Will Middlebrooks (3B, BOS) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Middlebrooks has been hitting much better since being recalled from the minors. And now he seems to really be heating up. Last night he went 3-for-5 with a home run, 4 RBIs and 2 Runs. Today he's back at it, already 2-for-2 with a home run, 1 RBI, […]

2013 Fantasy Football: Week 1 NFL Thursday Matchup & Sit/Start Advice

Welcome to the 2013 fantasy football season! The drafts are over, teams are set, and the week one matchups begin tonight Thursday, September 5th, when the Baltimore Ravens begin their NFL title defense against the Denver Broncos.   Everyone wants to get a fast start to the season, and wants to get an any edge […]

Ricky Nolasco (SP, LAD) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Somehow Ricky Nolasco is still available in many many Yahoo leagues, and that's just mind boggling. For the year, he's rocking a 3.26 ERA / 1.16 WHIP with 12 wins and decent Ks. Over the last 30 days, Nolasco is sizzling hot - with a minuscule 1.37 ERA / 0.89 […]

Matt Adams (1B, STL) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in Deep Leagues ANALYSIS: Allen Craig twisted his ankle last night, and is going for an MRI today. Enter Matt Adams, who hit 2 home runs last night filling in for the injured Craig. Adams should see regular playing time at 1B for as long as Craig is out, and holds deep […]

Christian Yelich (OF, FLA) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Yelich struggled out of the gate, but he has always been an extremely high-end prospect with big time upside. He's finally found his groove: over the past week in 25 AB, he's hit 1 HR with 4 RBI, 4 Runs and 3 SB all the while batting a nasty .480. […]

Eric Young (OF, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Eric Young is on fire recently with 4 SB, 8 Runs and a .355 BA over the past week. If you have some formerly hot slugger (Dom Brown, cough cough), and play in a non-keeper league, feel free to drop that dead weight for a hot player like Young. If […]

2013 Fantasy Football Rankings: Top 150 Updated

We’ve updated the top 150 preseason fantasy football rankings for the final time, just in time for the NFL season kick-off.  There are some changes here based on the NFL preseason, and I've given you some quick notes on them below: Doug Martin moves to No. 2 and Arian Foster falls to No. 5 based on injury concerns. […]

Fantasy Baseball Prospects Primer: Playoff Push

Welcome to the weekly Fantasy Baseball Prospect Primer.  In this space, we will inform you about prospects who have recently been called up or who might become fantasy contributors in the near future. Especially good for Keeper leagues, you’ll want to check in weekly to get the latest news and advice for the coming week about prospects of fantasy relevance. […]

2013 Fantasy Football Advice: Buy and Sell for Week 1

  Fantasy Football Advice: Buy and Sell Candidates for Week 1  The first game has yet to kickoff, but RotoBaller.com has some easy season suggestions for you to Buy and Sell. The fantasy football season starts Thursday.  Isn’t this just the best time of year?  This moment of blissful thinking is accompanied by panic and […]

2013 Fantasy Football Rookies: Running Back (RB) Updates for Week 1

This article is a continuation of RotoBaller’s fantasy football NFL rookies analysis, and NFL rookie running backs for the 2013 season.     NFL Rookie Running Back Updates - 2013 Fantasy Football With the first game of the season just days away, let’s check in with our top rookie running backs.Be sure to check all of our […]

MLB Daily League Lineups Advice for Fantasy Baseball (Fanduel) - 9/4

Happy Wednesday!  For all of you playing on Fanduel, I'm sure you are aware of the new format they rolled out last week.  We now get the statistics of what percentage of the players in your specific tournament are owned, as well as how many innings you still have yet to play.  The innings thing is […]

2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Wide Receivers (WR)

In this article, we look around the NFL and provide analysis on 2013 fantasy football sleeper wide receivers (WR).   2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers – Wide Receivers The NFL season is nearly here, but for those of you with fantasy drafts still taking place,  here are three more solid wide receiver sleepers to consider on fantasy football draft day. […]

2013 Fantasy Football Draft Advice: More Overvalued Players to Avoid

We're continuing our series of undervalued / overvalued players for fantasy football. In this piece we look around the NFL and provide analysis on more overrated players to avoid in your fantasy football drafts.   2013 Fantasy Football Draft Advice - Overvalued Players You could say that every single NFL player can be subjected to an […]

Ivan Nova (SP, NYY) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Nova was just dominant against the Orioles on the 31st. He pitched a CG shutout vs. a team that usually owns right handed pitching. Nova allowed just 3 hits and a walk to go along with 5 K, and he's now allowed more than 2 ER only once in his […]

Tyson Ross (SP, SD) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Aside from a couple 4 ER outings, Ross has been dominant over his last 8 starts, not allowing more than 2 ER in the other 6 and racking up a filthy 58/15 K/BB ratio in just 51.1 IP. Ross pitches in the most friendly pitchers park in the big leagues […]

