Randal Grichuk (OF, STL) – Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 29% of Yahoo! Leagues   ANALYSIS: Randal Grichuk is perceived as a streaky hitter, and while his production does come in bunches he has shown an ability to contribute regularly. For example, his average has fallen below .240 just one month this season, and his slugging percentage has […]

Fantasy Football Standard Rankings and Tiers (August Update)

Welcome back, RotoBallers. Below is an updated look at the overall 2017 fantasy football standard (non-PPR) rankings, including our rankings tiers and auction dollar values. It's officially the 2017 fantasy football draft season, and our top NFL guns are here to help with our updated 2017 fantasy football rankings for all scoring formats. In our Rankings Wizard you will […]

2017 NFL Team Outlook - Oakland Raiders

The Oakland Raiders come into this season as one of the favorites to challenge the Patriots in the AFC, and according to David Purdum of ESPN, the Raiders have received the most Super Bowl bets at some Las Vegas sportsbooks. Their odds have gone from 20-1 to 6-1, at some casinos. They finished last season […]

Dede Westbrook (WR, JAC) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: WR, Jacksonville Jaguars, 4.03 Dynasty Positional Rank: 100 Redraft Target Round: Unranked, not viable for 2016Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025: 2025 fantasy football rankings Running back (RB) fantasy football rankings Wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings Tight end (TE) fantasy football rankings Quarterback (QB) fantasy football rankings FLEX […]

Buy or Sell - Underowned and Overowned Players for Week 21

Trade deadlines have already passed in many fantasy leagues, so I'll focus more on lesser-owned players to assess their value, rather than potential buy-low or sell-high candidates. If your league doesn't cut off trading in August, remember that it's never too late to take advantage of a desperate owner trying to stay out of the […]

Today's Starting Pitcher Rankings (8/19/17)

Below you will find our fantasy baseball and DFS rankings for all of today's projected starting pitchers (August 19th). We have been publishing this column for a few weeks now, and so far the feedback has been pretty good. Let us know what you think on Twitter too. The concept is pretty straight forward. We round […]

Josh Reynolds (WR, LAR) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: WR, Los Angeles Rams, 4.10 Dynasty Positional Rank: 106 Redraft Target Round: Unranked, not viable for 2016Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025: 2025 fantasy football rankings Running back (RB) fantasy football rankings Wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings Tight end (TE) fantasy football rankings Quarterback (QB) fantasy football rankings […]

Josh Malone (WR, CIN) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: WR, Cincinnati Bengals, 4.22 Dynasty Positional Rank: 122 Redraft Target Round: Unranked, not viable for 2016Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025: 2025 fantasy football rankings Running back (RB) fantasy football rankings Wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings Tight end (TE) fantasy football rankings Quarterback (QB) fantasy football rankings FLEX […]

RotoBaller PPR Mock Draft Recap - Rounds 2-3

Hallelujah, we’ve officially entered fantasy football draft season! Even though it is a good idea to focus on the here and now when it comes to players and their average draft position, I personally love looking back at mock drafts that began prior to August. The preseason is rife with player progress, setbacks, and injuries […]

Hitter Streamers (Week 21): Head-to-Head Leagues

Welcome back, RotoBallers! As a reminder, in this piece we're looking for weekly streamers in head-to-head leagues, which means players who are 50% owned or less in Yahoo! leagues and who have seven games in the week. These players could provide great value off the waiver wire, particularly in head-to-head leagues, for week 21 of […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for August 22

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to improve upon your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Tuesday, August 22. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) PvB matchups […]

James McCann (C, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Two-Catcher Leagues OWNED IN: 35% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: The trade that sent Alex Avila over to the Chicago Cubs has created more playing time for youngster James McCann, and he has responded with the best offensive stretch of his career. McCann is hitting .364/.402/.506 with two home runs and a […]

Mikie Mahtook (OF, DET) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 15% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: There are always players who fantasy owners stare at on the waiver wire, expecting any day that their hot streak will end and they will fade into fantasy irrelevance. It never seems worth it to pull the trigger on a streaky […]

Ryan Switzer (WR, DAL) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: WR, Dallas Cowboys, 4.27 Dynasty Positional Rank: 103 Redraft Target Round: Unranked, not viable for 2016Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025: 2025 fantasy football rankings Running back (RB) fantasy football rankings Wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings Tight end (TE) fantasy football rankings Quarterback (QB) fantasy football rankings FLEX […]

Taywan Taylor (WR, TEN) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: WR, Tennessee Titans, 3.08 Dynasty Positional Rank: 78 Redraft Target Round: Unranked, not viable for 2016Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025: 2025 fantasy football rankings Running back (RB) fantasy football rankings Wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings Tight end (TE) fantasy football rankings Quarterback (QB) fantasy football rankings […]

