Corbin Carroll: Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 20
BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: Corbin Carroll was a first-round pick for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2019 MLB Draft, a consensus top-50 prospect, and was rostered to the 2022 NL Futures Game team. The D-Backs outfield may be stocked with formidable talent, but Carroll is ambitiously... Read More
MLB Hitter Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for Plate Discipline (Week 20)
Unless you play in a points league, you may not care enough about walks and strikeouts for hitters to dig into such metrics. I'm here to tell you that plate discipline is the foundation of a skilled hitter and it leads to fantasy baseball goodness. This week, we'll take a gander at the BB/K leaders... Read More
MLB Pitcher Studs and Duds - Advanced Metrics Leaders for CSW% (Week 20)
Welcome back to fantasy baseball and RotoBaller’s Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds article series! Each week, I select one advanced metric, choose two pitchers with strong values and two with poor values, and analyze what those values may mean for future performance. I have written about several strikeout and strike-generating metrics this season. Strikeouts obviously... Read More
Is Clyde Edwards-Helaire Injured? Where To Draft Edwards-Helaire In Fantasy Football?
Kansas City Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire (undisclosed) was placed on the active/physically unable to perform list in late July. The 23-year-old had a brief stint on the PUP list and was activated a day after initially being placed on it. The team did not disclose any injury, but fantasy managers shouldn't be concerned, as... Read More
DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks (8/22/22): Today's Top MLB DFS Lineups
Happy Monday, Rotoballers! We kick off the last full week of August with an eight-game slate for the DraftKings and FanDuel featured contests. It's an East Coast-heavy evening with five of the eight games starting before 7:15 pm Eastern, and we've also got some weather to watch. Atlanta-Pittsburgh, Cincinnati-Philadelphia, and the Subway Series all have... Read More
JP Sears: Waiver Wire Pickups - Week 20
BALLER MOVE: Add in 15+ Team Leagues ROSTERED IN: 9% of leagues ANALYSIS: 26-year-old Oakland A's starting pitcher JP Sears has been absolute money, essentially from his sophomore season at the Citadel and on. After going in the eleventh round of the 2017 MLB Draft, Sears moved through the minor leagues at a solid pace... Read More
Free MLB Betting Picks - Today's Best Bets, Expert Predictions, Odds (8/22/22)
It is Monday, August 22nd and we have a nine-game MLB slate today with eight games happening at 7:05 pm Eastern or later. The Mets and Yankees open up their series tonight with Max Scherzer and Domingo German facing off in the Bronx. The Cardinals open up a series with the Cubs in Wrigley as well. Lastly, the... Read More
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis 8/22/22 (Premium Content)
All-In-One MLB DFS Staff Picks and Analysis for 8/22/2022 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We have a short slate on this Monday, giving us a little breather from the craziness before we get back into a full slate on Tuesday. Let's talk about this group of games. Top... Read More
The Grass Is Greener: NBA Players Who'll Succeed In New Places
With most of NBA free agency in the rearview, it's time to start thinking about how player movement will impact the fantasy basketball landscape. While there are still some trade-related shoes that could drop and disrupt team rotations and rosters, we have a pretty good idea now of what each NBA team will look like... Read More
Will Drake London Play Week 1? Should I Draft Him in Fantasy Football?
Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Drake London was drafted 8th overall as the first receiver off the board this year. London was in the midst of a monster season in his Junior year before fracturing his ankle, which ended his collegiate campaign. He entered the offseason healthy and fully recovered from that injury, but unfortunately experienced... Read More
Thunder Dan's MLB Betting Picks for August 22: Pitcher Props, Totals, Money Line Bets
It's a bit of a quiet Monday with only nine games today, but that doesn't mean there isn't still some money to be made making MLB bets! Whether you like game totals, sides, or player props, I have something in here for you and try to cover a little bit of everything! Last month, I... Read More
NFL Betting Picks: Futures Bets for Player Props - Touchdowns, Rushing, Passing Yards
Making projections is one of the most fun things about preseason football. You could bet that 99% of them will not be correct, but man it is part of the fantasy and the sports betting world that give us something to cling to at the beginning of the year. As stated in my team futures... Read More
Fantasy Football IDP Sleepers and Busts: Defensive Backs Edition
With the offseason finally slipping into our rearview mirror, we at Rotoballer want to give IDP managers an early look at how each defensive position is playing out in the fantasy realm. To do that, we will look at how IDP analysts and managers value players at every defensive position. Based on that, we will... Read More
Daily MLB Injury Roundup for August 22nd, 2022
RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily MLB injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy baseball (DFS) lineups, every day of the MLB season. Below is our updated list of injured MLB players for August 22nd, 2022. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below... Read More
Free MLB Player Props - Today's Prop Betting Picks for Hitters and Pitchers (8/22/22)
The 2022 MLB season is underway and we have a ton of action to look forward to once again. This article will focus on MLB player props throughout the season. We will look to focus on pitcher strikeout props first and foremost as those are often some of the juiciest props on the market. We... Read More
Adam Koffler's PPR WR Fantasy Football Rankings and 2022 Players to Target, Avoid
Welcome RotoBallers to another edition of our fantasy football rankings! Below you will find Adam Koffler's 2022 PPR Wide Receiver Rankings, updated as of 8/20/2022. In this article, I'll also highlight a handful of wide receivers that I'm targeting and avoiding at cost this season. Remember, these are full-PPR rankings, thus bumping up high-volume pass-catchers.... Read More
Five Early-Round Fantasy Football Landmines to Avoid
Every fantasy manager has their own draft strategy. Making a clear plan before it's your turn to pick is essential and will go a long way in your pursuit of a championship. As much as it is important to identify players and positions that you want to target, you should also know which players you... Read More
Is Cam Akers The RB1 of the Rams? Where Should I Draft Cam Akers For Fantasy Football?
