Justin Fields’ Stock Rising Rapidly

Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields is expected to see an uptick in snaps during the Week 2 matchup against the Bengals. While Andy Dalton remains the starting signal-caller against his former team, Fields continues to progress faster than anticipated, so it's very likely he'll see more work on Sunday. The rookie looked great during his […]

Leury Garcia (2B/3B/SS/OF, CHW) - Week 26 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 14+ teams ROSTERED IN: 13% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's all about volume next week and Garcia will see plenty of at-bats as the White Sox play eight games. They begin the week with a three-game series against the Tigers in Detroit before heading to Cleveland for a five-game set, […]

James Kaprielian Fires Six Scoreless Innings In Surprise Start

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher James Kaprielian earned his eighth win of the season on Saturday night with six shutout innings versus the Angels. Where did that come from? Kaprielian had struggled mightily prior to this start as he had an ERA of 6.51 since July 27 and it was announced he would transition to a […]

Evan Longoria (3B, SFG) - Week 26 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 12+ teams ROSTERED IN: 27% of leagues ANALYSIS: Longoria was putting together an excellent season before spraining his shoulder in early June, an injury that sidelined him for over two months. He was activated on August 14 and played in just five games before injuring a finger on his […]

Elijah Mitchell To Be Featured Back On Sunday

San Francisco 49ers running back Elijah Mitchell is expected to be the featured option out of the backfield on Sunday against the Eagles. After Raheem Mostert (knee) suffered a season-ending injury shortly into the Week 1 matchup against the Detroit Lions, Mitchell came through, finishing with 104 yards and a touchdown off 19 attempts. The […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 9/19/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 9/19 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.      Top Tournament Stacks for 9/19/21 This section will highlight the top tournament lineup stacks of the day (depending on the size of the slate) and help you identify the pitchers that are best suited to pick […]

Travis d'Arnaud (C, ATL) - Week 26 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 10+ teams ROSTERED IN: 45% of leagues ANALYSIS: Atlanta is one of three teams to play eight games next week so d'Arnaud checks the volume box for us. He's scuffled a bit lately, so his numbers don't look that impressive, but he's somewhat salvaged what would have been a […]

Fantasy Football Starts and Sits: Matchups Analysis for Week 2

Welcome back RotoBallers to our Week 2 matchup analysis and start/sit column for fantasy football. Week 1 was filled with exciting plays and surprise performances, and now t's time to move on to Week 2! For those who are not familiar, each week I'll be analyzing every game from the Sunday slate, helping you optimize your fantasy […]

Daulton Jefferies Heading To Injured List With Elbow Injury

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Daulton Jefferies (elbow) was scratched from his start on Saturday versus the Angels with an injury to his pitching elbow. Jefferies will be placed on the injured list with right elbow ulnar neuritis, according to Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle. The news comes as a bummer for Jefferies who […]

Luis Urias (2B/3B/SS, MIL) - Week 26 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 10+ teams ROSTERED IN: 39% of leagues ANALYSIS: The week sets up nicely for Luis Urias and the Brewers. The 24-year-old infielder is putting together the best year of his career for the Brew Crew and should continue to put up even more production over the final full week […]

Week 2 Chat - Live Fantasy Football Game Day Q&A

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers! It's Sunday Morning... Do You Know Who to Start? Each Sunday morning of the NFL season, RotoBaller's experts will be moderating the industry's leading live chat room and answering a bunch of your fantasy football lineup and start/sit questions, from around 10:30 AM to 12:45 PM ET. Come join in […]

Wide Receiver Matchups to Target in Week 2

Week 1 of the NFL season is in the books and true to form, the league's top cornerbacks held their receivers in check for the most part. James Bradberry limited Courtland Sutton, Marcus Lattimore shut down Davante Adams, Jaire Alexander locked up Marquez Callaway and Jalen Ramsey more or less took Allen Robinson out of the game. The wide receiver matchup […]

Key Starters and Tough Calls - Lineup Spotlights for Week 2

Welcome to the second week of the 2021 season, RotoBallers! Below you will find some of my spotlight choices and players to go with when faced with tough lineup decisions in Week 2. We also include players who you may be feeling uneasy about after Week 1 that are due for rebound outings, and guys […]

WR/CB Matchups to Target and Avoid: Week 2

Welcome to the second WR/CB Matchups article of the 2021 NFL season.  My goal last year was to create the first fully free WR/CB matchups article to share with the fantasy football community.  I appreciate all the support and feedback I received.  If you enjoy my work, please follow me on Twitter @draft32teams.  My process […]

NFL DFS Bargain Bin: Week 2 Value Plays for DraftKings, FanDuel, and Yahoo

Welcome to the Week 2 Sunday slates edition of RotoBaller's NFL DFS Bargain Bin, where the goal is to touch on some potentially mis-priced players across the industry that find themselves in favorable match-ups and/or suddenly expanded roles. Before we go NFL DFS Bargain Bin hunting, a few particulars about format and content: The nature of the beast with value […]