Chris Godwin (WR, TB) - 2017 NFL Rookie Profile

Position, Team, NFL Draft Spot: WR, Tampa Bay Bucs, 3.20 Dynasty Positional Rank: 60 Redraft Target Round: Unranked, not viable for 2016Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025: 2025 fantasy football rankings Running back (RB) fantasy football rankings Wide receiver (WR) fantasy football rankings Tight end (TE) fantasy football rankings Quarterback (QB) fantasy football rankings […]

MLB Closers and Saves Report Week 20

The playoffs are coming! Fantasy baseball life comes at you fast, and even though we can all probably remember drafting our teams, it's already almost playoff time. With the trade deadline well behind us (despite some intriguing post-deadline deals still going on), teams have their bullpens more or less set. Injuries, however, are unpredictable. You've […]

Power Risers and Fallers for Week 20: Buy or Sell?

Welcome back to this investigative piece where we examine players who have seen some notable changes in their power profiles -- for better or for worse -- in 2017. As usual, you don’t need me to tell you that Miguel Sano or Aaron Judge is strong or that Jarrod Dyson and Billy Hamilton are toward the bottom in average exit velocity. We’re approaching […]

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie - Sleepers to Avoid in 2017

I'm sure you've heard this expression before. Every year, the word "sleeper" is thrown around a lot as we're all anxious and eager to find the next big thing that no one is really talking about. Well, sometimes you just have to let the sleeping dogs lie. As tempting as it may be to believe […]

Holds Leagues: Waiver Wire Pickups & Adds For Week 20

While holds are even tougher to predict than saves, the players we’ll highlight today include some elite setup men to target off the waiver wire for Week 20 of the fantasy baseball season. The more likely an MLB team is to win, the more likely these pitchers will be eligible to earn the holds that could […]

2017 NFL Team Outlook - Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers, along with a handful of other teams like the Pittsburgh Steelers, have consistently been front and center in the fantasy universe for the past eight or nine years. They have provided a slew of high producing fantasy options at multiple positions. 2017 projects to be no different, but turnover at many […]

2017 Player vs. Player - Willie Snead vs. Jamison Crowder

Fantasy football draft season is upon us and RotoBaller is here to help! In this series, two RotoBaller experts will discuss the merits of two players with similar value and average draft position (ADP). These rankings will continue to fluctuate throughout the preseason, which may impact where they are selected in drafts. Today's debate is […]

Today's Starting Pitcher Rankings (8/18/17)

Below you will find our fantasy baseball and DFS rankings for all of today's projected starting pitchers (August 18th). We have been publishing this column for a few weeks now, and so far the feedback has been pretty good. Let us know what you think on Twitter too. The concept is pretty straight forward. We round […]

Streaming Wars: Waiver Wire Targets for August 21

Welcome to Streaming Wars, your one-stop shop for streaming the waiver wire. Use this column to improve upon your neediest categories. Below are your pitcher and hitter streaming targets for Monday, August 21. Let's get to it.Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources: Fantasy baseball trade analyzer BvP matchups data (Batter vs. Pitcher) PvB matchups […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Lineup Picks (8/18/17): MLB DFS Advice for FanDuel and DraftKings

After a Thursday that was broken down into two small slates, we have a huge Friday slate. There is one early game, but the majority of contests focus around the slate that begins at 7 PM EST. That is what this article will focus around. In this article, I will be providing you with my […]

Cory Spangenberg (2B/3B/OF, SDP) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 33% Yahoo ANALYSIS: I'm reasonably confident that a majority of baseball fans have no idea who Cory Spangenberg is, but fantasy owners have certainly taken notice. It's been hard not to, considering that the Padres' Swiss Army knife has hit four home runs and totaled 16 R+RBI in the […]

Matt Chapman (3B, OAK) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 6% Yahoo ANALYSIS: As a small-market West Coast team in last place, the Athletics understandably don't get a lot of attention from baseball fans as a whole. They also don't have much in the way of appealing fantasy assets, particularly after selling off Sonny Gray and Yonder Alonso […]

C.J. Cron (1B, LAA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 20% Yahoo ANALYSIS: C.J. Cron was nobody's idea of an exciting fantasy asset, but he had improved in each of his first three MLB seasons. Heading into 2017, he deserved to at least be on the radar of owners in AL-only or super-deep mixed leagues. A combination of […]

Cesar Hernandez (2B, PHI) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 34% Yahoo ANALYSIS: In April, Cesar Hernandez appeared to be building on his breakout 2016 second half before a slump and an oblique injury knocked him off the radar of most fantasy owners. Since returning from the disabled list, however, he's looked a lot more like the player we […]