Los Angeles Rams running back Cam Akers had the look of a surefire fantasy RB1 heading into the 2021 campaign before he suffered a torn Achilles tendon which held him out until Week 18 of the regular season, where he carried the ball just five times for a total of three yards. It was shocking... Read More
Fantasy Football Stock Risers and Fallers After Preseason Week 1
NFL Preseason Week 1 is in the books. Fantasy managers started tackling the games' data to uncover hidden gems. While we enjoyed the fact that football is finally back, it's time to get to work. The noise surrounding NFL teams is deafening but let's look at the who's who after the first week of the... Read More
Nick Mariano's Waiver Picks - Get 'Em While They're Hot (Premium Content)
All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. The world is shifting its attention to fantasy football but not you, the stalwart baseball addict who will finish the season strong. Each of your roster spots needs to address a specific need, and I mean need, for your squad. Stashing a stud OF... Read More
Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 20
Welcome back! It's Week 20 of our fantasy baseball Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups series! We have been having a good amount of success with our waiver wire pick-ups lately as a ton of fantasy baseballers have stopped paying attention and that's making the waiver wire a much more pleasurable place. As we have been... Read More
Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 20
We have completed another week of MLB action, making it time to make more waiver wire moves as we head into Week 18. With more and more injuries and players slumping, it is time to start changing our rosters. I want to emphasize that it is still not time to panic about your core players.... Read More
2B/SS Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 20
As we sprint towards the home stretch in the 2022 baseball season, time is running out to upgrade your roster for the playoff push. Most trade deadlines are past, so the waiver wire is the best place to shore up weaknesses as we pursue the ultimate honor, a fantasy baseball championship. If you need help... Read More
The Cut List - Time to Let Go? Week 20
Welcome back to The Cut List. This is our weekly article looking at players who fantasy managers might be considering cutting from their teams and struggling players who need a closer look. We'll look at players who are worthy of a drop, players who are worth monitoring for replacing, and someone on the hot seat... Read More
Points League Pitchers: Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 20
Welcome to Week 20 and our fantasy baseball waiver wire pitchers. We'll be doing this roundup of points leagues every week here at RotoBaller, with waiver wire targets and streaming pitchers being evaluated in terms of the different scoring systems of ESPN, Yahoo!, CBS, and Fantrax. Player values can vary wildly from platform to platform,... Read More
Points League Hitters: Waiver Wire Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - Week 20
Welcome to Week 20 and our fantasy baseball waiver wire hitters. We'll be doing this roundup of points leagues every week here at RotoBaller, with waiver wire targets and streaming pitchers being evaluated in terms of the different scoring systems of ESPN, Yahoo!, CBS, and Fantrax. Player values can vary wildly from platform to platform,... Read More
Deeper Hitter Pickups for Fantasy Baseball - NFBC Waiver Wire Report for Week 20
We have completed another week of MLB action, making it time to make more waiver wire moves heading into Week 20. However, things will be slightly different for our weekly look into the high-stakes NFBC landscape. For those who do not know, in the NFBC, there are no IL spots and trades, making waiver moves... Read More
Two-Start Pitcher Streamers for Fantasy Baseball - Week 20
What's up what's up! It's Jon Anderson back again, I'll be handling this piece for the rest of the season. We found some winners in the two-start streamers article last week, and I think we should be able to do it again this ewek. It is week 20, and we're drawing ever closer to the... Read More
Pitchers: Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 20
Anthony Aniano's 2022 fantasy baseball waiver wire pickups and free agent pitchers to add for Week 20. Fantasy baseball managers should consider adding these players off the waiver wire if they are available in their leagues. Be sure to also tune into RotoBaller Radio on SiriusXM (SiriusXM channel 87) - every weekday morning between 6-7 AM... Read More