Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap
Welcome to the April 24th 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... Read More
Fantasy Baseball Night In Review: Friday, April 23
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... Read More
Fantasy Baseball Week 4 with Chris Clegg - Benched with Bubba (Episode 365)
Bubba (@bdentrek) is joined by Chris Clegg (@RotoClegg) of Fantrax. The guys will go over some recent fantasy baseball news, go over some players with hot and cold starts, and some awesome listener questions. Be sure to subscribe to the Benched With Bubba Podcast, part of RotoBaller Radio's Podcast Network. Like and Subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to... Read More
Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - April 24, 2021
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 4/24/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have split slates on Saturday, with DraftKings and FanDuel both offering six-game Main slates in the evening, with early slates on both. Don't... Read More
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/24 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 4/24 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. High-Priced Aces These are your studs who are worth paying up for on this slate. It makes sense to deploy these guys as your cash game plays on FanDuel and as your SP1 on DraftKings based... Read More
MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 4/24/21 (Premium Content)
MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 4/24/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Top Tournament Stacks for 4/24/21 This section will highlight the top tournament lineup stacks of the day (depending on the size of the slate) and help you identify the pitchers that are best suited to pick on... Read More
Bell's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 4/24/2021
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... Read More
FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks (4/24/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice
As is customary on Saturday's, we have a modest six-gamer on the FanDuel main slate tonight. The marquee Padres-Dodgers matchup profiles as a pitchers duel with Trevor Bauer and Blake Snell on the mound, while there are a few stackable teams with the Athletics, Braves, and Phillies projecting for over five runs. I'll be providing... Read More
MLB Betting Picks for Saturday 4/24 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines
Last Saturday saw us go 2-2. Thankfully, the two wins were from the full unit stakes and the two losers were the speculative half-unit stakes. So we still made a profit. This week, we're unleashing our new secret weapon courtesy of Frank Ammirante (follow Frank on Twitter @FAmmiranteTFJ). Frank has put together the run trends from this... Read More
MLB DFS Prop Picks for 4/24 - Monkey Knife Fight
The 2021 MLB is underway and there is a ton of excitement surrounding it! It was a long offseason, but we have finally reached the beginning of the MLB season. We will be here week in and week out offering up advice for some of the best prop picks in the industry with Monkey Knife... Read More
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (4/24/21): MLB DFS Lineups
DraftKings sliced this Saturday slate almost right down the middle. We have seven early games, six prime-time games, and a small two game short slate to keep us occupied today. This serves to water down both slates a little bit. That's not to say that there aren't a couple of good options out there. The... Read More
Daily MLB Injury Roundup for April 24th, 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 April 24th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below... Read More
MLB DFS Lineup Picks - Early Slate (4/24/21): DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball
Hello there, MLB DFS grinders! We have a split slate of MLB games today and while most of our MLB DFS coverage here at RotoBaller is geared towards the main slate, I wanted to give you some of my favorite pitchers and bats for these early games. DraftKings is running a 7-game early slate, while... Read More
Closers and Saves Report - Week 5 Waiver Wire
For all the wildness that has already happened in bullpens across the league this season, this week was a nice little respite. That's not to say that nothing went down, just that it wasn't an overwhelmingly non-stop bullpen news week like every other week had been. We have a few committees settling into more specific... Read More
Bullpen Report: Closer Carousel Keeps Turning
We are just three weeks into the baseball season, but it may feel like longer because there has been an influx of news and developments that have impacted fantasy. There has been no position that has seen more changes than at relief pitcher. We have already seen a number of changes to teams' late-inning usage... Read More
The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 70 Relief Pitcher Rankings
Welcome to the first version of my 2021 Relief Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take a weekly peek at my top 70 relievers moving forward. This is geared towards traditional 5x5 roto leagues, with the understanding that RPs are as volatile as it gets. You'll notice that I leave off most injured players because throwing... Read More
Friday Focus: April No-Showers May Bring Panic
T.S. Eliot once wrote that "April is the cruelest month." He didn't have fantasy baseball in mind, but the poet might as well have been surveying the wasteland of early under-perfomers in any given season. The back half of the month represents an inflection point in the schedule, a time when the initial flurry of... Read More
Daily Slivers of the Fantasy Soapbox - Yesterday's Recap
Welcome to the April 23rd 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... Read More
Walk-Rate Changes to Buy or Sell
About a tenth of the way through the season, it's hard to differentiate between the players who have gotten better or worse from the ones who are simply on a hot or cold streak. As a fantasy owner or a fan, what should the proper reaction be to an April tear? Luckily, some excellent research... Read More
The Baller Ranks: Weekly Top 101 Starting Pitcher Rankings
Another week, another update to my 2021 Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks, where we take stock of my top 101 SPs moving forward. This is the first "full" version of the year where the ranks table below comes with this google sheet that accompanies the table and adds a smattering of stats. Do note that I... Read More
The Big Picture - Backstops Balling Early
A necessary evil. A statistical sinkhole. A dark cloud hanging over your roster. That's how the catcher position is largely viewed these days. Much like the tight end position in fantasy football, if you don't grab one of the top three or four performers on draft day, you might as well just wait it out... Read More
Pitch Value Risers and Fallers (wPC+)
Pierre Camus and Nick Gaut review Statcast risers and fallers for individual pitch values. Which starting pitchers are worthy waiver wire adds and who should fantasy baseball managers be concerned about based on early-season sabermetrics in 2021? Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us... Read More
Sprint Speed - Hitter Risers & Fallers (wPC+)
Pierre Camus and Nick Gaut review Statcast risers and fallers for sprint speed. Which hitters are worthy waiver wire adds and who should fantasy baseball managers be concerned about? Like and subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts and catch us on iTunes and BlogTalkRadio as well! Be sure... Read More
DraftKings MLB DFS: Slate Breakdown for Friday, April 23
Welcome back to my little corner of RotoBaller where I have been graciously allowed to roam somewhat free on DFS analysis on Tuesdays and Fridays. For more details throughout the day, you can follow me on Twitter @JonPGH. Today I will focus less on my own verbose advice and just present you all with the... Read More
MLB DFS Prop Picks for 4/23 - PrizePicks
Hello everybody and welcome! The 2021 MLB season and alive and well and that means our new friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in terms of fantasy points or single... Read More
Bell's Best Bets - Premium MLB Betting Picks for 4/23/2021
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... Read More
MLB Betting Picks for Friday 4/23 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines
Had to take a personal day off from betting on Thursday, life just too busy. My apologies but we’re back to open up the weekend with some winners! By now, most of you have been reading these already so you know where I'm coming from and how long I've been writing up betting picks. I'm... Read More
Bubba and Bat Flip 80 - Fantasy Baseball Week 3 FAAB Review - Benched with Bubba (Episode 364)
Bubba (@bdentrek) is joined by Bat Flip Crazy (@BatFlipCrazy). On tonight's episode, the guys recap another wild opening weekend of FAAB. They go over the most added players in the NFBC. Giving thoughts on the bids, the players, and more. During the discussion, a lot of FAAB strategies are discussed as well as players to... Read More
Daily MLB DFS Value Plays for FanDuel, DraftKings for 4/23/21 (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 4/23/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. We have a 14-game slate on tap today, and it is a doozie. We are loaded with aces highlighted by deGOAT himself, Jacob deGrom.... Read More