Hot Fantasy Prospects To Watch For Week 4

This week I want to start off by giving a shoutout to a guy who just missed making the cut for this column, but has still gotten off to a good start. Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Luke Raley hit his first career home run on Friday, and is currently slashing .267/.313/.533 through the first seven […]

Which Pitchers With New Pitches Should We Care About? Part Four

Throughout all Spring Training, we hear about pitching adding new pitches, or making major changes to their pitch usage. We even get to see those new pitches in action and dream about their potential impact. However, when the regular season starts, those changes can be abandoned and pitchers go back to what they do/know best. So […]

Are You For Real? Surprising SP Starts from Week 3

Welcome to the 2021 edition of "Are You For Real?" This is a weekly column where we dissect surprisingly good starts from under-rostered and unheralded hurlers to try and determine whether they can maintain their performance, or if it was just a flash in the pan. Week 3 was another good one in the baseball […]

Bell's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 4/21/2021

What's up, RotoBallers! We have made it to Week 4of Bell's Best Bets. Week 3 didn't provide the massive turnaround that I had hoped it would, but we did end the week on a positive Sunday after just treading water with a .500 average towards the back half of the week. That means THIS is […]

MLB Betting Picks for Wednesday 4/21 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

We open this fine week with back-to-back 2-0 nights! The games didn't go exactly as I had expected, but wins are wins I'm starting to get a better feel for how teams are playing, but guys are dropping like flies to COVID or injuries, so it's important to continue to pay attention to each teams' […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/21/21): MLB DFS Lineups

Happy Wednesday, Rotoballers! MLB has split the schedule with five games on the early DraftKings slate and seven on the nightcap. Today's picks will focus on the nightcap to give us more freedom and options to pick and choose between. As of this writing, Boston seems to be the only one in danger of seeing […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Tuesday, April 20

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy basketball takeaways from the games played during last night's slate. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (4/21/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

We've got an eleven-game slate for Wednesday. No teams (ATL, BKN, LAC, MIN, NYK, POR, and SAC) are playing the second leg of a back-to-back. There are five games at 7:00 pm (PHO @ PHI, CHI @ CLE, BKN @ TOR, OKC @ IND, and GS @ WAS), two games at 8:00 pm (ATL @ […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (4/21): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season is rolling along and there are just a few weeks left in the regular season! As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. If you […]

Top 10 Rookie Running Backs for Dynasty (Pre-NFL Draft)

The position that has and will continue to be the glamour position in the eyes of fantasy managers is running back. Each year, they are coveted in drafts mainly due to the lack of quality depth at the position due to the increase of committee backfields around the league. That said, finding a back that […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Prospects for Week 4

We are now four weeks into the MLB season and some interesting trends are beginning to emerge with the rookie class of 2021. The pitching has been better than expected, but the hitters have been a disappointment outside of a handful of (unexpected) players. There have been fewer than 10 hitters that have produced better-than-average […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (4/21/21): NBA DFS Lineups

We have a giant 12-game NBA slate on tap for you tonight. So far only a few players have been ruled out, but as we know the normal is this year, there will be plenty more before the slate locks. I will try to stick to guys that I think will play, but we all […]

Fantasy Basketball Rotation Watch: Playing Time Updates for Week 17

Welcome to Rotation Watch, Rotoballers! Each week, this article will highlight the players that are gaining minutes in their team's rotation. Fantasy managers want to roster the players that are accumulating stats and racking up the playing time. They want to avoid the players falling out of favor and watching the action from the sidelines. […]

Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap

Welcome to the April 21st edition of Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox. Discussing baseball is as fun as the game itself. It has a way of bringing people together to share different opinions about the sport we all love. A similar action can be done with fantasy baseball where we not only discuss topics […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for April 21st, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily NBA injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy basketball (DFS) lineups, every day of the NBA season. Below is our updated list of injured NBA players for April 21st, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Streamers - MLB Hitter, Pitcher Lineup Picks for Wednesday 4/21

