

Akil Baddoo Homers For The Second Straight Game

Detroit Tigers outfielder went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk and two RBI in the team's 8-6 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. The home run was his second in as many games and he now has 12 home runs over 100 games on the year. The rookie struggled to the tune of […]

Jeimer Candelario Goes Yard For His 11th Home Run

Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run in the team's 8-6 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. The home run was his 11th of the year. Over 125 games this season, Candelario is slashing .274/.351/.431 with 51 RBI and 62 runs to go along with his 11 homers. […]

Matt Manning Tagged For Eight Runs On Thursday

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Matt Manning got pummeled by the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. He pitched 3 2/3 innings and allowed eight hits, three walks and eight earned runs while recording just one strikeout. The rookie had posted three consecutive solid outings before this one, including two quality starts, so it was disappointing to see […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 23 Waiver Wire

The playoffs are coming! The playoffs are coming! Well, not the real playoffs, yet. We still have some time before those. But fantasy playoffs are starting up in some leagues next week while others are already in their first playoff week, so every single little statistic starts to matter more and more. Head to head […]

Bubba's DraftKings DFS Breakdown - Daily MLB Quick Hits (9/3)

Welcome back to another edition of MLB DFS Quick Hits. Today we have a 14 game main slate to preview. Bubba (@bdentrek) will go over weather, totals, plays, and more to get your MLB DFS lineups ready. Be sure to subscribe to the MLB DFS Quick Hits, part of RotoBaller Radio's Podcast Network. Like and Subscribe […]

Colin Moran Launches Three-Run Shot On Thursday

Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Colin Moran went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run and a walk during Thursday's 6-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs. He crushed a three-run shot off Cubs pitcher Keegan Thompson in the first inning to give the Pirates a 3-0 lead. It was his eighth long ball of the season. The 28-year-old […]

Emmanuel Clase Earns 20th Save

Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Emmanuel Clase recorded his 20th save of the season but did allow two hits and an earned run in the bottom of the ninth in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. The earned run marked Clase's first earned run since July 16th. He earned AL reliever of the month […]

Triston McKenzie Strikes Out Six Thursday

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Triston McKenzie (shoulder) returned from the IL Thursday and struck out six Royals across six innings pitched while allowing one earned run in a 4-2 victory. It was another solid performance from McKenzie who now has five quality starts in a row dating back to August 5th and needs to be […]

Mitch Keller Fires Six Scoreless Frames Thursday

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller allowed six hits while striking out eight over six scoreless during Thursday's 6-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs. He did not walk a batter and did not factor into the decision. The 25-year-old bounced back on Thursday, shutting down the Cubs over six innings after surrendering seven runs in his […]

Shane McClanahan Fans Eight In Thursday’s loss

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan (9-5) allowed four earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings during Thursday's 4-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox. The southpaw struck out a season-high eight batters and allowed four earned runs for the first time since June 2. All four […]

Wander Franco Exits Thursday’s Loss Early

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Wander Franco (head) exited Thursday's 4-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox early due to a headache. He went 0-for-2 with a walk before exiting, extending his on-base streak to 33 games. Joey Wendle replaced Franco in the seventh inning. According to manager Kevin Cash, the rookie phenom will be monitored […]

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for September 3rd, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily MLB injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy baseball (DFS) lineups, every day of the MLB season. Below is our updated list of injured MLB players for September 3rd, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Trevor Rogers To Start Friday's Game

Miami Marlins rookie starting pitcher Trevor Rogers (personal) will be activated from the restricted list to make a start in Friday's game. Rogers was dealing with personal issues and has not made a start since July 31st. He'll return to a 7-6 record and a 2.45 ERA and will try to make a strong finish […]

Miguel Rojas Leads Off With A Home Run

Miami Marlins shortstop Miguel Rojas led off Thursday's game with a solo home run. Rojas took the first pitch of the game and deposited it into the left field seats, giving the Marlins a quick 1-0 lead that wouldn't last too long. Rojas ended up going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and the RBI from […]

Charlie Blackmon Swats A Grand Slam On Thursday

Colorado Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon went 2-for-4 with a grand slam and a strikeout in a 6-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Thursday. Blackmon came through in a major way for the Rockies when he swatted a grand slam off Touki Toussaint in the bottom of the third inning. He would add a single […]

Isan Diaz Continues To Be An Easy Out

Miami Marlins infielder Isan Diaz continued his season-long struggles in Thursday's game against the New York Mets. Diaz has played second and third base, both poorly, while hitting .187 with a .573 OPS. Those numbers are despite a recent hot streak. Diaz has seemingly played all season, but he did spend some time in Triple-A, […]

Chi Chi Gonzalez Gives Up Three Runs, Walks Four

Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Chi Chi Gonzalez took a no-decision on Thursday when he allowed three runs on four hits with four walks and one strikeout over 3 2/3 innings in a 6-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Gonzalez had an inefficient outing on Thursday, issuing four walks and needing 79 pitches--43 strikes--to get through […]

Sandy Alcantara Managed Out Of A Quality Start

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara suffered from poor managerial decisions from Don Mattingly once again in Thursday's start against the New York Mets. Alcantara had a quality start locked down, but was allowed to go back out for the seventh inning, facing the Mets order for a fourth time. Marlins manager Don Mattingly's utter […]

Yency Almonte Serves Up Three Runs In Relief

Colorado Rockies reliever Yency Almonte took the loss on Thursday when he surrendered three runs on three hits over 1 1/3 innings of relief in a 6-5 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Chi Chi Gonzalez started this game and lasted 3 2/3 innings before handing the ball over to Almonte. The Rockies held a brief […]