Biggest Busts of 2020 - Wide Receivers

As we progress through the initial phase of this offseason, many of you have seamlessly shifted from lingering emotions surrounding the results of 2020 toward actively planning your rosters for 2021. This includes building your rankings in Best Ball and redraft leagues and determining how to effectively reconstruct your dynasty rosters. Regardless of which formats […]

Break The Slate: NFL DFS DraftKings Lineup Picks - Super Bowl LV

Hi RotoBallers, and thanks for joining me here for Super Bowl LV! It's been a great season and I really appreciate you spending some time with me throughout it. Each year, all roads lead to the Super Bowl and that's where we find ourselves this week. This game feels both right and unique, as we […]

Top 50 Fantasy Baseball Redraft Prospects for 2021 (Part 1)

Spring Training 2021 is almost here, which means it’s time to start thinking about prospects again. A strong pop-up performance from a rookie or two can have a massive impact on a fantasy manager’s season. If we look back to the truncated 2020 season, we can easily locate a healthy dose of players that had […]

Matthew Stafford to Rams, Jared Goff to Lions - Fantasy Impact

The Saturday night blockbuster trade between the Rams and Lions was a pro football rarity, the type of deal that would even stun the likes of those playing in an FFPC Superflex dynasty league. As noted by ESPN, it is the only trade in the common draft era to include two former No. 1 overall […]

Digging Into K% Leaders - Christian Yelich

As we discussed in Part 1 focusing on Ketel Marte, it can sometimes be tough to know which way to go with it. There are the very basic stats: batting average, runs batted in, home runs, and maybe on-base percentage, but we know they are not always the most useful in player analyses even if […]

Starting Pitchers to Target Late - LIMA Plan

The LIMA (Low Investment Mound Aces) Plan is a long-standing draft strategy that was developed far before 2021 but it seems more applicable now than ever. FSWA Hall of Fame member Ron Shandler developed the strategy around the turn of the millennium due to the heavy emphasis on starting pitching in most drafts, leading him […]

Examining The Most Effective Pitches in Baseball

There is just nothing better in sports than Baseball Savant. We can derive almost any insight we want from their pitch-by-pitch dataset. One challenge I wanted to take a crack at was to see if I could find which individual pitches in baseball are most effective regardless of who throws it, just looking at pitch type […]

2020 RotoBaller NFL Challenge - And The @Fleaflicker Winner Is...

What a season, RotoBallers. Fantasy football is always a fun, interesting, and long season - filled with injuries, breakout players, and different strategies. It takes stamina and endurance to win the marathon, and we're here today to recognize those who pulled it off. With 624 teams - across 52 leagues and two divisions - competing to […]

Jameson Taillon to the Yankees - Fantasy Impact

After bolstering their rotation with the signing of Corey Kluber last week, the New York Yankees acquired another starter over the weekend as they shipped off four prospects to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jameson Taillon. Here's how that deal broke down: Yankees receive: RHP Jameson Taillon Pirates receive: RHP Roansy Contreras, RHP Miguel Yajure, INF Maikol Escotto, […]

Next Gen Stats Season Review: Wide Receivers and Tight Ends

Time's up! The 2020 fantasy season is done and gone for good. Whether you play in a redraft league or are part of a dynasty format, the days of sitting at the edge of your couch and biting your nails are over. We have a tough eight-month desert to walk through ahead of us, but […]

Next Gen Stats Season Review: Running Backs

Time's up! The 2020 fantasy season is done and gone for good. Whether you play in a redraft league or are part of a dynasty format, the days of sitting at the edge of your couch and biting your nails are over. We have a tough eight-month desert to walk through ahead of us, but […]

Biggest Surprises of 2020 - Running Back

The 2020 NFL season is in the rearview mirror, but before we look ahead to 2021, let's take some time to look back. Every year, there are big surprises in the league. Someone comes out of nowhere to have a huge year. Someone we thought was about to regress due to age has a much […]

2021 Way Too Early Mock Draft Analysis - Rounds 8-13

We wind up our coverage of the RotoBaller Way Too Early Mock with the final rounds. Although there were some reaches and great value picks in the first half of the draft, this is where things got unpredictable. This article is Part 3 of 3 where I will look over rounds eight through 13 of […]

DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Break The Slate

Hello RotoBallers! It's championship time in the NFL, which means a limited slate packed full of talented teams. We'll specifically be looking at the DraftKings two-game Conference Championship slate in this article. The NFL is ever-evolving week to week and that's especially the case in the playoffs. All of these teams are very good, which […]

Top 680: Early Fantasy Baseball Tiered Rankings (January)

