Joe Musgrove Picks Up Win On Friday

San Diego Padres starter Joe Musgrove picked up his third win of the season in the Padres' 5-4 victory over the Cardinals on Friday. Musgrove, now 3-4 on the season, went five innings pitched allowing five hits, four walks, and one earned run while striking out five. While it was not the most impressive of […]

Mark Melancon Picks Up 13th Save

San Diego Padres closer Mark Melancon picked up his MLB leading 13th save of the season on Friday, closing out the Padres' 5-4 win over the Cardinals. Melancon worked the ninth inning allowing one hit, a solo home run to Nolan Arenado, and striking out one. It wasn't the most dominant of outings, but Melancon […]

MLB DFS Cheat Sheet, Stacks and Avoids for 5/15/21 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Premium Cheatsheet for 5/15/21 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.      Top Tournament Stacks for 5/15/21 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 […]

MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/15 (Premium Content)

  MLB DFS Pitching Primer for 5/15 All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard.     High-Priced Aces These are your studs who are worth paying up for on this slate. It makes sense to deploy these guys as your cash game plays on FanDuel and as your SP1 on DraftKings […]

Kevin Gausman Dominates On Friday

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Kevin Gausman dominated the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday over eight innings in the Giants' 3-2 loss in 11 innings. While Gausman did not factor into the decision, he yielded only five hits while striking out 12 in his eight innings of work. In the process, he became the first Giants […]

Daily MLB DFS Value Picks for FanDuel, DraftKings - May 15, 2021

All other Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Below you will find our Premium DFS value plays for 5/15/2021. These picks will target low-priced players in the main slate. I don't know what we did to deserve it but we have 10-game Main slates on both DraftKings and FanDuel. Huzzah! There is a […]

Drew Smyly Rebounds From Tough Start To 2021

Atlanta Braves pitcher Drew Smyly may have figured things out. The veteran lefty allowed just one run in six innings of work on Friday during the club's 6-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. He walked just one batter and struck out four. Most importantly, Smyly kept the ball in the yard. He allowed an eye-popping […]

Sandy Alcantara Roughed Up By Dodgers

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara had, by far, his worst start of the season on Friday against the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Alcantara lasted just 1 1/3 innings pitched and yielded eight earned runs on seven hits and two walks as the Marlins fell to the Dodgers 9-6. Alcantara saw his ERA jump from […]

Marcell Ozuna Slugs Home Run Off Scoreboard

Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna slugged a home run off the centerfield scoreboard during the club's 6-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday. The 30-year-old veteran had a strong game overall and went 2-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored. The home run was his sixth of the season as he looks to […]

WNBA Daily Fantasy Lineup Picks (5/15/21): WNBA DFS Advice for DraftKings and FanDuel

On Friday, the 2021 WNBA season tipped off. It featured buzzer beaters from Sabrina Ionescu and Diana Taurasi. It also featured some great fantasy performances by some of the players I mentioned yesterday, but also some horrendous showings from some of the other picks. Hey, it's early. Misses happen. Now, it's Saturday, and the four […]

Trea Turner Homers In Rout On Friday

Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner went 2-for-5 with a home run and double and drove in three in the Nationals' 17-2 rout of the Diamondbacks on Friday. Turner, who was already off to a great start in 2021, is getting even hotter in May. Over his last seven games, he has posted a .355/.364/.613 slash […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review - Friday, May 14th News and Notes

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 […]

David Peterson Throws A Gem On Friday

New York Mets starting pitcher David Peterson went 7 1/3 innings pitched on Friday allowing just two earned runs, four hits, and two walks while striking out nine batters in the Mets' 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. Peterson did not factor into the decision. It was a terrific bounce-back start for the 25-year […]

MLB Betting Picks for Saturday 5/15 - Moneylines, Totals, and Runlines

Last week was very hit and miss. Carlos Martinez got us off to a great start with under 4.5 K. Then Luis Castillo happened and the less said about him right now, the better. Finally, the madness occurred. Picking under nine runs in the Royals vs White Sox game, Chicago scored eight in the first […]

Jonathan Lucroy Signs With Braves

Free-agent backstop Jonathan Lucroy secured a minor-league contract with the catching-starved Atlanta Braves on Friday. The 34-year-old veteran has played parts of 12 seasons in the majors and appeared in five games with the Washington Nationals earlier this season before being released. During that brief stretch, he hit .357. Atlanta would be Lucroy's eighth team […]

MLB DFS Lineup Picks - Early Slate (5/15/21): DraftKings, FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball

