Deeper Draft Sleepers - First Base

Don't look now, but baseball season is on the horizon. Actually, go ahead and look as it is beautiful to see the calendar shrink as each day brings us closer to the crack of the bat and, hopefully, the roar of the crowd as America (and Toronto!) creeps back towards normalcy. It's never a bad idea […]

Five Players Set to Break Out at Second Base

When defining a breakout, I look at it as players that can take a step forward to a level they never reached before. This leaves most of the top targets at the position unavailable for this discussion. Today, we bring you five players at the second base position that can take that next step and […]

Diamonds in the Pen - Deep Reliever Draft Targets

When it comes to building a pitching staff in fantasy, most managers focus solely on starting pitchers and closers. And that makes sense. In standard scoring, those pitchers are the ones who are going to make the greatest contributions to wins, strikeouts and saves. A guy that comes in and tosses a scoreless frame in […]

Power Sleepers - Noteworthy 2020 Barrel Leaders

As we've continued to progress in the MLB offseason, I've been looking at barrel rates from 2020 in the hopes of finding players whose breakouts during the shortened season were real or those who may still have breakouts looming. As I've mentioned previously, I'm a firm believer that finding the barrel regularly is an incredibly […]

Second-Year Hitters Ready to Break Out

Every season there are hitters entering their second year in the big-leagues that have a solid break-out campaign. In 2020, these were players like Eloy Jimenez, Cavan Biggio, and arguably, Fernando Tatis Jr. Some will say Tatis Jr. broke out in 2019, but he really burst on the scene in 2020 and became a household […]

Catcher Draft Targets for All Leagues

Enough with the catcher slander! As fantasy baseball drafts heat up, all I keep reading about is how we're "forced" to draft catchers and how they can tank your roster. Catchers are people too! I could use thousands of words writing about the value of catchers and how the grind of their defensive job and […]

Hitter Targets Under $10 - Salary Cap League Values

Snake drafts are the more common method, but salary cap leagues offer a more complex flavor to your draft day. That's not for everyone, and that's fine; part of the beauty of fantasy baseball lies in its high degree of customizability. Salary cap drafts take longer, and they're much less straightforward than snakes, but for […]

Deeper League Sleepers at Second Base

When focusing on sleepers for deeper leagues, playing time really matters the most. You also might want to pair playing time with certain stats as you get deeper into the player pool. Below are five names that offer secure playing time and many come with a stat that helps them stand out from others at […]

Yimi Garcia (RP, MIA) - 2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers

2020 was an odd season for all of Major League Baseball but the Miami Marlins’ odyssey stands out as one of the most bizarre. Miami played their first series of the season before a full-blown COVID-19 outbreak postponed their next eight games. They ended up putting 17 players on the injured list and resumed play […]

Keegan Akin (SP, BAL) - 2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers

Keegan Akin made his MLB debut for the Baltimore Orioles during the 2020 season and the former second-round draft pick didn't disgrace himself. Akin ended the season with a 4.56 ERA and 1.44 WHIP from his eight appearances (six starts) as well as striking out 35 batters in 25.2 IP. Akin is expected to start the […]

Jared Walsh (1B, LAA) - 2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers

Jared Walsh burst onto the Minor League scene in 2019 after hitting 36 homers in 98 games and received a call up to the Angels. Prior to that, Walsh had 49 homers in 361 Minor League games so his power outburst came as a surprise. Walsh didn't have a great start to his MLB career […]

DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks for 3/19/21 - Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice

This is what we've been looking forward to for two years now. The NCAA Tournament was called off last year. I've waited two years for the four greatest days in sports. We have 32 games over the next two days. DraftKings did us a favor and left all 16 games on one slate! This is […]

EPL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel (3/19/21) - English Premier League Soccer

Welcome back, RotoBallers! We have an odd schedule of EPL games this weekend. We start off with a single-game Friday like normal, but Saturday there will also be only one league game after the postponement of Tottenham and Southampton. Either way, I will still be breaking down that game in full for you here. Keep […]

David Fletcher (2B/SS/3B, LAA) - 2021 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

Analyzing David Fletcher is an exercise in extremes. No qualified batter swung-and-missed less frequently than Fletcher did in 2020, and no qualified batter posted a lower hard-hit rate than Fletcher’s 17.8% mark. In an era of hitters who tend to be more power-oriented, Fletcher stands out as a contact-focused hitter with unremarkable power. Fletcher’s ability […]

Dylan Carlson (OF, STL) - 2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers

Pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in a couple of weeks, which means fantasy baseball draft season is ramping up. We do not know if there is a universal DH or a full 162-game season. What we do know is we will draft teams regardless and we will need some fantasy sleepers. Some sleepers […]

