5 Early Fantasy Football Rookie Breakouts
It is almost time for fantasy football drafts to start. This means it is time to find out which rookies are worth taking and which ones should be left in the queue. July 6 starts the Scott Fish Bowl. It's the official start of the fantasy football season. There are 22 rounds, and many players […]
Waiver Wire Targets: RotoBaller Staff Picks
Welcome, RotoBallers, to another staff roundtable ahead of Week 16 of the fantasy season. With the All-Star break just a day away, fantasy managers will have a great opportunity to assess their rosters ahead of the stretch run. This week, we will continue to spotlight top waiver-wire suggestions from members of our fantasy baseball staff, […]
Top 101 Pitchers: Rest-Of-Season Rankings
Welcome back to our weekly starting pitcher rankings for Week 15. Every week of the fantasy baseball season, we rank the top 101 starting pitchers. This FSWA-award-winning Best Baseball Series is updated weekly with the "Top 101 Starting Pitchers" from Nick Mariano. His Weekly Starting Pitcher Baller Ranks look to assist you in reaching the […]
Closers: Nick Mariano's Rankings, Waiver Wire
Welcome to mid-July and the coming All-Star break. This column brings you my updated fantasy baseball closer rankings for Week 16 of 2026 to give you tiered closer rankings and many relievers to add across all league types. Rust never sleeps, so don't nap too long this break. We're gathered here to chat about bullpens, […]
Sell-High Candidates: Overachievers to Trade
Welcome back, RotoBallers, to another edition of overachievers to trade away. Each week of the fantasy baseball season, we look at which star players are sell-high candidates. Last week, we dove into players like Robbie Ray, Sonny Gray, and Manny Machado. This week's edition will look at five more sell-high candidates. These five players are […]
Starting Pitcher Breakouts or Fake Outs?
You know, it gets tougher every week to find three compelling pitchers to discuss that I haven't already investigated in previous weeks. It was a challenge this week, but I decided that I needed to do three different types of pitchers for the column. Taj Bradley is widely rostered, but is he finally ready to […]
Top MLB Hitter Prospects To Stash for 2026
Congratulations, RotoBallers! You have made it to the MLB All-Star break. With no lineups to set from July 13–15, this upcoming week is the perfect time to evaluate your roster, shore up any weaknesses, and prepare your team for the second-half. The break also provides an opportunity to get ahead of the competition by stashing […]
Top MLB Pitching Prospects To Stash for 2026
Welcome back to our top starting pitcher fantasy baseball prospects to stash for Week 16 of the 2026 MLB season. After a few quiet weeks in the prospect world, the Brewers added some excitement by promoting top outfielder Luis Lara ahead of Tuesday's contest. As always, we will spotlight the top-5 pitching prospects to stash […]
Early-Round Draft Avoids: Potential Busts
Fantasy football is easy when you draft the right players, right? Of course, especially in the first few rounds of your drafts. These 3-4 players lay the foundation for your team's success. However, not all players in those first few rounds are "good" picks. As I always say, it's not that these players are bad; […]
12 Fantasy Football Sleepers to Draft
No fantasy football leagues are won because of which players fantasy managers draft in the first, second, or third rounds. Championships are won because of the golden gems drafted in the late rounds -- and I am not talking about kickers. It is easy for fantasy footballers to draft the likes of Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson, […]
Top 10 Closers: Rest-Of-Season Projections
It's that time again, friends. Time to re-evaluate the closer landscape in fantasy baseball, that is. Every month, I update the current top-ten list of closers and speculate as to how that list may change by the season's end. With many teams lacking an established closer entirely, we are seeing plenty of "bullpen-by-committee" approaches, making […]
MLB Bullpen Depth Charts: Closers and Saves
Saves are an important component for many fantasy baseball leagues. Closers are one of the most volatile positions in fantasy baseball and one of the highest turnover positions in MLB. Each year, closers drop like flies, and many MLB teams make in-season changes due to injuries or poor performance. Relief pitchers are becoming increasingly important […]
Nick Mariano's Waiver Wire Targets (Premium)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the Premium Dashboard. It's almost time for a well-deserved breather during the All-Star break! If you're like me, you'll still autopilot to your lineup page as if you had a daily lineup to set, but take it easy! And by take it easy, I mean read up... […]
NASCAR DFS Picks: Quaker State 400
Chase Briscoe earned his first victory of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season last week at Chicagoland by holding off Christopher Bell. This week, the NASCAR Cup Series will be racing at EchoPark Speedway, also known as Atlanta Motor Speedway, one of NASCAR's three drafting tracks. Atlanta is unique as it is the shortest of […]
Fantasy Baseball Hitter Streamers, Pickups
The All-Star break is finally upon us, and therefore we have a few days off coming up, followed by an extra-long week since most fantasy sites combine next weekend's series with the full week of games that follow. Since you have to make your roster moves tonight anyway in a lot of leagues, I'm still […]
FAAB Bidding: Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 16
Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our Week 16 fantasy baseball FAAB waiver wire pickups for July 13 - July 19. For those new to this weekly series, we dive into the best fantasy baseball waiver wire targets every week for leagues that use FAAB (free agent acquisition budget) and our recommended dollar bid amounts for waivers. […]
Must-Add Waiver Wire Pickups
Hello RotoBallers! Welcome back to another edition of our 7 Must-Adds ahead of Week 16 of the fantasy baseball season. Even though we fantasy baseball managers will have a few days off due to the All-Star break, that does not mean you should not take a break from the waiver wire. This week, we will spotlight […]
Eric Cross' Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 16
Some weeks, the waiver wire report is full of safer and "boring" targets, which isn't a bad thing. But I'd be lying if I said that weeks like this one weren't a bit more exciting to write. This week's waiver wire report is chock-full of upside, both at the plate and on the mound. The […]
