Week 1 Kicker Rankings for Fantasy Football: Kicker Updates Include Jake Bates, Ka'imi Fairbairn, Chase McLaughlin, Cam Little, Tyler Loop, Chad Ryland

Many fantasy managers will ignore the kicker spot, but they can make the difference between winning and losing your first matchup of the season. Find the best option to start with our Week 1 fantasy football kicker rankings for 2025. Find out where Jake Bates, Ka'imi Fairbairn, Chase McLaughlin, Cam Little, Tyler Loop, and Chad […]

Week 1 Team Defense Rankings for Fantasy Football: D/ST Updates Include Commanders D/ST, 49ers D/ST, Ravens D/ST, Patriots D/ST, Vikings D/ST

The final piece of your fantasy football lineup should be an elite defense or one with a plus matchup. We're here to help you find the best option to start with our Week 1 fantasy football defense (D/ST) rankings for 2025. Find out where the Commanders, 49ers, Ravens, Patriots, and Vikings defenses stand among all […]

Week 1 Best NFL Bets - Expert Picks and Betting Guide for Sunday Football Games (2025)

It's time to kick off the 2025 NFL season with my Week 1 best bets. You always want to approach the first week with caution, as it can be quite unpredictable. Just think back to last season, when the Cincinnati Bengals lost at home against Jacoby Brissett and the New England Patriots. With that in […]

Will Darnell Mooney Play in Week 1? Fantasy Football Injury Update (2025)

The Atlanta Falcons might be without their wide receiver Darnell Mooney as they take on the Buccaneers in Week 1. He is listed as questionable for Sunday’s contest, as the wideout has been dealing with a shoulder injury. The sixth-year WR has been missing from action since the first practice of training camp. Look for […]

NFL DFS Game Stacks: Week 1 (Premium Content)

Use this tutorial for more details on how to use our NFL DFS Stacks of the Week. All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the Premium Dashboard. This column is designed to give you a detailed look at three games that are very stackable for GPP contests every week. This week, I've got you […]

MLB Home Run Player Prop Bets Today: Best Hitter HR Props (9/6/2025)

It's a great day for home runs today with some fantastic hitting conditions in multiple parks. So I hope that I can keep up the hot picks that our writing staff has been putting forward, as my colleague Kipp Heistermann nailed another two home run calls in yesterday's article. The strategy for targeting home run […]

FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Baseball Pickups to Target for Week 24 (September 8 - September 14)

The fantasy baseball playoffs are here, and every lineup decision matters more than ever. At this stage of the season, there’s no time to wait on struggling veterans or stash speculative players with uncertain roles. Instead, success comes from finding the hottest bats and most favorable matchups to squeeze out every possible edge. Fortunately, several […]

DraftKings CFB DFS Lineup Picks: Daily College Fantasy Football Late Saturday Slate (9/6/25)

I love these late slates, especially early in the season. We see some very interesting matchups on these slates at this time of year. Who's burning the midnight oil with me? These are some of the easiest slates to make money! Don't quit on me now! We do have one FCS school on here, but […]

Should I Start TreVeyon Henderson, Kaleb Johnson, Dylan Sampson? Week 1 Fantasy Football Outlooks for Rookie RBs (2025)

The 2025 NFL season is officially underway. Every week matters, which means it is crucial to nail your lineup decisions even in Week 1. Rookies are an excellent source of fantasy points if you can afford to embrace the risk. We have never seen these players perform at the NFL level and truly have no […]

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Watchlist for Week 1

Welcome to Week 1 and our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist article for the 2025 season! While a good draft is key to winning your fantasy league, making smart moves on the waiver wire can be a sneaky-good way to make up for a bad draft or strengthen a good one. Young and/or unproven players […]

Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include Colson Montgomery, Kyle Bradish, Ian Seymour, Parker Messick, Jared Triolo, Emmet Sheehan

September has arrived, and there are only a few more weeks left in the MLB regular season. It's time to focus on who you could add to make your team instantly better for the final stretch of the year. At RotoBaller HQ, we are back with more fantasy baseball advice and have our updated top […]

Top 25 Fantasy Baseball Prospects to Stash (Redraft): Eric Cross' Rookie Rankings for Week 23

Welcome to the final Top 25 prospects to stash article of the season here on RotoBaller. Hopefully, this article has helped you throughout the 2025 season and landed you an impactful rookie or two along the way. With September callups happening today, on Monday, September 1, when this article is posted, this will likely be […]

Top 25 Injured Players to Stash for Fantasy Baseball - Week 23 (2025)

Welcome back to the Injured Players to Stash for Fantasy Baseball series as we enter Week 23 of the 2025 MLB season. This will be one of the last few entries of the year before the season ends, so thank you for sticking with us, and good luck in your fantasy playoffs. Today, we provide […]

Are You For Real? Surprising Fantasy Baseball Pitcher Starts From Jonah Tong, Payton Tolle, Cristian Javier

Welcome back to the "Are You For Real?" series as we dive into Week 23 of the 2025 fantasy baseball season. For those unfamiliar, this is a weekly column where we examine starting pitchers who had surprisingly strong starts over the past week and put them under the microscope to determine whether they're legitimate or […]

4 Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers - Jurickson Profar, Nolan McLean, Elly De La Cruz, Joe Ryan

