Risers and Fallers - Week 2: Story, White, Sano, Fielder and more

Now that we are two weeks and counting into the season, it's a good time to take a look at some of the early surprises and disappointments around baseball. These are our early season Risers and Fallers. Editor’s Note: to read about waiver wire options, be sure to check out our famous waiver wire pickups […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks (4/16/16): FanDuel & DraftKings Daily Fantasy Hockey Advice

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) lineup picks article for April 16th of the 2015/2016 NHL season. Each day we'll be providing you with a handful of forward, defensemen, and goaltender picks for DraftKings and FanDuel GPP and cash games. The first Saturday of the NHL playoffs gives us one afternoon and three evening games. All teams […]

MLB Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks - FanDuel Baseball Advice for 4/16/16

We have a split slate on Saturday with eight games in the afternoon and seven in the evening. There are a handful of elite pitching options on both slates  combined with some nice value plays to make it easy to pay up for talent. As of writing this the weather looks pretty solid all around […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (4/16/16): NBA DFS Advice

Who's ready for the NBA Playoffs!? Tweet me (@BalesSJustin) and let me know who you think will win it all! Okay, back to business. In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy NBA lineup picks for DraftKings on 4/16/16. The DFS lineup picks will range from some of the elite players, […]

Champ or Chump: What to Make of Jeanmar Gomez, Randal Grichuk and Robinson Cano

It takes a little while for the advanced stats to have any significance at all, so we're continuing to look at guys with unexpected roles and analysis of 2015 data. This week, we have a closer that came out of nowhere, a struggling St. Louis slugger, and a perennial All-Star enjoying an early season resurgence. […]

J.T. Realmuto (CA, MIA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Mixed Leagues, NL-Only Leagues OWNED IN: 26% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Fleaflicker owners haven't been dashing to scoop up the running catcher yet. J.T. Realmuto has begun the 2016 campaign hitting .280 and driving in a couple of runs. He'll wind up with double digits in steals, so go pick him up as your CA2, […]

Yadier Molina (CA, STL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Mixed Leagues, NL-Only Leagues OWNED IN: 35% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Yadier Molina just isn’t CA1 material anymore. He's been productive in terms of average and RBI, but he hasn't hit any homers. His power numbers have steadily declined over the past several seasons, and it looks like this trend will continue. Yadi has […]

Francisco Cervelli (CA, PIT) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Mixed Leagues, NL-Only Leagues OWNED IN: 37% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Francisco Cervelli is not making Bronx Bomber fans wish that he was there in Brian McCann's place, but Cervelli is blazing at the plate, hitting .370 before Friday’s game. He wound up hitting .295 in 2015. It's like a Yankees reunion party, […]

Miguel Montero (CA, CHC) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Mixed Leagues, NL-Only Leagues OWNED IN: 24% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Miguel Montero is off to a fairly decent start, hitting .286 going into Friday’s game action, and he has a homer. Montero has no real competition, either, with Kyle Schwarber out for the season and David Ross backing him up. Fantasy […]

Wilson Ramos (CA, WAS) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Mixed Leagues, NL-Only Leagues OWNED IN: 18% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Wilson Ramos has stormed out of the gate, hitting .367 so far this season. This could be the Ramos that Nationals fans have been hoping would return. He hasn't hit any homers and has driven in just three runs, but it’s still […]

Travis d'Arnaud (CA, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Most Mixed Leagues OWNED IN: 37% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: Travis d’Arnaud has gotten off to a miserable start with an anemic .091 batting average going into Friday’s game, but it's still really early in the season. He's going to come around. People are getting way too impatient early on. Check out RotoBaller's […]

NBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks - FanDuel Basketball Advice for 4/16/16

It is time for the NBA playoffs! Everyone has been waiting the entire year for this moment. If the NBA playoffs are not exciting enough, bet some money on them. DFS is a great way to get a girlfriend into fantasy sports. Let her bet a dollar or two on the game. It'll keep her […]

Food City 500: Daily Fantasy NASCAR DraftKings DFS Lineup Picks

This week NASCAR heads to "The World's Fastest Half Mile", Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 500 this Sunday afternoon. Bristol is a .533 mile Oval Short Tack with 24°-30° banking in the corners making for tight door to door racing with minimal room for error for the drivers. The 500 laps run here […]

Jorge Soler (OF, CHC) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ team leagues OWNED IN: 60% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: One of the biggest injuries this young season occurred when Kyle Schwarber tore two ligaments in his left knee. The door is wide open for Soler to reclaim the job that was supposed to be his in 2015. Management and Cubs fans would love nothing […]

4/15 @ 6 PM - MLB DFS Chat with Chris Olson

Friday Evening – Daily Fantasy Baseball Chat RotoBaller daily fantasy expert Chris Olson (@RealChrisOlson) will be answering all of your DFS, matchup, GPP and cash game questions every Friday evening until the end of the MLB season. Join Chris as he discusses the best daily fantasy plays for Friday on FanDuel and DraftKings. Today’s chat is happening on Friday, April 15th at 6:00 […]

