Jonas Valanciunas (C, TOR) - FanDuel Upside Play on 1/20/16

MATCHUP/VALUE: vs BOS, $6,100 ANALYSIS: Relatively speaking, Valanciunas has been somewhat of a monster lately, totaling 33 fantasy points or more in three of his last five games, despite never eclipsing 30 minutes in those contests. He's exceeded his price implied value in eight of his last 1o games, by an impressive margin of 5.29 […]

Dirk Nowitzki (PF, DAL) - FanDuel Matchup Play on 1/20/16

MATCHUP/VALUE: vs MIN, $7,100 ANALYSIS: A rested Dirk is a strong Dirk, and that's what we have on our hands tonight. Nowitzki has exceed his price implied value in seven of his last 10 games, by an impressive average of 3.11 points over. The big veteran has an outstanding matchup tonight against the Timberwolves, as […]

Tobias Harris (SF, ORL) - FanDuel Value Play on 1/20/16

MATCHUP/VALUE: at PHI, $5,600 ANALYSIS: "There are actually a lot of decent, serviceable options at small forward tonight" - a thought I had earlier. It's a thought I don't think I've had before. With guys like Lebron, Durant and Carmelo playing tonight, there's quite a bit of starpower, so that thought may not be surprising. […]

James Harden (SG, HOU) - Safe FanDuel Play on 1/20/16

MATCHUP/VALUE: vs DET, $9,300 ANALYSIS: The drop in salary is warranted, but in the last 10 days, we've seen Harden's salary go from $10,500 all the way down to $9,300. That's quite a bargain. He has been a disappointment lately in terms of fantasy production, but the opportunity is always there for The Beard, and […]

Damian Lillard (PG, POR) - Strong FanDuel Play on 1/20/16

MATCHUP/VALUE: vs ATL, $8,800 ANALYSIS: Despite exceeding value in 6 of his last 10 games, Lillard has an extremely appealing pricetag this evening, a pricetag that has dropped $600 in total since the start of the month. Any time you can find a guy of Lillard's skill priced under 9K, the matchup is worth investigating, […]

NBA DFS Cap Management, Part 2: Matchup-based Approach

Last week, we discussed two methods to help manage salary caps for Daily Fantasy basketball; the Well-Rounded and Stud/Dud approaches. Both methods rely on the amount of games slated for the night. The Well-Rounded caters to heavier slates, selecting the majority of players all in the same price range of $6,000-$7,000. While the Stud/Dud method […]

Daily Fantasy Hockey Lineup Picks: DraftKings & FanDuel NHL DFS Advice for 1/20/16

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) lineup picks article for January 20th 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.   Introducing RotoBaller's Premium Daily Fantasy Hockey Cheat Sheet Get an edge on your […]

Jimmy Butler (SG, CHI) - DraftKings Big Money Play on 1/20/16

Jimmy Butler (vs GS, $8,400) Aside from his one bad game, Butler has scored 35+ fantasy points in each of his last 10 contests, including eight games with 40+ fantasy points, three games with 50+ fantasy points, and one game with 81 fantasy points. Over the last 10 days, he’s averaging 24.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 6.0 assists, […]

Dwight Howard (C, HOU) - DraftKings Big Money Play on 1/20/16

Dwight Howard (vs DET, $8,100) At this point, there is no reason to avoid Dwight Howard. Over the last 10 days, he’s averaging 19.5 points, 15.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.7 blocks, and 1.3 steals per game. He’s coming off a huge game against the Clippers, in which he scored 36 points with 26 rebounds, 4 assists, […]

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (SG, DET) and Ersan Ilyasova (PF, DET) - DraftKings Stack on 1/20/16

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (at HOU, $5,800) Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has been enjoying a fairly good season, and he has been playing well recently. He’s coming off a game in which he scored 27.25 fantasy points before being ejected with two technical fouls. Before that, he scored 36.25 and 39.25 fantasy points in two of his last three games. He […]

Ish Smith (PG, PHI) - Solid DraftKings Play on 1/20/16

Ish Smith (at ORL, $7,500) Smith has been playing exceptionally well recently, as he’s averaging 20.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, 8.6 assists, and 1.8 steals per game over the last 10 days. He’s playing huge minutes for the Sixers, and he’s the clear focal point of their offense. He gets a great matchup against the Magic, who love […]

DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice - NBA DFS Lineup Picks for 1/20/16

Dwight Howard's season began with some struggles because the Rockets wouldn't use him on offense, but that looks like it's fixed. He scored 36 points with 26 rebounds in his last game, and he is playing as well as anyone in the NBA right now. In this article, I will be providing you with Daily […]

2016 Fantasy Baseball Tiered Rankings: Catcher (January)

Welcome to the first installment of our January ranking breakdowns! If you’re like us here at RotoBaller, you’ve been huddled around that stove awaiting that precious heat for a while now. While there are still some dominoes yet to fall, we've seen quite the flurry of moves. This round of rankings features seven of our experts. […]

NFL Conference Championship Weekend Daily Fantasy Football Stacks

And then ... there were four. Only the Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots remain alive in the chase for the Lombardi Trophy after a divisional round weekend that saw each home team emerge victorious. Unless you have a rooting interest in one of the final four teams, this next tidbit […]

Turning Two: Which Pitchers Will Win 20 Games?

