Starting Pitching Sleepers for Fantasy Baseball Drafts - National League

Starting pitching is always one of the more fun positions to watch in fantasy drafts. You can grab an ace in the early rounds or wait around a bit longer and grab some value in the middle to later rounds. As we saw this past season with Logan Webb, Freddy Peralta, and Robbie Ray (amongst […]

Finding Clones of Stud Hitters at Cheaper Draft Day Costs

Fantasy baseball is, most of the time, a category-centered game. Unlike fantasy football, where all you want are raw points, the roto category format of baseball really separates certain players in terms of how they can help your fantasy team. Some hitters will boost your team's batting average while bringing down your home run pace, […]

How to Prep For Your Fantasy Baseball Drafts

RotoBaller's 2022 fantasy baseball draft strategy and fantasy baseball draft advice to get you ready for the MLB season. Eric Samulski (@SamskiNYC) takes you through all the Do's and Don'ts of preparing for your fantasy baseball draft. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every weekday morning […]

Updated Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitcher Rankings - 5x5 Mixed Roto Leagues

Fantasy baseball draft prep never stops, lockout or not. As we all anticipate the start of spring training, many fantasy baseball drafts are already underway. To prepare our readers, RotoBaller's rankers -- JB Branson, Pierre Camus, Ariel Cohen, Nicklaus Gaut, and Nick Mariano -- have updated their 2022 fantasy baseball mixed league rankings. This article […]

DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - UFC Vegas 50: Santos vs. Ankalaev

First of the three upcoming UFC Fight Night events on the schedule, but quite a nice sounding one as this weekend is labeled as the 50th UFC Vegas night as the promo goes to the Apex once more since it started doing so on Aug. 2020, a day smacked right in the middle of the […]

@MLBMovingAvg on MLB Betting - Another Fantasy Baseball Podcast: Ep. 4

John Laghezza (@MLBMovingAvg) joins Jon to talk about the life of a professional handicapper, and how to best attack MLB betting. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (channel Sirius 210, XM 87) - every weekday morning between 6-7 AM ET, Saturdays from 3-5 PM, and Sundays from 3-5 PM. You can also find […]

Free NBA Betting Picks - Today's Best Bets, Expert Predictions, Odds (3/12/22)

If you didn't get enough of a fix on Friday night, we have one of the best Saturday night NBA slates we've seen in some time. The earliest games tip at 8:00 PM and we have only one game that is projected to be a potential blowout with a double-digit spread. Three games tonight also […]

NCAA Tournament DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for 3/15 - March Madness Daily Fantasy

The field of 68 is set and the glory of the NCAA tournament is coming up quickly. We know you are involved in dozens if not hundreds of groups already, but if you would like to match wits with the RotoBaller writers, we have a group for you to join here. The excitement begins on […]

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for March 12th, 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 12th, 2022. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for March 12th, 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 12th, 2022. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

2022 Fantasy Baseball with James McCool - Benched with Bubba EP 447

Bubba (@bdentrek) is joined by DFS expert James McCool (@Paydirt_DFS). In this episode, Bubba and James go over a ton of DFS strategies from stacking, cash games vs GPP, and more. They also go over all of James' models on his website to see how to make better DFS lineups as well as use the […]

Malik Willis - NFL Draft Rookie Profile

The 2022 NFL Draft Prospect Profile series features prominent 2022 NFL Draft prospects with film analysis and scouting insights. I have experience working in college football and have been studying the NFL Draft for over 15 years. My analysis is based on film study and analytics. In 2021, I profiled nine of the top skill […]

LPL & LCK DFS Picks (3/12/22) - DraftKings and FanDuel League of Legends Daily Fantasy

Welcome back to another League of Legends DFS fantasy slate! Another five-game slate to break down with more huge favorites and a couple of close matchups. This morning featured four favorites coming out on top, with all three LPL matches ending in a sweep, while T1 remains undefeated and DK was the optimal full-stack paired […]

Fantasy Premier League: Staff Roundtable - Gameweek 29

Welcome to Gameweek 29, Rotoballers! This season, we are expanding our soccer coverage to include the great game of Fantasy Premier League. So, if you are a seasoned veteran, or a rookie navigating your first campaign, we will set you right as we look to acquire those weekend-making green arrows and avoid the doom and […]

Early 2022 Tight End Sleepers for Fantasy Football

Fantasy managers know all about the cream of the crop when it comes to tight ends. We all hear about Travis Kelce's dominance, the generational talent of Kyle Pitts and the emergence of Mark Andrews. These things are no mysteries. The problem is there are so few names at the top and the talent drops […]

Marcus Semien: 2022 Fantasy Baseball Bust?

