MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (10/9/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Wednesday is filled with playoff action, with all eight remaining teams in action. That means we will have one of our larger remaining slates of the season on DraftKings and FanDuel. This article will provide my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings and FanDuel on 10/9/2024, with the slate starting at 3:08 p.m. EDT. The […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (10/8/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Tuesday, RotoBallers! After the American League wrapped up their Game 2s on Monday night, we turn to pivotal Game 3s in the NLDS tonight. Both series are perfectly poised at one game apiece, and a Game 3 win will be a huge boost to a team's chances of advancing to the NLCS. Philadelphia and New […]

Rick Lucks' 2024 Fantasy Baseball Bold Predictions Revisited

Doesn't March feel like forever ago? Now that the 2024 fantasy baseball season is in the books, some of what we were thinking seems ridiculous in hindsight. I joined several of my Rotoballer colleagues in making bold predictions before the 2024 campaign, and now it's time to see how they panned out. Spoiler alert: there […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (10/6/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Sunday, RotoBallers! We are underway with postseason baseball, and today features two crucial Division Series matchups. With every team operating under a do-or-die mentality, lineup decisions carry added weight, so stay on your toes today! With only two games on this slate, we must be creative with our lineup decisions. Don't be afraid to […]

Fantasy Baseball Closers and Saves Waiver Wire Report for Postseason Week 1

Congrats to all of you who won, placed, showed, or even just had fun in your fantasy leagues this season! We hope we were able to help you get the best out of your lineups from draft day until the last time you set your lineups. It was another very interesting season of baseball, for […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (10/3/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Thursday, RotoBallers! After the Tigers, Royals, and Padres swept their opponents, we are left with one Game 3 showdown between the Mets and Brewers. It'll be Jose Quintana versus Tobias Myers to start, but DFS managers should expect both teams to use their entire bullpens to advance to the next round.  For showdown mode […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (10/2/24) - Today's Top Lineups

The MLB playoffs continue Wednesday with four more Wild Card games. While we don’t have a ton of options to choose from, there is still money to be won in DFS, so let’s dig into the matchups. This article will provide my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings and FanDuel on 10/2/2024, with the […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (10/1/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Tuesday and Happy Postseason, RotoBallers! Welcome to October baseball. After Monday's results, the Mets will travel to Milwaukee, while the Braves will head West to San Diego. Arizona missed out by losing the season tiebreak to both teams.  Fortunately, things are far cleaner on the AL side. Detroit and Tarik Skubal take on Houston and […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/29/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Sunday, RotoBallers! Disregarding a make-up doubleheader tomorrow, this is the last day of the MLB regular season. As such, it will also be the weirdest DFS slate possible. Lineup decisions will be largely unpredictable, so stay on your toes today! With all 30 teams included on this slate, there is no shortage of pitching […]

Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (September 23 - September 29)

Welcome to the final week of the season, where we all finish with our best decisions thanks to our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 27 -- Monday, September 23 through Sunday, September 29. Keep it locked in here as teams shuffle their rotations for playoff assignments. We'll do our best to lay out […]

Fantasy Baseball Closers and Saves Waiver Wire Report for Week 28

Here we are, internet friends: the last weekend of the regular season (plus a doubleheader on Monday). We've made it through the year and most leagues are already done and figuring out who never ended up paying dues. Wait, how much was it for first place again? This week was an interesting and exciting one, as […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/27/24) - Today's Top Lineups

The final Friday of the regular season brings 15 games across baseball. There will be no shortage of options with 12 of those games making up the main evening slates on DraftKings and FanDuel. This article will provide my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings and FanDuel on 9/27/2024, with the slate starting at […]

Top Hitting Fantasy Baseball Prospects Who Should Debut Early in 2025

The 2024 season is winding down, but it's never too early to start thinking about and prepping for the 2025 season. Throughout the 2024 season, I wrote a weekly article on the Top 25 prospects to stash in redraft leagues. Hopefully, that article was useful to many of you who read it each week, helping […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/26/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Thursday, RotoBallers! It's the final Thursday of the regular season, and it's great that MLB has left us with... (checks notes)... three games?! Oh well, we Thursday DFS players are used to it by now. It doesn't help that the Braves-Mets game has already been postponed.  There's still a lot to play for on Thursday's three-game […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/25/24) - Today's Top Lineups

There will be no shortage of action across baseball Wednesday with all 30 teams set to take the field. There are some early start times, leaving nine games to make up the main evening slates on DraftKings and FanDuel. This article will provide my daily fantasy baseball lineup picks for DraftKings and FanDuel on 9/25/2024, […]