Turning Two: Will Any Pitcher Win 20 Games? Welcome back, Rotoballers! We are now on the second edition of Turning Two. If you missed our debut, we discussed who will hit 50 HR in the 2016 season. Our next topic flips to the second part of the diamond: the pitchers. Will any pitcher reach the 20 […]

Top 10 Dynasty Starting Pitchers For 2016

Narrowing down a top ten list of starting pitchers is not an easy task. There is so much talent and so many factors to consider. Taking into account everything from the home playing field to divisional rivals, past performance, and injury history, I had to develop a simple formula to make sense of it all. […]

Week 16 Fantasy Hockey Buys and Sells: Hagelin, Elliott, Zetterberg, and Saad

Nothing affects a player’s fantasy value more than trades or injuries.  Trades give players new teammates and new roles that normally benefit them, while injuries usually open doors to additional ice time and chances to rack up goals, saves, assists and wins that they wouldn’t have had.  This week both trades and injuries are the […]

Fantasy Hockey Sleepers: NHL Waiver Wire Forwards for 1/19/16

Welcome to the new Fantasy Hockey Sleepers and NHL Waiver Wire report. Each week I will be updating some of the players you should targeting on the waiver wire to help you build a championship fantasy hockey team. The recommendations will focus on, for the most part, standard Yahoo! Fantasy Hockey leagues with the following stat categories: […]

Fantasy Hockey Sleepers: NHL Waiver Wire Defense and Goaltenders for 1/19/16

Welcome to the new Daily Fantasy Hockey weekly waiver wire report. Each week I will be updating some of the players we should targeting on the waiver wire to help us build a championship fantasy hockey team. The recommendations will focus on, for the most part, standard Yahoo Hockey leagues with the following stat categories: Goals Assists […]

NBA Forwards: Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups & Sleepers

Hello and welcome to another week of scorching waiver wire prospects available in 80-91% of Fantasy Basketball leagues. This four players listed today have either started playing hot of late, or in the case of the last two players listed, have been having great seasons but have been slept on by a majority of Fantasy […]

Daily Fantasy Hockey Lineup Picks: FanDuel & DraftKings NHL DFS Advice for 1/19/16

Welcome to the Daily Fantasy Hockey (NHL DFS) lineup picks article for January 19th of the 2015/2016 NHL season. Each Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, I'll be providing you with five picks (G, C, W, W, D) for FanDuel and DraftKings GPP and cash games.   Introducing RotoBaller's Premium Daily Fantasy Hockey Cheat Sheet Get an […]

Top 10 Dynasty First Basemen For 2016

If you are lucky enough to own either of the top two first basemen, consider yourself very fortunate. Paul Goldschmidt is arguably the best baseball player in the world, and Anthony Rizzo isn’t far behind.  Overall, there is plenty of talent available at 1B and the position is deep.  First base is a power bat […]

Markieff Morris (PF, PHX) - Value Play on FanDuel 1/19

Markieff Morris (vs. IND) - $4,900 I've been monitoring this Morris twin for the past few games, and I think this is the perfect time to start playing him. His minutes and usage are both trending upwards, and this Suns team needs a spark like the city of Buffalo needs a shovel. Morris commands the […]

Tyler Johnson (PG, MIA) and Hassan Whiteside (C, MIA) - Stack on FanDuel 1/19

Tyler Johnson (vs MIL) - $4,500 With Goran Dragic and Beno Udrih both out again on Tuesday, Tyler Johnson is left to run the point for the Heat. He played well on Sunday, and we should expect more of the same in what should be a pace-up game against the Bucks. Point guard is a […]

Kevin Durant (SF, OKC) - Big Money Play on FanDuel 1/19

Kevin Durant (at DEN) - $9,900 You have to use your money somewhere. This is as good a spot as any. The Nuggets will not have an answer for Durant on offense. This game could get out of hand in the second half, but three quarters should be enough for Durant to hit value on […]

NBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks - FanDuel DFS Basketball Advice for 1/19/16

Only four games on this Tuesday. It's such a shame after all of the fun we had during the day and into the night on Monday. Still, there should be plenty of fantasy points to go around. Let's see if we can find their source for this slate. In this article, I will be providing […]

RotoBaller NBA Radio - Daily Fantasy Basketball Lineup Picks for 1/18 - 1/20/16

RotoBaller is verrrrrrry excited about the launch of our Daily Fantasy Basketball radio show on our Blog Talk Radio station. You can find all of our new shows on BlogTalkRadio live or on demand, and on iTunes under podcasts. Every Monday and Thursday, long time RotoBaller lead writer Sam Nedimyer and podcast host Josh Hayes will be discussing […]

NBA Guards: Week 13 Waiver Wire Pickups & Sleepers

The Waiver Wire is filled with lots of deeper cuts this week. Most of these players are owned in less than 20% of Yahoo! Fantasy Basketball leagues but have been producing at a much higher level than their ownership rate. All these guards are lesser known names who have been putting up better numbers than […]

Darrell Arthur (PF/C, DEN) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in for Short Term Value at PF/C OWNED IN: 12% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Since the start of 2016, Darrell Arthur has played a larger role for the Denver Nuggets. He has started three of the team's seven games, seeing 25.3 minutes per game. Over that span, he has 11.9 points per game, […]

Donald Sloan (PG/SG, BKN) - NBA Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues OWNED IN: 18% of Yahoo! Leagues ANALYSIS: Since Jarrett Jack was ruled out for the season with a torn ACL, the Brooklyn Nets have struggled mightily to get consistent production from the point guard position. The bulk of the playing time was originally awarded to Shane Larkin, but Donald […]