Kevin Quackenbush (RP, SD) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in All Leagues (that count saves) ANALYSIS: With the recent news that Joaquin Benoit is dealing with an injury, Kevin Quackenbush will be filling in as the closer for the Padres and becomes the latest addition to our waiver wire sleepers list for saves. Quackenbush is currently only owned in 11% of Yahoo leagues and […]

Tight Ends To Draft Late: TE Sleepers & Draft Values

All Tight Ends Are The Same, But Different Tight end has become one of the more perplexing positions in all of fantasy football due to the fact that there are clear tiers at the position and also a strange level of sameness after a certain point. The key to differentiating between players who fall into that […]

Fantasy Football Stock Rising / Falling After Preseason Week 4

With just days remaining before the start of the regular season, position battles and injury concerns are wrapping up by the minute. Despite the fourth preseason games being essentially throwaway contests that feature backups, the week provided us with some intriguing off the field news that does impact some players. We have risers/fallers, ADP sleepers emerging, […]

FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks, Advice & Sleepers for 9/3

I grew up and lived in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area for quite some time.  Although I no longer live there, this season has been quite fun to see all the Orioles and Nationals fans duke it out via social media or at the game considering that Baltimore is only a mere 35 miles away […]

Bold Fantasy Baseball Drops You Need To Make Heading Into The Playoffs

We are now in the last month of the regular season, and the last week before the fantasy playoffs, if you’re not already in your league’s postseason. At this point, most of the people reading this are the select few who are in the playoffs, or close enough that they still have a chance at […]

Starting Pitchers: Waiver Wire Pickups & September Call-Ups

Now that rosters have expanded to 40 players, teams are beginning to make their September call-ups. While we may not see the likes of Lucas Giolito, Archie Bradley, Noah Syndergaard or Jon Gray in the majors this year, there are a handful of sleeper pitchers expected to get the call that could potentially have some […]

Malcom Floyd (WR, SD) - Fantasy Football Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Watch on the waiver wire, could be an interesting play in deep/very deep leagues. ANALYSIS: Keenan Allen has to prove that he is not a one year wonder. That could be difficult to do in the Chargers run heavy scheme, with backs Ryan Matthews and Danny Woodhead both primed to have big seasons. […]

Isaiah Crowell (RB, CLE) - Fantasy Football Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Target ~ 175 or waiver wire pickup  (Current ADP: N/A or undrafted , RB: 78) ANALYSIS: After Saturday’s final roster cuts, former undrafted free agent Isaiah Crowell is now number three on the depth chart in Cleveland. Crowell has performed extremely well in the preseason and shown enough promise to beat out Dion Lewis for the last […]

Brandon McManus (K, DEN ) - Fantasy Football Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Target Last Pick  or Waivers (Current ADP: N/A, K: N/A) ANALYSIS:  This past week was full of surprises in the NFL from roster cuts to player suspensions.  Speaking of suspensions the Denver Broncos discovered that their kicker, Matt Prater, was suspended for 4 games.  In light of this news the Broncos went out […]

Quarterbacks To Draft Late: QB Sleepers & Draft Values

  Quarterback Sleepers for Shallower Leagues (1 QB) Today’s NFL is more pass-happy than it has ever been and that doesn’t appear to be changing any time soon. Fortunately for fantasy owners, that means there are a plethora of quarterback options that extend beyond the typical 10-team format.  It’s been said throughout the summer’s fantasy […]

Adam Dunn (1B / OF / DH, OAK) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in AL-Only Leagues / Deep Mixed Leagues for Power Boost ANALYSIS: Adam Dunn may be sacrificing the Hall of Fame by retiring at season's end, less than 40 home runs shy of 500, but is being given a chance to make the playoffs for the first time in his 14-year career. Even though […]

Insider Secrets To Winning In Daily League Fantasy Baseball (DFS)

In this first installment of our insider's guide to winning at daily fantasy baseball leagues, we will begin to tackle the very intricate art of finding deep sleepers and value picks each and every day you set an MLB lineup for DFS leagues. When planning your projections and daily fantasy league draft strategy, the most […]

Running Backs You Should Draft, While Others Are Avoiding

If you've come to this article wondering why I believe running backs to be so important for fantasy football, whether it's a PPR or standard league, then you should probably first go and read my last RB article where I discuss this in depth. Okay, welcome back. This article today is meant to discuss 2014 fantasy football running […]

Benny Cunningham (RB, STL) - Fantasy Football Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Target ~ 135 or waiver wire pickup  (Current ADP: 177 or undrafted , RB: 72) ANALYSIS: Recent reports out of St. Louis camp indicate that the RB battle is really much closer than everyone had originally thought. That is because Benny Cunningham has completely outplayed Zac Stacy all through the preseason and even […]

Aaron Dobson (WR, NE) - Fantasy Football Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Target ~ 120 or waiver wire pickup  (Current ADP: 139 or undrafted , WR: 62) ANALYSIS: Aaron Dobson spent a good part of his rookie season dealing with a nagging foot injury (stress fracture) which he addressed with surgery this off season. As he seems to finally be getting healthy in the last weeks before […]