The Lookahead: Three Breakouts Who Could Bust (2025 Fantasy Baseball)

It happens every season: player X breaks out while flashing enticing upside, rides the small sample goodness to a relatively high draft cost the next year, and then busts. We want to avoid repeating those mistakes. There are often warning signs with these players. For example, one perilous archetype is the power/speed guy with dubious […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts From Luis L. Ortiz and Andre Pallante

Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 27 of the 2024 fantasy baseball season. This week, we're looking at two NL Central arms that transitioned from reliever to starter this season. First, we'll break down a strong start from Luis L. Ortiz in Pittsburgh. Then, we'll deep dive […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/24/24) - Today's Top Lineups

Happy Tuesday, RotoBallers! We are into the final week of the regular season, and there's still a lot to play for heading into the postseason. Teams that have clinched their division may give their stars more rest than usual, so check those lineups close to lock.  The 10-game slate starts on the East Coast as New […]

Champ or Chump: Luisangel Acuna and Spencer Schwellenbach Fantasy Baseball Outlooks

We're in the fantasy baseball season's final week. It's easy to assume your waiver wire gems will keep performing well, but this isn't always the case. Luisangel Acuna is off to a hot start with the Mets, but he may lose his starting job with the imminent return of Francisco Lindor. The Braves don't have […]

Hitters Advanced Metrics Leaders for Barrel% - Fantasy Baseball Studs and Duds (Week 27)

Hello, RotoBallers, and welcome to our hitter's advanced metrics leaders article for Week 27 of the 2024 fantasy baseball season! For the last week of the season, we will be taking a look at players like Shohei Ohtani, Michael Harris II, Michael Toglia, and more. As another week of baseball wraps up, I will recap […]

Top Pitching Fantasy Baseball Prospects Who Should Debut Early in 2025

We're down to the final week of the 2024 MLB regular season, so why not have some fun and look ahead to the 2025 season to see what top prospects could be up early in the season that we should be targeting or monitoring for fantasy purposes. This article is an extension of the weekly […]

MLB DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (9/23/24) - Today's Top Lineups

It's a lighter Monday night in the MLB universe with the season winding down. There are two NFL games tonight, so it makes sense. That's why it also makes sense to keep grinding MLB. There are larger contests and payouts in the NFL games. Most people have forgotten about MLB. We have four games tonight. […]

Points League Hitters: Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball for Week 27 (2024)

Welcome, RotoBallers, to the Week 27  edition of our fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for hitters. These fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups are for the week of September 23 - September 29, looking at players below ~50% rostered on ESPN or Yahoo. We'll be doing this points league roundup every week here at RotoBaller because […]

The Cut List - Time to Let Go? Fantasy Baseball Week 27

Welcome back to The Cut List for Week 27 of the 2024 fantasy baseball season -- September 23 through September 29. For the final week of the season, we'll be changing things up and looking at teams rather than specific players. We'll be focusing on schedules, the impact clinching scenarios might have, and things to […]

Starting Pitcher Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 27 (2024)

Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our starting pitcher fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 27 (September 23- September 29). In this weekly piece, we search for starting pitchers rostered in less than 50% of Yahoo! leagues. In this last week of the season, let's close out some championships. What stats are you chasing at this […]

Nick Mariano's Week 27 Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. It's always bittersweet to reach the last waiver roundup of the season, but I know many of you have run a hard race, and now we're here to bring those titles home. Many small pieces of context will inform your approach, with specific head-to-head […]

Fantasy Baseball Hitter Streamers - Top Waiver Wire Pickups and Starts for Week 27 (Sept. 23 - Sept. 29)

We did it - we made it to the final week of the MLB regular season. If your team is still in the mix for a fantasy championship, then I bid you good luck and I'll do my best to point out some of the best bats you can add for the final week to […]

Week 27 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Luisangel Acuna, Victor Robles, Trevor Story, Luke Weaver, A.J. Puk, Landon Knack

There is only one more week left of the MLB regular season. It's championship or bust. We are back with the final edition of our weekly waiver wire advice column to help secure those fantasy baseball championships. Today, we review our MLB team's Week 27 (September 23 - September 29) of the 2024 MLB season. Let's […]

Fantasy Baseball 1B/3B Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 27 (2024)

Happy Sunday, Rotoballers, and welcome back to the FINAL 2024 edition of first base and third base fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups for Week 27 — September 23 through September 29. The last week of fantasy baseball is pure chaos but in the best way. Everyone's scrambling to squeeze out those last few points, including […]