2022 NFBC Draft and Hold Strategy - Late-Round Pitching Category Boosters (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. When it comes to your draft and hold leagues, pitching can be quite the puzzle to put together. Sure, you can get an ace or two early. You can even draft closers early as we are seeing this season. There is no perfect science […]

NCAA Tournament DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for 3/24 - March Madness Daily Fantasy

68 teams started on their quest a week ago. We've eliminated 52 of those already. 16 are left standing, including one team that is strutting like a Peacock. They don't take center stage until Friday. Thursday brings us just one double-digit seed and both remaining two seeds. We start with the chalk 1-4 matchup in […]

2022 Keeper Value Rankings - Top 150 Overall for Fantasy Baseball

In case you missed it, all preseason long I've been breaking down the top Keeper Values at each position. To get insight on any individual position, simply choose here: First Base, Second Base, Third Base, Shortstop, Catcher, Outfield, Starting Pitcher, and Relief Pitchers. Now, for your convenience, here are the Top-150 Overall Keeper Values for 2022. Keeper Value Rankings are […]

Tyreek Hill Traded to Miami Dolphins: Fantasy Football Reaction

It's safe to say that the 2022 NFL offseason has been the most unpredictable in recent memory, if not ever, in terms of big-name players being traded and free-agent signings. In an effort to top itself, it got a lot crazier when star wide receiver Tyreek Hill was shipped to the Miami Dolphins, seemingly out […]

DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (3/24/22): Today's Top NBA DFS Lineups

We're back down to a five-game slate Thursday night following an extremely busy Wednesday ledger. However, it shapes up as a mostly competitive night, with a pair of marquee matchups and other teams that are taking the floor growing increasingly desperate with respect to their postseason chances. We also have a couple of typically generous […]

Today's NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (3/24/22): Daily Fantasy Hockey

Welcome, RotoBallers! If you do not know me, my name is Mark and I write NFL, MLB, and NHL on Rotoballer. I play NHL DFS almost daily, and am excited to bring you my thoughts on today's slate! Today I'll be bringing you my NHL lineup picks, analysis, and advice for NHL DFS contests on […]

Call of Duty DFS Lineup Picks (3/25/22) - DraftKings Daily Fantasy COD Advice

Hello there eSports DFS enthusiasts, and welcome back to RotoBaller's coverage of Call of Duty DFS contests for DraftKings! Last weekend started great and began to dwindle as it went on. But it is time to recover and crush the upcoming weekend. It is the final weekend before we head on into Major 2. So […]

Allen Robinson Signs With Los Angeles Rams: Fantasy Football Impact

Allen Robinson’s 2021 NFL campaign was the disaster of all disasters, especially for the fantasy football managers who rostered him. Robinson had the worst season of his above-average NFL career. He missed games due to COVID and hamstring troubles, had quarterbacks who could not get their wobbly passes into his sure hands, and was stuck in […]

Matt Ryan Traded to Indianapolis Colts: Fantasy Football Reaction

As the quarterback carousel continued around the NFL, Matt Ryan was traded to the Indianapolis Colts after 14 seasons as the Atlanta Falcons' starting quarterback. Ryan goes down as one of the greatest Falcons of all time and was the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 2016. Ryan will be 37 years old this spring and […]

Marcus Mariota Signs with Atlanta Falcons - Fantasy Impact

The NFL carousel of quarterback moves continued to spin on Monday afternoon, as former Tennessee Titans and Las Vegas Raiders QB Marcus Mariota signed a two-year, $18.75 million contract with the Atlanta Falcons. The move was necessitated by the Falcons missing out on embattled quarterback Deshaun Watson and subsequently trading away longtime starter Matt Ryan […]

Statcast xStats: Using Sabermetrics for Fantasy Baseball

Statcast is a valuable tool for fantasy analysis, and it can be easy to look at a stat called "Expected Batting Average" and blindly use it as your projection moving forward. Of course, proper use of these metrics is a little bit more nuanced than that. First, a disclaimer: This article is about the "Expected […]

NCAA Tournament Betting Picks for Sweet 16 - 2022 March Madness

We have had an exciting first weekend of the NCAA tournament! We have a double-digit seed matchup between Miami and Iowa State, ensuring a double-digit seed with making the Elite Eight this year. St. Peter's continued their Cinderella run, defeating a tough Murray State team, while Michigan beat Tennessee, continuing Rick Barnes' struggles in the […]

NCAA Tournament PrizePicks DFS Prop Picks for Sweet 16 - March Madness

Hello once again everyone! Welcome to March Madness on PrizePicks. Our friends over at PrizePicks have a TON of great props we can look to take advantage of. With the Sweet 16 upon us, the stakes only rise from here. PrizePicks is a great DFS props site where you can choose to select plays in […]

