2020 Rookie Review: Breakouts, Busts, and Surprises

The part of the fantasy football season that matters to the vast majority of us is now over. Congrats on your titles, or on your successful dynasty tank job, or on making the playoffs despite drafting Christian McCaffrey first overall. This is the time to look back and reflect on things, to try to make […]

Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds

Most fantasy leagues have been decided after 16 grueling weeks of gridiron action but there are always exceptions. Many will berate the idea of playing through Week 17 when many teams rest their starters but I applaud it. A real fantasy championship should be earned even in the toughest situations. Since 2020 has been an […]

Running Back Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 17

Winning a fantasy championship has been your goal since you began preparing for your draft. It has also remained the driving force behind every roster decision that you have made throughout the regular season. You have also maintained a new level of flexibility while adjusting to the COVID- 19-related postponements and the ongoing potential for […]

Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 17

It's time for the wildest week of the NFL season: Week 17. For those of y'all still playing normal, non-DFS fantasy this week, I just have to say this: good luck. Weird things can happen in the final week of the season as teams rest starters before the playoffs and teams out of contention see […]

Quarterback Waiver Wire Pickups and Streamers - Week 17

Well, folks, this is it. It has been a wild ride this season thanks to a litany of injuries and quarantines throughout the NFL season. We have seen veteran quarterbacks like Tom Brady, Philip Rivers, and Ben Roethlisberger continue to show they are fantasy viable while a crop of new talented players like Jalen Hurts, […]

Deeper League Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 17

Welcome to the last installment of this column! It has been an absolute pleasure recommending the hidden gems off the deeper parts of the waiver wire this season. Through all the injuries, COVID-related delays, and other factors that affected this NFL season, many fantasy teams fought as hard as they could and now we are […]

NBA DFS Cheat Sheet & Expert Lineups for 12/29 (Premium Content)

  NBA DFS Premium Cheat Sheet for 12/29 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard   CORE PLAYS MARKED IN GREEN ABOVE   Game of the Day Timberwolves (+10) @ Clippers (227.5 total) This is a very appealing game to attack in DFS for a variety of reasons. First and foremost […]

Week 16 Outliers Analysis - We Must Overreact!

Quarterback was a crazy position to navigate in Week 16. Tom Brady saw just 30 minutes of action against the Lions and still managed to finish as QB-2 and Andy Dalton, who is only rostered in 13% of Yahoo leagues shredded the Eagles Defense to finish as QB-3. Mitch Trubisky accounted for three touchdowns, finishing as QB-7, […]

Fantasy Basketball Injury Updates for Week 2      

Welcome to this new column! As the NBA season gets underway, injuries are unfortunately bound to happen. That is where this column comes in. Each week, I will dissect injuries to bigger name fantasy players and tell you what you should expect. In addition, I will suggest what other players might benefit fantasy-wise because of […]

The Cut List (Week 17) - Time to Let Go?

Welcome to the final Cut List of 2020. I'd like to thank everyone who's joined me on this column all year. I took it on in Week 7 and I've looked forward to writing it each week ever since. So I hope you've looked forward to reading it as well. I don't have any profound […]

Waiver Wire Express - Week 17 Lightning Round

While some fantasy seasons are over, we here recognize many are still battling in Week 17. Let's take a moment to applaud that we have had a full NFL season thus far, with some admitted turbulence along the way. Week 17 is always messy with backups getting additional play so keep your eyes on the […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for December 29th, 2020

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 December 29th, 2020. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Mecole Hardman (WR, KC) - Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 28% of Leagues ANALYSIS: Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman has seen an increased share of targets over the past two weeks. In Week 16 against the Atlanta Falcons, he was targeted six times, tying him for second on the team with Tyreek Hill and Darrel […]

La'Mical Perine (RB, NYJ) - Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 11% of Leagues ANALYSIS: New York Jets rookie running back La'Mical Perine saw a decent amount of work in Week 16 against the Cleveland Browns. He rushed the ball nine times for 30 yards and caught one of his two targets for 14 yards. Frank Gore was […]

Darrel Williams (RB, KC) - Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 3% of Leagues ANALYSIS: With Clyde Edwards-Helaire (ankle) sidelined in Week 16, the stage appeared to be set for a big game for Le'Veon Bell against the Atlanta Falcons. That wasn't the case. Instead, Darrel Williams was the busiest running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, both […]

Monday Night Football Matchup Analysis: Patriots vs Bills

Last week on Monday Night Football we got a surprising upset by the Cincinnati Bengals over the Pittsburgh Steelers, could we see that lightning strike twice. Buffalo has officially clinched the AFC East and New England is officially out of the playoffs, so it’ll be interesting to see if these teams can combine to create […]