Greg Jennings (WR, MIN) - Fantasy Football Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Target ~ 140 (Current ADP: 160, WR: 51) ANALYSIS: It's easy to see why Greg Jennings is ranked where he is this year, coming off of a "mediocre" year with 68 grabs for 804 yards and four touchdowns, but I'm here to convince you those numbers will improve by a decent margin. And as crazy as […]

RotoBaller's Experts Draft Results & Analysis - 14 Team PPR League

The RotoBaller’s Expert’s League is an ultra-competitive 14 team PPR league where owners can start one quarterback, two wide receivers, two running backs, one tight end, two flex’s a kicker and a defense, with only four bench spots. As you can imagine, this league is both deep (in terms of positions that need to be […]

Potential Stud Offenses: Offensive Line Analysis of NFC East

This post was originally posted on Rotoback. In an effort to better prepare your expectations of RBs and QBs, I'll be taking a look at each offensive line in every division, evaluating both pass blocking and run blocking based on their latest season to date.  For those who lack playing time in the NFL, I'll examine some college […]

Getting A Grip On Holds: Relief Pitcher Waiver Wire Pickups

While the holds statistic is even harder to predict than saves for closers, the players we highlight today feature some sleeper setup men and some relief pitchers looking to reclaim glory they once had. The more likely an MLB team is to win, the more likely these following relief pitchers will be eligible to earn the holds […]

Lance Lynn (SP, STL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add In All Mixed Leagues ANALYSIS: Is there a more undervalued starting pitcher in fantasy baseball year after year? All Lance Lynn does is strikeout a guaranteed 200 batters a year, and pile up a bundle of wins. Now in the past, he has been a tad of an ERA and WHIP liability, but not in […]

Get $200 Free from Draftster, RotoBaller's New Favorite DFS Site

Get To Know Our Favorite New DFS Site RotoBaller has played at tons of DFS sites over the years and trust us when we tell you that Draftster's user experience brings a big old smile to our face. With a super crisp and clean looking tournament lobby, that's not cluttered with silly ads or unnecessary […]

Daily Fantasy Leagues Advice: Fantasy Baseball FanDuel BvP Lineup Picks (9/1)

  Remember, these picks are posted early in the day for your convenience, and without knowledge of the teams’ starting lineups. ALWAYS check starting lineups before finalizing your FanDuel entries.  Also, you've got to check out RotoBaller's new BvP (batter vs. pitcher) analysis tool, which shows you all the daily matchup stats for every single hitter in the […]

Heath Miller (TE, PIT) - Fantasy Football Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Target ~120 (Current ADP: 153, TE: 16) ANALYSIS:  A seasoned veteran, Heath Miller looks like he's about to enter a season healthy after a 2013 injury plagued season. Last year, Miller came back from ACL surgery too early in week 3 and never looked completely healthy the rest of the way. Miller has proven […]

Kyle Rudolph (TE, MIN) - Fantasy Football Sleepers

BALLER MOVE: Target ~74  (Current ADP: 83, TE:9) ANALYSIS:  First let's get the obvious out of the way, the new Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner has a track record of highlighting TE's in his offense, including Antonio Gates and Jordan Cameron.  At Minnesota he will continue this trend and add Kyle Rudolph to his resume […]

2014 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Article Roundup & Analysis

  Potential NFL Sleepers for 2014 Fantasy Football A lot has happened in the 2014 NFL Preseason, and with respect to fantasy football, ADP sleepers have been anointed many times over.  Busts too, but finding the diamond in the rough is always the sexiest proposition in fantasy. We've published a ton of sleepers articles over the […]

Week 23 Start/Sit: MLB Starting Pitcher (SP) Matchups

What’s up RotoBallers, hopefully your team is still in the chase as we start heading down the fantasy baseball home stretch. Below are all of the starting pitching matchups for Week 23. For every week of the fantasy baseball season, we look to analyze all of the projected starting pitcher matchups and put together our optimal lineups. This week there […]

4 Two-Start Starting Pitchers: Streamers for Week 23

Even though fantasy football drafts are in full swing, it’s approaching fantasy baseball playoffs time for many leagues, so this is the time when roster management and attention to lineup detail really pays off! Don’t get too distracted with fantasy football that you let your fellow fantasy baseball owners out-manage you down the stretch, costing […]

FanDuel MLB Lineup Picks, Advice & Sleepers for 9/1

Happy Labor Day to all you DFS players out there. It is one of the best baseball days of the year with lots of afternoon games, rosters expanding and pennant races in full tilt. Hopefully you all have time to get a few Fanduel lineups into play today and earn some money while enjoying the […]

Starting Pitcher Waiver Wire Streamers for Week 23 (Part 1)

We have some twenty five or so games left for most teams and it looks pretty clear that the central in both leagues will come down to a photo finish.  Below are some of my Week 23 picks for starting pitchers to consider streaming off the waiver wire. Some of these pitchers may be two-start […]

2014 Fantasy Football Sleepers: PPR Wide Receivers & Running Backs

In this article, we look around the NFL and provide analysis on some fantasy football PPR sleepers for both running backs and wide receivers. A majority of the fantasy football leagues that I'm a part of each year are Point Per Reception (PPR) leagues, where fantasy owners are rewarded with extra points for each reception that a […]