Baseball is back, and fantasy managers in daily leagues no doubt already have holes to fill with streamers. Fortunately, RotoBaller has you covered with daily streaming picks. Each day, RotoBaller will provide you with some of the best streaming options to consider in fantasy baseball daily leagues. Additionally, these recommendations can be useful for fantasy […]

Fantasy Baseball Night In Review: Tuesday, April 20

Welcome to the RotoBaller MLB Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy baseball takeaways from the games played during last night's slates. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets […]

DraftKings EuroLeague DFS Lineup Picks for 4/21/21 - Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

The EuroLeague playoffs have begun! This is a best-of-five format with games 1 and 2 of each series happening throughout this week. We have the more exciting split on Tuesday and Thursday with the 4-5 and 3-6 matchups on those days. Both Istanbul teams landed themselves in the playoffs. Milan finds itself in the playoffs […]

EPL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel (4/21/21) - English Premier League Soccer

Welcome back, RotoBallers! Well, that Super League thing was fun while it lasted, right? Glad we can move past that now and get back to games that matter. We finally have something other than a single-game slate in the Premier League on Wednesday. I have another full breakdown for you all. Keep reading this breakdown […]

Daily Fantasy Golf FanDuel Picks (PGA DFS) - Zurich Classic

Hello RotoBaller PGA crew! It's great to be back with you guys and I appreciate you joining us here at RotoBaller! In this article we'll discuss some of the standout PGA DFS plays available on FanDuel for the 2021 Zurich Classic, the only team event on the PGA Tour schedule. While it's impossible to hit […]

2021 NFL Draft Rankings – Wide Receivers

There were six wide receivers taken in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft and we expect at least five to be chosen on Day One in 2021. The thought of seeing 10 receivers in the first two rounds seems to be a very realistic number. What complicates matters just a bit is that […]

Fantasy Basketball Injury Updates for Week 18

Each week of the NBA season unfortunately brings injuries to key players across the league. The goal of this column is to break down those injuries and understand which players could benefit in fantasy from an injury to a teammate. As a reminder, COVID-19 related absences from players will now be included in this column. […]

Champ or Chump: Zach McKinstry

It seems like the young MLB season isn't producing as many random breakout stars as it usually does. Tyler Naquin had one huge game, but he isn't even playing every day. Akil Baddoo is a nice story for Detroit, but his OBP is below .300 and he's in a platoon. Where is Keven Maas when […]

MLB DFS Strategy: Bankroll Management and Contest Selection

Hello! My name is Mark Kieffer and I am new to the Rotoballer Community. I would say I am back for the very first time, but I believe Ludacris beat me to the saying. I have a passion for fantasy sports, especially fantasy baseball and MLB DFS. I am excited to share some of the […]

DraftKings MLB DFS: Extensive Analysis for Tuesday, April 20

Last Friday I ran through a Twitter thread giving notes about the DFS slate, and it received a pretty warm reception. The head honchos here at RotoBaller decided to do something risky and give me free reign to put my DFS analysis in article format. So here I am, and here it is! I'm not […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Monday, April 19

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy basketball takeaways from the games played during last night's slate. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets […]

Statcast Hitter Studs and Duds - Whiff Rate for Week 4

We're back in the swing of things, literally, with a closer look at hitters who are making quality contact and those who aren't. This week, our Statcast focus is Whiff Rate entering Week 4 of the 2021 fantasy baseball season. Whiffs are simply calculated as the number of swings and misses divided by the total […]

Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds - Exit Velocity for Week 4

Welcome to the first edition of Statcast pitchers analysis this season! I covered this series two seasons ago and am very excited to be back at the helm. Statcast provides a ton of interesting and insightful advanced metrics that we can use to predict future fantasy performance. Each week I will select one of these […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (4/20/21): NBA DFS Lineups

Happy Tuesday, RotoBallers! I was getting used to bigger slates on Tuesday, but we are back down to five games during the early part of the week. Still, that's no problem, thanks to a ton of injuries opening up plenty of discount options and enticing matchups to check out on tonight's DraftKings slate. The game […]