The Texas Rangers finished the 2021 season with a record of 60-102, which placed them squarely in last place of the AL West division. The Rangers struggled mightily on offense during the season as they managed to score just 625 total runs on the season, which ranked them in 28th place league-wide. The offensive struggles […]

2022 Keeper Value Rankings - Outfield

Many many years ago, I noticed the managers in my long-time keeper league were consistently making terrible keeper decisions year after year. Instead of taking their money every year thought I would help them out and find a good set of Keeper League Rankings to share with them. What I found was quite disturbing. There […]

ADP Review - February Risers and Fallers

The fine people over at NFBC have really put together an awesome fantasy sports product. You can participate in fantasy drafts all year long, and the platform is just great. One of the coolest things they do is keep detailed ADP data. You can even select custom date ranges to limit the drafts you want […]

Three Hitters Set To Break Out Earlier Than Their Prime

In baseball, common sense would indicate that a player would break out when they reach their prime, which is around 26-years-old. However, development is not linear. We have seen plenty of players burst onto the scene with the first or second season and flourish, while others have taken longer than expected to develop. It really […]

Building an Offense After Pick 100 - Fantasy Baseball Draft Values

There are basically three large categories of players you'll draft in a fantasy baseball league: Hitters Pitchers Relief Pitcher One of the tougher things to nail down in a draft is when to dive into each of those groups. There are good arguments for going heavy at hitting early on, good arguments for quickly grabbing […]

Manufacturing a Stud: Late-Round Hitter Combos

Fantasy baseball is most often a category-centered game. You compete in five or six offensive categories every week with your final season finished depending on how well you perform in each category. This opens up the opportunity to deploy certain draft strategies that help your team become more well-rounded all throughout the draft. The best […]

High-Upside Hitters for Fantasy Baseball - Deeper Leagues Analysis

If you are drafting this early in the fantasy baseball season, you are probably playing in some pretty serious leagues. That means there is a good chance your draft is stretching past 300 picks. It is very tough to keep a large player pool sorted out in your head, and it's not hard to get […]

Four Pitchers Who Changed Teams - What Will It Mean for Fantasy Baseball?

For those who have been living under a rock, we are currently in the middle of a lockout between the owners and the MLB Players Association. As a result, we are left stuck in waiting mode. Will a full season be played? When will a deal be made? The future of this season is in […]

High-Upside Starting Pitchers for Fantasy Baseball: "Stuff" Edition

In the first analysis of my "finding high-upside starting pitchers" series, I looked in depth at swinging-strike rate. You can read that here. That analysis looked at overall SwStr% for every pitcher, taking into account all of their pitch types to one SwStr% number. In this article, I want to go a step further and […]

DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (3/11/22): Today's Top NBA DFS Lineups

Happy Friday RotoBallers! As usual, we have a jam-packed Friday night slate, filled with some juicy matchups. These articles focus on the overall best plays, which are typically more suited for cash games. However, with larger slates like this one, you don't have to worry about ownership getting steamed up too hard usually, so consider […]

Free NBA Betting Picks - Today's Best Bets, Expert Predictions, Odds (3/11/22)

Coming off a strong showing on Wednesday (5-2 and nearly 6-1 if not for the darn Celtics being unable to score one more basket in the final three minutes of an easy win!), I'm ready to get back at it with a solid 10-game Friday night slate! I did a weird thing yesterday - I […]

Today's NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (3/11/22): 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 […]

2022 Fantasy Baseball with Matt Modica - Benched with Bubba EP 446

Bubba (@bdentrek) is joined by NFBC Veteran Matt Modica (@ctmbaseball). In this episode, Bubba and Matt will go over Matt's early draft season, discuss different strategies for different NFBC formats and price points, some ADP debates, and thoughts on the upcoming MLB season (before the deal was actually done). Be sure to subscribe to the Benched […]

NBA DFS Prop Picks for PrizePicks: Friday, March 11th

For the first time in what was probably years for most NBA fans, they finally watched a full-game from start to finish. There’s no saying how much of the actual game they saw, but with the only two games being televised, it’s fair to say that more people watched this game then say, a Detroit […]