Fantasy Studs: Four Players to Targets in Drafts

The feeling you get when a late-round draft pick or early season pickup goes on to become an integral part of your team is one of the best that can come from fantasy sports. It’s happened to all of us, and this year it’s bound to happen again. For this article, however, we’ll look at the […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice - NBA DFS Lineup Picks for 3/9/16

Kevin Durant has been playing out of this world and it doesn't look like anyone is going to be able to slow him down any time soon. If you haven't seen him play yet this season, do yourself a favor. Turn on the TV and watch him tonight. You will not be disappointed. Okay, back […]

NBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks - FanDuel DFS Basketball Advice for 3/9/16

Tonight's nine game slate doesn't have a ton of appealing games. It's not a terrible slate, but there isn't a lot that jumps off the page. On the bright side, you may not have to worry as much about ownership percentages in tournament formats. While there isn't that much disparity between the high projected scoring […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks (3/9/16): FanDuel & DraftKings Daily Fantasy Hockey Advice

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) lineup picks article for Wednesday, March 9th 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. Some of the best teams and players are set to take the ice in […]

Eagles Sending Kiko Alonso And Byron Maxwell To Dolphins

The Eagles are clearly moving on from the Chip Kelly era as they have dealt two of his big acquisitions from last season in Kiko Alonso and Byron Maxwell. Pending a physical, the Eagles are going to receive some currently undisclosed draft picks in exchange. The move helps the Miami D/ST in 2016, and it […]

MLB Podcast on RotoBaller Radio: 2016 Fantasy Baseball Shortstop (SS) Tiered Rankings

RotoBaller is very excited about the start of the second year of RotoBaller Radio. You can find our new shows as always on BlogTalkRadio live or on demand, YouTube, and on iTunes under podcasts. Every Tuesday night at 9:00 PM EST, RotoBaller co-founder Real Talk Raph and esteemed co-host Anthony Aniano will be discussing the most recent and relevant MLB news […]

Kevin Pillar (OF, TOR) - 2016 Fantasy Baseball Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Target ~180 CURRENT ADP: 195.7 ANALYSIS: Between the blazing speed and the sensational grabs, Kevin Pillar has begun to make a name for himself with the Blue Jays. After Michael Saunders went down with a torn meniscus before the 2015 season even started, Pillar found himself with a lot more responsibility. In 159 […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (3/8/16): NBA DFS Advice

Insane. That’s the only word I could come up with to describe the last few days in the DFS industry. The point totals for cash games have been out of this world over the last few days. Don’t fret. The numbers will stabilize shortly while the prices of players catch up over the next day […]

2016 Outfield Prospects and Dynasty Rankings - AL East Edition

Last time out, I covered the Phillies dominated NL East outfield prospects (also catchers, first base, second base, shortstop, and third base). Now it's time to turn our attention to a stacked AL East. I've uncovered 27 outfield prospects in the division, and the quality is much higher than last week's group. If you're looking to load up […]

Daily Fantasy Golf DraftKings Picks (PGA DFS): Valspar Championship

Adam Scott did it again. He won his second tournament in a row holding off Bubba Watson by one stroke. My top pick, Dustin Johnson, was right up there heading into Sunday, but shot a final round 79. Sound like a familiar story? Well, yeah. Johnson is known to blow up on Sunday so it […]

Industry Mock: Rapid Reactions and Lessons Learned

On Thursday night we at RotoBaller hosted an industry mock draft with some cool people from RotoGraphs, the NY Post, BaseballHQ, RotoExperts, SportingNews, Baseball Prospectus, TheFantasyFix, We Talk Fantasy Sports, and of course we had our own cohort of RotoBaller reps. There will more on the draft as a whole, be on the lookout for […]

Class-Act DE Justin Tuck Retires as a Champion On and Off The Football Field

Justin Tuck announced his retirement from the NFL at the end of the 2015 season, leaving behind a career filled with numerous accolades and achievements. On top of personal glory, Tuck made an impact on those he played with as was evident in the Oakland Raiders’ greatly-improved defense. Tuck was taken by the New York Giants in […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Blake Swihart

2015 In Review Prior to the 2015 season, the Boston Red Sox had set themselves up with one of the best defensive tandems behind the plate; the combination of veteran Ryan Hanigan and up-and-coming Christian Vazquez, who's knack for impeding opposing run games raised plenty of eyebrows during his short stint in 2014. But after already […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Robinson Cano

2015 In Review Robinson Cano has played in at least 156 games every season for the past nine years, establishing himself as one of the most reliable second basemen in the game. Last year, however, he had his worst season in seven years, hitting just .287, picking up just 179 base hits (low for his […]

RotoBaller Rankings vs. ADP: Undervalued First Basemen

If you’re a regular reader of RotoBaller (and how could someone as smart, funny, and handsome as you not be?), you’ve doubtless already checked out our rankings assistant tool. We recently finished rolling out the February update, and we’ll have one final revision for you later in March. With draft season ramping up now, though, […]

