DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - Blaydes vs. Lewis (UFC Vegas 19)

Folks at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, NV, are going to be busy for a while. After holding the past two weeks' events with the promo coming back home from the UAE for the first time 2021 back on Feb. 6 and Feb. 13, we're at it once more with a heavyweight-headlined event in […]

FanDuel MMA, UFC Fight Night - Blaydes vs. Lewis

After an exciting UFC 258, an event that saw Kamaru Usman retaining the welterweight championship in a bout with Gilbert Burns, we turn our attention back to the heavyweights for a meeting between two ranked opponents. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy MMA lineup picks for FanDuel for UFC […]

Shortstops Set to Bust in 2021

The MLB is stockpiled with talent at the shortstop position. Some drafts are seeing six shortstops selected in the first two rounds of 12-team leagues. Heck, 12 are being taken in the top 100 picks and 20 in the top 200 picks! With so many rapidly going off the board, it's easy to feel the […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Friday, February 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 […]

UFC Fight Night Predictions and Betting Picks: Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis

The next few weeks will feature contenders within the UFC’s heavyweight division. Two powerful stars will look to prove they are next in line for the throne. Between Derrick Lewis and Curtis Blaydes, who will impress UFC brass the most? By looking at the history and stats of both fighters, we may end up determining […]

DraftKings CBB DFS Lineup Picks for 2/20/21 - Daily Fantasy College Basketball Advice

We begin the weekend with a nice ten-game early college basketball slate on DraftKings. We've got a couple of SEC track meets, a couple of Big Ten(14) slogs, a couple of Big 12(10) showdowns, with some ACC and Big East sprinkled in. Georgia-Florida and Missouri-South Carolina are the only two games with an implied total […]

UFC Fight Night Predictions and Betting Picks: Ketlen Vieira vs. Yana Kunitskaya

The main event of UFC Fight Night 185 won’t be the only bout that could determine the fate of a division. With Amanda Nunes taking on challengers in the featherweight division, her UFC Bantamweight Title could use a new challenger. Will the combination of Ketlen Vieira and Yana Kunitskaya prove they can step up to […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for February 20th, 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 February 20th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Fantasy Basketball Buy, Sell, or Hold: Tobias Harris and Khris Middleton

Trading in fantasy basketball can help you improve your team in the short, as well as in the long term. But, even more than that, it's just plain fun. Negotiating with your mate, going back and forth with offers, and hopefully, reaching a mutually beneficial agreement in the end. It's not always easy to find […]

Using Sabermetrics for Fantasy Baseball: HR/FB

Using BABIP to predict a player's batting average is great. Batting average is a category in many league formats, and every hit is an opportunity to steal a base or score a run. But most fantasy managers find the long ball sexier. Every HR comes with a guaranteed run scored and at least one RBI. […]

Andrew Benintendi and Franchy Cordero Trade - Fantasy Impacts

We've seen a few blockbuster trades so far this offseason. Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco went to the Mets, while Yu Darvish and Blake Snell went to the Padres. These trades have significant fantasy implications, but it's important to also consider the impact of a minor trade that went down about a week ago, where […]

Prioritizing Steals in Drafts - Hoard or Punt?

Steals are projected to be the hardest stat to rack up in fantasy baseball in 2021, and ATC projects only 24 hitters to eclipse the 20 stolen base mark this season. As a result, hitters who can produce on the basepaths have earned expensive ADPs, with two-thirds of the 24 hitters projected to steal at […]

Top 250 Dynasty Prospects Rankings (Part 2)

Welcome back RotoBallers to Part 2 of my dynasty prospects list, breaking down the 51-150 ranked prospects. You can also read Part 1 and Part 3 from a few days ago, looking at the 1-50 and 151-250 ranked prospects. RotoBaller's Top 250 Dynasty Fantasy Baseball Prospects list is back and refreshed for the 2021 season. Baseball has […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (2/19): 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 and FanDuel. If you are […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (2/19/21): NBA DFS Lineups

It’s unclear if the Utah Jazz will be stopped anytime soon, with their rematch against the Clippers on Friday serving as one of many rematches of recent showdowns. Much in the ilk that it’s difficult to gauge individual player performance from game-to-game during a playoff series, it’s similarly hard during the regular season. Depending upon […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (2/19/21): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