Week 2 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

Hey there, RotoBallers! You've survived your first week of fantasy baseball. Surely you drafted Trevor Story and Tyler White and Ross Stripling. No, you didn't? Neither did most of us. (Now is the time when all of those guys who did draft one of those guys gets to gloat.) Even if you didn't draft those guys, […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Injury News and Lineup Updates for DraftKings and FanDuel - 4/15/16

  This article will be continuously updated. Check back throughout the day. In this article, we’ll be providing you with critical lineup updates and injury news for MLB games on 4/15/16. We’ll try to update this article up until games so you have the latest information to set your daily fantasy baseball lineups on FanDuel […]

Daily Fantasy Baseball Patrol: Starting Pitchers for FanDuel, DraftKings (4/15/16)

Welcome back to the DFS Patrol. Regular season basketball is officially over which means it's all baseball here on out. In this article, I’ll be providing you with the top starting pitcher streamers for daily fantasy baseball (DFS) and for seasonal leagues for 4/15/16. These streamers will range from high-priced / high-ownership options to low-priced […]

Didi Gregorius (SS, NYY) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Pick up in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 8% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: For those in need of a shortstop, or for those who drafted a shortstop that is not producing, take a look at Didi Gregorius. It's no coincidence that Gregorius finished 2015 strong and has now swung the bat well over his first five […]

Justin Smoak (1B, TOR) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Leave on Waiver Wire OWNED IN: 2% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: With Josh Donaldson occupying the DH spot for the time being, Justin Smoak is the odd man out. Even before Donaldson tweaked his calf, Smoak had been limited to a pinch-hitter role and has started only once this season. When Donaldson returns to third […]

AL-Only League Waiver Wire Pickups For Week Two: Hardy, Buchholz, Jepsen and More

As week two comes to a close, fantasy owners are going through the first motions of roster decisions. In most mixed leagues, the talent floor between free agents and the bottom of a team's roster are fairly close, allowing for less agonizing over dropping slumping players. For AL-only owners, that is not the case as […]

Holds Leagues: Waiver Wire Pickups for Week Two

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 2 of the fantasy baseball season.  The more likely a team is to win, the more likely a pitcher will be eligible to earn the holds that could be […]

Byron Buxton (OF, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Leave on Waiver Wire OWNED IN: 47% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: With a mix of speed, arm-strength, range, and above-average power, a ton of hype swirled around the arrival of Byron Buxton. The ceiling was certainly high with expectations similar to those of Kris Bryant and Carlos Correa upon their introduction to the Show. But […]

Brandon Phillips (2B, CIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Pick up in 12+ Team Leagues OWNED IN: 50% of Fleaflicker leagues ANALYSIS: Those in need of a second baseman, take note of Brandon Phillips. His numbers thus far are not exactly jaw-dropping, but at 34-years-old, the veteran has already swiped two bags, is batting over .300, and is on a five game hitting […]

MLB Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks - FanDuel Baseball Advice for 4/15/16

  The New York Mets have been terrible, but c'mon FanDuel! They are entirely too cheap. The same goes for the Baltimore Orioles. Let's see who else is slightly too cheap tonight! In this article, I will be providing you with my daily fantasy baseball MLB lineup picks for FanDuel on 4/15/16. The DFS lineup […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks (4/15/16): FanDuel & DraftKings Daily Fantasy Hockey Advice

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) lineup picks article for April 15th of the 2015/2016 NHL season. Each day we'll be providing you with a handful of forward, defensemen, and goaltender picks for DraftKings and FanDuel GPP and cash games. The NHL postseason is upon us, and it's one of the most wonderful times […]

DraftKings MLB Lineup Picks (4/15/16): Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice

The Tigers/Astros is one of the most intriguing matchups of the night. Detroit dominates left-handed pitching, but Keuchel is one of the best pitchers in the AL. It will should be a great battle to see who comes out on top. Who's ready to get down to business for the MLB season? In this article, […]

MLB Starting Pitcher Depth Charts for Fantasy Baseball: Week 2

To see our tiered staff rankings for starting pitchers, head over to our fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. You can easily filter and export all sorts of rankings and tiers - mixed leagues, points leagues, top prospects, and more! Starting pitchers get you 40% of the key stats in 5x5 leagues, and are sometimes even more important in H2H and points […]

Joe Mauer (1B, MIN) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Most Mixed Leagues OWNED IN: 27% Fleaflicker ANALYSIS: For Joe Mauer, that incredible 2009 season in which he hit 28 homers seems like a lifetime ago, and he has only hit 48 since. Once a perennial contender for the batting title, Mauer’s .265 average last season was a career worst. He’ll […]