High-Upside Bench Stashes: Week 2

Fantasy football often requires thinking ahead of the competition. This article introduces high-upside bench stashes to target on league waiver wires ahead of Week 2, as most leagues use either a free-agent auction-based (FAAB) waiver system or a standard worst-to-first order for top waiver priority. Either way, taking advantage of players ahead of plus-matchups in […]

Bold Predictions for Week 2

Last week, I posted a tweet on my account (@RotoSurgeon) that received a solid response so why not keep it going in a long-form fashion. They weren't all right but who doesn't like a good bold prediction? This week's edition is much more informative with some semblance of backing. Enjoy! calling my shot 📣•Kyler and Tannehill […]

Booms and Busts for Week 2 Lineups

Just as fast as it took for us to get to the beginning of the 2021 NFL season, Week 1 has come and gone in the fantasy football world. And it was a whirlwind of a week at that. Whether it be dealing with injuries like Raheem Mostert or navigating through player news that affected […]

Week 2 Defense (DEF) Streamers and Starts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

What a Week 1. As we've come to expect from the NFL, we saw the unexpected. We had some young teams (like the Eagles) break out and some veteran teams (like the Packers) fall short. However, it's important that we keep our heads on straight. It was only one week and, barring injury, that shouldn't […]

Week 2 Kicker Streamers and Starts - 2021 Fantasy Tiers, Rankings

I hope everyone reading this was able to start their fantasy season off on the right foot (get it? Foot, kickers... yeah, you got it). But in all seriousness, hopefully, Week 1 went just as you imagined it. I know in several of my leagues the point difference between a victory or defeat was less than […]

Mitch Keller (SP, PIT) - Week 26 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 14+ teams ROSTERED IN: 3% of leagues ANALYSIS: Given how much Keller has struggled this year, it's somewhat of a surprise to see him as a potentially viable two-start streamer this week. But he's looked pretty solid over his last three starts with a 3.38 ERA, 1.438 WHIP and […]

NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 2) - Targets and Avoids

It's time to overreact. Aaron Rodgers should've stayed retired, the Falcons are going to be one of the five worst teams, the Vikings have no hope, and the Rams are still going to the Super Bowl. There are some justified reactions like the Jets are the same ol' Jets, Daniel Jones is not an NFL […]

Break The Slate: DraftKings NFL DFS Lineup Picks - Week 2

Hi there, RotoBallers, and welcome back to Break The Slate! If you've read this article in the past then you know what we're about here, but if you are a new reader, let me quickly summarize our goals with this article. We'll spend each week discussing a few NFL DFS plays at each position for […]

Reid Detmers Throws Sim Game Saturday

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Reid Detmers (COVID-19) threw a simulated game on Saturday, according to Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com. Detmers has been on the injured list since August 25 after testing positive for COVID-19. Before landing on the IL, he posted a 7.11 ERA with 17 strikeouts over four starts and 19 innings. The […]

Erick Fedde (SP, WSN) - Week 26 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 14+ teams ROSTERED IN: 6% of leagues ANALYSIS: It's been a rough year for Fedde, but there have been some brief flashes of potential from him. He looked solid in his latest outing against Miami, where he held them to one run over five innings with eight strikeouts. He'll […]

Aaron Nola Picks Up Nine K's In Win Over Mets

Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Nola allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings to earn his eighth victory Saturday at the Mets. Nola had his good stuff in this one as he picked up nine strikeouts against just one walk. It hasn't always been pretty, but Nola has had another strong season despite his 4.48 […]

Tyler Anderson (SP, SEA) - Week 26 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in leagues of 12+ teams ROSTERED IN: 17% of leagues ANALYSIS: Anderson has shown up in this column several times this season, and while he has been inconsistent at times he has been one of the better pitchers in the league since the beginning of July, as he's gone 3-1 with a […]

Updated Week 2 PPR Rankings (Top 400)

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. We've finally made it! Below are our updated consensus Week 2 PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Josh Jacobs Ruled Out For Week 2 Peyton Barber Heading For Expanded Role Will Fuller Won't Play In Week 2 Zach Ertz Off […]

Half-PPR Rankings - Fantasy Football Week 2

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. Week Two of the NFL and fantasy football season is officially here and we are pumped! Below are our updated consensus Week 2 Half-PPR rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates: Josh Jacobs Ruled Out For Week 2 Peyton Barber Heading For […]

Updated Week 2 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 2 Flex rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. These Flex rankings are geared towards making decisions for your Flex spot (RB/WR or RB/WR/TE), which in most leagues consists of running backs, wide receivers and in […]