Welcome back RotoBallers, and Happy New Year! Below you will find our staff's early 2021 fantasy baseball tiered rankings (top 680) for 5x5 mixed leagues. In case you missed it, you can also see our tiered positional rankings as well. Three our lead fantasy baseball analysts - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus and JB Branson - have analyzed the MLB offseason moves and are ready to […]

Biggest Fantasy Busts of 2020 - Quarterback

The 2020 NFL regular season is now in the rear-view mirror, so let's look back on what happened. Today, that means looking back on some busts. While plenty of good things happened this season, some players didn't live up to expectations. We're going to take a look at some of those players and try to […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Sunday - Divisional Round

NFL Divisional Round weekend is officially here in the NFL and we get some tough matchups on both Saturday and Sunday! Both DK and FD will have two-game slates and here at Rotoballer will have coverage for both slates as well as the full weekend slate! These playoff slates will be challenging (as most small […]

Break The Slate: NFL DFS DraftKings Lineup Picks - Divisional Round

Hello RotoBallers! It's playoff time in the NFL, which means a limited slate packed full of talented teams. We'll specifically be looking at the DraftKings four-game weekend slate in this article. The NFL is ever-evolving week to week and that's especially the case in the playoffs. All of these teams are "good", which means the […]

FanDuel NFL DFS Lineup Picks for Saturday - Divisional Round

Wild Card Weekend is behind us, but we have four huge matchups this weekend for the Divisional round in the NFL and two games on the Saturday only slate for FanDuel. While DraftKings put all four of the games on their main slate, FanDuel opted to create their biggest contests for the two-game slates only […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (1/14/21): NBA DFS Lineups

Happy Thursday, Rotoballers! How about that James Harden trade? So many pieces flying all over the place, and it will affect tonight's games quite a bit. Harden is obviously in Brooklyn, but now Victor Oladipo is in Houston and Caris Levert in Indiana. I'm not sure of the COVID protocols with trades, but it's unlikely […]

2021 Way Too Early Mock Draft Analysis - Rounds 4-7

The 2020 fantasy football season is barely in the books but that didn’t stop me and some fellow RotoBallers from participating in a way too early 2021 mock draft. 12 of us got together and drafted a 13-round PPR (1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1FLEX) mock draft for next season. As usual, when drafting this early, […]

Next Gen Stats Season Review: Quarterbacks

Time's up! The 2020 fantasy season is done and gone for good. Whether you play in a redraft league or are part of a dynasty format, the days of sitting at the edge of your couch and biting your nails are over. We have a tough eight-month desert to walk through ahead of us, but […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (1/12/21): NBA DFS Lineups

Happy Tuesday, Rotoballers! How are we already four weeks into this NBA season? The Phoenix Suns are proving that their 8-0 bubble record was, in fact, a sign of things to come. Meanwhile, the Brooklyn Nets are showing some growing pains with their two superstars and, tonight, they have a critical early-season, prove-it game against a […]

2021 Way Too Early Mock Draft Analysis - Rounds 1-3

The 2020 fantasy football season is barely in the books but that didn’t stop me and some fellow RotoBallers from participating in a way too early 2021 mock draft. Twelve of us got together and drafted a 13-round PPR (1QB, 2RB, 2WR, 1TE, 1FLEX) mock draft for next season. As usual, when drafting this early, […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis - Wild Card Round

Hey everyone, it's playoff time! While the season-long fantasy season is over, it's a great time to keep it rolling and try to make some money in DFS! With that in mind, this article will be more DFS-centric for the playoffs. Welcome to our Wild Card Round matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. We'll be […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (1/7/21): NBA DFS Lineups

Happy Thursday, Rotoballers! The season feels like it is starting to hit its groove, with football entering the playoffs and basketball becoming the sporting world's priority on Thursday nights. There will be some terrific offenses on display this evening, and it should make up for the small five-game slate. Fortunately, Las Vegas thinks there will be […]

Second-Year Receivers Ready to Break Out in 2021

There used to be a widely-held belief in the fantasy football community that wide receivers broke out in their third pro season. While the third-year breakout does happen, more and more wide receivers are breaking out in their second season. Others, like Justin Jefferson, don't even wait a year. Finding these wide receivers can potentially […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (1/5/21): NBA DFS Lineups

Happy Tuesday, Rotoballers! The NBA season is two weeks old, and every team has played at least a handful of games at this point. Five games don't give us a workable sample size, and DFS managers shouldn't jump to any early definitive conclusions. However, if you have noticed a trend or new twist to a […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (1/4/21): NBA DFS Lineups

The NBA schedule has nine games on the slate for Monday. Did you know that none of them have an implied point total of 225 or more? You’ll have an adequate number of players to choose from, but here are three tips on how to attack it. First of all, it’s important to look at […]