William Byron Has Mixed Bag Of Results At Martinsville

William Byron has had some wild rides on the short track at Martinsville. The No. 24 car has crashed twice in four Fall races, finished fourth in the Spring, second in 2019, and yet only has led 9 laps there. That is pretty crazy, honestly. The Hendricks Motorsports Racing driver is not among the top […]

Kurt Busch Expected To Stay Around Top 10 At Martinsville

Kurt Busch is not expected to win on Sunday at Martinsville but could easily finish in the top 10. Over the past three fall races, the No. 1 car has finished either fifth or sixth. The elder Busch even starts 10th. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver did lead 23 laps last fall, but then quickly […]

Kevin Harvick Still Can Impact Chase At Martinsville

Kevin Harvick still has a chance to impact the Championship Four this weekend at Martinsville. Now, the Stewart-Haas Racing driver has not finished better than fifth since 2011. The No. 4 car started ninth and finished ninth in the Spring. Furthermore, Harvick has not led a lap on the 0.526-mile track since 2016. His car […]

Ryan Blaney Squarely On Playoff Bubble At Martinsville

Ryan Blaney stands just one point out of the Championship Four. All the Team Penske driver has to do is move up one more rung overall on Sunday. Blaney has five top-ten finishes and a 1tth in the last seven races on the short track. What most forget about the Spring race was that Blaney […]

Kyle Busch Is A Wild Card Heading To Martinsville

Kyle Busch is the driver squarely on the Championship Four bubble. He currently stands fourth in the Chase and begins Sunday from the seventh position at Martinsville. The younger Busch does have five top-ten finishes in his last seven races on the short track. In the previous four appearances on the track, the No. 18 […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Friday, October 29

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy basketball takeaways from the games played during last night's slate. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets […]

Brad Keselowski Has Been Here Before At Martinsville

Brad Keselowski has been on the outside looking in as an elimination approaches. During the Round of 12, the Team Penske driver found a way into the Round of 8. That was via help and Keselowski may need that again on Sunday. The No. 2 car starts sixth at Martinsville. On the bright side, Keselowski […]

Joey Logano Likely Needs Win At Martinsville To Advance

Joey Logano and his Team Penske car begin on Sunday from the fifth spot at Martinsville. The No. 20 car has six top-ten results in his previous seven races on the short track. Now, the problem is he stands 26 points from advancing and has to hop several drivers. Those are some tall odds. Logano […]

Martin Truex Jr. Needs Good Finish To Advance In Chase

Martin Truex Jr. knows that the road is daunting ahead of him. He is only three points from the fourth and final spot to advance to the Championship Four. However, a win seals a spot. Yes, the No. 19 car starts from the fourth position on Sunday and has won this race three times in […]

Denny Hamlin Primed For Martinsville On Sunday

Denny Hamlin has endured such a crazy NASCAR season yet is on the brink of a Championship Four appearance. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver is 32 points above the cutline as the Xfinity 500 beckons from Martinsville. Hamlin has finished no worse than 11th in every playoff race so far. At the last Martinsville race, […]

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for October 30th, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily MLB injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy baseball (DFS) lineups, every day of the MLB season. Below is our updated list of injured MLB players for October 30th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for October 30th, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily NBA injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy basketball (DFS) lineups, every day of the NBA season. Below is our updated list of injured NBA players for October 30th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Chase Elliott Starts Second At Martinsville On Sunday

Chase Elliott finds himself in a good position for Sunday's race at Martinsville. He stands 34 points above the cut line for the Championship Four. Elliott also starts second on Sunday which should put him in a good position. In his last seven races on the 0.526-mile track, the No. 9 car has won once, […]

Kyle Larson Won't Rest On His Laurels At Martinsville

Kyle Larson has nine wins on the NASCAR season, and yet he will race to win No. 10 at Martinsville on Sunday afternoon. Lost in the shuffle is the fact that the Hendrick Motorsports Racing car finished in the top five during the spring race. That was after starting 19th. Could Larson win this race? […]

Tyler Seguin Keeps Missing The Mark In Home Loss

Dallas Stars centerman Tyler Seguin continues to not be able to score despite numerous opportunities. Seguin had six shots on goal with 10 attempts on Friday night. He even had a couple of takeaways as well. The center just could not convert any of the three high-danger scoring chances past Filip Gustavsson. Seguin now has […]

Braden Holtby Gives Up Four Goals In Defeat

Dallas Stars goaltender Braden Holtby had little chance on Friday night as the Stars held the Ottawa Senators to just 24 shots. However, they allowed 10 high-danger scoring chances at even strength. Too many of those opportunities came via defensive lapses. That allowed Ottawa to score three times at even strength en route to their […]