2016 Bust Candidates: NL Starting Pitchers to Avoid

The wait is finally over – spring training is in full swing. Of course, here at RotoBaller we’ve been cranking out tons of preseason content for some time now. We might be a little obsessed with baseball ‘round these parts. But that’s okay, because so are you! And what better way to celebrate the advent […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks (3/8/16): FanDuel & DraftKings Daily Fantasy Hockey Advice

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) lineup picks article for March 8th 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. Busy Tuesday with eight games in the NHL with some prime matchups for fantasy […]

NBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks - FanDuel Basketball Advice for 3/8/16

Six games is nothing to scoff at for a Tuesday. We should have some high totals as well, likely coming from Toronto, Portland, and Los Angeles. Two of the teams we try to avoid (San Antonio and Utah) are on this slate, but that doesn't mean you have to disregard the game entirely. With that […]

CBB DFS Lineup Picks (03/08/16): Daily Fantasy College Basketball  Advice for FanDuel

Everyone knows about March Madness, but only Daily Fantasy players know that this can be a difficult week for team selection, given the complexities of the conference tournament schedule. After all, Tuesday is a day for "play-in" games--contests in which lower-seeded teams fight it out for a sit at the big table--and not all of […]

Beast Quake, Skittles and Action, Boss: Marshawn Lynch's Career Retrospective

Marshawn Lynch is a magician. No, you say? Well, how else can you explain one man making nary a peep with his mouth, but creating a rumble so large that it registered on a seismograph with only his legs? OK, OK, magician is probably pushing it, but Lynch has safely assumed hero status in the […]

No Sophomore Slump For Allen Robinson in 2015

Allen Robinson was an absolute stud in 2015. AR15 and Blake Bortles showed a great rapport and it led to the both of them being top five fantasy players at their respective positions. Robinson was tied for the most receiving touchdowns (14) with Brandon Marshall and Doug Baldwin, along with a tallied 1400 receiving yards. It was […]

NBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks - FanDuel Basketball Advice for 3/7/16

It is going to be difficult, but both Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins should be used in tournaments tonight. Pairing the two is setting yourself up for success. In order to do that, you will need to use multiple value plays. Check out some of my favorites below. In this article, I will be providing […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks (3/7/16): NBA DFS Advice

Monday's slate consists of plenty intriguing matchups. My two favorite are the Orlando Magic visiting the Golden State Warriors, and the Sacramento Kings facing off against the New Orleans Pelicans. The last time both sets of teams squared off, fireworks were lit and then ignited onto Daily Fantasy scoresheets. There are a ton of big names […]

Fantasy College Basketball CBB Rankings: NCAA Top 10 (3/7/16)

Spring is a time of renewal, a time to clear the air, recharge the batteries and clean out the closets. Or our Top 10 list. With Spring approaching, we've rearranged our Top 10 a bit, to prepare for the postseason. Here are our CBB rankings for the week of March 7, 2016 (won-loss records are […]

Mario Chalmers (PG/SG, MEM) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Short Term Add OWNED: 30% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball Leagues Throughout his 8 year career, Mario Chalmers has been the type of player that both NBA teams and fantasy owners have classified as “useful” but not necessarily “reliable”. After being drafted towards the top of the second round back in 2008 by the […]

Week 23 NHL DFS Buys and Don’t Buys: Boedker, Staal, Larkin and Stempniak

Now that the dust from the NHL trade deadline has settled, daily fantasy hockey owners can now adjust the values of the players that changed teams. We have had a game or two to see what roles traded players have on their new squads. Third-line centers have become second-line centers. Starting goalies have become backup […]

Cano Looking Healthy Post-Surgery, Brantley Returning Early, Jackson Signs With Team, Park Hits First MLB Homer

Fantasy Baseball Spring Training News and Notes for 3/7/16 Cano Showing No Ill Effects From Off-Season Surgery Robinson Cano's 2015 Spring Training stats gave no indication that he was going to struggle for the first three months of the regular season. But that is exactly what happened when he hit .251 with six home runs […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Values: Jose Iglesias

2015 In Review August had finished and fall baseball had begun. It was the first month that Jose Iglesias batted below .290 after a surprisingly hot and consistent start to his season. The Detroit Tigers were about to taste an October without playoff baseball for the first time since 2010, looking up at the Kansas City […]

Five Deeper Options At First Base For 2016

There are some positions in fantasy baseball where one should avoid getting cute and creative as much as possible. First base is one of them. But drafts are a funny thing: one rarely knows how they will play out. That's before one mentions leagues with flex positions, such as UTIL or MI. Personally, I have made that mistake […]

2016 Bust Candidates: AL Starting Pitchers to Avoid

The wait is finally over – spring training is in full swing. Of course, here at RotoBaller we’ve been cranking out tons of preseason content for some time now. We might be a little obsessed with baseball ‘round these parts. But that’s okay, because so are you! And what better way to celebrate the advent […]