MMA DFS Value Picks - UFC Columbus: Blaydes vs. Daukaus (Premium Content)

Second UFC even taking place in another venue not the Apex, and first one back from the European Tour that saw the promo fight in London for the first time in three (!) years. And hey, while we won't have any belts on the line this Saturday, we can only hope to at least receive […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for March 24th, 2022

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 March 24th, 2022. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Seiya Suzuki Signs with Chicago Cubs - Fantasy Baseball Impact

Not since Shohei Ohtani signed with the Los Angeles Angels has there been so much hype and expectation about a Japanese player heading to the MLB. And Seiya Suzuki certainly has the makeup to be a star. Maybe not quite as big a star as Ohtani, but a star nonetheless. Suzuki already warmed himself to […]

Finding Over/Undervalued First Basemen Using Expected Draft Values

Welcome back for another year of the FSWA-award-nominated Expected Draft Values series, where we look at historical data to identify both overvalued and undervalued players of all types. Whether you're targeting power, speed, power+speed, batting average+power, and so on, we've got you covered. We'll start at first base and make our way around the diamond […]

Potential Home Run Risers: Fantasy Baseball Breakouts

Oftentimes in sports, we expect progression to be linear, and mainly with young players. However, as simple as it sounds, any player can get better. Particularly in baseball, which tends to be more skill-based than a sport such as football or basketball, development can happen at any time. Just take a look at the San Francisco […]

Nick Mariano's 2022 Early-Round Overvalued List (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Fantasy baseball drafts (and their articles) are almost all about finding the next superstar and unearthing talent late, but we can't forget that surrendering value by over-drafting can be just as crucial. In order to evaluate overvalued players here, we're going to utilize Average […]

2022 Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove with Corbin Young - Benched with Bubba EP 454

Bubba (@bdentrek) is joined by Corbin Young (@corbin_young21) of RotoWire and Fantrax. In this episode, Bubba and Corbin will go over all of the MLB Hot Stove action from the past few days and give all of their fantasy baseball thoughts. Be sure to subscribe to the Benched With Bubba Podcast, part of RotoBaller Radio's Podcast Network. […]

WCQ DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings (03/24/22) - March Qualifiers

Welcome back to “The Kick-Off”! We have a nice four-game slate starting at 3:45 P.M. EST with Italy the overwhelming favorites at -525. Remember that each game on the slate will either bring teams one step closer to qualifying or end all of the hopes and dreams of making it to the big stage. With […]

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for March 24th, 2022

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 March 24th, 2022. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

WGC Match Play - Showdown Round 2 (Premium Content)

All other PGA Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. I am excited to announce that I will be providing a premium spreadsheet that can be accessed through the link below. Here you will find updated stats for the particular tournament - all sortable and weighable when you make a copy of your […]

Running Back Stat Sleepers - Elusiveness Rating

A lot of elements go into making a running back desirable for fantasy football. Opportunity, a good offensive line, and a good offense are all key elements. However, something equally important is how elusive those running backs are, this includes breaking tackles and gaining yards after contact. Often players who have these traits fall into […]

DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (3/23/22): Top NBA DFS Lineups

Happy Wednesday, RotoBallers! I hope this week's NBA DFS slates have treated you well. I'm continuing to work on my NBA model, trying to gather more information to make sure all of you are as armed as possible going into each slate. Even with the small adjustments I've made so far, it seems to be […]

Today's NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (3/23/22): Daily Fantasy Hockey

Welcome, RotoBallers! If you do not know me, my name is Mark and I write NFL, MLB, and NHL on Rotoballer. I play NHL DFS almost daily, and am excited to bring you my thoughts on today's slate! Today I'll be bringing you my NHL lineup picks, analysis, and advice for NHL DFS contests on […]

NBA DFS Prop Picks for PrizePicks: Wednesday, March 23rd

Wednesday hits us with a heavy, 11-game slate, so expect more selections to come out as the day goes on. With few projections coming early today, it’s good to see most of the Brooklyn Nets already available, but with other potentially high-scoring affairs like 76ers-Lakers, Suns-Timberwolves, and Pacers-Kings yet to be posted, don’t feel inclined […]

Mid-Week Fantasy Basketball Category Streamers for Week 23: Brandon Williams, Jaxson Hayes, Otto Porter Jr., Duncan Robinson

If you're one of those fantasy basketball players that sets a lineup at the beginning of the week, checks out, and then comes back seven days later to see how things shook out, this post is not for you. This is for those who are grinding through each day and keeping track of categories as […]

Free NBA Betting Picks - Today's Best Bets, Expert Predictions, Odds (3/23/22)

Things went south on Monday night in a hurry and I was quickly reminded that the range of outcomes in the NBA is only going to continue to widen here in the final weeks. My picks went 3-4 but I really struggled ATS with the T-Wolves being my only hit there as they narrowly lost […]