8 Upside Closers and Relievers Breaking Out?
With the All-Star break just days away, let's take a look at some potential breakout saves sources that managers should know ahead of the second half. Below, we will spotlight eight closers whose fantasy value has increased over the last week and determine whether managers should consider picking them up. So, should fantasy managers click […]
Breakout Hitters To Watch For Week 16
Welcome back to my Fantasy Baseball Breakout Hitters article for Week 16 of the 2026 MLB regular season. The goal of this article is to highlight players who could be breaking out, diving into current active hitting streaks, along with recent leaders in batting average, isolated power (ISO), stolen bases, and more. In this article, […]
Updated Half-PPR Rankings (All Positions)
As we move closer to the middle and end of July, 2026 fantasy football drafts will be picking up steam. It's almost that time, and we're here to give you the latest look at the top 300 pecking order with our updated fantasy football half-PPR rankings. Wide receivers and tight ends hold a little bit less value […]
NFL TE Power Rankings: All Starting TEs
Tight end value has been steadily rising around the NFL. There is even a "National Tight Ends Day" to commemorate the position. It has become that important. The rise of tight ends has increased excitement in the NFL. These guys make huge, athletic plays despite being some of the largest players on the field. It […]
13 Must-Stash Prospects
During the opening months of the regular season, fantasy managers have seen many high-end prospects earn the call and emerge as must-start players like Henry Bolte, Cole Carrigg, Payton Tolle, and A.J. Ewing. In this piece, we will look at 13 prospects whose stash value has increased over the last week and could play a […]
Standard (Non-PPR) Fantasy Football Rankings
PPR and Half-PPR scoring continue to grow in fantasy football, but if you're still playing in non-PPR/standard leagues, we're here to help! We cover it all at RotoBaller, so check out these updated non-PPR fantasy football rankings for the top 300 players below. By no surprise, the running backs position in king is these leagues. Our post-NFL […]
NASCAR DFS Picks and Projections (Premium)
The Sunday night race portion of the schedule continues on this weekend with the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway. EchoPark (or more commonly still known as Atlanta) used to be a super-high tire wear 1.5-mile track, but after the 2021 season, they repaved and reconfigured it to turn it into a type of superspeedway.... […]
NASCAR Predicted Finishing Order (Premium)
The NASCAR Cup Series is back in Atlanta this weekend at EchoPark Speedway for the Quaker State 400. This track was repaved and reconfigured prior to the 2022 season, going from a high-wear 1.5-mile traditional oval to now being a "pseudo"-speedway and drafting track. Atlanta has produced some incredible racing in this NextGen car, and... […]
Best NASCAR Bets (Premium)
Okay, boys and girls, it's time to right the ship. It has been a rough past couple of races on the betting card, so let's turn things around with this weekend's Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta). Remember: betting lines for NASCAR can move very quickly, and value can disappear just as quickly! So... […]
Fantasy Football Bold Predictions for 2026
Fourth of July weekend has come and gone. Training camps are just around the corner. There's no better time to fire up some fantasy football bold predictions. These aren't projections, yet things that could absolutely come true despite expectations heading into the 2026 season. Each one of these fantasy football bold predictions for the 2026 […]
NASCAR Qualifying Results and Starting Lineup
On Saturday afternoon, the NASCAR Cup Series held the qualifying session for this weekend's race at EchoPark Speedway, the Quaker State 400. As has been the case at drafting tracks for quite some time, the Penske Fords were super fast, as Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano swept the front row. Those two were followed by […]
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