Joe Pavelski Scores Goal In Dallas' Home Loss

Dallas Stars right wing Joe Pavelski found the back of the net on Friday night via the man advantage, but it was not enough in the 4-1 loss. His one-timer on the power play narrowed the deficit to two goals. Pavelski played 19:35 in all, along with 1:49 of man-advantage time. The forward delivered three […]

Brady Tkachuk Scores His First Goal In Road Triumph

Ottawa Senators left wing Brady Tkachuk's first-period goal was quite the tally on Friday night. It was his first of the season, and the celebration will be talked about. More of the focus should have been on how Tkachuk's physical play irked several of the Dallas Stars on Friday night. The Ottawa 4-1 road win […]

Josh Norris Scores Twice In Ottawa's Win Over Dallas

Ottawa Senators centerman Josh Norris started the scoring for the Senators on Friday and then added a second-period goal for good measure. The 4-1 win saw Norris fire just two shots on goal, and both went in. Overall, he had three scoring chances on the night. Norris also delivered two hits in 17:40 of ice […]

Filip Gustavsson's Big Night Sparks Ottawa Road Victory

Ottawa Senators goaltender Filip Gustavsson stood and delivered as chance after chance mounted for the Dallas Stars. The Senators goaltender stopped all but one shot in the 4-1 win on Friday night in Dallas. Gustavsson blocked away 38 shots in all, including a few point-blank chances by Tyler Seguin. His key saves included stopping 13 […]

Erik Gustafsson Chips In With Two Assists In Loss

Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Erik Gustafsson did not play a lot on Friday night but managed to assist on two of Chicago's three goals. In the 6-3 loss, Gustafsson played just 13:52 but did see 4:23 of power-play time. Part of the reason for his decreased ice time was a common theme among the Chicago Blackhawks; […]

Kevin Lankinen Allows Six Goals Friday In Loss

Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Kevin Lankinen yielded four goals during the first period against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday. He stayed in goal and gave up two more goals in the second period. Overall, Lankinen stopped 29 of 35 shots in the 6-3 loss on Friday night. An important note is that the Blackhawks goaltender saw […]

Alex DeBrincat Keeps Scoring Even As Chicago's Losses Mount

Chicago Blackhawks left wing Alex DeBrincat racked up over 22 minutes of ice time on Friday night in a 6-3 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. This included over nine minutes on the man advantage. DeBrincat's goal came on the power play. The winger also had four shots on goal and four scoring chances. That goal […]

Sebastian Aho Leads By Example As Carolina Wins Again

Carolina Hurricanes centerman Sebastian Aho found his way into the box score again with a goal and assist in the 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. The leader of the Hurricanes played a bit less than 18 minutes as Rod Brind'amour rested the star center during the third period a bit. Aho […]

Antti Raanta Wins Friday Night Versus Chicago

Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Antti Raanta stopped 23 of 26 shots en route to a 6-3 win on Friday night over the Chicago Blackhawks. It was a season debut that had a minor hiccup just past six minutes into the action. Raanta gave up an early goal, but Carolina answered by scoring six of the next […]

Tony DeAngelo Fights Way To Big Night In Carolina Win

Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Tony DeAngelo did not play much in the third period on Friday night but did not have to, as his three points in the first 40 minutes paved the way to a 6-3 Carolina win. DeAngelo tallied a goal and two assists on three shots in just 12:25 of ice time. The […]

Tyler Herro Drops Efficient 26 Points

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro bounced back in a big way in Friday's 114-99 win over the Hornets. Herro dropped 26 points with six assists, five rebounds, four triples, and a steal in 32 minutes. The Kentucky product shot 69.2 percent from the field, made 4 of 6 attempts from beyond the arc, and sank […]

Bam Adebayo Posts Monster Double-Double

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo was a beast around the basket, putting up a season-high 26 points and 19 rebounds in Friday's win over Charlotte. Adebayo shot 10-for-16 from the field while making all six free-throws, giving him just five misses from the line this season. In welcome sight for fantasy managers, the star center […]

EPL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings (10/30/21) - English Premier League Soccer Matchweek 10

Welcome back to “The Kick-Off”! We have a big favorite slate this week with Manchester City -667, Liverpool -360 and Chelsea -275. The massive difference between lineups this weekend will be which favorite you have and which non-favorite you pair them with. There will be several “ugly lineups” that are made that could have the […]

Jimmy Butler Fills Up The Box Score

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler continued his red-hot start to the year, pouring in a game-high 32 points in 36 minutes. Butler was a model of efficiency, as he shot 12-for-19 from the field, made 1 of 3 three-pointers, and drained all seven foul shots. The two-way star chipped in 10 rebounds- earning his second […]