Andrew Vaughn (1B/OF, CHW) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 35% of leagues ANALYSIS: A popular late-round pick in drafts this spring, Andrew Vaughn's slow start left him languishing on many waiver wires. That trend has reversed this week, as his rostered rate has nearly doubled. Fantasy managers are back in thanks to the rookie finally breaking through […]

NASCAR DFS Prop Picks for 5/16 - PrizePicks

Hello everybody and welcome! We hit the "Monster Mile" at Dover for the Drydene 400 this week and another edition of NASCAR DFS on PrizePicks. Now, 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 […]

Niko Goodrum (1B/2B/SS/OF, DET) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 39% of leagues ANALYSIS: Niko Goodrum has been one of the most popular adds in fantasy baseball over the last few days. The versatile 29-year-old has four home runs and six stolen bases in 32 games after reaching double digits in both categories in 2018 and 2019, and […]

Logan Gilbert (SP, SEA) - Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 49% of leagues ANALYSIS: One of the top prospects in baseball, Logan Gilbert made his debut on Thursday night. While he only completed four innings and allowed four runs, there was plenty to like about his performance. He struck out five batters without issuing a walk, generating 10 whiffs […]

Byron Nelson - Showdown Round 4 (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 […]

WNBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks (5/16/21): WNBA DFS Advice for DraftKings and FanDuel

Every WNBA team has now played a game, and it appears that the fantasy providers out there are making some better decisions with their DFS pricing. On one hand, that means it's harder to exploit the pricing. On the other, it means less unpredictability and overpowered lineups, so there are positives. Sunday, we've got a […]

FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks (5/15/21): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

We have a large 10-game slate to work with on FanDuel tonight and there are a number of different ways we can build lineups. There are a few appealing pitchers on the high end in Bauer and Nola, but getting to one of the value pitchers allows you to jam in more expensive and higher-ceiling […]

Fantasy Baseball Injury Updates - Week 8

Baseball has seen the rate of injury continue to rise over the past few years. In fantasy, if someone is not in the medical field, it is hard to gauge how long a player will be out and whether they need to be replaced in a lineup. Sometimes this could mean playing a dead roster […]

NASCAR Xfinity Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Dover Drydene 200 (5/15/21)

This week, the NASCAR Xfinity Series heads to Dover, Delaware for the Drydene 200. Daniel Hemric will start up front in a race that has an interesting starting lineup. Austin Cindric way back in 16th? John Hunter Nemechek is in the 26 car? There are two Siegs racing? What's going on, Dover??? Here at RotoBaller, […]

NBA DFS Cheat Sheet & Expert Lineups for 5/15/21 (Premium Content)

NBA DFS Premium Cheat Sheet for 5/15 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard CORE PLAYS MARKED IN GREEN ABOVE Game of the Day Boston Celtics (-5.5) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (230.5 total) *UPDATE* There have been signs that the Celtics will be limiting the minutes for their stars with this game […]

The Bigger Picture - Complete Games Are En Vogue Again

Headlines in the baseball world recently have by and large pertained to the multiple instances of no-hitters early in the 2021 season. This is usually accompanied by a lamentation of how offense is down and batters are struggling to generate excitement in this new live-ball era. But what's the fantasy spin? Face it, no-hitters are […]

Bullpen Report: The Week of the Closer Injury

We are now about six weeks into the MLB season. It’s definitely flying by and before you know it, it will be Memorial Day, July 4th, and then the All-Star Break. These are all arbitrary dates you will hear thrown around as target dates for when you will have a large enough sample size to […]

Closers and Saves Report - Week 8 Waiver Wire

The first few weeks of this baseball season (and even a couple of weeks leading up to Opening Day) were absolutely littered with bullpen news and notes. It seemed like almost every single day, some team was tinkering with its bullpen, or some closer was getting hurt, or some previously well-established closer was slumping while […]

Week 7 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups

There are very few steady reliable starters early in the 2021 season. That means that many of your counterparts will be doing the same thing you are, trying to find serviceable options to get in their lineups. The SP planner should help you identify a few different options. As always, do a little research and […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (5/15/21): MLB DFS Lineups

