2021 ATC Projections: Hitter Surprises

By their nature, projection systems don’t typically offer many big surprises. Outside of Lucas Giolito’s ZiPS projection, there aren’t many player projections that jump off of the page this season. Still, even seemingly small surprises can have significant fantasy implications, and it’s worth exploring those surprises. To add an element of objectivity to this analysis, […]

2021 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers - RotoBaller Staff Picks

As the 2021 MLB season approaches, it's time for the RotoBaller staff to once again reveal their favorite preseason draft sleepers. We recently asked some of our top fantasy baseball writers to get their take on which hitters and pitchers they are targeting the most in the later rounds of fantasy drafts. While you've likely […]

Finding Over/Undervalued Outfielders Using Expected Draft Values

Welcome to the FSWA-nominated Expected Draft Values series, where we look at historical data to identify both overvalued and undervalued players of all types. Whether you're targeting power, speed, power+speed, batting average+power, and so on, we've got you covered. We're onto the outfield now as we make our way through our 2021 draft prep. Today, […]

Analyzing the Theory of Hot and Cold Streaks

You hear it all the time. "This pitcher is really locked in right now" or "this hitter is just seeing the ball so well recently." Looking for patterns and explanations is part of human nature. This manifests itself in sports by people picking up on hot and cold streaks and making quite a big deal […]

Food City Dirt Race: DraftKings, FanDuel, Daily Fantasy NASCAR Lineup Picks

Alright y'all, who is ready to go dirt racin'? The NASCAR Cup Series takes to the Bristol Motor Speedway dirt track on Sunday afternoon (March 28) for the first Cup dirt race in nearly 51 years. Yes, 51 years! Of course, the Camping World Truck Series competed at Eldora Speedway once annually between 2013 and […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, SuperDraft (3/28): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season is back and I am thrilled to be covering this sport over at RotoBaller! 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, FanDuel, and SuperDraft. If you […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (3/28/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Things have been crazy around the National Basketball Association. With Thursday's trade deadline, many players found themselves on new teams. Of course, this caused chaos for fantasy managers, primarily since roles and rotations were impacted tremendously. This was highlighted on Saturday as many players nobody expected much from have begun to come out of the […]

Elijah Moore - NFL Draft Prospect Profile

The 2021 NFL Draft Prospect Profile Series features prominent 2021 NFL Draft prospects with film analysis and scouting insights. I have experience working in college football and have been studying the NFL Draft for over 15 years. My analysis is based on film study and analytics. A common misconception about the NFL Draft is that the […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (3/28/21): NBA DFS Lineups

The NBA schedule has three games on the main slate for Sunday night. Only one has an implied point total of 230 or more. The Atlanta Hawks versus the Denver Nuggets is one you'll definitely want exposure to. Here are three tips on how to attack the overall slate when assembling lineups. First of all, it’s important […]

Early 2021 Sleepers and Draft Targets - Tight End

It feels foolish writing this considering how the tight end position has been in major upheaval early in free agency. Through the first 48 hours of the legal tampering period, we saw Jonnu Smith and Hunter Henry both end up with the New England Patriots along with Rob Gronkowski returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Saturday, March 27

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 […]

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for March 28th, 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 March 28th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for March 28th, 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 March 28th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

MLB Live Chat @ 2 PM - Draft Prep Q&A

It's officially draft season... do you know who to draft? RotoBaller's Kipp Heisterman (@kipppsta) will be hosting a live Q&A chat session on Sunday March 28th at 2:00 pm ET. Come join in on the fun and get your fantasy baseball questions answered, or just stick around for some MLB talk! All throughout the MLB preseason, […]

Call of Duty DFS Lineup Picks (3/28/21) - DraftKings Daily Fantasy

Hello there eSports DFS enthusiasts, and welcome back to RotoBaller's coverage of Call of Duty DFS contests for DraftKings! Welcome everyone to Stage 2 of COD League! Everything went pretty according to plan, the NYSL/London game was an absolute bloodbath, Unfortunately, Simp played horribly but Atlanta smacked LA Thieves, and lastly, Toronto pulled out a […]

DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks for 3/28/21 - Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice

We went from 68 teams down to 16 in just five days. Now the games are fewer, but there are still a lot of elite DFS options out there. Creighton won two NCAA Tournament games in a row for the first time in school history. Three Pac 12 teams are in action today after most […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, SuperDraft (3/27): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season is back and I am thrilled to be covering this sport over at RotoBaller! 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, FanDuel, and SuperDraft. If you […]

Jamie Steed's 10 Bold Predictions for 2021

Bold predictions can be the key to fantasy seasons. Predicting players who will outperform or underperform expectations by extreme amounts can win leagues. Bold predictions can also be entirely unhelpful, speculative thoughts that are just fun to consider. With that in mind, I do think that each of these predictions has a legitimate chance of occurring […]

Using Sabermetrics for Fantasy Baseball: Pitcher Statcast

Statcast metrics such as Barrels and Brls/BBE are great ways to evaluate a batter's performance, so it is only natural to assume that the metrics would be predictive for pitchers as well. As much as batters want to hit a Barrel every time, pitchers want to avoid them at all costs. Yet there is evidence […]

Deep Prospects to Stash in Dynasty

Chasing prospects is like playing the lottery. You're going to lose more times than you'll win, but if you win big it'll make up for all your losses. In dynasty leagues, managers are always going to try to be three steps ahead when it comes to identifying the next hot prospect. In this article, we're […]

NL-Only Starting Pitchers: Late-Round Draft Fliers

This year more than ever, starting pitchers are a sought-after position in fantasy drafts. Understandably, with uncertainty about innings limits in 2021, fantasy managers are keen to bolster their rotations with the defacto top-tier starting pitchers available. As important as it is for your top starting pitchers to perform at an elite level, success in […]

Eric Samulski's Bold Predictions for 2021

It's bold prediction time! Everybody's favorite time of year. Last year I put out my bold prediction article, and it was a doozy. Obviously, publishing it before the shutdown which delayed the MLB season impacted some of the claims, but, actually, no, I'll just blame everything on that. Anyways, I'm back again to plant my […]

This Unpopular Tactic in FFPC Best Ball Drafts Can Spike Win Rates

One of the best things about drafting in FFPC leagues is the tight end premium. For those unfamiliar, TE-premium scoring gives 1.5 PPR to TEs compared to the 1.0 PPR every other player on the roster receives per reception. While it may seem like a subtle edge, it's one that can work wonders when exploited properly. […]

Under-the-Radar RB Signings: Fantasy Risers or Fallers?

There have been a lot of big-name signings so far in free agency, but what about some of the players who've flown below the radar? Guys who might not be stars, but could still be key contributors on their new teams and on your future fantasy teams. Today, we'll be taking a look at some […]

DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks for 3/27/21 - Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice

We went from 68 teams down to 16 in just five days. Now the games are fewer, but there are still a lot of elite DFS options out there. Oral Roberts became just the second 15-seed to ever make it past the first weekend. Villanova made it out of the first weekend. Each of the […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (3/27/21): NBA DFS Lineups

We still have a busy Saturday with nine games in the Association tonight. We saw some of the trade pieces go through last night. Most of the rest should go through tonight. Detroit, Milwaukee, Dallas, New Orleans, Boston, and Cleveland are all in the second game of back-to-back sets. Houston-Minnesota and Memphis-Utah are playing again […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (3/27/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

What a week it has been in the NBA. With the coming and going of the trade deadline, many players now find themselves on new teams. While we don’t know how these players will be impacted by their new homes until they have a few games under their belts, we do know that these moves […]

NBA Betting Picks - Best Bets for Saturday 3/27

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Thunder Dan's NBA best bets! Thursday night we hit another spread as the Knicks came back after trailing the entire game against Washington to hit two late free throws and cover. Whew, it was a sweat for sure. The Sixers over just narrowly missed, but I think it was […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Friday, March 26

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 […]