Monday Night Football DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - Patriots vs. Bills

Christmas Day has come and gone and as we enter the last week of 2020, we also prepare for the very last night Monday night football game of the NFL season. It's been a wild ride this year with COVID wreaking havoc on the NFL schedule and forcing us into a "new normal" of social […]

NBA DFS Cheat Sheet & Expert Lineups for 12/28 (Premium Content)

  NBA DFS Premium Cheat Sheet for 12/28 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard   CORE PLAYS MARKED IN GREEN ABOVE   The Best of the Rest A few things to mention here. FD has a terrible mispricing of Dillon Brooks at 3700 at shooting guard. You should definitely be […]

RotoBaller PGA: 2020's Winners and Losers

Hello RotoBallers and PGA DFS fans! While we're currently smack dab in the middle of winter, the PGA Tour will be cranking back up before you know it. With the "Hawaii Swing" kicking off in January, we'll take the next couple of weeks to scratch your golf itch by recapping a wild 2020 and looking […]

EPL DFS Lineup Picks for FanDuel (12/29/20) - English Premier League Soccer

Welcome back, RotoBallers! Matchday 15 started Monday but got a little interrupted due to the cancelation of the Manchester City and Everton game. No worries, though, because there are five games on tap for Tuesday. I have another full breakdown for you all. Keep reading this breakdown for my DFS soccer picks on RotoBaller and see how […]

NFL DFS Prop Picks for Monday (12/28/20) - Monkey Knife Fight

The tide has finally turned in the AFC East and the division-leading Buffalo Bills are in New England to face a Patriots team that won’t have a winning record for the first time since the 2000 season, Bill Belichick’s first year with the team. Get in on the action with Monkey Knife Fight. The Bills […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (12/28/20): NBA DFS Lineups

The NBA schedule has five games on the slate for Monday night. Did you know that three out of five have a 226 or more implied point total? You’ll have a smaller pool of players to choose from, but here are three tips on how to attack it. First of all, it’s important to look […]

FanDuel NBA DFS Lineup Picks (12/28/20): Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Monday starts off the week on a significantly more modest note compared to the weekend, with just five games on the entire slate. James Harden once again reigns supreme as the must-play option, but any Rockets updates will give us a clearer picture of what exact tools he will be working with heading into gametime. […]

NBA DFS Prop Picks for Monday (12/28/20) - Monkey Knife Fight

With five games on Monday's slate, only three are currently viewable on MonkeyKnifeFight.com.  Come by here and check tomorrow for updates on the other two, but Pistons-Hawks, Jazz-Thunder, and Rockets-Nuggets are all ready to go. Both the Brooklyn-Memphis and Portland-Los Angeles games will be updated tomorrow morning before game time. With the Hawks upgrading and […]

Fantasy Basketball Week 2 Streamers

Aaaanddd they're offfff! (Wacky Races on my mind this time around) We got our precious NBA (and perhaps even more precious NBA fantasy) back last week and our free time has taken a significant hit as a result. Slacking off at work (analyzing your next opponent's team), neglecting your family, snapping back at your loved […]

Malcolm Brown (RB, LAR) - Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 19% of Leagues ANALYSIS: The gate of opportunity appears to have opened as wide as possible for Los Angeles Rams running back Malcolm Brown. The team lost Cam Akers (ankle) to a high-ankle sprain in Week 15. He's out indefinitely. This past week, the team lost Darrell […]

Irv Smith Jr. (TE, MIN) - Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 15% of Leagues ANALYSIS: We're past most fantasy leagues' championship weeks, and if that wasn't enough to make for a thin waiver wire, we're also entering the last week of regular-season games. No matter what, we're here to get the most of it and squeeze till the […]

Nick Mariano's Early 2021 Fantasy Baseball First Base Rankings

Once again, I'll start by saying the 2021 baseball season is not guaranteed to be a normal one. But for now, let's just close our eyes and dream of a world unencumbered by COVID-19 and talk about our silly little game as if a 162-game season will come next spring. Join me for my position-by-position […]

Samaje Perine (RB, CIN) - Week 17 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues ROSTERED: 2% of Leagues ANALYSIS: There was plenty of food at Cincinnati's table this past Sunday for both RBs Gio Bernard and Samaje Perine to fill their bellies. Even though the former out-carried Perine 16 to 13, it was the latter who racked up the most fantasy points […]