Hello there, MLB DFS grinders! It's Saturday, and that means we have yet another split slate of MLB games today with three games in the afternoon and 10 games on the main evening slate. While most of our MLB DFS coverage here at RotoBaller is geared towards the main slate, I wanted to give you […]

Isiah Kiner-Falefa's Fantasy Value Continues To Spike

Texas Rangers shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a strong game on Friday night despite watching his club fall 10-4 to the Houston Astros. The catcher-turned-shortstop went 3-for-4 with two doubles and scored two runs. The two doubles pushed Kiner-Falefa's season total to seven. His 14 extra-base hits in 40 games this year have already surpassed the […]

Adolis Garcia Leads Rookies With 10 Home Runs

Texas Rangers outfielder Adolis Garcia went 2-for-3 with his 10th home run of the season on Friday. The 28-year-old outfielder also walked in the 10-4 loss to the Houston Astros. Garcia's 10 home runs lead all rookie hitters by a wide margin. There is a tie for second place among the rookie leaders with Yermin […]

DraftKings MMA, UFC DFS Lineup Picks - Oliveira vs. Chandler (UFC 262)

Less than a month since we watched the last "numbered" of UFC events, the one pitting Usman against Masvidal for the second time in their careers, we're back at it with UFC 262 and another belt on the line. The Lightweight division gold will be up for grabs as we get back to Houston, TX, […]

Bell's Best Bets - MLB Betting Picks for 5/15/21 (Premium Content)

What's up, RotoBallers! We have made it to Week 7 of the MLB season already. Time flies when you're having fun! Week 6 wasn't a huge week by any means, but it was a positive one! That's all we can ask for, as we slowly build ourselves back up towards a profit on the season. […]

Fantasy Baseball Player Debates with Jorge Montanez - Benched with Bubba EP 370

Bubba (@bdentrek) is joined by Jorge Montanez (@Roto_Nino) of NBC Sports Edge. The guys will go over some recent fantasy baseball news, fantasy baseball player debates, and much more. Be sure to subscribe to the Benched With Bubba Podcast, part of RotoBaller Radio's Podcast Network. Like and Subscribe to the RotoBaller channel on Youtube to get all our latest podcasts […]

Jonathan India Heating Up At The Plate

Cincinnati Reds second baseman Jonathan India went 2-for-4 with a double and a two-run homer in a 9-6 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Friday. After a slow stretch at the plate spanning almost a month, India is starting to heat up. Over his past two games, India has four hits, including two homers, and […]

NASCAR DFS Tiered Rankings: Drydene 400 (Premium Content)

  All other NASCAR Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Welcome to RotoBaller's Tiered Rankings for the thirteenth race of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway. For those that are viewing these rankings for the first time, here is how the sheet works. There are […]

Eugenio Suarez Hits Seventh Homer On Friday

Cincinnati Reds infielder Eugenio Suarez went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 9-6 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Friday. Suarez took Colorado reliever Yancy Almonte deep in the eighth inning to pull his team within three runs of the Rockies, although that would be the last runs Cincinnati scored on the evening. Suarez […]

NASCAR DFS Prop Picks: Drydene 400 - Monkey Knife Fight

Sunday afternoon features the Drydene 400 from Dover International Speedway. Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Kyle Larson, and Kevin Harvick will make up the top five to start the race. Monkey Knife Fight has an extremely easy fantasy point system: 0.1 points for each lap led and then a set amount of points […]

Wade Miley Gives Up Eight Runs In Loss

Cincinnati Reds left-hander Wade Miley struggled in a 9-6 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Friday. Miley allowed eight runs on 11 hits over three innings while striking out five and walking three. It was a rough night for Miley, who had only given up more than three runs in a start once all season. […]

MMA DFS Value Picks - UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler (Premium Content)

Less than a month since we watched the last "numbered" of UFC events, the one pitting Usman against Masvidal for the second time in their careers, we're back at it with UFC 262 and another belt on the line. The Lightweight division gold will be up for grabs as we get back to Houston, TX, […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. A Risky Choice At Dover

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. provides a little intrigue from the 20th spot on Sunday at Dover. He does have two top-ten results in his last five races at the track. The JTG Daugherty Racing driver finished tenth in the first installment at the "Monster Mile" but had constant issues during the second Dover race. He has […]

Ross Chastain Is One To Stay Away From At Dover

Ross Chastain has raced six times at Dover and each time there has been one issue after another and another. He does start 19th which offers a bit of optimism. However, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver is barely inside the top 20 and expects to fall back on Sunday. He did not even race here […]