L.J. Hoes (OF, HOU) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Continue Scouting / Add In Deeper Leagues ANALYSIS: Seemingly a throw-in player for the deal between for Astros and Orioles for starter Bud Norris, L.J. Hoes is actually a former 3rd round pick who has just taken a little longer to get his opportunity in the Big Show. Now that he's landed in […]

2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers: PPR Wide Receivers & Running Backs

In this article, we look around the NFL and provide analysis on fantasy football sleepers for PPR leagues. The vast majority of fantasy football leagues that I participate in each year are Point Per Reception (PPR) leagues.  I recently wrapped up a 14-team PPR draft and wanted to share with you my short list of PPR Value […]

MLB Daily League Lineups Advice for Fantasy Baseball (Fanduel) – 9/2

Labor Day is a holiday all about YOU! Whoever you are, the idea is to kick back from your “labor” and have a great long weekend. However you decide to celebrate yourself, make sure you spoil yourself with plenty of fantasy baseball. Major League Baseball cooperates with the party, with all 30 teams in action […]

Jonathon Niese (SP, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Jonathon Niese has been a bright spot for the Mets recently, dominating team after team since returning from his DL stint. Over his last 4 games, Niese has given up only 4 ERs over 27 2/3 IPs, while racking up an impressive 27 Ks. And over the last 30 days, […]

2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers: Draft Day Targets

This article is a continuation of RotoBaller’s 2013 fantasy football sleepers series.  Today we’ll be taking a look around the NFL at sleepers for different positions, and give you our fantasy analysis.     2013 Fantasy Football Sleepers - Undervalued Players Based on current fantasy draft ADPs, the following players are still being undervalued and should […]

2013 Fantasy Football Rankings: Top 20 Running Backs (RB)

This article is a continuation of RotoBaller’s 2013 fantasy football rankings series.  Today we’ll be taking a look around the NFL at running backs (RB) to give you our top-20 fantasy rankings and analysis.     Running Back Rankings (Top 20) – 2013 Fantasy Football Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025: […]

2013 Fantasy Football Draft Advice: Overvalued Players to Avoid

This article is a continuation of RotoBaller’s 2013 fantasy football overrated players series. Today we’ll be taking a look around the NFL at players to avoid at different positions, and give you our fantasy analysis.   2013 Fantasy Football Drafts - Overvalued Players You could say that every single NFL player can be subjected to […]

Results from RotoBaller's Friday Fanduel Challenge

Results from RotoBaller's Friday Fanduel Challenge We had a great challenge this past Friday between fellow Rotoballers Ryan McLaughlin (@rcmcglen84) and Jason Giusto (@rskybiznis) . They locked horns in a H2H battle and the the winner was: Ryan with a nice 43.25 total, beating Jason by over 10 points. Ryan rode the back of a […]

2013 Fantasy Football Draft Advice: Who to Target & Avoid

It seems like the majority of the fantasy lineup questions I am asked come down to this: Who should I start? Player A: A highly skilled, blue-chip NFL player in a time-share or system that limits his strength (think C.J. Spiller with Fred Jackson in his way last year, or Jamaal Charles during the later […]

MLB Daily League Lineups Advice for Fantasy Baseball (Fanduel) – 8/31

MLB Daily Leagues – Lineup Picks for August 31, 2013   P - Dan Haren (WAS): Haren has really turned it up since the All-Star Break. He's put up a 4-1 record with a 2.87 ERA and 0.87 WHIP. Out of all today's starting pitchers, he's actually the No. 1 ranked fantasy pitcher over the […]

Closer Carousels: MLB Closers & Saves Update (Week 22)

The football season is upon us.  Do you know what time it is?  Yup, that’s right, it’s Madden time.  I purchased a copy of Madden 25 on the first day it was available, just like every year.  I am not a huge video game guyer but I do play Madden and The Show.  I was […]

2013 Fantasy Football Draft Advice: Underrated Players to Target

This is the first in a series of Underrated / Overrated articles. In this piece we look around the NFL and provide fantasy football analysis on underrated NFL players to target in your 2013 fantasy football drafts.   Just about every single NFL player is either underrated or overrated from the perspective of a fantasy manager. It's […]

Brandon Moss (1B, OF, OAK) - Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add Immediately ANALYSIS: Brandon Moss is still only owned in 48% of Yahoo leagues, and that number is just way too low. Moss has been ON FIRE for weeks now, and needs to be owned in all leagues, at least until he cools down. Over the past 30 days, Moss is batting .312 […]

MLB Daily League Lineups Advice for Fantasy Baseball (Fanduel) – 8/30

MLB Daily Leagues – Lineup Picks for August 30, 2013 P - Jered Weaver (LAA): Weaver is a very solid and affordable option against the Milwaukee Brewers. I always enjoy starting a pitcher who has never faced a team before. Milwaukee batters are very unfamiliar with what kind of pitches Weaver can deliver, and Weaver […]