10 of the 15 games are on the main slate on DraftKings today. Pitching is a little thing. There's more quantity than quality, but we'll find some good places for you to build around. Pitching isn't as bad as it looks at first glance. Rain could be a problem in a couple of spots. They […]

NFL Rookie Spotlight - Chuba Hubbard

In what turned out to be a very poor decision, surefire Day Two NFL Draft pick Chuba Hubbard returned to college for his senior season and torpedoed his draft stock with a truly dismal season. Hubbard fell into the fourth round where he was drafted by the Carolina Panthers. When evaluating prospects' likelihood of NFL success, we […]

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 […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - May 15, 2021

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 5/15/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. I don't know what we did to deserve it but we have 10-game Main slates on both DraftKings and FanDuel. Huzzah! There is a […]

WNBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks (5/15/21): WNBA DFS Advice for DraftKings and FanDuel

On Friday, the 2021 WNBA season tipped off. It featured buzzer beaters from Sabrina Ionescu and Diana Taurasi. It also featured some great fantasy performances by some of the players I mentioned yesterday, but also some horrendous showings from some of the other picks. Hey, it's early. Misses happen. Now, it's Saturday, and the four […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review - Friday, May 14th News and Notes

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy basketball takeaways from the games played during last night's slate. 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 […]

MLB Betting Picks for Saturday 5/15 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Last week was very hit and miss. Carlos Martinez got us off to a great start with under 4.5 K. Then Luis Castillo happened and the less said about him right now, the better. Finally, the madness occurred. Picking under nine runs in the Royals vs White Sox game, Chicago scored eight in the first […]

MLB DFS Lineup Picks - Early Slate (5/15/21): DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball

Hello there, MLB DFS grinders! It's Saturday, and that means we have yet another split slate of MLB games today with three games in the afternoon and 10 games on the main evening slate. While most of our MLB DFS coverage here at RotoBaller is geared towards the main slate, I wanted to give you […]

DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - Oliveira vs. Chandler (UFC 262)

Less than a month since we watched the last "numbered" of UFC events, the one pitting Usman against Masvidal for the second time in their careers, we're back at it with UFC 262 and another belt on the line. The Lightweight division gold will be up for grabs as we get back to Houston, TX, […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 5/15/21 (Premium Content)

What's up, RotoBallers! We have made it to Week 7 of the MLB season already. Time flies when you're having fun! Week 6 wasn't a huge week by any means, but it was a positive one! That's all we can ask for, as we slowly build ourselves back up towards a profit on the season. […]

Fantasy Baseball Player Debates with Jorge Montanez - Benched with Bubba EP 370

Bubba (@bdentrek) is joined by Jorge Montanez (@Roto_Nino) of NBC Sports Edge. The guys will go over some recent fantasy baseball news, fantasy baseball player debates, and much more. 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 get all our latest podcasts […]

NASCAR DFS Tiered Rankings: Drydene 400 (Premium Content)

  All other NASCAR Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to RotoBaller's Tiered Rankings for the thirteenth race of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway. For those that are viewing these rankings for the first time, here is how the sheet works. There are […]

NASCAR DFS Prop Picks: Drydene 400 - Monkey Knife Fight

Sunday afternoon features the Drydene 400 from Dover International Speedway. Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Kyle Larson, and Kevin Harvick will make up the top five to start the race. Monkey Knife Fight has an extremely easy fantasy point system: 0.1 points for each lap led and then a set amount of points […]

MMA DFS Value Picks - UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler (Premium Content)

Less than a month since we watched the last "numbered" of UFC events, the one pitting Usman against Masvidal for the second time in their careers, we're back at it with UFC 262 and another belt on the line. The Lightweight division gold will be up for grabs as we get back to Houston, TX, […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (5/15/21): NBA DFS Lineups

We've got a five-game NBA matinee for you today. You can also tilt a night game if you're so inclined. We've got an extensive injury list and a lot of teams that just don't give a damn. This should be very interesting. Let's concentrate on who has something to play for, shall we? The Nets […]