Welcome, everyone, to another edition of RotoBaller’s Fantasy Baseball Risers and Fallers article series for Week 23 of the 2025 season! Today, I'll look at Jurickson Profar, Nolan McLean, Elly De La Cruz, and Joe Ryan. Keeping up with the latest hitter and pitcher trends is a key component for a successful season, and RotoBaller […]

DraftKings CFB DFS Lineup Picks: Daily College Fantasy Football Saturday Evening Slate (9/6/25)

The "main" slate feels like the undercard today. The evening slate on DraftKings is loaded tonight! We are tipping the scales with nine games. A couple of these will be blowouts, but we have some nice ones on here as well, such as Michigan-Oklahoma, UNLV-UCLA, and Arizona State-Mississippi State. We have some teams that don't […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospects Stash List: Ready to Make a Splash for Redraft Leagues (Week 24)

Welcome, friends, to the 2025 MLB season, and my weekly article about fantasy baseball prospects to stash heading into Week 24. Who are the top prospects you need to know for redraft leagues? We are back on our hot streak of predicting prospects getting the call, with at least one player in 14 of the […]

MLB DFS Picks Today: Daily Fantasy Baseball Strategy and Tips For FanDuel, DraftKings (9/6/25)

Welcome back, RotoBallers! After a few afternoon contests, most of the action from Major League Baseball is under the lights this Saturday night, providing DFS fantasy baseball managers with a very solid nine-game slate to attack. With 18 teams in the player poll, strong options are available at a wide variety of positions and price […]

Week 1 Fantasy Football Rankings Analysis - Laghezza vs. Mariano Rankings Comparisons

Just like that, football season's upon us. Seriously, how did that happen so fast? Regardless of the answer, it's high time we get down to business. Drafting's great and all, but the dirty little secret is most players wind up hurt or dropped — and it's our in-season decision-making abilities that truly drive success. Couldn't […]

Should I Start Travis Hunter, Tetairoa McMillan, Emeka Egbuka in Week 1? Fantasy Football Outlooks for Rookie WRs

Drafting and starting a rookie in Week 1 is a venture into the unknown. How often will coaches call their number? How often will they be on the field? Are they even good enough to be an impact player? Those are just some of the questions we will see answered on Sunday. We know some […]

2025 NFL Week 1 Betting Picks (Premium Content)

All other Premium Tools and Content can be accessed on the premium dashboard.   Premium Betting Picks for Week 1 This year, we are having all of our NFL betting experts contribute to our Premium betting article in what will be an Expert Roundtable format.Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for […]

Fantasy Football Dynasty Watch: Top College Fantasy Football Players for Week 1 (2025)

Welcome back to another season of Fantasy Football Dynasty Watch, where I highlight the best and brightest performances from the college football week that was. We had a full Week 1 with some teams playing some bad opponents. Some of these performances may be taken with a grain of salt. We will introduce you to […]

Starts and Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups for Fantasy Baseball (September 1 - September 7)

And just like that, it's time to greet the final calendar month of the season with our starting pitcher starts/sits for fantasy baseball Week 23 - Monday, September 1 through Sunday, September 7. This column provides readers with who is pitching, the opponent, and a confidence/startability score based on an array of metrics. Keep us bookmarked […]

College Football Picks Against the Spread: Expert Betting Predictions for Week 2

It was a fun time in Week 1. We let the NFL have Thursday this week, which means a huge Saturday for real football. There are 79 games on Saturday, but only 48 of those are FBS vs. FBS games. Most of the games between FCS and FBS schools aren't even on the major sportsbooks. […]

Week 1 NFL DFS Cheat Sheet: Expert Picks and Lineups (Premium Content)

  All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to Week 1 of the NFL Season! Each week, I'll be bringing you our famous NFL DFS Cheat Sheet with expert research and picks for cash games and GPPs. Here are a few notes about the sheet. We are using 2024 data for […]

Best College Football Upset Picks and Underdog Bets - Week 2 CFB Predictions (2025)

If you missed my upset watch column last week, you were probably shocked when Florida State walked over Alabama start-to-finish in Tallahassee last weekend. Then again, if you did read my column last week, you were definitely underwhelmed with Northwestern’s showing in New Orleans. It turns out I was wrong on Preston Stone elevating the […]

DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - UFC Paris: Imavov vs. Borralho

After taking Labor Day Weekend off, the leading promotion is back, only this time, it heads back to Accor Arena in Paris, France. The event will mark the promotion's fourth consecutive annual visit to Paris and first since UFC Fight Night 243. The card looks to be worth the wait, as we have a stacked […]

Who Should I Start for Fantasy Football Week 1? Travis Kelce, Omarion Hampton, Najee Harris, Isiah Pacheco, Ladd McConkey, Marquise Brown, Justin Herbert, Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Royals, Will Dissly

Who Should I Start? Who Should I Sit? Some of the most common Week 1 fantasy football lineup decisions are regarding players like Justin Herbert, Omarion Hampton, Najee Harris, Ladd McConkey, Travis Kelce, Isiah Pacheco, Jalen Royals, Marquise Brown, Patrick Mahomes, Kareem Hunt. But not to worry, we are here to help make these decisions […]

College Football Pick'em Pool Picks: Week 2 (2025) - Targets, Avoids, Predictions for ESPN Pick'em Contests

We have a good turnout this year with 65 entries in the RotoBaller Reader's Group. All but two entries got at least half of the picks right, which is why we do the confidence version. Three entries (PAPI PEREZ, WeagleweagleWDE, and chrismiller19) led the way this week with 48 points. That's not bad out of […]