We've got a nine-game slate for Friday. The Raptors and Bucks are the only teams playing the second leg of a back-to-back. There are two games at 7:00 PM ET (GS@ORL and DEN@CLE), two games at 7:30 PM CHI@PHI and ATL@BOS), three games at 8:00 PM (OKC@MIL, DET@MEM, and PHO@NO), one game at 9:00 PM […]

EPL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel (2/20/21) - English Premier League Soccer

Welcome back, RotoBallers! I was unable to write for this week's Champions League slates, however, I am back with a full breakdown of Saturday's EPL action. We have another solid three-game slate on Saturday after Friday's game. I have another full breakdown for you all. Keep reading this breakdown for my DFS soccer picks on RotoBaller and […]

Fantasy Basketball Week 9 Risers and Fallers

Welcome to the fantasy basketball risers and fallers column, a weekly look at a few players whose stock is rising and a few who've been struggling with some analysis of why that's been the case. As always, this doesn't mean you need to drop these players who are struggling, but this could be a useful piece […]

Failure to Launch: Hitters With Falling Launch Angles

Launch angle is important. There is a sweet spot for launch angles and the hitters that hit the highest shares of their batted balls in those angles will have more success than the rest of the league. The reverse is also true. If you are consistently hitting the ball straight in the air or directly into […]

DraftKings EuroLeague DFS Lineup Picks for 2/19/21 - Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Round 25 finishes off with four more games. We saw Shane Larkin and Alexey Shved put up big numbers, but it was Youssoupha Fall that broke the slate as a value pick. I ended up with a Baskonia stack and still didn't land on Fall. So it goes. Minimum cash still gets me the buy-in […]

MLB Spring Training Notebook - February 19th

Welcome to the 2021 edition of RotoBaller's Spring Training Notebook. I began this column a year ago, and made it about four or five articles in when Major League Baseball decided to shut things down, just like everything else around the globe, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Well, things are at least a little more […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Thursday, February 18

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 […]

Playing For Keeps: Making Keeper Decisions for 2021

Spring training is officially underway, and with that comes the start of fantasy baseball draft season. While the majority of people participate in redraft leagues, keeper formats are also popular, and fantasy managers in those leagues are already weighing their decisions on which players to retain and which to toss back into the pool for […]

EPL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel (2/19/21) - English Premier League Soccer

Welcome back, RotoBallers! The busy soccer schedule this season is glorious. We had tons of games this week, and now we start another EPL weekend with a nice Friday game. I will be breaking down that game in full for you here. Keep reading this breakdown for my DFS soccer picks on RotoBaller and see how to […]

Fantasy Baseball Outfield Draft Values - The King and Pocket Aces Ep. 2

In this episode of The King and Pockets Aces, RotoBaller's Scott "The King" Engel and Anthony "Pocket Aces" Aniano share their highly charged Fantasy insights. They look at the latest and upcoming NFL player moves, the Hot Stove headlines, provide Fantasy Basketball player breakdowns, and ready you for the DFS NASCAR season with strategy tips. […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for February 19th, 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 February 19th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

NASCAR Truck Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for BrakeBest Brake Pads 159 At Daytona (2/19/21)

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will make its second-ever appearance at the Daytona road course on Friday. Last year, Sheldon Creed led 19 laps on his way to a victory in the inaugural event, while we saw drivers like Scott Lagassee Jr. finish ninth and Austin Wayne Self 11th. Unlike the Xfinity race that […]

LCK DFS Picks for 2/20: DraftKings & FanDuel League of Legends Daily Fantasy

Ugly, ugly league of legends was played last night in the LCK. T1 ran the same trashy draft back into DRX three times, and it didn't work out. I wouldn't be surprised to see the third jungler Oner make his debut next time out as the gap was punished by Pyosik quite hard. KT did […]

NASCAR Xfinity Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Super Start Batteries 188 At Daytona (2/20/21)

On Saturday, the Xfinity Series makes its second trip to the Daytona road course. Last year, Austin Cindric led 21 laps on his way to a win. His biggest competition, Chase Briscoe, crashed after 46 laps, but Briscoe did lead 26 laps. The race saw some strong showings from unexpected places, including a top-five finish […]