J.B. Bukauskas (SP, ARI) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 16% of leagues ANALYSIS: He's only eligible as a starting pitcher for the moment, but J.B. Bukauskas just might be the closer in Arizona sooner rather than later. A first-round pick back in 2017, the 24-year-old flamed out as a starter due to injuries and command issues. Those […]

Tejay Antone (SP/RP, CIN) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 33% of leagues ANALYSIS: The Reds, like many teams, do not have a obvious closer right now. Amir Garrett has collected two of their three saves to this point, but he also has hideous ratios (16.20 ERA, 3.20 WHIP) thanks to allowing three homers and seven (!) walks […]

Anthony DeSclafani (SP, SFG) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 41% of leagues ANALYSIS: Two issues have plagued Anthony DeSclafani during his seven seasons in the major leagues - injuries and the long ball. While it remains to be seen if he can stay out of the trainer's room, the 31-year-old's early 2021 success suggests that he may […]

Bryan Reynolds (OF, PIT) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 44% of leagues ANALYSIS: An unheralded prospect entering 2019, Bryan Reynolds parlayed a red-hot start at Triple-A into a year that saw him finish fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting. That season, he hit .314/.377/.503 with 16 home runs and 151 R+BI in just 134 games with […]

Alex Kirilloff (OF, MIN) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 20% of leagues ANALYSIS: Miguel Sano's hamstring strain has opened a spot in the Twins' lineup, and they've recalled top prospect Alex Kirilloff from the alternate training site to fill it. Kiriloff appeared in one postseason game last year and was the emergency "27th man" for a doubleheader […]

NBA DFS Cheat Sheet & Expert Lineups for 4/23 (Premium Content)

  NBA DFS Premium Cheat Sheet for 4/23 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard   CORE PLAYS MARKED IN GREEN ABOVE   Best of the Rest PG - Theo Maledon (FD), Brandon Goodwin (DK), Payton Pritchard SG - Bradley Beal (FD), Lou Williams (DK), Armoni Brooks SF - Michael Porter […]

The Fantasy Basketball Drop List: Week 17

Alright, it's another edition of the Drop List! It's playoff time, so get that dead weight off of your roster! Let's clean some things up and win you some titles! Below is our weekly fantasy basketball drop list, a look at players who are can be dropped in some or all formats. Every Thursday, we'll […]

Manuel Margot (OF, TB) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 24% of leagues ANALYSIS: Through the early going this year, Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Manuel Margot has been making hard contact like we've never seen from him before. He has a 52.5% hard-hit rate, up from 33.9% last year, and a 7.5% barrel rate, a major increase […]

Brady Singer (SP, KC) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12-Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 46% of leagues ANALYSIS: Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Brady Singer began the 2021 season with two ugly starts. He allowed 10 runs (six earned) over 8.1 innings while suffering two straight losses to the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels. However, he bounced back in a […]

Joey Votto (1B, CIN) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 44% of leagues ANALYSIS: After two years of a providing a minimal power output in 2018 and 2019, Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto had a surprising power resurgence last year. During the shortened 2020 season, Votto hit 11 home runs and eight doubles over 55 games […]

NASCAR Xfinity Series: DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks for Talladega Ag-Pro 300 (4/24/21)

The NASCAR Xfinity Series is back this week, and we're superspeedway racing at Talladega! Austin Cindric starts on the pole, while the current best superspeedway driver in the series, Justin Haley, rolls off fifth. Talladega is always chaotic, so expect to make more lineups than you usually would if you're hoping to win some money, […]

Kendall Graveman (RP, SEA) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 46% of leagues ANALYSIS: Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Kendall Graveman has been nearly flawless out of the pen so far this year. Through seven appearances and 8.1 innings, he's allowed just one hit and two walks without giving up a run. He also has a 34.5% strikeout […]

Paul DeJong (SS, STL) - Week 5 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues ROSTERED IN: 49% of leagues ANALYSIS: St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Paul DeJong had a rocky start to the 2021 season. He went on an 0-for-23 slump over a seven-game stretch from April 4 to April 11, but since that cold streak, he's really turned things up. This past Monday, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

NBA DFS Prop Picks for 4/23 - PrizePicks

Hello everybody and welcome! If you've been hanging around RotoBaller lately, you might have seen us hyping up PrizePicks. And why wouldn't be -- player props are the next big thing in the fantasy world and PrizePicks is a great, easy spot for you to do some player prop games! And while we haven't really […]

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 […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings (4/23): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome, RotoBallers. Hockey season is back and I am thrilled to be covering this sport over at RotoBaller! As always, I will do my best to give you the stats and info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash game NHL contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. If you are […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]