Best-Ball Late-Round Targets - Outfield

With best-ball drafts gaining steam, we are pumping out more best-ball content at RotoBaller. I wrote the Best-Ball Targets and Best-Ball Fades for the premium draft guide and will now produce a three-part series on late-round targets. Part one focused on late-round infield targets, and now we head to the outfield for some late-round targets.  […]

MLB Spring Training Notebook (3/18) - Montgomery, Alcantara Surging

Welcome to the 2021 edition of RotoBaller's Spring Training Notebook. Thankfully, we have real, live baseball being played every day again, and while it doesn't count for anything, these exhibition games gives us the smallest glimmer into players and teams heading into the new season. We're into our third week of spring training games and […]

2021 Starting Pitcher Rankings - 5x5 Mixed Leagues (Part 2)

We now move on to starting pitcher in our mixed-league rankings analysis series. If you missed them, here is our review of Catcher, First Base, Second Base, Third Base, Shortstop, Outfield, and of course, Starting Pitcher Part One. RotoBaller's rankers, JB Branson, Pierre Camus, Nick Mariano, and Ariel Cohen have updated our 2021 Mixed League rankings once more based on […]

Using Sabermetrics for Fantasy Baseball: Ballpark Factors

If you have ever selected a streamable pitcher based on home park or benched an otherwise must-start arm at Coors Field, you already know how much a stadium can impact a player's bottom line. Ballpark Factors quantify the influence each stadium has, allowing you to make the most of your fantasy team's real-life schedule. However, […]

LPL & LCK DFS Picks for 3/19: DraftKings & FanDuel League of Legends Daily Fantasy

Both leagues are barreling towards playoffs, and the LCK only has one spot up for grabs yet. Even with KT's loss, they are still currently holding it. Gen G's upset of DWG didn't do much at the top of the standings besides buffer them from HLE. In the LPL, WE leapfrogged EDG into second, at […]

Manuel Margot (OF, TB) - 2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers

When you get to the middle to late rounds of drafts, it becomes increasingly difficult to find stolen bases. Many of the options that are available will end up hurting fantasy owners in at least a couple of other categories. Therefore, it's important to either have a plan in place to attack steals early, or […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings, SuperDraft (3/18): 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 Advice (3/18/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

We’re set for a six-game slate Thursday, one that gives us a bit of a breather from the heavy volume of decisions we had to make on Wednesday’s massive 10-game ledger. The make-up of the more condensed schedule makes things challenging in another way, however, as there’s a possibility for multiple games to turn non-competitive […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (3/18/21): NBA DFS Lineups

Happy Thursday, RotoBallers! The second half of the season is kicking into high gear, and the playoffs will be here before we know it. With so many teams still in with a chance at the play-in games or a top-six seed, we should see a decrease in the tankathon that usually plagues NBA seasons' back […]

Andres Gimenez (2B/SS, CLE) - 2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers

Andres Gimenez burst onto the scene in the shortened 2020 season. Originally expected to spend the year at the alternate training site for the New York Mets, Gimenez worked his way into a roster spot in spring training with his baserunning instincts and highlight-reel defensive plays, and then soon overtook the slumping Amed Rosario to […]

Tanner Houck (SP, BOS) - 2021 Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers

The Red Sox haven’t developed a legitimate MLB starting pitcher since Clay Buchholz, but Tanner Houck has the potential to be just that. Houck was the Red Sox’s first-round pick back in 2017 and steadily climbed the system since then, never putting up eye-popping numbers but always holding his own at every level he was […]

MLB Live Chat @ 4 PM - Draft Prep Q&A

It's officially draft season... do you know who to draft? RotoBaller's Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) will be hosting a live Q&A chat session on Thursday March 18th at 4:00 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, […]

Andy Dalton To Chicago - Fantasy Impact

After weeks of speculation about a Russell Wilson trade, the Chicago Bears finally made their move for a new starting QB on Tuesday, signing Andy Dalton to a one-year deal. Exciting, huh? Anyway, while this deal doesn't move a lot of needles, but it's still a quarterback change on an NFL team, so there are […]

Bubba and Bat Flip 75 - Relief Pitcher Review - Benched with Bubba (Episode 352)

Bubba (@bdentrek) is joined by Bat Flip Crazy (@BatFlipCrazy). With the position reviews almost over, the guys wrap them up with their relief pitcher review. They go over some ADP debates, some questionable bullpen situations, a bunch of listener questions, and more. Be sure to subscribe to the Benched With Bubba Podcast, part of RotoBaller Radio's Podcast […]